Beautiful Giving Part 3 | Colin DCruz

This message was preached by Colin D Cruz at Word of Grace Church  Pune, on the 10th Of November 2013. 

 Every year we have a Gift Day when we bring an Offering to help fund all we do in this nation and Regions Beyond. 

Would Jesus call you a fool? Who does he call fool?

 This is the concluding  part  of the series on Beautiful Giving.

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As pastors we pray for a lot of people for a lot of things. We pray for the sick, those in trouble, for a job etc. But I have never had someone come with this problem “See my house, my 10 bedroom house, my business is doing so well that I want to stack all my money from the floor to the ceiling as I don’t trust the bank. I have a problem, I have so much money that I don’t know what to do. Think I’ll make a 20 room house to store this money”. Have you prayed for someone like this?

In Luke 12:16  Jesus tells us of a man who had this kind of a problem.

 ¹³ Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

 ¹⁴ Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” ¹⁵ Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

 ¹⁶ And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

   ¹⁸ “Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. ¹⁹ And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.”’

   ²⁰ “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

   ²¹ “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

2000 years on nothing has changed. People still fight over property. Then Jesus says

“Watch out!!” –  When Jesus says this , it’s a warning. There are huge warning signs on the overhead cables of the trains. Do you every fool around with it or try to test if its true? We have all heard this warning at some point in our lives. Now when Jesus says “watch out”, we’d better watch out.

In the context of money and possessions he tells us to watch out against all kinds of greed The whole world is telling us to get as much as we can. TV, Advertisements promote it. Jesus warns us that this message is wrong – that if you improve your lifestyle you are improving your living.

v.15-  Jesus challenges the thinking of the time and goes against the grain of the culture. (He still does that) by making a startling statement: “A Man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions”

v19 – this is a key verse. This is the dream of most people today. Take life easy: eat drink and be merry. Jesus says watch out! That’s the wrong thing to be living for. When we think like this Jesus says “You fool!” WE are foolish when we make our possessions our life.

v 16. – Jesus goes on to tell a parable. The man in the story is not a crook; he has not acquired his wealth through illegal means. This was honest gain from hard work– just like many of us he was a respectable member of society. His hard work was paying off.

V18.- However his abundance was causing a problem for him. The thought however did not occur to him that he could use his abundant wealth to bless others, to help the poor in own family or community, to pay his workers well, to give something to the synagogue where he worshiped. He was only thinking about himself.

V19. He gets an idea – to build bigger barns i.e hoarding for himself. He was selfish. This is the tragedy of wealth today.  We may think I am working hard, I have a good brain, I will keep it to myself. You may think because of your hard work you deserve it. I

V19b- this man worked hard for his wealth and could say “I worked hard for it therefore I deserve to enjoy it”. How much is enough?

Eccel5:10 - Whoever loves money never has enough...

Think about your life 10 years ago, what you had and what you have today. Are you not blessed? You will never be satisfied with wealth and possessions because you will always want something more. The guy with the bicycle envies the guys with the scoter, the scooter guys envies the guy in the car, the guy in the  nano car wants a the Ford, the Ford guy wants the SUV, the SUV guy wants the Mercedes !!. We always want the next thing. Things are not wrong in themselves but if your happiness is contingent on it , it’s a problem.  It’s like drinking salty water on a hot summers day.

Some hoard gold, some invest in stocks, others homes. God is not against saving. It‘s our attitude towards money he is interested in and how we use it. Our happiness is not determined by our possessions.

“I’ll be happy when......( you fill in the blanks) If you are thinking in this way ,”watch out”!

So what did this man do?

V18. - He thought to himself.. Four times he says “I” and three times he says “my” in one sentence. He had no thought for anyone else. He does not even mention his family. Watch how he speaks to himself. ( we need to watch how we speak to ourselves). In the eyes of the world he appears to be very successful and people would envy his problem. But what was Jesus evaluation of him and of us if we are like him?

V20. - “you fool”!!!  That’s a strong thing coming from Jesus!!James 4:13-14 what is your life? We need to submit our wealth to the Lord and ask him what He would have us do. It is a terrible thing to be called a fool by Jesus.

Jesus is not against saving and wealth – but what are you doing with it?  What you do with it determines whether you are a fool or not. Have you been rich toward God? What will we hold up before God when we meet home face to face?  Will it be our homes, new phone, gold, stocks, and fancy car? Or things we have invested in for the Kingdom of God?

Lev 27:30 – Giving our tithes is only the basic. It belongs to God anyway so you are not doing anything special. It’s like you are expected to pay your bill at a restaurant. You are not doing anything special and the owner will not specially thank you for doing so. When you give more than your tithe that’s when the giving starts.

Luke 11:12 “This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Are you rich toward God?  Are we being generous when opportunity arises like this GIFT DAY ?Are we bring generous toward one another? Are we blessing the poor? Use the blessings God has given you. Where can you store where moth don’t destroy? When we give to the kingdom we give toward eternity.

As a church disciple making, reaching the lost and advancing the kingdom is our focus. That is why we invest in IDT our training program; we are exploring planting into Bangalore, helping the poor , supporting other church plants in our nation and beyond.. All this requires money. You may say I am not rich. Give your 5 loaves and 2 fish. Maybe you are rich. Store your treasure in heaven. We have phenomenal sacrificial giving in our midst. Here is an opportunity to store up treasure in heaven. At the Hub we saw that we are reaching out to so many nations, in our own nation there are so many people groups that need to reached.

May the Holy Spirit touch your heart as you consider giving toward our Gift Day. For each one it will be different. God wants sacrificial generous cheerful giving. Sow generously with the expectation to reap a harvest of righteousness, being made rich in every way.

Luke 12: 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. ³⁴ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

If you want to participate with us and give toward our Gift Day, please email us and we will give you details of how you can partner with us. wogchurch@gmail.com

(Song at the end of the sermon audio, "An Offering of Worship " written by Navaz D Cruz)

       Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again),  Spirit filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God's inspired Word for life. We are a church community that have people from every part of India and parts of the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. To know more about us please log ontowww.wordofgracechurch.org.

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Beautiful Giving Part 2| Colin D'Cruz

This message was preached by Colin D Cruz at Word of Grace Church  Pune, on the 3th Of November 2013. 

 Every year we have a Gift Day when we bring an Offering to help fund all we do in this nation and Regions Beyond. 

Why should we give? How should we give? Should the church be talking about money? This is part 2 of the series

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Gal 2:10   All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. In Church ministry the poor are very important. That is why Christians the world over engage with the poor.

Last week we looked at beautiful giving. Jesus spoke on money more than (2350 verses on money) than anything else. Why so much emphasis on money? 15% of what Jesus spoke on was on money. Attention to Money is the barometer of your spiritual life. One prime indicator of your spiritual life is money. “Where your treasure is there your heart will also be”

Luke 19:8 Zacchaeus – his attitude to money changed as a result of meeting with Jesus.

When it comes to giving to God we tend to give a safe amount. But what is God’s heart on giving? We saw Mary lavishly pour out everything on Jesus. It was one year’s wages. That was a phenomenal amount- it was sacrificial. 

Judas said what a waste. Jesus said what worship and highly commended her and said that she had done a beautiful thing. That’s what we have titled our gift day – beautiful giving.

This week we will look at 2 Cor. Ch 8 & 9 – it is the longest passage on giving.

8:1 Giving is a result of grace. Without the grace of God we human cannot give. We would have to  have it pried out of our hands. What is advertising all about? They are competing for your money and encouraging you to spend on yourself. How many advertisements do you see for charity?

When Grace comes, our heart changes. We are saved from sin and we have the righteousness of Christ. The riches people cannot buy salvation. What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? No matter how rich you are you will leave everything behind.

Verse 2 Paul is talking about the Macedonians. We all think our situation is bad- expenses have gone up. Petrol prices have increased and we are struggling to make ends meet. But let’s look at these guys – “severe trial, extremely poor – rich generosity” How does this match up?

Verse 3 Even beyond their ability – this is amazing.

Which stage are you at? No grace and done want to give?  Then the grace of God comes in and we give as much as we are able. Then comes a stage when we give beyond our ability – this is an amazing stage to reach.

Verse 4 – urgently pleaded. They wanted to give and participate. It’s acknowledging that everything comes from God. How much more for us who are rich.

Yongi cho – started with very humble beginnings. Today he has the largest church in the world. One lady gave a bowl and chopsticks, the only earthly possessions she had. It’s like the widow with the copper coins. To Jesus that was beautiful.

The amount of different people is different. It’s relative to how much you have.

Verse 7 Excel in the grace of giving.

V8. No pressure but out of love.

Verse 9 giving may involve sacrifice. It may mean forgoing something you would have done with that money.

Chapter 9:6 – Has a beautiful promise. Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

There are so many promises in the bible. God can give us so much more than we give Him. Don’t give grudgingly but with joy.

Verse 8, verse 11

Give as a step of faith and God will make you rich so that you can be generous.

One day in heaven, we will meet people there from Burundi, Tura, and Bangalore who will tell you that they are there because you gave and they heard the gospel and got saved.

       Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again),  Spirit filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God's inspired Word for life. We are a church community that have people from every part of India and parts of the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. To know more about us please log ontowww.wordofgracechurch.org.

    English Language Service Sundays at 10am. Please check google maps for directions!

Beautiful Giving | Colin D Cruz

This message was preached by Colin D Cruz at Word of Grace Church  Pune, on the 27th October 2013. 

 Every year we have a Gift Day when we bring an Offering to help fund all we do in this nation and Regions Beyond. 

Why should we give? How should we give? Should the church be talking about money?

Read and listen to this  message.

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When it comes to money, many are hesitant to talk about it. We consider it a very personal matter and quote “don’t let your right hand know what your left hand is giving”

But notice that Jesus felt no such compulsions and He spoke openly, intentionally on money and greed. 15% of what Jesus spoke about was on possessions and giving. The bible has more to say on giving than on prayer, heaven,hell and discipleship.

What does this tell you? Its significant and it matters.

Let’s look at what are God’s thoughts on giving.

Mark 14:1 the Alabaster Jar. Jesus had raised Lazarus from the dead and now he is visiting again. A dinner is prepared in his honour at Simon the leper’s house. Simon must have had leprosy but has since been healed. Mary comes with the Alabaster jar and breaks it at his feet. This got people’s attention.

What was the jar worth? One year’s wages (v5) think of how much you earn in a year. But she just took it and expended the whole thing on Jesus. She was lavish, extravagant and generous. This shocked the daylights out of everyone. The strange thing is that the others rebuked her and criticized her harshly.

WHAT DOES JESUS THINK ABOUT THIS EXTRAVAGANT GIVING?

John12:3  She is expressing adoration and devotion She was not thinking with her head but doing it with her heart.

1    .    Mark 14:6 “Leave her alone” She has done a beautiful thing to me. He did not think it was a waste but recognized it as worship. The poor you will have- but there is a time for worship.

2.    So it was not just beautiful but was a prophetic action and Jesus recognized it. She was preparing him for his burial. This happened two days before his death.

3.    Therefore our giving should be timely. Make 26, Luke 24 They went with spices to embalm the body of Jesus verse 2 there was no body to anoint now. They missed their chance. So let’s not miss out on the chance to give . You don’t know if you will be here next year.

4.    Mark 14:9 What she done will be told – she is immortalized for this act.

5.    But here we also have a betrayer. Judas. He feigned worship i.e a kiss of betrayal. Both doing acts of love: one was genuine and the other not.

We can go through the motions of giving but it’s not heartfelt.

2013  Beautiful giving. Is our giving beautiful? i.e we are giving our first fruits and not our leftovers. She did not give something she got in month. She must have saved this over some time and she gives it all.

Jer. 17:9 “the heart is deceitful” We need to put things in perspective. We can spend on ourselves, buy a phone worth 40,000 and give a fraction to the offering. Remember where your treasure is there your heart will also be.

A framer sows looking forward to harvest. 2Cor 9:6  So also as we sow, we will reap. God loves cheerful giving without any compulsion. Jesus will look at it and say it’s a beautiful thing. You can give via cheque, NEFT or an IOU that you will redeem in time. I want faith to rise in our midst this morning.

Jesus said we store up for ourselves treasure in heaven when we do this.

       Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again),  Spirit filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God's inspired Word for life. We are a church community that have people from every part of India and parts of the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. To know more about us please log ontowww.wordofgracechurch.org.

    English Language Service Sundays at 10am. Please check google maps for directions!

Family Matters Part 7 | Marriage - 3 | Colin D Cruz

This message was preached by Colin D Cruz at Word of Grace Church  Pune, on the 20th October 2013. 

This is part 8 of a series called Family Matters. and is part 3 on Marriage.  What  is marriage? Why should we marry? What is the blue print for a good marriage?

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The last message in this series on Marriage we saw  how God created the entire universe and also created MAN, gave him MISSION. He then provided him a MRS, initiated MARRIAGE.

 A MARRIAGE is one of the primary building blocks of society. It’s so significant that Jesus says that it is a picture of himself and the church.  He calls it a MYSTERY. Marriage was God’s idea and today we are going to look at the creator’s instructions for MARRIAGE.

Marriage is not just a good thing it is a God thing. In our first message on Marriage, we saw how God was the one who initiated marriage by providing Adam the first man a suitable partner fit for him. When God placed Eve the first woman before Eve, Adam was all ecstatic and poetry flowed from his lips when he saw the companion God had given him.

So God created MAN, placed him in a beautiful garden, and gave him a MISSION to take care of creation have a relationship with God and to equip him to do that he gave him a MISSUS – that resulted in the first MARRIAGE .

In our second session we saw that the CREATOR gave certain instructions to this newly married couple on how to live harmoniously as Husband and Wife.

God commands a man to LEAVE his parents and be JOINED to his wife in

God's blueprint for a successful marriage: Leave your parents, be joined to your wife to become one flesh and be intimately connected in every dimension of life.

This is the divine recipe for success in marriage. The ingredients and the method, both are important, just like in a recipe.

We looked at the importance of LEAVING our parents. When you tie the knot, you cut the cord. Just as a newborn baby is detached from the mother and is a unique person, so also a newlywed couple needs to detach from both sets of parents and forge a new unique identity.

So many problems are caused when the couple or the parents do not realize this and follow this.

Q. What does it mean to leave?

At one stage we were all in our mother’s womb. At that stage we were one with our mother. Then comes a time when the baby is born and the umbilical cord now needs to be cut. The umbilical cord is tied and the cord is then cut.

“Tie the knot and cut the cord”. At marriage we tie the knot and we have to cut the cord. For many years we were connected to our parents but now you are a new unit. The relationship dynamics will now change though we still love each other.

·        Physically: not necessarily living in the same house under the same roof. How do we do this? In case of old infirm parents we do look after them but we must establish who is in charge. Often the husband sides with his mother.  Mothers can play the emotional card and emotionally blackmail the son. This causes a lot of conflict. When a husband stands up for his wife 9 when it is needed), it gives great security to the wife and forges unity. Sometimes the in-laws try to dominate on other issues as well.

·        Financially: when you get married, you should be able to provide for your wife.  It is the responsibility of the man to provide for his family. Your wife may or may not work- she only supplements the income you bring in. Men must study hard, work hard and get a good job to be a good provider. In India often we see a reversal of roles where the wife slogs it out while the husband drinks and gambles all the money. Don’t depend on your in laws either.

      Dowry is a big curse in our country just like child marriage and Sati was. Sadly many Christians also give and take dowry. Can I challenge you to stop this evil practice? Young men, can I challenge you not to ask for dowry at the time of your marriage. You can stop it and change the culture.

     Another curse is the Big fat Indian wedding. Lakhs of rupees are spend on this one evening that often leaves the wife’s family in a huge debt. Let’s change the culture. We need to be thermostats in our nation where we set the tone in our culture and not be thermometers that merely reflect the cultural trends. Let’s be Biblical in all we do.

·       Emotionally: Whenever there is a problem, we are not running back to dad and mum. In all this we honor our parents but we are separate. Remember your first priority is not your mother or sister, but your WIFE. You need to learn to share with your spouse and lean on each other and not anybody else. Your best friend now is your spouse, not another man or woman and certainly not someone of the opposite sex. This doesn’t mean that you can never talk with them again. What it does mean is that your allegiance needs to change. Your loyalty now belongs to your spouse -- your partner should never have to compete with your parents – or anyone else for that matter.

You have to leave your college buddies, your girlfriends, and everything that can come between you and your new best friend.

Don’t do anything that will put a wedge between you and your wife.

·       Spiritually: Now the husband must lead the home spiritually. So men, build yourselves up in the faith. Even how you bring up your children is the responsibility of the parents and not the grandparents. Men must be able to lead their wives spiritually. Often wives are more spiritually inclined. Husband you need to shepherd your family. You need to pastor your family first.

    Remember you are not a really man by what you consume but by what you contribute. It’s not whether you can hold your drink but whether you can hold your job.

Women – look for a man who can lead you and feed you.

Men – look for a woman who will respect you and follow you.

Today we will look at the aspect of being united together to form one flesh. What does that mean?

Be United

24 So a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one body.
Genesis 2

The word “united” literally means to be glued together -- “to melt 2 separate entities together to form a permanent bond.” The word you may hear in some weddings is “cleave”. It has the idea of being bonded or welded together. The union is so strong that it takes something extremely violent to dissolve it.
There are four bonds that are to be nurtured between a man and a woman.

What is joined together?

(1)         A man and a woman- today this needs to be over stated.

(2)         A believing man and a woman 2 Cor 6:14, 1 Cor 7:39 A relational prohibitions
 The Message Paraphrase says it this way: “Don’t become partners with those who reject God.”

Different in values, aspirations, compass pointing true north and the others is pointing south.

Affects every area of life – relationships with inlaws, bringing up children, handling money, what to do on Sundays, etc.

Deuteronomy 22:10 in mind when he wrote these words: “Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together.” 

People have disregarded this command to their own peril and destruction. Their spiritual growth has gone down the drain and they are rendered in effective for the kingdom. Often they are not allowed to fellowship with believers and it’s a very sad situation. They are forced to compromise on what faith the children are brought up in.

(3)         What happens if you have married and unbeliever or you were unbelievers and you have now come to faith
1 Cor 7:12,13 – do not separate. Pray like mad. If you are not yet married please do not consider this as an option.

  

What does this unity look like?

Unity implies permanency. to try and separate it will involve damage to both . do not have a back door mentality. Measure twice cut once. This unit is a covenant.

Who does the joining? Matt 19:4-6. “What God has joined…” So it’s an amazing thing when a man and woman say “I do”. God is present and supernaturally joined them together.

How does this work out?

1 Priority – this relationship takes priority over every other relationship. Your spouse becomes your best friend. Its above your own children and parents as well.

2.Joint Ownership -  not my money and her money, it’s our money. This creates oneness and security. You need to foster that kind of trust. 

3.Its joint decisions, in marriage. Decisions making should shared. The husband is the head but he does not take unilateral decisions. Often the wife will have greater wisdom on the subject don’t let your ego get in the way.

This needs to be communicated to the children as well so they don’t play one against the other. This is true of the in laws as well. Do not let your mother ask you to keep secrets from your spouse. Protect your wife from wild accusations that may be thrown at her.

      When we take care of aged parents, we need to treat both the in-laws equally not just the husbands’ parents.

    Imagine if India began to put this into practice. Can you imagine men all over taking their rightful place in the family, what a difference it will make to the entire society and to the nation?

    Let’s be thermostats and not thermometers and change things in our won families, our culture, community and nation. Amen! 

       Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again),  Spirit filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God's inspired Word for life. We are a church community that have people from every part of India and parts of the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. To know more about us please log ontowww.wordofgracechurch.org.

    English Language Service Sundays at 10am. Please check google maps for directions!

Can I become wise? | Inder Pawar

This message was preached by Inder Pawar at Word of Grace Church  Pune, on the 13th of October 2013. 

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How wisdom is critical for decision making !

Decisions require great wisdom. It begins with the most important decision, i.e. acknowledging Jesus and placing our faith in him.

1 Cor 4:14 tells us that the God of this world has blinded our eyes. And Eph 2:9 says that God makes us alive in Him.

1 Cor 1:30 says Jesus has become to us righteousness and we receive power for change and has become wisdom of God for us.

We have all made foolish and wise decisions and they have consequences. No decision is without consequence. To make Godly decisions we need help.

Wisdom is a skill needed for living with God and for God. Wisdom is taught and can be got. We need to pursue it. 

Proverbs 4:8 says, “Prize her highly- she will exalt you.” Solomon writes on how we can get wisdom and how to live wisely.

In verse 23 he writes, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flows the springs of life.”(ESV)

Jesus always pointed to the heart- out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. The battle to guard our heart is the biggest one.

There are 4 fences that we can use in front, behind, left and right.

1.      Personal responsibility for the state of your heart. Romans 12: 1-2. What we put into our hearts will come out. The world always wants to squeeze us into its mould. We need to take responsibility for transformation.

Irresponsibility started in the Garden of Eden. Men tend to abdicate this responsibility and need to be alert to it.

What are my motives; am I joyful or distracted and is my heart away from God’s purposes? Ask these questions. We expect the pastor to help us out- No. We have to take responsibility.  V. 23- “keep your heart”. The onus is on us.

2.      Be Alert- vigilant- there are times when we are tired or a season of success and we let our guard down- we need to be alert.

1 Peter 5:8- Be sober minded. Be alert. Don’t get carried away, neither get too disappointed.

Not being alert can cost us years and seasons of our life. The devil is no push over but neither do I want to frighten you. We need to know our enemy. Competitiveness is very subtle and can get to us. This will lead to striving and move us away from God’s will. This is true even for good things. Thank God that we have the Holy Spirit to help us. He prompts us all the time. So learn to connect to the Holy Spirit 24/7.

3.      The discipline of examination- Verse 26 says, “ponder” or make level paths. Think about what is the way you can go forward. The way we think shapes the way we live- that’s why we need to renew our mind with the word of God. 

     How do we do this?

This requires development and time. We need time to pause and ponder and think and pray and wait on the Lord. 

1 Cor 11:28- “examine yourself”- we are not talking about introspection but we need healthy examination. We need to hit the pause button in our lives. The Psalmist said, ‘search me O God, and see if there is any offensive way in me.”

In our quiet times, let’s not rush into the word but pause. Pastors need to be careful and learn to press the pause button.

4.      The fence of community- this is becoming endangered in our individualistic world. Throughout proverbs, there is a practical intentional emphasis on community- verse 20- “my, son”.  Proverbs 13:20 – “he who walks with the wise will be wise.”

Word of Grace is a community, a family. Get into the life of the church and value it for however many months/ years you are in Pune. The community of God is precious because you get loved, encouraged, rebuked…

Make decisions that keep the local church at the center of what you do. When you stray from the community of God, you also stray away from the purposes of God.

   Word of Grace is an Evangelical (Born Again),  Spirit filled (Charismatic), Reformed, English speaking church in Pune that upholds the Bible as God's inspired Word for life. We are a church community that have people from every part of India and parts of the world. We are here to put the Great Command and the Great Commission into practice by equipping and releasing every member into works of service. To know more about us please log ontowww.wordofgracechurch.org.

    English Language Service Sundays at 10am. Please check google maps for directions!