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CSI Good News
(Church of South India Good News)
Vol. 4 / Issue 15 / May 23 2002
Contents of this issue
Editorial
Someone Cares for you
Prayer Request
Regional Conference 2002
Annual Family and Youth Conference
News Items (Common to all issues) :
Through the Valley of Death & other Books
Download Articles in Handheld Computers
Kids Page - Free Tutorials
Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online
Your Spam Folder
Your Feedback
Editorial
By Sherly Isaac
John 14:1, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jesus spoke these words when He was about to leave this world. He knew that His days on this earth were few and He was about to be crucified. He told to His disciples, "Let not your heart be troubled" because He knew beforehand that His crucifixion will break the hearts of disciples and will trouble their hearts. Jesus further said to them in John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
Jesus gave His peace to His disciples and described the peace as perfect peace that world cannot give - The peace that will last forever, the peace that will prevail in the times of terrible problems and heartbreaks. In this troubled world, God wants to give you the same peace that He gave to His disciples. He wants to take away your pain and sorrows. Many think that because of communication gap or lack of love etc. we lose peace in our lives and in our homes. But I remember we had no communication gap but whenever we gathered together to talk, it always ended up in fighting. We read Bible everyday, we prayed and even we went to Church regularly but had no peace in our lives. I thought my problems solution is only suicide. There was no peace or no love in our home.
And very often we forget that because Jesus is not in our homes or in our lives, that is why we see peace less situation in every area of our lives. If we want perfect peace, we should ask Jesus to come into our lives because Jesus is the Prince of peace. He is the source of peace, without Him we cannot achieve peace. Communication is good, giving advice is good, counseling is good but real peace comes from God alone. When we all accepted Jesus in our lives and when we invited Jesus in our lives and in our home, He came in and changed everything. He gave us peace and joy that world cannot give. He took all our brokenness and made us happy. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He can do the same thing for you.
Are you troubled in your heart, are you broken hearted because of loss of your loved one? Are you going through tears and pain? Are you thinking that there is no hope left for you? Look to Jesus He is the prince of peace, He can give you peace that world cannot give.
Someone Cares for you
By Sherly Isaac
1 Peter 5:7, "casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you."
Many a times when we go through problems, tears and even rejection we feel, as no one caring for us. We feel as no one loves us or have any concern for us. But Jesus said in Luke 12:24, "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds?" Further He says in Luke 12:27-28, "Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?"
When God cares for small birds and even grass and wild flowers that grow and no one really cares about them. If He cares for these small things then why not He will care for us? Why we should worry about tomorrow?
When Israelites came out of Egypt they had only few belongings may be food for few days. But Moses trusted on God for more than 1.5 million people. Many a times there was no food or water but when Israelites cried out, God gave them food and water miraculously. God was a father to them and took care of them as His own children. Moses said in Deuteronomy 32:6, "Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?"
Moses in his last speech said to Israelites, "And the LORD, He is the one who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."(Deuteronomy 31:8)
If you have asked God to come into your life and be your Lord and Savior then He will take care of you. He will go before you and make way in your difficult situations. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Yes, He is the God who cares for you and wants to bless your life. He wants to wipe away all your tears and wants to give His divine peace that world cannot give.
If you are going through tears and problems look to Jesus He is ready to help you. Bible says about David who did grave mistakes in his life. He was a man who sinned against God but when he repented from his sins then God forgave him. Though God punished him but he could experience the forgiveness of his sins. God blessed his life. And we know that promised Messiah came through his lineage.
Today you may be worried about your future. You may be surrounded by many problems but God cares for you. Don't look at your today's situation but look for tomorrow. You have a better future. Bible says in Psalms 34:5, "They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed." If you look toward Jesus, you will never be ashamed but God will bless your life.
Prayer Request
My cousin is having mental problems and my aunty is totally break down... Please pray for their family which has got lot of other problems
Anila
Once again I come to You for prayer for my son Donald, it seems darkest at this time for Him. Knowing God is able I ask praying people to help me pray for Him. I also ask prayer for my eyesight the enemy has tried to attack me there and from my husband. There is also prayer need for a Young girl I am praying for who is 21 years old, she got in trouble with the law for writing a bad check, when to court in Collins County, she is expecting twin babies the doctor had put her on bed rest and medication prior to her going to court, she was arrested and the Judge apparently thought she was being disrespectful due to her illness and the medication and gave the young lady. 1 year in prison, she have a two year old child already, now due to being jailed and not given her medication, she is in the hospital they are not sure if she will hold the babies due to health condition, they are having to give her medication to keep her from losing the babies she is about six months and expected now to be in the hospital until she deliver, Her mother is trying to get her case re-heard in court, the value of the merchandise for the check, was about $450.00 in which she did for a friend, they recovery the merchandise and now there are so many lives being effect, she was married a few months ago to the father of the twins and the little two year old, who cry now for her mother. please prayer is need for this family. God bless You and Thank You
Maxine Johnson
please pray for my family members listed below
1.) Pray for my grand mother for her fast recovery from illness
2.) Pray for my father & mother for their happiness
3.) Pray for my sister for her prayerful married life
4.) Pray for another sister for her good married life.
Thanks
Prem Anand
please pray that an operation my twin brother and i are having on 31,may 02 will be a 100% success and that god would heal our skin. Thank you
Tez
Dear Brother/Sister,
Please pray for me, I am "potentially Redeployed from my work" tomorrow a person wants to talk to me about it. He had sent an email to me to contact him. Please pray that I receive a promotion.
I was a big businessman in Malaysia. My own elder brother betrayed me and do not wants to give my proposition of share. It has already been 11 years.
Several men of God had prophesied that I will receive them. But till to date nothing. My younger brother also enjoying the harvest from what iI left. I am in real need of money.
Please pray that God will open the Golden door. Thank you In Jesus Name
A. Benhur
Pray for me to get a Job.
Jaison Paulose
Regional Conference 2002
Regional conference will be held at the beautiful campus of Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti Michigan.
Hosted by
FIRST C.S.I CONGREGATION OF MICHIGAN
19476 CASCADE DR.,
BROWNSTOWN, MI 48192
Date: May 17-19, 2002
Theme: "Jesus Christ is our Peace" Eph. 2:14"
For more details please contact:
Rev. Itty Mathews, Vicar & President
(734)479-4945
Email: ittymathews@hotmail.com
Mathew Oommen, convenor
(248)649-5458
Annual Family and Youth Conference
XVI Annual CSI Family and Youth Conference, Hosted by Emmanuel CSI Church, Philadelphia
Friends,
This years Family and Youth Conference will be held at the Pocono Manor Inn, Pocono Manor PA 18349, from July 4th - 7th.
The Moderator Most Rev. Dr KJ Samuel will preside. The new Bishop of Central Kerala Diocese Rt Rev. Thomas Samuel will also be a leader. The main speaker is Rev Valson Thampu of St Stephen's College Delhi a well known author and preacher of Maramon Convention fame. Pastor Robbie Sortino and Scott Armstrong will lead the Youth sessions. Many dignitaries and officers of the CSI are also expected to attend.
The program will be mostly interactive and there will be a special revival meeting on Saturday night. There will be a Talent show on Friday night. The program will allow for plenty of time to socialize or to go sight seeing.
The venue is panoramic, scenic and relaxing. The accommodation is comfortable and the cuisine tasteful. The room availability now is limited as we have been receiving good response to our early registration drive. Registrations will close on April 14th due to limited space at the hotel.
Please visit our website www.emmanuelcsi.com or download and print the registration form from www.2002conference.csichurch.org/
For details call Convener Koshy Ittyeipe at 610 363 3967 or e- mail: koshy@libertynet.org
We look forward to seeing you there
Koshy Ittyeipe
Convener
Through the Valley of Death & other Books
As many of you know that in the year 2005, our dad was very sick even unto death. God miraculously healed him. We have compiled it in a book form. I sure believe that it will inspire you and encourage you greatly.
This book is available for purchase at JasmineCorp Store
Also read these two books by Sherly Isaac "Allah and Elohim - Are they the same God" Available at JasmineCorp Store, and "Is Jesus God?" Available at JasmineCorp Store,
Both books compares the Bible and the Quran and read eye opening facts about Jesus, God of the Bible, Allah and Islamic faith. I am sure that you want to read this.
Download Articles in Handheld Computers
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Kids Page - Free Tutorials
Now you can learn Graphics and web designing online at Kid's page. These tutorials are free for kids who subscribe for CSI Kids Newsletter. Currently tutorials for Paint Shop Pro, HTML and Dreamweaver are available.
So please enroll your kids by going to http://kids.csinewsletter.org/member/join.asp
And visit CSI Kid's page at http://kids.csinewsletter.org
Hindi / Malayalam/Tamil Bible Online
Now you can read Bible in Hindi online at http://www.hindibible.org
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in Tamil online at http://www.hindibible.org?ver=tamil
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Your Feedback
Your feedback and comments are Welcome. Please send your Parish news & articles to Editor (Sherly N. Isaac) at this address News@csinewsletter.comThe messages submitted will be checked whether they are correct according to the word of God. Editor reserves the right to accept, reject or edit the messages. The writers are responsible for the contents of their writings.
 
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