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Bethel Methodist Church, Bangalore

Bethel Tidings (For private circulation only )

A BILINGUAL MONTHLY BULLETIN OF BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH

April 2017

Bethel Methodist Church, Bangalore 2

WSCS Sunday


Pastor: Rev. T. David Livingston Cell: 99865 26450 E-mail: [email protected]

Bethel Methodist Church 21&22, Bethel Nagar, 1st

Main, Off Kodigehall i Road, K.R.Puram Hobli,

BANGALORE - 560 036. www.bmcbangalore.org

Contents Page

WSCS Sunday Events 2 Pastoral Letter - English 3 Pastoral Letter - Tamil 4 Announcements 6 Missionary Profile - Fanny Crosby 7 Testimony 9 Prayer diary 11 Quotations - The Cross 13 City life - Persecution 14 True Discipleship 18 Kids Section 20 Program Schedule - April 2017 21 Vacation Bible School Announcements 23 Pulpit Calendar 24

Volume 11 - 4

Pastoral Letter

Dearly beloved,

Greetings to you in the Lord. I am sure the Lent season is helping you come closer to God through your special spiritual exercises. My ministry in Dubai was good and fruitful. God took and used me there by providing this opportunity of visiting another country. Thank you to all of you for your en-couragement and prayer support. I appreciate the Area Fellowships for won-derfully leading Friday Lenten Services. Thanks to Bro. Vijay Santhaseelan for conducting the 40-40 prayers every morning. Once again this year we will have our United Easter Service of the Bangalore Methodist Churches at Bald-win’s grounds on Easter Day. Our honorable Bishop N.L. Karkare delivers God’s Word. Please attend this meeting and be blessed. Let all these help us to face the Holy Week with deeper meaning. Let us receive the power of Res-urrection in our lives from the God of Easter.


‘Jesus rising from the dead’ is not for a demonstration to impress on the people but to do the very important thing for humanity, to set the path-way of heaven for them. Jesus’ death and resurrection is the only way out of hell and way in for heaven to us. Following Jesus, the first-fruit of resurrec-tion is to follow heaven. Further, although heaven is a free gift for us, it is giv-en as a reward to achieve. That was the condition our Lord Jesus Christ him-self took on him. Jesus achieved the reward of resurrection for obeying his Father while in earth, which is the way for us to follow. Jesus had to set a tar-get, then focus on what he should do, face Satan the agent of tests and with-stand, then reach Cross the altar of Sacrifice. Finally comes the reward of Res-urrection. Satan constantly tried to divert him from his attention of going to the Cross. But firm decision and resolve of Jesus helped him to taste the vic-tory. This leads us to some foundational questions. Is heaven made our clear target? Is there a decision made already to reach that ultimate point? It requires sacrificing and disowning of anything and everything at the feet of Cross. In such a decision lies the power of resurrection. Today, the teaching of sacrifice, giving up and disowning does not sell much. The message of Cross is interpreted for worldly gains instead of godly gains. Paul gently ex-horts us in this context to set our minds on things above. “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above,

where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things

above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:1-2

Let us look into the Scriptures once again. Let us seek the things that are above. No one can serve two masters - both God and mammon together. May our meditation of Cross be fruitful in these lines this month. I am sure the VBS programmes that are coming up in April are going to greatly excite the kids of our church and neighbourhood. We are going to have 5 VBS pro-grammes in and through our Church. May the Lord give us a rich harvest through these programmes. I encourage all the members of the congregation to generously, willingly and voluntarily involve, contribute and support the very important VBS ministries in this month. Grace be with you always.

Rev. T. David Livingston

இம்மாதத்தில் பிறந்த நாள் மற்றும் திருமண நாள் காணும் அனைவனையும்

சனபயின் சார்பாக வாழ்த்துகிறறாம். கர்த்தர் உங்கனை ஆசீர்வதிப்பாைாக!

Wishes from congregation to all who celebrate Birthday

and Wedding Anniversary this month. May God Bless you!


றபாதகர் மடல் மிகவும் பிரியமானவரக்ளே,

ஆண்டவராகிய இளயசு கிறிஸ்துவின் நாமதத்ில்

வாழ்த்துக்கே். இந்த லலந்து காலங்கேில் ஆவிக்குரிய பயிற்சிகோல்,

ளதவளனாடு லநருங்கி வாழ முயற்சி லெய்கிறீரக்ே் என நம்புகிளறன்.

துபாயில் என்னுடடய சிறுவர ் ஊழியம் பயனுே்ேதாக அடமந்தது.

உங்களுடடய ஆதரவிற்கும் லெபங்களுக்கும் எனது நன்றி. பகுதி

வாரியான ஐக்கியங்கோல் நடத்தபடும் லவே்ேி மாடல லலந்துகால

ஆராதடனகே் சிறப்பாக அடமந்து வருகின்றன. தினமும் 40-40

லெபத்டத நடத்திவரும் திரு. விெய் ொந்தசீலன் அவரக்ளுக்கு எனது

நன்றி. இந்த வருடமும் லபங்களூரின் அடனத்து லமத்தடிஸ்ட்

திருெெ்டபகளுக்கான ஐக்கிய ஈஸ்டர ் அதிகாடல ஆராதடன

பால்டவ்ின் டமதானத்தில் நடடலபற உே்ேது. நமது மரியாடதக்குரிய

பிஷப் என்.எல்.கரக்ளர அவரக்ே் ளதவ லெய்தி அேிக்கிறாரக்ே். இதில்

பங்குலகாண்டு ளதவ ஆசீரவ்ாதத்டத லபற்றுக்லகாே்ளுமாறு உங்கடே

ளகடக்ிளறன். இடவ யாவும் ஆழமான ெத்தியத்துடன் லபரிய

வாரத்திற்குே்ோக கடந்து லென்று உயிரத்ல்தழுந்த ஆண்டவரின்

வல்லடமடய நமது வாழ்வில் லபற்று அநுபவிக்க உதவி லெய்வதாக

இளயசு மரித்ளதாரிலிருந்து உயிருடன் எழுந்தது, மனிதடர

வியக்கடவத்து பிரியப்படுத்துவதற்காக அல்ல. மாறாக,

மனுக்குலத்திற்கு பரளலாகத்டத அடடயும் வழிடய ஏற்படுதத்ும்

முக்கியமான ளநாக்கத்திற்காக அதடன லெய்து முடித்தார.் இளயசு

மரித்து உயிரத்ல்தழுந்ததின் மூலமாக மாத்திரளம, நாம் நரக

ஆக்கிடனயிலிருந்து பிடழத்து பரளலாக வாழ்டவ அடடய முடியும்.

உயிரத்ல்தழுதலின் முதற்கனியாகிய இளயசுடவப் பின்பற்றுவதன்

மூலமாக நாம் பரளலாக வாழ்டவ அடடய முடியும். ளமலும், பரளலாக

வாழ்வு இலவெமாக் லகாடுக்கப்படும் பரிசுப்லபாருே் அல்ல, முயற்சி

லெய்து அடடயத்தக்க லவகுமதி அது. பூமியில் வாழ்ந்த நாடக்ேில், தமது

பரம பிதாவாகிய ளதவனுடடய சித்தத்திற்கு தன்டன முற்றிலும்

அரப்்பணித்ததின் மூலம் உயிரத்ல்தழுதலாகிய லவகுமதிடய அவர ்

லபற்றார.் அதடனளய நாமும் பின்பற்ற ளவண்டும். இளயசு ஒரு

ளநாக்கமுடடயாராய் வாழ்ந்து, ொத்தானின் ளொதடனகடே

ளமற்லகாண்டு, மனிதருக்கான பலியாக தன்டன சிலுடவ மரணத்திற்கு

ஒப்புக்லகாடுத்தார.் அதன் பின்னளர உயிரத்ல்தழுதலாகிய லவகுமதி

அவருக்கு கிடடக்கப்லபற்றது. சிலுடவ மரணதட்த காணாதபடி பல

ளவடேகேில் ொத்தான் அவடர ளொதித்தாலும், தன்னுடடய

ளநாக்கத்டத அடடவதில் அவர ் தீரக்்கமாய் இருந்ததினால்,

உயிரத்ல்தழுதலாகிய லவற்றிடய அவர ்ருசிபாரத்்தார.்

இது நம் மனதில் சில அடிப்படட ளகே்விகடே எழுப்புகிறது.

பரளலாக வாழ்வு எனது லதேிவான ளநாக்கமாக உே்ேதா? நித்திய

பரளலாக வாழ்டவ அடடய தீரக்்கமான முடிவு என்னில் உண்டா? நமக்கு

உரியடவ அடனத்டதயும் சிலுடவயின் கீழ் அரப்்பணித்து

தியாகத்துடன் வாழ்வதின் மூலம் உயிரத்ல்தழுதலின் வல்லடமடய நாம்

லபற முடியும். இன்று அரப்ணிப்டபயும் தியாகத்டதயும் குறித்த

ளபாதடனடய பலரும் ளகடக் விரும்புவதில்டல. சிலுடவ உபளதெம்,

மனிதருக்கான நன்டமடயயும் ஆசீவாதத்டதயும் மடட்ுளம டமயமாக


லகாண்டு ளபாதிக்கப்படுகிறது. அப்ளபாஸ்தலனாகிய பவுல் பரளலாக

வாழ்டவ நமது ளநாக்கமாக லகாே்ே ளவண்டும் எனபடத இவ்வாறு

லதேிவுபடுத்துகிறார:் “நீங்கே் கிறிஸ்துவுடன்கூட எழுந்ததுண்டானால்,

கிறிஸ்து ளதவனுடடய வலது பாரிெத்தில் வீற்றிருக்கும் இடத்திலுே்ே

ளமலானடவகடேத் ளதடுங்கே். பூமியிலுே்ேடவகடேயல்ல,

ளமலானடவகடேளய நாடுங்கே். லகாளலாசியர ்3: 1-2.

மறுபடியும் ளவதாகமத்டத ஆராய்ந்து பாரப்்ளபாம்.

ளமலானடவகடே நாடுளவாம். இரண்டு எெமான்களுக்கு ஊழியம்

லெய்ய ஒருவனாலும் கூடாது. சிலுடவடயக் குறித்த நமது தியானம்

இதடன டமயமாக லகாண்டு அடமயடட்ும். இம்மாதத்தில் நடடலபற

உே்ே ஐந்து விடுமுடற ளவதாகம பே்ேிகளும் சிறப்பாக அடமய

லெபிப்ளபாம். இந்த சிறுவர ் ஊழியத்தில் உங்கேது பங்கேிப்டப

உதாரத்துவமான ஒருங்கிடணப்பினாலும், காணிக்டககோலும்,

லெபத்தினாலும் தாங்கும்படியாக அடழக்கிளறன்.

ளதவ கிருடப உங்களுடன் தரித்திருப்பதாக.

ப ோதகர் பேவிே் லிவிங்ஸ்ேன்

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lenten Special

40-40 prayer: (40 minutes for 40 days) goes on in church at 6:30 am. Mr. Vijay Santhaseelan co-ordinates. Special prayers for all the families of BMC are done.

Maundy Thursday: Holy Communion Service at 7:30 pm Guest Speaker is Mr Manoj Moses (The Gideons International). There will be a special Self-Denial offertory collected in covers towards the Gideon’s Internation ministry for the purpose of printing and distributing the Holy Bible. Kindly give your self-denial offertories very generously.

Good Friday Tamil Service: At 8:00 am, on the theme—’Power of the Cross to

save us’ by Bro. Mathew and the singing team

Good Friday English Service: At 11:30 am, on the theme—’Power of the Cross in

real life stories. It will be led by the English Area fellowship teams

Come and listen to the touching Stories of

1. Story of forgiveness in Christ 2. Story of Repentance to Jesus 3. Honoring the family 4. Isolated for the cause of Christ 5. Starved for Christ 6. Sacrificial achievement for Christ 7. Turning and Meeting God in life


Missionary Profile Mrs. Jhansi Praveen FANNY CROSBY - Blind but not bound Birth: Frances Jane Crosby was born on March 24,1820 in the vil-lage of Brewster, about 50 miles north of New York. She was the only daughter of John and Mercy Crosby. At six weeks old, Fanny caught a cold and developed in-flammation in her eyes. Homemade medicine made of mustard paste was applied to treat the inflamma-tion. It is thought that this procedure damaged her optic nerves and blinded her, but modern physi-cians think that her blindness was more likely con-genital and, given her age, may simply not have been noticed by her parents. Her father died when she was only six months old, so she was raised by her mother and maternal grandmother Eunice Pad-dock Crosby. When Fanny was three, the family moved to New York. Childhood and Early life: Fanny was always a happy and con-tented child. This contentment is seen in her very first poem which

she composed at the tender age of eight. "It has been the motto of

my life," she says. The poem reads thus:

"O what a happy soul am I! Although I cannot see, I am resolved that in this world Contented I will be; How many blessings I enjoy That other people don't! To weep and sigh because I'm blind, I cannot, and I won't.''

This has continued to be her philosophy. She later remarked: "It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the freedom. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me." Fanny memorized five chapters of the Bible each week from age 10, with the encouragement of her grandmother. By age 15, she had memorized the four gospels, the Pentateuch, the Book of Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, and many of the Psalms. From 1832, a music teacher came twice a week to give singing lessons to her and some of the other children.

Education: Her mother's hard work paid off. Shortly before her fifteenth birthday, Crosby was sent to the recently founded New York Institute for the Blind, which would be her home for 23 years: 12 as a student, 11 as a teacher. During that time she learned to play the piano, organ, harp, and guitar, and became a good soprano singer. By age 23, Crosby was addressing the Congress and mak-ing friendships with presidents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_nervehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_gospelshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentateuchhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Proverbshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_Songshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms


Marriage: Another member of the NYIB, Alexander van Alstine, who was also blind married Fanny Crosby in March 5, 1858. He was one of New York's best organists and even wrote the music for many of Crosby's hymns. Their only daughter was born in 1859, but died tragically in her sleep as an infant. Fanny’s husband became increasingly reclusive after the death of his daughter. America's Hymn Queen: Fanny Crosby wrote nearly 9000 best remembered hymns. But she did not begin her hymn writing until she was in her forties. Publisher and hymn writer William B. Brad-bury was unhappy with the quality of many of the hymns that were submitted to him for publication. He heard of Fanny's talent, and after verifying her ability, promptly hired her to write hymns for his company. She was under contract to submit three hymns a week to her pub-lisher and often wrote six or seven a day (for a dollar or two each), many of which became incredibly popular. Famous Hymns: Fanny knew she needed God's help in this new endeavour. Fanny's life was God-centred. When she was not en-gaged in song writing, she worked in churches and missions. She once described her hymn writing process this way: "It may seem a little old-fashioned, always to begin one's work with prayer, but I never undertake a hymn without first asking the good Lord to be my inspiration." And God provided inspiration from all areas of Fanny's life. One evening at a mission service a young man told her that he had promised to meet his mother in heaven. She went home imme-diately and wrote the wonderful hymn, “Rescue the Perishing”. While passing by a prisoner, she heard the man cry, O Lord, don't pass me by, which quickly became the hymn "Pass Me Not, O Gen-tle Saviour." When her friend Howard Doan played a melody for her and said, "See if it says anything to you," her joyful reply was, "Why, that says, 'Safe in the arms of Jesus!’” Within a half an hour, she had finished the poem. Her most famous hymn, "Blessed Assur-ance," is a personal testimony of her salvation. Fanny could write very complex hymns and compose music with a more classical structure, but she preferred to write simple, sentimental verses that could be used for evangelism Later life and Death: In 1880, aged 60, Fanny made "a commit-ment to Christ to serve the poor" and to devote the rest of her life to home missionary work. She was active in speaking engagements and missionary work among America's urban poor almost until she died. She continued to write poetry up to her death, a month shy of her ninety-fifth birthday. “Take the world, but give me Jesus; in His cross my trust shall be, till with clearer brighter vision, face to face my Lord I see.” "You will reach the river brink, some sweet day, bye and bye," was her last stanza. She once said, "When I get to heav-en, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Saviour”.

“It is not enough to have a song on your lips. You must also have a song in your heart.” Fanny Crosby.


Testimony Mrs Shoba Barolia To God be the Glory, for He saved me, a wretched sinner.

I am not worthy of God’s grace that I have received abundantly in my life. I was born and brought up in a Roman Catholic family. We attended church regularly and I also attended catechism classes on the insistence of my grandmother though I did not like to attend these classes. In 1987, a friend of my father invited us to the Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship (LEF). We started attending this church every Sunday as a family and I attended the Sunday classes. I had never read the Bible before, and as I started reading the Word of God, I found new truths and God’s Word touched me and cleansed me. I confessed my sins to the pastor aunty, for my disobedience I asked my par-ents for forgiveness, for exams in which I had copied – I confessed to my teachers and for the times I had travelled without a ticket, I paid back to the Railways. I reconciled with friends with whom I had had misunderstanding.

The years 1994 to 96 were a challenge to me. I attended the Youth Retreats conducted by LEF. The life of Joseph and David’s walk with God chal-lenged me. The church taught me what a life of strict Christian discipline meant and for this I am still greatly thankful. God spoke to me through Isaiah 52:1 – ‘Awake, awake, Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your gar-ments of splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.’ I determined to let go of my sins and cleanse myself with God’s help. I loved to read the Bible, pray and share my testimony to my friends. During this time, I was baptized. By the grace of God, I completed my post graduation. When I went through trials and temptations, I clung to God’s promises and always remembered the song “My God can do anything, any-thing, yes anything…”

The circumstances that followed in my life and family were not always easy. I got married to a man from the Hindu faith. Life has its up and downs but God is my refuge and strength and my constant pillar of support, and I know that because of Him, I can face tomorrow. God has blessed us with two children, a son and daughter. By God’s grace, I am bringing my children to church. Some of my friends in BMC, especially from the WSCS, are supportive of me and pray for me and my family. I am grateful to God for all of them. I pray that God would work miraculously in my family and that one day we, as a family, will be able to serve God together and testify that Christ is the only Saviour who can redeem sinners. I pray my husband should come to know the love of Christ and that my son and daughter should grow firm in the faith and learn that Christ and Christ alone is enough for them to live and to face tomorrow. I humbly request you all to pray for me and my family. Praise be to God.


Prayer Diary - A point a day Compiled by Mr. Dilip John METHODIST CHURCHES

1. AROUND THE WORLD - That the selection of Pastors, leaders and all will be done according to the LORD's will (Acts 14:23) and those already part of it may work to fulfill their calling (Colossians 4:17).

MISSION ORGANIZATIONS

2. COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL - Operated in India for about 30 years bringing in ~292 crores a year supporting 344 NGOs (The Hindu, 3rd Feb 2017). ~1,45,000 children to losing sponsorship because of this (Christianity Today, 9th December 2016). Our LORD keeps sending mes-sages like this to us (Christians in India) to fill this vacuum and do even more.

3. BAPTIST HOSPITAL - Praise the LORD for this shining Christian hospital in our city. Let us continue to pray that they will fulfill their vision of "Healing and Wholeness in the spirit of Jesus Christ" and their daily mis-sion "to provide quality, holistic care to all people and train others to do the same, sharing the love of Jesus Christ, drawing people to him and growing together into a mature community." Let us also pray that all needs of the hospital will be met by Indian Christians.

WORLD 4. SOUTH KOREA - Their elected president in 2012, Park Geun-hye, is now

impeached and has vacated the presidential palace. Let us pray that a Godly leader will take charge and that the Protestant Christian percent-age which has largely remained unchanged since the 1980s (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/12/6-facts-about-christianity-in-south-korea/) will grow rapidly and be honoured (2 Thessalonians 3:1).

5. ZIMBABWE - A high court judge, Justice Mangota, in the country recently outlawed corporal punishment of children at home and in schools. Let us pray for a balanced approach throughout the world, where neither is any child abused (Ephesians 6:4) nor failed to be corrected for any wrong done (Proverbs 23:13).

6. SYRIA - Twin bombings on 11th March left over 70 dead, many of whom were Iraqi pilgrims who had traveled to visit Shia shrines. Many pro-government security forces were also killed. In April 1st week, more than 100 people were killed by chemical attack, wherein many innocent chil-dren lost their lives. Let us pray for the bereaved families and for all to commit their places to the LORD and not believe that we can of our own strength maintain safety (Psalm 127:1).

7. TURKEY & EU - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to win a referendum, turning the country's parliamentary system into a


presidential one, consolidating the three legislative branches into one executive branch under him. Roughly 4.6 million expatriate Turks live in Western Europe whose votes are being sought for this. Citing security concerns Germany, Austria, Switzerland have prevented referendum ral-lies with Netherlands barring a Turkish minister and diplomat from enter-ing. Let us pray for proper guidance and good advisors for these nations (Proverbs 11:14).

INDIA

8. LEADERS OF OUR COUNTRY - That our LORD would touch our PM, RSS, VHP and other organizations leaders and all those who follow them. Let them acknowledge our LORD as Nebuchadnezzar did (Daniel 4) and work for our LORD as Paul (1 Corinthians 15:9,10).

9. GOVERNMENTS FORMED IN 5 STATES - New governments have been formed in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab. Let us pray that as per Psalm 2:10,11, our rulers and judges will be wise, instructed, serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.

10. EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM - Praise our LORD for all the Christian educa-tional institutions running in the country. Let us pray that we will have true educational freedom and moves like making Bhagavad Gita, even in the guise of moral teaching, or any such text compulsory will not be there. Let us also pray that we Christians will not just stop at running ed-ucational institutions but write relevant curriculums, far better than CBSE or any board, even in colleges and Universities (Daniel 1:20) and glorify our LORD through it.

11. SANITATION WORKERS - Last month 3 sanitation workers were suffocat-ed to death in Kaggadasapura main road in CV Raman Nagar, pray for the bereaved families. The workers union reports that over 1300 sanitation workers die every year at work. Let us pray that this evil practice is put to an end and Biblical standards in work, employers and environments are in place (Ephesians 6:9).

12. FOOD POISONING - Last month 3 students died in a school hostel in Huli-yar allegedly after food poisoning. Let us pray that right from the seed stage, our food will not be contaminated and that people will have a ten-der heart (Ezekiel 36:26) so as to not take anything casually.

PASSION DAYS

13. MAUNDY THURSDAY - Let us pray that we not just stop at calling Christ our Master and LORD but live as He lived (John 13:13-15).

14. GOOD FRIDAY - Let us pray for those who see the cross as a stumbling block or foolishness that they be called of the LORD (1 Corinthians 1:23,24).

15. SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER- Let us daily take time to be still and know our LORD (Psalm 46:10).


16. EASTER - Let us pray that the nations will believe that Christ will come in glory and be prepared for His judgment (Matthew 25:31,32).

BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH 17. PASTOR - Thank the LORD for our Pastor and his wife. Let us continue to

pray for them, their future, their children and all the needs before them. (Numbers 6:24-26)

18. SUMMAR VACATION - For all those traveling that the LORD be with them. For us to minister to our families and take care of their needs. Chil-dren to know not just the city life but grow holistically.

19. VBS - Praise our LORD for this opportunity to share the gospel and fur-ther teach our children about His ways. Let us pray for (i) Safety (ii) Pleas-ant climate (iii) Right study material, (iv) Prepared teachers, (v) Active volunteers, (vi) External members who help (vii) Required finances, (viii) All old and many new children to come, (ix) Children to remember all that they learn and apply it in their lives (x) Parents of children to turn to and love Christ deeply.

20. CHURCH MEMBERS & VISITORS - Bethel Nagar Tamil AF & its members: Jonathan, Justin, Solomon, families of Pastor, Joseph, Paul Durai, Huldah, Edwards, Joshua, Jefferson & Vijay Santhaseelan. Bethel Nagar Area Fel-lowship & its members: Families of Pastor, Marcus Sandeep, Sangeeth, Rajkumar, Vijay Prakash, Mamatha, Sahitya Deep, Publius, Jays, Kalyan, Timothy, Revier

21. Devasandra Tamil Area fellowship & its members: Families of Anandaraj, Koilraj, Philip, Ruth, Shekar, Prashanth & Wilson. All others, not men-tioned by name in this bulletin, who worship in our Church including stu-dents, visitors.

22. Hoodi Tamil Area Fellowship & its members: Dorai, families of Andrew Isaac, Arul, Churchill, Jyothi, Mary Rita & Sarah Sarojini. Hoodi Area fel-lowship & its members: Ruth, Mrs. Shanthi Tilak, Families of Arun, David Jabez, Augustine Joshua, Isaac Peterson, Joel Thompson, Shibu, Leon Christian, Jeevan John, Tony & Vivek Bangera.

23. ITPL Area Fellowship & its members: Jeffin, families of Anban, Clement, Darwin, Franklin Koilpillai, Jabez, John Manoah, Ronald & Princely Sam. KR Puram Area Fellowship & its members: Families of Ashok Doddanna, Atheejoe, Jayant, Jeevan, Naveen Warren, Solomon, Vivek, Arun, John-son, Deva Sundarraj, Senthil Kumar, Satish, & Thangadurai.

24. Kodigehalli Tamil AF& its members: Families of George, Ravi Kumar, Latha, James, Shanmugam, Vadivel & Mary. Kodigehalli English Area Fel-lowship & its members: Families of Anand, Rajesh Kumar, Prabhu, David Milton, Uttam, Solomon Paul, John Prashanth, Christy, Saju Alexander, Selina MohanDoss, Ravikumar.


25. Marathahalli Tamil Area Fellowship & its members: Families of DC Frank-lin, Prabu Paul, Bernard, Vasanth, Paul Dinakaran, Vasu, Immanuel Asir, Arul & Vinod. Marathahalli English Area Fellowship & its members: Shan-no Isaac, families of Dinakar, Dilip, Melwyn, Pinto, Sathiya, Senthil, Selvin, Vijay Dhanasekar, Wilfred, William, Abhijit, Anies.

26. Priyanka nagar Tamil AF & its members: Families of Inbaraj, Karuna-murthy, Nithya, Rueben Gandhi, Swamidas, Suresh &Ellayaraja. White-field Area Fellowship & its members: Jebakumar, Jeffrey Samuel, Families of Alan Paul, Shobha Kini, Irwin, Praveen, Suresh Kumar, Kumara Ra-jasingh, Rajan Abraham & Sanjay Joel.

27. IT DEPARTMENT: Praise the LORD for the new Church website launched last year. Pray that more content will be added, a new WMC website will be launched this year and for the department to be of great use to our Church members and outside too.

28. MISSIONS DEPARTMENT: Praise the LORD for the two mission trips planned. Pray that we will be a blessing to the places and people we visit and that the LORD will speak to us on His vision for us.

29. OUTREACH CENTRES: Let us praise the LORD for the ministry done in Whitefield, Irula, Priyanka Nagar, Varthur, Sadarmangala and outreach Sunday Schools at KR Puram & Hoodi bear fruit hundredfold (Luke 8:8). Let us also pray for the opening of new doors.

30. MISSIONS SUPPORTED: That the LORD will accept (Genesis 4:4) and bless our contributions (Luke 9:16) towards Raichur home, Vishwa Vani, Light ministries, DEAR ministry (Ministry among transgenders), and Sunday school ministry in Sri Lanka.

Quotations - The Cross

Taking up my ‘cross’ means a life voluntarily surrendered to God - A W Pink

As Christ struggled up Calvary’s hill and bled upon it, His aim was to erad-icate Self-love, and implant the love of God in the hearts of men. One can only increase as the other decreases - Walter J Chantry

God proved his love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the World ‘I love you’ - Billy Graham

The Christian community is a community of the cross, for it has been brought into being by the cross, and the focus of its worship is the Lamb once slain, now glorified - John Stott

In Jesus Christ on the cross there is refuge; there is safety, there is shel-ter, and all the power of sin upon our track cannot reach us when we have taken the shelter under the cross that atones for our sins - AC Dixon


City Life – Persecutions (Perceived and Real) for a Christian and our Response - Mr Dilip

When I have reflected on things which have/are not going as I want, be it my person-al, family, professional or spiritual life, I am convicted of some wrong which I have done because of which I am reaping the consequences. The verse I am reminded is “For what credit is there if you sin and are punished, and you endure it?...“ (1 Peter 2:20a). It shows how far personally I am yet to go before there is the Christian suffer-ing because of doing the right thing, as in the second part of the same verse, “But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.” (1 Peter 2:20b)

Today, large cities are being formed in countries across the world. Authority too is being centralized to an extent. In older times, kings used to make decisions affecting people across their country without heeding to anyone’s advice (1 Chronicles 21:2-4), or even on the advice of a single person (Esther 3:11-13). Now, though there are elected representatives, one law being passed in parliament, or an ordinance or a rule change through notification affects people throughout the country.

Some such decisions by our government, like stopping foreign funds to certain organ-izations, requiring elaborate documents and implementing those rules only in cases they want, have affected certain sections of society.

Persecution is a reality in Christian life. It is mentioned very clearly in the Bible.

“And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” (Mark 13:13)

“Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.” (Luke 6:22)

“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” (2 Timo-thy 3:12)

My father-in-law once recalled a conversation with an acquaintance from a non-Christian faith. The acquaintance mentioned that Christians should have a higher standard in general because there is clear Bible teaching and more so an explanation of that from the pulpit on Sundays. He may not have known Amos 3:2, but our LORD has said the same “You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” The reasoning behind why our LORD chooses the more perceived wicked in our sight to punish us has been answered centuries ago (Habakkuk 1 and 2).

Nearly seventy years after our country’s independence from foreign rules on our soil, it is worth reflecting on whether every incident is persecution because we are just or whether our LORD is trying to convey something for us to change. Here is only a sam-ple of the areas we may need to introspect and take corrective action.


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wn

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stifi

cati

on

or

Pe

rce

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d

Pe

rse

cuti

on

P

oss

ible

qu

esti

on

s fo

r in

tro

spe

ctio

n

Co

rre

ctio

n r

equ

ire

d

Ph

ysic

al

attac

ks

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are

alw

ays

bei

ng

arre

sted

, b

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n, j

aile

d b

ecau

se w

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reac

h t

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spe

l

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we

fully

do

ing

the

will

of

ou

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ther

in

hea

ven

or

do

we

wo

rk in

iqu

ity

(Matt

hew

7

:21

-23

)?

Let

oth

ers

testi

fy, a

s th

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id o

f P

aul,

that

we

do

no

t b

lasp

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my

oth

er

relig

ion

s (A

cts

19

:37

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igio

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gran

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fro

m

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vern

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ent

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vern

men

t sh

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sub

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bu

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nd

to

bu

ild

Ch

urc

hes

, fo

r h

oly

lan

d t

ou

rs,

festi

vals

, pay

fo

r o

ur

pri

ests

as

they

giv

e to

oth

er r

elig

ion

s

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th

e C

hu

rch

lan

d b

een

bo

ugh

t o

r C

hu

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it

self

bee

n b

uilt

on

go

vern

me

nt

gran

ts, s

ub

si-

die

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r w

ith

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g b

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se s

om

eon

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ffer

ed it

fo

r fr

ee?

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a, le

t u

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ham

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to

ask

an

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fro

m u

nb

elie

vers

(Ez

ra

8:2

2)

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dal

iz-

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of

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urc

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and

pro

p-

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es

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hu

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re b

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n-

dal

ized

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even

bu

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torn

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or

no

fau

lt o

f o

urs

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e w

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rsak

en t

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LOR

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Go

d (

1 K

ings

9

:8,9

)? H

ave

we

pro

voke

d o

ur

LOR

D t

o w

rath

(E

zra

5:1

2)?

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no

wle

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ou

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olis

hn

ess

, re

pe

nt

of

ou

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acc

ep

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e LO

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's p

un

ish

-m

ent

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bu

ild C

hu

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s D

avid

b

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Ch

ron

icle

s 2

1:8

,17

,23

-27

)

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of

relig

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eed

om

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can

no

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RD

s p

ray-

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sym

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ke t

he

Cro

ss…

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n in

so

me

gove

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men

t sc

ho

ols

in U

SA)

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en it

is t

he

gove

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o f

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edu

cati

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as w

ell?

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een

pru

den

t (P

rove

rbs

27

:12

) in

th

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eas

we

hav

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and

-

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no

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he

bo

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wer

, bu

t le

nd

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bec

ause

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se

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ant

to t

he

len

der

." (

Pro

verb

s 2

2:7

)

Min

ori

ty

stat

us

Min

ori

ty s

tatu

s w

ill b

e lo

st a

nd

se

ats

will

be

fille

d b

y n

on

-C

hri

stian

s

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y sh

ou

ld C

hri

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tio

ns

in p

lace

s lik

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MC

co

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gra

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ce-

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/Ch

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osp

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s, in

lett

er a

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sp

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eyo

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th

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on

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Deu

tero

no

my

23

:21

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)?

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us

be

care

ful t

o h

on

ou

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l th

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vow

s w

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gh w

ord

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in w

riti

ng

(ho

no

uri

ng

lett

ers

of

rec-

om

men

dati

on

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Ecc

lesi

aste

s 5

:5


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a O

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stifi

cati

on

or

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r-ce

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d P

ers

ecu

tio

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Po

ssib

le q

ue

stio

ns

for

intr

osp

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on

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req

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ori

ty

stat

us

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ori

ty s

tatu

s w

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st

and

sea

ts w

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lled

by

no

n-

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risti

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y d

on

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cel i

n a

ll th

ings

(3

Jo

hn

1:2

) su

ch t

hat

all

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op

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uo

ta s

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no

t ju

st in

C

MC

, bu

t al

so in

AII

MS,

JIP

MER

an

d o

ther

re-

pu

ted

co

llege

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lled

by

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risti

an s

tud

ents

?

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us

live

an u

nd

efi

led

life

like

Dan

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l in

all

circ

um

stan

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(Dan

iel 1

:8),

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k fo

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om

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me

s 1

:5)

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fo

r a

har

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ork

ing

spir

it (

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verb

s 6

:6)

and

ou

r LO

RD

will

mak

e u

s te

n ti

me

s b

ett

er

than

oth

ers

(Dan

iel 1

:8, 2

0)

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y sh

ou

ld w

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ck f

aith

(Ja

me

s 1

:6)

that

eve

n

if n

on

-Ch

risti

ans

fill

the

seat

s, t

hey

aft

er s

pen

d-

ing

few

yea

rs w

ill g

o b

ack

acce

pti

ng

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rist

?

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an

d s

pe

ak a

s P

aul,

of

wh

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grip

pa

testi

fied

th

at h

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as a

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st

per

suad

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Ch

risti

an (

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s 2

6:2

8)

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bu

s o

ur

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st

ud

y in

sc

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ols

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r ch

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n w

ill b

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rced

to

st

ud

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rip

ture

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f o

the

r re

li-gi

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s, p

racti

ce y

oga

…

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ile w

e h

ave

do

ne

wel

l to

co

nti

nu

e so

me

and

al

so e

xpan

d t

he

edu

cati

on

al, m

edic

al in

stitu

-ti

on

s m

issi

on

arie

s es

tab

lish

ed, w

hy

hav

e w

e n

ot

aim

ed t

o w

rite

a s

ylla

bu

s w

hic

h c

an b

e co

n-

sid

ered

bett

er t

han

CB

SE, I

CSE

, Cam

bri

dge

…?

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the

ga

ps

wh

ere

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risti

an

s a

re

no

t in

volv

ed a

nd

rep

air

it (

for

exam

-p

le, i

n t

his

cas

e o

ffer

ing

ne

w s

ylla

bi)

lik

e N

ehe

mia

h (

Neh

em

iah

1:3

,4;

6:1

5)

Res

erva

-ti

on

Just

bec

ause

a p

erso

n h

as

com

e to

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rist

do

es n

ot

mea

n

thei

r fi

nan

cial

, so

cial

sit

uati

on

in

th

e p

lace

s th

ey s

tay

are

diff

eren

t fr

om

oth

ers

wh

o

hav

e th

e b

enefi

ts o

f re

serv

a-ti

on

in e

du

cati

on

, jo

bs.

Are

all

the

nee

ds

of

Ch

risti

ans

met

by

the

Ch

ris-

tian

co

mm

un

ity

itse

lf a

s w

as in

th

e ea

rly

day

s (A

cts

2:4

5)

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we

follo

w c

lear

Ch

risti

an g

uid

e-

lines

wh

ile h

elp

ing

(1 T

imo

thy

5:3

-16

)?

Tho

ugh

we

be

un

lear

ned

an

d ig

no

-ra

nt

like

Pet

er a

nd

Jo

hn

, let

oth

ers

ma

rvel

at

ou

r b

old

nes

s a

nd

kn

ow

th

at

Jesu

s is

wit

h u

s (A

cts

4:1

3).


Are

a O

wn

Ju

stifi

cati

on

or

Pe

r-ce

ive

d P

ers

ecu

tio

n

Po

ssib

le q

ue

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TRUE DISCIPLESHIP - An extract from the book ‘A good foundation’ by Bro. Zac Poonen

When Jesus told His apostles to go into every nation and to make disciples, they had no doubt in their minds as to what He meant (Matthew 28:19). For He had already explained what it meant to be His disciple. Luke 14:25 - 35 reveals most clearly the three conditions of discipleship. There Jesus speaks about a man who having laid a foundation for a tower, couldn’t complete it, because he was unable to pay the cost of construction (verses 28–30). That proves that it does cost something to be a disciple. Jesus told us to sit down first and count that cost before even starting to build. God doesn’t want us to wait for many years after our sins are forgiven, before understanding what discipleship really means. Jesus told people about the cost of discipleship as soon as they came to Him. He said that a believer who was unwilling to be a disciple was as useless to God as salt that had lost its savour (Luke 14:35).

1. ‘Hating’ our Relatives (Luke 14:26). The first condition of discipleship is that we must cut off the natural, inordi-nate love that we have for our relatives. Jesus said “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). Those are strong words. What does it mean to ‘hate’? To hate is the same as to kill (1 John 3:15). What we are asked to put to death here is the natural affection that we have for our relatives. Does that mean that we are not to love them? No. It certainly doesn’t mean that. When we give up our human affection for them, God will replace it with Divine love. Our love for our relatives will then be pure – in the sense that God will always be first in our affections, and not our relatives. Many don’t obey God because they are afraid to offend their father, mother or wife etc. The Lord demands first place in our life. And if we don’t give Him that place, we can’t be His disciples at all. Look at Jesus’ own example. Although He loved His widowed mother, yet He never allowed her to influence Him away from the perfect will of His Father, even in small matters. We see an example of this at the marriage at Cana where Jesus re-fused to act on His mother’s prompting (John 2:4). The Father was always supreme in Jesus’ affections. He expects us to have the same attitude too. After His resurrection He asked Peter whether he loved Him more than everything else on earth (John 21:15–17). Only those who love the Lord supremely are given responsibilities in His church. The love that Jesus demands from us is not the emotional, sentimental, hu-man affection that expresses itself in singing stirring songs of devotion to Him. No. If we love Him, we’ll obey Him (John 14: 21).

2. Hating Our Own Life (Luke 14:26). The second condition of discipleship is that we must hate our own self-life. Jesus said, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own life, he cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:26). He amplified that further by saying, “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:27). This is one of the least understood of all of Jesus’ teachings. He said that a disciple would have to “deny himself and take up his cross daily” (Luke 9:23).


More important than reading our Bible or praying daily, we have to deny ourselves and take up our cross daily. To deny our Self is the same as to hate our own life – the life that we have inherited from Adam. To take up the cross is to put that Self-life to death. We have to hate that life first, before we can slay it. Our self-life is the main enemy of the life of Christ. The Bible calls this ‘the flesh’. The flesh tempts us to seek our own gain, our own honour, our own pleasure, our own way etc. If we are honest, we’ll have to admit that many of our best actions are corrupted by evil motives that arise from our Self-life. Unless we hate this flesh, we will never be able to follow the Lord. This is why Jesus spoke so much about hating (or losing) our life. In fact, this phrase is repeated six times in the gospels (Matthew 10:39; 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; 14:26; John 12:25). This is the one saying of our Lord that is repeated most often in the gospels. Yet it is the least preached about and the least understood! To hate your own life is to give up seeking your own rights and privileges, to stop seeking your own reputation, to give up your ambitions and interests, and to stop seeking your own way etc. You can be a disciple of Jesus, only if you are willing to go this way.

3. Giving Up All Our Possessions (Luke 14:33). The third condition of discipleship is that we must give up all our own pos-sessions. Jesus said, “No one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions” (Luke 14:33). Our possessions are what we possess as our own. To give them all up means that we no longer consider anything as our own.

We see an illustration of this in the life of Abraham. Isaac was his own son – his possession. One day God asked him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. And Abraham laid Isaac on the altar and was ready to slay him. But God intervened and told him that the sacrifice was not necessary, because he had proved his willingness to obey (Genesis 22). After that, Abraham recognised that even though he had Isaac in his house, he no longer possessed him as his own. Isaac now belonged to God.

This is what it means to give up all our possessions. All that we have must be laid on the altar and given up to God. God may allow us to use some of those things. But we can’t think of them as our own any more. Even if we are living in our own house, we must think of the house as God’s; and that He has allowed us to stay in it rent-free! This is true discipleship. Have we done that with all our possessions? Our possessions include our bank-account, property, job, qualifications, gifts and talents, wife and children and everything else that we value on this earth. We have to lay them all on the altar if we want to be true disciples. God wants us to love Him with all our heart. That’s the meaning of ‘the pure heart’ mentioned in Matthew 5:8. It’s not enough to have a clean conscience. A clean conscience only means that we have given up sin. A pure heart is one that has given up everything! And so we see that true discipleship involves a radical change of attitude towards: (1) our relatives and loved ones (2) our self-life and (3) our possessions. Unless we face these issues squarely right at the beginning of our Christian life, it will be impossible to lay a good foundation.


Kids Section – Mrs. Ajji Alan & Mrs Iris Irwin

He is risen! Can you help the women find their way to the tomb?


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He is risen! Can you help the women find their way to the tomb?


Date Time Speaker Topic

2-Apr-17 8:00 am (Tamil) Dr Solomon Pushparaj The keys of

heaven 10:00 am (English) Dr Solomon Pushparaj

9-Apr-17 8:00 am (Tamil) Mr DC Franklin The king and his

people 10:00 am (English) Rev Dr Mrs Shanti Tilak

16-Apr-17 10: 00 am (Bilingual) Rev David Livingston The upper room

23-Apr-17 8:00 am (Tamil) Mr Ashok Dodanna The empty

tomb 10:00 am (English) Mr Atheejoe Nargunam

30-Apr-17 10: 00 am (Bilingual) Rev David Livingston

The Emmaus

walk

WMC - Worship Schedule WMC Theme: The events of Resurrection

Tamil/Kannada Service-Translated into Hindi (Co ord: Mr.D.C. Franklin) English Service (Co ord: Mr.Atheejoe)

Sunday School Date In charge Department

Irula 16th April 10am – 1pm

Shibu Missions

Hoodi (Kannada) All Sundays at 2:00 PM

Sharon (Help:Gracy, Sandya )

Sunday school

Priyankanagar All Sundays at 4:00 to 5:00 PM

COME ministries / BMC

Missions

Varthur (Kannada)

Saturdays at 4:00 to 5:00 PM

Mala Sunday school

Sadarmanagala (Kannada)

All Sundays at 4:00 to 5:00 PM

Sharon (Help: Gracy, Sandya, Rebecca, Shanmugam)

Missions

KR puram (Kannada)

All Sundays at 4:00 to 5:00 PM

Veena (Help: Uma, Timothy, Leena Ashok, Sharon)

Sunday School

Sunday School Outreach (Over all co ordination: Joyce Arun)- April 2017


BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

(ENGLISH) @ BMC

From 17-Apr (Monday)

To 23-Apr (Sunday)

RSVP - Mrs Joyce Arun

Watch out for the registration

link in BMC website soon!

Need interested Volunteers

and Teachers for VBS

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TAMIL / KANNADA

@ BMC - 24 to 29th April

Contact - Mrs Sharon

@ WMC [St. Josephs School, Whitefield]

Contact - Mrs Mala Vasu

PRAY, PREPARE, PARTICIPATE!


Editorial Team: Dilip, Hannah, Selvin, Wilfred & Pastor

Date Time Speaker Topic

1-Apr-17 6:00am (Bilingual) Rev Dr Mrs Shanti Tilak Dawn Service

2-Apr-17

7:00 am (Tamil) Pastor

Things of the Cross 9:30 am (English) Pastor

6:30 pm (English) Pastor

9-Apr-17

7:00 am (Tamil) Dr Daniel

Things of peace 9:30 am (English) Dr Daniel

6:30 pm (English) Rev Panneer Williams

13-Apr-17 7:30pm (Bilingual) Mr Manoj Moses (Gideons) Maundy Thursday

14-Apr-17 8:00 am (Tamil) Bro. Mathew & Team

Good Friday 11:30am (English) Area Fellowships

16-Apr-17

5:00 am United Service @ Baldwins Things of Excel-lence 8:00 am (English) Pastor

6:30 pm (English) VBS Director

23-Apr-17

7:00 am (Tamil) Pastor

Things of Honour 9:30 am (English) VBS Director

6:30 pm (English) VBS Programme

30-Apr-17

7:00 am (Tamil) VBS Director

Things of Heritage 9:30 am (English) Mrs Selina Mohandass

6:30 pm (English) Dr Vivek AG

Pulpit Calendar - April 2017 BMC Theme : Seek the things that are above (Col 3:2)

BMC Evening - Service Leader : Mr. Sangeeth Rao (9663167118)

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