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From<br />
your Brother…<br />
I greet you in the sweet name of Christ Jesus!<br />
Your prayers and contributions have been instrumental in<br />
the successful and blessed conduct of our ministry.<br />
Multitudes were saved in the ministry of the last month.<br />
Lord immensely blessed all families who attended the<br />
Blessed Family Prayer.<br />
In the sight of the Lord your family is very important. We, the<br />
Jesus Redeems Prayer Team, specially pray for all those who have been<br />
reading this magazine. You too should please pray as a family every day. Whatever<br />
problems you may encounter in your family, please let us know at once. We shall<br />
pray along with you.<br />
Pay attention to your family. The Lord shall bless your family in all aspects.<br />
Please pray for the Jesus Redeems ministry. We will be visiting North<br />
India for ministry, in October, November, <strong>2008</strong>. We will be visiting Jharkhund,<br />
Punjab, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. We will be also visiting<br />
missionary fields. We need your fervent prayers for this ministry. When you<br />
pray as a family, pray for this ministry.<br />
It has been my intention to make a trip to the affected parts of Orissa and<br />
strengthen the children of God. Please pray for that God willing, I should visit this<br />
place. Continue to pray for Orissa.<br />
The roofing of the House of God has begun. Please pray that this work should go<br />
on perfectly without any interruption.<br />
Your prayer is our strength. Please pray for me incessantly. I and the Jesus<br />
Redeems team have been praying for you.<br />
May the grace be with you!<br />
Your Brother
''<br />
n the year 1972, the Lord was<br />
gracious enough to save me and I received<br />
the joy of salvation. The joy of having<br />
Jesus within me filled me.<br />
I had a thought within myself:<br />
“Hereafter all my attempts will turn out to<br />
be successful! Because Jesus is with me, I<br />
will always be blessed.”<br />
However, the year I received salvation,<br />
I failed in my exams for the first time in my<br />
life.<br />
I had to face questions and rebukes. I<br />
was disheartened.<br />
At this juncture, it was my mother who<br />
strengthened me in Christ Jesus, saying,<br />
“As you get closer and closer to God, you<br />
will have to face trials and tribulations. You<br />
should remain firm even amidst these<br />
troubles.”<br />
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<br />
...YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE,<br />
TAKE COURAGE... ''<br />
YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE!<br />
BUT<br />
John<br />
Then I began to understand that the life<br />
of a Christian is a troublesome path.<br />
In 1975, heeding to God's call, I<br />
dedicated myself completely to His<br />
ministry. I was expecting everyone to<br />
encourage me as I launched into ministry.<br />
But, things happened contrary to my<br />
expectations. Christians themselves were<br />
talking ill of me, alleging of things I had not<br />
done, or had not said. This made me feel<br />
disheartened.<br />
One night, alone at the feet of God I was<br />
shedding tears: “Lord, I don't want this<br />
ministry. Please leave me alone. They are<br />
accusing me of things I have not done.”<br />
At that time, Jesus Christ met me face to<br />
face. “Son, have a look at my ministry. The<br />
world was jeering at me too! They accused<br />
me! They protested against me! Amid all<br />
those turmoil, I carried on with my
ministry. You too should carry on like me<br />
with your ministry. In your ministry, you<br />
will come across trials and tribulations.<br />
But, I am there before you; any trouble<br />
should cross my presence before it reaches<br />
you. Carry your cross and follow me.”<br />
Thus He spoke to me.<br />
In those days I learnt the lesson that<br />
ministry has to be done amid problems. I<br />
gave myself up for a life full of ordeal. I<br />
dedicated myself, with the promise that, “I<br />
will never retract the step that I have put<br />
forward.”<br />
From that day on, the Lord gave me a<br />
heart that never gets disheartened. That is<br />
why I never lose heart even if some one<br />
speaks or writes ill of me or my ministry.<br />
Twice during my ministerial work in<br />
Rajasthan and once in Madya Pradesh and<br />
in Varnasi, there was only one foot between<br />
me and death.<br />
Religious extremists attempted to<br />
murder me. They were chasing me with<br />
lethal weapons. But the Lord was with me<br />
protecting me in the shadow of His hands.<br />
Yet, the Lord has been giving me the<br />
grace to visit North India for ministry, every<br />
year.<br />
Dear friends, Christian life is full of<br />
trials and tribulation. Following Christ is<br />
not like walking on a soft cotton bed. It is<br />
walking on a rough path of stones and<br />
thorns! So, don't be disheartened by the<br />
troubles that you are facing today.<br />
TAKE COURAGE!<br />
Is it possible to be courageous amid<br />
trials and tribulation Even a small problem<br />
sets in weariness!<br />
To be of courage in the midst of trials,<br />
think only about Jesus Christ. “For<br />
consider him that endured such<br />
contradiction of sinners against himself,<br />
lest ye be wearied and faint in your<br />
minds.” (Heb. 12:3)<br />
Think only about Christ who had to<br />
endure trials, tribulation, mockery and<br />
rebuke! Jesus, who never did any harm<br />
to any one, had to still suffer.<br />
“For this is thankworthy, if a man<br />
for conscience toward God endure grief,<br />
suffering wrongfully.<br />
For what glory is it, if, when ye be<br />
buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it<br />
patiently but if, when ye do well, and<br />
suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is<br />
acceptable with God.<br />
For even hereunto were ye called:<br />
because Christ also suffered for us,<br />
leaving us an example, that ye should<br />
follow his steps: ” (I Peter 2:19-21)<br />
Christ has left behind a model for us to<br />
emulate, to follow His footsteps. Hence,<br />
don't get disheartened at trials and<br />
tribulation; instead rejoice.<br />
“But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are<br />
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,<br />
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may<br />
be glad also with exceeding joy.”<br />
(I Peter 4:13)<br />
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We are not partners with Jesus Christ in<br />
His blessings alone but also in His<br />
sufferings.<br />
“Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,<br />
let him not be ashamed; but let him<br />
glorify God on this behalf.” (I Peter 4:16).<br />
In the place of your work, in your<br />
business, in the place of your residence, in<br />
your family, you may confront problems<br />
and trials! Don't get disheartened! Be of<br />
courage!<br />
PRAY!<br />
When we have to face<br />
trials and tribulation, what<br />
should we do The word of<br />
God gives us this advice:<br />
“Is any among you<br />
afflicted let him pray. Is<br />
any merry let him sing<br />
psalms.” (James 5:13)<br />
When we are faced with trials, we<br />
should pray. We can surmount trials,<br />
only through prayer. When troubles<br />
increase, increase your prayer.<br />
We should pray for those who suffer.<br />
We should not selfishly pray only for<br />
ourselves. The children of God should<br />
look around themselves, take note of the<br />
happenings around, and pray. Most<br />
importantly, we should keenly observe<br />
whatever is happening in India.<br />
SUFFERING IN ORISSA!<br />
We are all aware of the attacks on<br />
Christians in Orissa. However, it is better<br />
for us to know all details and pray. So, I am<br />
giving here the reports published in 'The<br />
Junior Vikatan', 'Kumudham Reporter.'<br />
One of the leaders of Vishva Hindu<br />
Parishad, the eighty year old Sadhu Swami<br />
Laxmanananda Saraswathi, after comple<br />
ting his pujas, was walking down the road<br />
with four people.<br />
It was 9:15 at night and as he was<br />
nearing his Jalespata Ashram a mob<br />
accosted him.<br />
When the swamiji looked up, he was<br />
shocked to find more than 30 people, with<br />
lethal weapons in hand. Before he could<br />
realize what was happening, they shot at<br />
him point blank and disappeared into the<br />
darkness. The swamiji and his disciples<br />
tumbled down and died.<br />
At night itself the news of his death<br />
spread. The people, when they saw the<br />
swami in a pool of blood, were bewildered.<br />
From the moment they got the news, the<br />
Hidutwa youth were agitated.<br />
Who could have done it “Could it be<br />
the Christians” A young man raised this<br />
doubt<br />
Many shouted in anger that revenge<br />
should be taken. At the end, in order to<br />
register their protest, all Hindu<br />
organisations planned a bandh. Besides<br />
Vishva Hindu Parishad, RSS and<br />
Bajrangdal too took part in this agitation.<br />
On that scheduled day, from the<br />
morning itself there was tension and rage<br />
prevailing in the State. Now and then, the<br />
leaders were adding fuel to fire with their<br />
provoking words. The result was<br />
disastrous. Buses were stopped all over<br />
the State. All vehicles passing by were<br />
smashed.<br />
Churches and worship centres were<br />
targeted. The rioters entered all<br />
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Christian regions and thrashed whoever<br />
they could get hold of.<br />
When it grew darker, in regions like<br />
Naughan, Rhga, Udayagiri, Bringia and<br />
Paliguda, they set fire to churches and<br />
houses too.<br />
As the peak of all atrocities, an<br />
orphanage run by Christians was burnt<br />
down by a mob.<br />
Three people trapped inside the<br />
orphanage died of asphyxiation.<br />
As riots continue, there is curfew<br />
imposed and also shoot at sight order at<br />
anyone suspicious.<br />
Yet, rioters keep strolling on roads.<br />
Among the riot torn districts of Orissa,<br />
Khandmal is significant, as the Australian<br />
missionary Graham Stuward Steins with<br />
his two sons was burnt alive by a violent<br />
Hindu group in the<br />
jeep.<br />
This brought to<br />
light the kind of<br />
atrocities happening<br />
in Orissa.<br />
Burnt Jeep<br />
Similarly, on<br />
the Christmas day<br />
of 2007, 14 chur<br />
ches were vanda<br />
lized and one<br />
person was<br />
murdered.<br />
Khandmal district is infamous for such<br />
acts. The reason for this is Swami<br />
Lakshmananda Saraswati who settled in<br />
that district forty years ago.<br />
(Source: “Kumudham reporter”, Sep. 4,<br />
<strong>2008</strong>)<br />
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ORISSA IS BURNING!<br />
As a result of the killing of Swami<br />
Lakshmananda Saraswati, member of<br />
Margadasa mandal of Vishva Hindu<br />
Parishad and his five disciples, there is a<br />
upsurge of violent riots in Orissa. The<br />
rioters, who have targeted Christians,<br />
have killed seven persons, including a<br />
woman.<br />
Though there is curfew in force in more<br />
than 14 States, unrest still prevails. For<br />
some reason or the other, in a few districts<br />
people have converted to Christianity.<br />
Hindutva groups have been on a drive to<br />
reconvert them.<br />
The hostility spurred by such events has<br />
been the cause of religious riots. On the day<br />
of the bandh, the rioters launched an attack<br />
with clubs in hand. In Khundabali village a<br />
mob of about 200 people entered an<br />
orphanage.<br />
They chased out the 22 children from<br />
there and set fire to the ashram. They<br />
threw the pastor and a 25 year old<br />
woman, who were in charge of the<br />
orphanage, into the fire. The pastor was<br />
saved but the young woman died. Another<br />
mob set fire to the entire village of Ruba.<br />
In the police firing that ensued, four<br />
rioters were killed. In a place called Mayli,<br />
three including a woman were killed.<br />
In Kandhmal district, in Thummidi<br />
panda, Bulbani, and Baliguda, churches<br />
and prayer houses were vandalized,<br />
(Source: “Junior Vikadan”, 3 Sep. <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
IT'S ORISSA THIS TIME!<br />
There is a new proverb now in Indian<br />
politics, 'Religious riots go before<br />
elections.' Oriassa is burning.
Fourteen people have been killed!<br />
Thousands of homes have been burnt!<br />
Churches, schools, hospitals, not even<br />
orphanages were spared…everything has<br />
reduced to ashes! More than 50,000<br />
Christians have fled to the forest for<br />
refuge!<br />
After Gujarat, it's Orissa, was the<br />
warning sounded much earlier; yet, the<br />
Government was deaf to this warning.<br />
This warning was sounded about ten<br />
years ago when the Australian missionary<br />
Graham Stuward Steins and his sons Philip<br />
and Timothy were burnt alive by Sang<br />
Pariwar mobs.<br />
In the same year a pastor from Tamil<br />
Nadu, Fr. Aruldoss was shot by an arrow<br />
and killed.<br />
On March 16, 2002, VHP workers<br />
entered Orissa assembly and smashed<br />
everything.<br />
Thus slowly and steadily religious<br />
fundamentalist venom was injected into<br />
Orissa and the State Government was<br />
supporting this.<br />
In Dec. <strong>2008</strong> itself there was a<br />
preparatory rehearsal for these riots. On<br />
Dec. 23, results for the Gujarat assembly<br />
polls were released and Mr. Narendra Modi<br />
had won.<br />
The shout of victory that Gujarat was<br />
celebrating reverberated in Orissa the very<br />
next day. The Sangh Pariwar groups happily<br />
launched into an attack.<br />
They pulled out Pastor Juanes Dighal,<br />
traveling in a bus and beat him up.<br />
They tore his clothes and made him<br />
walk naked in the streets.<br />
Christmas decorations in churches<br />
were pulled down and pandals were<br />
burnt.<br />
Within three<br />
days in Kandhmal<br />
5 big churches and<br />
48 village churches,<br />
5 convents, 7<br />
hostels and<br />
several Christian organizations were set<br />
fire to.<br />
In the shoot out by Sang Pariwar<br />
volunteers, two children, Chillu and<br />
Avinash were severely wounded.<br />
The State Government didn't come<br />
forward to put an end to violence and bring<br />
in peace. The present attacks are a<br />
continuation of the December violence.<br />
In Orissa, Christians are only 2.4% of<br />
the entire population. In Khandmal, the<br />
target of the present attacks, 16% are<br />
Christians.<br />
The Hindutva groups have been<br />
working among the tribals of Orissa for a<br />
very long time. In Orissa alone, RSS is<br />
running 6,000 'Shakkas' of 1½ lakh full<br />
time volunteers.<br />
Such organized activities are<br />
responsible for the slow growth of<br />
religious fanaticism in Orissa.<br />
The conversion of the tribals into<br />
Hindus is the first priority of the Sangh<br />
Pariwar. This kind of coversion of tribals<br />
into Christians and Hindus began during the<br />
British rule itself.<br />
The 'Pana' tribe marginalized by the<br />
British as a robber-tribe, was treated by the<br />
caste Hindus as untouchables, and hence a<br />
majority of them embraced Christianity.<br />
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So, the Sangh Pariwar set the 'Kandha'<br />
and other tribes against these converted<br />
Christians consistently.<br />
In the violence that erupted last<br />
December, the Government and the Sangh<br />
Pariwar jointly organized all attacks,<br />
according to reports.<br />
To set right this State of affairs, Mr.<br />
Navin Patnaik's Government never took<br />
any steps. It is no exaggeration if we say<br />
that the present violence is a cause of this<br />
indifferent behaviour.<br />
There is now a case filed in the Supreme<br />
Court that the CBI should probe Orissa<br />
atrocities. Even if the court complies with<br />
this request, we can't say that the minority<br />
Christians of Orissa will get any security.<br />
As the elections are approaching, one<br />
can expect the violent frenzy of the Sang<br />
Pariwar to be let loose. Their plan is to<br />
capture power by riding on religious<br />
fundamentalism. (Source: 'Junior Vikadan',<br />
Sep. <strong>10</strong>, <strong>2008</strong>, Sri. Ravikumar, M.L.A)<br />
Only if we have a clear idea of all that is<br />
happening in Orissa, we can pray fervently<br />
for the State. That is why I have compiled all<br />
these details from magazines.<br />
Moreover, Sathyam TV reporters had<br />
gone there personally to find out the facts<br />
and they have video graphed everything.<br />
The police standing guard for the rioters, the<br />
police man picking up the knife dropped by<br />
a murderous person and offering it to him,<br />
the religious fundamentalists letting their<br />
flag flutter on top of an ancient churchmany<br />
such scenes are in the video.<br />
There is no connection between<br />
Christians and the murder of Swami<br />
Laxmanananda Saraswati. In an<br />
interview to the Oriyan daily newspaper<br />
called, 'Sambad', a person named Asad, a<br />
naxalite of the People Liberation Gorilla<br />
Army has claimed that he was the one who<br />
murdered this swami.<br />
The attacks on Christians are<br />
preplanned ones, with the motive of<br />
destroying Christians under some pretext.<br />
In this scenario, what should we, the<br />
children of God do<br />
We should pray!<br />
We should pray a lot!<br />
Individually…as family…as<br />
groups…as congregation…we should<br />
all pray.<br />
We should increase our prayers.<br />
We should pray fervently for all our<br />
brothers and sisters who have been<br />
affected!<br />
We should also pray for our brothers<br />
who have caused these attacks!<br />
HOW TO PRAY!<br />
“Lord, strengthen our dear brothers and<br />
sisters in their faith; let them not get<br />
disheartened! Strengthen them and let them<br />
not grow weak in faith and retract.<br />
Console those who have been attacked<br />
and are living amid the damages.”<br />
Thus we should pray for the strength of<br />
the affected Christians!<br />
“Lord, give the affected children of God<br />
the grace to forgive those who attacked<br />
them. Prevent them from attacks of<br />
retaliation; help them to reflect the love of<br />
God, and to preserve their good witness.”<br />
Thus you should pray.<br />
“Lord, please forgive all those who<br />
tortured your people, burnt your churches,<br />
and murdered your servants! If you punish<br />
them for their sins, who can stand firm<br />
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Please forgive and save them and transform<br />
them as your witnesses and your servants!<br />
Meet all those religious fundamentalists<br />
and leaders who induced violence. Remove<br />
their violent murderous instincts.” Thus<br />
pray for those who organized these attacks.<br />
“Lord, let the destroyed churches be<br />
rebuilt! Let the demolished houses be<br />
reconstructed! Let all those believers and<br />
your servants get back all the things that<br />
they lost!” Thus pray for the blessing of all<br />
affected children of God, and for the<br />
ministries to thrive!<br />
“May the Lord forgive all those unjust<br />
police men! Meet all those unjust political<br />
leaders! Give a just heart to those in power,<br />
to rule without caste and religious<br />
discrimination! Let your justice rule over<br />
the nation! Thus pray for the leaders of the<br />
State.<br />
Thus pray repeating each item carefully.<br />
It is not suffice if you just pray…!<br />
NEED TO HELP!<br />
their offerings. You too can send your share<br />
on behalf of your family!<br />
Jesus Christ has said, “…Inasmuch as<br />
ye have done it unto one of the least of<br />
these my brethren, ye have done it unto<br />
me.” (Matt. 25:40)<br />
The Lord has given us a chance to help<br />
Jesus. When we take it upon ourselves to do<br />
it, it delights the Lord. Your reward will be<br />
high in heaven!<br />
Those who wish to send your offering<br />
may send a Cheque or DD in favour of New<br />
Life Society, mentioning, Orissa Relief<br />
Fund, remittable in any nationalized bank<br />
in Tirunelvelli. This donation is eligible<br />
for 80 G tax exemption.<br />
When we pray and act, the Lord will be<br />
glorified. When He rejoices, He blesses us<br />
specially.<br />
In your life too, when there are troubles<br />
and tribulation, don't lose courage. We have<br />
the Jesus who won over the world. He shall<br />
help us.<br />
It is not enough if we pray for the<br />
affected brothers and sisters! We have<br />
to help those who are standing there<br />
helplessly, having lost their churches,<br />
houses and possessions.<br />
To buy the things that they have lost, to<br />
rebuild their houses, to construct their<br />
Churches, we should do whatever we can.<br />
We may not be able to help all; yet, we<br />
should definitely do what we can.<br />
Our Jesus Redeems ministry has started<br />
the, 'New Life Society' for the purpose of<br />
reaching out during such situations.<br />
Now itself many children of God have<br />
stared extending a helping hand by sending<br />
Let us pray!<br />
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The Lord who has won over the world!<br />
We thank you!<br />
Thank you for the troubles and sufferings!<br />
I believe that nothing will happen in my life without<br />
your knowledge!<br />
Thank you for the victory in these problems of<br />
mine!<br />
I pray for my brothers and sisters who are suffering<br />
in Orissa!<br />
Strengthen every one, not to get disheartened!<br />
Give solace to my brothers and sisters who have<br />
been the victims!<br />
Let them get back all that they have lost!<br />
Protect them from any more harm!<br />
Give me the grace to help them!<br />
In the name of Jesus! Amen! Amen!
RISE UP! LET US REBUILD!<br />
TABERNACLE OF GOD<br />
By God's grace, the building of God's<br />
Tabernacle is going on unhindered. We have<br />
begun work for roofing, the verandah being<br />
the first step. Please pray for the work.<br />
We are in need of a total supply of 14,000<br />
sheets for roof, of which the cost for 12,611<br />
sheets has been met by benefactors thus far. Pray<br />
that God raises still more sponsors for the<br />
remaining 1,389 sheets.<br />
One sheet in priced at Rs. 1,000/-. Therefore,<br />
if 1,389 supporting volunteers come up, the entire<br />
roofing will be complete. A number of God's<br />
children are helping this magnificent Tabernacle<br />
to be completed on time.<br />
They have received blessings from Heaven as<br />
a reward for this support. We have been in receipt<br />
of such letters of testimonies.<br />
Hereunder is the report of Bro. Vijayan<br />
of Yercaud, about the miracle<br />
of God to him, following his<br />
support to the God's<br />
Tabernacle.<br />
We had been living in a<br />
rented house amid difficulties, for 20<br />
years, without a house of our own. We<br />
attended the Thirappin Vaasal Prayer, offered<br />
money for God's Tabernacle and prayed for a<br />
house of our own. God turned his ear to us and<br />
helped us build a house, worth Rs. 1 lakha<br />
gift indeed.<br />
As you are reading this, if you are inspired in<br />
heart, you too could take up, on behalf of your family,<br />
the supply of one, two, five or ten sheets.<br />
It is time for you to have your part in God's<br />
Tabernacle.<br />
In the event of a stir in your soul to uphold the<br />
Project, you may send a cheque or DD favouring<br />
Mohan C Lazarus, payable at any Bank Branch in<br />
Tirunelveli, to the address below.<br />
Tabernacle of God, Jesus Redeems,<br />
Nalumavadi - 628 211, Thoothukudi Dt., India.<br />
JESUS REDEEMS,<br />
Nalumavadi-628 211, Thoothukudi Dt., Tamilnadu, INDIA.<br />
Ph : (04639) - 235 305, 235 705 Fax : (04639) - 235 415<br />
Email : info@jesusredeems.com<br />
OUR ADDRESS<br />
- Mohan. C. Lazarus.<br />
Visit: http://www.jesusredeems.com/<br />
Jesus Redeems 8 October <strong>2008</strong>
The nation that was formed<br />
with the prayers of God's children,<br />
is the USA, a country where men<br />
of God like George Washington<br />
and Abraham Lincoln had ruled<br />
as Presidents of the Nation, where<br />
worldrenowned Evangelists like<br />
D. L. Moody, Dr. Billy Graham,<br />
T. L. Osborn and Oral Roberts<br />
had arisen.<br />
On one side, God's ministry<br />
is on the increase, and on the other<br />
iniquities and idol-worship are on<br />
the rise. Satan is trying to hold the<br />
land under his sway.<br />
Therefore, it has been<br />
God's pleasure that we stand in the<br />
gap for prayer for the nation.<br />
According to God's leading, we<br />
have been holding Thirappin<br />
Vaasal Prayer in U.S.A, for the<br />
past 9 years.<br />
This year the prayer<br />
meeting was held on 24,25,26 July<br />
in Maryland, close to Washington<br />
D.C. Around 300 God's children<br />
from 16 states assembled to pray<br />
Bro. Patrick Joshua<br />
Hour for Prayer<br />
Time given for Sandhya
for America and India.<br />
Bro. Patrick Joshua from India,<br />
Ps. Onasimus and I shared God's<br />
message with the congregation and<br />
led them in prayer. The spirit of<br />
supplication was poured on<br />
everyone. Prayers were raised with<br />
burden and tears.<br />
The Indian Prayer<br />
Fellowship had arranged the<br />
meeting with much concern and<br />
effort. God will bless them.<br />
They are conducting the<br />
Thirappin Vaasal Fasting Prayer<br />
every month. Please pray for<br />
them.<br />
The Thirappin Vaasal<br />
Fasting Prayer was initiated this<br />
time in San Francisco in<br />
California.<br />
About 200 persons<br />
congregated to pray on 18,19,20<br />
July.<br />
Bro. Patrick Joshua,<br />
Ps. Onasimus and I shared the<br />
message with the events going on<br />
in nations.<br />
They have decided with<br />
one accord, to meet every month to<br />
pray for the nation. This prayer<br />
meeting had been arranged by<br />
God's children with the guidance<br />
of Bro. Joseph Manohar. May<br />
God bless them!<br />
- The Editor.<br />
Bro. Suresh Babu, the interpreter<br />
Time given for Sandhya<br />
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I had been afflicted for many<br />
days with allergy, marked by the<br />
outward symptoms of<br />
irritation and tears in eyes,<br />
sore-throat, running<br />
nose and congestion. I<br />
had also joint-pain for two<br />
years. By God's grace, I<br />
was fully relieved from the<br />
chain of physical discomforts.<br />
- Priscilla, Virginia.<br />
I had been suffering from<br />
diabetes for 3 years. Before starting for<br />
the meeting, I told my husband that I<br />
wouldn't fast in the meeting, at the risk<br />
to my health. Therefore, my husband<br />
permitted me to attend<br />
the Fasting Prayer.<br />
On the first<br />
meeting itself, Bro.<br />
Mohan C. Lazarus said,<br />
“Don't allow room for<br />
anything that may bar your<br />
fasting. The doctors may advise that<br />
diabetics should not fast. But we have a<br />
physician, incomparably greater than the<br />
physicians on earth. So the diabetics too<br />
can fast.”<br />
These words generated faith in<br />
me. God helped me to fast. Usually the<br />
sugar level in my blood will oscillate<br />
between the high and the low, thus<br />
crossing the normal level. But when I<br />
prayed fasting, I had no symptoms like<br />
giddiness, tremor, tiredness and<br />
sleepiness. Instead, my faith has<br />
become strengthened through the fasting<br />
prayer. I have found the Supreme<br />
Physician, who I should depend on.<br />
- Parameshwari, Chicago.<br />
During the meeting, I had severe<br />
headache. So I got out of the hall, took<br />
rest in my car for a few moments and<br />
then again went into the<br />
meeting hall. At the time<br />
of prayer, Bro. Mohan C.<br />
Lazarus disclosed, inspired<br />
by the Holy Spirit, that<br />
someone in the meeting<br />
was suffering from severe<br />
head-ache and God was healing just the<br />
person in trouble. I was healed instantly.<br />
- Shibu, New York.<br />
Though hit with pain thanks to a<br />
disorder in spine, I attended the<br />
Thirappin Vaasal Fasting Prayer. At the<br />
prayer hour, Bro. Mohan C. Lazarus,<br />
moved by the Holy Spirit, revealed,<br />
“One particular sister is<br />
being afflicted with a<br />
trouble in her spine. God is<br />
healing her now. Sister,<br />
receive the healing with<br />
faith.” I was surprised with<br />
this utterance. I had a<br />
doubt about itwhether the revelation was<br />
for me or someone else. But when the<br />
Brother repeated the revelation, I<br />
believed and took it for myself. I was<br />
healed!<br />
- Pasava Rajakumari, Maryland.
TV News:-<br />
“…The Lord comforts his people<br />
and will have compassion on his<br />
afflicted ones.” Isaiah 49:13.<br />
The Lord Jesus Christ is the only one<br />
who never forsakes those who trust him.<br />
God clothes with His comfort,<br />
whosoever in grief or in distress,<br />
meeting their needs, whenever they call<br />
on him with faith. We have been<br />
transmitting the Good News of the God of<br />
Miracles through a variety of programmes<br />
in TV. God is doing miracles in the life of<br />
everyone who believes the Word spoken.<br />
The testimonies of a few of those miraclereceivers<br />
are here for your faith-raise.<br />
She was identified with accumulation of fluid<br />
in lungs. I was told that the treatment would<br />
consume a heavy amount of money. Therefore,<br />
as I was planning to take her to a Government<br />
Hospital, we chanced to watch your<br />
programme in Angel TV. While you prayed for<br />
the sick, we too cried to God to free us from our<br />
anguish. Moved with compassion, God healed<br />
my wife completely. - Gunasekaran, Kangheyam.<br />
BLESSED DOUBLEFOLD!<br />
Dear Brother,<br />
I am a dealer in waste-materials. I had been<br />
suffering for want of funds for the trade.<br />
One day I watched your TV programme, when<br />
you predicted a miracle in the life of everyone<br />
who believes. Really it took place. One person<br />
gave me Rs. 3,000/- for my business. It was<br />
twice more than I expected. A twofold blessing<br />
indeed!<br />
- Yowan, Tiruppur.<br />
HEARD THE PRAYER!<br />
Dear Beloved Brother,<br />
Last year, once we viewed your programme<br />
on God TV. You prayed for the blessing of<br />
child. My husband and I joined you and cried,<br />
“May your hand be ready to help us.” God<br />
turned his ear to us and answered us quickly.<br />
Look at the miracle. We have a boychild now!<br />
We have learnt that God answers the cry of his<br />
children.<br />
- Parimala, Mumbai.<br />
MOVING WITH COMPASSION,<br />
HEALED ME!<br />
Dear Brother,<br />
My wife fell ill on 20-07-<strong>2008</strong>. She<br />
was taken to hospital. Again she was hit with<br />
pain on 24-07-<strong>2008</strong>, losing her comfort at<br />
night. In the morning, she was taken to a<br />
Private Hospital in Kangheyam.<br />
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We have been hearing about the<br />
miracles of similar blessings. God will bless<br />
you also. Believe Him! Continue praying for<br />
TV ministry. Uphold the ministry with your<br />
offering, if inspired so. Grace of God be with<br />
you always!<br />
For more details:-<br />
Jesus Redeems Television Ministry,<br />
Nalumavadi-628 211. Ph : 9942235304<br />
Email : media@jesusredeems.com
Nalumavadi-House of God News:-<br />
several months, for our<br />
promotion in service. God<br />
listened to our cry. The Tamil<br />
Nadu Govt. has given us<br />
promotion through a special<br />
order. - Thangaraj, Karungal.<br />
TUMOUR DISAPPEARED!<br />
Fear not;<br />
be firm in faith;<br />
You shall see miracles!<br />
Do you feel intimidated by problems,<br />
needs, sickness and trials Fear not!<br />
Jesus Christ shall do miracles for you!<br />
The Lord has initiated the Thirappin<br />
Vaasal Prayer to pray for you with faith.<br />
Have a look at the miracles that the Lord<br />
has done, heeding to our prayers.<br />
OBSTACLES GONE AWAY!<br />
I couldn't get my pension<br />
for <strong>10</strong> months since my<br />
retirement, because of<br />
administrative reasons.<br />
I cried to God in Thirappin<br />
Vaasal for the benefit. During<br />
the message, on inspiration, the<br />
Brother said that the due benefits would<br />
accrue to us.<br />
This was in consonance with our prayer to<br />
God, who helped me to get my pension,<br />
removing all the hurdles on the track.<br />
- Saradha Thangam, Tirunelveli.<br />
PROMOTION TO ALL THE THIRTEEN!<br />
We, the thirteen, working in<br />
Kanyakumari Panchayat Union, had been<br />
praying in Thirappin Vaasal collectively, for<br />
I fell sick with tumour in the<br />
breast. In the Thirappin Vaasal, I<br />
prayed, “Save me in accordance<br />
with your love.” God heard my<br />
voice from on high and delivered<br />
me. The tumor has melted<br />
down.<br />
BLESSED ME WITH A CHILD!<br />
- Jebaseeli, Sivagnanapuram.<br />
God blessed me with a child<br />
in answer to my cry for mercy in<br />
Thirappin Vaasal, as I was<br />
without a child for 1½ years<br />
since marriage.<br />
I was admitted in hospital<br />
for urinary trouble, 5 days<br />
after the delivery of the child. I put my prayer<br />
request over phone with the Thirappin Vaasal<br />
Prayer Group. God relieved me from the<br />
trouble, hearing the prayer.<br />
- Ajitha Kumar, Pacode.<br />
I had been childless for 3<br />
years. So I was very fond of a<br />
child. Also, I had two more<br />
needsa permanent job for my<br />
husband and marriage for my<br />
sister.<br />
Therefore, I prayed in the Thirappin<br />
Vaasal, “O Lord, hear my prayer and come to<br />
my relief.” My supplication came before<br />
him and he fulfilled the desires of one who<br />
feared him.<br />
- Ananthi, Thoothukudi.<br />
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RELIEVED FROM DEBT!<br />
I had been plagued with<br />
debt-problem for 2½ years. I<br />
had requested the Thirappin<br />
Vaasal Prayer Cell through mail<br />
to pray for my relief.<br />
They prayed and sent me the<br />
reply, “God will help you.” Accordingly, God<br />
opened new ways to clear off the debt. It is<br />
His Grace!<br />
- Joseph Kirubhakaran, Melapalayam.<br />
VIRUS IN BLOOD!<br />
My son was afflicted with<br />
th<br />
severe fever on the 6 day of<br />
his birth. On investigation, he<br />
was detected with hernia, to<br />
be removed in 24 hours, as<br />
virus had formed. My heart<br />
was in anguish within me; the<br />
terror of the child's death assailed me.<br />
We requested the Thirappin Vaasal Prayer<br />
Cell to pray to save him from the torrents of<br />
destruction. God heard the prayer.<br />
astonishment of the doctors, who had<br />
forsaken him once.<br />
- Mispha, Chennai.<br />
CANCER HEALED!<br />
I grew weary and weak because<br />
of diarrhea and vomit,<br />
repelling treatments.<br />
Identified with cancer in<br />
abdomen, the doctors gave us<br />
no hope.<br />
Even if surgically removed, I<br />
had little chance of survival for more than 3<br />
months. So I stayed away from surgery. But I<br />
made a telephonic request with the Thirappin<br />
Vaasal Prayer Cell to pray for my rescue.<br />
God heard the prayer and saved me from<br />
the gates of death, without any operation.<br />
- Francis, Madurai.<br />
Hit by cancer in uterus for<br />
around 16 years, I called unto<br />
the Lord in Thirappin Vaasal for<br />
mercy. God heard my sighing<br />
and granted me my plea. I was<br />
healed!<br />
The child was rescued from the jaws of<br />
death. He got a new lease of life, much to the<br />
The latest tests indicate no<br />
trace of the disease.<br />
- Devanesam, Kozavankuzhi.<br />
YOUR MIRACLE DAY : <strong>2008</strong> October 25<br />
LORD Jesus Christ who performed miracles to these<br />
people, will do the same to you. Whatever your troubles be,<br />
please write to us with your address distinctly and the pin<br />
code. You pray fasting with faith on the same day. Jesus<br />
Christ will do miracles to you. We will be praying from 9 A.M.<br />
to 3 P.M. on the Thirappin Vaasal Prayer day. You too pray, by<br />
that time, wherever you might me. We will communicate to<br />
you the answers from God during the prayer.<br />
Contact : Thirappin Vaasal Prayer, Nalumavadi - 628 211, Thoothukudi Dt.,Tamil Nadu, India.<br />
Jesus Redeems 15 October <strong>2008</strong>
NEWS!<br />
From October 2, the government would<br />
introduce the no smoking policy in all indoor<br />
establishments," Union Health Minister<br />
Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters in<br />
Bangalore on Tuesday. The "workplace<br />
smoke-free policy" is coming into effect to<br />
coincide with the birth anniversary of<br />
Mahatma Gandhi.<br />
"Smoking will not be permitted in<br />
any private or public building. Companies<br />
can no longer have designated smoking rooms.<br />
Smokers will have to step outside into open<br />
space if they wish to smoke," said Ramadoss<br />
who has been in the forefront in pushing for the<br />
ban on tobacco and tobacco products. The ban<br />
applies to all companies, including the IT<br />
sector, he said. Companies could no longer<br />
have designated smoking rooms, he said.<br />
The rule would also apply to small<br />
cafes, restaurants, pubs or discotheques.<br />
Hotels having more than 30 seat arrangement<br />
would have to create a separate enclosure for<br />
smokers and a separate ventilation<br />
arrangement as per the act, he said. (Times of<br />
India, 2 Sept. <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Of the 30 MP constituencies in Tamil<br />
Nadu, 26 occupy the top <strong>10</strong>0 list. However,<br />
Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri Districts have<br />
rd<br />
nd<br />
fallen to the 233 and 242 positions.<br />
With the US pulling out all stops to get<br />
the Congressional nod for the India-US<br />
nuclear deal in a couple of days, Prime<br />
Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday left for<br />
New York where he will address the UN General<br />
Assembly before he meets US President<br />
George W. Bush in Washington.<br />
Manmohan Singh and Bush will not<br />
sign the 123 bilateral nuclear pact when they<br />
meet in the White House Thursday, but there is<br />
a strong likelihood that the two principal<br />
architects of the India-US nuclear entente will<br />
formally announce the consummation of the<br />
deal, leaving the actual signing for a later<br />
stage. (The Economic Times 23 Sep, <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
American business<br />
magazine Forbes today said<br />
India-born steel tycoon<br />
Lakshmi Mittal is being<br />
conferred the third Forbes<br />
Lifetime Achievement Award,<br />
which honours heroes of entrepreneurial<br />
capitalism and free enterprise. India's<br />
billionaire count rises to 53 (Sify Business)<br />
China has proved its mettle in the<br />
Olympic Games, surpassing even the US's<br />
medal tally. India is pathetic in its<br />
performance in Olympiads. In Athens in<br />
2004, India's 1.1 billion<br />
citizens produced only one<br />
medal winner. Even North<br />
Korea, with five medals,<br />
outperformed India. Since it<br />
began participating in 1928,<br />
India has generally won no<br />
more than a sole medal, with the exception of<br />
the 1952 event in Helsinki where it came<br />
away with two: hockey and wrestling. In<br />
Beijing, Abhinav Bindra has caused a<br />
sensation in India by becoming the first<br />
individual to win a gold medal. Still, few<br />
people outside India will notice or care, since<br />
there is scant hope of India's ranking among<br />
the top 50 medal winners. In contrast,<br />
China's medal haul is likely to put it among<br />
the top two countries this year.<br />
Asserting his supremacy, Pankaj Advani<br />
on Friday annexed the ONGC IBSF World<br />
Billiards Championship (point format) with a<br />
comprehensive six games to one victory over<br />
Geet Sethi. The 23-year-old Bangalorean<br />
delighted the home crowd at Karnataka State<br />
Billiards Association Hall with a superlative<br />
display, winning 150-90, 151-0, 150-24, 150-<br />
0, 86-150, 150-72, 150-12. (Express India.com)<br />
Mr. Lakshmi Mittal<br />
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