soul2win - Elvis Shawn Peters

There are many moments where we share a closer walk with our loved ones. We walk hand in hand with them and share our thoughts. We know them completely, but we also make sure that we don't take them for granted. We hold their hands, listen to all that they say and spend so much of our life time with them. This is just because we love them and it is possible only when we love them. Each day we get more personal in knowing about the other person and slowly without our knowledge we would have started to walk their way. Well, that is what love does, when two join hands they become one and only one survives. That is true love.  Now, let us analyze the walk we have with God. The time which we share with him and how much we listen to him matters a lot. When we do the most of the talking then we would end up not listening to what the Lord wants to say, proving that we are still concerned about our own self. Based on the amount of listening the transformation will happen. The one who li...

A King comes to reign by the pure grace of God and not by the grace of people. He is appointed and anointed by God for this purpose. He has to listen carefully to the voice of God and do His will. He has to rule as the Master desires and cannot do anything of his own. A king must listen to the voice of the prophets, priests and godly servants. If all of a sudden the king realizes that there is a great nation under his control and only he has to take care of all these people, the King will fail immediately. The voice of the Lord is more important than the voice of the people. In simple a King is a one who would like to please and delight the Lord in all his ways. Remember it is His Kingdom, only Christ reigns and not us. Most of the time we rule ourselves and the people around us and that becomes the problem. Since, everyone has become a king they all have their own territory and they fight for their own kingdom. A Priest is called to serve the Lord in the Sanctuary, the Most Holy p...

Of late the news about the film which was stopped to screen got everyone's attention. Even I am surprised if people can do so much when they join together with a cause. But it would be more fruitful if we join hands in stopping to promote lustful movies which are released. We have been seeing so many bad posters around the city walls. One needs to go with extra conscious as no one knows what is kept in store for us on the Walls tomorrow. Small children are just getting to know the world around them. Wonder what a bad projection for the little ones to get groomed up with? We are reluctant to correct these errors. Amazed of why we don't protest for it? Have we joined hands in banning the liquor shops, night pubs, discotheques, illegal movies which are circulated around teens, smoking, adultery, all lustful desires of flesh, terrorism and etc? We fascinate and support the technology, but are we sure what our children carry in their pen drives, CD pouches and smart cell phone...

Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter, when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Isaiah 58:7 One tries to stay away from food and water in order to have a prayerful connection with the Lord. It is a way to please the Lord and to direct our thoughts to prayer. By fasting demons are cast out from our life and it is also a symbol of seeking God diligently. But here in this passage of Isaiah 58:7 God says that he is not pleased with this kind of fasting. God says that you have your money in your pocket and the strength in your body kept safe and you fast. After the fasting period you again return to your good old ways. Also, the prayer points for which we fast are also for our own selfish desire, which brings injustice and ties cords of yoke to our fellow being and depresses them. Instead of you practicing a false stay away from food, God wants you to share the money which y...

World has taught us to have have a good life by means of education and work. In the starting, everything seemed to be good. Each one of us served the society one way or the other to have a happy living. We all have loving families, friends, colleagues and the young ones around us, who gaze at us to grasp the "Art of living" from our daily activities. As we started to work, at some point with/without our knowledge we were led to the mainstream thought of having a "Winning Career". We spend time to learn in order to grow in knowledge and empower ourself towards the goal of success. Also, we spend time with only those who can lead us to this great path of victory. Even your loved ones would do the same of encouraging you in spending more time at work. These are the days of No work = No Money = No Values = No family = No life...then "No space for you in my life" . Finally, We don't dare to spend time with something which will not fetch us any Money, becau...

It is always we who give value towards a thing or to a person. For example, the coal which is made to shine like a diamond is being valued by us. Gold which is taken from mud is being valued by us. It is just another ordinary thing by its form and source, but we treat it special by valuing it. By valuing this, we have classification, discrimination and separation among the people. Somebody is treated special, while the other is rejected. Imagine what would happens if nobody values it. Gold, diamond and silver is just another mineral from the earth, a different form of dust particle. Since, everybody valued it, we want to possess at least a little of them so that we are recognized and valued in return. What would happen if nobody claps hand for a singer, dancer or a writer? What if no one is appreciated or treated special for what they do? What if no one says a wow... to whatever you do? The same happens in a relationship, with friends, colleagues and with any fellow human being. We gi...

We spend most of our time in computing - making the Computer, act and sound like a human. We feed them with data's and functions to process the data. We teach the computer with the best ways to interact with an human. We also, teach them to analyze, adapt and learn by itself. As a result, now most of the computers in Big size have started to govern the whole nation, having the data of all the citizens and the Laws (Rules and Regulations) in them. This system never knows an individual in person and his emotions. The System has the data and the rules and the entity is governed by it. Like how the Money is becoming Meaningless, will the Human-Human interaction will vanish and everything will happen through Systems. We give life to this Body. We give brain to this body.   BEAST The fact of surprise is that the body is made of SAND. We have been spending all our life in giving life and power to a machine which is made out of sand. Call it a vanity or fantasy, this is the fact. From hou...

At all given instance, I should be the one to win and be in First place. Rank 1 in school & college First to get through the interview First to get promotion, incentive First to get in through any crowded queue First to be recognized, praised, loved and applauded First to be held responsible in all of my life First one to Blame Win the Argument In this very fast paced world, everybody says "First me" to their heart. It should be my son, my daughter who is winning the competition. They should get the first rank and stand as an exceptionally successful one. Some say that, I should be "First one" to be remebered in the other person's mind. But If the other one treats someone else to be their priority we cannot digest it. From our school days we were taught to win and rank one in every competition. We are on the race with no time to turn back and look at who is coming where or whether they are hurt and dropped in-between. You turn, you will lose, Y...

Every action and thought of ours is held responsible for making the Big Picture of "You". Our choices which we make, creates the difference in our journey, character, career and life. We choose, who we want to be in this journey of life.  Each new day reveals the more of real "You". Each day comes with lots of choices packed in it. The way we are going to deal with it, decides who we are. We may say "No" or "Yes" to some and compromise with a few and sometimes never even realize that the way we spend this minute is also a part of the choice which we have made. We are held responsible for every given minute and for every single choice we make. I am held responsible for all my actions and thoughts from silly, simple to complex ones. You may say, "Bad choices, I don't care". Some shout and say "I am Bad... I am Bad" . What if your son, daughter, father or mom says "I am Bad"? What if all the people in the colony ...

Sometimes we have this thought of “Dilemma” in our mind, whether to take the left or right or to go straight. Even in our day-to-day life we have the same double-minded thinking, whether to do it or not, now or later, etc. Until we don’t have a clear vision, thought and decision while traveling in a vehicle we will end up in trouble. Imagine a case were a vehicle before you going in a zigzag manner. That would disturb us and more over we might lose our control and get crashed on the road. The same is the case of others if we drive in such a manner. Being decisive and giving proper directions in your change of course while driving would also comfort others traveling in the road. If we are driving a bigger vehicle like bus then others who depend on us, also has to be considered. Likewise if we continue living with   double-mindedness   it is going to   first destroy ourselves,   second our family, friends, loved ones   and   all others who journey wi...

One way or the other, things get delayed in reaching us. Our complaint in life is that Nothing happens on time, especially when we are waiting for it. “Traffic Jam” is the key word. Everybody is waiting on the road, but for how long. We need to go to Home, Office, see friends, etc., we have so many other things to do. All of a sudden if my vehicle has to stop because of a traffic jam, I could not bear it. It could be an accident, somebody is trying to learn to ride a vehicle, an animal moving in the center of the road, etc. If it is my vehicle which has met the accident then the case is different. I don’t give it much of thought, but point to be understood is when we were in the accident and learning phase others too had to go through the tough time of waiting and getting delayed in their journey. If we understand that it had a valid reason for us to wait for sometime in this journey of life, things become interesting. If something is getting delayed in our life  it has got ...

As discussed in Part I, we understand that vehicles on road are driven by people and not by themselves. People driving the vehicle have to take control over the vehicle and drive it safe for the goodness of himself and everybody. The one who drives should know what are all the features available in vehicle and how to use them at the right time. One should know how to handle the steering, change of gear for the speed and when & how to apply a break, etc. We can never drive in our own way as our heart says. If we say I will drive my way and let others control themselves, it is going to put everybody in trouble. Just imagine if everybody thinks the same way of driving their own way.   The road will become a battle ground and only the fittest one will survive . Likewise in life, we our given a body to live, walk and drive in. We need to control our senses and drive ourselves carefully. We need to take hold of this body and channel it through proper directions. Also, have to ta...

On the Road we have different types of people, some walk, some go on bike and some on car and some on truck and some Taxis and Autos. Point to remember is that all these vehicle are driven by People. During the journey on the road,  each one's perception is different.  A person crossing the road by walk, would say to himself, let the person in the Bike wait. Person on the bike would say, let the Car wait. For some People the road is their everyday business, like the Autos, Taxis and Lorries. They all are driven by Time. For them the speed on the road is equal to Money making time in business. They can never go slow. Our pace in life has been increased drastically, we can't move slow. No more days of walking, otherwise you will be left behind. Nobody can wait for none. But, if we decide to stop and give way for the other, then our lifestyle would change completely. To STOP and give way in the lift, to STOP and hear someone speak, t...

Team of people join together in bringing a software application to life. It could be 5 people, 50 or even 500 people at work for the Software application. Each one contributes their "Line of Code" to the application. The quality of life for the Software application depends on each one of those who have worked in the project. If any one person gives a wrong instruction then the application throws an error/exception and will halt the application. Let us relate the same to our life. Even every single word which we speak will create an impact to the whole society. Our thoughts, actions and words leaves an impression in this world. May be the system is not going to halt today, but someday or the other, definitely it will. In case of a software application, your "Line of Code" is thoroughly scrutinized before it could be injected to the system. Wherein, in the world we are let to say whatever we want, but when the impact is big only then we are punished by our legal ...

Luke 21:3,4 "this poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on." Today if we try to empty ourselves and submit to God, then God is surely going to recognize us as she did for this poor widow. Remember it is easy to give an offering (money, gift, sacrifice) but it is tough to give our heart. It could be with any relationship Mom, Dad, Spouse, Children, but no body needs your money but your love.  Then how do we dare to do that with God, who is looking for our love, and we still give him the money. Money cannot get us anywhere, if we are very sure about that then why do we hesitate to leave that Money and come behind God. We decide whom we are eager to serve. We have been trained to serve our fears, our futures, our uncertainties and death. Jesus is the answer for our past, present and future. Drop yourself in that box of offering today, you will be as a pr...

Today I would like to share my view on the Vacuum space in our life. Though everybody is given the same 24 hours per day, we do differ by the way we utilize it. Mostly we don’t know what to do with the given time. Some people have found the way and since they are able to use it productively others start following them. For example, a work is given to us then we do it. If we are not assigned anything maybe we are also filled with the same blank and vacuum space in our mind. Being productive is of subjective nature, differs from person to person. But let us also think of the people who give us job, how did they conceive with this thought, even they had the same vacuum in them at one point of time. If none of us knows what to do with the given time, won’t each one start inventing something different? We are a little reluctant if someone else has found the answer to the question. But for those who want to experiment with the time and start acting on it, establishes a new thing. One who...

"The Lord needs it."  Luke 19:34 If you think that to be the voice of the Lord, then You are free to go and serve Him. Deliver yourself and others in the Name of Jesus. You are needed by Jesus immediately. Praise the Lord. Amen.