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                                    &nb sp;         I AM THE RICHEST MAN

The 21^st 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, “NO”! 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 Need’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 needle’s 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 don’t demand that I never had difficulties! I had many of them. We went through starvation for months. We lost our 1^st 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

My personal Testimony 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,” 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

                          &nb sp;          Let the Lord increase you

 

 

 

“For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hast blessed thee since my coming ( Gen.30: 30)

 

Two days ago, a relative of ours, who are missionaries in Uttar Pradesh, working amongst the Islamite, paid a visit to us and India no one gets prior appointment to visit relatives.  Molly is 250 K.M away with our first daughter and I had to play the role of a faithful host. After an hour of discussions on missions and spiritual horizons, it was time for them to depart. They started to pray. I was going through a struggle inside; whether to give them an offering or not. Finally I gave them a very huge amount as an offering..

 

On Sunday morning the Lord gave me his word, on how when we are associated with the right persons will bring an abundant increase in wealth and all other areas. Look at the above verse in Genesis. Jacob was fleeing for his life from his brother Esau and the Lord confronted him in Bethel.

 

Bethel is known as “Beith (The House) – El( of the Lord)”

The temple of the Lord was built there after some years of time.  Bethel was God’s place of dwelling and His mission oriented. Jacob finally ended with  Laban; his relative. Since Jacob associated with Laban and worked for him, feeding and tending the sheep, it increased. And so the wealth increased.

But before that, Laban had very little.

 

In human Calculations, Jacob was only like a servant and had no social significance or status. But The Almighty God was with Jacob.

Your Association with Bethel will definitely, bring increase! I challenge you to test this. Because of Bethel you have been blessed and will increase more and more; you and your children and their children for 4 generations.

 

Bethel has many missions; like the orphanage, Child evangelism, youth work, pastor’s training, Pastor’s support and building constructions and many more.

You can lend a helping hand. And I will Challenge you that the Lord will increase you!

Sincerely,

Rev.Dass.T

Director,

Bethel

Bethel’s Summer camp started on the 30^th April  2007 and ended on the 7^th May-2007. Very hard work was put on to make 5 class rooms with coconut leaves and poles. 125 boys and girls from different local, rural churches came and stayed in bethel campus. We invited a special directors team from VBS ministry. And there were 9 teachers. Kids were flocked out as (1.) Beginners, (2) Primary, (3) Juniors (4). Intermediate, (5) seniors. And there were 7 cooks team. This year the Lord brought a team of 14 boys and girls from Bangalore. “ SING A NEW SONG”, was this year’s theme. The Lord used me to bring the words of Salvation in 3 different sessions. Many young boys and girls stood with great brokenness and confessed their sins and have accepted Jesus as their Lord and savior.

Now it is the local church and the special team from Bethel who will follow them up! We will visit every church and meet the kids and make them grow in His grace. Many of them were non-Christian kids.  This year’s Camp ended with a 1200$ deficit. Our next camp, if the Lord be willing, will be held in 2008; May: 1-10^th. We are asking the Lord to provide us with additional buildings, Toilets and bathrooms. We give all the glory and praises to the Lord! I invite you pray for us and if possible partner with our ministry to the un reached millions.

Rev.Dass.T

Director

Bcmi-India

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