Foreword  

The result of belief and unbelief

The Lord brings out the truth

Our Heavenly Father saves us

A family delivered completely

As the bible says, "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mk 16:17,18.

So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Mk 16:19.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.    Jn 14:12

I believe dear readers this second book will help you to expect greater things from God. He said in Isaiah 42:7

"To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house."

INTRODUCTION

Yes, in all types of sufferings Jesus is with us, He is our strength and His presence gives us peace and happiness according to the Psalmist in Psalms 66:12

"Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place."

When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they had to cross the Red Sea, which was no ordinary task. Before the people was the Red Sea and behind was the army of the enemy. How would they overcome this? Moses was troubled as to what he should do. Children of God, have you to overcome debts, are you unemployed, have you lost hope and reached the stage where you have left everything in the Lord’s hand? In the height of suffocation, the Lord was with Moses at the time of crossing the Red Sea. The Lord told Moses to raise his rod. As the Lord was close to Moses, just with His breath He separated the Red Sea. Like Moses if we look only to the Lord for help, our problems will move automatically. Children of God whatever the problems do not lose hope, the Lord’s army of angels is with you. The Lord of Jacob is in the highest as in Ps 46:11

The result of belief and unbelief

This is the testimony of Sis. Asha Salins, who was suffering from a Tuberculosis gland in her chest and another gland in her abdomen, which would give her terrible pain. After X-rays and checkups with the doctors from the hospital, it was confirmed that the gland was cancerous.

During those days the Lord was using me through His Spirit to fight against the powers of the evil one. The Holy Spirit gave victory over them in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. One day as we were seated in prayer, Sis.Asha came to the church and joined us in prayers. During prayer time the Lord opened my spiritual eyes and showed me 5 pieces of beetlenut (suparis). I told this to Bro.Godwin, who then prayed to the Lord and started rebuking the evil powers behind this suparis. We all in one accord prayed to the Lord Jesus to heal her. Suddenly, she screamed and fell to the ground and started rolling. There were 5 evil spirits in her which started struggling and blurting out swear words. After much struggling under the torment of the Lord, the evil spirit decided to go out. As the word says in Mark 16:17, "And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues." According to this word we claimed the victory and she was totally delivered. After she went for X-ray, all her reports were normal and the gland slowly started disappearing.

For many years she was suffering from a huge amount of loan. In order to payoff her loan, she decided to avail the voluntary retirement scheme from her service. But the Holy Spirit revealed through me that she should not do so, but wait for 11 months.

My brothers and sisters, she obeyed what the Holy Spirit of the Lord spoke. She has received double the amount of the salary, that she would have got 11 months back and also an amount of pension. Today she is free from all her loans and is living with her family happily.

I have mentioned only a brief account of her sufferings. She believed and she was healed. After she was healed, Jesus gave her complete victory through this ministry. After this, her husband was speaking against this ministry. He had a big gland on the right side of his forehead for quite a long time. One day his wife, Sis.Asha asked us to pray for her husband. Myself and Pastor Godwin prayed over him and within one month, the gland broke on it’s own. It had 5 seeds in it. But still he was adamant and did not believe that the Lord was speaking through His Holy Spirit in this ministry. He persisted to speak against the Lord. Even when Sis.Asha would tell him about the ministry, he would speak against her also. What happened ? Soon the same cancerous evil spirit returned and took hold of him. He suddenly developed throat cancer. But after it was too late and he was in the final stages, he realised his mistake and came to the church and asked for forgiveness. But as the Word of God says, that there is no forgiveness to them who speak against the Holy Spirit, sad to say he ended his life with the evil spirit.

After this, his family lives a completely delivered and happy life in the Lord Jesus Christ. They are also a part of the happy family of the Star of Bethlehem Church.

"Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord"

Eph 5:10

The Lord likes and dislikes. He desires as well as hates things. He accepts and rejects. Because of that Paul says that, what and who the Lord likes He tests and see. Abel and Cain brought an offering to the Lord. Do not think any offering will do. What the Lord likes should be given as offering. Abel thought that since the Lord is the Lamb of God for the world, he gave a Lamb as an offering for sacrifice. Comparing Cain and Abel’s offering, Abel’s offering was greater and the Lord called Abel the righteous man. Does the Lord like whatever we do? Is he happy in our things? Let us think about it. Even if we have to go visiting or, continue a friendship, or purchase a house, or get life partners for your children. Do we ask the will of the Lord? If we pray and understand his will we will be blessed.

David prayed to the Lord in Psalms 40:8 "I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart" and also in Psalms 143:10. "Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness."

Children of God, if you walk hundred percent according to the Lord and decide to do what the Lord likes, He will be glad with you and fulfill your hearts desire and will lift you up in joy. When we do what the Lord likes he will be happy and rejoice with us and will call us his dear ones and love us.

As in the Book of Songs of Solomon 7:10 "I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me." In this Book the Lord repeats many times "My Dear". When we do the Lord’s will he will be happy and rejoice and then calls us his dear ones and will shower his love on us.

Yes dear Brothers and Sisters will you be his beloved children.

The Lord brings out the truth

Dear brothers and sisters, I would like to share one incident, which took place in this Ministry about six years back.

Near the Church, there was a family of 3 brothers. The elder and second brother, were staying on the ground floor and the third was staying on the first floor. On the first floor, a tenant was staying in the adjacent house. Now, this tenant lady was close to the elder brother’s wife and they used to come jointly to this Ministry. This tenant lady would keep some things in the house on the ground floor and would blame the younger brother’s family, who was staying on the first floor was practicing witchcraft against them. She would tell Bro.Godwin that she could see visions of where the evil bondage is kept. They would come and tell Bro.Godwin and he would lay his hand on the sister who said she can see visions and he would pray on her. During prayer, she would say that she could see where the evil bondage was. Later, the Lord revealed through me that she herself was keeping the bondage and was lying about the visions.

When Bro.Godwin and that sister would go, they would obviously find the bondage. This started to become a regular habit. One day, I happened to go to the Ministry and took my seat in a corner and saw what was happening. When Bro.Godwin was praying on that sister, I started praying within myself, saying that, "Lord many times this is going on, please show me what is happening and show me also where the bondage is?" Then suddenly, I could hear a thundering voice speaking to me saying that, " She is telling lies in my name and she herself is the one who is keeping this bondage and my servant is listening to her."

I held my peace at that time, but I informed Bro.Godwin briefly about what the Lord had spoken to me. Bro.Godwin immediately called the sister who stayed on the ground floor in whose house this so called bondages were kept and explained the truth to her. After this the sister seeing the so called ‘visions’ immediately confessed that she was giving wrong visions and asked Bro.Godwin to forgive her. After that day she has never returned back to this Ministry.

As the Word of God says, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy." Similarly, the Lord kept his servant from falling into the trap of deceitful people.

The other sister continues to come to the Church because she knows that the Lord speaks the truth here and His presence is always here and she is a living witness. Till today there is no bondage in that house.

The Lord says that He is powerful, so powerful that in all works He can give us victory. The Lord says that He will not let us slip and that where His Spirit is, in that place He will always keep us happy and save us from all cunningness of man and will give us strength to stand on His Word. Many times our feet may slip, but the Lord assures us that He will save us through His grace. When we feel that we are going to fall, the Lord will command His angels and they will not allow us to stumble and carry us before our feet hit any stones.

During problems and temptations, the Lord will show us a way to come out. The same Lord tells us that He is a mighty God and that He will not let us stumble. Children of God, He shows us the way so that we may not fall nor be weak. He is our creator who came searching for us and removed us from the miry clay of sin. The same Lord will help us stand throughout our life. Let us not fear but only remain in faith and continue the Lord’s work.

"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" Heb 12:1

Children of God, many a times sins, demons and temptations will try and lead us in evil ways and will lure us away from the Lord, but you should hold on to the Lord. In the above testimony, I have mentioned how the evil one tried to mislead the servant of God, but we should learn to be careful. In the same way many tried to cheat Bro.Godwin but could not succeed. The Lord brought out the truth.

"I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing"

Do not forget the Lord

This is the story of the deliverance of a Christian family, whose testimony is in our records. I am sharing a little part of it with you. This family of Bro.Herbert Ammanna, son-in-law Wesley Soans and son Gladson were under bondage.

Bro.Wesley had severe evil attacks. It was in Jan’1998 after the healing service on Saturday held in our church, he was rolling on the ground and screaming loudly. His wife had come along with him. The evil spirit was trying to strangle her neck through her husband. Then we started commanding the evil spirit in the name of Jesus. Immediately, the evil spirit was quiet. As myself, Pastor and the prayer group were praying, the Holy Spirit spoke through me saying, "I will deliver him, but this family will forget me very soon." In the same way we prayed continuously for him and he was set free from the witchcraft bondage.

After Bro. Wesley was set free by the Lord, his father-in-law, Bro.Herbert Ammanna invited us to have a prayer meeting in their house. Our prayer group went for this meeting. As one of our brothers was praying, the Holy Spirit moved in me. The Lord spoke and showed me an evil bondage of a needle and thread, which was kept seven years back in their house. The Lord showed me the exact place where it was kept. The Lord asked Pastor to remove it, rebuke it and throw it out. Then Bro.Herbert Ammanna explained to me saying, "Many servants of God have come and stayed in my house. Many said that there is evil bondage in this house. But no one could show it till today. I thank this ministry which has set us free from these bondages.

After this bondage was removed, his son Gladson who was struggling for two years to go on board for a job, received a good job from the Lord.

Our Lord totally delivered this family from all evil bondages. But as the Lord had spoken in the beginning, it has come to pass. He had said, "I will deliver this family, but they will forget me soon." They are no more in this ministry.

To do the Lord’s work, in this sinful world, we need strength. To overcome the lust of the flesh, the evil one and the world, we need strength. We need strong will-power in our soul and spirit. This ‘power’ is not in the hands of man but is a gift of the Holy Spirit. Humans that we are, we do not understand the way of the Holy Spirit who gives us this strength. How will you get this strength? In the book of Acts, Paul explains that Jesus is the way. He is the One who prepares us and strengthens us. Paul says that Jesus lives in me and strengthens me. Dear brothers and sisters, can you with courage and gladness say this? When you are weak, the Lord Jesus Christ will be your strength.

In the Old Testament, faithful warriors in weakness, gained strength. And with this strength became victorious, Heb 11:34 "Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens."

Do you feel that you do not have strength in your body? Do you feel that you are weak in spirit? Are these feelings worrying you? Daily, in faith repeat a hundred times saying, "I am nothing, but with Christ I can do everything" Many times, I repeat these words to myself. Satan will try to make you weak. Guilty feelings, feelings of discouragement, unbelief, defeat and loss will make you weak.

Today, make up your mind to leave all this and stand for Jesus Christ. He is the way and will always be with you and will abide in you. He will not let you stumble and as your guardian angel, He will not slumber. He will give strength to your knees. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. The strength you receive comes from the Creator of heaven and earth. Do not forget this. Ask in faith and be a witness to the Lord, by doing mighty things.

Psalms 18:29, "For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall."

Many will be healed and receive miracles of the Lord and then go away. Even in the Lord’s time, ten lepers were healed but only one came back. Similarly, due to these weaknesses many go back and become frail. But as I have explained above, when we keep our faith truly on our Living Jesus Christ, we can do greater things.

Our Heavenly Father saves us

As usual, one day as I was praying in the morning, the Lord showed me a vision of the family of Sis.Janet Amin who are members of our church. I asked the Heavenly Father in prayer, what was the reason He was showing me this vision. The Lord showed me the time 7:00 a.m in the morning. I finished my prayer and waited for an answer from the Lord about this family.

At about 10:00 a.m., I received a phone call from the family, saying that their daughter-in-law had fallen in the bathroom and many of their family members had allergy on their bodies. Then myself and Pastor Godwin, went to their house for prayers. Before the prayers could begin, the Lord asked me to pray for the servant who was working for many years in that house.

According to God’s will I prayed for the girl, and immediately the evil spirit in her started manifesting. The evil spirit in her spoke many things like, who had done the witchcraft and how they did it. But she did not agree about the time that the evil spirit had harmed this family. Then I remembered the time the Lord had shown me that morning as 7:00a.m. Accordingly, I commanded the evil spirit and asked about this time. The family members remembered that she had gone down in the compound at 7:00 a.m. saying that some clothes which were kept for drying had fallen down from the 2nd floor balcony. My dear brothers and sisters, that was the exact time she met the enemy of this family and she brought two packets of chilly powder mixed with an evil portion. This was the intention of the enemy to use this servant girl, so that she would use this chilly powder in their food and this family would be totally in bondage.

We then commanded the evil spirit to remove these packets from where it was hidden. Then possessed by the evil spirit, she went rolling on the ground backwards, from the hall to the kitchen till the outer balcony. The servant’s eyes were closed all through out this and she removed the evil bondage from where she had hidden it in a carton. Then we prayed to break the bondage and threw it out. We also prayed for the girl and she was delivered. The good Father saved this entire family from going into bondage. As the bible says in Psalms 121:4, "The keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps."

Our Dear Loving God is a merciful Father. Because of this we can call Him our Everlasting Father. "...His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father and The Prince of Peace." Is 9:6.

What does Everlasting Father mean? It means that for yesterday, today and forever He is our Father. It is a blessing for us because He abides in us. He carries us just as a father carries his children on his shoulders. When sitting on his shoulders the children put their legs on his chest and are seated without fear by holding his head. And the father walks, plays and keeps them happy. Children think they are sitting on an elephant and rejoice.

Similarly, our Good Lord does not allow us to walk but He carries us on His shoulders. Secondly, as a father guides and gives his children counsel, in the same way our Heavenly father exhorts and comforts every one of us. Yes, our Father speaks to us through His chosen servants and his Holy words in the Bible. His advices are sweet and fruitful. Thirdly, as a father corrects his children, the Lord corrects those whom He loves.

Have we to fear our earthly father or our heavenly Father’s correction? Our earthly father will think what is good for us in the world and corrects us but our Heavenly father will correct us so that we may enter his kingdom, Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Our Heavenly father who loves us takes care of us therefore to get a Father like him we should be grateful; and like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Have complete faith in God

One more thing I would like to share with you all is about this family’s younger son-in-law. Today, he is a member of this church and strong in the faith. You all must have read many of his testimonies in our church newsletter. I am sharing with you all how he was before coming to this church. His wife was always in touch with our church. Many times she had called us to visit her house. We kept her requests in prayer and finally, the Lord showed me her house and some tiny seeds in a vision. After seeing this vision, we agreed to visit her house. We reached her Versova house and before we began praying, they had offered us some snacks and even as Pastor and Sis.Ida were eating snacks, I was unable to eat. I was thinking what was happening to me. I tried to control myself but could not. I was sitting on the floor on cushions. Suddenly, the anointing of God filled me to overflowing. My dear brothers and sisters, you may not believe me, but the family members are eye-witness to this. Through the anointing with my bare hands, I hit a ceramic flower vase, which was about 2½ ft. in height and it broke. And inside the water there was a small packet containing the same seeds, which the Lord had shown me in a vision before going to the house. The wife believed and she was very happy that the Lord had done this wonderful work. But brother Ramaiah Daniels doubted and told his wife that we were the one’s who had brought and kept this packet.

Because of his unbelief and because he doubted the children of God, he lost his job as G.M at Venue Hotel, Mumbai. His wife asked me to pray for him to confess his mistake and to come to this church. As per her wish I was praying to the Lord. Since he had no job she also asked me to pray for him to get a job. Finally he got a job in Surat. But there was no change in his behaviour. My dear brothers and sisters he lost the job there also. He underwent many problems thereafter. He was jobless for 10 months. Then he confessed his faults and surrendered to the Lord. Then he was baptized in this church and became a member of this church. We were praying for him to get a good job. Our God is yesterday , today and forever the same forgiving God. He blessed this brother and he got a wonderful job with a fully furnished house and a car. What a Good God He is. As humans we have many doubts as this brother, but we do not know the Lord’s ways.

The Lord says in Is 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

This brother has given many testimonies in this church. One of these we reproduce below. Please read it and be blessed.

Diabetes Healed !

I am a member of the Star of Bethlehem Church for the past 1 year. I was diagonised with diabetes in April 1997, subsequent to which I went on a diet, started swimming for exercise and hoped that the diabetes would disappear, but alas! It was there to stay.

On 11th Feb, 2001, during the prayer service at the Star of Bethlehem Church, I prayed as usual for my health. After the service, Sis.Saroja came up to me and said that she had specially prayed for my diabetes during the last prayers, as the Lord had put a burden on her to do so. She asked me to get my sugar checked during the week and said that it was about time for the Lord to heal me. She then had our Pastor pray specially, for healing from diabetes, while she earnestly pleaded with the Lord.

About 6 weeks ago, I had my blood checked and my sugar level had displayed 290 mg/dl. After the prayer when I checked my blood the result showed 109.2mg/dl (Normal range : 70-110mg/dl) Hallelujah! The Lord Jesus Christ has healed me drastically. After 4 years of suffering under this killer disease, today I am healed in the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord Jesus my Healer, for this healing. I thank Sis.Saroj and Pastor for their prayers.

Bro.Ramiah Daniels, Kalina -Mumbai. 13/02/’01

Faith

What is Faith? Believe in Him fully. How breath is to man same way faith is to faithful people. With Faith only we can receive all types of blessings. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Paul explains faith very well. Abraham’s faith makes us really wonder. When the Lord called him, without asking any question he left his people, religion and country. He waited patiently for 25 years for the fulfillment of the Lord’s promise. When the Lord asked him to sacrifice Isaac, he believed that even if he dies the Lord will give him life and put Isaac on the sacrifice table. Will the Lord not notice this faith?

Why did the Lord raise David? He is a man of my heart is what the Lord said. What is the secret that the Lord said this? David was in oneness with the Lord, wasn’t he? Goliath depended on his strength but David fully depended on the Lord and could say to Goliath, the Lord whom you spoke against, I come in his name. Dear Children of God if you want to remain the Lord’s beloved always depend and be in oneness with the Lord. The faithful will not fear.

Despise not the chastening of the Lord

This is a living testimony of Sis. Joyce Samuel, before coming to this ministry. She was a Methodist Church member. Her elder Sis. Rachel and other two men brought her to the Star of Bethlehem Ministry in a jeep in an unconscious state. Pastor called me to come and pray for this girl. After finishing my house work, I came to church after half an hour. Since they were Tamilians, I enquired if they had informed the pastor about her illness. Sis. Rachel answered me we have spoken to them but they are not bothered about us.

I felt pity for this young girl Joyce, and we started praying. My dear brothers and sisters the Lord delivered her within half an hour of this evil attack which she had for the past two months. Witnessing her healing, her family was really surprised, and they started attending our church regularly, and after 3 months they became members of this church.

After about one year she started acting as though the Holy Spirit anointing was coming on her. She started speaking many things as though God’s spirit was speaking. We understood that she was giving false prophecies. Myself and pastor corrected her. She cried and prayed and asked forgiveness from me and pastor. After one week these 2 sisters came along with their father to the church to ask forgiveness. After that they have no more come to this church.

Unbeliever becomes believer - Bitter becomes sweet

I would like to share with you how Mr. B R Amin and his wife became believers and how they experienced the wonderful work of the Lord Jesus in their lives.

It was 5 years back the Lord had spoken through me to their other family members belonging to this Church saying "I know how to bring them and I love my son Ramesh". Ramesh was Uncle Amin’s first name which we were not aware of. They came back to Mumbai from Abu Dhabi after retirement after a long time gap. They wanted to settle in their native place Mangalore. We knew this through their family members. We were praying to the Lord about what the Lord had spoken about him five years back. My dear Brothers and Sisters suddenly one day his brother-in-law Bonnie Uncle came and told us that Uncle Amin has kidney problems. The doctors asked him to start Dialysis. They could not go to Mangalore.

He then started coming to The Star of Bethlehem Church. Oh what a wonderful Loving God, he healed him of his kidney damage. All his reports came normal and he never went for dialysis. He understood God’s Love and power and he surrendered himself to the Lord.

Where they wanted to go i.e. in their Mangalore house there was an evil bondage there. To remove this bondage 3 years ago Pastor and his family and Uncle Amin and his family had gone there. They could do nothing there, because of this Uncle Amin was against this Ministry.

My Dear Brothers and Sisters again the Lord spoke through me saying "I will clear the place." Then we decided to go. Pastor and his family, Uncle Amin and his family and Myself reached Udupi. We stayed for about one week at Udupi at Udupi Hotel Heritage. We went to the house which was kept locked due to bondage. What a beautiful house it is! After seeing the full house we sat in the hall to pray. The full house was filled with smoke. We continued praying and suddenly the Holy Spirit filled me and spoke saying in the compound to the left there are two bondages and asked Pastor to remove it. Pastor could find only one piece, when they were searching for the second, I was still sitting in the hall and praying in the anointing. Lord showed me the place where the bondage was. It was a medallion of an idol. I went and showed the right place to Pastor. Pastor removed it, we prayed and threw it far in the valley near the bungalow.

Seeing this wonderful work Amin Uncle was very happy. He had one more house in Udupi where he wanted to stay. We went to visit that house. There also the enemy of the family had done witchcraft, so that Amin Uncle’s family could not stay there. As soon as we prayed the anointing came on me and Lord showed the kitchen, we went searching to the kitchen which was closed.

We opened the kitchen door and started searching we found a lime in the kitchen with many paper pins pierced in it. We removed it and threw it out. The person who built the house was also present there and was surprised and frightened. After this we went to see the upper room. Before me people had gone up. I kept my leg on the first step and caught the railing at the begining. I felt some trembling in my hand when I was holding the post. I could not proceed ahead. Those who were behind me were watching me. I told them something is under this post. My Dear Brothers and Sisters they all came and checked the post. In the post below, they had drilled a hole and made hollow and filled with some ash which was a bondage and they had concealed it very cunningly. They had screwed that part and then polished it. We removed the full post and threw it out. Still that post has not been repaired. Anyone not believing can go and visit the place.

Seeing this wonderful power of the Lord after we returned to Mumbai, Uncle Amin and his wife became members of this Church. But my Dear Brothers and Sister what the Lord had spoken through me saying "I know how to bring him" five years ago. The Lord fulfilled it. The second part he said "I Love my Son" After coming to Mumbai after ten days, one Sunday morning we got a call saying he is not keeping well. Pastor and myself went and prayed. Then we took him to a nursing home but Bro. Amin reached his heavenly home.

What a wonderful Lord, who had spoken "I Love him" came true. The Lord loved him very much, today he is with the Lord. The Lord led us to the hospital with the purpose that all formalities were done smoothly. It was the first funeral in our Church.

As the Lord says the first shall be last and the last shall be first. What a mighty God we have.

Shall we praise him for His wonderful works.

"And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet:"

Marah means bitter. When the Children of Israel crossed the Red Sea and was walking in the desert they were very thirsty. When they came to Marah and saw water there they were happy. But, when they went to drink the water the water was very bitter. At that moment their thoughts and mouth became bitter. Then the Israelites started grumbling against the Lord but at that time Moses was separate and he looked up only to the Lord.

Children of God, is your life bitter today. Are you facing defeat or having sorrows in your life? When you are going through that phase of life are you grumbling or praising the Lord? Grumbling is easy but you will not get any answer. But instead if you pray and call out to the Lord, Marah’s bitterness will become sweet. Your defeat will turn to victory.

When Moses was praying the Lord showed him a Tree. The same Lord showed Adam and Eve the Tree of Life. The same Lord shows us today a Tree and is asking us to look at it. When we look at the Tree all the bitterness inside us will turn sweet and we can then see our Saviour doing mighty things in our Life. When He forgives us we will be saved and we will rejoice in our Life. This Tree which he shows us is no ordinary Tree. We should not leave this Tree and run to worldly things, believe astrologers etc. The Father showed and has given us His Beloved Son. Let us look upto him. What is special in this Tree?

Yes, Moses’ prayer was answered and the people witnessed this when Marah’s water was turned sweet. The Lord does not only hear our prayers but he also answers them. The same Lord showed Hagar water. For Abraham the Lord showed a Lamb to be sacrificed instead of his son and for us instead of Marah’s bitterness he is showing us a Tree,

Children of God, are you all praying like Moses? If you pray in faith definitely he will answer you. Miracles will happen if you pray.

Will you pray? Marah’s water is waiting patiently to become sweet. Therefore as written in the word, "What things you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them."

My Dear Brothers and Sisters always keep the Lord happy. Everyday early in the morning pray like how David prayed asking the Lord to teach us to do His will; for He is our God: and his Spirit is good. As Paul says "Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord."

Obedience and faithfulness

Once upon a time there was a young girl who had accepted the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. She would pray for other souls and would try and teach others about the Lord. She had decided she would do whatever pleases the Lord. Then one day her parents decided to get her married. As her parents did not believe in the Lord Jesus they got her married to a man from another caste. He was a person who lived according to the way of the world.

After marriage, one day he invited her to go to a movie. Fear suddenly gripped her since she had never stepped into a movie theatre before. She did not know what to do. She decided that she would do the Lord’s will, she locked herself in a room and prayed to the Lord and asked the Lord’s advice, for she was in a turmoil whether to please her husband. The Lord spoke to her and she decided to go to the movie. When the movie was going on her husband suddenly turned and looked at her and he found that her eyes were shut. After 10 minutes he again turned and looked at her, this time she was saying "Praise you, Jesus". Again after 10 minutes he looked at her and this time she was speaking something in tongues. He thought something was wrong with her and asked her to come out of the theatre.

When they came out he asked her what had happened and what she was speaking. Then she started to give her testimony about the Lord and how He had saved her. This testimony about his wife deeply touched him and he received salvation on that day. From that day onwards the wife and the husband started serving the Lord. My Dear Brothers and Sisters this is the same sister who had visited me and had given me the Bible which had changed my life.

If you want to be the Lord’s beloved, obedience is a must. If you obey and keep His word He is happy. His commandments are not so heavy that we cannot carry. The Lord chose Saul as Israel’s first King, but Saul did not obey. When the Lord told Saul to completely destroy the Amalekites, Saul spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings, and the lambs and all that was good and also King Agag. Samuel the Prophet told this with great pain. "Does the Lord prefer sacrifice more than obedience?" And Samuel said, "Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."

Dear Children of God even if it is anything small or big always obey the Lord immediately, then only the Lord will lift you up and glorify his name in you. Adam and Eve did not obey the Lord. Even the Lord told Jonah to go to Ninevah he went to Tarshish. Then the sea became very rough and there was a heavy wind, Jonah was 3 days in the belly of the fish, because of disobedience. When we obey the Lord his grace is upon us and he loves us. Will he not bless us?

Broken Heart

The Bible says, the Lord loves the broken hearted people. The only sacrifice we can give to our Lord is our broken heart. David had a broken heart. When Nathan the Prophet told him about his sin he did not harden his heart but immediately confessed it with tears in his eyes and asked for forgiveness. If you read Psalms 51 you will read about David’s broken heart. The Bible says that "The Lord heals the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." The Lord is near the broken hearted. "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

Once two men came in the Lord’s presence. Out of them, one was a Pharisee. He was praising about himself to the Lord and telling the Lord about the many good things he had done. But the Gentile man was praying with a broken heart and was hitting his chest and asked the Lord to forgive him, a sinner. The Lord called him a just man and blessed him. Hannah who never had a child for a long time could not bear it anymore and came into the Lord’s presence with a broken heart. Did she not then bear Samuel?

Yes, Children of God when you come to the Lord’s presence come with a broken heart, the Lord will not let your tears go in waste. Instead of praying for four hours, if you pray with a broken heart for only half an hour the Lord will definitely bless you.

It is a fearful thing to fall in the hands of God

My dear brothers and sisters, I want to share about what happens to them that have no fear of the Lord.

Some time back a particular young boy was regularly attending our church. After some time, he secretly tried to test the Spirit of God.

One Sunday, in the offering bag, he put a Rs.2/- note which was so badly bandaged, that it was not possible to use it. My beloved ones, this brother did not understand that the same Lord saw the poor widow who offered 2 mites in the treasury, was also watching him. We prayed to the Lord, and asked Him to show us who put this Rs.2/- note in the offering bag. The Lord showed the face of this young brother. We waited for two more weeks. But alas! My brothers and sisters, he did not face the third week. He was no more in this world. He died due to an electric shock, while working on an AC machine.

My beloved ones, remember, that if we fall in the hands of the evil one, we have the Lord to save us. But if we fall in the Lord’s hand, we will not find anyone to save us. Whoever have read this incident, fear the Lord. Do not test God. May God bless you.

A family delivered completely

I want to mention about the family of Bro.N.N.Sadarangani, who was suffering from evil bondage since many years, even before the Lord brought me to this ministry. This family was attending the prayer meetings regularly for more than 9 years. For the sake of this particular family, a Pastor from Bangalore was invited, by the recommendation of Bro.John and his friends. He was kept in the hotel for lodging and quite a big amount of money was spent for him. The Pastor enjoyed the money, and proclaimed the family free and delivered, and returned back to Bangalore.

But my dear brothers and sisters, the church members are witnesses that this family’s problems grew worse after that Pastor went. When the Lord brought me into this ministry, myself and Pastor would regularly pray for this family. Finally one day, during the Saturday healing service prayer time, the Holy Spirit of God moved through me and touched the daughter of this family, Sis. Jyothi. She was completely healed. She soon got married, and today is a mother of a child.

Her brother, Manoj also suffered from severe evil attacks. In the same way the Holy Spirit moved in me and touched him. Now he is free and is an owner and running a business of Automobile batteries. The father and mother are so happy. They are praising the Lord Jesus, who has given them freedom from the clutches of evil powers, along with the Star of Bethlehem family. Now they know who are the true believers of Christ, even though they were once gentiles. This family is in the Lord today, but that Pastor is nowhere to be heard of.

Personal testimony

The following is my testimony. Once I was very weak and was having high fever and when I prayed the Lord showed me the verse Zeph 3:17, The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

I immediately felt the mighty Lord strengthen me. The Lord has made this body and Jesus with his blood has purchased us. Our body should be the dwelling place of our Lord Jesus. Therefore, I realised that there is no place for sickness and pain in my body. With faith when we pray this verse will give us strength and happiness. After that till today I have no sickness. Jesus is my strength and I can say that gladly.

"And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory."

To save each one of us, the Lord came in flesh and blood like a normal human being and lived a humble life. The Bible says that Jesus was justified in spirit and was holy and blameless. According to John 8:46, who can blame him?

"Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?"

When Jesus stood before Pilate, he questioned Him and passed a judgement on Jesus saying that this man is without sin. Accordingly, in this world if there is anyone without sin and blemish free it is Jesus Christ. Peter was the disciple of Jesus and who stayed with Him most of the time. Do you know what testimony he gave regarding Jesus? He said that He did no sin and neither was guile found in His mouth.

Jesus lived a humble life without sin. Because of this our sins are washed and He cleanses us with His blood. The reason being, His blood is pure and all sickness can be washed and all curses can be broken.

As mentioned in the Word, Jesus is the most justified in the Spirit and He gave His blood for us on the cross. Jesus came into this world to save sinners like us. The blood of man is full of sin, sickness, worms and curses of our forefathers on us. Man dies in sickness and is alone because of his own sin and the only way to wash our sins and receive salvation is through the blood of Jesus Christ.

As in the Word, "For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."

"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

How Bread gives strength to the body, in the same way the word of God gives strength & life to our spirit. It renews our spirit. The Lord heals and strengthens us through His Word.

Everytime you read the word of God, think and meditate on them. Do not only remember but also have faith on the word. Billy Graham healed many souls because he knew and used the word of God. Even if he preaches for 20 minutes he says for nearly 200 times the "Word of God says". In the same way those verses touch every spirit. Out of all the world preachers Billy Graham is the one of the most renowned.

Dear children of God if you study more according to this wordly way, it is waste, but if you study the word of God it will strengthen you in spirit and body. This will be profitable for the one who realises this.

Prov 4:22; For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. Ps 8:2

If we praise the Lord it will fill us with divine strength. When we humble ourselves like children and praise him, he will be our strength. The Lord will put all our great enemies below us and will give us victory in whatever we do.

That day when Jesus was in this world, the children praised Him on account of the miracles he did and shouted "Hossanna to the son of David". On seeing this the Pharisees and the Saducees got angry but Jesus saw that and said

...Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Even today, if we praise the Lord the Pharisees spirit will grumble and find out faults and cause hindrances. But we should only praise the Lord Jesus, rejoice and be full in the spirit.

When we are full in the Spirit, we cannot keep quiet. We will dance like how David danced. People will wonder why we are dancing and question us. Yes, divine strength has come into us and our spirit is full with gladness and the Holy Spirit fills us. Therefore, how can we control ourselves and not dance for the Lord?

In praises there is strength. The heavens swayed with the praises of the Seraphims, who praised the Lord saying, "Holy, Holy, Holy".

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Since the sound of praises give us strength, even the dead door posts will dance. Then how can alive Isaiah not dance and praise the Lord?

David could not control the strength within himself. He praised the Lord continuously and with all his strength danced before the Lord.

Yes when the spirit of the Lord is upon us we cannot stop but praise the Lord.

Many today are living for this world and thinking, speaking and walking in wordly ways. They do not have any spiritual life, nor are aware of the truth. What a man feels with loss or victory erupts from his heart. If there is a change in heart there will be a feeling of goodness, grace and love for the Lord. But if you live in wordly ways there will be feelings of worry, adultery thoughts etc. Children of God always be alert from such feelings. Do not keep your hearts empty but full with the word of God. Remember and memorise the word of God, keep it always in your heart and the Lord will bless you. What is in your heart comes out from your mouth according to the word of God. But if there is Lord’s presence in your heart you will speak the Lord’s word as it says in the Bible a wise man’s mouth disperses knowledge.

If there is knowledge of the Lord in your heart your mouth will also speak the same. Read Apostle Peter’s beautiful verses. The word of Christ will fill you with knowledge. In everything i.e. praising in songs, in music and in all things praise the Lord. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

What is your heart full of with today? Is it with the Lord’s words, his happiness, songs of melodies or filled with spirit, think about it.

Children of God the Lord’s coming is close. Let us try and change and become like Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

If you have the Love of Lord there will be no room for jealousy because Love is the greatest feeling and it bears, believes and trusts everyone and where there is Love there is no room for jealousy. The feeling of Love is like a Dove. All the birds have bitterness in their heart, but see the Dove there is no bitterness. That is the reason why the Dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit in the word of God. The love of the Dove has no jealousy.

Now, from where does this jealousy come? Yes, it was in Lucifer’s heart. He wanted to move ahead than the Lord and when pride came into him he was pushed down to earth. His fall was the greatest, just think about it.

Children of God do not give place for jealousy. Today in families the spirit of Cain is working mightly. When you see your brothers and sisters going up in life rejoice and praise the Lord. When you see their faults do not insult them but pray for them. Joseph’s brother were jealous of him and the Lord had created such a situation in their lives that they had to fall and touch Joseph’s feet. Thus always remember that the Lord will make jealous people fall.

Children of God in any situation do not let revengeful feelings come into your heart. Do not allow such thoughts and bitter feelings come into your heart. The Lord says Vengenance is mine and I will repay. Therefore leave everything to the Lord. In the old testament it was a law that you should give eye for an eye and tooth for tooth, but in the new testament this law moved and love came in. Now according to that if any one slaps you on one cheek, Jesus says do not slap him back but give him your other cheek and pray for those who have hurt you.

One should not say I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

The word of the Lord should always be in your heart and that will enlighten you. One should not do what evil people do. In the Bible there are many examples of people taking revenge like Jezebel wanted to take revenge on Elijah, King Ahab wanted to take revenge on Micaiah, Hamam wanted to take revenge on Mordecai. But the Lord created such situations for the people who wanted to take revenge that their deaths were painful. Revengful thoughts will make us lose our peace and we will fall into a pit of bitterness which is never ending, such so that we will not be satisfied even after taking our revenge. These thoughts are from Satan. Our bitter thoughts were washed by our Saviour’s blood on Calvary and has given us peace in our heart.

One should only remember not to render evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

God commanded Moses to send twelve people, each from a tribe of Israel, to spy the land of Canaan. This was the promised land, which God was to give Israel to dwell forever. All the twelve spied the land for forty days. They were told to bring reports about the land that they were going to inherit.

Out of twelve, ten spies brought a report which made the people fear the Canaanites. They said that the people are giants, we cannot overcome this city.

And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

What they were actually doing, was that without having faith in the Lord’s promise, they began to oppose the blessing which God had to give them. The remaining two, Caleb and Joshua, brought a good report. They were people full of faith. They believed the promise of God and were filled with boldness in
their hearts.

Hearing the bad report of the other spies, the people began to weep out of fear. They became greatly discouraged.

They lost all their faith. They began to murmur against God and Moses.

This made the Lord God very angry and He said,

God said that all the people except Caleb and Joshua, would die in the wilderness. Only the next generation can enter in. The people lost the blessing of the Lord. This was all because of the spies who spread a wrong report among the people. These spies had no faith in God’s promise and thus hindering His holy will. The promise was delayed by forty years to fulfill.

Similarly, in our lives, God promises us many things. He reveals His specific will to His children. But my dear brothers and sisters, please remember that we should not be like the spies who brought a bad report. We should not murmur against God and His prophets through whom God has spoken His will. What happened to these? First of all, their promise was delayed for forty years instead of a few days. Secondly, all the people that disbelieved, died in the wilderness.

"I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die."

Let us not come against the will of God. Let us not go to God’s people and spread a wrong report. Lest the promise of God and His will be hindered. Thus we face the judgement of the Lord.