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Ezekiel 34: 1-10 [ The Message] God ’s Message came to me: “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherd-leaders of Israel. Yes, prophesy! Tell those shepherds, ‘ God , the Master, says: Doom to you shepherds of Israel, feeding your own mouths! Aren’t shepherds supposed to feed sheep? You drink the milk, you make clothes from the wool, you roast the lambs, but you don’t feed the sheep. You don’t build up the weak ones, don’t heal the sick, don’t doctor the injured, don’t go after the strays, don’t look for the lost. You bully and badger them. And now they’re scattered every which way because there was no shepherd—scattered and easy pickings for wolves and coyotes. Scattered—my sheep!—exposed and vulnerable across mountains and hills. My sheep scattered all over the world, and no one out looking for them! 7-9  “‘ Therefore, shepherds, listen to the Message of  God : As sure as I am the living God—Decree of  God , the Master—because my sheep have been turned into ...

Many so called spiritual movements that started out forty to fifty years back with much passion and fervour, have ceased to be movements today, I am not going to name them, but you might definitely know some of them. Many are on the verge of becoming fossilised relics with nothing to show other than their past glory and their dilapidated buildings and properties for which the present members are shamelessly bickering and fighting lawsuits for the spoils.  Many have died painful slow death with the passing away of their original founders and leaders. Some of them are on life support, struggling to keep afloat with the changing times and few of them are hurtling towards the black hole of no return blissfully unaware of their condition or seeming to be not aware? But some of them like the sons of Issachar, "men who understood the times" have been careful to reinvent, revive and replenish their movements to come back with even greater passion and vision to remain on the cu...

Are you interested in making disciples? Are you desirous of being obedient to the great commission of our Lord? You might be going, nope! that is not for me, that is for the missionaries and the church to figure out. Well it doesn’t look so in the Bible when we read Mathew 18:18-20 , the last few words of the Lord here on this earth. If you even take a casual look at it, leave alone studying it in depth, it is pretty obvious that it is a clear mandate given to everyone who follows Him and who will follow him in the future, it is not optional, it is an invitation for every believer to  labour  with Him in making disciples. If you are considering this seriously let me begin by reminding that there are no short cuts or easy methods here. To start with there are two ground rules which are unchanging and  non- negotiable -  the first one is to be continuously controlled and empowered by the Holy Spirit as He is the one who helps us to be a bold witness and ...

A call to Radical leadership- to be a servant of all I have seen people who are in leadership abusing the power they have been entrusted with for self aggrandizement. Power, position and money are the three things that seem to drive many of the Christian leaders today and then there is the occasional sex scandal that pulls down a well known leader. Leaders are willing to do anything to stay in power and stake their claim for position.   I was in a conference recently and I saw how a well known Christian leader was manipulating the organizers to make sure that he gets the maximum mileage and exposure in that conference and to top it all he had the audacity to publicly proclaim and even went to the extent of displaying his vast influence to the audience present. It was a pretty obnoxious sight.    I have also seen good Christian leaders who in their early days rose through the ranks through sheer hard work and commitment and once at the pinnacle of power tota...