Editor’s Note

Praise the Lord! I wish you all a Happy Easter and I pray that this Easter brings you the Love, Joy and Peace of our Lord Jesus into your homes and families.

• It is easy to believe in Jesus if we know Him,but it is blessed to believe in Jesus without knowing Him.

• It is easy to follow Jesus after seeing a miracle,but it is blessed to follow Jesus without receiving a miracle.

Thomas did not believe Peter and John when they told him of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. John 20:25 “The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.”

Jesus knowing the condition of Thomas’ mind, went directly to Thomas the next time He visited the Apostles. John 20:27, 28, 29 “Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.”

In the beginning of a believer’s life the Lord Jesus will do many miracles in their lives to increase their faith.

When we grow spiritually we should not expect our Lord will speak to us through dreams and revelations but should move ahead believing the Lord is with us. Hebrew 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a re-warder of them that diligently seek him.”

Thousands of people have heard Jesus speak and those ears which have done so are blessed ears.These blessed ears have testified saying that the words of Jesus were full of grace.

When Jesus commanded the storm and waves, even nature obeyed the voice of Jesus, and the people beheld and were wonder-struck.

The Prophet Samuel’s ears heard the sound of the sheep and cattle.He asked Saul, 1 Samuel 15:14 “And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”

The Lord had commanded Saul to fight the A male kities and destroy all that they had and not spare them;to kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.But Saul did not give heed to the Lord;everything that was worthless and despised they utterly destroyed; but he  was unwilling to destroy the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fat lings of the lambs and all that was good, and so he spared them.

As Saul rejected the voice of the Lord, so the Lord rejected Saul from being King over Israel.

Do you have ears that hear the word of the Lord? Obey a hundred percent the voice of the Lord and submit your selves to Him.

Let the Prophets of the Lord give a good testimony about you. Matthew 13:6 “And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.”

Our God is the Judge of all the earth. He shows justice to the king and princes. But many a time we may not get justice. Do not fear, but give your cause to the Lord. Psalm 55:22 “Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.”

Peter says in 1 Peter 5:7 “Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.”

God is a righteous Judge. Be patient in His presence, and wait upon Him. He will not allow you to be put to shame, you will be definitely blessed. Psalm 58:11 “So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.”

The Bible says in Deuteronomy 7:6 “For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”

Blessed are the undefined in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity, they walk in His ways.

The Lord has taken me to many countries to preach the word of the Lord, where I met many servants of the Lord and many children of God. I saw joy in them that the world cannot give.

There is nothing more blessed than being called the children of God in this world. If you have received Jesus in your life,be one with Him and live a blessed life.Then He will set you high above all nations, in praise, in name, and in honor, that you may be a holy people to the Lord your God.

May the Lord bless you and your families this Easter and may you have Joy and Peace in your lives.

In the Lord’s service

Pastor Saroja M

Praise the Lord. My wife Esther was suffering from persistent giddiness and experienced a sudden pain in her lower abdomen. After taking medicines from the doctor, I was told that there might be chances of a stomach infection. After two days her condition became worse due to which I had to admit her in the hospital. I immediately called up Pastor Saroja and explained the matter to her. She assured me of her prayers. By God’s grace alone, within two days my wife got discharged. I was very much worried about the billing, but thanks to my Lord’s grace alone, all the mediclaim bills were passed without any problem. I give all glory to Lord Jesus for healing my wife and I also thank Pastor Saroja for her sincere prayers and for her love and care towards us during this troubled time.

*Bro. Hardik Patel, Goregoan.

A few days ago my 3 month old daughter was experiencing severe pain in her stomach and crying profusely. As she is so small I did not know what to do and how to console her. I told this matter to Pastor Saroja who prayed for my daughter and within a few minutes she got relief from the pain. This is not the first time, and this has happened many a times for any problem affecting us, wherein we have always shared it with our Pastor who has fervently prayed for us and we have been healed. I thank my Lord for giving us such a wonderful Pastor and may His grace always abound on our Pastor. I also thank her for her fervent prayers.

*Sis. Kiran Ravi Singh, Kalina

Praise the Lord. I was regularly quarreling with my husband daily for the past fifteen days, as I was mentally upset. After watching the Rose of Sharon TV programme, I contacted the prayer helpline and requested for prayers. From the very next day I became quiet and even my attitude towards my husband changed. I thank my Lord for bringing this change in my life and I also thank the prayer helpline for praying for me.

*Sis. Kavitha Jagtap, Jalgaon. (ROS TV Program Viewer)

Praise the Lord. I would like to thank the Lord for yet another wonder work in my life. I work for the Managing Director of my company and he travels on international trips quite often. After his return it is my responsibility to prepare the foreign exchange statement and submit whatever his expenses were and return the balance foreign currency to the company. On his return of one such tour I had submitted the statement to our accounts department and mentioned that “He returned USD 127”.

A month later the account department comes to me and enquires whether I handed over the cash. At that moment I was confused since it was nearly a month old and did not remember. I was immediately scared as it would reflect on my character, that if the MD returned the cash, I would have given to accounts and they would have accounted the same for but if they did not receive then where was it?? I could not check with my Boss also as he was traveling on another international trip. I immediately started praying to the Lord that please help me sort this out as all the Accounts team members were also scared. When the MD returned the next working day, I told him the whole matter. He just closed his eyes for a few minutes and immediately said, “Is it possible that I did not hand over the money to you.” I told him, how can I blame you that you never gave. So he said, “No I don’t think I gave you the money.” And he handed over USD 127 to me and I immediately handed over the same to the accounts department. I thank the Lord Jesus for really solving this problem for me so smoothly. It is only by the grace of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that I sustain everyday at my work place. I also would like to thank Pastor Saroja who prays for all church members so that the Lord takes care of us in all our daily lives during the week.

Thank you Jesus. Praise the Lord.

*Sis. Padma Jaykanth, Kalina

Praise the Lord. I have been working in a government school, but yet had not received a pay bill salary directly from the government. The salary was being provided by the management. This process was the same since the past one and a half year. I told this matter to Pastor Saroja and she assured me of her prayers. By God’s grace and mercy alone, I got the pay bill pass and now I am receiving salary directly from the Government. I give all glory to Lord Jesus for hearing His daughter’s prayers and answering it. I also thank Pastor Saroja for her fervent prayers.

*Sis. Esther Patel, Goregoan

Women’s Day celebrations – 2018

Praise the Lord !A very special event was organized on 8 March,2018  which is celebrated as ‘Women’s Day’ for the Women’s Fellowship group of the Rose Of Sharon Church, Kalina.

On this joyous occasion all sisters assembled at Church in the evening for a praise, worship and message session by Pastor Saroja. After this session, the group proceeded to a wonderful venue at Bandra- Kurla Complex (BKC), where we had a wonderful place to arrange games etc.  Team games were organized…viz  Bombing the city, passing the ball, musical chairs, marble and spoon, etc.

Finally, it was dinner time and we were served a wonderful Rajwada thali.  Everyone ate to their heart’s content and the evening concluded praising and thanking God for His great mercies and kindness upon us, Women.

Truly the Rose of Sharon Women’s Fellowship group had a blessed experience and gave God all praises, honor and glory.  We also thanked our Pastor Saroja for always thinking about us and our welfare and happiness thus organizing this eventful program on the occasion of ‘Women’s Day’.

Thank you Lord!  Praise you Jesus !

Pastor Saroja M

Look with Spiritual Eyes

In our life, when we have faith in God we will be blessed with spiritual eyes to see our future. When we have the gift of spiritual eyes, we will be blessed to see our future clearly and we will be able to prepare ourselves for the same. From the beginning, our predecessors also had that same spiritual sight as written in Hebrews 11:2 “For by it the elders obtained a good report.” They were good testimonies for the Lord because of their faith, and through this faith they had spiritual sight. Though they are not with us today, their testimonies are before us. It is only their faith in God that has made them a good testimony. Even in our lives, through our spiritual sight we must have faith, for when our faith is strong we can never go wrong with our spiritual sight.

We know that in the beginning Eve did not have faith; she did not believe what God had told them. She believed that the fruit that was before her was good and so she ate it. If only she had remembered how God had warned them against eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge and if she had spiritual eyes to see what would happen to them if they disobeyed; but since her faith was not strong, she ate the forbidden fruit and took the curse upon mankind. Genesis 2:16-19 “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.” Because of her disobedience, the curse came upon all mankind, and women in particular. Here we see that while God had kept great faith that Adam and Eve would be in obedience to His command,unfortunately they did not have faith in God and thus did not possessthe spiritual eyes to see the punishment that would come upon them. Genesis 3:16-19 “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

In our lives, we must have the fear of God within us. We must know that if we obey God we will be blessed and if we disobey Him we will be punished. If we do not believe in God, there is no profit to us. Here in this passage we clearly see that Adam and Eve did not pay heed to God’s command and the warning that God had given them against eating the forbidden fruit. We see how the punishment came upon entire mankind. If Adam and Eve had spiritual eyes, they would have had the faith to believe in God’s command and obey it.

Jesus Christ was sent into this world to break this curse upon mankind. Today, Jesus Christ by His blood has taken away this curse from our midst. Yet, let us examine how our spiritual eyes and faith in God is. If we have the spiritual eyes and faith within us, our lives will become a testimony. Whether the world acknowledges it or not, our Lord Jesus in Heaven will surely say “The people who have claimed their blessings from my Father God, enter into His Heavenly Kingdom.”  We cannot imagine what a great testimony we will leave back in this world.

We see another biblical story of Esau; He did not have the spiritual eyes and faith, and for a one time meal, in his hunger he surrendered his birthright. Esau did not have spiritual eyes to see the future;he did not realize what would happen to him after he would have that one time meal. Had he that faith in God and spiritual eyes to see his future, he would not have sold his birthright.

Let us also see Abraham’s story. He believed in God fearfully and had great faith in God. Hebrews 11:9-10 “By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Abraham had great faith in God, and thus he had the spiritual eyes to see the future. Today Abraham is known as the Father of Faith.

We also see Jesus Christ’s life; on one hand He is lifting the Cross and bearing all the burden for mankind, while on the other hand His spiritual eyes are upon the right side of His Father God’s throne. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”Here we see that He did not bother about His sufferings for He was just thinking of the glory of the Kingdom of heaven. Jesus was prepared to carry many more burdens and was prepared to undergo many more sufferings, for nothing could equal the glory of sitting on the right side of Father God.

It was only through faith that His spiritual eyes could see the glory of the Heavenly Kingdom. God told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden that He had created all things for them to enjoy. But He also gave them one command i.e, not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Similarly Jesus Christ has also spoken to us that He is going to His Father’s house to prepare for us mansions. He will return to take us back to these mansions. Our spiritual eyes must see this in faith – that Jesus will be coming back to take His elect. Hence we have to suffer all pain, trials and tribulations for the Lord. John 14:1-4 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”

What path did Jesus take to reach the heavenly kingdom? Jesus endured suffering on the Cross to eventually sit on the right side of Father God. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” We too must choose to suffer for the Lord.In this world we will have many trials and tribulations, but we must remember that Jesus has overcome them all.Jesus has said ‘Where I go you know, and you know the way too.’

The lives of our predecessors was a life of testimony for us. Our lives too must become strong in faith with all that we see and all that we read in the Word. Without faith we cannot reach the glorious heavenly kingdom. Our eyes too must always be focused on things above the earth i.e. the heavenly kingdom. Hebrews 11:35 “Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:” The women desired to suffer for the Lord so that they could secure a place in the Heavenly Kingdom. In order to get that great mansion and reach the great heavenly throne, these women were ready to bear all the burdens of this world. The same God says even today ‘Look to me and remember my sufferings in this world,you will never be dismayed or disheartened.’

Isaiah 45:22“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.” Jesus says ‘It is only through me that you will be delivered, it is only through me that you will be redeemed, it is only through me that you will receive the kingdom.’ Jesus alone is the Way, and He has shown us the Way to reach His heavenly kingdom. Without Him we can do nothing and without Him we cannot reach the mansions in the heavenly kingdom. We must have faith and spiritual eyes to see this great work of God in our life. David says in Psalm 121:1 “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” Jesus has already said ‘You entire nations of the earth, let your eyes be stayed upon me, for without me you can do nothing or achieve nothing.’ David says ‘I look to the hills from whence comes my help, my help comes from God who made the Heavens and earth.’ Our eyes and faith must be upon God, only then our lives can become a testimony in this world. Every moment of our life we have to live in faith. It is now the time of harvest for us, as our predecessors have sown the seed with great faith. We know how believers came from far off and sowed the seeds of faith in our forefathers.

Thomas came to India, to sow the seed of faith. The moment he entered our country, he was faced with a big challenge, yet with great faith Thomas sowed the word of God in our land. Today is the harvesting time, and you and I are the harvesters. The greater the harvest we do, our Lord God will be happy with us. Thus, whatever type of work God has given us, we must do it wholeheartedly for the Lord. The life of a believer is a very responsible life, and we must do every work with great zeal and diligence for the Lord. It may be a small work or a great work, every work of our hands must bring honour to the Lord.

The work of the Egyptian nurses was to assist during delivery, and the King’s decree was that every boy child born in Egypt and below 2 years of age must be killed. But these nurses feared God and did their job with great responsibility. They did not obey the King’s decree but saved the boy child. We must perform all our responsibilities with great diligence. God is always watching us. 1 Thessalonians 2:12 “That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.” For the glory of His Kingdom, we have to become a clean vessel for him. God has called us for the far off heavenly glory, while the wicked evil one shows us the joys of this world and entices us with these short term benefits.

Consider Abraham’s life; he believed in that heavenly kingdom and was ready to sacrifice his only son on God’s command. That is why Abraham became a friend of God. We see how Noah was the most highly favored of God during his time for he was a righteous man. We also see that Enoch was a righteous man who feared God. All these people became spiritual vessels for the Lord and so their lives are a testimony even today. The Lord has given you and me the same call. Jesus has told us that He is going to prepare a mansion for you and me, to prepare the heavenly kingdom for us. He has promised us that He will come back to take His elect. Hence we must be perfect in everything we do for the Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:17 “For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.”

Apostle Paul worked for the Lord diligently. He was true to his calling, he feared God and did all work perfectly for the Lord. Paul thus became a vessel for the Lord and secured a place in the heavenly kingdom. We too must strive to reap a rich harvest for the Lord, for believers have already sown the seeds of faith for us – we now have to harvest the same. It is you and me who have to complete the work now – we have to harvest the fruits of the works done by our predecessors. John 4:35 “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.” John says that we must open our eyes and get ready for harvesting. There is no work that we cannot do for the Lord. Every fear within us is put in by the evil one, and we must learn to drive away the fear brought upon by the enemy. We should not keep our mind free, for the moment it is free the devil will fill it up with things of this world, hence we must not give any space to the evil to enter our lives. We must also not fear the evil one. Job feared for his family as they continually sinned against the Lord, he would go and sacrifice everyday to the Lord asking for God’s forgiveness. But in the end what Job feared happened, and he lost his entire family. However,God views this fear as nothing. The more we fear the Lord, the farther the evil one will flee from us.

Psalm 126:5-6 “They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Without trials we cannot get victory in the challenges we face. When we work hard for a month we get paid at the end of the month. We pursue money that does not remain with us forever. For us to reap in joy, we have to sow in faith. We must constantly be focused upon the Lord. When we seek God, He will add everything into our lives – wealth, prosperity, health, etc. Isaiah 65:24 “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.” When our sight and our faith is stayed on God,He will answer even before we call out to Him and everything will be given unto us, even before we ask.

Our predecessors who were believers became great testimonies, like Thomas who came to this far side of the world and sowed the seeds of faith for us in India. But when we try to do everything with our own wisdom and knowledge, nothing can be fulfilled in our lives. Our God does not sleep nor slumber, He is always watching upon us. Luke 21:28 “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” This is the time to raise up our heads, not after everything is over, but we must lift our heads to Him now. None of us know the time nor the hour of His coming, rather let us believe the testimonies that we have heard and open our spiritual eyes and have faith in God.

We know the story of Rebekah, of how she left her parents’ home and how she lifted her sight for Isaac, her bridegroom. Today our bridegroom is Jesus Christandour sight must be lifted up to Him. Genesis 24:22-26 “And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in? And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the LORD.” Just as Abraham desired for his son Isaac, so God heard him and provided a bride (Rebekah), for his son Isaac.

We can do nothing without the Lord God. Whatever we do without Him is cursed in our lives. We do all this nonsense, because we do not fear the Lord. God always has the best choice in store for us, hence He says ‘Look to me and I will provide.’ 2 Peter 1:19 “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; where unto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:” We must remember the Word of God  when we are tempted by the evil one. Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Isaiah 40:26 “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.” The Lord God took Abraham out of the tent and spoke to him in Genesis 15:5 “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”We too can do nothing without the Lord. Isaiah 40:26 “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.”

You and I are stars in the sight of God. The righteous shine as stars for the Lord. Hebrews 11:16 “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” It is important for us to know for whom Jesus is preparing mansions for, in the Lord’s heavenly kingdom. God is partial to none; whoever we are, if we are focused for the Lord He will work in our life.

What are we in the sight of God? What is His promise for us? Zechariah  2:8 “For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.” We are the apple of His eye. No one can touch us. We think He does not see us,and that he does not know what we are doing; but if we feel so, we are far from the truth. Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.” Our Lord loves us very much,yet it is our faith in Him that is weak and we do not have the spiritual eyes to see our future that God has planned for us.

Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.” Our parents can hide our sins, but God will never hide them for us, rather when we confess, He is ready to forgive us and He will redeem us. We are all little children before the Lord God. Our God speaks to us thru His Word, He will correct us and cut us till we bleed out our sinful blood. We must have that faith and fear in God.This alone will purify us and help us to look with spiritual eyes and see our future that God has planned for us.

May God bless this Word!Praise the Lord!

Greetings to all our readers in the wonderful name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In this edition of the magazine, we would like to introduce you toour newest family member…Granny Lily D’souza, who is 83 years old. She came to our home on 13^th February 2018.

When she came, she was not able to walk alone and needed someone’s support to walk. Shehad itching on her entire body andher entire skin was totally dried up. Pastor Saroja advised to apply the prayer oil on her entire body, and in just a couple of days her skin started getting healed and all her dried skin became normal.Now,Granny Lilycan also walk alone without anybody’s support!

We thank our Lord Jesus who healed this Granny so wonderfully and for Pastor Saroja’sprayer and counsel.

May God bless Lily Grannyand keep her in good health always.

Easter wishes to all the readers of the ROS magazine from all the residents of Rose of Sharon Old aged home.

Praise the Lord!!

Praise the Lord!This month we began a new journey in our class. We began our journey of learning through the book of Acts.

As we explored learning the book, in this trip we learnt about the Holy Spirit and the believers in the early churches. Most important we learnt about the Holy Spirit and the power of God.

After Jesus went back to Heaven the Holy Spirit came and empowered the believers to do the work that Jesus told them to do. As the Lord had promised the kids learnt that the Holy Spirit continues to strengthen and work in the life of the one’s who believe in the power of Christ.

In this journey together they understood that The Good News we hear about each week is the news that Jesus died on the cross for our sins.He was buried and God raised Him from the dead on the third day. When a person believes that Jesus died for their sins,God saves them from the punishment of their sins and grants them the chance to eternal life.

As the kids continue their journey and explore the book or Acts further. We wish all our readers a ‘Happy Easter’.

Do continue to pray for our little children for God’s protection and blessings upon their lives always.

Joy Salins

It gives me great pleasure today to testify about the wonderful way the Lord is working in our Rose of Sharon Old Aged home. I would like to mention about our 3 residents in our Home.

• Granny Annie Fernandes, who is 80 years old. When she came to the home she was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes.

• Granny Jaymala Mary Chettiar. She is 87 years old. She too was suffering from Blood pressure and diabetes.

• Granny Cecilia Rodrigues, who is 75 years old. She  was suffering from diabetes, heart problem and depression when she came into our home.

As you see above, all of them came to our home with severe health problems and were on heavy regular medication. But after being in our home, their dosage of medicines have reduced drastically and by God’s grace they are keeping in wonderful health.

They not only are able to take care of themselves but they also help in the day to day work in the home for e.g. cutting vegetables, cleaning garlic and are every ready to help in any work.

I would like to thank our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that He has kept the residents in such amazing health that they are even able to help around the Home. Whoever enters our  Home always mention that, “This Home does not feel like an old aged home, where the residents have to just lie on their beds” .  This is because our Good Lord is taking care of all our residents and whoever enters the home feels a strong sense of peace and joy.

Seeing the residents happy, joyful and in good health really makes my heart thank and praise God because even at this age, He is taking care of all our residents and blessed them with good health which is of utmost importance.

Thank you Jesus for your wonderful grace, love, joy and peace in our Rose of Sharon Old Aged Home and may your presence always guard, guide and keep all our residents in good health under your shadow.

Praise the Lord….Pastor Saroja M