by STEPHEN PILLAI
(Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA)
Dear Brothers & Sisters in JESUS CHRIST,
I was in a debt of almost Rs. 2 lacs with 5 credit cards & 2 personal loan {A Lac is actually a million Indian rupees or about £12,000.}.
My salary was not sufficient to clear it off.
I could only pay the minimum amount of almost Rs. 7000 to 8000 every month but my loan amount would not reduce.
For 3 years I was undergoing a lot of problems.
I started attending a prayer group, where after a few weeks I was chosen as a disciple to serve the prayer group. I said to JESUS I'm surrendering myself to your service and you take care of all my problems.
I started serving the Lord with the gift of singing HE blessed me with and many other ways.
Within a year's time JESUS just moved his hand over my debts and it all went off.
I don't know how I was able to arrange the money, how I managed, what I did, but one by one Jesus cleared all my loans and he blessed me with a motorbike which never in my life I thought I will be able to afford.
Thank You JESUS, I give all the glory to the Lord.
When you surrender yourself your faith is important. You just pray for your problems only once, then forget your problem and after that surrender yourself to GOD trusting that He will solve it and that He will keep His promise, that's what is called faith.
He promises in Matthew Chapter 11 Verse 28 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Whenever Jesus healed people during his ministry on earth, He only said "your faith has healed you."
He is so loving, so merciful that He cannot see us in problem and wants to save us, heal us. But we are the one who refuse to turn to Him.
We do not want to repent for our sins. At times we feel that we are just living a practical life and not committing any sin. A sin is a sin and we have to suffer for a sin.
Right from the day Adam committed the first sin and lost the gift of eternal life which GOD gifted HIM, we too will have to suffer for our sins.
But our Lord Jesus Christ is so merciful that He gives us an opportunity to repent for our sins and turn towards Him.
IN JESUS CHRIST
STEPHEN PEOPLE.
+919870450781
Mumbai, INDIA.
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Thank you Stephen for sharing your story with us.
God wants us to believe and have "faith" - but he also wants us to act {walk out in faith] --
Whenever Jesus healed people during his ministry on earth, He only said "your faith has healed you" --one thing that stands out is that the people he healed had taken some sort of action to reach Jesus.
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20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,
21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21
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Thanks again Stephen
Victor
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