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Joyous Christmas Celebrations Christmas celebrations at our mission field in Chennai turned out to be an occasion where children showcased their talents and their parents received the Gospel and bountiful Christmas gifts on Dec. 23. Mrs. Rosaline Rachel, principal of MMM College of Nursing, was the chief guest. Christmas gift bags containing rice and provisions were distributed to 70 deserving families in the mission field.

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Slumdogs’ Preacher Marquise Daniel’s mission: Feeding hungry people and preaching Gospel! BY ROBIN SAM AS a child, Marquise Daniel learned that charity begins at home from his benevolent mother’s love for the poor. He was born in a tea estate in Valparai near Coimbatore to Daniel and Jeyabakkiam. He did his schooling only up to 10th standard. His passion to work with the poor and the downtrodden made him seek openings in Christian organizations. He approached IEM (Indian Evangelical Mission) and was accepted by them in 1984. He worked with IEM till 1998. Although he remembers his stint with IEM fondly, he says he could have been used in a better way by them. One of his postings was in Chennai - to work with the rag pickers. He came to the city primarily because he wanted to live a better life and not because of any burden for souls, he laughs. However, his first port of call - in an extremely dirty and unpleasant place - was a rude shock to him. Everywhere he turned there was human excreta and naked children were playing in the messy and dingy lanes amid scavenging dogs and pigs. Had he been alone on the mission, he would have either run away from the place or ended his life, he remembers. Such were the squalid conditions of the slum that he could not breathe properly and felt like throwing up always. Nights were no better as there was no electricity in the area and it was pitch darkness after 6 pm. Drunken brawls and street fights were an every day occurrence. Women, when they were not THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER w FEBRUARY 2019

squabbling, wiled away their time playing thayappas or paandi. He wanted to go back to Valparai but had no money. So he decided to grit and bear it for a month, take the salary and scoot. One day, as he was walking in a narrow street in the slum he saw two children playing mom and dad. The girl beckoned the boy saying: ‘Come here, have your kanji (gruel) and rush to work.’ The mention of kanji brought back his childhood memories. Valparai or Chennai, things were the same for the poor, Marquise realized. The children were destined to live the same lives as their parents and that thought crushed his spirit. Don’t they deserve better? Who would help them? Unable to find comforting answers to those troubling questions, he decided to stay put and do his bit for the slumdwellers. Although it took time, his outlook changed and soon he was teaching them the importance of hygiene and sharing the Word of God along with his wife, Patsy. When things improved, IEM sent someone to monitor his work. Soon there was some friction between him and his supervisor and he quit from IEM. However, Marquise and Patsy decided to continue in Chennai to do the same work. Thus was born SCRIBE ministries. He remembers with gratitude how Rev. Theodore Williams, the founder of IEM, asked him to arrange a meeting in Chennai. Theodore Williams came to Chennai from 4

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Bangalore for the meeting where he made an appeal to people to support Marquise’s ministry. As a result of his appeal, 10 families came forward to support Marquise and Patsy financially. Sometime later, Marquise decided to introduce weekly meal packets to the rag pickers and slum children. Although feeding the poor alone is not fulfilling the Great Commission, he was clear that people with grumbling stomachs would not be receptive to the Gospel. After all, does it not say thus in Proverbs 21:13: “If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.”? His wife was not very receptive to the feeding program, but eventually she came around and was a great support to him till sickness forced her to be bedridden. The feeding program paid results. People were now sympathetic to Gospel, and the Word of God brought about a transformation in them. The couple put many slum kids into schools and made sure they finished school. On Sundays, Marquise would also talk to them about the need for faithfulness in marriage as there were a lot of people dying of AIDS in the area. For the past few years, Marquise although alone now (his wife passed away in 2017 and his only son lives in Pune) has been cooking every day for at least

150 people. Right from chopping vegetables to cooking rice and packing food, he does it alone. A domestic help comes to clean the utensils. There is no roster for the daily food. It is usually variety rice and on occasions he cooks up chicken biriyani. By 12 noon, the packing of food would be over. Thereafter, he loads the food packets in a rice bag, lugs it onto his Honda Activa and sets off. His area of operation is in and around Koyambedu, Maduravoyal, Arumbakkam, Padikuppam and

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LIFE UNPARALLELED Marquise feels he can feed even up to 500 people a day if he had a second hand van. “I can cook, load the container directly into the van and carry use-and-throw plates. I can save time on packing food.” Plus, with the ban on single-use plastic covers in Tamil Nadu he has now switched over to plantain leaves and that has shot up the budget. How effective is his ministry?. “The people have really transformed. Earlier, they used to jostle and make a ruckus when food was being distributed. They have even torn my shirt and pushed me aside. Some have even grabbed the packets and run away. Now, they wait for their turn. They pray with me. Their eyes moisten when I preach Jesus or pray.” “Often, they come to me with special requests. I cannot meet all their needs but at least I can provide one meal to them every day,” he says. Marquise can be reached on Facebook M e s s e n g e r. H i s p a g e i s : h t t p s : / / www.facebook.com/marcyindia

Ambattur Industrial Estate. He has five to six points where dozens of people wait patiently for him. As soon they spot his bike, they gather around him, and sit or squat on the roadside. Marquise begins the meeting with a short exposition of a Bible verse and prays over each man, woman and child. At the end of the meeting, everyone stands up and patiently awaits his turn to receive the food packet. Some ask for two. Occasionally, Marquise would oblige. The meeting is over in 10 to 15 minutes. And, then he sets off on his bike for his next point where another group is waiting. Again, Marquise would open his Bible, preach a short message, pray on his knees and hand over food packets to his audience. By 5 pm, he is back at home where he would sprawl on the floor for a quick nap. By 7 pm, he is out again either visiting some rag pickers in distress or buying provisions for the next day. His monthly expenses are around 50,000 rupees. “God is faithful, He meets the needs,” he says matter of fact. The rice bags alone would cost over 20,000 rupees. Then there is the rent for the house, electricity bills, groceries and salary for the maid. “Whatever is the need is what God provides. Not a rupee more,” he laughs. “God sure knows how to keep His children humble.” Marquise, sure, is a humble man. He knows his limitations. “I am hard of hearing in one ear, I cannot sing Gospel songs or make a fiery sermon,” he smiles shyly. But still, he preaches and often he is heard through the work he does among the slumdogs.

Right or Righteous? FROM YOUR BROTHER BY ROBIN SAM WE are called not to be right, but to be righteous. Yes, righteousness triumphs over right. You can be 100 percent right and still sting like a scorpion. But, if you are righteous you have kept the door open for the Divine to enter into your life and manifest Himself in all the nooks and corners of your spirit, soul and body, family, work and worship. Being right gives one a measure of arrogance, a swagger in the attitude and a level of condescendence in looking at others. Being righteous, however, makes one humble without being a weakling. It helps one take life’s blows in the chin and still go on to love and serve without gloating over one’s goodness or complaining about the world’s wretchedness. The right man and woman always have a moral grandstanding. The righteous man and woman know and confess it’s all about Him and His righteousness. The right man points to himself, while the righteous man never tires of pointing to the Baby of Bethlehem who grew up to be the Man from Nazareth, the Victor of the Cross, the Saviour of the world. Hallelujah! Have a blessed year ahead. May God Himself bless you and yours! Amen.

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INDIA UPDATE

Rajnath Singh calls for national debate on ‘mass conversions’ HOME Minister Rajnath Singh recently expressed concern over alleged mass conversions in the country and called for a national debate on the issue. Speaking at a meeting organised by Rashtriya Isai Mahasangh, a Christian group, he noted that mass conversions must be controlled. At the meeting held in New Delhi, he said he supported the right to adhere to any religion, but he also said he believed a debate was necessary since mass conversions were a serious issue. “If someone accepts a religion on their own there shouldn’t be objections but mass conversion is a matter of concern for any country. If you’re Hindu be Hindu, if Muslim be Muslim, if Christian be Christian. Why do you want to convert the whole world?” As for the government, he said it will not discriminate against anyone.

India among top 10 in Christian persecution, says report ONE in three Christians in Asia faces high levels of persecution after a ‘shocking increase; of religious-based threats and violence across the world, particularly in China and sub-Saharan Africa, a global advocacy group said recently. Around half of China’s 100 million Christians encounters persecution, ‘the worst it's been in more than a decade’, the Open Doors watchdog said. Following North Korea on the list are Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Pakistan, Sudan, Eritrea, Iran, India and Syria. India entered the top 10 for the first time, Open Doors said, as “Hindu extremists act with impunity and violent attacks on Christians and churches rise.” “For many Christians in India, daily life is now full of fear—totally different from just four or five years ago,” said Henrietta Blyth, Open Doors UK and Ireland CEO.

Thousands attend public meeting on Kandhamal attacks NEARLY 10,000 people marked the 10th anniversary of the worst anti-Christian violence in India’s history by attending a public hearing on the Kandhamal attacks. The Jan. 12 meeting involved Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, whose family was personally affected by the attacks. An orgy of violence descended upon the impoverished Christian minority in Kandhamal in Odisha in August 2008. In the attacks by radical Hindus, 100 people were killed, thousands injured, 300 churches and 6,000 homes were destroyed. Over 50,000 people were displaced from their homes.

Jewish cemetery unearthed in Mumbai A 19th Century Jewish grave was found during a garden makeover in Nagpada on Jan 1, a timely reminder of the times when the now predominantly Muslim neighbourhood was also home to many Jewish people. The grave, which also has a headstone with carvings in Hebrew, is of a person who died in 1828 at the age of 45. The headstone, the only one to be found, is being kept the way it is at the Padmakar Tukaram Garden at Nagpada Junction which is being refurbished. Members of the Jewish community in the area said that the place was a Jewish cemetery until a century ago. Website: www.christianmessenger.in Email: contact@christianmessenger.in

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Can our churches be redeemed? BY VALSON THAMPU OF late, I have heard far too many of my fellow Christians saying that churches have decayed so hopelessly that it is futile to even think of their regeneration. I don’t agree. Let me tell you why. To that end, I propose the following maxims or principles. Please think about them. And, if possible, discuss them in small groups. Principle No. 1. Simple logic has it that if an institution -church, in this context- deteriorates, it can also improve. What goes up can come down and what comes down can go up. History has produced within itself regenerative forces. As people of faith we believe that God intervenes. It is not man but God who has the final authority. Principle No. 2. Nothing happens by itself. We are placed in a position of responsibility. Of course, God intervenes; as He did in the case of the Jews suffering in Egypt to set them free. But for God to respond, we have to do what we can and become what we ought to be. Our laziness and indifference are a serious hindrance. It was because of our disinclination to be vigilant that we got into the present mess in the first place. Principle No. 3. Solutions to the problem have to come from sources other than what caused them. If Jesus were born in the palace of Herod, He would have been part of the problem! The problem is that we are conditioned, through church life, to think that all solutions must come from priests and bishops. Rest assured, it is in their interests to protect and perpetuate the present rot. It is wholly to their advantage. It is in our interest - the interest of ordinary Christians- to have the church cleaned up and to put in place preventive provisions. Principle No. 4. The problem may look huge and unmanageable, but the solution, often, is simple. We must not get obsessed with the magnitude of the problem. Magnitude relates to the period of neglect. Any problem, including corruption in the church, neglected over time steadily grows in size and finally looks too huge to be managed. Principle No. 5. What makes the problem look too difficult to manage is lack of relevant knowledge and understanding, which was also the reason why people failed to respond correctively when the rot began. Understanding issues and afflictions aright is, therefore, basic to rectifying a situation. External realities change only when our thinking changes. We must not under-estimate our power to change, provided we act out of godly intentions. THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER w FEBRUARY 2019

Principle No. 6. Clarity of understanding involves being precise about the principles involved. It is also crucial for our morale. One of the principles critically relevant to the present situation is transparency, as set out in Acts of the Apostles. If the principle of transparency can be implemented in church administration at all levels, 95% of the problems will be solved. Principle No. 7. Since the rot is systemic, solutions too need to be systemic. The system of church administration is prehistoric and antidemocratic in practice. Its instrumentalities and outlook are borrowed from Rome of the 5th century, when accountability was offset by authority. This explains why our bishops and priests too, at their levels are so authoritarian. We are so used to this that we don’t feel the offence of it now. Principle No. 8. Agents of corruption are, by nature, oppressive and intolerant of criticism and free-thinking. They are at home only with de facto slaves. They insist on faith-life being a one-way traffic, which is to their advantage. They will never accept Jesus’ teaching “Do to others what you would that they should do to you.” They treat you as they would never tolerate your treating them. Try, if you are not convinced! Principle No. 9. Fear is the weapon of choice that the corrupt use against their fellow human beings. It is also the means of disability the people inflict on themselves. Most people keep quiet, even when they know the gravity of the problem, because of fear. They don’t realize that the fear of man is rebellion against God’s authority. We have only one Lord, one Master. Anyone who pretends to be our earthly master mocks the authority of God. Jesus says, “Fear not!” Principle No.10. Mere resistance to the agents of evil will not do. Reformative agenda is out and out positive. There is no use in opposing anyone as an end in itself. Opposition is not our hobby! Opposition is spiritually valid only as integral to heralding what is good and godly. The agenda is not to resist evil; it is to come home to Jesus, who is our Lord and our Master. Rev. Valson Thampu is a Christian theologian who served as the principal of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.

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Archbishop of Canterbury says he prays in tongues every day THE Archbishop of Canterbury, known as the leader of the Church of England, has revealed he prays in tongues every day. Archbishop Justin Welby stated in an interview with a radio station that he speaks in tongues during his daily 5 am prayer time. “In my own prayer life, and as part of my daily discipline, I pray in tongues every day – not as an occasional thing, but as part of daily prayer,” Welby said. “It’s not something to make a great song and dance about. Given it’s usually extremely early in the morning it’s not usually an immensely ecstatic moment.” He is also open to other gifts of the Holy Spirit, he said, including prophecies and words of knowledge. Speaking in tongues and words of knowledge are common within more charismatic churches such as Pentecostals. He was 19 when he was filled with the Holy Spirit while being an Anglican.

Woman wins $21mn for being fired for refusing to work on Sundays A CATHOLIC woman has been awarded $21.5m by a jury which found her former employer violated her religious rights by having her work on Sundays before she was fired. Marie Jean Pierre had worked for almost six years at the Conrad Miami hotel, when a kitchen manager ‘demanded’ Pierre she work on Sundays in 2015. A member of the Soldiers of Christ Church, a Catholic missionary group that helps the poor, the 60-year-old felt unable to do so because of her religious beliefs. Although initially she was allowed to switch shifts with her co-workers to avoid working on Sundays, Marie was fired in for alleged misconduct, negligence, and ‘unexcused absences.’ She filed a lawsuit next year. She was also awarded $500,000 for emotional pain and mental anguish and $35,000 in back wages.

Lady Gaga claims she’s Christian, attacks Trump and Pence SINGER and actress Lady Gaga stopped her concert in Las Vegas recently to perpetuate the recent media-led assault on Christian schools, condemning Vice President Mike Pence for being the ‘worst representation’ of Christianity. Midway through one of her sons, she stopped to criticize President Donald Trump for the government shut down. “There are people who live paycheck to paycheck and need their money,” she said. Gaga then took aim at the second family, saying she’s a real Christian but they aren’t because they support biblical marriage. “And to Mike Pence, who thinks it’s acceptable that his wife work at a school that bans LGBTQ, you are wrong,” she continued. “...You are the worst representation of what it means to be a Christian. I am a Christian woman and what I do know about Christianity is that we bear no prejudice and everybody is welcome.”

Asir Ebenezer is NCCI’s new general secretary REV. Asir Ebenezer assumed office as the general secretary of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) on January 4. Asir, who succeeds Rev Roger Gaikwad, is a native of Tamil Nadu. He is the first presbyter from the CSI, which is the biggest member church in NCCI, to become its general secretary. The Nagpur-based NCCI founded in 1914, is the ecumenical forum of the Protestant and Orthodox churches and their organizations in India. Some 30 churches and related organizations and agencies are members of the NCCI. Ebenezer worked as the director of the Social Empowerment: Vision in Action, a program of the CSI. An ordained minister of the CSI since 1992, he has served in various positions in national and global ecumenical forums. The new general secretary has also worked in the NCCI earlier. Website: www.christianmessenger.in Email: contact@christianmessenger.in

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Prostitutes, Mistresses and the Messiah

BY JON BLOOM

strange thread runs through the most prominent women associated with Jesus: They are all women of, shall we say, ill repute. Most of their notorious reputations spring from sexual scandals. What does this say about Christ? An awful lot. If your habit is to skip over the genealogies in the first chapter of Matthew’s Gospel, you may have missed a treasure buried in this list of 40 fathers who comprise Jesus’ ancestry (if we count Joseph), stretching as far back as Abraham. The hidden treasure is the five women: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Jesus’s mother, Mary. Why are they listed? And what makes them as valuable as any man mentioned? That’s precisely what Matthew wants us to ask. Five Women of Ill Repute First, Tamar (Matthew 1:3). Tamar is the sort of ancestor most of us wouldn’t mention when recounting our family history. Do you remember her story (Genesis 38)? She entered the messianic bloodline by disguising herself as a prostitute and seducing her father-in-law, Judah. The scene and story are complicated. Given the cultural mores of the time, she acted more righteously than he did, since he had treated her unjustly and she had little THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER w FEBRUARY 2019

recourse. Still, there’s no denying how horrible a mess it was. Second comes Rahab (Matthew 1:5). She didn’t need a disguise. She was a prostitute (or at least had been prior to her marriage). She was also a Gentile. And not just a Gentile, a Canaanite and a resident of Jericho, the first city Joshua set his sights on in the Promised Land. So, how did Rahab manage to become Jesus’ great, great, great, great—add another 24 greats—grandmother? She hid Jewish military spies and helped them escape, so Joshua spared her and her family (see Joshua 2 and 6). Once she was folded into Israel, Rahab married Salmon, which resulted in the genealogical appearance of… Ruth, the third woman in our list (Matthew 1:5). She wasn’t personally embroiled in sexual scandal, but she came from a people that was. Ruth was a Moabite, a nation which had sprung from the incest between Lot and his oldest daughter (Genesis 19:30–38). Ruth’s people were polytheistic pagans, occasionally offering human sacrifices to idol-gods like Chemosh. Through personal tragedy and great loyalty, she wound up at Bethlehem and in the (lawful) arms of Boaz and also joined Jesus’ family tree. How did that happen, given that Jews were forbidden to marry Moabites (Ezra 9:10–12)? You have to read Ruth—an entire book of sacred Jewish Scripture named after this Moabitess! But catch this: Matthew records Boaz as the son of Rahab and

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Salmon. If that’s true (ancient genealogies sometimes skip generations), imagine how Rahab might have prepared young Boaz to see in a foreign woman a wild branch God wished to graft into the Jewish olive tree. The fourth woman is the wife of Uriah (Matthew 1:6). We know her as Bathsheba, the woman Israel’s greatest king couldn’t—or better, wouldn’t—keep his hands off of. The account in 2 Samuel 11 doesn’t tell us Bathsheba’s side of this adulterous story. But given the fact that David wielded nearly absolute power as king, this was multilevel abuse, plain and simple. But its result was anything but simple. This single immoral meal (Hebrews 12:16) produced a cascading sequence of tragic events. Bathsheba became pregnant. Her husband was murdered in a major cover-up. David brought upon himself, and his entire household, a curse that resulted in horrifying suffering for many, particularly Bathsheba (see 2 Samuel 12). And yet there she is, foregrounded in Jesus’ background. Last on the list, but certainly not least, is Mary, the mother of Jesus (Matthew 1:16). She became pregnant with Jesus before her wedding. The child’s father was not her betrothed, Joseph. The shadow of this illegitimate pregnancy would have lingered over her reputation (and her son’s) for their entire earthly lives.

In John 4, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman from Sychar at midday at Jacob’s well (John 4:6). Like Rahab and Ruth (and perhaps Tamar), this woman was not Jewish. And like Tamar, Rahab and Bathsheba, this woman had known numerous men—five husbands and at least one uncovenanted significant other (John 4:17–18). And yet in John’s Gospel, this woman is the first person to whom Jesus explicitly discloses himself as the Messiah (John 4:25–26). The first person: this woman. And then there’s Mary Magdalene. The Bible tells us little about Mary other than that she had seven demons cast out of her (Luke 8:1–3), was present at Jesus’ crucifixion (John 19:25), saw where Jesus was buried (Mark 15:47), and saw the resurrected Jesus (Matthew 28:1–10). History, however, has tended to remember Mary as a woman with a sordid sexual past. We’re not sure why. Perhaps it’s because she (likely) came from the disreputable town of Magdala. Or maybe those strange early Christian apocryphal writings are to blame. Or maybe Mary really did have a past (which is where I lean). It seems reasonable that a vague, lingering remnant of what was once her public shame clings to her reputation to highlight her Savior’s grace. What is so astonishing about Mary Magdalene is that she was the first person Jesus appeared to after being raised from the dead (John 20:11–18). The Jesus’ First Women first person! Jesus did not appear first to his mother, Two more women figure prominently in Jesus’s nor to Peter, but to a formerly immoral, formerly life and are worth mentioning here. Both their demonized woman. reputations made them, in human wisdom, unlikely Jon Bloom is the Executive Director for Desiring people to experience two astonishing firsts of Jesus. God Ministries.

Don’t overlook the ‘Stumbling Stone’ “Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the ‘stumbling stone.’” – Romans 9:32. IN 2005, Philadelphia resident Norma I fill was at a flea market when she came upon a necklace in a box on the ground. She liked it for its “tribal” look and purchased it for $15. She wore it 4 or 5 times and received compliments on the necklace, but it eventually made its home in Norma’s jewelry box. A few years later, she attended an Alexander Calder jewelry exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It soon dawned on her that she might own more than costume jewelry. The Calder Foundation in New York confirmed the striking brass necklace was by created by sculptor Alexander Calder. It had in been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943. Website: www.christianmessenger.in Email: contact@christianmessenger.in

“I can’t believe I had a Calder necklace all this time and had no idea” she exclaimed. Norma decided to sell the necklace at auction and it sold for $267,750. Jesus was clothed as an ordinary man, but He is the magnificent treasure we desire. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that when we pursue God by faith, we find all we ask in Christ. “While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eyes shall close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.” – Augustus M. Toplady God’s Word: “So this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts will never be dismayed.’” – Isaiah 28:16.

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~eP nfhg;Ngh; kuj;jhy; cdf;F xU Ngioia cz;lhf;F... eP mijg; gz;z Ntz;ba tpjk; vd;dntd;why; Ngioapd; ePsk; Ke;E}W KOKk;> mjpd; mfyk; Ik;gJ KoKk;> mjpd; cauk; Kg;gJ KoKkha; ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk;| (Mjp. 6:1415). Ngiof;F msit NjtNd Fwpj;jhh;. nfhg;Ngh; kug; gyiffis Vuhskhf ,ioj;Jtpl;ljdhNy Fwpf;fg;gl;l msit tpl xU mb my;y> xU mq;Fyj;ijf; $l $l;Ltjw;F NehthTf;F mjpfhukpy;iy. Ngiof;Fs;Ns vl;L kdpjh;fSk;> Vuhskhd kpUfq;fSk;> gwitfSk;> Ch;tditfSk; gpuNtrpf;f Ntz;Lk;. mitfSf;nfy;yhk; jdpj;jdpNa ,ltrjpfs; ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk; Nehthtpd; Ngiof; F s; N s Rj; j Ks; s kpUfq;fspy; VO N[hLfSk;> Rj;jkpy;yhj kpUfq;fspy; xt;nthU N[hLk; Nrh;j;Jf; nfhs;sg;gl Ntz;Lk;. Nehth mitfisj; Njbr; nry;y Ntz;ba Njitapy;iy. mitfs; mtdplj;jpy; tUk;. kdpjh;fSf;Fk;> kpUfq;fSf;Fk; Njitahd Ngh[dg; gjhh;j;jq;fisr; Nrh;f;Fk; NtiyAk;> Ngioia cz;Lgz;Zk; NtiyAk; kl;LNk NehthtpDilaJ. Ngiof; F s; N s [P t d; f Sf; F Fwpj; j msTjhd; tprhyk;. NgioAk; Fwpj;j fhyk; kl;LNk Njitg;gl;lJ (1 tUlKk; 10 ehl;fSk;). rigAk; mg;gbj;jhd;. mijg; NghyNt Njtd; NkhNraplk; cld;gbf;ifg; ngl;b> fpUghrdk;> thr];jyk; Website: www.christianmessenger.in Email: contact@christianmessenger.in

filrpfhy 10 fl;lisfs; 1. xd;iw nra;Aq; f s; : gpd; d hditfis kwe; J Kd;dhditfis ehLq;fs; (gpyp. 3:1320). 2. ,uz;ilAk; tpl;L tplhjpUq;fs;: fpUigAk;> rj;jpaKk; (ePjp. 3:2-3). 3. %d;wpy; epiyj;jpUq;fs;: tpRthrk;> ek;gpf;if> md;G (1 nfhhp. 13:13). 4. ehd;ifAk; jhpj;Jf; nfhs;Sq;fs;: ,NaR fpwp];Jtpd; rhay;> xspapd; MAjq;fs;> Gjpa kD\d;> ePba nghWik (Nuhkh; 13:4> vNr. 4:20> nfhNyh. 3:12). 5. Ie;ij mopj;Jg;NghLq;fs;: tpgrhuk;> mRj;jk;> Nkhfk;> tpf;fpuf Muhjid> nghUshir (nfhNyh. 3:5>6). 6. MiwAk; ntWj; J tpLq; f s; : Nkl;bikahd fz;> ngha;ehT> Fw;wkw;wthpd; ,uj;jk; rpe;Jk; if> Jh;MNyhridia gpizf;Fk; ,Ujak;> jPq;F nra;a tpiue;NjhLk; fhy;fs;> mgj;jk; NgRk; ngha; rhl;rp (ePjp. 6:1619). 7. VioAk; vLj;Jf; nfhs;Sq;fs;: rj;jpak; vd;Dk; fr;ir> ePjpnad;Dk; khh;f;ftrk;> rkhjhdj;jpd; RtpN\rj;ij $w Maj;jk; vd;Dk; ghjul;ir> tpRthrk; vd;Dk; Nflfk;> ,ul;rz;ak; vd;Dk; jiyr;rPuh> Njt trdkhfpa Mtpapd; gl;lak;> Mtpapy; epiwe;J n[gpj;jy; (vNgrpah; 6:13-18). 8. vl; i lAk; tpl; L tplhjpUq; f s; : tpRthrk;> ijhpak;> Qhdk;> ,r;iralf;fk;> nghWik> Njtgf;jp> rNfhju rpNefk;> md;G (2 NgJU 1:5-9). 9. xd;gJ fdpiaAk; tuq;fisAk; epr;rak; ngw Kaw;rpAq;fs;: 1) Mtpapd; fdp: md;G> re;Njh\k;> rkhjhdk;> ePba nghWik> jaT> ew;Fzk;> tpRthrk;> rhe;jk;> ,r;iralf;fk; (fyhj;jpah; 5:22-18). 2) 9 tuq;fs;: Qhdj;ijg; Nghjpf;Fk; trdk;> mwpit czh;j;Jk; trdk;> tpRthrk;> Fzkspf;Fk; tuk;> mw;Gjk; nra;Ak; rf;jp> jP h ; f ; f jhprdk; ciuj; j y; > Mtpfis gFj;jwpjy;> gw;gy ghi\fis NgRjy;> ghi\fis tpahf;fpahdk; nra;jy; (1 nfhhp. 12:8-11). 10. gj;ijAk; fw;gidaha;> Kiwaha; fw;Wf;nfhz;L ,NaR $wpa tz;zk; nrayhf;Fq;fs; (kj;NjA 22:35-40). FEBRUARY 2019 w THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER

cq;fs; rNfhjudplkpUe;J Mfpaitfisg; gz;zf; fl;lis nfhLj;jNghJk; Fwpj;j msTfisf; nfhLj;jhh;. cld;gbf;ifg; ngl;bia rPj;jpk; kuj;jpdhy; gz;zNtz;Lk;. mjd; ePsk; ,uz;liu KOKk;> mfyk; xd;wiu KOKk;> cauk; xd;wiu KoKkhf ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk; (ahj;. 25:10). fpUghrdj;jpd; ePsKk; mfyKk; $l Njtdhy; Fwpf;fg;gl;bUe;jJ (ahj;. 25:17). rPj;jpk; kuq;fs; rPdha; tdhe;juj;jpy; Vuhskhf cs;sjhy; NkhNr cld;gbf;ifg; ngl;biaAk;> fpUghrdj; i jAk; nfhQ; r k; jhuhskhfg; gz;zyhk; vd;W epidf;ff; $lhJ. mjw;F Fwpj;j msTjhd; tprhyk; ,Uf;f Ntz;Lk;. thr];jyj;jpw;F vj;jid %Ljpiwfs; ,Uf;fNtz;Lnkd;Wk;> xt;nthU %Ljpiwf;Fk; mfyk; vt;tsT> ePsk; vt;tsT vd;Wk; Njtd; Fwpj;jpUe;jhh; (ahj;. 36). Njtd; Fwpj;j mstpNy ,itfisnay;yhk; nra;jhy; kl;LNk mJ NjtDila ghh;itapNy mq;fpfhpf;fg;gLk;. tprhyj;jpw;F ,uz;lthJ xU msT cz;L. mjw;Fg; ngah; -

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Njtd; Mgpuhikg; ghh;j;J> ~eP vOe;J Njrj;jpd; ePsKk; mfyKk; vk;kl;Nlh> mk;kl;Lk; ele;J jphp@ cdf;F mijj; jUNtd;| vd;whh; (Mjp 13:17). Mgpuhk; NjtDila thh;j;ijf;Ff; fPo;g;gbe;J jd; nrhe;j Njrj;ijAk;> ,dj;ijAk;> tPl;ilAk; tpl;Lg; Gwg;gl;Lg; Ngha; fhdhd; Njrj;ij mile;jNghJ> Njtd; mtdplk; Vw;fdNt ,g;gb thf;Fiuj;jhh;: ~cd; re;jjpf;F ,e;j Njrj;ijf; nfhLg;Ngd;| (Mjp. 12:7). MgpuhKf;F Njtd; Njrj;ijf; nfhLg;gJ cWjp. Mdhy; me;j Njrj;jpd; msit Mgpuhk; jhd; eph;zapf;f Ntz;Lk;. mijj; jhd; mtdplk; ~eP ePsKk;> mfyKk; vk;kl;Nlh> mk;kl;Lk; ele;J jphp| vd;gjpdhy; $wpdhh;. NkhNrAk; ,];uNty; [dj;ijg; ghh;j;J ,ij epidtpy; itj;Jr; nrhd;dhd;: ~cq;fs; cs;sq;fhy; kpjpf;Fk; ,lnky;yhk; cq;fSilajhapUf;Fk;| (cgh. 11:24). THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER w FEBRUARY 2019

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Be available and be stretchable! When God commissions a person for His work, He looks at his availability. That’s the first part. But when God decides to bless a person with unprecedented expansion in his life and ministry, He looks at his stretchability! (Isaiah 54:2). The second part is glorious than the first. Be stretchable and get ready for the glorious second innings of your life. Amen. ~cd; $lhuj;jpd; ,lj;ij tprhykhf;F@ cd; thr]; j yq; f spd; jpiufs; tphpthfl; L k; @ jilnra;ahNj| (Vrhah 54:2). tprhyj;jpw;F %d;whtJ xU msT cz;L. mjw;Fg; ngah; -

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Christmas Celebrations At Mission Fields Hundreds of children and believers gathered at our mission fields in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Hosur in Tamil Nadu to celebrate Christmas. Our mission field workers shared the Gospel with the gathering and distributed gifts to the people. Photos from Madhya Pradesh and Hosur below.

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WE are introducing Lord Jesus Christ and His love to over 1,000 children this year through the Vacation Bible School ministries in May and June. In Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, schools close for summer holidays only in June so VBS will be held in those two states only that month. In all our other states, VBS will be conducted by end of April or in May. I urge you to pray for the VBS ministry from now onwards. Pray that God will remove every obstacle that prevents children from getting close to Him. Pray also that the teachers’ VBS training will go on as scheduled and every child who comes to the VBS gatherings will accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Each child’s expense for a day will be Rs.50/- Going by that estimate, the VBS ministries across all our fields in India will require not less than Rs.1,50,000/- for the three day meetings. It’s my desire that this expense will be met by your prayers and generous contributions. May God bless those who support this ministry a hundredfold! Robin Sam

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