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Introduction

I Give all glory honor and praises to the living God, who by His Precious Son sought after me and saved me from my wretchedness and made me as His Servant and light to the Christ less perishing in this world. This is not an advertisement but to show you that Jesus is greater than all the sins of the world put together and He can save any one if only, one yields to His tender and loving call.
My father's parents were temple priests and were active in sorceries and demonic demonstrations and my mother's mother was a pagan Orphan. But the pioneer missionary efforts of Basel Mission brought them to Christ.

Childhood

I was born in 1950 and when I was 1 years old total paralysis struck me down and the doctors gave up and I was brought to my mother's remote village to die and to be buried. My mother being a school Head-mistress had to walk mils for her job and she battled with the Lord for life while walking 4 times in-between her school and home. She promised that I will be dedicated to become a servant of the Lord to proclaim His name free of cost and to help people who suffer. I slowly recovered and I still remember going to the local Catholic school; walking like a cripple from another planet and all the kids making fun.

Our up Bringing

My Christian parents were puritans and we 4 kids were brought in very strict discipline and were taught Christian virtues. As I grew up I was a notorious boy with all kinds of sins. I stood out in all Church activities yet I was a hypocrite. In 1963, during a summer camp; for the first time in life I learned that I have to be born a new to become a sinner. I saw myself I was wretched! I confessed my sins with cries. It lasted for several hours and people wondered that some thing went wrong with me. The missionary stories of Dr.David Livingston, challenged me and I dedicated my life to the Lord.

Running away from God

As I grew as an young man, old sins returned and Missions was the last thing I wanted. I ran away from my home and joined the Indian Army. While in the Army I lived a Christian life but I was not happy. Some thing was missing in me. I started seeking the Lord that if he would take me out from the Army I will never look back.

My Spiritual Encounters

I joined Operation Mobilization India. People from all around the world worked in small teams, in all the states of India. I went with so many imaginations. We received no salaries. It was faith life all the way. We lived in trucks, cooked our own food with the money we earned from selling gospel packets. I was not a use there. I was on board the ship M/V. LOGOS. I sought the Lord every day in depth and with all my heart. The Lord became mine. I am still continuing in faith life and the Lord is very faithful.
While in the state of Bihar, I attended a church. The worship was different from where I belonged. People sang in the spirit, prayed in the Spirit and testified in the Spirit. This ended that I obeyed the Lord with my under ground church back home, and were baptized. We were bundled out for this.

Under the Leadership Of Anderson Church Of God
This ex-communication from the mother church saw me home and I had to under take the Pastoral leadership. I joined the seminary and did my B.Th. I served this church in the state of Kerala for 6 years and during this period married my wife Molly on the 19th Feb-1979.

Our Call to Reach the Unreached.

Not soon after our marriage the Lord said,to go out to the region to the lost and preach the gospel and this call. I resigned and reached where I am now! It was all Exactly the experience of Abraham. The vast difference is that he had cattle, camel, servant and every thing. But Molly and I had nothing. True! Not a penny. Elathagiri was our Destination 29 years ago.

New Dimensions:

Starvations and lack of every thing killed our first-born son. All the local Orthodox churches refused a burial ground. I buried our first born in the present campus. We then had the 3 kids. We had 2 associate workers. For some years we had nothing to eat. All these adversities drove me to the presence of the Lord. I locked my doors for 2 weeks and humbled myself and sought the Lord. I came out as a new person, being filled with the Spirit of the Lord. Betty our 2nd daughter was close to death and the Lord rose her from the death. She has completed the B.Th and she is assisting me in the ministry.
Molly and I went from one village to another with the help of a bi-cycle, given by Dr.K.P Yeohannan, the founder of Gospel for Asia. We worked together in Operation Mobilization. He also supported us for years with a small monthly support. All the 4 kids were with us during the ministry. Demons fled. Cancers were healed. People who were in debts were blessed. And they joined the church.

He is Faithful

On a Sunday morning My kids came from home and told me that a white man came to see me! And I was in all surprise. He was working with Siemens Germany. He was not a Christian. Some one hearing about our work sent him for verification. I went to Germany in 1998 Sep. Sister Doris is the person behind our Orphanage. The Lord helped us to educate the kids and one is a postgraduate, two are Engineers and the one is in the ministry.

Spending And being spent

The filed is very dark. It is very dangerous now to go to villages now! We have 30 associate churches now. We have 30 people in the Orphanage. I single handedly run this ministry. I gave my land, buildings and all I have for the cause of the kingdom. We need more of every thing. Please! Pray that the Lord would open the right doors of support to Build His kingdom.
Sincerely,
Rev.Dass.T

I Am The Richest Man

I AM THE RICHEST MAN

The 21st Century, we are now living in has seen a global revolution in Economic boom and the life style of individuals and families now live in abundance of all kinds. Even in rural India, the government has electoral commitment to give out to people FREE, land, free houses, television sets, gas stoves, free bi-cycles to students, free uniforms and subsidized ration commodities to the citizens. There are Micro-loan schemes to women to have dignified self-help businesses. The university students are getting millions as loans for their education. Thus the humanity now is very busy in developing themselves in many ways and try to en-mass wealth for their future generation. No human being has ever learned to say, ! It is enough!

And there are other kinds of people! They will sell every thing to go to a foreign land to find a well-paid job and green card! But the mistake they made was that they paid their money to a wrong travel agent. And either they end up in mean jobs or the travel agent gone absconding after collecting billions from these Over enthusiastic group of People.

There are other kinds of people! They are deceived by ;Attractive Advertisements. They were lured to invest their money for certain period of time and at the time of maturity they were promised double the amount of their investment. Hundreds deposit their money and end up loosing all their money, because the company closed the doors and the management gone into hiding!

Some months ago, all the newspapers, the TV, telecasts published and shown the faces of some renowned bishops of India. They claimed they received funds from foreign Christian missions to construct houses to the homeless. And they collected money from poor non-Christian communities to the tune of billions. These men used the local pastors as their agents to collect these funds and all the local pastors were promised Church Buildings like a theater. And the building contractors coughed up bribes to the bishop;s agents to acquire contracts. It all ended as Scam! And now they are behind prisons.

There are other kinds of people! They start a business or a company or found a lucrative high paying job. And they indulge in over spending! They take up to sinful habits and loose every thing Or face losses. They end their life or some times take the full families with them to death.

You and I certainly have these tendencies of the lust for money and wealth and material prosperities, deeply concealed in our hearts and some times we will do anything to attain our gains. None of us are stainless in the area of money, wealth, position and possessions! This is because this is our nature; wanting more and more and more!!!

THE REVOLUTIONARY POOR MAN:

I met this man some years ago! He was hardly in His 30s! His father was a Carpenter by trade! ;The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nets; but I have no place to lay my head! (Mt.8: 20). Some how His teachings, practice and rule of law was always to renounce wealth and richness in order to become the Richest man ever lived in this world! It was extremely difficult art times and I thought I perished with my full family, starving and sick! But at the right time I was eating like a king and I was wearing cloths, even King Solomon had never even saw some of them!
One day He politely told me, ; For after all these things do the Gentiles seek: for your heavenly Father knoweth that all these things. And further He told me:
Seek Ye First the Kingdom Of God , and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto You! And He Signed with His name! (Mt. 6.32-33)

And one day He told me, ;Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven , where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal! (Mt.6.19-20)

The Jericho Man:

Physically, he was a short man! But socially he was the chief amongst the publicans and he was rich. He wanted to see this man from Nazareth! He climbed the sycomore tree to have a look at his young revolutionist! And Jesus! Looked up and called this rich man and desired to stay with him that day! This short little man jumped with great joy and took Jesus to his house! Jesus said nothing! Just nothing!
But! Zacchaeus! Volunteered and made a declaration!
Lord! He said! Behold!, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him four fold.
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THIS DAY IS SALVATION COME TO THIS HOUSE, FOR SO MUCH AS HE ALSO IS A SON OF ABRAHAM.(Lk.19.1-9)

The camel Passing through the Needle's Eye:

The next man I introduce to you is a ruler (Lk.18.18-25) He came to this revolutionist Jesus! He wanted to enter into the Kingdom of Christ! Jesus found him to be immaculate in keeping the commandments from the youth! He was a matured Spiritual man and no doubt about that!
But Jesus told him to go and sell ALL he had and distribute it to the poor! And Jesus said,” You shall have treasure in heaven: and come, and follow me.
Alas! This rich ruler went away from Jesus sorrowful! Because, he was very rich!
For it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of god.

IN LOOSING WE GAIN:

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife or lands, for my name's sake shall receive an 100 FOLD and shall inherit everlasting life. Mt.19.29

The Lord talks about not dis- owning these relation ships! He is teaching the secret of ;Detached attachment.
We invest in so many banks and financial institutions who in turn will give 10% or 15 %. But this revolutionist will reward 100%. And this is true more than 1000 times.
.though He was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich. (2.Cor.8:9)
And if children,, then hairs; hairs of God, and joint hairs with Christ.(Ro.8:17)

I am serving this Revolutionary for the last 40 years or more! I served in many Organizations! I always declined to receive a salary! This will limit God and His provision! I served the Lord in many states of this Great land! I slept on the roads and under trucks for the sake of preaching the Gospel! I visited some foreign countries! IT IS ALL BECAUSE HE IS A FAITHFUL FATHER! It is not easy and I dont demand that I never had difficulties! I had many of them. We went through starvation for months. We lost our 1st son. And many were our obstacles. But He held us on!
And even to-day we do not know from where our provision will come! We always SERVE HIM AND HIS PEOPOLE in faithfulness!
May the Lord help us to have a 100% rewarding heavenly Business! I give all glory to His wonderful name!
Amen!
Rev.Dass.T

Symbol Of Great Love

Christian faith stands on just two important pillars.

The first pillar is:

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and the great commandment." (Mt.22:37). The Lord expects from His people, only LOVE! and nothing else. For Him all the other things are only secondary. In essence, God is Love. (1.Jn.4;16) “He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me is love. (S.slo.2:4) “Lovest thou me more than these? (Jn.21:15-17)
“Nevertheless I have some what against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. (Rev.2:4)
In (Eph.5:22-30) Apostle Paul reveals to the Church of the husband wife union and the essence here is that Christ loves His Church, as a husband would love his wife. Love! Love and Love! And it is the fruit of the Holy Spirit. But then Jesus went on explaining the Execution of this love as:If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my father will love him, and we will make our abode with him".(Jn14:23)

The second Pillar in Christianity is:

"The second is like un to it , Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" (Mt.22:39)
Please! Notice the words," like unto it". This is the 2nd and “great command.”
"For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even publicans the same?" (Mt.5:46) So, what makes you a real Child of God? "But I say unto You, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and pray for them that deceitfully use you, and persecute you. (Mt.5:44)
Love needs a revolution and it is found in 1st Cor.13. Loving the Lord strongly means loving the fellow being!
To-day, we have a kind of twisted, perverted and a sensual coated love preached and practiced. WE have become lovers of self, lovers of our own kin and kith, lovers of our denominations and doctrines. We love to receive applause, rewards, and recognition. We amass wealth and proprieties. Some how, the first love is lost..
Let us be like zachaeus! " ....Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor: and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore Him four fold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch, as he also is a son of Abraham. (Lk.19:8-9)
The Lord loves the poor because it is there the gospel penetrates. It is they who give their all to Jesus. Think of the good Samaritan, Dorcas, and the widow from Nain.
Salvation is absolutely by the grace of God! But the fulfilled salvation always ACCOMPANIES good works.
In India, we want to be a house that is built on the mountain top. And we want to be a light house! We want to good works that will reflect the passion of Jesus Christ.
Please! Stand with us in prayer and partnership.
Rev.Dass.T
Director

Sowing Is reaping

I personally welcome you to this message.
A peasant goes to his farm, tills the ground and sows bags full of seeds and returns home home, empty handed; but with full of hope of reaping a rich harvest in due season. Those who sow less reap less. And those who sow a plenty will certainly reap a plenty. And those who never bothered to sow willnever harvest a piece of grain. This is the law of nature and none of us can ever break or change.
As human beings, our birth, wisdom, health, education, property, family, children, jobs, positions, and possessions are given to us by God! Not every one has all these things. There are many unfortunate people all around the world who suffer,hunger, homeless, orphaned, failures, lost every thing and sick and aged. It is our human responsibility to give them a life and future and sow in them our time, talents, materials and money. No one will every go bankrupt, because they donated to the cause of the poor. It is the Other way around! "Service to poor and the needy is Service to God". The Bible says, He who pities the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and what ever he gave the Lord will give Back".
According to the formula, If you give more to the poor you will receive more from the creator. And if you just give little you will receive less. And if you had not given any thing you will receive nothing!
Bethel is operating with the support of few individuals who has mastered the art of giving for the cause of poor. Will you join them?
Rev.Dass.T
Director