Luke 5:1-11 NIV Jesus Calls His First Disciples 1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” 5…

The text: A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups have been taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it…

Love is a major thing in our human life. You turn on the radio, it’s all about love songs. You watch TV, characters are always falling in love. You read tabloids, it’s always about someone’s love life, love interest, love is always in the air. However, all the world tells us is that love is a feeling. When you don’t feel love, you can get out of the relationship. A person’s love can change to hate etc. The truth is, love is an action. Because it’s an action, love that is so good and simple in the movies and songs, is actually not an easy thing to carry out in…