REKHA GADKE
My husband had been having an extra marital affair and finally decided to divorce me and marry this other woman. I was devastated when he told me about it and became quite desparate. A kind neighbor who came to know of my situation suggested that I go with her to The Master's Touch Healing Center. She told me that Jesus would bring me peace of mind. After attending the first Sunday and participating in the Prayer Service, I felt unaccountably peace filled. After 2 days, my husband told me that the other woman had changed her mind about marrying him and he too had changed his plans about leaving me. I praise and thank Jesus for this great miracle and will continue attending the Prayer Services. I also found Pastor Robin Almeida's preaching very enlightening and uplifting and liked the interesting and humorous way in which he explains deep truths of faith in Jesus. Praise the Lord!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
LETTER FROM THE FOUNDER
PRAISE JESUS!
My dear blessed brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Greeting in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I believe that this year has brought a lot of new hope, new joy and new dreams in your life. In 2008 God opened the gate and in 2009, everything will be fine! We here at THE MASTER’S TOUCH HEALING CENTER, fervently pray that God almighty opens up the doors and windows of Heaven and pours out such abundant blessings upon your life, that you won’t have room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10)
We welcome you to be a part of our special prayer service, FESTIVAL OF PEACE, on the 4th of January 2009. Let’s start the New Year with the Divine peace of the Lord that surpasses all understanding.
Venue of the FESTIVAL OF PEACE:
INDIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY, IES Secondary School Campus, Marol, Opp. Milind Nagar, Near Larsen & Toubro, Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Powai, Mumbai 400 072.
TIME: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
From the 4th of January onwards, the Sunday service will be held at the above venue at the same time.
We are here at your service in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Yours truly,
Pastor Robin Almeida
My dear blessed brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Greeting in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ of Nazareth. I believe that this year has brought a lot of new hope, new joy and new dreams in your life. In 2008 God opened the gate and in 2009, everything will be fine! We here at THE MASTER’S TOUCH HEALING CENTER, fervently pray that God almighty opens up the doors and windows of Heaven and pours out such abundant blessings upon your life, that you won’t have room enough to receive it. (Malachi 3:10)
We welcome you to be a part of our special prayer service, FESTIVAL OF PEACE, on the 4th of January 2009. Let’s start the New Year with the Divine peace of the Lord that surpasses all understanding.
Venue of the FESTIVAL OF PEACE:
INDIAN EDUCATION SOCIETY, IES Secondary School Campus, Marol, Opp. Milind Nagar, Near Larsen & Toubro, Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Powai, Mumbai 400 072.
TIME: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
From the 4th of January onwards, the Sunday service will be held at the above venue at the same time.
We are here at your service in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Yours truly,
Pastor Robin Almeida
TESTIMONY
MARUTI ARJUN GAIKWAD
Both my shoulders were badly frozen and I was not able to lift both my hands beyond my chest. I could not even put food into my mouth. A friend told me about The Master’s Touch Healing Center and took me there 2 Sundays ago. He said I might have to attend for at least 2 or 3 Sundays before getting completely healed. But Jesus healed me completely after the 1st Sunday and last Sunday I could testify to it before Pastor Robin and the rest of the people there. I stood before them and at Pastor Robin’s request, moved my hands up and down several times, raising both hands way above my head. Everyone, including me, praised and glorified Jesus for this wonderful miracle.
Both my shoulders were badly frozen and I was not able to lift both my hands beyond my chest. I could not even put food into my mouth. A friend told me about The Master’s Touch Healing Center and took me there 2 Sundays ago. He said I might have to attend for at least 2 or 3 Sundays before getting completely healed. But Jesus healed me completely after the 1st Sunday and last Sunday I could testify to it before Pastor Robin and the rest of the people there. I stood before them and at Pastor Robin’s request, moved my hands up and down several times, raising both hands way above my head. Everyone, including me, praised and glorified Jesus for this wonderful miracle.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
MARTHA & MARY
At the last Bible class, Pastor Robin took up the passage from Luke 10:38-42 which narrates how Jesus and his disciples entered a certain village and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Jesus into her house. She had a sister Mary who, as soon as Jesus came in and sat down, was drawn to sit at his feet and hung on every word that came from his lips. That’s what Jesus wanted also from Martha, to just be with him and receive what he came to give. But Martha’s mind was fully occupied with the business of serving. From the gospel account we see that she did not do this happily and freely, but was weighed down with the task to such an extent that she felt the need of someone to help her carry this burden and even accused her invited guest Jesus of not caring about her. She then proceeded to tell Jesus in what way he should help her to carry out the plans she had made for serving him. She asked him to tell Mary to leave her position at his feet and to join her in the preparations.
Jesus understood Martha’s problem immediately. He always understands us better than we understand ourselves. He saw that within herself she was worried and troubled about many things and told her so. He saw that she was also struggling to solve her problems in her own way. Many of us, instead of living our lives according to God’s plans for us, ask God to help us carry out the plans we have made. This is a sure pathway to stress! So Jesus told Martha that only one thing was required of her, to do what Mary was doing: sit with him and listen to his word. Sitting with Jesus and listening to his word in prayer has the power to transform us from people who are anxious, troubled, sick in mind and body, into people of peace, deep inner joy and good health, at the same time giving us the dynamism, energy and efficiency to do all that we are required to do.
Pastor Robin noted that in every organization there is need of people with Martha’s characteristics of caring and serving. But the Mary characteristic of prayerfulness is of prime importance. In every Martha type of person there should also be the Mary characteristic and vice versa. In the Church (body or group of believers), every person has a special God-given gift or talent for service. If we leave this gift dormant and unused, it will eventually die out. Using our special gifts increases and multiplies them. This is God’s plan for our individual growth and for the growth of the ministry JESUS has entrusted to his body the church: to deliver people from evil in HIS NAME, give them a new life of peace and joy and an assurance of eternal life in Heaven with him. Praise the Lord!
Jesus understood Martha’s problem immediately. He always understands us better than we understand ourselves. He saw that within herself she was worried and troubled about many things and told her so. He saw that she was also struggling to solve her problems in her own way. Many of us, instead of living our lives according to God’s plans for us, ask God to help us carry out the plans we have made. This is a sure pathway to stress! So Jesus told Martha that only one thing was required of her, to do what Mary was doing: sit with him and listen to his word. Sitting with Jesus and listening to his word in prayer has the power to transform us from people who are anxious, troubled, sick in mind and body, into people of peace, deep inner joy and good health, at the same time giving us the dynamism, energy and efficiency to do all that we are required to do.
Pastor Robin noted that in every organization there is need of people with Martha’s characteristics of caring and serving. But the Mary characteristic of prayerfulness is of prime importance. In every Martha type of person there should also be the Mary characteristic and vice versa. In the Church (body or group of believers), every person has a special God-given gift or talent for service. If we leave this gift dormant and unused, it will eventually die out. Using our special gifts increases and multiplies them. This is God’s plan for our individual growth and for the growth of the ministry JESUS has entrusted to his body the church: to deliver people from evil in HIS NAME, give them a new life of peace and joy and an assurance of eternal life in Heaven with him. Praise the Lord!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
TESTIMONY
DAGMAR LOPES
I was suffering from a chronic problem of in-growing toe nails that caused me much discomfort and at times became very painful. I learnt how to separate the nail from the flesh, which would give me temporary relief until it would happen again with another toe. I placed a petition for prayer at the Monday intercessory fasting prayer service. After that the problem just disappeared and has not occurred ever since. PRAISE YOU JESUS!
I was suffering from a chronic problem of in-growing toe nails that caused me much discomfort and at times became very painful. I learnt how to separate the nail from the flesh, which would give me temporary relief until it would happen again with another toe. I placed a petition for prayer at the Monday intercessory fasting prayer service. After that the problem just disappeared and has not occurred ever since. PRAISE YOU JESUS!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH
Last Wednesday, Pastor Robin spoke about the Bible account of Moses in Exodus, chapter 3. Moses was grazing the sheep of his father-in-law and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There he saw a bush on fire, but noticed that the fire was not destroying it. Curiosity led him to take a closer look. As he drew near, the voice of God called out to him from the midst of the bush saying, “Moses! Moses! Do not draw near this place. Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
Pastor Robin made two observations concerning our own lives, based on the fire not destroying the bush. When the Holy Spirit’s fire burns within us, nothing can destroy us because The Creator of Heaven & Earth is with us. The second observation was that when the Lord’s hand is on us, Satan’s fire could never burn or destroy us.
Why did God tell Moses to remove his sandals? Removing one’s footwear is a symbolic gesture of entering into God’s presence without the inner dirt and grime of the world. We cannot come before an all Holy God with the impurities and sinfulness that we accumulate during our walk through this life. Yet, experience shows us that it is impossible for us to remove the root of sin from our lives that keeps on shooting up no matter how hard we try to control it. Sin is like an unbreakable glass wall that stands between God and us. So we can see what we are missing, but cannot reach it. Isaiah 59:1&2 says,” “Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor His ear heavy that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from you God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.”
How can we get rid of the sin with us? There is only one solution. When we accept Jesus as our only savior, the blood He shed for us 2008 years ago, washes away every sin that we repent for, demolishes the wall of separation and brings us onto the holy ground of God’s presence. Only in this position will God hear us and answer our prayers. Pastor Robin made another observation. When we are free from sin, God is present to us, not in any particular place, but wherever we are. So even if we change the place where we worship God, our position before Him never changes and so anywhere we are is holy ground.
God called and appointed Moses to deliver His people, the Israelites, from Egyptian slavery and oppression. He told Moses, an ordinary herdsman, to go to the Pharaoh of Egypt and ask him to allow the Israelites to leave the country, promising to be with him and to direct him through the entire operation. In verse 13 we read how Moses felt that the Israelite slaves in Egypt might ask the name of the God who had sent him. God answered Moses saying, “I AM WHO I AM” and revealed His name as I AM. Pastor Robin shared an insight into this name and said that after the words, “I AM” we can use a method of “fill in the blanks”: I AM _________, meaning that we can tell God what we want Him to be to us. For example, we can fill in the blank with savior, provider, peace, shepherd /guide, healer, victory, sanctifier, etc. In John 6:35, Jesus says, “I AM the bread of life. In John 8:12 He says, “I AM the light of the world.” In John 10:9 He says, “I AM the door.” In John 11:25 He says, “I AM the resurrection and the life.” In John 15:5, He says, “I AM the vine…” In John 14:6 He says, “I AM the way, the truth and the life.” In Revelations 1:8 He says, “I AM the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.
In the Old Testament, God revealed His name as I AM. In the New Testament, we see how Jesus refers to Himself as I AM, filling in the blanks with various descriptions of who He is to us. From this we can easily conclude that Jesus and the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Israelites are one and the same God, with whom the Bible begins in Genesis and concludes in the Book of Revelations.
Pastor Robin made two observations concerning our own lives, based on the fire not destroying the bush. When the Holy Spirit’s fire burns within us, nothing can destroy us because The Creator of Heaven & Earth is with us. The second observation was that when the Lord’s hand is on us, Satan’s fire could never burn or destroy us.
Why did God tell Moses to remove his sandals? Removing one’s footwear is a symbolic gesture of entering into God’s presence without the inner dirt and grime of the world. We cannot come before an all Holy God with the impurities and sinfulness that we accumulate during our walk through this life. Yet, experience shows us that it is impossible for us to remove the root of sin from our lives that keeps on shooting up no matter how hard we try to control it. Sin is like an unbreakable glass wall that stands between God and us. So we can see what we are missing, but cannot reach it. Isaiah 59:1&2 says,” “Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save, nor His ear heavy that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from you God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.”
How can we get rid of the sin with us? There is only one solution. When we accept Jesus as our only savior, the blood He shed for us 2008 years ago, washes away every sin that we repent for, demolishes the wall of separation and brings us onto the holy ground of God’s presence. Only in this position will God hear us and answer our prayers. Pastor Robin made another observation. When we are free from sin, God is present to us, not in any particular place, but wherever we are. So even if we change the place where we worship God, our position before Him never changes and so anywhere we are is holy ground.
God called and appointed Moses to deliver His people, the Israelites, from Egyptian slavery and oppression. He told Moses, an ordinary herdsman, to go to the Pharaoh of Egypt and ask him to allow the Israelites to leave the country, promising to be with him and to direct him through the entire operation. In verse 13 we read how Moses felt that the Israelite slaves in Egypt might ask the name of the God who had sent him. God answered Moses saying, “I AM WHO I AM” and revealed His name as I AM. Pastor Robin shared an insight into this name and said that after the words, “I AM” we can use a method of “fill in the blanks”: I AM _________, meaning that we can tell God what we want Him to be to us. For example, we can fill in the blank with savior, provider, peace, shepherd /guide, healer, victory, sanctifier, etc. In John 6:35, Jesus says, “I AM the bread of life. In John 8:12 He says, “I AM the light of the world.” In John 10:9 He says, “I AM the door.” In John 11:25 He says, “I AM the resurrection and the life.” In John 15:5, He says, “I AM the vine…” In John 14:6 He says, “I AM the way, the truth and the life.” In Revelations 1:8 He says, “I AM the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end.
In the Old Testament, God revealed His name as I AM. In the New Testament, we see how Jesus refers to Himself as I AM, filling in the blanks with various descriptions of who He is to us. From this we can easily conclude that Jesus and the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Israelites are one and the same God, with whom the Bible begins in Genesis and concludes in the Book of Revelations.
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