KAMLA RAMCHANDRA PISSAL
I was suffering from a stomach problem that caused me severe pain. I underwent 5 operations for this, after which a large lump appeared on my right side that would keep moving from one side to the other as I turned while lying down. As there was no pain, I did not go back for any more medical treatment, but lived with this problem for 16 years. Then I began attending the Prayer Services of The Master’s Touch Healing Center at Powai. After five Sundays, the lump completely disappeared. Praise The Lord!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
TESTIMONY
SUSHILA MANE
I suffered from breast cancer for almost a year and had even undergone chemotherapy. But in spite of that, I was told that I would have to undergo an operation. I began attending the Sunday Services at the IES School Hall, Powai and on hearing other people’s testimonies and Pastor Robin’s preaching, I believed that Jesus would heal me without an operation. I was taught how to pray daily and was also told by one of the counselors that I had to forgive the people who had hurt me because Jesus had commanded us to forgive as He forgives us. So I began to do that daily. The lump on my breast started going down and eventually disappeared completely. On December 5th, I went to the doctor for a check-up and was told that there was no more trace of the cancer! I gave this testimony at the Sunday Service the next day and everyone praised Jesus for this mighty miracle. Pastor Robin asked me to show him the doctor’s report which I would get the following Monday. I will be showing it to him at the next Sunday Service on December 13th. Praise the Lord!
I suffered from breast cancer for almost a year and had even undergone chemotherapy. But in spite of that, I was told that I would have to undergo an operation. I began attending the Sunday Services at the IES School Hall, Powai and on hearing other people’s testimonies and Pastor Robin’s preaching, I believed that Jesus would heal me without an operation. I was taught how to pray daily and was also told by one of the counselors that I had to forgive the people who had hurt me because Jesus had commanded us to forgive as He forgives us. So I began to do that daily. The lump on my breast started going down and eventually disappeared completely. On December 5th, I went to the doctor for a check-up and was told that there was no more trace of the cancer! I gave this testimony at the Sunday Service the next day and everyone praised Jesus for this mighty miracle. Pastor Robin asked me to show him the doctor’s report which I would get the following Monday. I will be showing it to him at the next Sunday Service on December 13th. Praise the Lord!
Thursday, December 3, 2009
NEWS
Pastor Robin Almeida is back from his second trip to Israel. This time he ministered at 4 different churches: The International Church Herzliya, Lamb Of God Global Ministries, Redeemed Christian Church Of God and New Life Fellowship.
At every service he conducted, The mighty works Of God were manifested - an abundant outpouring of blessings, miracles of healing and deliverance! The people who witnessed the tangible presence of Jesus and the power of His Holy Spirit through the ministry of Pastor Robin, could proclaim that truly the days of the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES were back again!
Recognizing Pastor Robin as an authentic Man of God, the pastors of these churches have expressed their desire that he minister at their branches in other countries as well. We praise God for having raised up a Apostle like him, especially at these end times when Jesus is gathering His people and the Good News must reach every corner of the world. Halleluia!
At every service he conducted, The mighty works Of God were manifested - an abundant outpouring of blessings, miracles of healing and deliverance! The people who witnessed the tangible presence of Jesus and the power of His Holy Spirit through the ministry of Pastor Robin, could proclaim that truly the days of the ACTS OF THE APOSTLES were back again!
Recognizing Pastor Robin as an authentic Man of God, the pastors of these churches have expressed their desire that he minister at their branches in other countries as well. We praise God for having raised up a Apostle like him, especially at these end times when Jesus is gathering His people and the Good News must reach every corner of the world. Halleluia!
TESTIMONY
MALAN PANDURANG TRIBHUVAN
I was at the Sunday Service of the Master’s Touch Healing Center at Milind Nagar, Powai, with my two young-adult daughters. We were attending the service for the first time. During the service, Pastor Robin announced that there was a lady there who had been burdened by problems with her children for many years and that this lady should come up on stage because the Lord wanted to bless her. I knew it referred to me, so I went up and both my daughters followed me. As I spoke to Pastor about my family problems, one of my daughters came forward and Pastor prayed for her to be filled with the Holy Spirit. No sooner was this done, than my daughter, unable to stand in one place, began moving like a drunk person, back and forth from one end of the stage to the other. Finally, Pastor Robin called for a chair and one of his assistants helped her onto it.
My other daughter Suvarna had come up to testify that a longstanding lump on her neck for which she had been operated on twice, but without success, had now gone down. This problem had existed since she was 3 years old and now she is 21. As she stood waiting at the far end of the stage, Pastor invited her to come forward. But she seemed to have been taken by sudden shyness and turned the other way, hiding her face. Pastor immediately recognized it as an evil spirit holding her in bondage and requested his assistant to bring her to him. He gently took hold of her arm and helped her to come toward Pastor. Even when she stood right before him, she hid her face in her hands and could not look at him. So he addressed the spirit directly, commanding it to look at him. The spirit seemed to get agitated and screamed out that it could not. Pastor then commanded it in the Name and by the Blood of Jesus to leave Suvarna. The spirit immediately threw her to the floor. Pastor sat on the ground and continued to command it and after some amount of struggle to retain its hold, it left her. When she was helped up, my daughter was a totally different person. Full of smiles, she was happy to look at Pastor and kept thanking him profusely for having delivered her. She also acknowledged with gratitude that I, her mother had been her greatest support and had borne the brunt of all her problems for the past 18 years.
None of us had the slightest inkling, until that Sunday when Pastor Robin delivered my daughter Suvarna, that her problem and all the family problems we faced for so many years, were due to evil spirits. We are all very grateful to him. But we are especially grateful to Jesus through whose power, love and mercy my daughter was delivered. We will continue to attend the services to learn more about this wonderful Savior Jesus Christ!
I was at the Sunday Service of the Master’s Touch Healing Center at Milind Nagar, Powai, with my two young-adult daughters. We were attending the service for the first time. During the service, Pastor Robin announced that there was a lady there who had been burdened by problems with her children for many years and that this lady should come up on stage because the Lord wanted to bless her. I knew it referred to me, so I went up and both my daughters followed me. As I spoke to Pastor about my family problems, one of my daughters came forward and Pastor prayed for her to be filled with the Holy Spirit. No sooner was this done, than my daughter, unable to stand in one place, began moving like a drunk person, back and forth from one end of the stage to the other. Finally, Pastor Robin called for a chair and one of his assistants helped her onto it.
My other daughter Suvarna had come up to testify that a longstanding lump on her neck for which she had been operated on twice, but without success, had now gone down. This problem had existed since she was 3 years old and now she is 21. As she stood waiting at the far end of the stage, Pastor invited her to come forward. But she seemed to have been taken by sudden shyness and turned the other way, hiding her face. Pastor immediately recognized it as an evil spirit holding her in bondage and requested his assistant to bring her to him. He gently took hold of her arm and helped her to come toward Pastor. Even when she stood right before him, she hid her face in her hands and could not look at him. So he addressed the spirit directly, commanding it to look at him. The spirit seemed to get agitated and screamed out that it could not. Pastor then commanded it in the Name and by the Blood of Jesus to leave Suvarna. The spirit immediately threw her to the floor. Pastor sat on the ground and continued to command it and after some amount of struggle to retain its hold, it left her. When she was helped up, my daughter was a totally different person. Full of smiles, she was happy to look at Pastor and kept thanking him profusely for having delivered her. She also acknowledged with gratitude that I, her mother had been her greatest support and had borne the brunt of all her problems for the past 18 years.
None of us had the slightest inkling, until that Sunday when Pastor Robin delivered my daughter Suvarna, that her problem and all the family problems we faced for so many years, were due to evil spirits. We are all very grateful to him. But we are especially grateful to Jesus through whose power, love and mercy my daughter was delivered. We will continue to attend the services to learn more about this wonderful Savior Jesus Christ!
Saturday, November 28, 2009
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Why do Church folk sometimes backslide and even leave the Church?
There may be several reasons for it, but one of the most outstanding is that they first came with the idea that Jesus would take away all their troubles instantly. They thought that He would immediately heal their sicknesses and remove all hardships and difficulties from their lives. Perhaps they were lured into coming to a church service with these promises that got reinforced when preachers pointed out various scripture passages confirming this belief, but without any mention of the cross that Jesus expects us to carry. So when such people wait in expectation for the promised 'bed of roses’ type of life and instead find that after being born again, the thorns seem to be increasing, they disappointedly fall away.
Every word of the Good News is true and we can expect to experience every one of the wonderful promises we find in the Bible. But we often fail to understand that all these great promises have very precise conditions attached to them. For example, Jesus says in Mt. 16:24, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Denying ourselves means putting God and His interests before our own personal plans. It means renouncing the control of our lives and everything that boosts our ego, to be subject to the Lordship of Jesus and to live in complete obedience to His will and plan for our lives. This may be a very difficult and painful process as it means moving away from the kind of thinking we were born and brought up in and the system under which the entire world operates. In the world system “I” am the center of all my plans and activities. Therefore, being a disciple of Jesus makes us enemies of the world and may even attract persecution as our Lord and Master Himself was persecuted and brutally killed on a cross.
We are expected to carry our own crosses, the painful situations we may find ourselves in, because of following Jesus. But we should do so with praise and rejoicing, knowing that our present difficult pathway is leading us to eternal life and eternal glory. Jesus says in Mt. 16:26, “For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He will reward each according to his works.” In other words, we will be abundantly rewarded for our faithfulness in remaining with Jesus, carrying out His will and praising and worshipping Him in all circumstances.
If we choose to be friends of the world and what we perceive to be the easier life, we may gain material wealth and worldly acclaim. But as we can easily observe from looking around us, it is just short-lived and the absence of true peace and joy is very evident because the world cannot satisfy our souls. Jesus says in Mt. 16:26, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” So the choice between following Jesus while carrying our cross and being friends of the “world”, is ultimately a choice between life and death. If we don’t carry our cross and follow Jesus, the cross will carry us! Satan can easily steal the material wealth that is not used for the Kingdom of God, through the torture of mental stress, sicknesses and other calamities. But the peace, joy and health that Jesus gives to His followers are treasures stored up in Heaven that can never be destroyed.
In John 16:33, Jesus says, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Praise the Lord!
There may be several reasons for it, but one of the most outstanding is that they first came with the idea that Jesus would take away all their troubles instantly. They thought that He would immediately heal their sicknesses and remove all hardships and difficulties from their lives. Perhaps they were lured into coming to a church service with these promises that got reinforced when preachers pointed out various scripture passages confirming this belief, but without any mention of the cross that Jesus expects us to carry. So when such people wait in expectation for the promised 'bed of roses’ type of life and instead find that after being born again, the thorns seem to be increasing, they disappointedly fall away.
Every word of the Good News is true and we can expect to experience every one of the wonderful promises we find in the Bible. But we often fail to understand that all these great promises have very precise conditions attached to them. For example, Jesus says in Mt. 16:24, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Denying ourselves means putting God and His interests before our own personal plans. It means renouncing the control of our lives and everything that boosts our ego, to be subject to the Lordship of Jesus and to live in complete obedience to His will and plan for our lives. This may be a very difficult and painful process as it means moving away from the kind of thinking we were born and brought up in and the system under which the entire world operates. In the world system “I” am the center of all my plans and activities. Therefore, being a disciple of Jesus makes us enemies of the world and may even attract persecution as our Lord and Master Himself was persecuted and brutally killed on a cross.
We are expected to carry our own crosses, the painful situations we may find ourselves in, because of following Jesus. But we should do so with praise and rejoicing, knowing that our present difficult pathway is leading us to eternal life and eternal glory. Jesus says in Mt. 16:26, “For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He will reward each according to his works.” In other words, we will be abundantly rewarded for our faithfulness in remaining with Jesus, carrying out His will and praising and worshipping Him in all circumstances.
If we choose to be friends of the world and what we perceive to be the easier life, we may gain material wealth and worldly acclaim. But as we can easily observe from looking around us, it is just short-lived and the absence of true peace and joy is very evident because the world cannot satisfy our souls. Jesus says in Mt. 16:26, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” So the choice between following Jesus while carrying our cross and being friends of the “world”, is ultimately a choice between life and death. If we don’t carry our cross and follow Jesus, the cross will carry us! Satan can easily steal the material wealth that is not used for the Kingdom of God, through the torture of mental stress, sicknesses and other calamities. But the peace, joy and health that Jesus gives to His followers are treasures stored up in Heaven that can never be destroyed.
In John 16:33, Jesus says, “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Praise the Lord!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
NEWS
Pastor Robin Almeida will be leaving for Israel early morning 24th October, to minister once again at the INTERNATIONAL CHURCH HERZLIYA, invited by Rev. Elizabeth Bodonal who pastors this Church. We are sure that this time the members of this Church will be even more blessed, not only with mighty miracles, but also with a far deeper knowledge of Jesus Christ and the way to experience Him and His Kingdom here on earth in all its fulness! This is the prayer of each and every member of The Master's Touch Healing Center, India, who are all very excited about their Pastor going to Israel once again. Glory to God!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Pastor Robin's Teaching
At The Wednesday Bible teaching, Pastor Robin spoke on the passage from Matthew 14: 24- 33. Jesus’ disciples were in the boat in the middle of the sea being tossed by winds and high waves. In the darkness of night, Jesus came towards them walking on the water. Seeing Him, they were understandably afraid because of the abnormal (in their experience of life) manner in which He came. They had never seen anyone walk on water and so it seemed weird and ghostly! As He drew nearer, the fear in them increased. There is always a fear within each person when faced with the unknown. Pastor Robin observed that apart from a few, many of us prefer to remain in the security of what we are familiar with and shrink from anything different. We are born and brought up in a particular system of living and thinking, while in Jesus’ “system” walking on water was normal! When the disciples finally recognized Jesus whom they were so familiar with, they were excited! Impetuous Peter immediately wanted to go to Jesus walking on the water and asked Jesus to call him. Jesus responded with a ready “come.” When we ask Jesus to call us to Himself, He will always respond positively. So Peter stepped out of the security of the boat and even though on unfamiliar ground, began to walk confidently and delightedly because he was moving towards someone he loved and trusted. But the Gospel passage tells us that when Peter was halfway towards Jesus, he “saw” the wind and the waves! His focus suddenly moved from Jesus to an imaginary threat! We get the idea that it was imaginary because no one “sees” wind. We either hear it or feel it. It caused him to become so fearful that all his former confidence was literally thrown to the winds and he began to sink.
This often happens to us when we confidently embark on a lonely path led by a powerful vision of something good. At first, other people may be shocked, disturbed, perplexed or even admire our courage. But very soon their reservations and fears reach our ears and become so loud that they grab our complete attention and we lose sight of the vision. That’s when we begin to doubt and the hope with which we started out begins to sink. Pastor Robin compared the winds that frightened Peter to the voices of the people around us. Well meaning though they may be for our safety, their own fears of the unknown are projected onto us and we begin, like them, to see imaginary threats. As Peter kept sinking, he must have been voicing all the doubts and fears that had assailed him, hoping that Jesus would give him some reasonable answers. But Jesus waited until the water came just below Peter’s nose, covering his mouth, so that he had to forcibly stop blabbering. It was only then that Jesus took over, extended his hand and lifted him up saying, “Oh you of little faith, why did you doubt.”
When we begin walking towards Jesus and the new life that He offers us, even though at times we may be overcome with doubts and fears and start sinking, He will not abandon us. He just waits for our fearful minds to stop indulging in its shortsighted self-talk. When we acknowledge the limitedness of our mind and once again turn our gaze on the Creator of all creation, He lifts us up at the right moment and now, wiser than before, we can continue walking on the water of faith. Walking towards Jesus means moving from the world’s system to Jesus’ system. It means completely trusting in His word and not on our limited understanding. Only those who have stepped out of their security to walk towards Jesus and are halfway on the water will understand how it feels to keep on walking despite the insecurity and seeming darkness all around. If you feel yourself sinking and the water has come up to your ankles don’t wait to sink lower. Make the necessary change in the direction of your life. If you have sunk even lower, stop the talking and depend on Jesus to lift you up. Don’t wait for the water to come up to your nose! A swimmer is first always taught how to float on water to let you know that water doesn’t pull you down but throws you up. Difficulties are not meant to pull you down but to push you up!
Peter was a skilled fisherman but academically unqualified. Jesus does not call the “qualified” but qualifies the called! Out of all the disciples in the boat, only Peter asked to be called to walk on water and it was only to him that Jesus said, “come.” When Peter stepped out of the boat onto the water, the Christ in Jesus spoke to the water, commanding it to remain firm under Peter’s feet. Not all are called to walk on water. Peter had a special calling and you too may have this special calling. The woman, who came up behind Jesus, touched His garment and was healed, came to Jesus on firm ground. The secret or key to walking on water is found in Matthew 14: 23 that says: “And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on a mountain by Himself to pray. And when evening had come, He was alone there.”
This often happens to us when we confidently embark on a lonely path led by a powerful vision of something good. At first, other people may be shocked, disturbed, perplexed or even admire our courage. But very soon their reservations and fears reach our ears and become so loud that they grab our complete attention and we lose sight of the vision. That’s when we begin to doubt and the hope with which we started out begins to sink. Pastor Robin compared the winds that frightened Peter to the voices of the people around us. Well meaning though they may be for our safety, their own fears of the unknown are projected onto us and we begin, like them, to see imaginary threats. As Peter kept sinking, he must have been voicing all the doubts and fears that had assailed him, hoping that Jesus would give him some reasonable answers. But Jesus waited until the water came just below Peter’s nose, covering his mouth, so that he had to forcibly stop blabbering. It was only then that Jesus took over, extended his hand and lifted him up saying, “Oh you of little faith, why did you doubt.”
When we begin walking towards Jesus and the new life that He offers us, even though at times we may be overcome with doubts and fears and start sinking, He will not abandon us. He just waits for our fearful minds to stop indulging in its shortsighted self-talk. When we acknowledge the limitedness of our mind and once again turn our gaze on the Creator of all creation, He lifts us up at the right moment and now, wiser than before, we can continue walking on the water of faith. Walking towards Jesus means moving from the world’s system to Jesus’ system. It means completely trusting in His word and not on our limited understanding. Only those who have stepped out of their security to walk towards Jesus and are halfway on the water will understand how it feels to keep on walking despite the insecurity and seeming darkness all around. If you feel yourself sinking and the water has come up to your ankles don’t wait to sink lower. Make the necessary change in the direction of your life. If you have sunk even lower, stop the talking and depend on Jesus to lift you up. Don’t wait for the water to come up to your nose! A swimmer is first always taught how to float on water to let you know that water doesn’t pull you down but throws you up. Difficulties are not meant to pull you down but to push you up!
Peter was a skilled fisherman but academically unqualified. Jesus does not call the “qualified” but qualifies the called! Out of all the disciples in the boat, only Peter asked to be called to walk on water and it was only to him that Jesus said, “come.” When Peter stepped out of the boat onto the water, the Christ in Jesus spoke to the water, commanding it to remain firm under Peter’s feet. Not all are called to walk on water. Peter had a special calling and you too may have this special calling. The woman, who came up behind Jesus, touched His garment and was healed, came to Jesus on firm ground. The secret or key to walking on water is found in Matthew 14: 23 that says: “And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on a mountain by Himself to pray. And when evening had come, He was alone there.”
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