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Happy New Year.Board for Youth work

12 months of surprises has left us. The presence of the Almighty could be experienced throughout the year.  The youth Board wishes you a Happy New Year. Even when the future seems blurred we can trust in the Word of God that clearly promises God’s presence throughout. May the Grace of the Almighty enable us to face 2018. Every educated person in the society dreams of attaining progress as per the social standards. However, the number of persons seeking a growth in the spiritual lives is minimal. Spiritual progress is the day’s necessity when its deterioration is visibly evident. In the age we live in, a systematic worship service, spiritual meetings, study of God’s Word, spreading of Gospel, etc helps strengthen us spiritually. Leadership Training For the spiritual enhancement of the church, lay leadership plays a strong role. Taking this into consideration, the Youth Board plans leadership training camps in all centres. These camps that would be conducted on weekends d...
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Triennial Youth Conference 2017 Report

Triennial Youth Conference 2017 “... and he has committed to us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Cor.  5: 19 With the aim of passing this ministry of reconciliation to the next generation, the Triennial Youth Conference of 2017 started from the 3 rd of September in Sabha Headquarters Manjadi Thiruvalla. The Inaugural session was presided over by Bishop Dr. T. C. Cherian and was inaugurated by the President of Youth Board, Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Abraham.Youth Board Secretary Rev.Achenkunju George welcomed the distinguished guests and the participants. Sabha secretary Rev.Mathews Abraham, Diocesan youth Secretaries Mr.Jose Manjavilakom,Mr.Jain Mathew Konni,Mr.Mathews Abraham Kumbanad,and Mr.Gibin George Keezhillam  addressed the audience with their felicitations.Rev.Anish Mathew pronounced the vote of thanks for the inaugural session.  Over 600 young people stayed in accommodation arranged in different places and more than700 people attended the conference. Dr P.C.M...
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Testimony : Febah Mathew [2nd Prize Winner of BibleBee Competition]

The Word of God in my heart I've been participating in the National Bible Bee for nine years now, and over the years I've learned between 6000-8000 verses.By God's providence, my parents had taught me and my sister since we were very young to memorize chapters and books of the Bible, which we would recite at home  and at church and at conferences. Because they put in the time and effort to teach us to learn God's word, when the Bible Bee started in 2009, my sister and I were excited to participate. But the excitement didn't last long: the first year was really difficult for us. I was 10 years old, and we had around a 1000 verses to learn, (and my older sister had over 1600 verses to learn that year . With my mom's constant effort in teaching me and revising with me, I learned maybe half of the verses and I was very certain that I didn't want to do it again. But when we went to the competition, my parents and I were inspired to see many yound kids there ha...
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By Faith Alone

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BY Faith Alone                                                                                 Rev.M.V. Abraham Faith Only (Sola Fide)- This is another one of the Five Solas of Reformation. We are saved through faith alone by Jesus Christ. Justification by Faith Alone.          The most important thing which Martin Luther found and experienced was  Justification by Faith Alone.  Each word is very important. Jesus alone is the Savior from Genesis to Revelation. There are those who believe in baptismal regeneration (a person is saved through baptism). Eva...
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Being Responsive

How great are your works, O Lord, how profound your thoughts! The  senseless  man  does  not  know,  fools  do  not  understand… - Ps: 92: 5, 6  The ability to evaluate oneself and take corrective action is an important tool for all of us and if we cannot do that, it is difficult, to genuinely understand and appreciate the effort of others. Very often assimilation of knowledge and the ability to apply it, is hindered, since our organs have become ‘senseless’. Becoming senseless inhibits our responsiveness. Our Lord narrates the story of the prodigal son who decided to go away from his loving father. When he thought he was far away he decided to spend all that he had on wild living. His was a ‘riches to rags’ story! Finally when he was reduced to taking care of pigs, the Bible says ...He came to his senses - Lk 15: 17. The sense organs provided to every human being include eyes, ears, tongue, nose, and skin. The sense organs are t...
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Bringing Clarity

God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. - Gen 1: 4  The first act of creation out of chaos was light. God saw that the light was good and immediately proceeded to ‘separate’ the light from the darkness. Light facilitates the ability to see, appreciate and work effectively. God continued his act of creation and later we see that God placed a greater light to ‘rule’ the day and a lesser light to ‘rule’ the night - cf. Gen 1: 18, KJV. Light brought clarity to the earth and her inhabitants. The greater light (sun) and the lesser lights (moon and other heavenly bodies) provided both illumination as well as direction. The best example of the light providing illumination and direction is our Lord and Christ. Everybody including intellectuals, rulers, the poor found light and direction when they looked to Jesus. Light shining through, dispels darkness, wickedness, wrong intentions, and wrong attitudes. When we live as channels, of God working t...
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WORKING CAREFULLY

… And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground - Gen 4: 2, KJV The passage helps us to study the attitude of the first two brothers. Abel is called a ‘keeper’ of sheep, while Cain is called a ‘tiller’ of the ground. God had placed their father Adam in the Garden of Eden and assigned two responsibilities - And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it - Gen 2: 15. To dress it means to till, to keep it means to give it attention and care.  Adam’s son, Abel kept flocks - 4: 2 - a shepherd devotes all his attention to his flocks and is a sacrificial care giver. His son, Cain ‘worked the soil’ - the contrast between devotion to a God given task as against the drudgery of work could not be more apparent. God was pleased with Abel’s offering and he gives Cain reasons for his displeasure - ‘if you do well, will you not be accepted’. Abel did well in giving care to his flock and his approach led him to give a bett...
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