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CSI Good News
(Church of South India Good News)
Vol. 2 / Issue 20 / June 22 2000
Contents of this issue
Editorial
Love
Prayer Request
CSI Malayalam Congregation of Greater New York Annual Retreat
News Items (Common to all issues) :
Through the Valley of Death & other Books
Download Articles in Handheld Computers
Kids Page - Free Tutorials
Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online
Your Spam Folder
Your Feedback
Editorial
Psalms 68:4-6, "Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Extol Him who rides on the clouds, By His name YAH, And rejoice before Him. A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation. God sets the solitary in families; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity; But the rebellious dwell in a dry land."
Bible tells about a God who cares for us. He is a God who has personal interest in every person. The above Psalms says that, He is a father to the fatherless and a defender of widows. May be you have no father or no one to take care of you. May be you have no one to defend your problems and listen to your things but almighty God wants to be your father and your defender.
Look at the life of David. David was rejected by his own family members. When he saw Goliath defying the army of the living God, he could not resist himself and asked the people (1 Samuel 17:26) Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?". While he was talking, his brothers got angry with him, but God did a great thing through David and delivered the Israelites from Goliath. Again when Samuel came to anoint one of the Jesse’s sons to be king over Israel, then Jesse the father of David did not invite David but God chose David to be a king over Israel.
Yes, my friend, may be you are rejected by your own family members and you may be considered least in your family, but there is a God who cares for you. If you look to Him, He will exalt you before others as He did in the life of David.
Also we look in the life of Joseph that he was rejected by his own brothers. They tried to kill him and later on they sold him to the Ishmaelites. Joseph became a slave in Egypt. He lost every thing, his freedom, love and fellowship of his family members and went to a totally strange country. But the Bible says in Genesis 39:2, "The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian." Yes, though the brothers of Joseph forgot him God did not forget him. When he went to Egypt as a slave boy God went with him and made him a blessed person. When he went into prison, God went with him and there also he was a blessed man.
If Jesus is your Lord and Savior, then you are not alone. When you go through problems, when you go through tears, He will come with you and make you a blessed person.
Joseph might have thought, "My future is over, my good days are over", but no, after all the trials and tribulations, he came out from his miserable condition and was exalted in a strange land. Yes, Jesus can do the same thing for you. The Bible says in Psalms 146:9, "The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked He turns upside down."
What God has done for other, He will do the same thing for you because He changes not as we read in Hebrew 13:8, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever."
Love
By Sherly Isaac
I love you Jesus, as you were a great man
You lived a perfect life, there was no sin in you
You showed a great example for us
But I do not believe that you are God
Because God need not to come down in this world
And need not to give His life for anybody…
Tears streamed on the face of Jesus…
What? You love me! You love me!
And you are not ready to accept what I did
For you and for the whole world
For the reemission of your sins, I went to the cross
I took your place and died on behalf of you
I thought you will appreciate the work I did for you
But oh, My utter despair, you rejected My great sacrifice.
And above that you said, I love you Jesus…
But I do not need a savior, my good works will save me
I will do good things and it will give me a place in heaven
Oh, mere man, what happened to you?
What type of love it is? Love, oh, love, is it love?
Prayer Request
Please pray for a breakthrough to two of my struggles that have been weighing me down. thanks
Danny
CSI Malayalam Congregation of Greater New York Annual Retreat
CSI Malayalam Congregation of Greater New York Annual Retreat will be held on June 23-25, 2000 in Long Island. The theme is "Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord rises upon you." (Isaiah 60:1).
Vicar Rev. Sam T. Mathew
For information please contact:
Thomas T. Oommen nThomasthottathil@yahoo.com
Through the Valley of Death & other Books
As many of you know that in the year 2005, our dad was very sick even unto death. God miraculously healed him. We have compiled it in a book form. I sure believe that it will inspire you and encourage you greatly.
This book is available for purchase at JasmineCorp Store
Also read these two books by Sherly Isaac "Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God" Available at JasmineCorp Store, and "Is Jesus God?" Available at JasmineCorp Store,
Both books compares the Bible and the Quran and read eye opening facts about Jesus, God of the Bible, Allah and Islamic faith. I am sure that you want to read this.
Download Articles in Handheld Computers
You can now download articles in Palm Doc format for your palm handheld computer. It will work with any devise that has Palm OS and Palm Doc Reader installed. To download click on the link named "Palm Doc Format" i.e. at the top of this page by the side of each articles.
Kids Page - Free Tutorials
Now you can learn Graphics and web designing online at Kid's page. These tutorials are free for kids who subscribe for CSI Kids Newsletter. Currently tutorials for Paint Shop Pro, HTML and Dreamweaver are available.
So please enroll your kids by going to http://kids.csinewsletter.org/member/join.asp
And visit CSI Kid's page at http://kids.csinewsletter.org
Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online
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in Malayalam online at http://www.malayalambible.org
in Tamil online at http://www.hindibible.org?ver=tamil
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Your Feedback
Your feedback and comments are Welcome. Please send your Parish news & articles to Editor (Sherly N. Isaac) at this address News@csinewsletter.comThe messages submitted will be checked whether they are correct according to the word of God. Editor reserves the right to accept, reject or edit the messages. The writers are responsible for the contents of their writings.
 
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