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ST.ANDREWS CHURCH (THE KIRK) 1821 -CHENNAI (MADRAS) - INDIA

2009-12-13T02:00:00.000-08:00

St.Andrews Church (The Kirk) 1821
Chennai (Madras),
State of Tamil Nadu,
India

I dedicate this page for the Church I belong since almost two decades now.

Am sure that every member of our Church would agree that who so ever is a member of this Church, rejoices with the fullest participation of the Soul, Spirit and Body, worshiping and uplifting the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ, holding it as close as possible to our heart, this second home of ours.

Oh what a privilege it is to be a part of a Church which was founded way back in 18th Century.

Should we not take a tour back to the days when this happened almost about 183 years ago?

MADRAS:

Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India.

At its greatest extent, Madras Presidency included much of southern India, including the present-day Indian State of Tamil Nadu, the Malabar region of North Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands, the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, Brahmapur and Ganjam districts of Orissa and the Tulu Nadu region as well as Bellary district of Karnataka.

The presidency had its capital at Madras (now known as Chennai).

The Presidency had its origins in the Agency of Fort St George established by the British East India Company soon after the purchase of the village of Madraspatnam in 1639.

The foundation for this vibrant city was laid way back in July/August 1639, by Francis Day and Andrew Cogan, two traders of East India Company.

Chennai-patnam was the predominantly Indian town adjacent to the town around the Fort, which went by the name of Madras-patnam.

The origin of the Name of Madras is contested in various spheres with various imaginations.

Some attribute the name Madras to the small church built by the Portuguese dedicated to the Mother of God - "Mãe de deus" whereas others relate this name to one of the local village chieftain Maddarasu.

Records available at Fort St.George shows that This Jesuit Church "Mãe de deus" has been in existence from before 1606.

The Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary describes "MADRAS" as a large silk or cotton kerchief usually of bright colors that is often worn as a turban.

Whatever was the name then, it is now called as CHENNAI.

LOOKING BACK AT THE MILESTONE OF VARIOUS CHURCH BUILT IN CHENNAI

ST.MARY'S CHURCH

Though breaking of the bread was celebrated in a small temporary chapel way back during 1647, only the Lady's Day of 1678 saw the laying of the foundation of St. Mary's Church.

The governor of Fort St.George, Streynsham Master, got The Church designed by his Master Gunner Edward Fowle. Coincidently in those days gunners were also engineers.

It took two years to complete this only marvelous Anglican Church south of Suez and was duly consecrated on the Lady's Day on the 28th October, 1680.

It remains to this day much the same, except for the spire and the tower subsequently added in the place of the old ones.

It has full of mementos of men who have helped to make Madras history; its narrow yard is literally paved with tomb-stones of various ages and containing inscriptions in several languages.

The Church records and registers date from the consecration in 1680 and form a complete record of the Church with the exception of three years 1746-49, during which period Madras was in possession of the French.

The first marriage entry is that of Elihu Yale, after whom the Yale University of America is named, to Catherine Himmers on November 4th, 1680.

Another noteworthy marriage entry is that of the famous Robert Clive with Margaret Maskelyne, on February 18th, 1753.

ST.GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL (ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH)

On 16th January 1816, Bishop Reginald Heber (1783- 1826) consecrated the new St. George`s Church in Madras.

Thomas de Havilland (1775-1866) erected the church using a plan drawn by Captain James Caldwell (1770-1863) of the Madras Engineers.

Captain James Caldwell drew his inspiration from James Gibbs` plans for St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

Though it has a mixture of Classical and Gothic design, the exterior polished finishing was made with the traditional Indian Chunam.

In 1833, ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH became ST.GEORGE’S CATHEDRAL.

Within the extensive period of 1818 to 1820, architectural developments of Madras under British rule witnessed an upsurge of colonial constructions.

ST.ANDREWS CHURCH (THE KIRK)

Thomas de Havilland also erected St. Andrews Church of the Scottish Kirk in Madras.

Although it bears some of the characteristics of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, it varies in its curvilinear plan with a diameter of eight-one and a half feet and its massive Ionic columns.

The Church of Scotland is known by its Scottish name, “THE KIRK” and remains as a Presbyterian church from its inception.

This effort of dedicated Scottish Christians belonging to the Church of Scotland, which formed a part of the British Army, founded this new landmark in the erstwhile State and Capital city of Madras (now Tamil Nadu, Chennai)

This Georgian / neoclassical architecture is beautifully nestled in the midst of varieties of dense flora.

Roads and railway run all around its perimeter, thus making the entire Church yard look like an Island surrounded by heavy traffic.

But yet stands majestically this 188 year old master piece of a Church with its steeple soaring 166 ft into the sky.

One could easily imagine, how during those days, the uninterrupted panoramic grandeur of this Master Piece, when viewed either from St. Mary’s Church located inside Fort St. George or from the top of the Old Light house located inside the Madras High Court Complex, could have been.

This Wikimedia link can fuel your imagination.
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This mega Church was entrusted to Major Thomas Fort de Havilland who mastered himself in the field of architecture through well exposed challenging experience across Europe, Asia and Africa.

St. Andrew’s Kirk, though modeled after St.Martin–in-the-fields, London, from the outward looks, the dome and the circular design differ miles apart from that of St.Martin.
One is merely awe struck at the grandeur of this design which surely doesn’t lean onto British architecture.

The St. Mary’s Church, in Fort St. George was built by Major Thomas Fort de Havilland and was consecrated in 1680. This Church is termed as the “Oldest Anglican Church East of Suez.

In 1801 de Havilland was sent to Egypt to perform survey work in Cairo and the Suez.

The Dome of the Rock is a famous Islamic shrine in Jerusalem and it was built between 687 and 691.

It is not a mosque, it is a shrine. The Jews call it the Temple Mount. The diameter of the outer dome is 21 meters, the inner dome 20 meters.

The original 1st century outer dome was copper. It was changed to lead in the 9th century, to anodized aluminum in 1964 and in 1994 the gilded copper / brass dome was covered with 60 kilograms of 24k gold.

Israel is just a stone throw away from Egypt and it is quite possible, that having been deputed to Egypt / Suez, Thomas Fort de Havilland would have visited the ‘THE DOME OF THE ROCK’ and would have studied the methodology of construction.

Any engineer in the field of architecture would have done this as and when such an opportunity arises to better his intelligence and to widen his knowledge to master his profession.

On his arrival from Egypt, John Malcolm, the historian – administrator and Resident of Mysore, wanted to give a surprise gift to his bride and therefore entrusted the task of adding a Great Banquet hall without Pillars, to the existing Royal Mysore Residency, to Thomas Fort de Havilland.

When confronted by intellectuals who argued and ridiculed him, against the possibility of building an arch of that great span with country bricks.

They further commented that he will not be able to build even a stable arch of that span with the locally available bricks.

Thomas Havilland challenged those who opposed his thinking by building an arch in his garden with a span of 100 ft with the same country bricks and silenced them. That model of an arch stood as late as 1930 as a testimony for his practicality.

Armed with such multifaceted global exposure in the field of Survey and construction, Thomas Havilland took up the task of building this great Church ST.ANDREW'S KIRK with a Dome on top to form the Crème d la crème of this great master piece of architecture.

In order to ascertain that his task of building this Dome can be made possible, Thomas Havilland, before going in for the great finale of constructing this marvelous Dome, built a replica with mere brick masonry work in his garden abutting the Mount Road.

Having done this, he was pretty sure of the design and found that it was very much feasible.

There are many who try to probe whether he has any preliminary pre-qualification to become an Engineer.

Whether he has done his graduation in Engineering or not, he once again proved to be a genius, by building a Church with a rare combination of Curvilinear exterior to allow a circular interior, having sixteen fluted Corinthian columns, which hoists the circular dome in its place, with a Steeple soaring into the Sky majestically, firmly standing upon a foundation of 150 wells.

The ambiance of the artistic painting on the interior surface of this magnificent Dome gathered momentum and reached the Crescendo, when once that artist lowered his hand for the final time after that final touch, revealing the splendor of the Scottish imagination of the constellation as seen in the Scottish Blue Sky, with Golden Stars adoring it, giving an aura like the Lapis Lazuli, a blue gem Stone with embedded grains of pyrites, which gives an appearance like the blue sky studded with sparkling golden stars.

During the ancient times Lapis Lazuli was known as Sapphirus, which is still the name for the blue corundum variety of Sapphire.

Lapis Lazuli (Sapphire) is one of the 12 stones that adored on Aaron’s "Breast plate of Judgment" as detailed in the Bible.

The Lapis Lazuli mines in Afghanistan are more than 6000 years old and the mining continue till this date as this is considered as the best among those mined elsewhere.

These stones were not alone adored by the Pharaohs but also by the Kings of UR, the place from where Abraham was called by God Almighty.

During the ancient times the powder of Lapis Lazuli was mixed with oil and used as paint. Many such paintings have retained its luster down through ages.

How else can the realistic brilliance of this art inside the dome of ST.ANDREW’S KIRK sustain varied temperatures down through centuries, if it had not been painted with Lapis Lazuli?

We stand by the words of Jesus Christ who taught us to “LOVE ONE ANOTHER THE WAY YOU LOVE YOUR OWN SELVES”

We welcome everyone in that Spirit of Love, to come and worship with us and rejoice in the presence of the Holy Spirit and be born again.

We thank the Almighty who called us by our names even before we were formed in our mother’s womb to be a part of this WONDER OF A CHURCH, where there is healing for your heart and soul.

We welcome you to join us for the worship during any of the following timing.

Morning: 7.00 am
Morning: 9.00 am (Main Service)
Evening: 6.00 pm
Morning: 7.00 am Morning: 9.00 am (Main Service) Evening: 6.00 pm

ST.ANDREW’S KIRK
#37, Poonamallee High Road,
Egmore, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu - India
PIN – 600 008.
Phone #91-044-2561 2608

Location Land Mark :
Egmore Railway Station / Daily Thanthi
For all further details visit our website http://standrewskirk.org/

JESUS BLESS YOU

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2009-10-12T02:14:00.000-07:00

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DO NOT EVER TAKE WARNINGS LIGHTLY

2009-09-15T23:50:00.000-07:00

A REAL LIFE DRAMA:

I had just moved into this area which was pretty new to me and so were my neighbors.

One of my neighbors got acquainted pretty fast and gave me a small brief case, for safe custody, which I did without asking any questions.

During our various interactions he confided that the property which he was holding belonged to his late Dad, who did not make a will before his demise.

The property was in his custody.

As the days passed by, slowly and steadily his sisters started asking him to share the property among them.

For reasons not known he did not oblige and stood grounds.

I knew for good, that what ever he was doing was wrong but I did not have the courage to tell him so.

Time passed by :

On a hot summer noon time, by the persuasion of the Holy Spirit I began to read the Bible and soon my eyes got riveted onto the below verses.

Ezekiel 33:1-9 (King James Version)

1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

As soon as I finished reading the above Verses, I was moved by the Holy Spirit to take immediate action on that.

And in my spirit I knew exactly, to who this message was to be delivered.

I wasted no time because now I am the watchman and I do not know where the sword is and I was pretty sure that I can’t take any chance, so I practically ran out of the house and headed to my neighbors house.

(In the worldly point of view, I really did not have to be so very excited about the passage I read)

On reaching his house, I was told that he had gone to the Church.

Disappointed, I came out of their house and I had a choice of direction if front of me, either to the left or to the right.

Not knowing why, in a moments time I chose the right turn and headed blindly down that lane.
Was that a miracle, that he should be walking towards me??

And there coming from the other end of the lane was none other than my neighbor.

I stopped him right in the middle of the road and started to preach him giving various real life incidences which had happened in my life.

Based on the below references:

The Ten Commandments Ex. 20.1-17

19 Neither shalt thou steal

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Leviticus19

11 Ye shall not steal neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him:
After explaining all this and hoping that he would have felt ashamed for having been stubbornly lusting for others wealth, I persuaded him to share the property with his sisters amicably. But what happened???

Stony heart and deafened ears

After almost an hours time of preaching all this to him, he told me that some how his sisters have found out that the documents of the property is with him.

Suddenly he asked me: “do you remember the brief case which I had given to you, on your arrival?? Please give that back to me, the documents of the property is in that brief case and I have to safe guard them from my sister’s hands”

My God My God, how stony the heart of man is and how deaf are his ears and how much does he lust for others wealth.

I had spoken with fear of the Holy Lord, filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit I spoke, but yet he was so numb to understand what he was doing because he was under the bondage of the Power of Darkness and he was not willing to invite the Power of the true light to shine in his life.

Shocked to the core and with a very sad heart I went back home.

Many of the following passages from the Bible kept ringing in my mind.

Mathew 11.15 He, who has ears, let him hear.

Revelation 22.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Nah 1:2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies

The next day as usual in the morning I left for my office. On the way I saw my neighbor watering the plants fully immersed in his gardening.

Back home that evening, I had my usual bath and was about to relax when I heart the door bell ring.

When I opened the door, there stood another neighbor whose face was terror struck.

I quickly let her in and anxiously waited to listen to what she had to say.

She was gasping for breath and went on to say that “He is no more” I asked who?? And she pronounced my neighbor’s name with great difficulty as she was still gasping.

I couldn’t believe my ears but she said that it was true and that he had gone for a prayer meeting where he had collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.

I rushed to that particular hospital and found most of our neighbors and his relatives waiting for the body.

While all of them were waiting, at the far end of the building through a chink of the curtain, my eyes picked up something which resembled like his shoes.

Without telling anyone I rushed into that room and flung the curtain aside to see him lying on the table, his eyes still opened.

I cried bitterly and closed his eyes.

Oh how fast came the judgment, I asked “Lord is this why you asked me to warn him ???”
He was dead and gone.

His sisters sold the house and shared the money. His wife and children had to move out to a small rented house and even today they are suffering - all because of Disobedience.

Please refuse to conform to this world so that you will enjoy true blessing:

Your intellectual brain will make you stumble, lean on to the wisdom of God Almighty.

Fear of the Lord is the begining of wisdom.

Psalm 128 A song of ascents.

1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.

4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.

5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life;may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.

HOW I BEGAN - SONG WRITING

2009-09-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

George Devadoss

Born Again Song writer, Composer & Singer
(Lyrics, Melody, Music concept and Vocals)
Producer & Director

George Devadoss is a born again, anointed Song Writer from India, which also happens to be the birth place of great singers like Cliff Richard and Engelbert Humperdinck. A.R.Rahman, the music director of Slum dog millionaire, which went on to bag eight Oscar Awards, was also born in this great Nation of music.

In 1961 when George Devadoss entered the Kindergarten at the Kabul American International High School, his dad surprised him with a gift of a spool tape recorder, when he was hardly five. He began to listen and tape songs from many radio stations from around the world, including Voice of America, BBC and Radio Ceylon. Thus his love for songs got deep rooted in him. He loves every genre of Western and Carnatic music, including Church choir songs.

His favourite Songs and Artists: Jim Reeves, Elvis Presley, Engelbert Humperdinck, Lale Andersen -Never on Sunday, Johnny Horton "sink the bismark", tom Jones, terry jacks "Seasons in the Sun", brother hood of man "save all your kisses for me, Carpenters "am on the top of the world", Electric light orchestra “Last train to London”Cliff Richard "Bachelor boy", John Denver "country roads take me home”, Kenny Rogers, Barbera Streisand "women in love", Tina Charles "dance little lady dance", George Baker Selection "Una Paloma Blanca", josefeliciano “Old turkey buzzard, Mackennas Gold, For a few more dollars – Ennio Morricone, the good, the bad and the ugly, Elton John “Nikita”, Abba, Boney M, Bee Gees, Michael Jackson, Hillsongs, Don Moen, Building 429, Tree 63, casting crowns and Avalon.

During the winter of 1975 in the City of Bangalore (now called as Bengaluru), State of Karnataka, India, a bunch of kids formed a Christmas Carol group called Catholic Christian Association (CCA). South India has four major languages, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and he said “our group had them all and we wished we had Hindi members too.

THE DAY I GOT ANOINTED TO WRITE SONGS :

For the first two years we wrote songs with adopted melodies from movie songs. During the third year our thirst for a new song was born and so one of the nights, inside a closed bakery, I was walking frantically up and down as if I was going to perform a magic – believe me, I can play no instrument but can fairly handle a few of them. As I was walking suddenly the word “Love one another” flashed into my mind and as if the doors of heaven opened for the occasion, the entire song flowed down within a matter of an hour, there was no stopping, till it was done.

That day I received the Gift of Song writing. That was my first maiden Christmas Carol song which was very well appreciated and many enquired who the composer was. As I felt that no one would believe that I composed, we replied that it was an existing song in the US. Vow they believed it and loved the song more, asking us to sing again so that they could record, which we did without any fuss. Years rolled by and song writing became a hobby, thus wrote almost a hundred songs without publishing them, till 1989.

During the winter of 1982, Mr.Roppie, the DJ of the Abu Dhabi FM Radio 98.5, called for a meeting of talented song writers and composers. Vow! What an invitation in this desert city located in the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East. The response was pretty good, around ten of us gathered there and each one had the opportunity to express what they had in store and when my turn came, I stood up and addressed the gathering that I was interested in getting my songs recorded ASAP and that I was looking for a producer. The best Mr.Roppie could do was to give me the contact address of one Mr. Dram of GEMA Berlin, who was a Director/producer. Thanks to Mr. Dram, he did guide me but nothing came out of it.

SURPRISED TO REALIZE THAT ONE OF MY COMPOSITION WAS LIKE THAT OF MICHAEL JACKSON :

Around this period I had wrote and composed a song titled“Waiting”perhaps after an year, Michael Jackson came out with his Grammy award winning song “Beat it”, my friends who heard both the songs were pretty upset that I was sitting on the wrong side of the world and missing great opportunities.

Thereafter a friend of mine interacted with the Mega Tamil Music director Ilayaraja to introduce my songs in the Tamil Movies, this effort stopped abruptly due to the sudden demise of my friend who died in a tragic boat accident.

The Turning Point: Finally during the summer of 1989, I was touched by the Power of the Holy Spirit and was born again. I was a chain smoker smoking sixty cigarettes and emptying a bottle of whisky every day. The day I was touched by the Holy Spirit, I along with my friends were sitting and having drinks and at that moment, I heard a sharp voice commanding me to stop. It’s now more than twenty one years since the day I got saved and left those stubborn habits. From then on one miracle after another followed in my life and finally the Lord Almighty,blessed me decease free since more than fifteen years now. And from then on wrote songs praising the Almighty who made me a new man.

WHAT A BLESSING TO RECEIVE FROM THE ONE WHO SEES YOUR HEART:

Around 1999, while fasting and praying for twenty one days, for a totally bed ridden person, I was filled by the Power of the Holy Spirit and was anointed with powers as written in the Holy Bible, Scripture in Luke 10.19 – 20, Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. From then on I am burdened by the Holy Spirit to write songs which would reveal the presence of the Almighty so that the listener will get deliverance, salvation and rejoice being born again.

During the summer of 2008, I decided to go ahead to produce my first audio Gospel CD, “LET MY PEOPLE GO”

This CD has six songs and all of them are power packed, with captivating melody, music, lyrics and would set you free and give a new direction and thinking, they are like six gems in a gold box from the treasure trove of the Almighty, each one has a different entity and style, which can be defined as Christian Rock, Philharmonic Sentimental, Reggae, Jewish / Arabic, Jive, Soul, praise & worship.

In the midst of a forty day fasting, during the Lenten season of 2004, my heart was very much troubled and burdened for the crisis and agony of this world, where in millions are living in tears. Broken families, broken heartedness, suppressed justice, the list goes on and on. And in spirit, when I looked to the Cross, suddenly the Lord revealed HIS last journey Via Dolorosa. Under the burden of the Cross HE stumbled and fell down and then HE looked back straight into my eyes. Oh that one look had millions of messages of love. He made me to realize that all that misery HE was going through was due to me and my sins but yet HE never accused me but took all my shame upon the Cross, delivering me. And I couldn’t bear seeing that pain and agony and my heart whispered to the nearest ones around me and I said “There goes my Savior Jesus Christ”. He touched me and when you listen, you will never be the same again, because you will feel being touched.

While practicing the songs of this CD for recording, my good friend Sound Engineer, Bro.Raj Kumar (Amal) who scored the music, suddenly asked me, “Uncle, what will be the title for this CD?” My God, I never thought of that and my mind went racing and I was frozen for almost fifteen minutes and suddenly came back to senses and said “Let My People Go”. He then asked me “Uncle where is the song” I said as of now I don’t have one. And I said let us continue to practice and the Lord will provide. Within seven days the Lord revealed the song and the lyrics came rolling down as usual. I sang out the song a couple of time so that he could grab the melody and the style. Then I detailed Bro.Raj about the melody and explained the type and style of music and gave him few examples such as Mustafa & Ava nagila. Indeed he did a fantastic job and once you listen to the song, you will get thrilled to gift one of the master pieces of this era, to all your friends.

Holy Holy Holy Lord Jehovah: The moment Pastor Peter Francis of St. Andrews Kirk, Chennai (Madras, India) announced a revival meet to be held on 14th July 2007, my heart leapt for the occasion. The Power of the Almighty gave me the entire song within 3days from the date of the announcement and practiced for about half an hour with our Church organist Mr. Arul Siromone. Those present on that day, including the pastors of Powerhouse church (rise India) and Emmanuel Methodist church appreciated the song, which was filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit. It’s an expression of thirst, longing for HIS Kingdom and to redeem billions who are bounded by the power of darkness.

My Jesus Christ: This melody was composed around 1984 while riding my mobike on the coast of the world’s second longest Marina beach. It was noon time and the beach was deserted, me and my bike alone, as I kept gliding on the road, the melody flowed into my heart. The lyrics were written to glorify the Almighty around 2005. Both my daughter Grace Beryl Carolina and my son George Victor Paul raj enjoyed singing them in their Schools, while my wife Minnie encouraged us.

Holy Holy Lord Jehovah Let Thy Kingdom Come: It almost took a year’s time to compose this song way back in the early 1980s, the lyrics were written during 2004 to glorify the Almighty, who gave me a second chance to change my attitude to refrain from a corrupt living, which is adored more in this world, I was no exception before being Born Again. HE perfected me through HIS word in the Holy Bible, found in 1st John 3:9 whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. Yes the Almighty has already carried all your sins on the cross of Calvary; you are no more a sinner.

Father Abraham: Christmas decorations (metal tree hangings) had to be shipped to Restoration hardware USA/Canada from a place called Moradabad in the Hindi speaking heartland of India. I was attached with the buying house Li & Fung (India) and was responsible for the Quality assurance.

During one particular night the production was delayed, so I had to wait in the factory till the cargo was ready. It was well past midnight and I was browsing the internet to kill boredom.

My eyes caught up with many terrorist attacks, war scenarios and the so on worldwide. Bloodshed, human blood was splattered everywhere in every nation. Brother against brother.

I saw the Jews and the Arabs fighting, I broke down in tears and my heart called out “Father Abraham, look at your Children Quarrelling”.

Yes the Jews and the Arabs, the Christians, the Hindus, the Muslims, the Buddhist and all other faiths are HIS Children and we need have to Love one another, in the way we love our own selves, some day every tongue will confess and every knee will bow down before the Almighty God.

During this time of worldwide recession and War cry, this audio CD will console you.

Peace be with you Shalom

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2009-08-30T11:16:00.000-07:00

RSS,VHP,BAJARANTHAL,BJP" are they our foes???

2009-08-19T00:55:00.000-07:00

Ephesians 6:12
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

The above Verse opens Blinded eyes, blinded by the one who is a lier, a thief, who speaks lie like his mother tongue

(John 8.44 He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.)

Ephesians 6.12 is a very big subject and that gives you clarity as to how the Prince of
Darkness operates.

The book of Job chapter 1 & 2 exposes who operates from behind the scene (and the Lord knows about that and in fact Satan takes permission from God Almighty to carry out his mission)

Thus it is clear that our foe is not man or a woman but the one who is operating from out of sight (the power of darkness)

Therefore it is clear that "RSS,VHP,BAJARANTHAL,BJP & others" are not our foes
let us begin to pray for them for a change of attitude - Did not the Almighty teach us to Love others the way we love our own selves. Just because we are born again, doesn't mean that we should not care about others but keep accusing their actions - No No never, the Lord God Almighty has specifically placed us here to pray for such people so that the Power of Darkness hovering above, releases their power from upon them. And that will set them free.

Almighty God needs only one Elijah to send shock waves to prove the Power of the Almighty

we don't need an army to battle the power of the darkness - Just one Holy book called Bible is more than enough - HIS promise is that "My Grace is sufficient for you"

HIS words are a double edged fiery sword - purify your self before you take that sword in your hand or else even a crow will not fly for your command - no not even if you have a billion strong army on your side

Sure when the Lord Almighty Pours HIS spirit upon mankind "every tongue will confess HIM and every knee will bow down before them.

Be very careful, the vile of the devil or the tricks of the power of darkness is to divide and rule - do not support that by ignorance.

So now you see that we have to pray and love "RSS,VHP,BAJARANTHAL,BJP & others" cause they are all our brothers, let us fulfill the word of God "Love one another"

Jesus Bless You

Independence Day at Our Church St.Andrews Kirk Chennai India

2009-08-09T10:13:00.000-07:00

St.Andrews Kirk

Independence day at St.Andrews Kirk is celebrated with singing of the National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" year after year, not alone demonstrates our love for the nation, but also projects the depth of our PATRIOTISM

Should you want to know why Sten Nilson in his book, European Architecture in India 1750-1850, described this Church "from the artistic point of view, St.Andrews is undoubtedly the best designed Church in Chennai" then you must visit this Church to believe your eyes, which has been preserved since 1821, with out any change in its ambiance.

Diligently held close to our hearts in preserving its grandeur over the ages so that it would remain as Glorious as it stands today for the generations to come and witness this and sing to the Lord "How Great thou art"

Here is where we worship Our Lord Jesus Christ each Sunday raising our hearts to the Almighty with passionate hymns from the Choir and the congregation, surrendering our hearts and soul to the King of Kings, who leads us in the path of righteousness through HIS words of comfort.

Built on a foundation of 150 wells in the midst of green foliage and date palms is no doubt a paradise on Earth to worship the King of Kings and worship HIM singing "I surrender all"

A CHAT ON HALOWEEN

2009-08-05T10:00:00.000-07:00

THIS IS A discussion I had in one of the Church forums based in the USA

Are you bit confused about the issue of celebrating Halloween. Most of the sites online state that Halloween is a pagan holiday and should be avoided. Do you have any questions ? (Post it here)

goodsamaritan replied

Hi ,

we worship a Jealous God ??? do you accept this???

just take a look at the following which the people of USA
removed from public view from public places,
just because it was a hindrance to their whims and fancy,
I hope you remember that ????

V4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

V5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me;

What do you think the pumpkin is - whether they worship it or not doesn't make any difference, but is that not an idol in their (Yours too??)hearts???

we are also serving a holy lord :
Isa 6:3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.

If you find a cockroach in your food - would you remove the cockroach
and eat the food or will you empty the food into the thrash ???

You are the best judge and the choice is pretty open.

He who has an ear let him hear.

warm regards
goodsamaritan

Moderator replied
USA

Celebrating Halloween or not depends upon the person .. I don't think its something that can be declared as RIGHT or WRONG. ..

I think .. our God is one who is concerned about deeper things.. He is not concerned about your dirty hand .. but He IS about the tiniest dirt in your heart. .

Iam sure that He is not gonna be angry with me for giving crackers to a 5 year old dressed up like a pumpkin who came to my door expecting to get something and ran out with the crackers shouting gleefully 'Everybody! Crackers here !' to his friends ..

On the other hand .. if you feel that the pumpkin at your door is an IDOL or a GOD to you . .. DON'T YOU DARE TO HAVE IT THERE ! .. STAY FAR AWAY FROM HALLOWEEN !.. ( On similar lines .. if the christmas tree in your house is an idol or a God to you ... don't you dare to have it there. .) God says. . if your eye causes you to sin, it is better for you to pluck it. .. 'Pluck your eye ! Mankind !' is not a command .. If Halloween causes you to sin stay away from it. . but don't go around declaring that 'Celebrating Halloween is sin' ..

But .. if you are gonna have fun carving a huge smiley face with a huge pumpkin, and the pumpkin is just a pumpkin. .. go ahead and have fun .. God wants his children to be happy .. God created the world for his children to live happily in it and to have fun and to remember him through everything. ..

God made the pumpkin for me to have fun with .. All the days of the year .. are days created by God . . I have the right to live and celebrate each and every one of it !
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DO NOT EVER TAKE WARNINGS LIGHTLY :

A REAL LIFE DRAMA:

The Main Story :

I had just moved into this area which was pretty new to me and so were my neighbors.

One of my neighbors got acquainted pretty fast and gave me a small brief case, for safe custody, which I did without asking any questions.

During our various interactions he confided that the property which he was holding belonged to his late Dad, who did not make a will before his demise.

The property was in his custody.

As the days passed by, slowly and steadily his sisters started asking him to share the property among them.

For reasons not known he did not oblige and stood grounds.

I knew for good, that what ever he was doing was wrong but I did not have the courage to tell him so.

Time passed by :

On a hot summer noon time, by the persuasion of the Holy Spirit I began to read the Bible and soon my eyes got riveted onto the below verses.

Ezekiel 33:1-9 (King James Version)

1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

As soon as I finished reading the above Verses, I was moved by the Holy Spirit to take immediate action on that.

And in my spirit I knew exactly, to who this message was to be delivered.

I wasted no time because now I am the watchman and I do not know where the sword is and I was pretty sure that I can’t take any chance, so I practically ran out of the house and headed to my neighbors house. (In the worldly point of view, I really did not have to be so very excited about the passage I read)

On reaching his house, I was told that he had gone to the Church.

Disappointed, I came out of their house and I had a choice of direction if front of me, either to the left or to the right.

Not knowing why, in a moments time I chose the right turn and headed blindly down that lane.

Was that a miracle, that he should be walking towards me??

And there coming from the other end of the lane was none other than my neighbor.

I stopped him right in the middle of the road and started to preach him giving various real life incidences which had happened in my life.

Based on the below references:

The Ten Commandments Ex. 20.1-17

19 Neither shalt thou steal

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Leviticus19

11 Ye shall not steal neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him:

After explaining all this and hoping that he would have felt ashamed for having been stubbornly lusting for others wealth, I persuaded him to share the property with his sisters amicably. But what happened???

Stony heart and deafened ears

After almost an hours time of preaching all this to him, he told me that some how his sisters have found out that the documents of the property is with him.

Suddenly he asked me: “do you remember the brief case which I had given to you, on your arrival?? Please give that back to me, the documents of the property is in that brief case and I have to safe guard them from my sister’s hands”

My God My God, how stony the heart of man is and how deaf are his ears and how much does he lust for others wealth.

I had spoken with fear of the Holy Lord, filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit I spoke, but yet he was so numb to understand what he was doing because he was under the bondage of the Power of Darkness and he was not willing to invite the Power of the true light to shine in his life.

Shocked to the core and with a very sad heart I went back home.

Many of the following passages from the Bible kept ringing in my mind.

Mathew 11.15 He, who has ears, let him hear.

Revelation 22.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Nah 1:2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies

The next day as usual in the morning I left for my office. On the way I saw my neighbor watering the plants fully immersed in his gardening.

Back home that evening, I had my usual bath and was about to relax when I heart the door bell ring.

When I opened the door, there stood another neighbor whose face was terror struck.

I quickly let her in and anxiously waited to listen to what she had to say.

She was gasping for breath and went on to say that “He is no more” I asked who?? And she pronounced my neighbor’s name with great difficulty as she was still gasping.

I couldn’t believe my ears but she said that it was true and that he had gone for a prayer meeting where he had collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.

I rushed to that particular hospital and found most of our neighbors and his relatives waiting for the body.

While all of them were waiting, at the far end of the building through a chink of the curtain, my eyes picked up something which resembled like his shoes.

Without telling anyone I rushed into that room and flung the curtain aside to see him lying on the table, his eyes still opened.

I cried bitterly and closed his eyes.

Oh how fast came the judgment, I asked “Lord is this why you asked me to warn him ???”

He was dead and gone.

His sisters sold the house and shared the money. His wife and children had to move out to a small rented house and even today they are suffering - all because of Disobedience.

Please refuse to conform to this world so that you will enjoy true blessing:

Your intellectual brain will make you stumble, lean on to the wisdom of God Almighty.

Fear of the Lord is the begining of wisdom.

Psalm 128
A song of ascents.
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.

4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.

5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life;
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.

Father Abraham

2009-04-24T01:55:00.000-07:00

These images are probably copyright and I hold no claim to them.

I merely put them to better project the agony undergone by mankind in the name of Terrorism. Let us pray for everlasting peace - Shalom

This is the last song from my first audio album "Let My People Go"

and it is available for download at

http://cdbaby.com/cd/devadoss

Pray for my mission

“My God My God why have thou forsaken me?”

2009-04-21T10:02:00.000-07:00

“My God My God why have thou forsaken me?”

The lyrics of the song “There Goes My Saviour” was prompted by the Power of the Holy Spirit, including the critical portion of the song. In fact I had dwelt on that portion many a time and finally penned that which emerged by the prompting of The Holy Spirit.

The subsequent heart breaking reaction of Christ Jesus, went on to express His feeling of abandonment, by lifting up His voice to God the Father ”Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani”.

But now that this portion of the song has been highlighted by my fellow forum members who are equally thirsty for His Kingdom, all that I could do was to go back to the one who prompted me to write this song.

And when I did, the Almighty revealed it to me, I did Praise the Lord with tears for helping me to reveal that moment with an explanation to bring understanding to all those who love Him.

With Prayers and longing for an answer, I browsed the Bible and in the midway, the Lord reminded me one of my favourite passages of the Bible Isaiah 54.7 & 8, which until now never occurred in my mind to correlate this with the Crucifixion of Christ Jesus, more so with the critical portion of the song.

Prophet Isaiah has prophesized about Christ Jesus, the Messiah, through many chapters of His book and has done so in chapter 54 as well.

Isaiah 54 (New International Version)

⁴ "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood (period of having been abandoned or forsaken).

⁵ For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.

⁶ The LORD will call you back

(meaning that earlier He did not heed to your call – Eli Eli Lama Sabachthani)
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.

⁷ "For a brief moment I abandoned (forsake) you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

⁸ In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the LORD your Redeemer.

⁹ "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.

¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

About the covenant of Peace:

(Isaiah 9:6)

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

^{Isaiah 54}

¹¹ "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will build you with stones of turquoise, ^[a]
your foundations with sapphires. ^[b]

¹² I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.

¹³ All your sons will be taught by the LORD,
and great will be your children's peace.

¹⁴ In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.

¹⁵ If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

¹⁶ "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc;

¹⁷ no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the Servants of the LORD,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the LORD.

Who is this Servant?

Mathew 12

God's Chosen Servant

¹⁵Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Many followed him, and he healed all their sick, ¹⁶warning them not to tell who he was. ¹⁷This was to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
¹⁸"Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
the one I love, in whom I delight;
I will put my Spirit on him,
and he will proclaim justice to the nations.
¹⁹He will not quarrel or cry out;
no one will hear his voice in the streets.
²⁰A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out,
till he leads justice to victory.
²¹In his name the nations will put their hope."^[c]

Isa 42:1-4 NASB

"Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold;

My chosen one in whom My soul delights.

I have put My Spirit upon Him;

He will bring forth justice to the nations.

He will not cry out or raise his voice,

Nor make His voice heard in the street.

A bruised reed He will not break,

And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish;

He will faithfully bring forth justice.

He will not be disheartened or crushed,

Until He has established justice in the earth;

And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law."

It is clear that many prophesies of Isaiah dwells in the life of

Christ Jesus and it does have an explanation for “My God My

God why have thou forsaken me?”

Luke 10:21 (New International Version)

²¹At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

Praise Jesus for this.

A Testimony on board the Chennai Mangalore Express

2009-03-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

Sunday, Feb 8, 2009

Around Five yrs ago

A Testimony on board the Chennai Mangalore Express

Quality was the password then and to upkeep the same on shipments which were destined to various retail giants spread across the world, travelling to far off places to monitor production of traditional manufacturers became not merely optional but mandatory and as a professional quality man had to travel to many parts of India and Sri Lanka to certify the consignment as per American Quality norms.

On one such journey to Cannanore, I saw a big delegation of well dressed men probably returning back after a conference.

I boarded the train and sat diagonally opposite to one of the team members who was much secluded and was very much on his own.

And as usual I began to relax, immersed and lost into the depth of prayer, communing with the Lord Almighty, in spirit.

And as usual waited upon the Lord to give me a direction, as to what should be the topic for the day, for discussion with the man sitting out there on his own, perhaps thinking about his family.

Now that I almost had the answer, I stood up and walked up to the place where he was seated and with a great sense of gentlemanliness, I stooped down and asked him “may I sit here” and suddenly he came alive and said “please do” and went on with his business of reading some news paper.

So I had to wait, trying to figure out what was on the other side of the double walled tinted glass window, which was not so very easily visible at this time of dusk which was well passed 7.30 pm in the evening. Yet I held on to my peace and waited patiently till he was through with his news paper, well that gave enough time to build up the power of the Holy Spirit within me.

He looked towards me and expressed a sense of comfort in my presence.

I said hallo and the conversation took various directions before bringing the discussion to where it was destined for.

I went on to say “during our childhood days finding a doctor or a drug store used to be a rare commodity, wherein nowadays we find, at times more than two or three hospitals and countless clinics, innumerable drug shops and even the citizens are well exposed to drugs who go to the extent of self diagnosing and prescribing medicines for themselves and even if not the drug shops themselves prescribe what has to be administered for a particular ailment.”

And suddenly I asked him “do you know why there is such a big boon in this particular industry?”

He looked at me quizzically and I at once took charge of the situation and said “that’s because there are many varieties of sickness and diseases.

And then I asked him “do you know the reason for these varieties of diseases”? He was not sure what to say and returned back the same quizzical look.

Now I knew that the Power of the Holy Spirit was in control of the whole situation and all that I had to do was to open my mouth as wide as possible and HE would fill it up with the never ending double edged Sword of HIS Words which would set mankind free.

I continued to say that “it is because there is a lustful rush by mankind to indulge deliberately into multifaceted Sinful acts of many dimensions” he was still looking quizzical, I went on to say that “it is written in the Holy Bible that the “WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH” and therefore the root cause of all these diseases is SIN.

I could read pretty well, writ large on his face was – “what on earth does the wages of Sin have to do with disease”

I went on to say that “ God created us with a well thought of defense system to battle against any invading disease causing germ trying to capture our body and that defense system is none but the white blood corpuscles, where in an occupying germ is defended by these patriotic white blood corpuscles, but when they fail, they die and thus the germ conquers and devastates the immune system and captures the vital places of the body organ” thus causing disease” he was still looking dumb struck, so I went on to tell him that “this indeed is the death in our body” and it spreads rapidly to expose the death within.

“the reason for destruction of the immune system is because of the destruction of God Almighty’s laws.

I went on picking up reference from the HOLY BIBLE to better expose the roots of sin :

I started off with the deliberate sin beginning with disobedience by the first creation of this era “Adam and Eve” who believed in the serpents’ (Satan’s) lie and ate that fruit

God told Adam and eve to eat all the fruits except the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. HE said that, “on the day you eat that, you will surely die”

Gods warning was crystal clear. First God expected them to obey which was the remarkable mark of reverence to the Father God.

Secondly God expected man to fear the punishment for disobeying, which was death.

Where as Adam and Eve not alone believed Satan’s lie and ate that fruit but further went on to disgrace God Almighty by their disrespectful fearless response.

When God called Adam and eve they did not respond and this time disobedience out of fear.

Adam said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And God said, Who told that you are naked? Did you eat the fruit of the tree, which I told not to eat?

Now that he is caught by the Almighty, like a serpent he wants to slither away from accepting the fault, therefore he tries to escape by blaming on others (his wife). And also goes further to accuse God by saying that “the women that thou gavest” (meaning which the mistake is not mine)

Adam replied, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the (fruit of the ) tree, and I did eat.

The woman blames it on the serpent rather than regretting and feeling sorry for being disobedient

And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

So man disobeyed God and did not fear Gods punishment but however he had to live in fear of everything else because he was sent out of the beautiful garden.

I went on to tell him that our organs are supposed to perform according to the will of the Almighty written in the Holy Bible.

Jesus taught His disciples many do’s and don’ts and one such is the following :

Gal. 5.19 – 26

The Acts of the sinful nature are obvious:

sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, idolatry and witchcraft, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

And God went on to warn, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Meaning which that they will inherit death.)

But the fruit of the Spirit is : love , joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

God is Slow to anger and quick to forgive therefore HE taught mankind to forgive one another and to love one another.

When an individual begins to correct himself with the norms set by the Almighty, then the Almighty will make sure to protect man like the apple of HIS eyes.

Thereafter I gave my real life testimony which you can find at the following link http://miraclepoweroftheholyspirit.blogspot.com/2009/03/miracle-healing.html

As soon as I completed my real life testimony, the gentleman whom I was talking to stood up revealing his 6 plus foot high structure, stretched out his hand and said “I am Doctor Nair, the dean of the Cannanore Medical College. He testified that he is a Hindu and that he did have so many Christian friends but none of them revealed such a lovely secret which would open the eyes of mankind. He was very much pleased to have met me that day.

He went on to declare that “from now on I will teach my students to high light the importance of teaching their patients to cleanse their heart first according to what I had told him, which by itself will heal diseases much more better and faster than the medicine.

Am sure that if every doctor pursues this, very soon many disease will be routed out completely rather than to immunize every now and then.

** THAT MIRACLE NIGHT

2009-03-15T05:34:00.000-07:00

THAT MIRACLE NIGHT

A REAL LIFE DRAMA

for he that toucheth you

toucheth the apple of HIS eye

Zech 2:8

The Lord Almighty protects us

like the apple of his eyes

Praise the Lord,

this is a true expression of what had happened in my life, nothing distorted for any gain.

Though miracles were happening since my Childhood, I’d like to recall my memory about the one miracle which made me to think and to reverse my way of living.

Having lost my mother at six, followed by a jig saw life style where in I had to study seven schools to complete ten yrs of schooling, going from place to place like a gypsy.

Exploitation of the situation marred the very peace of mind and frustration of not getting things which was cherished the most and all these put together drove me to drift away from the very belief of God.

Thus an Atheist was born with a Christian skin.

Self isolation from the main stream of life and desertion of the family circle gave way for smoking, which always awaits to abduct the lost, so it crept into me, disguising, as if to give a feeling of comfort and then it went on to alcohol, as if to drain off the feeling of dejection or rejection.

Sixty cigarettes and almost a bottle of scotch each day became habitual, backed by a roaring business.

It appeared as if I was totally lost, but the angel of the Lord came in the form of my elder sister who made every effort to get me married.

The wedding was arranged and was to be solemnized within the next fortnight.

The next day I was back to square ‘A’ and as usual gathered at my friends place to have drinks.

I lifted up my cup and said CHEERS, without realizing that it would be the last Cheers with this group of friends.

As I was about to have my first sip of the day, I heard a very stringent commanding voice, crystal clear and audible only to me, “enough stop that”.

Agitated against the command, within my heart I whispered that “drinks were the only company I had and so I cannot give up” thus I continued to take my first sip and when I did, I felt why on earth I ever did so.

I felt that something was wrong with the drink and so I expressed my dissatisfaction with the taste of the scotch. Everyone disagreed with me, because except for me, the rest felt that the liquor was good and the party went on.

I was toying with my glass smiling sheepishly and tried to keep the party going by choosing to have a cigarette and when I did, I felt that the flavor of the cigarette too was not as usual.

My glass remained full till the end of the party and then I told my friends that I call it “quits” and said that I have decided to give up both drinks and smoking.

For them it was the century’s biggest joke, because going by the past records they knew that I will never be able to give up.

After bidding good night to all of them, I zoomed off on my bike.

While driving, I was pondering over the evenings episode and was wondering what on earth was going on.

I was so immersed in my thoughts that I suddenly found myself overtaking a 40ft high cube container trailer which was negotiating a blind curve on the Santhome highway, just opposite to St.Thomas Church and all of a sudden I saw another trailer from the opposite direction taking a very sharp turn at the same point of the 75 degree blind curve, completely blocking my path.

I was trapped in between the two trailers and was dangerously positioned, that if ever I want to survive, I had to stop on my tracks, at that very point, without keeping my legs down, because if I continue to overtake or keep my legs down, then death was certain, under any one of the trailer wheels.

Both the truck drivers did not realize my helplessness in spite of honking so loudly and therefore the truck drivers continued driving.

I have solo driven, more than 6000 km in a stretch of 30 days through cities and through rugged terrain, river bed and forests. The last day’s final lap of 600 km was covered within 12 hrs including around 2 hrs of break.

In another occasion, I have driven almost 150 km without head lights in a totally pitch dark coastal high way.

I was too good in balancing without keeping my legs down and without moving the wheels forward.

I realized that, now was the time to put forth every kind of driving skill together.

In order to get myself out from this “next to impossible spot”, I had to gather all my courage, skills and above all get the merciful hands of the Almighty, because, I knew that this was not a battle against flesh and blood, but against an unseen foe.

I realized that merely being too good at balancing will not save me and that Ineeded the Lord’s hand to do a miracle to save me from this situation.

I surrendered myself to the Almighty God and helplessly screamed “Jesus” and slammed the brake.

With my head looking straight ahead, I could see with my left eye the trailer which was driving up wards and with my right eye I could see the other trailer driving down wards and I could hear them go whizzing past me as close as an inch or two on either side. I was holding on to my breath and it appeared that it took too long a time for the trailers to go past me. And I was standing practically STILL at the point were I slammed the break, with my legs firmly on the foot rest

The moment, the truck which I was overtaking went past me, I dived on to its track and drove from the rear of the trailer, to the extreme left end of the road and stopped the bike.

As I was looking back at the spot where I would have been pulverized, which reminded me of two movies that of mad max and that of the chariot race in Benhur.

With my eyes flooded with tears, I was thanking and praising Jesus with all my heart and soul, which was constantly bubbling from the bottom of my stomach.

And that was an unbelievable double miracle happening with in hours between the first and second miracle.

I drove back home and had a very peaceful sleep. I knew that I was surrounded by angels, the Chariots of Fire.

When you say goodbye to the devils kingdom, he will be after you and that’s when Our Lord fulfils His promise “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee” because “he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of HIS eye”

The Lord was merciful to me and to my fiancée, Minnie Johanna, who was far far away, peacefully sleeping or perhaps dreaming about our forth coming wedding, knew nothing about what had happened on that Miracle Night.

** LYRICS OF LET MY PEOPLE GO ©2009

2009-03-12T00:27:00.000-07:00

SONG NO.1

There goes my Savior Jesus Christ

ascending Mount Calvary

upon His Shoulder an awful cross

dangled precariously

No one around left all alone

shattered battered orphaned

all over Him blood flowing down

butchered and bludgeoned

CHORUS

My Savior cried

for my sins He died

on the cross He bore for me

He was nailed and crucified

BRIDGE

Thus He saved all His lambs

from the clutch of satan

Victorious yet He angered His Dad

Just for a snap second

Elahi Elahi lama sabach thaani

Elahi Elahi lama Sabach thaani

CHORUS

My Saviour cried

for my sins He died

on the cross He bore for me

He was nailed and crucified

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SONG NO.2

LET MY PEOPLE GO

Chorus:

God of the Hebrew

Lord God of Israel

Commandeth His Children

journey three days in the wild

to offer a sacrifice,

to lift up His name n glorify............ (2)

hey pharaoh let my people go

commands the God of Hebrew

they aint your slaves anymore ........ (2)

Verse 1:

the wrath of the Lord descended on him

changed the water into blood which was blue

Pharaoh’s heart hardened and his neck stiffened

and he would'nt let them go

Jumping frogs everywhere gnats going haywire

and the flies gave disease to the town

yet nothing happened to the children of God

just to prove the might of our Lord

God of the Hebrew

Lord God of Israel………

Verse 2:

Disease swept / the town n the live stocks were downed

there was nothing the pharaoh could do

the festering boils came upon every life

every people animal none were spared

hail storm lashed the land n the crops got mowed down

locusts followed trail erasing the ground

darkness covered the land death to every first born

Pharaoh let all God's children go

God of the Hebrew

Lord God of Israel……….

Verse 3:

the day of judgment is-not too far away

the Lord of Lord King of King comes

the chariots of fire riding over the clouds

Son of man descends from above

When the Son of man comes the trumpets will sound

in all his glory he will come

He will claim all the souls they are his household

oh satan now let them go

God of the Hebrew

Lord God of Israel…..

SONG NO.3

Holy holy holy Lord Jehovah

CHORUS

Holy holy holy Lord Jehovah

pour out your spirit on me

Holy holy holy Lord Jehovah

Let there be revival in me

Holy holy holy Lord Jehovah

let every tongue confess to thee

Holy holy holy Lord Jehovah

let every nation bow down to thee

VERSE 1

Your Church will not slumber

cause we do remember

the blood that you shed on the cross

My foe will now tremble

he will run and he will stumble

by the power that now flows from the cross (2)

BRIDGE

Lord Jesus come break me

n mold me n bake me

n form me n send me

to gather the rich harvest

(holy holy holy)

VERSE 2

He slaughtered the shepherd

n scattered the flocks n herds

how dare he do this to You

Breathe on me your breath of life

let all these dry bones rise

your foe is my foe too

BRIDGE

Lord Jesus comes break me

n mold me n bake me

n form me n send me

to gather the rich harvest

(Holy holy holy)

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SONG NO.4

Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

CHORUS:

Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

let thy kingdom come

thy will be done

on earth and as it is in heaven

Give us this day our daily bread

and forgive our sins

for we shall forgive everyone

and greet them with a grin (2)

Oh Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

let thy kingdom come

VERSE 1

Hosanna Hosanna Oh Son of David

Hosanna Hosanna Oh in the Highest

the only begotten son of Jehovah

was tortured and crucified

because you and me

No wonder He loves us Bethlehem lily

there is no one to stop this He loves you and me

broken hearts shattered lives need'nt worry

Jesus Christ is coming soon with all the glory

CHORUS:

Oh Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

let thy kingdom come………

VERSE 2

Never let us lead into temptation /

deliver us from evil good Samaritan / 2

for thine is the kingdom for ever n ever

there's no one to change this ultimate power

Oh king of king Lord of lord

you are supreme - Oh Alfa omega

your with us amen

Oh Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

let thy kingdom come……….

BRIDGE

Lets now Praise Him Hallelujah (4)

SONG NO.5

My Jesus Christ

CHORUS:

My Jesus Christ

Leads me to the light

gives me every day delight

redeemer of the sin

taught me how to sing

to sing hallelujah

VERSE:1

Sing unto the Lord

a glorious song

how true and faithful is He

Lifted up my heart

heaven ward high

and He poured His fire on me

Oh the thumping of my heart - grew

wilder and wilder

I can't resist the feeling grow high

how so ever I try to Cull the eruption

nothing can be hidden inside

My Jesus Christ

Leads me to the light………..

VERSE:2

What a great Joy

being fire baptized

your name is written on High

What a mighty power

is given unto you

so that every evil power will flee

Oh can a billion dollar

write your name there

try if you can walk upside down

can every fattened

fruit of your labor

ever buy a square inch there

My Jesus Christ

Leads me to the light……….

VERSE:3

Children every where

are sinking in their sin

do join your hands

and pull them from their den

thank you lord for once you did the same to me

or I couldn’t be living here to sing

Oh what a mighty Lord

He saved me saves you

Waiting to save each and everyone

from the Jaws of satan He has saved us

now we have to save every one

My Jesus Christ

Leads me to the light………

SONG NO.6

Father Abraham

CHORUS

Father Abraham Father Abraham

look at your children quarrelling

terror everywhere

fear up your ears

trembling hearts are melting down

VERSE:1

Look what the guns have done to this earth

upon the face of earth their blood smeared

hatred growing wild

love has laid her child

melt your heart to love mankind

Father Abraham

look at your children quarrelling

terror everywhere

fear up your ears

trembling hearts are melting down

VERSE:2

Can anyone win the world with Nuclear Power

can anyone shatter peace and live with cheer

with deeds of love and kind

man change your heart and mind

let bitterness change sweet / for mankind

Father Abraham

look at your children quarrelling

terror everywhere

fear up your ears

trembling hearts are melting down

** DON'T TAKE WARNINGS LIGHTLY

2009-03-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

DO NOT EVER TAKE WARNINGS LIGHTLY

A REAL LIFE DRAMA:

The Main Story :

I had just moved into this area which was pretty new to me and so were my neighbors.

One of my neighbors got acquainted pretty fast and gave me a small brief case, for safe custody, which I did without asking any questions.

During our various interactions he confided that the property which he was holding belonged to his late Dad, who did not make a will before his demise.

The property was in his custody.

As the days passed by, slowly and steadily his sisters started asking him to share the property among them.

For reasons not known he did not oblige and stood grounds.

I knew for good, that what ever he was doing was wrong but I did not have the courage to tell him so.

Time passed by :

On a hot summer noon time, by the persuasion of the Holy Spirit I began to read the Bible and soon my eyes got riveted onto the below verses.

Ezekiel 33:1-9 (King James Version)

1Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

5 He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

7So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

As soon as I finished reading the above Verses, I was moved by the Holy Spirit to take immediate action on that.

And in my spirit I knew exactly, to who this message was to be delivered.

I wasted no time because now I am the watchman and I do not know where the sword is and I was pretty sure that I can’t take any chance, so I practically ran out of the house and headed to my neighbors house. (In the worldly point of view, I really did not have to be so very excited about the passage I read)

On reaching his house, I was told that he had gone to the Church.

Disappointed, I came out of their house and I had a choice of direction in front of me, either to the left or to the right.

Not knowing why, in a moments time I chose the right turn and headed blindly down that lane.

Was that a miracle, that he should be walking towards me??

And there coming from the other end of the lane was none other than my neighbor.

I stopped him right in the middle of the road and started to preach him giving various real life incidences which had happened in my life.

Based on the below references:

The Ten Commandments Ex. 20.1-17

19 Neither shalt thou steal

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Leviticus19

11 Ye shall not steal neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him:

After explaining all this and hoping that he would have felt ashamed for having been stubbornly lusting for others wealth, I persuaded him to share the property with his sisters amicably. But what happened???

Stony heart and deafened ears

After almost an hours time of preaching all this to him, he told me that some how his sisters have found out that the documents of the property is with him.

Suddenly he asked me: “do you remember the brief case which I had given to you, on your arrival?? Please give that back to me, the documents of the property is in that brief case and I have to safe guard them from my sister’s hands”

My God My God, how stony the heart of man is and how deaf are his ears and how much does he lust for others wealth.

I had spoken with fear of the Holy Lord, filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit I spoke, but yet he was so numb to understand what he was doing because he was under the bondage of the Power of Darkness and he was not willing to invite the Power of the true light to shine in his life.

Shocked to the core and with a very sad heart I went back home.

Many of the following passages from the Bible kept ringing in my mind.

Mathew 11.15 He, who has ears, let him hear.

Revelation 22. 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Nah 1:2 God [is] jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and [is] furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies

The next day as usual in the morning I left for my office. On the way I saw my neighbor watering the plants fully immersed in his gardening.

Back home that evening, I had my usual bath and was about to relax when I heart the door bell ring.

When I opened the door, there stood another neighbor whose face was terror struck.

I quickly let her in and anxiously waited to listen to what she had to say.

She was gasping for breath and went on to say that “He is no more” I asked who?? And she pronounced my neighbor’s name with great difficulty as she was still gasping.

I couldn’t believe my ears but she said that it was true and that he had gone for a prayer meeting where he had collapsed and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.

I rushed to that particular hospital and found most of our neighbors and his relatives waiting for the body.

While all of them were waiting, at the far end of the building through a chink of the curtain, my eyes picked up something which resembled like his shoes.

Without telling anyone I rushed into that room and flung the curtain aside to see him lying on the table, his eyes still opened.

I cried bitterly and closed his eyes.

Oh how fast came the judgment, I asked “Lord is this why you asked me to warn him ???”

refuse to conform to the world so that you will enjoy true blessing:

Psalm 128

A song of ascents.

1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.

4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD.

5 May the LORD bless you from Zion all the days of your life;
may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6 and may you live to see your children's children.
Peace be upon Israel.

Dear Friend please send this true life witness to your loved ones so that they will not lust for others possessions and positions so as to avoid the wrath of the Lord Almighty.

** ANOINTED SONG WRITING

2009-03-11T22:42:00.000-07:00

My first encounter with Song Composing

During the winter of 1975 in the Cosmopolitan Garden City of Bangalore, the capital city of the State of Karnataka, South India (now called as Bengaluru), a bunch of kids joined together and formed a Christmas Carol group and named it as the Catholic Christian Association (CCA).

South India has four major languages, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and our group had them all. Though our language of expression was English, none of us had English as our Mother Tongue.

For the first two years we wrote songs using existing melodies of movie songs in Tamil, Malayalam and English. But during the third year our thirst for a new song was born and so one day, during the late night, we were walking up and down inside a bakery which was closed for the day.

I being the leader walked frantically up and down as if I was going to perform a magic – believe me, I can play no instrument but can fairly handle a few of them.

As I was walking suddenly the word “Love one another” flashed into my mind and as if the doors of heaven opened for the occasion, the entire song flowed down within a matter of an hour, there was no stopping, till it was done.

That was my first maiden song which was very well appreciated and many came forward and enquired who the composer was. As I felt that no one would believe that I composed, we replied that it was an existing song in the US. Vow they believed it and loved the song more, asking us to sing again so that they could record, which we did without any fuss.

Years rolled by and song writing became a hobby, thus wrote almost a hundred songs without publishing them, till 1989.

During the winter of 1982, Mr.Roppie, the DJ of the Abu Dhabi FM Radio 98.5 operating from the City of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, announced that there will be a meeting for all those who know song writing and composing.

Vow! What an inviting announcement that was in the desert. The response was not bad, around ten of us gathered there and each one had the opportunity to express what they had in store and when my turn came, I stood up and addressed the gathering that I was interested in getting my songs recorded ASAP and that I was looking for a producer. The best Mr.Roppie could do was to give me the contact address of one Mr.Dram of GEMA Berlin, who was a Director/producer. Thanks to Mr.Dram, he did guide me but nothing came out of it.

The Turning Point:

Finally during the winter of 1989, I was touched by the Power of the Holy Spirit and was born again.

As if by magic I left my stubborn habit of smoking sixty cigarettes and a bottle of whisky each day. From then on one miracle after another followed in my life and finally the Lord Almighty, blessed me decease free since more than fifteen years now. And from then on wrote songs praising the Almighty who made me a new man.

Around 1999, while fasting and praying for twenty one days, for a totally bed ridden person, I was filled by the Power of the Holy Spirit and was anointed with powers as written in the Scripture in Luke 10.19 – 20

¹⁹Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. ²⁰Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

From then on I am more burdened by the Holy Spirit to write songs which would reveal the presence of the Almighty so that the listener will get deliverance, salvation and rejoice being born again.

During the summer of 2008, I decided to go on my own and brought out this first audio Gospel CD, LET MY PEOPLE GO, which has songs revealed by the power of the Holy Spirit. This CD has only six songs and all of them are power packed, with captivating melody, music, lyrics and would set you free and give a new direction and thinking, they are like six gems in a gold box from the treasure trove of the Almighty, each one has a different entity and style, which could be defined as Christian Rock, Philharmonic Sentimental, Reggae, Jewish / Arabic, Jive & Soul

About the Songs in this CD – Produced 2008

There Goes My Savior

In the midst of a forty day fasting, during the Lenten season of 2004, my heart was very much troubled and burdened for the crisis and agony of this world, where in millions are living in tears.

Broken families, broken heartedness, suppressed justice, the list goes on and on. And in spirit, when I looked to the Cross suddenly the Lord revealed HIS last journey Via Dolorosa.

Under the weight of the Cross HE stumbled and fell down and then HE looked back straight into my eyes.

Oh that one look had millions of messages of love. He made me to realize that all that misery HE was going through was due to me and my sins but yet HE never accused me but took all my shame upon the Cross, delivering me.

And I couldn’t bear seeing that pain and agony and my heart whispered to the nearest ones around me and I said “There goes my Savior Jesus Christ”.

He touched me and when you listen, you will never be the same again, cause you will feel being touched.

Let My People Go

While practicing the songs of this CD for recording, my good friend Bro.Raj Kumar (Amal), suddenly asked me, “Uncle, what will be the title for this CD?” My God, I never thought of that and my mind went racing and I was frozen for almost fifteen minutes and suddenly came back to senses and said “Let My People Go”.

He then asked me “Uncle where is the song” I said as of now I don’t have one. And I said let us continue the journey (practice) and the Lord will provide.

Within seven days the Lord revealed the song and the lyrics came rolling down as usual. I sang out the song a couple of time so that he could grab the melody and the style. Then I detailed Bro.Raj about the melody and explained the type and style of music and gave him few examples such as Mustafa & Ava nagila.

Indeed he did a fantastic job and once you listen to the song, you will get thrilled to gift one of the master pieces of this era, to all your friends.

Holy Holy Holy Lord Jehovah

The moment St. Andrews Kirk, Chennai (Madras, India) announced a revival meet to be held on 14^th July 2007, my heart leapt for the occasion.

The Power of the Almighty gave me the entire song within 3days from the date of the announcement and practiced for about half an hour with our Church organist Mr. Arul Siromone.

Those present on that day, including the pastors of Powerhouse church and Emmanuel Methodist church appreciated the song, which was filled with the Power of the Holy Spirit.

It’s an expression of thirst, longing for HIS Kingdom and to redeem billions who are bounded by the power of darkness.

Holy Holy Lord Jehovah Let Thy Kingdom Come

It almost took a year’s time to compose this song way back in the early 1980s, the lyrics were written during 2004 to glorify the Almighty, who gave me a second chance to change my attitude to refrain from a corrupt living, which is adored more in this world.

HE perfected me through HIS word in the Holy Bible, found in 1^st John 3:9 whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Yes the Almighty has already carried all your sins on the cross of Calvary; you are no more a sinner

My Jesus Christ

This melody was composed around 1984 while riding my mobike on the coast of the world’s second longest beach.

It was noon time and the beach was deserted, me and my bike alone, as I kept gliding on the road, the melody flowed into my heart.

The lyrics were written to glorify the Almighty around 2005. Both my daughter Grace Beryl Carolina and my son George Victor Paul raj enjoyed singing them in their Schools.

Father Abraham

Christmas decorations (metal tree hangings) had to be shipped to Restoration hardware USA/Canada from a place called Moradabad in the heartland of India.

I was attached with the buying house Li & Fung (India) and was responsible for the Quality assurance.

During one particular night the production was delayed, so I had to wait in the factory till the cargo was ready. It was well past midnight and I was browsing the internet to kill boredom.

My eyes caught up with many terrorist attacks, war scenarios and the so on worldwide.

Bloodshed everywhere, human blood was splattered everywhere in every nation.

Brother against brother. I saw the Jews and the Arabs fighting, I broke down in tears and my heart called out

“Father Abraham, look at your Children Quarreling”.

** MIRACLE HEALING

2009-03-11T06:13:00.000-07:00

Hi,

How I thirst to share this to anyone who need deliverance from what so ever bondage they might be.

I encourage you to receive the abundant blessing of the almighty through this Miracle witness, which I want to share with you at a time of fear, confusion and anxiety

I have done my best to reduce the length of this testimony, but please have patience to go through the entire length with an open mind. Just believe that our Lord can do wonders and He is the same yesterday, today and for the days to come.

In fact this is how I got salvation and the experience of being born again. If I don’t share this with you then I will not be a witness to the Almighty God who gave this opportunity, because of His mercy.

This happened when I was an atheist, I had no belief in God and I would also talk against God.

I was a bachelor, drunkard and a chain smoker, drinking a full bottle of strong liquor and smoking around 60 cigarettes every day.

1960 - Kabul Afghanistan

My dad was with US AID in Kabul Afghanistan and I was studying at the American International High School.

During the winter of 1962, my mother fell victim to the severe chill weather and had to rush back to Madras, India. She died on 23rd of December, just two days before Christmas.

I was then around six years old and had to leave Kabul once for all and settle down in Madras.

1982 September 13

I was working in the United Arab Emirates based at Dubai & Abu Dhabi (Al Ruwaise), when I received a telex message that my dad had a severe stroke and was admitted in the hospital.

He was in a comma, but yielded to my voice and spoke a few words and that night he breathed out his last.

Ever since then, I had a life of my own, based at Madras.

1988 December: First Major Miracle:

One day in the evening, while in the company of my friends, I started to have the day’s first drink.

When I lifted up my glass to have my first sip of the day, I felt someone telling me not to have the drink, for a moment I paused and dismissed the voice and deliberately took a sip and I felt the taste change in my mouth.

Except me, all others were comfortable with their drink and had no complains. Then I lit up a cigarette which too gave a strange taste and that forced me to stop smoking at least for that moment.

I realized that it was of no use fighting against the ONE who was governing me, though I had never acknowledged Him before, now I had to.

Therefore I told my friends that I am going to call it quits, when they heard what I said, all of them laughed mockingly at me saying that it was not possible for me to do so, since I was the maximum consumer of both drinks as well as smoking.

From that day onwards I used to go to visit that place but I never used to have any drinks, then the days passed by and they knew that I meant business.

Jesus always means business, after all on this earth He was born as a Jew, He will never fail when He comes near you, yes He will gain and win over you no matter who or what you are because He knows how to pull you towards Him – no one can ever escape His dragnet – that’s why they compare Him to a Good Shepherd with a Crook in His hand with which He can gently pull the straying lamb back into His fold.

Yes He succeeded in doing so with me and therefore I gave up both my habits of drinking and smoking and now it’s almost 18 years gone and I never had even the slightest urge to have one.

1989:

Soon after that I got married and simultaneously I lost all my friends because the bondage of my friendship was based on a common factor, that of drinking and smoking.

My wedding was a turning point, my wife introduced me into a prayer life which was very much alien to my earlier life pattern.

Believe me when once I came towards the almighty after giving up drinks, cigarettes etc – trouble started like never before.

My business ran into heavy losses, I lost all my savings, I lost my gold, I lost my land, I was not in a position to maintain my day to day living I was unable to pay my rent and in such a situation my first child was about to be born.

My wife was hospitalized almost during the 8th month of her pregnancy and was fighting against certain health conditions.

It so happened that during the 9th month the fetal moment stopped. The chief Doctor was out of station therefore the junior Doctor could not take any decision on the course of action.

All of a sudden the situation became alarming and it sounded that there was no more time left until you do something immediately to rescue both the mother and the child who were slated to be in danger.

The agony and the restlessness began and one after the other my well wishers came to me requesting me to join them for a prayer at a particular prayer group.

I was angry and I said why I should go to some man of prayer who will pray for me. I said that I will my self-call unto the Lord almighty and if HE is a true God then HE will hear my prayers and help me. After that every one left me and went off to sleep.

MY FIRST PRAYER OF HELPLESSNESS:

I can never forget that night in my lifetime. I was all alone sitting in that hospital corridor; it was past 1 a.m. in the early morning. I made sure that no one was around.

Then perhaps for the first time in my life I knelt down on the floor and began to pray and it was nothing but a chain of complaints – which was flowing from the store well from within, which had been stored right from the beginning of my life.

I recalled all my bitter past – right from the time I had lost my mother when I was just six years old and the kind of agony and troubles that which followed thereafter.

I had to migrate from place to place in such a manner that I had to study in seven schools to complete ten years of high school studies.

My struggle to higher educate myself without any income – my abrupt return from my overseas assignment only to find my father dying, who when saw me asked ‘where is your mum’. I comforted him by saying that she is on her way, he said ok and then breathed out His last.

I went on praying about me having given up the rotten habits of drinking and smoking, yielding to HIS call.

And after all this rehabilitation, He gave me a nice family, but made me to lose my business which was having a turnover of nearly 30 lakh Indian Rupees during 83-84 which is around 75000 USD as per the current rate as on 17.09.07.

I also lost all my gold, my savings my land and now all of a sudden everything seemed like slipping away from me.

I asked the almighty – “Why then did you rehabilitate and turn me towards you. And finally now you want to bury all my hopes” - like wise my prayer went on till almost past two a.m.

After pouring out my heart to the almighty through my prayer of tears, I slowly lied down on the hospital bench in the same corridor. The moment I lied down.

I felt something poking from the inside of my pocket and when I ventured, I found out that it was a biblical tract, inside which I had kept the hospital bills. Something told me to open and read that very page in which I had kept the bills.

There I found a small story based on Mathew chapter 8 verses 23 - 26, If you visualize that event, through your eyes of faith, you could see Jesus boarding the boat and commanding his disciples " Let us go on to the other side of the sea" and then has a peaceful sleep.

Suddenly a tempest (storm) builds up and the boat begins to toss violently and as well get filled up with the sea water and almost everyone on board got panicked; only one of them was peacefully sleeping who was none other than their master.

Finally they lost their patience and woke Him up and told Him – Master there’s a heavy tempest and the water is gushing into the boat, we are sinking, Master wake up and do something.

The Master then woke up and said ‘why are you fearful? O you of little faith’ Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.” The tempest simply obeyed Him without any fuss. He further went on telling “Did I not tell you ‘We will go to the other side of the sea ‘then why do you look at the storm and the roaring sea ‘.

That very moment I believed with all my heart that HE is with me and that I don’t have to fear anything that might appear threateningly in my path – yes I don’t have to fear even if I have to walk through the valley of death because HE walks before me.

Later around 3 a.m. the duty doctor who was on rounds found that the situation was worsening, hearing this my sister in law woke me up and again asked me to join for a prayer, however I said that Jesus had already answered me and therefore I do not want to doubt HIM anymore nor do I want to give room for unfaithfulness, then I went to sleep again.

The next day morning I gave a thanks-giving advertisement in the leading English daily of India – THE HINDU – thanking Jesus for all the mercy and kindness HE had shown to me.

People thought that I had gone crazy:

Those around me thought that I had gone crazy, because in a grave situation like that, where there was no sign of even a miracle, I had given a thanks giving advertisement for the miracles which the Lord has done.

In the meantime the progress chart was removed from the bedside of my wife, so as to reduce the tension.

After another seven days the chief doctor came back from her vacation and then performed an EMERGENCY OPERATION – and what happened was the beginning of GODS BLESSING FOR THE FAITH I had DEMONSTRATED - yes my child was born alive and my wife was completely out of danger.

However the doctors kept the child inside an oxygen tent saying that “she was yet not out of danger” – even after one month in the same tent, the doctors refused to take her out, stating that the child will collapse, if removed from the oxygen tent.

I got furious and fought against the medical officer, who ultimately came to terms under one condition that I had to give in writing that I very well know about the health condition of the child and that against medical advice I was taking the child.

When once I met the conditions, which the doctors had laid down, they handed over my daughter to me.

However the doctor gave me a long report stating that my child has some severe Heart condition and therefore asked me to take her to one of the leading heart specialist Dr.Cherian.

For two days I paid no attention to the doctor’s advice and this infuriated my mother in law who asked me why I was not taking the child to the heart specialist, I again told her that by faith I am sure that my child is ok.

But she kept on insisting that I must follow the Doctor’s advice.

Finally I took my child to the doctor who went through the report and ultimately laid my child on the observation table and vacuum plugged various points of the child which had to be monitored.

We were asked to be present there and after about an hour’s observation the doctor turned towards me and asked “which doctor gave this report” and went on to say that the child’s heart is perfectly ok and that fluid could have entered her lungs while still in the mother’s womb.

He referred us to a child specialist to treat for that condition which ultimately vanished.

Today (sep 17, 2007) my daughter is hail and healthy and is pursuing her collegiate education in one of the leading city college.

Miracle after miracle!!! Praise Jesus.

The almighty blessed me again with a Son.

One day when he was around 2 months old, I went out for an evangelical meeting around 4 pm and came back home around 9 pm.

I asked my wife, if he was troublesome? And prompt came, the answer that he has been sleeping from the time I had left.

This answer made me uncomfortable, as no child will sleep that long, which was almost 3 hrs from the time I left home, therefore I went near to the cradle and took a close look and what I saw shook me, my son’s face had become blue at once I pushed the sweaters up and found that the entire body has become blue.

I could not understand what it was but knew that the condition “blue” was something very alarming.

We were new to that area and therefore had no idea where to go for immediate help.

So I rushed downstairs, to meet my landlord, who was staying in the ground floor and asked them for his guidance.

They at once took us to the doctor who was living diagonally opposite to our house, where he doesn’t practice.

The doctor was having his dinner, however when he heard about the situation, he abruptly got up from the dinner table and came to our house and examined my son.

Without wasting any more time the doctor asked us to rush my son to Child trust hospital and he as well gave a letter to get the child admitted there.

What a loving and kind hearted Hindu doctor was he that without making any excuse about having his dinner, he at once came to my rescue?

Until that day, I did not know that he practiced medicine, because I did not know that he was a doctor. Whether he practiced medicine or not, that day he practically practiced, to “Love one another”

Well, however on reaching the hospital, I had a rude shock.

There were around 4 doctors who examined my son and by seeing his hopeless condition, they politely asked us to take my son back home and bring him the next day (which they thought would never come in his life).

All the doctors coolly took a walk inside, leaving me behind gaping at them.

I got the message and so did those who came with me, therefore all of them decided to take the child to some other nearby hospital.

However, I firmly stood ground, with my son, on my arms, who went limp.

I looked unto the Almighty and said “Lord you have sent me here, therefore I will not leave this place nor will I go and request those doctors to help my son, but YOU talk to them and direct them to come and admit my child”

A little later one of the lady doctor came out of the cabin and walked towards me and said, “I will take responsibility and admit your child” Praise the Lord, how wonderful our Lord is.

After 12 long prayerful days my son came back to normalcy, who was kept under hear generating lamps.

THE ACID TEST

Soon after my son’s recovery, I developed some kind of a skin ailment, which resembled like multitude of pimples, initially appearing on my face and then rapidly spread all over my body.

From my childhood, I used to fall sick pretty often and after some medication I used to overcome the situation.

Therefore I just took the matter very casually and went to one doctor who performed every possible test and ultimately wanted to see my family members also.

Baffled, I left him and ran to another doctor, who too went through various tests and during one such test, the doctor who was monitoring the tests asked me if I was travelling overseas, because this particular certification was mandatory at that time for overseas travel.

John 8:44 (NIV) …… He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 10:10 (NIV) the thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

With all these reports on hand, I went to the Chief of Dermatology at Stanley Medical College, (Madras) Chennai.

He did not have to go for any tests, one look and he termed the disease as incurable and that it would spread all over the body, however, he consoled me by prescribing 3 capsules a day, each costing about rupees seventy five (USD$1.5 approx) so as to reduce the rapidity of spreading.

Thus he offered me a certified “citizen ship” for the disease and wanted me to accept it.

Going by his experience and the world offered scientific intelligence, whatever he said was true.

He also advised morning sun bath, after applying some specially made ointment.

By then the rashes had almost already spread all over my body in an alarming state, leaving behind visible signs, which would make anyone think twice to commune with me.

Satan was suggesting me to run away to some far off place where no one can recognize me.

I was beginning to feel delicate to touch my children or even to touch anything at home, with the fear that I might infect others.

I walked out of the clinic and almost broke down, with tears running down my eyes;

I looked unto the Lord without opening my mouth. Fully choked, I had no words to pray. And was driving back home with a very heavy heart.

But the Almighty had other ways to communicate, console and reassure me.

Suddenly I ran into a traffic jam at a cross road and I had to stop for a moment and at that very moment I saw an auto rickshaw (a three wheel buggy in this part of the world) approaching from the left side intersection almost directly driving towards me and my eyes caught the biblical verse written just above the wind shield in Tamil.

“FEAR NOT; FOR I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE NORFORESAKE THEE”.

I continued to drive a little further in silence. Then I saw yet another auto rickshaw on which was written “JESUS LOVES YOU”.

Now I could not fight back my tears nor could I keep quiet without expressing my feeling, so I began to cry helplessly acknowledging the presence of the Almighty through those biblical verses.

I said “Yes Lord, Thou surround me, almost comforting me with YOUR nail pierced hands, but why am I in this miserable condition”.

I continued to say “Lord, I have been bearing witness for all the Miracle and mercies, which THOU have shown me.

Now who will believe me if ever I go and tell them about the miracles which you have done in my life?

Will they not laugh at me to see myself in this disgusting state trying to talk about miracles???”

This time it was His turn and HE answered me very sharply in Tamil

“NEEE ARPPA VISUVASIYA IRRUKA” which means “YOU ARE WITH VERY LITTLE FAITH”

I was still riding on the bike and was weeping like a little child and answered back “YES LORD, I AM ASHAMED FOR HAVING SO LITTLE A FAITH, that till now I had been running from one doctor to another without coming to YOU in spite of the numerous Miracles, which YOU had done for me”

I felt so ashamed for believing SATAN’S LIE who made use of the intellectual man to paint a picture of “Gone Case” that this disease is incurable.

I felt ashamed that I did not hold on to the wisdom of the Lord

After reaching home, I filled a bucket of water in the bathroom and prayed over it saying,

“JESUS, THIS IS YOUR BLOOD WHICH YOU SHED ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY SO AS TO REDEEM ME FROM THE CLUTCHES OF SATAN, LORD WASH ALL MY SIN WITH YOUR PRECIOUS BLOOD”

Each time I poured the water on my head, I kept repeating the same thing over and over again and was praising Jesus for washing me with His blood with so much of affection, that He did not curse me for my sins, He never blamed me that He had to undergo this gruesome path of Calvary because of my Sins.

I continued doing this for about 15 to 20 days and everything vanished without any trace.

Its more than 10 yrs now, neither did I get that decease nor did I get any other sickness.

I praise Him so much for giving me that stubborn faith to cling on to Him, so that He could execute His will, through multitudes of His Miracle.

Yes we need GUTS and courage to believe Jesus whole heartedly at a time when everything seems to be impossible and only at this critical point, He will fulfill His word “I will not leave thee nor forsake thee”

Now it is your turn to exercise that very same faith, just believe that Jesus has delivered you THIS VERY MOMENT

His message is very clear, there is no hope to those who have no faith, but for those who believe that HE is with you and nothing can even touch you, and then He performs miracle.

An unshakable faith is what HE demands.

Do not look at the current circumstances – after all HE is the one who gives the breath of life and HE has been doing that ever since HE created Adam and Eve, yes HE breathed HIS breath of life into Adams nostrils, HE is still doing that for you and me.

Therefore fear not the game played by the power of darkness which sends all kinds of diseases.

Yes this very moment He is rebuking the Evil spirit which is tormenting you with diseases, LISTEN TO HIS VOICE, HE says that ‘I am the LORD that Healeth thee’ “Fear Not for I am with You”.

He will put the intellectuals to shame, when you hold HIM high with your faith. Yes the doctors will search for a sign and they will not find it.

YES, THE EGYPTIAN YOU ARE SEEING TODAY WILL NOT BE SEEN HERE AFTER, THE HANDS OF OUR MIGHTY LORD IS AGAINST THE ONE WHO TOUCHED YOU.

Yes He will not keep quiet when someone touches the apple of HIS eyes and YOU ARE THE APPLE OF HIS EYES.

Remember HE has revealed HIMSELF to Moses as a FIERY FIRE;

HE has answered Elijah with FIRE, which means that every word that proceedeth from HIS mouth is a twin edged fiery FIRE of a Sword.

Non can escape after touching the apple of HIS eyes, yes this moment the one which touched you is consumed by the FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, OUR FATHER in Heaven cannot bear HIS children suffering.

Therefore HE has delivered you now, so that you will Glorify HIS name wherever you go for the rest of your life.

The TONGUES OF FIRE of the Holy Lord will proceed hereafter from within you.

In the journey of your life HE will accompany you as a CLOUD during the day and as a PILLAR of fire during the night – yes you don’t have to worry at all – Do not look at the storm when you walk on the sea, because if you look at the storm you will sink but if you look only at your Master and walk confidently you will walk through the valley of death without fear and you will reach the other side at ease – yes you will not stumble and fall but you will be walking TALL.

Just thank the Lord for healing you this very moment and have no bitterness or anger concealed in your heart, pray for those who have hurt you.

The Lord is with you, AMEN.

Once I was lost but now am saved

2007-08-02T03:53:00.000-07:00

Hi,

this is a true expression of what had happened in my life, nothing distorted for any gain.

Though miracles has been happening from my Childhood, am discussing the main part of the miracle.

Having lost my mother when I was just 6 yrs old, followed by a jig saw life style where in I had to study 7 schools to complete 10 yrs of schooling.