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Gospel According to John. 5.8-9 Jesus Said to him "Stand up, take your mat and walk". At once the man was made well and he took up his mat and began to walk. Here we find the piercing effect of healing brought about by the Lord Almighty.The point is that we seldom realise the significance of divine power in our lives and that divine power always become infructuous because of our inability to believe and that too in a sense of deepening manner.Irrespective of our merits Lord God always is ready to bless us in our life provided we make a humble egoless and unwavering commitment to adivune life where the overarching nature is one of total surrender to God Jesus our saviour.If we falter in this God will see that we are rescued up from the sinking boat in an act of forgiveness.

Gospel According to John 5.6-7 "When Jesu saw him lying there and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him , "Do you want to be made well?" The sick man answered him ," Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; and while I am making my way , some one else steps down ahead of me." This is a very interesting incident highly reflective of our daily life of struggles and survivals.We have always someone to compete with to survive in this world or to win or to achieve glory.In this irrational, so to say, competition some are obviously left behind and some walks up to the platform of victory.The important point is that we have to compete with another to achieve glory and the glory solely rests with defeating another who is our own brother.Competing with another is not bad to decide upon the will of God; God has granted some with more abilities and merits and some with less abilities so that we choose we different v...

Gospel According to John 5.2-5 "Now in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, called in Hebrew Bethzaitha,which has five porticoes.In these lay many invalids-blind,lame and paralyzed.One man was there who was ill for thirty eight years." Here we find a man who has been ill and suffering for so many years.What could be the reason for this?A man suffering alone and uncared by none for so may years!It is really surprising for a man who leads a fast and hectic life.There are two ways to see this incident.One is that we conveniently and negligently ignore our own state.To say the least we are pathetically casual and lazy in certain crucial matters of our life.We just don't care and we pull on.This is a major fault that we are committing in the eyes of God.Some do not care about their health, some about their education, some about their near and dear ones and some about God and church services.This callous way of doing things make us a pathetic human being.We have to find...

Gospel According to John 5.1. "After this there was a festival of the Jews, and Jesu went up to Jerusalem." Celebrations are part of our life.This is the time of New Year celebrations.We have according to the calender got onto the Year 2009.This is the one sense of time that is unique to human beings and that is based on night and days, set by God.What is there to celebrate?Can't we spend the day in the same way.After all it is our own subjective makeup.We have counted the days and nights and so we have arrived at this particular juncture of life, that is a new year.The joy of celebration is that it elevates our psyche and our spirit to a higher level.We get out of our sorrows , ill feelings and negativities and allow the mind some relaxation, some refreshment which enable us to reorient ourselves and to have a new perspective of God and His creation.So let us walk into the New Year with prayers in our hearts and minds so that God always lives in us.