Who Needs Healing?

Listen  to  this  thought  provoking message  by  Dr  Vishal  Mangalwadi.  He  is  a  philosopher, writer,  international  lecturer,  Christian  apologist  and  social reformer. He is  a  radical  thinker.
Dr  Vishal  takes a different  perspective  on  the  healing  Jesus  brought  to the  world.  It  was  not only healing  of individuals  but  the  healing  of  the  nations.
 

Willam Carey- Pioneer Missionary to India

William Carey


Father of modern Protestant missions

"Expect great things; attempt great things."

At a meeting of Baptist leaders in the late 1700s, a newly ordained minister stood to argue for the value of overseas missions. He was abruptly interrupted by an older minister who said, "Young man, sit down! You are an enthusiast. When God pleases to convert the heathen, he'll do it without consulting you or me."

That such an attitude is inconceivable today is largely due to the subsequent efforts of that young man, William Carey.

Plodder

Carey was raised in the obscure, rural village of Paulerpury, in the middle of England. He apprenticed in a local cobbler's shop, where the nominal Anglican was converted. He enthusiastically took up the faith, and though little educated, the young convert borrowed a Greek grammar and proceeded to teach himself New Testament Greek.

When his master died, he took up shoemaking in nearby Hackleton, where he met and married Dorothy Plackett, who soon gave birth to a daughter. But the apprentice cobbler's life was hard—the child died at age 2—and his pay was insufficient. Carey's family sunk into poverty and stayed there even after he took over the business.


"I can plod," he wrote later, "I can persevere to any definite pursuit." All the while, he continued his language studies, adding Hebrew and Latin, and became a preacher with the Particular Baptists. He also continued pursuing his lifelong interest in international affairs, especially the religious life of other cultures.


Carey was impressed with early Moravian missionaries and was increasingly dismayed at his fellow Protestants' lack of missions interest. In response, he penned An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens. He argued that Jesus' Great Commission applied to all Christians of all times, and he castigated fellow believers of his day for ignoring it: "Multitudes sit at ease and give themselves no concern about the far greater part of their fellow sinners, who to this day, are lost in ignorance and idolatry."


Carey didn't stop there: in 1792 he organized a missionary society, and at its inaugural meeting preached a sermon with the call, "Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God!" Within a year, Carey, John Thomas (a former surgeon), and Carey's family (which now included three boys, and another child on the way) were on a ship headed for India


"This is indeed the valley of the shadow of death to me," Carey wrote, though characteristically added, "But I rejoice that I am here notwithstanding; and God is here."

Postage  stamp   issued in  honor  of  Carey
Gift of tongues

In October 1799, things finally turned. He was invited to locate in a Danish settlement in Serampore, near Calcutta. He was now under the protection of the Danes, who permitted him to preach legally (in the British-controlled areas of India, all of Carey's missionary work had been illegal).

Carey was joined by William Ward, a printer, and Joshua and Hanna Marshman, teachers. Mission finances increased considerably as Ward began securing government printing contracts, the Marshmans opened schools for children, and Carey began teaching at Fort William College in Calcutta.


In December 1800, after seven years of missionary labor, Carey baptized his first convert, Krishna Pal, and two months later, he published his first Bengali New Testament. With this and subsequent editions, Carey and his colleagues laid the foundation for the study of modern Bengali, which up to this time had been an "unsettled dialect."

Carey continued to expect great things; over the next 28 years, he and his pundits translated the entire Bible into India's major languages: Bengali, Oriya, Marathi, Hindi, Assamese, and Sanskrit and parts of 209 other languages and dialects.

He also sought social reform in India, including the abolition of infanticide, widow burning (sati), and assisted suicide. He and the Marshmans founded Serampore College in 1818, a divinity school for Indians, which today offers theological and liberal arts education for some 2,500 students.

By the time Carey died, he had spent 41 years in India without a furlough. His mission could count only some 700 converts in a nation of millions, but he had laid an impressive foundation of Bible translations, education, and social reform.

His greatest legacy was in the worldwide missionary movement of the nineteenth century that he inspired. Missionaries like Adoniram Judson, Hudson Taylor, and David Livingstone, among thousands of others, were impressed not only by Carey's example, but by his words "Expect great things; attempt great things." The history of nineteenth-century Protestant missions is in many ways an extended commentary on the phrase.

(Source;  Christianity  Today)

Sunday Blessings - Jesus You Have Come to Save Us

May   the  words   and  music  of  this  holy  song  lift  our  hearts close  to  heaven  in  worship  and  praise thanking  God  for  sending  Jesus to  save  us  from  the  incurable  disease  of  sin.
Jesus  said,"I  have  come that  they   may  have  life,and  that  they  may  have  it  more  abundantly." John 10;10
(BIBLE)

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A Father's Love

It can be impossible to truly comprehend just how deep the Father's love for us is, but every now and then, a great reminder will come along to allow us to catch a glimpse. This video paints a perfect picture of His unconditional love and grace for us. While we are selfish, undeserving and sinful children, our Father loves us so much, that He sent His perfect Son to die for us. Grab the tissues--this video will touch you deeply. Romans 5:8 "but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

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Will You Beieve?

Don't expect wisdom to come into your life like great chunks of rock on a conveyor
belt.

It isn't like that. It is not dispensed like a prescription across a counter. Wisdom
comes privately from God as a by-product of right decisions, Godly reactions, and
the application of spiritual principles to daily circumstances. -- Charles Swindoll

Watch Ravi Zacharias on Atheism, Suffering and Absolutes.




The following has been taken from Joni E. Tada 's devotional



DO YOU BELIEVE?
Abram believed the Lord and it was credited to him as righteousness.
--Genesis 15:6




The panel of disability ministry specialists sat on the platform of the small auditorium.
Two hundred students of Russia's first college for training social workers were
gathered there to hear the specialists talk about disability policies in the United
States. The specialists, as agreed, spent the hour talking about various issues
such as housing, independent living, and employment. They were careful to respect
the wishes of the school by not speaking of their faith but rather focusing on the
issues at hand.

At the end of the presentation, the moderator asked for questions. Several hands
went up but one was most enthusiastic. He stood up and asked a question that shocked
everyone:
"Do you believe in God?"




The room was silent. Some students looked at the teacher, others nodded encouragement,
eager to hear the answer. The atmosphere became electric as the panelists leaned
forward in their chairs and shared their testimony. The students had come to learn
about human solutions to suffering, but what was on their mind was the most fundamental
of all questions: God.





The essence of humanity, both in society and the individual, is found in how we
answer that question. If we believe in God, it will make a difference in how we
live and learn. It should be asked on a daily basis as we ponder a decision, face
a crisis, undergo a temptation. Our affirmative answer forces us to trust God and
to yield to his way of life. And best of all, God affirms our hearts that he is,
indeed, in control.

Do you believe in God?

Ave Verum Corpus

Today, March 6th is my Dad 's 6th home going anniversary.

We had a prayer meeting in my home last night.

We miss Papa as we remember his life

and all the good times we had together.

Someone has said;

Death of a parent is the death of the past

Death of a husband or wife is the death of the present

Death of a child is the death of the future.

We miss Papa but not without hope,

because we know we will

be reunited at the throne of God.

I took a photo against the back drop of my Dad 's

meticulously handwritten sermon notes.

We all admired his neat and smooth flowing

handwriting.

Whenever he was asked to preach anywhere, he spent hours researching

and going over his notes

preparing himself thoroughly.

The photos are of him and my Mom

at a summer camp in the hills.
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Philippians 1:20-23According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better

.2 Corinthians 5:6-8 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord (For we walk by faith, not by sight). We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

Finally Home

When alarmed by the fury of the restless sea,

Towering waves before you roll,

At the end of doubt and peril is eternity,

Though fear and conflict seize your soul

Just think of stepping on shore, and finding it heaven

Of touching a hand, and finding it God's

Of breathing new air, and finding it celestial

Of waking up in Glory, and finding it "Home"

When surrounded by the blackness of the darkest night,

Oh how lonely death can be,

At the end this long tunnel is a shinning light,

For death is swallowed-up in Victory,

(Victory!)Just think of stepping on shore,

and finding it heaven Of touching a hand, and finding it God's

Of breathing new air, and finding it celestial

Of waking up in Glory, and finding it "Home"

Finally Home! ...by Don Wyrtzen

Here is beautiful choral music by Mozart in the memory of my Dad.

I have sung this during Easter time.
Ave Verum Corpus

Ave, verum corpusnatum de Maria Virgine

Vere passum immolatumin Cruce pro homine,

Cujus latus perforatumunda* fluxit (et)* sanguine,

Esto nobis praegustatumin mortis examine.
Hail,true body born of the Virgin Mary,

Who truly suffered, sacrificed on the Cross for man,

Whose pierced side overflowed with water* and blood,

Be for us a foretaste**In the test of death.

Make Me A Channel of Your Peace

The spindle and desk of Gandhi in his Sabarmati

Ashram museum in Gujarat

I read a post by my blog friend SHERRI

and the prayer of St Francis came to mind.

I learnt this hymn as a child and sung

it in church and Christian meetings .

The words are the true essence of our faith

Sometimes when I receive a gift from

someone, my mother is quick to remind me

to either give it away or save it for so and so.

But I am selfish , I don 't

often do it.

When I got a bag of candy my Mom wanted

me to save it for others.

But I was too weak to do that.

It is my prayer that I

incorporate the words of this song

more fully into my life.

(the above photographs have been taken from the web)

A prayer of St Francis of Asisi

Make me a channel of your peace, Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love, Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord, And where there's doubt, true faith in You Make me a channel of your peace, Where there's despair in life let me bring hope, Where there is darkness - only light, And where there's sadness, ever joy Oh Master, grant that I may never seek, So much to be consoled as to console, To be understood, as to understand, To be loved, as to love with all my soul Make me a channel of your peace, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, In giving to all men that we receive, And in dying that we're born to eternal life

The time to love is short

A young father leaves a message for his new born child before he slips away into eternity. This video just tore my heart.

A soldier questions God

Would you save a terrorist?