Editor’s Note

Psalm 127:1 says, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”  It is God alone who can make our city strong, we do not need rich and wealthy, nor the strong and wise, nor powerful people, rather till we have righteous people around, the evil one cannot touch our cities.

Psalm 60 : 9, “Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?“. When we are protected by God’s wings, He covers us and He is our shadow. Psalm 91: 5-6 says “  You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day. Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.”  When we believe in Lord Jesus Christ, even if other cities are destroyed, our strong city will live forever and no sickness of this world, nor wars can harm God’s children. The cities in the world may be destroyed, but we who fear God will never be destroyed when the strong hold of our Lord Jesus Christ’s hand is upon us. Psalm 121 : 6 says “  The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night.”  Whether it is the scorching sun by day or the moon by night nothing can harm us, when our faith is on Lord Jesus Christ. It is our Lord Jesus Christ who will lead us to the strong city.

How does a city get strong? Is it through the learned men, wise or wealthy men, or through our powerful world leaders? Who can make this city strong? Remember, only a righteous person can make the city strong. God saw that sins abounded in the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. The sins of this world reached the heavens, thus God came down to destroy these city from the face of the earth. At that time, Abraham stood between God and the angel of destruction. When a righteous man leaves a certain city, immediately the evil one enters this city and destroys it. Thus, we must remember that only ‘A Righteous’ person can make a city strong. Neither a rich nor a wealthy person, wise nor a powerful person, but only a ‘Righteous person’ can make the city strong.

Acts 16 : 31 “So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” The only way to salvation is through “Jesus Christ” and He alone can take us to the strong city. Every city that people have built will be destroyed. The Word says in Romans 10 : 13 “For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Hence, whoever takes the name of Jesus will be saved and receive their ‘Salvation’ as Jesus desires that not a single soul be lost rather whoever praises His name will be saved.

My dear brothers and sisters, always meditate on the living Word of God and try and lead your lives according to the will of God and you will see with your own eyes the marvellous things our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ will do for you.

Till we meet again, keep growing in the Word.

Pastor Saroja M

Praise the Lord. I am Preeti from Ludhiana and am currently studying in the ninth standard. Due to family problems, my parents stopped me from going to school when it was just a month away from my final exams. I was very worried, so I contacted the Rose of Sharon prayer helpline and asked them to pray for my studies. After that I was able to go to school, but since I was absent for more than two weeks, I was afraid that the school may not permit me to give my final exams. However, by the grace of Lord Jesus, the school allowed me to write my exams. The Lord helped me to write all the papers very well. When the results were out, I passed class nine with good marks. I give all glory and honour to my Lord Jesus for performing this miracle in my life. Thank You Jesus.

*Sis. Preeti Sood, Ludhiana, Punjab (ROS TV Program Viewer)

Praise the Lord. I started getting itchy boils on my stomach and back and I thought these may be heat boils. They were extremely painful and I shared this with Pastor Saroja.  After seeing the blisters, Pastor immediately said it is a type of sickness called ‘Nagin’ called ‘Shingles’ in English. Pastor advised me on what I should do and I followed the same. By God’s grace alone I was saved from this dangerous sickness and my Lord Jesus healed me from the painful boils and unbearable itching and burning sensation which I had from them. I give heartfelt thanks to my Lord Jesus and thank Pastor for praying for me. Thank You Jesus.

*Sis. Savitha Roberts, Vakola, Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Praise the Lord. I had recently started believing in Lord Jesus. I was continuously experiencing severe burning sensation on both my arms and I had gone to the doctor, who prescribed some medicines. Once or twice I took the medicines and there was some relief but the pain would come back again. I watch the Shubhsandesh TV programs regularly. During this time I happened to see the Rose of Sharon program and made a call to the prayer helpline number and gave my request for prayer. After the prayer, I slowly started experiencing relief from the pain. By the next day all the pain on both my arms had gone. Since then I have stopped taking the medicines. I thank Lord Jesus Christ for healing me completely and the Rose of Sharon prayer helpline for their prayers.

*Bro. Ravi Kumar, Hazaribaugh, Jharkhand. (ROS TV Program Viewer)

Praise the Lord. I am Ramjanam Singh from Jharkhand. I had been suffering from mental sickness and have been on medication since the past one year. I used to experience severe headache and no sensation all over my body. Due to this, one day unknowingly I just went to commit suicide, but fortunately my younger sister came and rescued me. That day the doctors told my mother to admit me to a mental hospital. In desperation, I started contacting several prayer helplines and they prayed and gave me some advice but there was no relief. I was completely depressed and during this time I suddenly came across the Rose of Sharon Ministry helpline number. When the prayer was made for me, the Lord touched me immediately and I came back to my senses and started talking normally. Everyone at my house were surprised and we were all happy. Yet after some days the demonic attack again tried to affect me, but after prayers I would become normal. This went on for a few days, but through constant prayers and God’s grace alone, today I am completely delivered from the evil one. I give all thanks to my Lord Jesus Christ for delivering me and I also thank the Rose of Sharon Ministry for their continuous prayers for me.

*Bro. Ramjanam Singh, Bokaro District, Jharkhand (ROS TV Program Viewer)

Praise the Lord. My name is Maya Rani, an aged nurse by profession and I have accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. I help women deliver their babies at their homes and at the same time I witness about our Lord Jesus to them. One day I helped deliver my relative’s baby at her place. After the child’s birth, people started visiting the child and one of them placed a thread beside the child and left. After that the baby started crying continuously till evening. I called up the Rose of Sharon Ministry prayer helpline number which was given to me by my son-in-law and I requested them for prayers for the child. Within some minutes the child stopped crying and slept peacefully. After seeing this miracle, my family members started believing in Jesus Christ, and even my faith increased much more. I give millions of thanks to my Lord Jesus for this great work and I thank the Rose of Sharon Ministry for their prayers.

*Sis. Maya Rani, Amritsar, Punjab. (ROS TV Program Viewer)

It was approximately 8:30 am on a busy morning, when an elderly gentleman in his eighties arrived to remove stitches from his thumb. He stated to the doctor that he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 a.m. Doctor took his vital signs and had him take a seat. Doctor knew it would take more than an hour, before someone would be able to attend to him. Doctor keenly saw him checking his watch anxiously for the time and decided to evaluate his wound, since the doctor was not busy with another patient. Doctor saw that on the examination, the wound was well healed. Hence he talked to one of the doctors to get the supplies to remove his sutures and re-dress his wound.

They both began to engage in a conversation while the doctor was taking care of his wound. Doctor asked the gentleman if he had another doctor’s appointment later as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman replied him no and said that he needed to go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his wife. Doctor inquired about his wife health. He told to doctor that she had been in the nursing home for a while, as she was a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. The Doctor probed further and asked if she would be upset if he was slightly late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was and she had not been able to recognize him since 5 years ago. Doctor asked him surprise “And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled as he patted his hand and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.

True love is not only romantic feeling. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be- just like what JESUS did for us. In so many situations and circumstances in life we tend to forget what God has done for us BUT still, He remembers who we truly are- the creation of His hands. He remembers that we are nothing but dust. Jesus proved His love for us on the cross of Calvary by sacrificing His life for all of us. How will you prove your love for JESUS today?

Pastor Saroja M

Do not be weary in well doing

John 16: 33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” A life of purity and victory is not easily available to any person, one has to work hard for it. We have to face a lot of problems in life and fight them – only then can we win a life of victory. Just as a goldsmith places gold into a furnace and goes on purifying it till he gets the exact purity required to make a bangle or an earring or a chain or any other piece of jewellery, it is by testing our faith again and again only that God can see a strong faith within us. 1 Peter 1:7 “That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:” One day when all the pain and suffering of this world ends, then our life will become a life of praise for the Lord. David says in Psalm 119:71 “It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.” The pain and suffering that we experience in our life does not destroy us, rather it strengthens our faith to believe solely in God and make our life praise-worthy for His glory alone. That is why David says ‘It is good that I have suffered for you, as through all these sufferings I have learnt wonderful lessons.’ Romans 8:28 says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” As we know in the Holy Scriptures, the life of Joseph was a life of struggle and suffering, but one day the Lord God lifted him up in Egypt itself and he was given a position and  rank just next to Pharaoh. Thus Joseph realized that every suffering of his worked out for the best in his life. In our lives too, to gain a life of purity and victory, we will have to undergo a lot of trials, tribulations, suffering and pain. When we win through all of these, our life will then be victorious. Romans 12:12 “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;” During our times of trial and tribulations, we must hold on firmly to God and stay firm in our faith and trust in Him.

We know how Job’s faith was tested. The devil went before God and challenged God on the subject of Job and said that if God took away the protection around Job and give him trial and tribulations, he would forget God and grumble against God instead. The devil always waits for us to grumble against God: to cease from being happy, to stop praying and be ungrateful to God. This is what the devil always wants God’s children to do. Thus, when we go through trials and tribulations, we must acknowledge God more and believe that everything happens in our life for the best. When we do this in the midst of our trials and tribulations, we will be strengthened in faith and we will also be strengthened in our prayer life. When we are not strong in the Lord, then we keeping worrying in life and we begin sinking. Those whom the Lord God has called, if their lives are victorious, remember that they have gone through the furnace of cleansing and their faith has been tried several times.

Proverbs 3:11 “My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:” We should never grumble when we suffer or go through trials and tribulations, for it is then that God tests our faith. The Israelites were put to test all the time, and all the time they grumbled and murmured against God in spite of seeing His mighty hand of grace upon them. When they sinned and went against God, God gave them into the hands of the enemy so that they would suffer and then cry out to the Lord God in oneness and unity. Once again our gracious God would then lift them up again with His immense love. In our life too, when God shows our sins or faults, at that time we should not be weary: rather, in prayer and with a repentant heart we should once again call out to Him and in happiness we should praise Him and pray unto Him. Hebrews 12:5-11 “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” The Lord God gets annoyed with us due to our wrong behaviour and brings about punishment in our lives for He loves us and wants to correct us. We must remember that what God does in our lives is not only for the present time, but also for the times to come in our life.

We know that when David sinned with Bathsheba it was a great sin and God sent the Prophet Nathan to show David his sin. David quickly accepted his sin and took the correction, he repented and cried to the Lord God for forgiveness. God forgave him and once again started using him for His glory. God did not show David mercy just because David was the King of Israel, neither did God allow David to hide his sins, rather He openly rebuked David. Even in our lives, however much we are loved by God and we may be very close to Him, there is no one big or small before God, for sin is sin before God. He does not hide our sins, and through his chosen servants even today, He speaks to us. We must take every correction and change our lives. We know how much David cried before the Lord to get His grace and mercy once again in his life. On the one hand David committed adultery with Bathsheba and on the other he killed her husband. Being a King, he did not go to war, rather he remained back to scheme on how to possess Bathsheba. But God finally delivered David from all these sins as he repented with a true heart before God. Likewise we should also confess our sins in truth before God and obtain His forgiveness.

Our repentance should not be through lip service and false tears, rather we must truthfully have a repentant heart for the Lord. Because of this, many of our sins are still not forgiven by God and in spite of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross today, we are still not fully cleansed. Our heart is not fully repentant and we have not confessed our sins before God. David was fully repentant before God; he had a contrite heart before God, hence God forgave him and changed his life completely. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. When we repent truthfully, He is ready to forgive us instantly and deliver us completely from our sins. Our faith must be like David’s faith. Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Our prayer must be a repentant prayer before God even as David prayed saying ‘Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Change all the ways of sorrow and pain in my life and show me the path of happiness.’ This was David’s sincere prayer. When there is sin in our life, our life goes into darkness, pain and sorrow. But when we turn away from unrighteousness and once again walk in the path of righteousness, God will lift us up again for His Glory. God will look deep within our hearts, examine it and then once again bless us with His grace and mercy in our lives. But many of us only say it with our lips and do not mean it, while many of us do not repent wholeheartedly. Remember, God is watching over us always. God has called many but chosen only a few for His glory. Those who repent with their true heart, God will surely lift them up and choose them for His glory alone. To live a life of purity, it is important for us to go into the furnace and get out of it cleansed completely. Proverbs 13:18 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.” Yes, those who take correction will be honoured by Him, but those who disdain correction will be put to shame. When God separates the goat and the sheep to His left and right side, at that time we will know where we stand with Him. Today, if we do not take His correction that day will be a sad day for us. But if we take His correction today, that day we will be honoured. A life of purity and victory will be ours. Only His correction in our life will help us be victorious in this life and we will be honored in our life to come. Imagine if we do not take correction – that day will be such a shameful day in our lives. God corrects us because we are His children, He wants us to live a life of honour so that we may eventually reach the mansions prepared by Him. Hence He gives us chastening in this world. At that time, we should take His correction with an open mind, we should not become weary and tired; rather, willingly we should take God’s correction and progress with Him.

Hebrews 12:3 “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus’ soul was so troubled for it was in that garden at that moment that the Lord Jesus decided to take our sins upon Himself and give Himself on the Cross for our sakes. Jesus cried out to His Father God, but His Father’s will was that He should die and be sacrificed for our sakes. We must remember Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross for our sakes. It is when we forget this sacrifice of Jesus for our sakes, the pain and sorrow He went through – that we grumble and murmur in our lives. When we face tiredness or weariness in our life, we grumble and murmur at God, but if at that very moment we simply remember Jesus’ suffering and remember how His sweat turned into droplets of blood we will never again grumble or murmur at God. We must always remember our God’s sacrifice, then we will grow in our prayer life as well as have reverence for our Lord. Isaiah 53:12 “Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Jesus carried the sins of all mankind for He was sacrificed for the sins of this world. We must remember how our Father God sacrificed His son Jesus Christ on the Cross. Isaiah 53:11 “He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.” When we go through pain and suffering in this world we must remember Jesus’ sufferings on the Cross – compared to that our suffering is nothing. We should put our faith and trust even more on the Lord and praise and worship and glorify His Holy name. Our hearts must once again sing praises to our Lord God. Psalm 23:3 “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” When we call unto Him, He will surely hear and answer us. It is for this reason He chose to suffer in the garden of Gethsemane and decided to die for us on the Cross; to show us the way of righteousness. Even before Jesus was born, the prophets foretold His coming and not one Word prophesied by the Prophets has been allowed to fall to the ground. Jesus has fulfilled every Word prophesied in the Holy Scriptures. Every Word is true and every Word is living!

2 Thessalonians 3:13 “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.” Whatever work we do for the Lord God, we must do it joyfully; never let us be tired or weary in doing good works for the Lord. God came into this world for our good and He only did good works on this earth. So let us also continue to do His good works on this earth. Let us show the way of deliverance to those in bondage, bring out those in darkness into the light, pray for the healing of sick; and let us preach Jesus’ name, in whose name they will get healed. Let us not be weary and tired to do His good works on this earth. God has given us His name, so we must preach His name on this earth until the people of this world accept it.

Before God was to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, he told Abraham His plan. Abraham thought that there may be many righteous in this land. So he asked God ‘Will You destroy the righteous too?’ Abraham did not believe that there could be no righteous in this land. But the truth was that there were no righteous persons in this land. God replied to him ‘If there are 50 righteous people I will not destroy the land.’ Upon persistent questioning from Abraham, the Lord said ‘If there are 25 righteous I will not destroy the land,’ then, ‘if there are 10 righteous I will not destroy the land.’ In the end there was only Lot and his family who were saved and all the rest were destroyed. We must continue to do good works on this earth. We must remember that God can relent from destroying a particular land. Every home must have a righteous person. A righteous person is one who does not weary from doing good works for the Lord God. In Sodom and Gomorrah, there was none other than Lot’s family who were righteous.

Mathew 25:35-36 “For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Once, Jesus went to Samaria and it was the afternoon time; those with him were hungry and said to him that they should go for lunch. But instead Jesus said to them ‘I have come to do the works of my Father God, this is my food.’ As Jesus went to the well, He met the Samaritan women and transformed her life by talking of the ‘living water.’ Every Word is so meaningful. We must never get weary of doing God’s good works. Mathew 25:40 “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Whether we are a small family or a big congregation, we must always strive to preach the good works of our Lord God. These are the works of righteousness and we must never get tired doing it. It is in this ‘Word’ itself that one gets honour and disdain too. Galations 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” We may never get a sudden harvest in our lives, it is only in a certain time that we will have the grace of God upon us. We may have poverty in our life, we may also spend more money than we earn; but we must know that when we have a little with us and we do the good works of God, we will be blessed immensely. When we spend it on the Lord’s work, He will open the windows of heaven and bless us abundantly. Thus if we have to obtain God’s grace, we must do good works for the Lord God on this earth. Lamentations 2:19 “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.” We must lift our hands to the Lord God every day, cry out for our repentance and for our life on this earth, for our families, etc. Every day we must cry out to the Lord, then He will hear and answer. David prayed to the Lord God in spite of all his shame. Psalm 77:2 “In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.” In different ways, David faced trials and tribulations from his enemies, but not once did he put his hands down, He only lifted his hands higher and higher and cried out and praised the Lord God. In good times we must praise the Lord and in troubled times too we must praise the Lord in the same manner.

When the Israelites were being brought out of Egypt, a prostitute who saw them approach the Jericho wall acknowledged how the Lord had given the Israelites the land and how God had dried the waters of the Red sea for them and what God had done to the Amorite Kings, due to which the people of Jericho’s hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man. She acknowledged that the Lord God is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. Joshua 5:1 “And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.” Seeing the Israelites cross Jericho, the gentiles feared the Lord God. Similarly in our lives too, the devil must fear when he looks upon God’s children rather than God’s children fearing the devil and his evil works.

Jeremiah 31:25 “For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.” When we stand in faith and are weary and tired, God will fill us with His Spirit of grace and strength and we will never be weary to do God’s good works. 2 Corinthians 4:1,8,9,14,16 “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed. Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” Because our God is perfect, He will never let us be defeated. However much the devil may attempt to tire us and bring about great burdens upon us, we will never faint or be weary when God’s grace is upon us. God is always with us and He will continue to fuel us with His grace and strength and our life will always be a victorious life.

John 12:26 “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.”

Isaiah 32:2 “And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” In every moment of our life, God will be with us, He will never forsake us.

2 Corinthians 12:9 “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

God’s grace alone is sufficient for us. In different ways we may have weaknesses within us, but God’s work never ceases, for His grace alone is sufficient for us in our weakness. His grace will take care of us always. All of us may have weakness, but God’s grace alone is sufficient in our lives, so let us continue in our praising, praying, and doing of good works for the Lord. He will strengthen our every weakness and help us lead a righteous and victorious life.

May this message bring blessings into our lives. Praise the Lord!

Pastor Saroja M

Praise the Lord. Greetings to all our dear readers in the most Holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In this month’s edition we would like to introduce our new aunty – Mrs. Carmeline C Dheer. She is 64 years old and is capable to do  her work by herself with minimum assistance.  Aunty is quite fluent in many languages such as English, Hindi, Marathi and Konkani. She is suffering from blood pressure, diabetes and cholestrol and is under medication. Polite by nature and kind in talking, Aunty Carmeline  is not fussy about the food and she enjoys whatever meal has been served to her in the Home.

May our good God heal her and keep everyone in our home in good health.

Praise the Lord! As the new year has rolled in, we are thankful and grateful to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ for a new church. The Sunday school has wonderfully been blessed with a beautiful space within the new church itself.  This is wonderful and a great blessing to the kids in Sunday School. Our God is so good and His plan so perfect as He thinks of even the needs of the children!

The Bible speaks of the love of our Lord Jesus Christ for the little children and how He scolded His disciples for not letting the children come near Him. The love which Jesus has for children is immense and unexplainable.

This year too we opened the session with general class and we welcomed our new children Stephen and Sheeba to the Sunday class. The little children learnt a few new songs too.

As we progress in teaching our little ones of the way and works of Lord, do continue to uphold them in your prayers.

Praise the Lord. I would like to share and testify this wonderful miracle which took place in my elder son- Stanley’s life. Stanley was working in Mumbai in a Shipping Company got an opportunity to work in Dubai as a Company store manager. The main requisite for the job profile was that the candidate should be a graduate, whereas my son had only completed his studies upto 13^th Standard. I told this matter to Pastor Saroja and requested for prayers for my son and that everything should go smoothly and he should get the job.

The next day itself my son received a call from the Dubai company and they took his telephonic interview and asked him to send all his educational documents. Within a few hours he received an update stating that he had passed the interview and was selected for that job. In a matter of a week he received the visa and tickets to fly to Dubai along with his joining letter.

We could not imagine how all went so quickly and smoothly, and he reached Dubai safely and also joined work within a day. However, his medical tests and working visa stamping was yet remaining. I requested Pastor Saroja to pray for him that he should get his visa stamped and clear all his medicals. By God’s grace within a few days my son called and told me that his medical test was cleared and he now had a stamped visa for two years with a permanent U.A.E. work ID.

I give all praise & thanks to Lord Almighty Jesus for this wonderful miracle and also thank Pastor Saroja who always keeps me and my family in her prayers.

Thank You Jesus! Praise the Lord!!

*Bro. Joseph Arikswamy, Goregoan, Mumbai.