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Vol. 1 / Issue 31 / February 19 1998

Contents of this issue

EDITORIAL

Last chance to be saved

Praise Him......



News Items (Common to all issues) :

Standing in the Gap - Fasting prayer on 8th Dec.. 2015

Download Articles in Handheld Computers

Please Join us in "Peace Prayer Room"

Your Spam Folder

Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online

Through the Valley of Death

Free Tutorials for your Kids!

Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God? Book

Free E-Cards

Online Games for you!



EDITORIAL

Isa 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4th verse: Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5th verse: But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6th verse: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."


Bible says that Jesus borne our griefs, sorrows, pain and afflictions. He was wounded for our transgressions, sins and bruised for our iniquities. Just to give us peace, joy and happiness in our life. Yes, my friend Jesus did all this in the cruel cross for me and for you and for whole mankind. Bible says in Prov.28:13, He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."

Yes, my dear brothers and sisters, repent from your sins and He is ready to forgive you and forget all your iniquity. Today you may be going through suffering, sorrows, sickness and pains but Jesus is ready to help you whatever may be your situation. He can understand our situation because He went through this entire situation but came out victoriously and want to give us the same victorious life, a life full of joy, peace and good health.

In this Issue find out what God has done in Bro. David's life. In "Praise Him……". I am publishing a testimony of a sister in this column.

If you have any prayer request please feel free to send it to us. we will pray for you.



Last chance to be saved

By David

It seems that I was born searching for something more, something better to do with my life. From the earliest age I can remember I was always shy, somewhat of a social outcast. My parents did, I guess, the best that they could do. Dad worked constantly as a self employed furniture upholsterer, and Mom stayed home and kept the household going. Rarely did either of my parents have time to spend with us kids, so we sought out another family unit. You see, I not only wanted, but absolutely had to have some sort of love. I felt worthless and desperately needed someone to show me that they cared. Not getting this at home, I pursued false love through theft, drugs, and vandalism.

I smoked my first cigarette when I was 11 years old, and drank my first beer (stolen, of course) shortly afterward. I and my two "friends", Bennie and Ricky, formed an exclusive club called ITOA. The name was foolish, for ITOA stood for "International Thieves of America", and we certainly weren't "International". We were a group of teenagers who thought theft was cool, and thought that the world owed us whatever we wanted. We would often boldly walk into grocery stores with brown paper sacks under our arms, calmly go to the cigarette display case, and help ourselves. While one member distracted the store manager we'd calmly walk out the door with our haul. You see, it was a point of pride to see how much we could get away with. And we got away with a lot, always re-selling the cigarettes at the High School we went to for about 25 cents a pack. What a life! in this pitiful little gang I found the love and attention I always wanted. And as an added bonus, I was making a nice little profit. Raised poor, this was perhaps the greatest benefit of all.

When I reached 15 years old I was introduced to "pot", and some of the other 'injested' drugs. Quite frankly, though, these drugs seemed to have little effect on me. I've always had a high tolerance to any type of drug, so if I wanted to "get high" sour mash whiskey was my best bet. You'd be surprised how many adults will buy kids alcohol if you offer them a little pocket change. I wasn't addicted to the alcohol either, but I was addicted to the feeling of euphoria that I got when I drank it.

When I was 16 years old I decided that, quite frankly, I'd had enough of my family. Dad was a strict authoritarian, and it was getting hard to hide my stash from him. He'd already found a bunch of condoms that I had hidden, and I can't explain the trouble I got in over that. Anyway, it was time to go. If I was to go, why not go out in style?

I found another "friend" who was equally dissatisfied with his life at home, and we started planning on our big getaway. I found Dad's 22 caliber pistols and squirreled them away. I also stole some money for the trip. The next morning (having emptied the house of grocieries late that night) I jumped in the family car (stolen), picked up my friend, and took off.

Our plan was simple: We were going to Malibu Beach, California, and we were going to party all the way. Believe it or not we got all the way from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Malibu Beach before we were picked up by the StatePolice. I have no idea how we got so far without being stopped, or even killed. You see, neither one of us cared about anyone or anything besides ourselves. Once caught we were both thrown in Juvenile Hall till Dad came to get us. I'd have just as soon stayed there as have him come and get me out. He flew out to get us, but we drove all the way back home. Let me tell you, that was a long ride!

When I got home Mom, with tears in her eyes, asked me "Why?". I couldn't really tell her why, I just knew I was missing something. My parents were at wits end. They were planning on moving the family business to the North Carolina coast, but I certainly didn't want to go. Since I had begun my last year of High School (and wasn't really trying), Dad decided to leave me in Raleigh while the family moved to the coast. I could stay in the family home until I graduated, then I had to do something with my life.

After they left me in Raleigh the loneliness became even greater, and my need for love and recognition became stronger. The gang and I started to vandelize property (cars, houses, schools) late at night. Again, it was a rush! And I felt like I belonged. You see, the need to belong is strong in all of us, we just usually fail to acknowledge that need. I desperately wanted the loneliness to go away.

A few months after my family went Ricky stopped participating in our little outings. I started picking on him, especially after I found out that he's joined a Church. I and my other "friends" picked on Ricky incessantly, but that old "holy roller" wouldn't fight back. One day he invited me to his Church. Quite frankly, I went just to see if I could disrupt the services.

Oddly enough, I expected to be as out of place as a fly in a bowl of soup. It wasn't that way at all. The service was a youth meeting, and during the meeting they showed a movie called "The Rapture". I wish I could find that movie again, it was great. After the movie the Pastor stood at the front and said: "There's someone out there tonite that needs to accept Jesus as Saviour. God is telling me that this is his last chance to be saved."

Sitting on the back row I smirked, silently thinking "What an idiot!". At that moment I felt a hand on my right shoulder, looked up, and NO ONE was there! I looked back at the Pastor, a little shook (I have to admit), and he again said: "Please come forward! You need to accept Jesus as Saviour. God is telling me that this is your last chance to be saved." At that exact moment I felt a hand on my right shoulder AGAIN. I looked, and again there was no one there (other than, I believe, God). At that moment I got up and accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour.

You may think that this is all fanciful bilge, garbage, something I made up. But I tell you that Jesus Christ changed my life, and possibly saved yours. I was a loaded gun out of control, and it wouldn't have been long before I killed someone. Jesus came to pay for what we couldn't hope to pay for, our own shortcomings and sinful nature. You might think, "I'm not a bad person. In fact, I'm pretty good". No, you're not, and neither am I. The Bible says: Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: If offered a choice between a quick profit or hard work, any of us would pick the former, even if it meant 'going beyond the boundary'. We all have a predisposition toward sin. Look at our prisons. They don't rehabilitate anyone, because they treat the symptom, not the disease. The disease is that we are committed, in our own selves, to do wrong. Jesus provides us a way out of this evil entrapment:

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1 John 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.


He has paid for your sins, just as He paid for mine. And if you only accept Him as your Saviour you will be freed from bondage, and brought into the glorious peace of Christ. After having read this, and you feel that it's just not for you, would you do one thing? The next time you're lonely, the next time you feel lost, would you dwell on these words:

Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Won't you give Christ a chance. Not the Church, not some denomination, not some club, or pagan god, or even a friend or loved one. Give Christ a chance. If you let this decision go unmade until after death, you'll have wasted two lives: the life you could have lived on this earth, and the eternal life you could have had in Heaven.



Praise Him......

Thanks a lot for sending messeges. I believe every human being in his life some times, for some moments becomes detached to his present, look towards god to guide him. Mee too some time think, what is the right way to live, what is aim of life, how to reach god and make our life peace-ful. All your scripts are thoughtful,and from deep of my heart i appriciate it.




Standing in the Gap - Fasting prayer on 8th Dec.. 2015

As the Bible says in Ezekiel 22:30 "So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it." And also the Bible says in Numbers 16:48, "And he (Aaron) stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped." We have fasting prayer every second Tuesday of each month. Our next fasting prayer meeting will be conducted on 16th Nov. 2015

Download Articles in Handheld Computers

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Through the Valley of Death

As many of you know that in the year 2005, our dad was very sick even unto death. God miraculously healed him. We have compiled it in a book form. I sure believe that it will inspire you and encourage you greatly.

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Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God? Book

Now available "Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God" Available at JasmineCorp Store, and "Is Jesus God?" Available at JasmineCorp Store,

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