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THE NATIONAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF INDIA

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NMSI NEWSThe Official magazine of The National Missionary

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Inside...Page no Title04.............From the General Secretary10.............Treasurer’s Letter11.............Tables Turned 13.............Maharashtra Visit15.............Missionary Diary16.............From the Mission Fields30.............Reporter31.............A Prayer for our Nation32.............Quiz on Rulers34.............Obituary

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Blessing Our NationRev Dr Suresh Rajan

I come from a family of patriots. When I was young I have heard many heroic stories, my mother told me about her brother who fought against the British to attain Independence. There were many who gave their lives for our country to become a

sovereign, independent and a republic nation. But as a matter of fact, India stands at 85th position out of 175 countries in the Corruption Perception Index now. There is no justice to marginalised and eco-nomically weak communities. The infamous presidential order signed by the then President of India on 10th August 1950 says that “No per-son who professes a religion other than Hinduism shall be deemed to be a member of the Scheduled Caste” which is against the very fabric of the constitution of India. So much of protests and representations were made in all these years, but no President had ever had the guts to withdraw that demonic order back till date. Rather irrational and barbaric attacks are made against peace loving innocent communi-ties. Churches are ransacked, Christian women raped, mass murders orchestrated by fanatic fascists in Orissa, Gujarat and other places and the list goes on. What can we do as a minority in this country? How can God bless this country? When I was pondering over these thoughts, my eyes fell on the scripture verse as found in 2 Chronicles 7:14 “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble them-selves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land”. Our God wants to bless His people. The sole reason for this is: He is the creator. He created mankind in his image and likeness (Genesis 1:27). We can see many examples of his care and concern for us, from the first to the last book of the Bible. When Adam and Eve committed sin, he came in search of them. When Abraham obeyed God, He said “I will bless you and you shall be a blessing (Genesis 12.1-3).” And down the memory lane you will find that God kept his own people to be a blessing to many. The scripture verse for our medi-tation this month is also one among his many promises to bless us as a nation. If you look at the context of this verse, it was given to Solo-mon during the dedication of the Temple. God had warned the people that their disobedience to His Word and commands would result in dire consequences. To receive God’s blessings and to stay in it requires


for us to follow some basic principles. God does not promise blessings unconditionally. We may have done great exploits for God, conducted prayer meetings, donated liberally for missions, visited mission fields, built churches, but this is no guarantee that you will be a blessing to others. God did not give a blank statement to Solomon since he built a beautiful temple that He would bless their land without any condition rather he told the condition how His people should behave. I don’t believe in receiving blessing by following shortcut formulas. There are steps to follow in Christian life to be closer to God and to receive his favour. God has called us to be salt and light of the world. It is our closeness with God which is going to flavour this world. Sadly we who are called Christians have given a wrong signal to the world and ripped our reputation by failing to walk in God’s ways. We have taken our salvation experience for granted and clung on to cheap grace. In short we do what we are not supposed to do and do not do what we are to do. God calls us for a complete overhauling at this crucial hour. Let us examine as to what God expects from us in this passage to be a blessing to our nation.

1. A Call To Humility - When we humble ourselves to the Lord, we are acknowledging His Lordship and headship in our lives. We are admitting our weakness and reaching out for His power. In Joshua 5:13-15, Joshua was told to remove his shoes. This was an ancient way of symbolizing the relinquishing of control to another. Those who willingly humble themselves under the hand of the Lord open their lives to His blessings. It is not the same as telling in prayer ‘Lord I humble myself.’ It comes primarily by realising who we are and who God is. No one can force humility upon another and our humility is to be voluntary out of our self-realisation.

2. A Call To Prayer - Prayer is nothing but humility in action. The praying person realises his own inability and recognizes God’s ability. Prayer is an essential ingredient in the mystery of revival. In fact, our praying may seem weak, but it will yield far more fruit than the effort demands. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says ‘pray continually’. Therefore, let us determine that we will pray for revival till we see it in our lifetime. Pray in your homes, in your workplace, in your travel, in the prayer rooms and in the altars. Let us determine that we will take every moment of life as an opportunity to pray. We have covered a little about prayer in our last issue. We can say many things about prayer, but instead of talking about it, we should just do it. In NMS we have started a new department for ‘prayer mobilisation’ realising the need for prayer in our churches and institutions. Let us pray with fasting to


move the hands of God.

3. A Call To Pursue - A.W. Tozer said, “If we yearned after God even as much as a cow yearns for her calf, we would be the worshiping and effective believers God wants us to be. If we longed for God as a bride looks forward to the return of her husband, we would be a far greater force for God than we are now”. How true! We have been told to “seek His face”. The word ‘seek’ means ‘to desire something’. The idea here is that we come to a place where God is the number one priority and desire of our heart. Nothing in life is more important, more precious or more needful to me than having God and all He has to offer. Mar-cus Aurelius once said “The true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues”. Often we have many pursuits in life and are so fragmented in our devotions that we have no place for God in our lives. What is your ambition? Our priority in effect becomes our God. May we determine that we will have no other gods before Him (Exo-dus 20:3). May we decide that our love for Him will drive us to pursue Him with every fibre of our being.

4. A Call To Purity - The phrase “turn from their wicked ways” is self-explanatory. Our God is a holy God and no one can approach him without holiness. Therefore He wants His people to stop their sinning life style. Repentance is not basically a religious word. It comes from a culture where people were essentially nomadic and lived in a world with no maps or street signs. It’s easy to get lost walking through the desert. You finally say to yourself, ‘I’m going in the wrong direction.’ That’s the first act of repentance. The second act of repentance is to go in an alternate direction. Dearly beloved, we are to examine our lives, identify anything that does not please the Lord and eliminate that from our lives. The fact is, before revival can come to a nation, there must be repentance at every level. This is God’s command. “In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). It is still God’s will for you and me today to become like Him and we should repent from our old lifestyle of sin. When we subject ourselves to follow the principles that God has laid down in His scriptures no wonder our nation will be healed by the Lord from all kinds of plagues that sickens and destroys the society. Let us seek God’s constant favour so that there will be justice and equality in our nation. May the Good Lord bless every one of you and bless our mother land. Happy 69th Independance Day to you all.


General Secretary’s Letter

Dearly Beloved in Christ, As I write this letter my heart is filled with joy for the great many things God is doing through NMS to bless the churches in In-dia. We have been received warmly by CNI, Lutheran and Methodist Bishops to have an active partnership with them in the life and minis-try of the church in the recent past. Please pray for the ministries of NMS. For the past 110 years we have by God’s grace functioned as a missionary arm of the Indian church and not as a para-church organi-sation.

Please pray that a revival will break out in our country. Let us not get disheartened with what we apparently see and hear every day about the problems that our missionaries and believers are facing in the form of opposition. While we pray for their safety, we hold on to the truth that our God is almighty and can do all things, and none of his purpose can be restrained (Job 42:2). It is our desire that every single solitary person in our nation will come under the saving knowl-edge of our Lord Jesus Christ and there will be a worshiping commu-nity in every village of our country.

We also need your helping hands as the ministries are expand-ing in spite of odds. All of a sudden like a boom our expenses have gone up. We are prayerfully planning to dedicate 110 missionaries during the 110th anniversary celebrations in November. We are work-ing hard to revive and renovate our hospital in CK Ashram, Tiruppat-tur. Prayerfully we are also planning to start a residential school with international standards there. We have appointed some highly quali-fied personnel in the headquarters to take care of the increasing work-load. I invite you to organise regular prayer meetings in your area for NMS and also raise money from your friends and relatives apart from your regular donations.

The following are some of the highlights of our ministerial journey in the last month:Executive Committee: We had our fifth Executive Committee Meeting in this trien-nium 2013-2016. Many decisions pertaining to the current develop-ment of NMS ministries were taken under the dynamic leadership of


our President Rt.Rev.Dr. Phillip Silas Masih, Bishop in Lucknow of MCI. We need your prayers to execute all the vital decisions taken.

Fasting Prayer: NMS, understanding the need of strategic prayer has opened the ‘Prayer Mobilisation Department’ to educate the Indian churches on the need of strategical prayers. Rev S B Chittaranjan is re-designat-ed as Prayer Co-ordinator. During 3rd and 4th July we had two days of ‘Prayer Summit’ to equip our staff and partners in Chennai and to pray for our nation at YMCA, Vepery, Chennai. We are thankful to Bro. Patrick Joshua, Rev. Raj and Mr. Joel for facilitating this summit. We are also grateful to Er M M Selvakumar, the President and Mr Asir Pandian, the General Secretary of YMCA for allowing us to conduct the summit in their premises.

East India Visit: We visited Mornai Tea Estate in Assam. We looked into the possibilities of starting some new ministry initiatives in this part of our country where tribes like Santali and Mundari live predominantly. These innocent people in this region are marginalised by the society. The Government has failed to recognise them as Tribals and thus they don’t get any legal rights in education and employment. God has placed a great burden in our hearts to do something for these voice-less people through some projects that can help the boys and girls in this area be benefited. We covet your sincere prayers as we seek God’s wisdom to decide on this.

Bengal Regional Conference of Methodist Church in India: My wife and I had the joy of participating in the BRC-MCI in the 32nd session of our annual conference. I shared about the current works of NMS in North India and our dreams and plans for the future. The pastors and delegates were very much impressed and promised to support the cause of NMS. God willing we will be involving in many joint programs to evangelise the East and North-Eastern India and to plant churches. We appreciate your prayers and involvement.

NMS Sundays: NMS Sundays were celebrated in the following places. We thank the Pastors and the Pastorate Committee members for their kind help and support to the ministries of NMS.1. CSI Santhoshapuram, Selaiyur, Chennai - 5.7.20152. CSI Good Shepherd Church, Coimbatore - 5.7.20153. CSI St. Paul’s Church, Chrompet, Chennai - 12.7.2015


4. CSI Coming King Church, Choolaimedu, Chennai - 19.7.20155. CSI Christ Church, Kancheepuram - 19.7.2015

Missionary Introduction: We thank God for the following churches for coming forward to sponsor missionaries. We thank the Pastors and the Pastorate com-mittee members for their cooperation. 1. CSI Good Shepherd Church, Thatchanallur, Tirunelveli - 5.7.20152. CSI Holy Immanuel Church, AR Lines, Palayamkottai - 19.7.2015

In closing may I request you dear brothers and sisters to kind-ly remember us in your prayers. Please be assured that we are praying for all the partners every day in our Chapel. Until we see again in the next issue, wishing you God’s abundant blessings.

Cordially in ChristSURESH RAJAN D

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Treasurer’s LetterDearly beloved in Christ, Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! The new admissions in our Tribal Boys/Girls Hostels for the Academic Year 2015–2016 are almost over. We have admitted more children than the last

year 2014–2015 according to space available and norms fixed by Gov-ernment. Pray for them and extend your helping hands liberally spon-soring a sum of `1000/- p.m. for a tribal child. 80G Certificate will be issued for the sponsored amount. The Annual Sale of NMSI will be conducted on 15th Au-gust 2015 by the Chennai City Area Committees in the campus of St George’s Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Aminjikarai, Chennai. This year the target fixed is one crore through Annual Sale. Let us pray for the successful conduct of the program. The income re-ceived through the Annual Sale would be utilized for appointment of 20 new missionaries, construction of 5 new churches, and formation of new Tribal Boys hostel at Pudur Nadu, salary revision to the mis-sionaries and renovation of the Christukula Ashram, Tirupathur. Please participate and enjoy with your family and friends. Due to failure of monsoon, we are experiencing water scarcity in Christukula Ashram, Tirupathur. We have dug three more bore wells with a depth of 1000 feet each. In addition to that, we are trying to get water supply from Municipality directly through pipe line to the Ashram. The Executive Committee meeting was conducted on 27th June 2015 at CSI Synod Secretariat, Chennai. Our members from all over India participated in the meeting and have given their valuable suggestions for the smooth functioning, expansion and development of NMSI. Number of good decisions were taken such as, training to missionaries, Kallar Project at Kerala, salary revision to missionaries, partnership with Indian churches, development of Youth and Women’s Auxiliary, Installation of CCTV Cameras in the Head Quarters, forma-tion of prayer cells in churches all over India, renovation of Hospital and to start an International Residential School at Tirupathur. In the July magazine, we had appealed to help the people af-fected due to earth quakes in Nepal border. We thank all who have re-sponded to it. Pray for them and extend your help liberally and avail 80G concession.

Yours in Christ,A NELSON MANGALARAJ, Hon. Treasurer.


Rev Dr Grace Ida Rajanemail: [email protected]

Tables Turned!– A Reflection from the Life of Queen Esther

Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s prov-inces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews….on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. … The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered. (Esther 3:13-15) …..Nearly an year later…..A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. ….. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration. For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy, gladness and honor (8:13-17). On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them. (9:1)

The book of Esther explicitly does not have the name of Yah-weh written in it. But the implicit content of the book is the power of the Yahweh God. What I am undertaking here is a puny perspective of a gold mine and treasury of God’s wisdom in the whole of the book of Esther. There were three prime characters involved in this powerful story most of us are familiar with. One was not alive when the climax scene happened. It is he who I am going to bring out first because it was he, who gave a supreme climax to the story!

Problematical Haman Though superficially the problem brought forth by Haman looked like it was against a man at the gate of the place named Mor-decai, intrinsically it was against a nation, a people group. (3:5-6, 4:1-3). Even today our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. This month we celebrate the independence our nation enjoys from foreign rulers. But truly there is an upper-hand attitude of the major-ity-faith-believers of our nation against us. The Christian minority remains foreign to the present rulers of our nation. Like Paul, how


are we going to fight a good fight for our faith in the Indian context?

Resourceful Mordecai The resourceful person for bringing freedom for the Jews was Mordecai. His counsel at the right time to Esther was like golden apples in settings of silver (Proverbs 25:11). He told Queen Esther, his adopted daughter (who had come to that position by obeying his counsel), “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?” (4:13-14). When people faces crisis with regard to faith, we need to listen to the coun-sels of God. Out of the many, one counsel stands out: “if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chron-icles 7:14) Interestingly Esther did exactly this.

Prayerful Esther If at all there could be one word for the turn of events in the struggle for lives in this historic Jewish event, it was “prayer.” Read her reply to Mordecai: “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.” (4:16) Esther initiated a prayer movement. She mobilised a prayer cell in her women’s domain. She could do this boldly in a place, a palace, where Yahweh’s name was prohibited. Esther believed in prayer and that too corporate prayer. What is your excuse for prayer today?

The spiritual culture of fasting for nation is slowly weaning in the Christian context today and that is why we have an upheaval of problems in our churches and our country. To fight a good fight for our faith, to turn the tables, we need to turn to the Bible and increase our prayer initiatives. Powered by prayer, Esther received favour in the eyes of the King. We too will receive favour in the eyes of our King of kings and our local rulers and authorities through our prayers. In Esther’s story, not only the problematical Haman, even his family, his supporters paid the cost for scheming against the people of Yahweh-faith. They had a tragical end. Haman fell into the same pit which he had dug for the Yahweh-worshippers. The stone rolled back on him (Proverbs 26:27). He was hanged to death on the same


gallows which he had erected to execute Mordecai (7:10). The key is our dependence on God through prayer. The wailing of the Yahwistic Jews turned into dancing; HE removed their sackcloth and clothed them with joy (Psalm 30:11), HE gave Esther and Mordecai crowns of beauty instead of ashes, oil of gladness instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair (Isaiah 61:3). God still can turn the tables upside down in our situations. Let us bless our families, churches and nation through our upright living and prayers. Happy Independence Day!

Maharashtra Visit – A Report I started my journey to Maharastra on 15th June 2015. The same day I had planned for a meeting with our missionaries, Mr. Umancharan Singh and Mr. Ashish Kumar Suna at Pune. Both of them came and we had a brief fellowship. They shared their testimo-nies and our Lord’s doing in their ministry fields. Mr. Ashish Kumar said that he is conducting prayer meetings in three places and overall 230 baptized believers are gathering together for worshiping our Lord. He shared his concern to help him to construct a church. The village head man is willing to offer his land as donation for NMS. This he does in reciprocation for a great miracle God has done in his family. He also mentioned that he has identified three persons who are willing to work as missionaries in Maharastra.

Mr. Umacharan Singh said that in his place nearly 40 to 65 persons are gathering every Sunday to worship our Lord Jesus Christ. He said that the people who found Jesus through his ministry are now worshipping in various congregations. So he expressed his need to have a church building in Shiroli. Mr. Umancharan also told that the land value is increasing because of many industries developing in the town. Many labourers migrate here. So there is tremendous opportu-nity for ministry.

I had the privilege of meeting with the Bishop of Pune dio-cese, Rt.Rev. Andrew B. Rathod, the Bishop of Marathwada diocese, Rt.Rev. M.U.Kasab, the Bishop of Nasik, Rt. Rev. Pradeep L. Kamble and the Bishop of Nagpur. All four bishops keenly listened to the ministry of NMS. They expressed their willingness to lend their hands to support NMS, to build God’s kingdom in their respective dioceses. Praise God!

- Garret DevadasanMission co-ordinator, NMS


Missionary Diary

I am Jacob Dayanandan. My father is a retired Head Master. In 1983, I was suffering from a mysterious fever. Due to that I was not able to sleep and eat. My father admitted me in the CMC hospital, Vellore. I was not healed even after the treatment given by the doctors. Doctors said that only God can help me in my situation. My parents prayed to God earnestly with tears for my healing. During my college tenure at Voorhees Col-lege, Vellore, I was living an ungodly life. My parents were thinking that God had punished me because of my sins and were praying to God for my salvation. God forgave me and healed me in September, 1989. I accepted

Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour immediately after reaching home from the hospital. I committed myself to the Lord to live single, without mar-riaging like missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh and Apostle Paul. I as-sured to my Saviour that I was willing to carry his cross. I did ministry, faith-based for seven months in and around my native village. After that I joined as a missionary in NMS through Rtd.D.E.O, Mr. Albert in 1984. My first mission field was Basai near to Jhansi im North India. I could bring six people to Christ during my brief stay there. I then came down and worked in Kolli Hills, Jawadu Hills and Naickanur. I could win many more souls for Christ. However my tenure as mission-ary in Pondicherry was all the more fruitful. I worked for six years in and around Pondicherry and was able to baptize eighty-nine people. My present mission field is Kavalur. Kavalur is a village in the Jawadhu Hills in Tamil Nadu. The village hosts the Vainu Bappu Observatory. It is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. As per the 2001 census, Kavalur had a total population of 1010. The literacy rate is approximately 50 percent. In such a strategic place, by God’s grace I was able to lead five families to Christ already! I have a target to win 1000 souls for Christ before I retire from NMS. Till my last breath I would remain as an evangelist. Christ is my Life! Death is my Gain!!

In the service of a God who fulfills His promisesMissionary J Dayanandan

Missionary Dayanandan


Missionary Name: K A EmmanuelMission field: Bijapur, KarnatakaMission Events: Sangeetha got healed from stomach pain and the family has started attending prayer meeting regularly. Tukaram stopped drinking alcohol after hearing the gospel shared by our missionary. Baswaraj has been delivered from paralytic problem and Shivamma from demonic bondage.

Prayer Points H For Gangamma who is suffering from bleeding problem H For Ambanna who is suffering from his joint pain

Missionary Name: Esther Tamang LepchaMission field: Darjeeling, West Bengal.Mission Events: organized gospel film shows, medical camp and HIV/AIDS aware-ness program from 5th May to 9th May at Namley. Medicines were distributed; blood sugar level of people has been checked in the medical camp to create awareness. Seven people have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Two backsliders (Mary and Gautam) have come back to the Lord along with their families.

Prayer Points H For Mary and her husband to stand firm in their faith H For the salvation of Gautam’s wife H For the seven people who have accepted our Lord Jesus Christ to

grow in faith. Pray for their children H For Nirmala Kakandri’s eye operation to be successful and she

should be healed from arthritis problem too

From the Mission Fields...


Missionary Name: Guna SeelanMission Field: Punganur, Andhra PradeshMission Events: Gayathri, Kalyan, Rajan and Anitha heard the gospel and accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Gayathri got healed from stomach pain through prayer. Reddeppa, Nagaraj, Rajanna have accepted our Lord. Anitha, a baby was healed from fever through our missionary’s prayer.

Prayer Points H For Reddeppa, Nagaraj, Rajanna’s families H For Punganur village, for deliverance from

idol worship and alcoholic habits

Missionary Name: Guna SekarMission Field: Kozhinjampara, KeralaMission Events: Arputhaswamy, Arokian, Palaniyappan, Panjali and Pavithra belonging to one family have accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. They were originally Hindus, who became

Catholics, but now have come to Jesus Christ. They were also deliv-ered from evil spirits. Seesha, Meenakshi and Kumari have conceived after several years of marriage, after our missionary’s prayer. They have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.

Prayer Points H For Anitha, Bhaskaran, Arunya and Adhil

to accept Christ H For the believers that they should not stum-

ble in their faith H For the young people that they should

remain in the church

Missionary Name: Gurudas BaskeyMission Field: Kaniyaluka, JharkhandMission Events: Rama Tudu and Munchi Ram Baskey are suffering from T.B. After prayers


and taking medicines regularly, they both are recovering.

Prayer Points H For the missionary’s family and the believers in this mission field H For Dukhu Tudu who has kidney stone problem. He has to under-

go surgery. Pray for his healing.

Missionary Name: Hema SharmaMission Field: Heegaon, SikkimMission Events: Conducted Sun-day services and prayer meetings. She has ministered among the children. Mother’s day was celebrat-ed in the church. She shared the word of God in different churches. Tshering Lepcha and Mania Subba

accepted our Lord. Prayer Points

H For Karma Mangyal Sherpa, who is a new believer who has epilep-sy

H For Selora Subba who is suffering from TB H For the new believers to grow in faith H For the small group fellowship happening in the mission field

Missionary Name: Joyab JenaMission Field: Muribahal, OdishaMission Events: Visited 24 villages, contacted families and presented the gospel and distrib-uted tracts. Many people listened to the word of God willingly. Sometimes he faced difficul-ties in preaching the gospel. Visited five sick people and prayed for them. One young man from Patrapali village was suffering from some disease for the past five years. Our missionary met him and prayed for him. By God’s grace now he is cured from his sickness. Jisimiya’s family problem was solved through our mis-sionary’s prayer.

Prayer Points H For Uthan Tandi and Sishila Harpal to be healed of their sickness H For the needs of our missionary and his ministry and his family


Missionary Name: John ChristopherMission Field: Turangi, Andhra PradeshMission Events: Conducted cottage prayer meetings, fasting prayer meetings, Sunday school classes, gospel tour and worker’s prayer meeting. Nearly three hundred people partic-ipated in the gospel tour. He had conducted open air meeting for three days. Many Hindus received the gospel. Two families accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Their names are: Lovaraju from Chettibalijja com-munity and Allu Sarah.Prayer Points

H For Prithvi who went missing from his work. Pray for his safety and return.

H For Kirupa Mani’s husband who is a drunkard H For the newly started worship centre to grow

Missionary Name: John Soundar-rajanMission Field: Kattiyankudisai, Tamil NaduMission Events: Tracts have been distributed on the title “Healing is Yours”. Many youth received the tracts and read it. Vellikannan, Poo-chi, Muthu and Subramani family are living in poverty. Our missionary contacted their families, shared the word of God, prayed and comforted them. He told them that Jesus Christ would transform their families.

Prayer Points H For Chellammal and Rajamani families to be blessed with child H Kumar’s family is living in poverty. Pray for a deliverance. H For Arputham to be healed from high BP and diabetes H For Shanthi to be healed from stomach pain H For Chinnayan to be delivered from alcoholic addiction H For Vellikannan, Poochi, Muthu and Subramani’s families to be

delivered from poverty H For Pandu’s family to be delivered from poverty H For the people who received the gospel to be saved


Missionary Name: Koda Srinivasa RaoMission Field: Payakarapetta, Andhra PradeshMission Events: Naomi received healing from the Lord. Praise God for helping Nehemiah in conducting his marriage function. Our missionary’s wife was healed from throat in-fection. Israel got healed from severe stomach pain. Sandhya got healed from fever through prayer. Prayer Points

H For Kalpana who is suffering from throat infection

H For Somoramma to be healed from bone fracture

H For Joseph and his family

TAMIL NADU Praise Points

H At Gundalathur mission field, our missionary Chinnasamy Isaac shared the word of God through Psalm 34:1-25 to ten new people. He visited the following people individually and shared the gospel. They are: Vellayan, Manickam, Chinnapayyan, Papathi, Kumar, Mani, Rajendran, Unnamalai, Kasi and Raju. Mangai has been de-livered from the bondage of the devil. Chandra who is a widow has started believing in Jesus Christ.

H At Kavalur mission field, our missionary Dhayanandhan shared the word of God from Mark 5: 25-34 to Swetha, Chandran, Nagamma, and Thangavel’s family. They listened to the gospel with full in-terest. They were ready to accept Jesus Christ but they fear village regulations. Ramalingam and Masilamani’s family came forward to accept Jesus Christ. Kaviya, Lavanya and Magendran got seat in Coimbatore Agricultural University. Keerthana has been gifted with a good bridegroom through our missionary’s prayer.

H At Thimampet mission field, our missionary Ezekiah shared the gospel. Vinayagam and Naveen have accepted our Lord. But they have lot of problems in their village. Pray that all the obstacles should break down.

H At Madavalam mission field, our missionary Immanuel had con-ducted fasting prayer and Sunday services. Selvi who was under the bondage of Satan, was delivered through our missionary’s prayer. Their whole family accepted our Lord Jesus Christ.


H At Kongarampet mission field, our missionary James Hari shared the gospel and prayed for sick people. Sathish has been delivered from demonic oppression. Shalini had a normal delivery through prayer.

H At Odugathur mission field, our missionary John Margu visited the sick people and prayed for them. Many villagers are interested in listening to the gospel and believe in Jesus Christ. Six people from Oigapadi village have accepted our Lord Jesus Christ. In spite of so many oppositions he preached the gospel in Pichanatham village.

H At Thongumalai mission field, our missionary John Newton con-ducted fasting prayers and Sunday services. He visited sick people and prayed for them. Chinnapayan suffered from terrible head ache for so many months. Our missionary prayed for him with much burden. Praise God that He gave him outright healing. Swamina-than and Sonai were backslidden. Our missionary prayed for them. After so many months, they come to church now.

H At Asakatupati mission field, our missionary Moses Kannapan con-ducted fasting prayer and family prayers every week. Chinnatham-bi, Devan and Parvathi have accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. They attends the Sunday services regularly.

H At Nadanur mission field, our missionaries Yesupatham and Pra-mila Yesupatham shared the gospel. Chidambaran aged 19 died on 17th May. His relatives decided to bury his body near to his grandfather and grandmother’s burial places. They started to dig a graveyard nearby but many honeybees chased them and continued to do so even after they jumped into a well. So, they went running to bury the body in a different place. People criticized saying that since Chidambaram had accepted Jesus Christ and so their God did not accept him. God separated him from them and buried him in a different place. Chinna Ponnu was suffering from demonic bondage for the past five years. She was delivered during the prayer time. She accepted Jesus Christ. Sumathi was healed from terrible stomach pain. Ten children from Puthur village used to attend the church service reg-ularly. A poojari from that village called them; sprinkled turmeric mixed water upon their head and ordered them that they should not go to the church. Our missionary and the team are praying for them with fasting. Pray that the heart of the poojari be changed. Palani and Indhira accepted our Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

H At Kandili mission field, our missionary Pushpa Thiraviyam distributed New Testaments and preached the gospel. VBS class-


es have been conducted in the YMCA compound for three days. The love of God, salvation, forgiveness of sin, dedication has been taught to senior class students in VBS. Twenty one children com-mitted that they will live for Christ and serve him. Nageshwari and Manoranjitham received the gospel.

H At Bargur mission field, our missionary Ramesh Naick conducted VBS classes for the children for five days. Seventy five children attended the VBS classes. Radha was delivered from demonic oppression by our missionary’s prayer. Vijay was delivered from his terrible stomach pain. Sadhasivam’s family lives a peaceful life after prayers.

H At Usarathu Kudiyirupu mission field, our missionary Sam Chan-dran conducted family prayer meetings, fasting prayer meetings and full night prayers. He visited the sick people and prayed for them. Two children have been delivered from continuous fever after prayers.

H At Jamunamarathur mission field, our missionary Sampath James shared the gospel in an understandable way to tribal people. Praise God that the climate has been good and for the rain God has bless-ed them with.

H At Matrapalli mission field, our missionary Samuel Murugadoss visited many villages and preached the gospel. Fasting prayer has been conducted every Friday. Family prayers are conducted in the houses of Ramesh Jayaraj, Panneer, Esther and Pandian every Wednesday. Chandra was suffering from bad dreams and irritation in her body due to demonic oppression. She had no peace of mind. On 16th may, in the church prayer meeting God’s power came down upon her and she was delivered from the bondage of the devil. Velan was healed from fever after one week through our mis-sionary’s prayer. Rajathi was delivered from frequent bad dreams.

H At Penathur mission field, our missionary Sekaran conducted VBS classes successfully and the needs were met. Rakesh’s family prob-lem has been solved through our missionary’s efforts.

H At Dharmapuri mission field, our missionary Solomon Gnana-muthu (visually challenged) preached the gospel. Visited sick people and prayed for them. Conducted special prayer meetings and family prayer meetings. Subramani and Tirupathi became sick due to diabetes. Praise God that they have been healed completely through our missionary’s prayer.

H At Athipet mission field, our missionary Stephen Rajapathy shared the gospel. Govindhaswamy’s family heard the gospel. Our mis-sionary’s children, David Raj and the believer’s children Ram,


Rajkumar, Praveen Kumar and Priya Dharshini have passed. H At Othakadai mission field, our missionaries Swaminathan and Victoria shared the gospel. Ponnuswamy, aged 34 got electrical shock when he was repairing a transformer. Praise God he was saved from death. Yasoda had a paralytic attack on the hand and leg on one side. They called our missionary to pray for her. Praise God that she was delivered from her demonic oppression. Rahul and Ramesh suffered from high fever. Our missionary prayed for them and gave medical help. Praise God that they have been healed after prayers.

Prayer Points H For the comfort of believer Christon’s family who lost their 12 year old daughter

H For the good health of our missionary M P Andrew’s wife Mrs Chandra who had undergone operation

H For Ramalingam who received many miracles from the Lord, has good faith in Jesus, yet he is not ready to take baptism.

H For Sakthivel’s financial need, to pursue his education in college H For the salvation of Mrs.Vasantha, Arul and Senthamarai H For Selvi to be gifted with a child H For Rukmani to be healed from cholera H For Swetha, Chandran, Nagamma, Thangavel’s families to accept our Lord

H For Kalpana to get a seat in college to pursue her studies H For Gengamma to be healed form her sicknesses H For Pushpa’s family problem to be solved H For Mageshwari to get a good job H For Vijaya Kumar who opposed the gospel to taste the love of God H For the debts in Easwar’s family to be cleared and he should a get a good job.

H For Ganapathy’s salvation H For Jayammal’s family, they have frequent health issues H For the obstacles of marriage to be removed for Lydia H For Manimegalai to get seat in a good college H For the delivery of Mani’s daughter, to be a normal one H For Desammal to be healed from tumor in her uterus H For Rani who became lean and weak because of witchcraft. Pray for her deliverance.

H For Rajammal, aged 46 to be healed from her heart problem H For Sathya, aged 4 who is deaf and dumb from her childhood. Pray


for her healing. H For Mangai to be delivered from her family problems, poverty and sickness

H For the obstacles in the marriage of Devan and Parvathi to be removed

H For Govindhaswamy to be delivered from Asthma H For Chinna Ponnu and Sumathi to grow in faith H For peace and comfort in Chidambaram’s family H For Valli to be delivered from her sickness and for her salvation H For Govindhan’s wife to be delivered from knee pain H For the financial needs to be met for Afrin and her sister H For the people in Sivampatti, many people are affected by cancer. Many young people and children are affected by typhoid. Pray for deliverance from these deadly diseases.

H For the restriction for ministry to be removed in the Usarathu Kudiyirupu mission field

H For Saraswathi to be delivered from demonic oppression H For Reeta to be delivered from cancer H For Meganathan and Anitha to be gifted with a child H For Rupert Rajan to be delivered from alcoholic addiction H For Tamilarasan and Dhanam to repent from their sins and be saved

H For Silambarasan to be delivered from cancer in tongue H Jyothika’s father met with an accident and went unconscious for the past one month. Pray that he should regain the consciousness.

H For Palani who has undergone eye operation, to be healed H For Panneer to be delivered from his debts H For Rajasekar who has finished his M.Sc course to get a job H For Malaikodi and Ammu who had been separated by family prob-lems to be reunited.

H The land of Jamuna and Govindaraj has been expropriated by their neighbors. Pray for their justice.

H For Dhanasekar who was admitted in CMC hospital due to prob-lem in kidney, BP and sugar.

H For the education of Chinnathambi’s son H For the income of Sakthivel to be increased H For Shantha Moorthy to get a job H For David, Shanmugam and Murugesan to get government jobs H For Karpagam who had undergone eye operation. H For Selvarasan, aged 25, who is not able to walk, to be healed


ANDHRA PRADESH & TELENGANA Praise Points

H At Pocharam mission field, our missionary Devendrappa conduct-ed fasting prayer meetings, Sunday services, cottage prayer meet-ings, women’s prayer meetings and the people who attended were blessed. Twenty eight people attended the Sunday service last Sun-day. Eleven children participated in the Sunday school classes. He visited the sick people and prayed for them. Somulu, aged 70, and his wife Sheshalu aged 65 accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. She has been healed from her problem in the brain.

H At Asifabad mission field, our missionary Ponnala Jayanand con-ducted evening prayer meetings and open air preaching. Santhosh, Suguna, and Lavanya took baptism. A new family is coming to the church.

H At Porangi & Tadiguppa mission fields, our missionary Kotti Reddy contacted families and preached the gospel. He visited sick people and prayed for them. He conducted Sunday services and prayer meetings. Four people have been healed from their sicknesses. Five people have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.

H At Muthyalpadu mission field, our missionary Manam Babu Rao conducted Sunday services, fasting prayers and did personal evan-gelism. Susheela has accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour. Rangamma has been delivered from demonic bondage.

H At Ankusapur mission field, our missionary Ponnala Rajesh visited the sick people and prayed for them. Gangubai suffered from ma-laria. Our missionary prayed for him. God answered the prayer and healed him completely. Six people took baptism.

H At Sonapur mission field, our missionary Satyapal visited the sick people and prayed for them. Rajkumar has been delivered from bondage of devil. Harikrishana’s family believes in Jesus Christ.

H At Balijapali mission field, our missionary Ravichandran visited the sick people and prayed for them. He had conducted Sunday services, family prayer meetings and fasting prayers. 113 people attended the Sunday service. 360 people heard the gospel during open air preaching. Easwari, a believer’s husband died. She has three daughters and has got her two daughters married. She has low income and because of the disgrace given by her relatives, she attempted suicide. She was admitted in the hospital. Our mission-ary prayed for her and gave her prayer oil. She has recovered and returned home. She confessed her sins in the church and repented. She is growing in her faith now.

H At Tandur Tangalpally mission field, our missionary Shankar con-ducted prayer meetings and Sunday school classes. Nearly fifty chil-


dren attended the classes. In Chandrapalli village, a lot of opposi-tions were faced by our missionary. People verbally abused him for his faith. In Rotchini, a man named Venkatesh tried to physically abuse our missionary. But the village protected him. Praise God! Nagama and Namita have been delivered from their witchcraft activities. Two new families belonging to Nagama and Rajeshwari are coming to the Lord.

Prayer Points H For Rajarathnam aged 65 to be healed from his heart problem and for his family

H For Ghatkesar, Mandal and Arya to be saved H For our missionary Devendrappa to be healed from his back pain H For the need of PA system in the Asifabad church H For Aruna and Mabu’s health H For the Kolam and Banjari people’s salvation. They have been op-posing and resisting the gospel.

H For Easwari and her daughters to be blessed H For Raja Rao from VHP who opposed the gospel. He gave warning to our missionary.

KARNATAKAPraise Points

H At Bapur mission field, our missionary Bhaskar conducted family prayers every day, youth meetings, Sunday school and Sunday ser-vices. Samson passed in SSLC examination through prayer.

H At Ambewadi mission field, our missionary Bhusanam J Baila conducted prayer meetings and Sunday school classes. Shobhamma and Samasaban believe in Lord Jesus Christ. Kaitan passed in his annual examination through our missionary’s prayer. Rajendran was healed from his knee pain.

H At Bangalore mission field, our missionary Prabhudas shared the word of God through Bible stories for VBS children. Nearly 120 children participated in the VBS class. Out of 120, 70 children were Hindus. Manas’ Rubber factory business is progressing well through our missionary’s prayer. Rajkumar was depressed because of family problems. Our missionary shared the word of God and prayed for him.

H At Gogi mission field, our missionary Simon Siddappa conducted prayer meetings and Sunday school classes. Fifteen people believed in Jesus Christ and started attending prayer meetings. Suresh and Lokesh Malisagar have dedicated their lives for ministry. Ten peo-ple are ready to take baptism. A child from Sadhepur got healed from sickness after our missionary prayed.


H At Baratagi mission field, our missionary Sumanth conducted fasting prayer meetings, youth meetings, Sunday school classes, women’s meetings, cottage prayer meetings and Sunday services. He specially conducted prayer meeting for the sick people. Kavita was delivered from the bondage of the devil. She attends Sunday service regularly.

H At Rural Vijayapur mission field, our missionary Yesudas visited the sick people and prayed for them. Anil Hitanhalli (18) met with an accident and was injured in the head. He was kept in an ICU room for 10 days. He was not able to speak. After our missionary prayed, he has recovered and has started speaking.

Prayer Points H For Gayathri who appears for the reexamination H For Roshaya to be healed from diabetes H For Jayavantappa’s family problems to be solved H For the education of Wilson and Syam H For the health of Jaclin and Aaron H For Rajkumar’s family problems to be solved H For the twelve villages in the Gogi mission field H For Ambika, Tangyama, Shivaraj and Joel’s health H For Shasikala who has undergone operation in her leg

ASSAMPraise Points

H At Tarajulie mission field, our missionary Daniel Nayak visited the sick people and prayed for them. Three people got healed from their sicknesses. They are: Manika Nagh, Smita Tangi and Sanjana Nagh. Suryamani Nagh was under the bondage of devil for three years. She was suffering from stomach pain and she was barren because of this bondage. Praise God that she has been delivered from the bondage of devil through our missionary’s prayer. Sanjana Nagh and his wife Suryamani from Dhipguda have accepted Jesus Christ.

Prayer Points H For the healed people to accept Jesus Christ H For a revival in this mission field

MADHYA PRADESHPraise Points

H At Belghana mission field, our missionary Benjamin Sagar visited many villages, contacted 36 families and preached the gospel. The Sarpanch who came to meet our missionary fell down from the train but was saved by God’s grace. He has pain in his left knee.


People are interested in hearing the gospel and they asked for a gospel booklet from our missionary voluntarily.

H At Tengeamuda mission field, our missionary Johnson George con-ducted Sunday school classes and prayer meetings. On an average sixteen people attended the prayer meetings. A few people opposed the gospel yet many listened to the gospel. A few people came to be prayed by our missionary for their healing from sickness.

Prayer Points H For Budhwar Yadav to be gifted with a child H For Jidhan who criticized our missionary after the preaching H For the people who worship idols to be saved H For a change in the attitudes of people who try to persecute chris-tians

PUNJABPraise Points

H At Mehatpur mission field, our missionary Shafiq Masih visited many villages, distributed tracts and preached the gospel. Three families have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. A five year old boy got healed from brain problem.

H At Phillur mission field, our missionary Michael Salim shared the gospel. Haripriya was healed from her sickness and has accept-ed our Lord. Asha accepted our Lord. Johnson and Amarjith got healed from their sickness through prayer.

Prayer Points H For Leena Gill who is awaiting her delivery. Pray for her delivery to be normal.

H For Deepak to be married soon H For Sheethal’s education H For Asha’s family to accept our Lord H For Ashish to get a job

UTTAR PRADESHPraise Points

H At Mallihabad mission field, our missionary Hanuman Masih shared the gospel. Pramod Kumar and Ravindra Kumari heard the gospel and came for prayers. Our missionary prayed for them, they have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. Puja and two other people got healed from their ailments.

H At Motipur mission field, our missionary Kalawati Singh shared the gospel and prayed for sick people. Lakshmi was healed from stomach pain through prayers. Manisha was healed from one-sided


head ache through our missionary’s prayer. Ramita Devi, Dhrid-wa Ramu, Swetha, Rajduari and Mahesh were delivered from evil spirits. Naresh has stopped drinking.

H At Gosaiganj mission field, our missionary Melando Hansda shared the gospel and prayed for sick people. Samu Kumar was healed from fits through our missionary’s prayer. Uttam Kumar’s family has come to the Lord.

H At Janakipuram mission field, our missionary Pradeep Nand shared the gospel. Rajkumar was an idol worshipper. When our mission-ary visited his village, he came to our missionary and shared his problems with him. Our missionary shared about Jesus Christ and prayed for him. Rajkumar has given up his idol worshipping and has accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour. Mita Mukerji suf-fered from various family problems and sicknesses. Our missionary shared the gospel and prayed for her. She got peace after prayers. Tunthelal was delivered from alcoholic addiction. Ramvathi’s land problem was cleared. Suman Kumari’s wedding has been fixed. Ra-hul secured good marks in his annual examination through prayer.

Prayer Points H For Naresh to grow in faith and for the deliverance of people who are still addicted to alcohol

H For Kamala Devi who has to undergo an operation in her eye H For Tara Devi who has swelling and blockage in her small intestine to be healed

H For Manisha and Ramya’s healing H For Uttam Agarwal who wants to serve the Lord H For Shikha to be healed from cancer H For Salana Devi to be healed from her disease H For Shankar’s wedding to go on well H For Mita’s complete healing from her sickness H For Shivam Pandey to be healed from fits

NEPAL BORDERPraise Points

H Our missionary Dil Bahadur Gurung worked hard in the earth-quake affected area, distributed blankets, oil packets, salt, food packets, noodles and soaps to one hundred and fifty people. In Suwana village, twenty people received Jesus during the church service.

H Our missionary Kiran Khati helped the people who were affect-ed by the earth-quake in Nepal. He visited three districts namely Gorkha Gumda, Manahari and Chituam Shiddi and distributed


food, clothes and blankets. They contacted 497 families, prayed for them and helped them. Many believers’ houses have been damaged. Our missionary prayed for them. He conducted church fellowship meeting every Saturday and cottage prayer meetings.

H Our missionary Nar Bahadur Gurung conducted fasting prayer meetings and Sunday services. Nar Bahadur Aane went to Malaysia and became sick over there. He has returned to Nepal and attended church services. After attending services, he started recovering. Six people are ready for baptism. They are: Shek Bahadur Sayee, Indra Maya Sunar, Thimoli, Thulthi Aane, Nar Bahadur Aane, Aama Rai and Kalpana Rai.

H Our missionary Babu Ram Hemal conducted youth fellowship meeting and prayed for the sick people. Praise God that two sick people were healed from their sickness through our missionary’s prayer.

H Our missionary Megh Bahadur Gurung screened ‘Jesus’ film in two villages. Around 150 people watched. In these villages there are many problems. There is no road, no electricity, no toilets and no water supply also. In Takla village, around 100 people watched it. Two of them accepted Jesus as their Saviour and several others were touched by the Lord. Praise God for Bishna Khapangi, Srijana, Min Bdr Shahi, Chiranjibi Shahi, Prem Bdr and Padma Bdr Chhe-tri who accepeted our Lord Jesus Christ. Praise God for the deliv-erance of Endar Kumari from demonic oppression. Praise God for the eight new believers who have taken baptism. Praise God for the new believers who are coming regularly to the church fellowship.

Prayer Points H For Haman Rohka, 18 year old young man to be healed from his sickness

H For the Hindu people who are giving trouble to the believers to be changed. Pray that the Lord should change their hearts and they should believe in Christ

H For the laws of the land to favour Christians H The place where they conduct the worship is narrow and it is diffi-cult to sit in Phulbari field. Please pray for the situation to change.

H For the people who are affected by the earth-quake and for the re-gion to be renovated soon. Relief has not been given in most places where many were injured.

...we ask you to pray for us. Pray that the Lord’s message will spread rapid-ly and be honored wherever it goes, just as when it came to you. 2 Thes. 3:1


ReporterSanctity is the only Strategy! In the recent Prayer Summit held in Chennai, the former General Secretary of Friends Missionary Prayer Band (FMPB), Patrick annan started off saying that priority for prayer should be above our food, dress, rest and even ministry. Prayer depicts our dependence on God and so he said that we have to take it seriously. It is the fabric of our society. God preserves people’s lives through prayer. A tithing concept in prayer could be followed. In that case we need to spend 2 hours and 40 minutes purely in the presence of God daily. Joel Annan awakened the audience on the following issues: Idolatry, Prostitution, Guruism, Terrorism, Corruption, Addiction to Alcohol and Drugs, Mass media pollution which enabled every one to pray with burden and tears. Rev Raj while he spoke about holiness in a minister of God he said, “Sanctity is the only Strategy”. He explained the life of Asa, the King of Judah. Out of the many useful insights, one was that God was not pleased in success through human strategy in the life of Asa without his true dependence on him (2 Chronicles 16).

Jesus is truly God! Our missionary, Bro Ravichandran reports two incidents: “Venkataraman Reddy was a devotee of Saibaba. He was filled with pride because of his status in the society. He had bitterness towards Christians. He hated them and had a biased opinion about them. I had a chance to converse with him for an hour about Christ. He replied to me saying that if Christ is a big God whether He would be able to bring rain in their drought-hit place. I challenged him to accept Christ and said that He would give rain. The next day there was a great out-pour of rain! He rang to me to say that Jesus is truly God.” “The second one is about the healing God gave to Ludhiam-ma’s father who was suffering from TB. The family members took him to many hospitals, worshipped many gods, and finally gave up. While he was in the grip of death, I happened to meet him. I asked them to place faith in Jesus. After four fasting prayers in the month, we could see a healing in him. A man who did not eat for long, started to eat! A man who was bed-ridden started to walk! He also made a promise a live a new life in Christ.”

Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God for ever and ever. Amen. Revelation 7:12


Almighty God, We come to honour you this day. We come to ac-knowledge that you are the only one who can rightly lead and guide our country.Lord, we lift up prayer for our country.We ask that you would bless our country with your wisdom, your love, and your compassion. May we be a people who are pursuing you and your plans for us - individually and corporately.Lord, we lift up prayer for our leaders.Lord, we ask for blessings on our leaders. May these servants who are in positions of authority take that responsibility seriously and do their very best each day. May they realize their need for you and for your direction. May they hear your voice as they make their decisions, and may they follow your guidance. May they have a passion for people, for truth, and for righteousness.Lord, we lift up prayer for our troops.Lord, we ask for blessings on our service men and women. We ask pro-tection for all our men and women in uniform both here and around the world. We are grateful for their service and their dedication to keeping our nation safe. We pray that you would keep them safe.We thank you for our blessings of life and liberty. May our country con-tinually show love and honor to you. May our dedication to you cause us to reach out to all the other nations and people groups with a strong desire for peace and harmony to be displayed whenever possible.We ask all these things in the name of your beloved son, Jesus Christ.

AmenCopyright © 2012 Beth McLendon of Inspirational – Prayers.com

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1. live (Gen 20:7)2. Rebekah was barren. (Gen 25:21)3. Thought she was drunk. ( I Sam 1:13)4. The hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (II kings 6:17)5. To call the Shunnamite woman. (II Kings 4:36)

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6. To strike the Arameans blind. ( II Kings 6:18)7. God added 15 years to his life. ( II Kings 20:6)8. The Lord made Job prosperous again and gave him twice as much he had before. ( Job 42:10)9. Gabriel ( Daniel 9:21)10. Inside the fish.( Jonah 2:1)

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1. Who was the only queen of Judah?2. How many kings were called Jeroboam?3. Which king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel went to Jerusalem and stole gold, silver, vessels, treasures and took hostages?4. Which king of Judah is recorded as building a pool, a conduit and brought water into Jerusalem?5. Which king of Judah was the son of Hephzibah?6. Which king is repeatedly described as having “made Israel to sin”?7. Which king of Judah was taken into exile after witnessing the deaths of his sons, before then being blinded?8. Who said to whom: “...my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”9. Which Queen was the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel and mother of King Ahaziah of Judah?10. Which overweight king of Moab was killed when a sword was thrust into his belly?


“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants” psalms 116:15

Our deepest condolences to the family of Dentist Dr J Mahani, s/o Dr J Koshy who has gone to be with the Lord on June 10, 2015. His family spon-sored a child from our tribal girl’s hostel and he was a loyal supporter of NMS. His daughter-in-law, Dr Sujatha is a member of Kumbakonam Area Com-mittee. Kindly uphold their family members in your prayers.

NewsLONDON: A diet rich in fruits and vegetables packed with vitamin-C will substantially cut the risk of heart attacks and early death, says a study. Vitamin C helps build connective tissue and is also a potent antioxidant that protects cells and biological molecules from the damage which causes many diseases, including cardiovascular disease. The human body is not able to pro-duce vitamin C, which means that we must get the vitamin from our diet, said the study that appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. “Eating a lot of fruit and vegetables is a natural way of increasing vitamin C blood lev-els. You can get vitamin C supplements but it is a good idea to get your vitamin C by eating a healthy diet,” added Boerge Nordestgaard from University of Copenhagen. (The Hindu, July 8, 2015)

WASHINGTON: Spending more leisure time sitting is associated with a high-er risk of multiple myeloma, breast cancer and ovarian cancer in women, a new large-scale study led by an Indian-origin scientist has found. The study, how-ever, found no association between sitting time and cancer risk in men. While extensive research links physical activity to cancer prevention, few studies have examined the link between sitting time and the risk of specific cancers. (The Times of India, July 15, 2015)

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