The Truth

                       I became a born-again Christian when I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior in 9th grade. I was an ardent Roman Catholic before that and when my history teacher, Selvanathan, presented the Gospel to me, I couldn’t help but feel the need for my sins to be washed and that I need a savior. I prayed and welcomed Jesus into my heart on that day in the year 1999. Since that day I have experienced a total transformation that occurred within me. I began sharing the gospel with fellow students and started sharing the gospel with strangers I meet on the road through means of tracts, pamphlets, and personal conversations. God helped me to find two born-again believers, Raja and Edward, in my class to have fellowship. Together we started reaching out to the nearby villages and towns near my hometown in India and sharing the good news of salvation in Christ Jesus. The passion and desire to share the T...

The natural question that arises when we come to realize God’s Sovereignty and Omniscience is: If God knows what I need and what I would ask even before I ask and God is sovereign, who brings His plan and purpose to fruition, then can I change God’s heart through prayer?  GOD IS IMMUTABLE: The Bible declares God is unchanging. No man can change God. And if one can change God’s will then God is no longer God for God by definition is immutable. He doesn’t have a learning curve, and nothing surprises God. There is nothing God is yet to realize for God knows everything. That's why the Hebrew writer boldly declares, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." (Heb. 13:8). Moreover, since God is not a man who changes his mind the Bible says, "God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind." (Num. 23:19). If we cannot change God’s heart by praying then what can be the purpose of prayer? THE PARADOX OF PRAYER: Thr...