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YMA NEWS LETTER Published by Young Missions Association

August, 2014

Issue No.: 10

For private circulation only

onmlly only And I have given them the glory which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are one - John 17:22 (MKJV)

Dear brother/sister-in-Christ, Warm wishes in the name of holy and reverend

name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. The entire nation is going to celebrate our country’s

68th Independence Day. And still we have millions of souls who need to be freed from their captivity.

The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I

am about to do,” (Gen. 18:18). By this verse we can understand that God reveals His future plans to persons who love Him more. If we are those persons and we are revealed God’s future plan, how blessed we are! Among the people who don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow, how blessed we are to have the God, who reveals the next moment to us even before it happens! This does not end with the future plans for us, but also the things Satan planned against us.

If we ought to be that kind of person, we need to

be an individual who leaves all things on God. “Casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you” (1Pe. 5:7). As this verse explains, we should become an individual who asks God for everything even before asking man. Young David had God’s strength to defeat Goliath. When King Saul and his army were struggling to manage Goliath, David conquered him with the strength of God. This helped David to reconfirm God’s strength he had had. But still, he never had the mindset that wherever I go, I will win. Instead, he always asked God before taking any final decision.

When David was told, “Look, the Philistines are

fighting against Keilah and are looting the threshing floors,” (1Sam. 23.1) he didn’t go and fought with them

by having a faith on his earlier victories or earlier success or earlier anointing. Instead, he immediately inquired God. He inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” (1Sam. 23.2). We can see the same action David repeated in various difficult situations (2Sam. 2:1; 5:19, 23; 21:1).

Today the number of pastors, evangelistsm and

prophets who work without inquiring God, is more. This act comes from the very fact that they have been used by God yesterday/yester month/yesteryear. This causes them to take decisions based on the worldly wisdom/flesh. If God has used you yesterday to complete His work, don’t ignore to ask Him today for His strength and heavenly wisdom.

Let’s be freed from our worldly thinking and

decision making based on our own knowledge. For this will enable us to hear God’s gentle whisper. Yes, He will whisper His plans about the future India, and a strategy that will transform her into Christia. When we will hear him we will work on His line which will result in the liberation of millions from their captivity. Grace be with you. Have a Happy Independence Day!

Jai Christ(ia)! Jai Yeeshu! In His motivating ministry- Your brother-in-Christ, M. M. A. Sahayam. (Editor – YMA News Letter; National Coordinator, YMA)

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Freedom. What a wonderful word! When we pronounce this word, we feel like flying! This is a basis for a spiritual man who has accepted Christ Jesus as his personal savior and walking in His freedom. And I want to give you the glimpses of freedom that you can enjoy it in Christ just by describing the “freedom letters”. F - Fear of God:

The Proverb says: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom”. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of freedom also sounds good. Most probably this is the basic truth of real freedom. Wherever you are, whatever you are, just have this in your mind that someone watches over you. If you do not have the fear of God, Psalmist says in Psalm 36:1, you are wicked. King Solomon says in Ecc. 12:13, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. So better fear God and be free. Is there no fear of God left in you? (Neh. 5:9, MSG). So now: Fear GOD. Worship him in total commitment. Get rid of the gods your ancestors worshiped... (Jos. 24:14). R – Seek His Righteousness:

“Give me freedom! Don’t ask anything else”. Probably this is what we hear from almost all teens and youths. But Matthew 6:33 says: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Seek His righteousness and freedom will be added unto you. Job says in 29:14, I put on righteousness. Dear friend wanna enjoy the real freedom just “offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD” (Ps. 4:5). Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled (Mt. 5:6). E - Empty yourself before God: “To be full of things is to be empty of God. To be empty of things is to be full of God” –Meister Eckhart.

Christ emptied himself (Phi. 2:7). You need to empty yourself to get filled by the Lord. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you

should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing. E - Examine yourself in His presence: Examine me, GOD, from head to foot, order your battery of tests. Make sure I’m fit inside and out (Ps. 26:2, MSG). “The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out. But I, GOD, search the heart and examine the mind” (Jer. 17:9-10). So, test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. D - Dedicate yourself to the Lord: Personal dedication comes with the pack of personal decision, personal discipline, and personal determination. Christianity should be our vocation and our livelihoods should be our avocations. And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him (Col. 3:17). O - Offer yourself as a sacrifice to the Lord:

Psalmist says, “And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices, and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.” The author of Hebrews says, “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Heb. 13:15). I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect (Ro. 12:1-2). M - Maintain your relationship with Messiah: Intimacy. The dictionary defines this word as follows: A close personal relationship, a detailed knowledge

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FREEDOM IN CHRIST Pastor. I. John Wesley Living Hope AG Church, Delhi

resulting from a close or long association or study. We have been made in the image of God—we are equipped to have a personal relationship with Him. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me” (Jn. 15:1, 4 ESV). If you want to enjoy a personal relationship with Christ you need to have the assurance of salvation, the joy of fellowship and the confidence for living (1Jn. 1:3).

You are free yet you are on a watch! You are free yet you are under a scanner! You are free yet you cannot do everything you want! You are free yet you are limited! You are free yet you have nailed your body with Christ on the Cross! You are free yet you belong to your Savior! You are free yet you are a slave to your Master! You are free yet you are a servant to your King! You are free yet you need to choose the only Way! (Narrow) You are free yet you need to choose the only Gate! (Jesus) You are free yet you need to choose the only Truth! (Jesus is the Savior) Remember: freedom is never free! God bless you.

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2. Children Ministry a. Sunday school in nearby villages b. VBS programs c. Special retreats and camps

3. Evangelism 4. Revival Meetings 5. Village Ministry

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“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it” (Gen. 3:6).

The woman along with her husband was given freedom to reject and choose the forbidden fruit, to obey and disobey God, and to build and ruin her home. She had not only got freedom but also the knowledge about the consequence of her deed. The woman, however, misused her God-given freedom to choose the forbidden fruit, transgress God's command and thus to ruin her home, even mankind -the future generation. We see that ruin and ruining nature in all human beings today. Long before the wine uncovered Noah the woman had uncovered both herself and her husband just by misusing her freedom, an act that eventually made the Christ half naked at the Cross of Calvary. We see that premier woman in modern women who speak of women's freedom, and the adverse effects of her self-centered act in the ruined homes of many feminists.

God has called women to be submissive to their husbands (Gen. 3:16b; 1Cor. 11:5; 14:35; 1Tim. 2:11). Since Adam was formed first, then Eve (1Tim. 2:13) i.e., woman came from man and was created for him to be his suitable helper (1Cor. 11:8-9; Gen. 2:18, 20b); since the woman was deceived and became a sinner (1Tim. 2:14; Gen. 3:1-7, 13) the Holy Scriptures do not permit women to speak authoritatively both in home and church, and nor to have authority over men but to learn from them and are instructed to show the sign of their submission. They should not uncover their heads who are their husbands (1Tim. 2:12, 11; 1Cor. 14:34-35; 11:5, 10). Yes, women misusing their freedom will uncover their husbands in public!

Dear Christian woman, neither a Hindu woman nor a Muslim woman enjoys the freedom you enjoy in Christ. For she who was a slave when she was called by the Lord is the Lord's freed woman (cf. 1Cor. 7:22). But the world has infiltrated the Church to spy on the freedom you have in Christ Jesus and to make you a slave of the world just by enticing you to misuse your freedom (cf. Gal. 2:4). The worldly women, whom their religions have kept suppressed, speak of women's freedom which they want to initiate from their homes. They have not received the Spirit who is from God but the spirit of the world. This is why, they can not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to them and they can not understand the biblical things, because they are spiritually discerned (cf. 1Cor. 2:12, 14).

When a woman, whether she is a Christian or a pagan, transgresses God's order of "wife being submissive to her husbands" (Eph. 5:22-24), though man is not independent of woman and is born of woman (1Cor. 11:11-12), she ruins her home as exactly as the first woman had done in Eden (cf. Gen. 3:1-8, 22-24; 4:1-12). Dear Christian woman, you are called to be free and live as free woman in Christ. But do not use your freedom to indulge in breaking God's order and as a cover up for evil that your home may not get ruined. Serve your head, whether he is your husband or workplace superior, and live as servants of God (cf. Gal. 5:13; 1Pe. 2:16). Use your freedom to make your head obedient to God and build your home/department as a wise woman (Pro. 14:1b). God bless you.

*cf. - compare, confer.

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Edited by Bro. M. M. A. Sahayam and published by Young Missions Association (YMA)

Mrs. Hannah R. Sahayam

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