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Bro. Michael Vijay Kumar
Michael was born into a family of doctors in Jammalamadugu, a
small town in YSR District (Formerly Kadapa) in
AP. Michael is closely related to the Late
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y. S. Raja Sekhar Reddy.
Michael had a Christian upbringing but at the age of 26 Michael
plunged into active politics. He believed that temporal power and wealth defined
a successful man and he put all his energies to acquiring them. He quickly
turned to be a most feared and ruthless factionists the state had ever seen. The
entire district lived in a state of fear as rivals fought it out with bombs and
guns on the roads. In the fourteen years of his involvement in the politics of
the faction ridden District, he was responsible for many murders, riots and
criminal intimidation, booth capturing during elections and other crimes against
the state and its people. Imprisoned a number of times, he nevertheless wielded
power from prison, having terrorized the police force too even his family did
not escape his unpredictable and irrational temper.
Michael himself was the target of numerous assassination
attempts. He was poisoned in jail, shot at by his rivals and the Police, and
bombs were hurled at him. A strange power seemed to protect him and he believed
in his invincibility and glorious destiny.
The years of living life dangerously had however taken an immense
toll on Michael's psyche. He became an alcoholic and a drug abuser with
murderous rages and erratic mood swings.
His family feared him and his
daughter wrote home from her school that she would commit suicide but no amount
of tears or entreaties touched his hardened heart. His took irrational decisions
and his mind turned to thoughts of suicide, but he was in mortal terror of
death. "What will happen to me after I die" he wondered, "I who have done so
much evil, will I be dammed for eternity?"
At this moment God interfered and miraculously spoke with him
through Jeremiah 39:17-18 and from that day onwards he has peace in his heart
and he left all his past and turned to Jesus Christ and serving Him as a humble
servant.
His testimony of God’s grace and forgiveness was a powerful story
of miraculous mercy, fabulous favor and tremendous transformation.
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Dr.David Chigurupati
Elder-in-charge
973-743-8142 cell - 201-532-6082 dchigurupati@aol.com |
Rahway First Baptist Church
Telugu worship service
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In
1952
President Truman
established one day a year as a
"National
Day of Prayer."
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In
1988
President Reagan
designated the
First Thursday in May of each year as
the National
Day
of Prayer.
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In June
2007
(then)
Presidential
Candidate Barack Obama
declared that the USA
"Was no longer a
Christian nation."
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This year
President Obama
canceled the
21st annual National Day
of Prayer ceremony
at the White
House under the ruse
Of "not wanting to offend anyone"
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BUT... on September 25, 2009
from 4 AM until 7 PM,
a National Day of Prayer
FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION
was Held on Capitol Hill,
Beside the White House.
There were over 50,000 Muslims
in D.C. that day.
HE PRAYS WITH THE MUSLIMS!
I guess it Doesn't matter
if "Christians"
Are offended by this event -
We obviously
Don't count as
"anyone" Anymore.
The direction this country is headed
should strike fear in the heart of every Christian,
especially knowing that the
Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be
converted, they should be annihilated.
This is not a Rumor -
Go to the website
To confirm this info:
(
http://www.islamoncapitolhill.com/ )
Pay particular attention to the very bottom of the page:
"OUR TIME HAS COME"
I hope that this information will stir your spirit.
The words of 2
Chronicles 7:14
"If my people, Who are called by my Name,
Will humble themselves And pray,
And seek my face, and Turn from their Wicked ways,
Then will I hear from Heaven
And will forgive their Sin and will heal Their land."
We must pray for Our nation, our communities,
Our families, and especially our children.
They are the ones who are going to suffer the most.
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Dear friends and
partners,
Greetings in the precious Name of Jesus.
Here is a brief report from Maharashtra.
I travelled to various villages deep in the
state. I was told that several of these
villages have NO CHURCHES.
Travel to these village is an adventure in
itself (Busses, trains, autos, trucks, bikes
what ever we can get!)
Daily we ministered 2/3 times in homes. In 5
days we covered over 500 people. Most of
them unbelievers/very new babies in Christ.
It was great. We had the honor to see lot of
healings.
One miracle we saw was: a Muslim young man
was paralized due to a spinal injury. Could
not move and spent 8 months in bed. He spent
over 250,000 Rupees, but it got worse
(sounds like a story we knew!). After pray,
he stood up on his own and walked. His
mother and father (muslims) exclaimed the
miracle that was done in Jesus Name! Glory
to God!
We are continuing the work in Punjab now...
God has been good to us.
Thank you for your continued prayers and
support.
In His service
Krish
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Going beyond
disrespect…
The movie " Corpus Christi ” is due to be
released this June to August. A disgusting
film set to appear in America later this
year depicts Jesus and his disciples as
homosexuals! As a play, this has already
been in theatres for a while.
It's called " Corpus Christi ” which means
"The Body of Christ". It's revolting
mockery of our Lord. But we can make a
difference. That 's why I am sending this
e-mail to you. If you do send this around,
we just might be able to prevent this film
from showing in America . Let's stand for
what we believe in and stop the mockery of
Jesus Christ our Savior. Where do we stand
as Christians?
At the risk of a bit of inconvenience, I'm
forwarding this to all I think would
appreciat e it, too.
Please help us prevent such offenses against
our Lord. There is no petition to sign, any
time limit, or minimum number of people to
send this to... It will take you less than
2 minutes! If you are not interested and do
not have the 2 minutes it will take to do
this, please don't complain when God does
not have time for you because He is far
busier than we are. Hey, it's worth a
shot!
Apparently, some regions in Europe have
already banned the film. All we
need is a lot of prayer and a lot of
e-mails.
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Daily for our 2010
September 18th - Fellowship Picnic |
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in
Christ,
Warm greetings to all of you in the blessed name of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Thank you for your
prayers and support for my ministry in the Lord. Please pray for
us continually. God willing I will be leaving for
India on
2nd Sept. for a short visit, I
will be sharing and visiting some churches and I will be sharing
the Word of God in one day workers
conference on 13th at Amritsar, Punjab State, where I served the
Lord in India. I will be back on 23rd.Please pray for me that
God might bless the ministry for His glory.
Thank you.
Your's in His service,
Philip
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THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU
Dear Children of God: Greetings to you all in the mighty and
matchless Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We belive
our Omniscient and Omnipotent God is taking wonderful care of
you. By the grace of God we are fine too.
This e-mail is sent to thank you all for your prayers, help,
participation, gifts and such like. Kindly accept our heart-felt
gratitude. It is much appreciated. Bible says "Bear ye one
another's burdens, and so fulfil the the law of Christ"
(Galatians:6:2). Thank you for doing just that. May God return
your favors a thousand fold.
Conference time has always been a FAITH VENTURE and to see how
our loving, kind and merciful God comes through to rescue His
helpless children in the face of innumerable problems. This year
conference is even more of a FAITH VENTURE than previous
years in that there is a cancer situation to attend to of Dr.
Suseela Koppula staying at our home. Because of this additional
responsibility, constant flow of visitors, many telephone calls
and other incidentals the conference efforts could not go
forward full steam. On top of that we had computer glitches
affecting online registrations, 45 pieces of mail went to the
venue The Ramada instead of the addressed folk, people who
normally help being away, an engagement and a wedding on July
3rd and sickness that kept some folks away who would normally
come to the conference and to top it off Acharya RRK's trip to
US was cancelled a week before the conference etc made a not so
good situation worse from a human stand point of view.
But whenever we see these hindrances, experience with the
Lord over the years taught us that He is going to do something
that will bring Him honor, glory and praise and so He did. God
graciously provided replacement speakers miraculously in no
time. We don't have time to tell you all about it. Our God never
makes mistakes. Acharya RRK's cancelled trip also turned out to
be a blessing for his assistant Pastor. Devasahayam Dandala. As
per the original plan they both were supposed to arrive in US on
June 30th. We came to know on July 2nd that Pastor Deva's mom
went to be with the Lord on July 1st. We believe that God
stopped them from coming for Pastor Deva to be with his father,
brothers and sisters at that difficult time to console them and
to be a part of that Home Going Celebration of his mom. O what
a kind and understanding God we have! He did not want his
servant to be deprived of the satisfaction being there for his
mom's funeral. Is not this Romans:8:28 in action? Yes.
Indeed. Hallelujah!
Bros. Harry Gomes, Rajkumar Ramchandran & Mark Cahill and Bishop
Taranath Sagar challenged and blessed us immensely with the
messages that God gave them. One woman commented each message
was better than the previous one. A gentleman said that the
messages this time were the best ever. Glory to God!
Children programs went very well. Since our theme was from
Joshua:24:15 "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord"
kids were taught the whole book of Joshua as the emphasis was on
teaching and that is the way it is going to from now on.. We
wish to thank all the teachers who were in charge of the kids.
Youth programs also went very well. They were given a chance
to listen to Mark Cahill and they loved it. He touched the lives
of kids and adults in a very special way. We thank all the youth
leaders for their services.
Few people worked very hard in the face of mounting obstacles
with dedication and we are grateful to them. To quote Bible
"Therefore my beloved brethren (sisters as well) be ye
steadfast, unmmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
for as much as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the
Lord" (1Corinthians:15:58).God has taken note of your labors of
love for Him and He will reward you richly. We were truly
reminded of the story of Gideon as to how God wrought a great
victory with fewer people. All glory be to God. In closing we
have this verse from Bible "Now unto Him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according
to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the church
by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end. Amen.(
Ephesians:3:20 & 21).
In Him,
TCF NJ
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"LO, CHILDREN ARE A HERITAGE OF THE LORD: AND THE
FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS HIS REWARD”. PSALMS 127:3.
Dear Children of God
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is to
request your prayers towards
Sis.Grace Dickson
, D/O Sis. Kanakavalli Nayudupalli, as she
is undergoing C-Section tomorrow July 22nd 2010, in
Hackensack Hospital, NJ at 2:00PM.
Please pray earnestly as she is in the hospital for the past
few weeks due to high risk pregnancy.
May God grant her safe delivery and bless the mother and the
Baby.
Thank you
In HIS Service
TCF NJ
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"LO, CHILDREN ARE A HERITAGE OF THE lORD: AND THE FRUIT OF THE
WOMB IS HIS REWARD. AS ARROWS ARE IN THE HAND OF A MIGHTY; SO
ARE CHILDREN OF THE YOUTH. HAPPY IS THE MAN THAT HATH HIS QUIVER
FULL OF THEM: THEY SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED, BUT THEY SHALL SPEAK
WITH THE ENEMIES IN THE GATE" (PSALMS:127:3-5).
Dear Children of God: Praise be to our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ. We are pleased to inform you that Devakumar & Nita
Villuri are blessed with a baby girl Ruth Vineetha on July 2,
2010. Both mother, the new born Deva and big brothers Vincent
and Joseph are doing fine. Thanks for your prayers for them in
the past and please continue to uphold them with your prayers.
In Christ,
TCF NJ
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"THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN
AVAILETH MUCH" JAMES:5:16
Dear Children of God: Kindly uphold sister
Theresa Nelapati of Scranton, PA (Formerly of Guntur, AP) as she
will have surgery at Geisinger Medical Center to reduce increased
intra-cranial pressure that is causing her severe headaches and
dizzy spells. There is no tumour involved and doctors are saying the
procedure they will be doing on her has a 99% success rate. Praise
the Lord. Pray for God,s peace to rule reign in her and the hearts
of her loved ones.
In Christ,
TCF NJ |
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Dr.Suseela who has been under God's care and that of doctors in
the past but at the momemt she is completely under the care of
OUR HEAVENLY PHYSICIAN. She is not getting any medicine for her
cancer anymore. She and all her loved ones are totally dependant
upon GOD and HIS WORD for her healing. Thank you for your
prayers all these days and kindly continue to uphold her with
your prayers.
In the past there were some restrictions to visit her but now
anyone who wishes to visit her may do so calling her daughter
Sharon first at 973-743-8142 and arrange for a time with her. WE
REQUEST THAT YOUR VISITS BE BRIEF MAINLY FOR PRAYER. Your
cooperation will be greatly appreciated in this regard. Thank
you and God bless you.
In Christ,
Koppula Family
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Pastor Ebenezer Mallepalle's mom
Leelamma garu who is 89 years
old and has been in a nursing home these past 3 years suffered a
major stroke and was admitted to Raritan Bay Hospital, Old Bridge,
NJ couple of days ago. Her condition is serious. Please pray for
God's peace, comfort and strength to the families of of pastor
Ebenezer, his brother Julius and their families |
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Praise God for making it possible for a christian university to be
started by Telugu believers SANBALTER INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY, Freemont, CA and pray fervently for this Higher
Educational Facility to be a blessing to students not only in US
but around the world. Web address
www.sanbaltar.org |
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Please pray that one of our member's
Hindu friend (Name : KP) and her family may come to know the Lord. |
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Obituary... |
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Jesus said "I am the resurrection
and the life".........John:11:25, 26 " Blessed are the dead in the Lord " Rev 14:13
"….and the dead in Christ shall
rise first." 1 Thessalonians:4:13 – 18 |
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Abigail's Dad was promoted to glory today (Thursday morning
IST). News from India indicated that he had shortness of breath
while having breakfast and was taken to the hospital but was
pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral will take place on Monday
(8/30) at Hebron church in Hyderabad. May His name be glorified!
Abigail and myself plan to leave for India this evening. Please
remember us and the family members for safety in travel and
God's comfort.
David Babu
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Dear Children of God: Greetings in our Lord's Name. We are
very sorry to inform you that Mr. Arun Polepaka's father
Mr. Prakash passed away in AP. . Arun who is the son-in-law
of Dr.Regi Paul of Chicago must have reached India by now.
Please pray for God's comfort for Arun and all his family
members. Thank you and God bless you.
In Christ,
TCF NJ
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Dear Children of God: Greetings in the Name of our resurrected Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank you for your prayers for Dr & Mrs.
Jayaprakash & Anne Narayana, parents of 18 yrs old Jennifer who went
to be with the Lord on August 14, 2010 in Texas. Her funeral
arrangements are done by the RESTLAND FUNERAL HOME, DALLAS, TX.
Viewing on Friday the August 20th from 6.00 - 9.00 pm and burial on
Saturday the August 21st from 9.30 - 11.30 am.
You may also browse the Funeral Home's website
www.restlandfuneralhome.com
for details. Thanks and God bless you. Keep praying for the bereaved
family.
In Christ,
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Dear
Children of God: Greetings in our Lord's Name. We are
very sorry to inform you that Mr. Arun Polepaka's
father Mr. Prakash passed away in AP. Arun who is the
son-in-law of Dr. Regi Paul of Chicago must have reached
India by now. Please pray for God's comfort for Arun and
all his family members. Thank you and God bless you.
In Christ,
TCF NJ
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"PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS"
PSALMS: 116:15
Dear Children of God: We are saddened but yet at the same time
glad to inform you that God's servant Bro. Venugopal Yagnamurthy
garu, 76yrs old went to be with the Lord on July 8th in
Vijayawada, AP. We are sad only because we will miss him here on
earth but exceedingly glad for he is with Lord Jesus Christ whom
he loved and served all his life renounced his Hindu faith and
having everlasting joy in His presence and in the company of
patriarcha, prophets and all other saints. O what a
blissful life he is pramoted to Hallelujah.!
He is a Brahmin convert and served the Lord faithfully. He has
been ailing with heart problems for sometime and peacefully
promoted to glory in his sleep. O what a blessed Home going! His
wife and daughter are already in glory and we can be sure they
had a grand re-union! Pray for the rest of the family members
for God's peace and comfort and above for God's ministry to be
carried on despite his absence.
Death of saints is a reminder for all of us to be ready for our
Home call or to be caught up with Him if rapture takes place
while we are alive. May God help us to be prepared like the WISE
VIRGINS to meet the BRIDEGROOM. God bless you.
In Him,
TCF NJ
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Dear Children of God: Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus
Christ who conquered death and lives and because He lives we the
believrs live also with Him once we leave this world. Jesus said
"I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me
though he were dead yet shall he/she (paraphrasing) live; and
whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die" John:11:25
& 26. Christians are winners in life and in death. Is it not
interesting that Bible refers to death as sleep? Certainly. O
what a blessed people we are!
God's ways are past finding out! Bro. Deva Dandala was supposed
to come with Acharya RRK by June 30th to minister in NJ's CFC
but it had to be called off. We were all disapointed. Did not
we? Our God is all wise God. He knew bro. Deva needed to be back
home as He was going to call Deva's mpther unto Himself. We bow
down to you Lord Jesus for your mercy toward him. Had he been
here for CFC what a heart-ache it would have been not to see the
mortal remains of his mom for the last time and be a part of
that home going celebration.
It is with a heavy heart we inform you that bro. Deva's mom mrs.
Saramma went to be with the Lord. We are sad humanly speaking
but glad spiritually as she was ushered into our Lord's presence
whom she loved and served all her life. Please pray for
God's peace that passeth all understanding and His grace that is
sufficient for any situation to her husband bro. Abraham garu,
Deva, his brother's and sister Hephzibah and their loved ones.
God bless you.
In Christ,
TCF NJ
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Mr. Paul Deva Raju Maddela(Mrs. Asha Dova's
father), Retd
Lecturer
in English, has passed away on June 02, 2010 in Guntur. He was 73
years old.
Please pray for the grieving family. |
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