You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.- Zig Ziglar

 John 13:34 NIV
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

What do we do? We Judge and misjudge. Say, we know a person who is very truthful, generous and perfect. Who always fulfills the promises he makes. We trust him, we know he has higher credibility. We also think good for him, and think good about him. At the same time we know someone who has cheated us, who never keeps his word. His credibility is low. We never think anything good about him and we never think anything good for him.

Now how does it change? If we know he never keeps his word, So we think that he is going to be the same. How does it matter. Only our thoughts will get proved. Are we going to be happy with that thoughts about others? Or taking a step further and believing that he will change this time, may be not, but yet I will think good for him and think good about him.

If we think and it happens about this untrustworthy person, what benefit is that we are going to get other than our thoughts being correct. But if we thing good and even if that does not comes to pass we should never give up. We are to Love one another.

Just after giving us guidance us to Ask, Seek and Knock. Jesus said:
Matthew 7:12 NIV
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

Jesus knew the imperfections and the sin of the woman who was caught in the adultery. He instead of allowing them to throw the stones, forgave and gave an other chance, saying "Sin no more".

Matthew 5:44-48

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may [a]be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous andthe unrighteous. 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?48 Therefore [b]you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Count on your blessings

When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep
And I fall asleep
Counting my blessings

When my bankroll is getting small
I think of when I had none at all
And I fall asleep
Counting my blessings

I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads
And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds

If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep
Counting your blessings

 Irving Berlin 

Counting on all the blessings is not easy..

Jesus said, Matthew 6:34 NIV

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

When we curse the time, when we blame others, when we excuse because of circumstances we are sure of not remembering of our blessings. Its difficult. The Israelite blamed Moses for bringing them out from the Egyptians, where though they toiled they were having meat, then they complained about water. etc.. 

When Jesus was travelling on the boat and when the storm stuck, the disciples feared death. They forgot to remember those days when Jesus did miracles. It is easy to complain of things, it is easy to say it wont work when things are not going good, but it takes great courage to withstand those moments of trials and temptations.

Jesus asks us to pray when there is temptations, Matthew 26:41 NIV

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."  

We learn to appreciate God's blessings and be happy about the situation by looking at Jesus.

The Way The Truth The Life

John 14:6 NIV
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

The problem with many of our life is, we does not know where we are suppose to go and where we are going. It is as if we have given up our hope, those things which we thought were once the most intelligent and intellectual and amazing, until we find that was thought centuries before. Those moments of success and victory were something like no one has ever achieved, until we find there are many more achievements in the hands of men. Courage, boldness, beauty... and the list goes on and on. But this is a deception. We know from the parable of talents, where the one talent guy who hid his gift and also was angry on his master. How often we miss this opportunity of one talent and disguise like this guy.

Jesus answered to Thomas in John 14:6 as "The Way" - Because Thomas said "Lord, we don not know where you are going, and how can we know the way?".

Jesus did not explain him anything, but straightforwardly his answer can saying "I am". The answer to many of our problems is Jesus. We try to find the solutions from other sources. But Jesus says "I am".

Jesus then says about himself as Truth. This he says because he also reminded about false prophets coming in his name: Matthew 24:5 NIV
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Messiah,' and will deceive many.
Jesus also said us what will let us free - John 8:32 NIV
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
Jesus also reminded us about the Spirit of the God, who guides us into the truth:
John 16:13 NIV
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.


Finally Jesus says about life:
Matthew 16:25 NIV
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
Life is the most precious gift of God. All the experiences, gifts, talents are given us freely. Those sins which could never been redeemed without the blood of Jesus, the Salvation, the Everlasting life in Jesus. Everything we ever thought about, what we asked about, what our hears could not hear, eye cannot see, the mystery that our thoughts cannot think, The things that our hearts cannot perceive are gift from God.

All that makes the difference is our choices:
Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV
This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Hebrews 12:2

King James Version (KJV)

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 6:19 NIV

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Taking A Giant Leap Of Faith

The Bible contains the lives of people who by Faith in God took giant steps, either forsaking everything or forsaking anythings in life.

When God called Abraham, he has to leave everything behind and follow God's instructions.

Genesis 12

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Abram Journeys to Egypt

12 Now the Lord said to Abram,

“[a]Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives
And from your father’s house,
To the land which I will show you;
2 And I will make you a great nation,
And I will bless you,
And make your name great;
And so [b]you shall be a blessing;
3 And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [c]curses you I will [d]curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

When Moses was called, He has to leave his luxury life.

The Choice of Moses
By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; choosing rather to be evil entreated with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.—Hebrews 11:24-26.

By Faith many have come to the understanding that God works everything for our good.

Bear with each other

Helping other - What does it mean?

What does it take to help others? Expectations, Pride, Fame or Genuine Faith in Lord Jesus Christ.

If we are genuine in faith with God we will help each others. Some of us have limited ability to help others, we have put a box and only if others fits into it they get the help, other with bias and prejudice and rewards. Others for selfish motives, but God wants something different.

Luke 6:27-35

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

27 “But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who [a]mistreat you. 29 Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your[b]coat, do not withhold your [c]shirt from him either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. 31 [d]Treat others the same way you want [e]them to treat you. 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, [f]expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.  


It is difficult for all of us to love the way that God wants us to love others, loving Enemies.... Doing good for those who hate us...and Praying for those mistreat us....
The value system and the way we look at others is to find the optimum solutions for our problems, we find our self as the burden bearers and expect them to treat us in a different way, but when God took all our sins, He expected us nothing. As the scripture says:

Romans 5:6-8

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man; [a]though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Bear with each other is helping others expecting nothing in return from them. We all have come across many instances but failed to see how we can help others rather than getting help from others. We have sub-consciously helped others so that we could be helped by them. We have done good for expecting the same and in many instances even more goodness for us. The way of our thinking, the way the world looks at this things are like this - to get what we want in cost of hurting others and no matter what happens we should get it, either by force or by fear. But God wants us to think differently, He wants us to call with one word which transforms our lives, "Love".

Mark 12:30-31

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Bear with each other - At their times of trouble.

Many of us lack a word of wisdom, a word of encouragement at the times of trouble. We are made to help one another in these times of trouble rather than criticize and condemn, anyone can criticize and curse and condemn, but it is only through genuine faith in Jesus Christ that one learns it is not by condemning that we proclaim true accountability of one another, but by being bearing others burdens as ours.

Sometimes it is just a word of encouragement from the word of God that will transform the way the other person thinks, feels and lives. Just words where words of God alone is enough, taking a step further is by doing good to those who have nothing, the poor, the sinners, the lost.

James 2:16 NIV

If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?

Sometimes it is very difficult to set our self from our high seats to bow down and help these people, but nevertheless we should do.

We know from the story of The Rich Man and Lazarus Luke 16:19-31 
We do know from the act of servant hood of Jesus:  Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet John 13:1-17 -  

Philippians 2:5-11

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

5 Have this attitude [a]in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be [b]grasped, 7 but [c]emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, andbeing made in the likeness of men. 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death [d]on a cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Himthe name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Colossians 3:13 NIV
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.


 Ephesians 4:2 NIV

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.


Ephesians 4:32 NIV

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Galatians 6:2

English Standard Version (ESV)

2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

"I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengthens Me" - Philippians 4:13

There are always two ways in life. The one which leads to life the other to the death. The one which leads to the truth the other to the lie, deception and error. The one which leads us to love the other leads to hate. It is very difficult to find which way is what, but Jesus said "I am the way, Truth and life" - Giving us each importance for our search for the way, to know what is right and to lead us into everlasting life.

The way to attain anything in life is too complicated, but the simple truth is to gain strength from Christ. We have the 10k hours rule, thinking indicatively, creatively, smart working etc. but the most important in life is in doing as according to God's will.

In the verse "I Can Do All Things Through Christ Which Strengthens Me"  - Philippians 4:13 we could find that the specific way of gaining that strength from Jesus Christ.

The sentence in itself reveals that God wanted us to understand the meaning behind it, to meditate on it, to believe in him. I should be our prayer to save souls, to win the lost, to carry our burdens, to be witness for Christ.

So, here is how we are to interpret it. Taking each and every part of this sentence with faith and in belief. Hoping and trusting in him, that he could transform our lives into one that he would like us to be. To be like him and to be with him.

I - I am convinced that there is no one other than me is going to do this, because God has ordained this act or this thing to do for his glory and it is his will for my life. I am not selfish here, because the act in itself is to be forgiving, helping, strengthening others. To love one another, so as to be like him.

It is said as I, but it should be worked with us. It is I along with you. I am concerned about you, your development in spiritual well being, in knowing the truth.

Taking responsibility, ownership and initiative. I reach out to the hands to help them, to motivate them, to pray for them.


Can - Showing willingness to do. The positive side of doing things. The attitude. The mindset. Once I take the initiative to do something from my side, I also confirm that it will be done. This act or thing will never be stopped, nothing in any creation can stop the love of God for us. It is in Can's that we will be able to do things, not in Can't's.



Do - Work is an act of confirming the initiative taken into action, It is not only when I see a problem and say I can solve it, but by doing it.

James 2:14-17

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Faith and Works

14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can [a]that faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, [b]be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? 17 Even sofaith, if it has no works, is [c]dead, being by itself.

All - It is not a specific thing, but everything. Jesus said - Ask and is shall be given - Most of us would like to ask things that are for our physical purposes, that which makes feel good having it, that which makes us little comfort, that which will look good and that is why Jesus gave the example of Bread and Fish. He did say "ask anything in my name to the Father and that will be done to you".
When Jesus healed this boy who had a evil spirit - Mark 9

Jesus Heals a Boy with an Evil Spirit
…22"It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!" 23And Jesus said to him, "'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." 24Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief."



Things - Every act of a man, either it be a good or evil is done with a purpose in mind. We always need to ask if its God's will let it be done. We always need to seek things which are of his purpose, "Let his will be done not mine". We should never take advantage of a situation, God makes every thing possible for the one who believes in him.

We ought to ask God to help us to do things which are greater, higher and impossible and that is when our faith is tested

John 14:12 NIV
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.



Through - There is always a possible way through which everything needs to be accomplished. If some of us have failed or fallen from the grace, it may be because of the tools through which the evil spirit has tested. But here to do greater things for his glory, we ask God to be which us and help us through the process of success, remember it is not the one who was able to just win one battle of life and then failed will be saved, but the one who wins and stays faithful until the end. There is a greater power more than what we could think of and even ask for that is working in us through Christ Jesus. So let us just obey his words and work for our salvation.

The Camel which passes through:
Matthew 19:24 NIV
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Through the Gates:

Matthew 7:13-14

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Narrow and Wide Gates

13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Christ - The one who is able to make us to do all things. The person who have that personal relationship with us, John 15:13 NIV
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends

One who was able to obey the Father until the point of death, even death could not hold for his faith in God - That he resurrected and overcame the death, who now sits at the right hand of God.

Hebrews 12:2 NIV
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


Which - The single most important factor that distinguishes Christ is his obedience unto the point of death on the cross, taking our sins and shame. Which is a single and the most important fact for our lives to live like him. Taking him as an example, he act as the most important aspect of our life.

1 John 2:2 NIV
He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.


Strengthens - It is not in our weakness, but through his strength that we will be able to do everything according to his will. But we all have weakness.

2 Corinthians 12:9-11
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast [a]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with [b]insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ’s sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

11 I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the [c]most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.


Me - The sentence end with me again. It is in my control. The choices are set in front of me. To choose the right thing is in my hand. Putting God first in everything. Seeking his kingdom and to glorify him in everything I do.

John 5:30 NIV
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Everlasting Life

In the Gospel of John - From the beginning of Jesus' ministry John records that Jesus speaks much about everlasting life. In one instance when a samaritan woman meets her messiah -

John 4:7-38

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Woman of Samaria

7 There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, “Give Me a drink.” 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. 9 Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” 11 She *said to Him, “[a]Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?” 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”
15 The woman *said to Him, “[b]Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.”16 He *said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly.” 19 The woman *said to Him, “[c]Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus *said to her, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is [d]spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman *said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
27 At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why do You speak with her?” 28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and *said to the men, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not [e]the Christ, is it?”30 They went out of the city, and were coming to Him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?”34 Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. 36 Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying is true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor.” 


The questions this woman asked Jesus reveals some most important traits of people:


Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; 
For she never knew that there is nothing impossible for God.



where then do You get that living water?
Her understanding of the living water is just like an other kind of water.


You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well
First she says "You are not greater than our father Jacob" - She then says "are you" - She was not confident to portray her question, Whenever there is a confusion there is a problem. Here the problem of unbelief - Having seen the possibilities of all the things around and creating a simple hypothesis she misjudged the Messiah. She was able to understand that Jesus is the messiah later when Jesus spoke to her about the things a Messiah would tell -  “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26 Jesus *said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

Immortality - Eternal Life

Scientists have for a long time tried to find a way to extend the life. But they failed. They are in an urge to find a way to live forever. But how will this impact the Normal life, which by far now have a perfect steps - Birth - Childhood - Adulthood - Middle Age - Death.

The question that many arise is that if life was planned in such perfect steps that would have been fine, but there are many instances - Death in Childhood or after certain age. The answer could be different. God has always been helpful and he is kind, the reason for such deaths may have a greater purpose in God's hand. 

The Bible says - Jesus is alive forevermore:

Revelation 1:18 NIV

I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 

Our life depends upon the faith in Jesus, as Paul says:

1 Timothy 6:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

Jesus gives us confidence through his word.

John 14:3 NIV
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.


Jesus showed the perfect way for Eternal Life:
John 10:30 NIV

"I and the Father are one."

Our Purpose of Life

Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

In the book "Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren - Rick discusses that the Purpose for every being in this world is to seek God and to find a meaningful experience with him till eternity.

Matthew 11:25 NIV

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

We as humans do seek the approval of men than God. Many a times we never know that we seek for the wrong things in life.

John 12:43

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

I always wondered if I did something great, "I shall be praised". At Least recognised. When something I do for others, When I do everything for others. What God did for us is so great, That even our praises won't be enough to just thank him.

Praises differ from Approval:

Many of us seek for approval:

Many scientists, philosophers and even many others tried to find the purpose of life - They failed. Not because they were ignorant, but they tried searching in the wrong place. The right place to start search the purpose of life is God's Word -

Psalm 84:10 NIV
Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.