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Financial Breakthrough

My name is Praseetha. During my school years, my family went through severe financial difficulty that sometimes I even had to ask my colleagues for the bus fare. I was an average student and because of lack of money in the house, I used to dread that I would have to discontinue my studies but while I was in grade 10, I came to know Jesus . My life took a new turn… and I began to taste the goodness of the Lord. After my 12th grade, Jesus opened a way for me to do MBBS in China, absolutely free of cost. He even gave me the confidence to learn Chinese and to appear for the MBBS exams in which I passed with flying colours. At present I am working as a doctor in a hospital in Kerala. Jesus lifted my family from a pit of troubles and He even gave us our own house. Now not only do I enjoy the goodness of the Lord, but I greatly rejoice that I am able to pray for my patients and heal them in Jesus name!

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Don’t be a ‘shell-eating scholar’!

Think of someone grating a coconut , throwing the edible part away and trying to eat the shell with all difficulty and getting nothing out of it ! You will say to me: ” Brother, no one will do that foolishness”.
But I’ve found satan trying to fool even  children of God by making them throw away the ‘edible part’ of the promises of God and making them ‘eat the shell’!

Look how  some so called ‘scholars’ were fooled by satan in Jesus’ time. There were some among the Jews who were thoroughly studying the scriptures to learn about the coming of the promised Christ while He was on earth, very near to them, but could not acknowledge Him while many of the ordinary  people were enjoying the Messiah ! See Jesus telling them about their pitiable condition.
“You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.”(John.5.39,40)
Don’t allow satan to make you a ‘ shell-eating scholar’.

While the wise men from the east came to king Herod and enquired where the king of the jews, the Christ was born,he called forth the jewish scholars and chief priests and asked them what is written in their scriptures concerning that. Without any delay their scholastic answer came:”in Bethlehem”. And they were very smart in quoting the scriptures to back their answer(Mathew.2.1-6). But we learn that baby Jesus was of two years of age at that time and none of these scholars and priests who were studying about the coming of Christ could see Him. Ordinary people like the shepherds and the wise men from the east beheld the Saviour. Yes, the true wise men, the true scholars, reach Jesus !

The most funny part of the story is that when baby Jesus was of fourty days of age, His parents had brought Him in to the temple of Jerusalem for the dedication of the child,and it was these priests who performed the sacrifices for the child and the mother according to the commandment of the law of Moses without knowing that the baby was the Christ whom they were expecting! But see,an old man named Simon and a very old prophetess named Anna who not only had the knowledge concerning the coming of the messiah, but also the Spirit of revelation could behold Him and embrace him (Luke 2.22-39). Those who were known as the scholars and researchers could not enjoy the blessing. The Word of God says:

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1.22)
Jesus came down not just as the Saviour, but He is a healer and deliverer too.
In Luke 10 we read the narration of Jesus sending out seventy ordinary men to preach the Kingdom of God and  to heal the sick. They went out without questioning or doubting or researching on their Master’s Words and did a marvelous ministry. They came back reporting:” Lord even the demons flee in your name”. See how joyous Jesus was on hearing this. He started praising the Father with joy.
“In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.”( Luke 10.21)
See, the so called wise could not enjoy the real blessings of the Word of God!
Now a days also there are many people who are studying and commenting the scriptures and not enjoying the simple blessings in it. Eating the shell!

It is good to have an understanding about the chemical composition of sugar. But don’t forget that sugar is something to be tasted. So let us taste and enjoy our Lord and His promises for us.

Concerning the marvelous experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit, some say, ‘It is not for us now, it ihas stopped, it was only for the early church’. But thank God, many millions who have simple faith believe and enjoy it even today. For them it has not stopped! They are eating the real good part of the promise of the Holy Spirit. Really, they are the true scholars.
Dear ones,all the promises of God are good and they are ‘yes’ and ‘amen’ for us.
“For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.” (2 Corinthians 1.19,20)
Jesus is for you. Salvation is for you. Heaven is for you. All the spiritual  blessings are for you. Healing, deliverance, prosperity, multiplication, all are for you in Jesus!

“…For all things are yours; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.”(1 Corinthians 3.21-23)

– Thomaskutty Bro

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The God Who Uses Your Mistakes.

When Peter rejected Jesus three times, wasn’t it the biggest mistake Peter could do after all what Jesus did for him?
As Jesus said, the rooster crowed, and that’s when Peter came to his senses and understood what he had done.
That guilt which got into Peter could have destroyed him forever. But the thing here is, didn’t Jesus know that Peter was going to do it? He had even told Peter about it and Jesus could have easily stopped him from doing it too. But Peter did it.
Was it the end of Peter? No! That was the real start. That moment when he denied Jesus, he saw that loving, humble look from Jesus and that just changed him forever. It made him even more fervent for Jesus. It made him more trustworthy. It made him more stable.
That one look from Jesus changed him forever and later he was appointed to lead the ministries and all other followers.

This happens to us also. We get into trouble not because we don’t love Jesus but because of the deceiving Satan. Mostly we also come to our senses only after we do it. Why didn’t Jesus stop us from doing it? Maybe He wanted us to learn something out of it instead of crying for it.

Just the way Jesus used Peter’s mistake to transform him into a more fruitful person (a stronger person who even gave his life without any regret for Him), he is going to use what you call your failures or the things which you are afraid will destroy you forever, to bring out the best in you.

Not even a mistake in your life is gonna be a mistake if you get a hold on Jesus. The things which you thought were going to destroy you, which you thought was your end, is going to be transformed into a new beginning, making you stronger, more passionate and above all, transforming you as the most fruitful person.

So the bad memories you have, which disturb you all the time, the mistakes for which you are ready to get punished for is not going to be for your end but for your beginning.

The only thing we shouldn’t forget is to see that love of Jesus for you. The moment His love starts activating in you, your bad memories turn to useful chapters. Your mistakes turn to lessons. This brings out the best in you so that you are will be a tree full of fruits, making you the biggest blessing for heaven.

Yours mistakes, big or small, it’s not the end. Let His love work, and watch how Jesus transforms it as the beginning of a new and exciting life.

As told in the bible,
I BOAST IN MY WEAKNESS, FOR WHEN I AM WEAK THEN I AM STRONG!!

Chill… because YOU HAVE JESUS IN YOUR LIFE and I guarantee you, WITH HIM YOU’RE GONNA MAKE IT IN LIFE!!

– Written by Ben Thomas (Monu)

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Righteousness (Part 2)

As I had mentioned earlier in part 1, the Word of righteousness gives us the confidence to call God, ‘Abba Father’. Jesus became sin for us so that we would become righteous. The Holy Spirit always makes us righteousness – minded while satan tries to make us feel guilty. Satan always accuses us but Holy Spirit always corrects us and brings us to repentance. He always assures us that we will never be a failure and makes us stand before God with confidence. So, a righteous-minded person will always have the confidence to stand before God and the courage to rebuke the devil. Ephesians 6:14 says that righteousness is a breastplate for us who believe in Jesus Christ.Yes! A righteousness man is like a lion…bold in all circumstances.

Romans 1:16,17 says, ” For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

In the above verse, it says, ‘salvation for everyone who believes’. All the believers believe in Jesus Christ. So, what is Paul referring to here? He is referring to a strong faith that Jesus died for us and that there is forgiveness of sins in His name. Also, to a faith that because of what Jesus did for us, we don’t have to do anything now in order to please God. We have been delivered from all the dead works and we don’t have to offer anything to God because heaven has made the ultimate sacrifice and that is Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God! When you believe that that sacrifice was made for you,you are made righteous before God. Bless you!

-Tangu Bro
(to be continued…)

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March Ahead with Confidence!!

To everyone who has Jesus as their Lord and Saviour,

#March Ahead with Confidence!! There is no other race on planet Earth who can walk with their heads held high and with confidence. Just think about it! You have the Holyspirit who is living in you, Jesus who is with you and the Father God giving assurance that nothing can snatch you away from them. The Word of God which is with us has countless promises, blessings and truth,giving us a clear picture that we only need to hope for the good in our tomorrows. ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭1:6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ says,“being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;”

The one who started the good work will complete it. It says good work, which means all things will work out for our Good. Which means, the Faithful One, who started the work in you is responsible to complete it and His work, you can be sure will be perfect in all ways. Just imagine, if us as humans try to do our best in what we do, how much more will Father God, who created us in Christ Jesus aim for excellence.

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”- Ephesians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭

We were created for good works which He himself will do through us. He has preordained the good works in us before the foundation of this world that when we trust and love Jesus, the Holyspirit will make us walk in them without us trying on our own. Just like how a carpenter takes pride in his works,the Father God is pleased to see His work which is us, His Precious Children, His Bride in all Glory and Power.
You have your personal Friend and Lover for intercession and an Advocate on your behalf at the throne of grace, at the Father’s right hand and the Holy Spirit here on earth to help you in every step.
So #March Ahead into the Year Accomplishment with all Confidence!

– Raunaq & Sara

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His love endures forever!

Nothing in this world stays for long. People will come and go. They might take you for granted, they might ignore you most of the times, they might talk ill about you in your absence, they might also leave you.

But there is a person who will be there always, standing next to you and His name is Jesus. Jesus is the only person who can love you more than anyone else in this world.He was beaten up for you, He was naked for you on the cross, He was crucified for you and He gave his own LIFE for you.
He died on the cross for you to walk without sin. That was the only time when Jesus was helpless. The moment when the Father turned His face away from His begotten Son Jesus because He became sin for you and me. Even when He was crucified, it was not that painful, but when the Father turned His face away when His Son became sin for us, Jesus could not handle the pain. All the things in this world have several conditions to love you but Jesus loves you without any condition. Even if we forget to pray, even if we don’t have time for Him, His love for us endures. Never think that you are alone in any situation. Jesus is there for you. You are His beloved and nothing can ever separate you from His love for you. Whatever you may do, nothing can ever reduce the unconditional love Jesus has for you. And with Him, you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you.

All your heart’s desires will happen, and you will not lack anything. Whatever you need or want just ask it in His name.
Mark 11:24 says, “Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them”

Your Father is extremely rich and everything in this world belongs to Him. You being his beloved child,don’t have to worry about anything. You won’t lack in anything. 2 Corinthians 9:8 says,”And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work”

All He needs is, YOUR 100% LOVE !

– Roshna Grace Mathew

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Songs ‘off’ praise!

We can sing praises without actually giving glory and praises to God!
“These people honour Me with their lips, but their heart is far from me,” (‭‭Matthew‬ ‭15:8‬ )‭

Our fallen nature, namely the flesh is in enmity with God. ( Romans 8.7) It will never give glory to God, but instead wants all the glory. It always says, “If I wasn’t there, nothing would have worked out”. But the reality is that God could do everything without me. All what is done through me at home, in church or at the work place is just because God used me as an instrument. A pen can never take the glory of the composition of a book! After doing far more than all other apostles, Paul came to the understanding that it is just the grace of God!
“… In fact, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God with me.” (‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15:10‬ ‭)

This understanding is the true worship. By singing praises to God with this understanding, we can put to death our flesh and we will be more empowered to do even greater tasks. Be a true worshipper and be victorious!

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FROM GLOOM TO BLOOM

Sijo did his schooling at Clemis School, Chingavanam, Kottayam. He remembers how he used to struggle to say even his roll number and how his friends used to say it for him during the class roll call. Sijo says, “I used to always worry about how long I would have to struggle my life stammering. I used to ask God why He gave me such a life. Even though I used to study quite well, I could never give an answer easily and so seeing my struggle, my teachers stopped asking me any questions. I was always the odd one out since I couldn’t take part in anything because of the stammer and the inferiority complex that it gave me. My parents took me to many doctors but all those efforts were in vain. While I was struggling with my own battles, my father who was doing a business was cheated by someone and this brought the whole family under a big debt. We were in a very difficult situation, and to add to the misery, my mother was diagnosed with a tumour in her uterus and the doctor advised that she should undergo a surgery in order to have it removed. My father somehow managed to arrange the money for it but the day before the surgery, we received a court order that our house and plot would be seized by the bank the following day.

I still remember my father walking to and fro in his room in a panic. Even though we had asked many for help, no one gave us a helping hand. At that time a few ladies from Heavenly Feast came to our house to pray for us. They laid their hands on mummy and prayed for her. Since many days she had no sensation on one side of her head and while they prayed, at that moment itself, she was healed. After the prayer, they told us that our debt would be paid off by someone. When they said it, we believed it wholeheartedly. Later when she was scanned, to our amazement, the tumour was not to be seen. It had disappeared. The next day, we were in for another shocking news. My father’s younger brother who had refused to help us had pledged his house and with that money, he paid off our loan to the bank and thus we got back our house. What a miracle!

The miracles that Jesus did for this family gradually increased their faith in Him but they were still engulfed in debt. The people who had lent them money began to demand their money back and finding it impossible to do it, Sijo’s father decided to leave Kottayam and go elsewhere so that his family would be able to live in peace. While he was waiting at the K.S.R.T.C bus depot, having no clue where to go, a stranger walked up to him and asked him where his house was. To that, he replied, “Chingavanom”. The man told him that he was going to Chingavanom to see a man named Kunjomon who sold empty barrels and asked him whether he knew that person. To this, Sijo’s dad replied, “I am that person who you are looking for”. The stranger replied, “I am coming from Tamil Nadu to give you a bulk order for empty barrels for a factory there!” Through that one order, Jesus removed our debts. There is nothing that our God cannot do!”

They started experiencing the hands of Jesus in every area of their lives. There was a big change in Sijo’s education. He started to do well in all his subjects. His faith in Jesus overpowered his stammering and the inferiority complex that he suffered all his life. He began to experience the miraculous touch of Jesus on his tongue. Words started to flow out of his mouth very fluently. By the time he reached grade 10, Jesus had completely removed his stammer. After completing his 10th and 12th grade with high marks, God fulfilled his desire to get admission for mechanical engineering without paying any amount as a donation.
This is what Jesus did in Sijo’s education- “Because I couldn’t study well, I asked the Holy Spirit to help me in my studies. I experienced Him sit with me and teach me my lessons. That made me get very high marks in the following exams. I passed my first semester exams with 2nd rank. In the last year of my studies, I decided to sponsor an underprivileged child through Reach World Wide. I bought a piggy bank, cut down my expenses and started saving money in it. I too was sponsored by an old lady through Reach World Wide when I was small. When I started sponsoring the child, I was able to pass my mechanical engineering with very high marks. I wanted to do a course in quality control but I couldn’t afford the fees. Instead I took up a job in a reputed company in Gujarat as a planning engineer. That company sponsored my higher studies and I was able to do exactly the same course that I desired and Jesus blessed the company that I worked for. When Jesus mounted on the donkey, He not only changed the changed the donkey’s situation, but He also blessed the land that the donkey stepped into with Him. Same way, Jesus blessed me and my house. Now I live my life for Jesus.

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Righteousness (Part 1)

Have you ever thought why the Holy Spirit has placed the book of Romans in such a way that it comes after the gospels and spearheads the epistles? The reason is that the gospels give us a detailed account of what Jesus did while He was here on earth and the book of Romans tells us about the finished work of Jesus i.e.; the righteousness of God and its impact in our lives.
Romans 1:16, 17 say, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith. So, through the gospels, the righteousness of God is revealed”. His righteousness is the crux of the gospel.
At the cross, Jesus said, “It is finished”. What exactly is the finished work of our Lord? The following verses clearly tell us what Jesus did for us.

Colossians 1:13 says, “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,  in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins”. So, Jesus Christ has redeemed us, forgiven our sins and brought us out of the power of darkness and taken us into His Kingdom. We are already in the Kingdom of God not because of anything we have done and that is the righteousness of God! We have entered God’s Kingdom by grace through faith.
In the book of Hebrews, Paul says that we who are in the Kingdom should now grow in the Word of Righteousness. Let’s read Hebrews 5:12,13 where it says, “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.  For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the Word of righteousness, for he is a babe”.

The Word of righteousness means the Word that reveals righteousness to us. It edifies us in many ways. It helps us to grow out of our spiritual childishness. So, each time we hear the Word of righteousness, we realize more and more what Jesus has done for us and that knowledge gives us the freedom and the confidence to stand in God’s Presence. Through the righteousness of God we get the same ability of God and it has made us able to command and change our circumstances. His righteousness has given us the freedom to call God, ‘Abba Father’.
2 Corinthians 5: 21 says, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him”. Jesus did not carry our sins. He became sin for us so that you and I could be made righteous!
Not only did He make us righteous, but He also put His Spirit in us so that we may call Him Abba Father! His righteousness made us the righteousness of God in Him.

(To be continued…)

– Dr. Mathew Kuruvilla (Tangu brother)

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From a Victim to a Victor!

The series of failures and strives between his parents made Abbin feel like a loser and he ended up being an alcoholic and a drug addict. Right from when he was in grade12 he had started smoking cigarettes and while doing his engineering, he was already addicted to drugs. His mother’s sickness and father’s alcoholism made his life even more distressing. He found it difficult to study in the midst of this and he was always away from home and with his peers. Visiting home became a very rare event and even when he visited, he would be so drunk that he could not even care or show any affection to his parents and relationship with them started to fade away. Seeing the leftovers of drug abuse and empty liquor bottles in Abbin’s room made his parents more and more anxious. The inflow of money and drugs turned him out to be a drug dealer. Eventually, he began to take strong and insane drugs which even made him unconscious. Amidst all, he had a strong desire for something… he began to yearn for an inner peace, seeking his own spirituality. His pursuit of peace made him reach Nepal.

There, on 25 April 2015, something happened that initiated a metamorphosis in his life. All at once there was a big tremor and he was shocked and shaken. It was an earthquake!! There was a big chaos around him- the earth beneath his feet was shaking and the people were scampering here and there in a panic. He was aghast to see people dying before his eyes. In his fear, he fled to a nearby rescue camp and took abode in it. At the camp, a random guy said to him, “Lucky man, the prayers of your parents have saved you”. He immediately called home and told his parents that he was safe. On hearing that, his father cried and thanked God. Abbin could never hold a peaceful conversation with his father for more than ten minutes but now this incident changed his heart with having a realization, how silly our lives are!

He managed to reach home safely but again returned to his old ways. Meanwhile, his parents began to attend the prayer meetings at Heavenly Feast. One day he was compelled by his father to attend a prayer meeting at his sister’s house. There, the man of God said to him that his life was going to change and that he would be able to sleep well (since he was finding it difficult to sleep well). He also advised him to apologize to his parents. There, he was captured by the love of God. After coming back to his sister’s house, he had an encounter with Jesus. He found the peace that he was searching for, in Christ. After coming back from his sister’s house, he went back home and apologized to his parents and they were in tears. This incident was an assurance for him that his parents still loved him. Later, when he went to take a shower, he heard a voice inside him telling him, “Tomorrow you are going to get out of this. Tomorrow you are going to meet your friends and those who bought drugs from you are going to call you. There is no way you are going to escape from this. Several times you have tried to quit drugs and you have not been able to get out of it”. This bothered him a lot and he ran to his room and locked himself up, fell on his knees and started crying out like a small child. I said, “Jesus, You told me that You loved me and that man of God told me that my life is going to change, I know I am weak but I believe that You can change my life”. A sweet voice inside me said, “Open the Bible”. I opened the Bible and read 2 Corinthians 12:9 which says, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness”. When he read that, something like a balloon exploded in him and he started laughing out loud. Jesus delivered Abbin from all his addictions. Everything just left him. From that night till now, he could not even smoke a cigarette. Jesus restored his relationship with his parents. He didn’t have to take any effort to do it. That one encounter with Jesus changed his life!

Jesus changed Abbin ‘s life to such an extent that he has become a witness wherever he goes. He accompanies Tangu Bro in the North Indian crusades and is used mightily by the Holy Spirit in the TnT meetings. He is also the Co-ordinator of the anti-drug campaigns of Reach World Wide. As Abbin talks about the love of Christ that captured his heart, the Holy Spirit confirms his testimony by touching lives and changing victims to victors.

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