Miracle at Rameswaram 1-5-05

Wednesday, January 5, 2005 -- Morning by Morning Good morning, Lord Jesus. All creation awaits the revealing of Your glory. I welcome the revealing of Your glory here in my heart again this morning as I watch and wait for You. ... Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! Thank You, Lord, for the confirming word I've received last night about my friends on the tiny island of Rameswaram, between the island of Sri Lanka and the coast of Tamil Nadu in the southernmost province of India. We ministered to Pastor Paulos and his family and many of his leaders at a retreat two years ago with Larry Coker's team. I've been so concerned to hear how they weathered the tsunami that devastated that region. You called them to plant a church on this island in the middle of what is considered one of the most important sites in Hinduism. Throughout their ministry, they have been persecuted, beaten, even left for dead several times. Yet, there is story after story of Your miraculous provision -- what a testimony of faith and obedience they are! Now in the wake of one of the most destructive forces to be unleashed against humanity, we have heard great news of Your miraculous provision again. As Pastor Paulos told Larry, "Not even a chicken was harmed." Praise You, Jesus! As You bring this Scripture of Your faithfulness to mind, I remember the bravery of Pastor Paulos' son, Israel, when he was chained to a tree, beaten almost to death, and delivered by an angel, several years ago because of the boldness and faithfulness of his family to share the love of God in Jesus Christ. You have delivered this family and their ministry yet again, to continue to share the good news of freedom from the bondage of sin and spiritual oppression. "But now thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, He Who formed you, O Israel: Do not fear for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior" -- Isaiah 43.1-3. Thank You, Lord. In this broken, fallen world, there will be waters and rivers and fires that come to overwhelm us, but You will bring us through them all. You did not promise us we would not face them, but You did promise us You would be with us. Thank You for being with my friends and thank You for being with all those who are still coming through the waters of destruction. Whether we live or die, whether we suffer or receive miraculous deliverance -- You are there with us, to bring us through; not a moment of our suffering is wasted. You are faithful to us and You give us grace to be faithful to You in the midst of it all. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Be encouraged this day! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays To subscribe/unsubscribe/reply please send a note to me at Messiah Ministries -- "preparing the way of the Lord" -- MessiahMin@aol.com God bless you! Friends, I am attaching a note I just received yesterday with another account about this miracle in the midst of this great suffering. I confirmed with the writer that he is speaking of the same ministry at Rameswaram. God bess you! The Quickened Word - Powered by InJesus Subscribe Unsubscribe Change E-mail View Archive His Jewels Saved from TsunamiForwarded by Sandy WarnerJan 4, 2005Hi Loved Ones, Below is a wonderful testimony to the truth of Mal 3:16-18. 16 Then those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name. 17 And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. 18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who does not serve Him. Lovingly, Sandy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Testimony from the Asian Tsunami David Bodine Jan 4, 2005 Dear nRn Subscribers, This forward from Forrest Hill is in response to the Amos 3:7 post we sent out on 12/31/04. Editor ------------------ From: Forrest Hill [mailto:fhill.cpa@oregonfast.net] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:27 PM To: Northwest Revival News Subject: Amos 3:7 Your word of 12/31/4 was so on point. We are friends of a ministry located in Rameswaram, India. Below is copied text that I sent out to people in my address box last week. You have permission to forward it if you wish, but I'm not looking for credit or acknowledgement. This came by way of a number of people who have direct contact with those at the work in Rameswaram. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No doubt you've heard about the earthquake in the Indian Ocean two days ago. What you've probably not heard is how God has preserved UNTOUCHED!!! the work He has been nurturing over the last 20+ years. There is now a massive CHRISTIAN training center on the second most holy place in Hinduism. Pastors who are leading whole villages to salvation in Jesus are being trained and equipped there. Because it is known that this is a Christian training center, the authorities have been very adamantly opposed to it. The Hindu priests have persecuted terribly those working at and attending the center, even to the point of death. By the grace of God, the work has flourished, though not without trial. Here are the facts as we've received them: In the middle of the night prior to the earthquake, a prophet at the training center on Rameswaram was awakened and met by the angel of death. The angel said that he was going to destroy the island of Rameswaram. The prophet called the elders of the church together to pray against this declaration. They didn't know what would happen but they prayed through the night. In the morning the quake occurred and the wave began to work it's devastation. Sri Lanka, mere miles away, was inundated, however, the island of Rameswaram was untouched to the degree that they didn't even lose a chicken. The training center is also untouched and the story continues... The governor of the island, under pressure from the Hindu priests, had been threatening to rescind the building permit that pertained to the training center. He had set a mandatory completion date for construction of December 31, 2004. At that time the building permit was to expire. The work on the building is not completed and prayer has been raised to God to allow construction to continue until completion. After the flood and disaster, the governor came to the leaders at the center and declared that he had been wrong and would not rescind the permit. Instead, he plead with them to let the authorities use the center as a refugee and relief center during the aftermath of the tsunami. Once again, God's incredibly kind hand has been shown to be very strong and outstretched on behalf of His work in India and those there He loves so dearly. This is simply one more in the amazing line of miracles that have been done to reach the millions living in darkness under Hinduism in that country. Praise His Name!!! Now, because I don't have an exhaustive list of Christians with email addresses, would you consider cutting and pasting the important part of this message into a new email and send it out to those in your address book that you know need to hear this? Thanks. Forrest and Christy Hill fhill.cpa@oregonfast.net