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Let us look at the promise of God for the very first month of this year. Indeed, this is going to hold true for the entire year ahead. The promise comes to you from Job 22:28. Look what this verse says, “What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.”

Yes, my beloved, whatever you decide, it will be done and light will shine on your ways. How and when will what you decide be done and light shine on your ways? The answer is found in the previous verse.

“You will pray to Him, and He will hear you.” (Job 22:27) Yes, when you prayerfully make your every decision, God’s favor and light will shine on your ways.

“The steps of a righteous man are directed and established by the Lord.”

(Psalm 37:23)

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decision concerning his marriage without praying to God. “David was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law.”

(1 Samuel 18:26) David decided that it would be a good thing to become the king’s son-in-law When you seek God’s guidance not only will God direct your paths but you will also be established firmly.

PRAYER: THE PATH FINDER

because it would bring him honor, possessions, authority as compared to the life of a shepherd boy living in the wilderness unnoticed and disregarded by everybody. He thought he would become the next king easily, but alas his decision was not God’s decision. He married the king’s

The Word of God describes this to us from the

daughter, but she had no children. When she saw

life of the prophet Moses, who was leading the

David loving the Lord more than anyone in his

Israelites from Egypt to Canaan, the Promised

life, she despised him. Instead of honoring him,

Land.

the king became jealous because David was

“Moses said to the Lord, “Please show me now your ways. The Lord said: I shall go before thee, and I will give you rest.”

(Exodus 33:13,14) What a great God! When the Lord God goes ahead of you, the wonders that happen are marvelous and many.

becoming much more popular and loved by the people than himself. The king tried to kill him, so he could not stay in the palace. He had to live with constant fear of death, hiding in the wilderness.

All this happened only because David never waited in prayer before the Lord God to know the plan for his life. After all the struggles, pain,

“I will go before you, and make the crooked

sorrow, and wandering in the wilderness, David

places straight. I will give you treasures

repented and submitted to God’s decision. It was

hidden in dark and secret places.”

then he was led into the marvellous plan where

(Isaiah 45:2, 3) Not only will your paths be made straight, all the hidden treasures will become yours!

KING VERSUS KING’S SON-IN-LAW

God made him king over Israel.

Let us meditate upon some people who decided to do God’s will and were blessed.

JEHOSHAPHAT’S TRIUMPH

Many times, you take important life decisions

“Some people came and told Jehoshaphat,

on your own. Especially those concerning your

“A vast army is coming against you from

personal life are taken without praying to God

Edom, from the other side of the Dead Sea.

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It is already in En Gedi.” Alarmed,

Jehoshaphat resolved to inquire of the

and supported Mary to bring forth God in flesh –

Lord and he proclaimed a fast for all Judah.”

(2 Chronicles 20:2,3)

Jesus Christ into this world. What a great honor

King Jehoshaphat was informed a huge army

man.

Joseph had! He is forever called as a righteous

PERFECT EXEMPLAR

was attacking him from the other side of the Dead Sea and they had almost captured En Gedi.

The Gospel of Mark in chapter three describes

Though Jehoshaphat was in dismay and standing

how the Lord Jesus chose His disciples. Jesus did

at crossroads, he decided to seek the Lord’s advice

not select them based on His decision or their

first. He did not resort to seek the advice of his

talents and exceptional qualities. Even though

counselors or his generals and so on. After

He was God in flesh, He looked unto the Father

receiving the Lord’s instructions, Jehoshaphat

in Heaven for divine wisdom and guidance. He

made the singers and musicians march in the

showed us how to take important decisions, by

frontline for the battle with his army following

hearing from God and walking in the ways of

them. They were rejoicing and loudly singing,

wisdom.

“ The Lord is good and His mercies endure

“He went up on the mountain and called

forever.” The Holy Spirit through that worship

to him those whom he desired, and they

went ahead of them and destroyed their enemies

came to him.”

completely. Yes, the enemies fought amongst themselves and ran away. Jehoshaphat just went and looted the camp of the enemies and became extremely prosperous because of the plundered goods.

(Mark 3:13)

Jesus withdrew from the crowd, went up on a mountain side. He prayed the whole night before making His final choice

of

the

twelve

JOSEPH’S INTEGRITY Joseph found Mary, to whom he was betrothed, was pregnant. The Bible says in Matthew 1:19, “Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.”

Since Joseph was a righteous man, God sent an Angel to him and stopped him from committing a grave mistake. Joseph submitted to God and accepted Mary to be his wife without

disciples.

any questions, which was beyond human

He knew Judas

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betray Him but chose

him

anyway. It must have been a very difficult decision for

“He made no reply to him, not even to a single accusation, so that the governor marveled greatly.”

(Matthew 27:14)

Yes my friend, patience protects you and keeps your soul pristine and spotless.

Jesus, but it was the very reason He had come into the world - to be

“Stand firm with patient endurance and you will find your souls’ deliverance.”

(Luke 21:19)

betrayed and crucified to bring salvation to the entire human race.

My beloved, let God speak on your behalf,

PATH OF SILENCE

speak justice over you, and pass judgment against

I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.”

(Psalm 39:1)

those who have done evil against you. You just have to keep your silence. Let no sinful words come out of your mouth and no statements of defense proceed forth from your tongue. The Lord is the righteous judge (2 Timothy 4:8) and He will plead

Here, the psalmist David took a wise decision.

the case on your behalf. God will transform the

He decided to watch what words came out of his

wicked people and reveal to them that He is

mouth and make sure that he would not commit

favourable with you. When you are silent before

sin against God with his tongue, thoughts, or decisions.

men and open your heart and mouth only to the

He said he would put a muzzle over his mouth in

Lord God, He will shower divine blessings in

the presence of an evil man. You should also take a

abundance and establish your righteousness

decision not to utter words related to sin and not

before all men.

to speak against the wicked men but allow God’s

HIGHWAY OF INSIGHT

judgment to come to them. When that silence prevails in your heart and you hold your peace, the

Bible shows another strategy to make the

Lord’s verdict will come against the wicked people

perfect decisions, which is found in the following

and nobody will be able to convict you of any sin.

verse,

When the Chief Priests, Pharisees, Sadducees and all the other religious groups were crying

“So I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly.”

(Ecclesiastes 2:12)

and shouting out to Pontius Pilate to crucify Jesus

Yes, people have already done things which

Christ and Pilate was questioning Jesus in that

are foolish and have foolish ideas; and they have

regard, the Bible says Jesus did not answer them.

also done works of wisdom. If you look at how

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people have prospered with wisdom or have

your ways and my thoughts than your

fallen because of their foolish ideas and behavior,

thoughts.”

you will be able to correct yourself and submit to God’s plan for your life.

Further, the Bible says,

(Isaiah 55:8,9)

So, you never have to be frightened and uncertain because the Lord says: “I will instruct you and teach you in the

“Everything that happens was decided

way you should go; I will counsel you with

long ago. A man is only what he was

my loving eye on you.”

created to be. It is useless to argue with

Pray and seek God’s instructions through the

God about it. This is because God is more

Holy Spirit, who will lead you to walk into God’s

powerful than man is.” (Ecclesiastes 6:10)

decision for your life. Through prayer, God’s

This verse says everything is foreordained and

glorious ways will open for you. This will make

foreknown so there is no point in fighting with

you righteous, peaceful, and joyful in the Holy

God why He did something or trying to get

Spirit. The Holy Spirit will build you up, keep you

something overpowering God. God is more

secure, establish you powerfully, and honor you.

powerful than you and me. That is why you should

Hence, just completely submit to God. When the

consider both the foolish ways and that of wisdom. The ways of wisdom may comprise of

(Psalm 32:8)

will of God is fulfilled in your life, light will shine on your path and lead you to the royal throne.

blessings as well as betrayals, similar to the life

Prayer: Father, show me Your way. I

of Jesus but finally, you will rise up to be more

surrender myself to You. Help me this year

than a conqueror.

to be one with Your Holy Spirit and walk in

SUPERIOR AND EXCLUSIVE

the way which You have prepared for me through the sacrifice Jesus made for me

My friend, God has a very special plan for you,

on the cross at Calvary. Establish me, build

which is nothing imaginable or comparable to

me, powerfully restore me, and give me

the plans you have made for yourself. Just see

days of peace and joy in the Holy Spirit

what the Lord says:

walking in righteousness. Lord, thank You

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,

for this blessing. In Jesus’ name, I pray.

neither are your ways my ways, declares

Amen.

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My dear partner in the ministry, Loving greetings for a prosperous year 2022 in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ!

As you step into this New Year 2022, I urge you to look to the eyes of God, who is the Alpha, Omega, and holds our time in His hands. May be you had to face many challenges and the different dimensions of your life have shaken, but take heart for God promises that this year He is going to establish you according to His word in 1 Peter 5:10, “And then, after your brief suffering the God of all loving grace….will personally and powerfully restore you and make you stronger than ever. Yes, He will set you firmly in place and build you up.”

I am truly filled with joy when I think of you and your sacrificial offerings in the midst of the waves of Covid-19, financial crisis and much more. As the Psalmist says in Psalm 16:3, ‘I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight,”’ may God reward you for every rupee you put into His hands for His work. God delights in you and this year, you shall receive the answers and be firmly established in the place - the Promised Land, which God has prepared for you.

I would like to share with you how effectively the ministry has served the partners fixing our eyes upon Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith with the goal, “No soul to be lost” in mind.

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Telephone Prayer Tower

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Prayer Towers - Covering people with prayers “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.”

(1 Timothy 2:1) During Covid period too, the Prayer Towers were open, people could enjoy God’s presence, comfort and joy. Prayer Intercessors and field ambassadors served just like frontline workers by visiting the sick either in the hospital or their homes and prayed for their healing.

• The Prayer Towers located in States, District Headquarters and small Towns work every day of the week, without rest, from 8 am to 8 pm.

• Prayers are offered in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English.

• Whether it is healing from sicknesses, deliverance from addictions, protection from accidents, for breakthroughs from financial crunches, during exams, during moments of arguments between couples, family issues etc, no matter the need of the caller, prayer intercessors pray considering the caller’s problems as their own and mighty miracles are done by our Lord Himself.

• Not just this, chain prayers are held 24x7

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• 47,71,032 callers contacted our Telephone Prayer Tower • Through Dial-A-Prayer service (recorded prayers for different needs) 2,73,268 souls were blessed Through direct service, more than 300 fulltime prayer intercessors and through telephone prayer service, 90 full-time prayer intercessors are serving God. Also, there are around 700 volunteer prayer intercessors and so together around 1000 prayer intercessors are ministering for God. We have successfully launched a system to call the callers through the computer system from the Prayer Tower.

1580336 Follow-up calls were made 753462 calls were made to wish our partners on their birthday/ wedding anniversaries 516013 visitors attended the Prayer Tower events

• 39816 virtual events were conducted • 10,98,026 people attended virtual events conducted through Prayer Towers.

• 1314982 visitors visited Prayer Tower in person for counselling and prayers • 68810 House visits were made • 1374216 Blessed Oil vials were distributed • 600882 prayer requests were received • 3238 new volunteers were raised • 25000 testimonies were received • 368 new ambassadors were raised • 163 new Mission Network started • 2439 partners were trained through PTP to serve as prayer intercessors www.jesuscalls.org - January 2022

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Trumpet Prayer Group “Put the trumpet to your lips..” (Hosea 8:1) As led by the Holy Spirit, my wife Sis. Evangeline Paul Dhinakaran started the Trumpet Prayer Group in March 2020 and we have crossed 700 days of prayer by now, in which staff and volunteer Prayer Intercessors gather together virtually at 1 pm all across the nation to pray for God’s blessing and prosperity upon the people and the nation.

• Total TPG Prayer Intercessors - 8000

Television ministry “For the word of God is alive and active.”

(Hebrews 4:12) Family Channel has greatly been the comfort of a thousand homes as God united their spirit with the word of God proclaimed through the channel and thereby making those people into one spiritual family who celebrate the love of God in their lives.

• Friday and Saturday - LIVE programs are conducted for the youth at 9 pm in Tamil by Samuel Dhinakaran, Dr. Shilpa Dhinakaran, Stella Ramola • Friday and Saturday - My wife and I host LIVE programs in Tamil at 8 pm/ 9.30 in other languages.

Digital Ministry “Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.”

(Isaiah 59:1) Yes, the digital world has proved God’s word is true, as God’s hands stretched out to save people through the social media platforms Facebook, YouTube, Twitter etc and prayerful replies were sent to the prayer requests received in the comments.

• Facebook reached 15,806,312 people with 3,501,031 followers.

• Instagram reached 1,158,603people with 213,453 followers • Twitter reached 82,928 people with 22,963 followers.

• Website- around 1,122,872 visitors.

• Family Channel is viewed by millions • More than 10 cable networks, Jesus Calls website, android and IOS apps, android smart TV, Amazon Fire TV, telecast the Family Channel.

• Television programs are produced in 7 languages: Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, English and Sinhala.

• ‘Jesus Calls’ internet radio broadcasts programs 24/7 • Tamil and Sinhala programs are broadcast through SLBC radio and Sri Lanka’s PRI FM.

• YouTube reached 39,116,100 people with 908,147 subscribers.

• WhatsApp– an average of 84,249 hits with 25,259 users.

• Daily promise verse was sent through SMS and WhatsApp. • 89,746 people were reached through mobile apps

Dynamic Kids’ Camp ‘Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them.’ Matthew 19:14

Family Channel has greatly been the comfort of a thousand homes as God united their spirit with the word of God

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• Dynamic Kids’ Camp was conducted from May 10th- 16th in all the Prayer Towers in which thousands of children were blessed.

Email, Correspondence, Magazine Ministry “How good is a timely word!”

(Proverbs 15:23) • 5,83,687 letters were replied with the right word for their prayer need • Many people sought my guidance regarding God's will in their lives and God enabled me to give prayerful guidance as led by the Holy Spirit

• A special wing has been established in the SEESHA hospital in Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, to treat those who are affected by Corona.

• On July 1st, the birthday of my father Dr. D.G.S Dhinakaran, welfare support was offered through SEESHA in Chennai, Coimbatore and various other places around the world. The poor, destitute women, elderly, children, transgenders and auto drivers whose livelihood was affected due to the Corona pandemic and restraints, were given essential food ingredients, sewing machines, school kits, new dresses and certificates for those who completed tailoring training.

• Mega vaccination drives were conducted in Coimbatore on 12th September and on 25th September at Chennai to vaccinate people especially from the rural areas and ensure a safer India.

Prayer Academy and Training

• • 3,35,167 emails were sent to partners • Magazine –sent through Email; Digital issue is available in JC Website • Every month 4 lakh magazines were printed in 7 languages

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Corona Resistance Prayer Force (CRPF) “Pray for each other so that you may be healed.”

(James 5:16) A WhatsApp group consisting 288 members with the mission to pray for the healing of Corona infected people has faithfully prayed for the recovery, restoration and redemption of every person who sent their prayer requests. Prayers are continually offered even now for protection from Omicron effect.

Corona relief help The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

(James 5:16) • The Karunya Education Trust in Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore is used for treating corona patients.

• The Corona safety measures - face masks and hand sanitizers were given out through the SEESHA non-profit organization.

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“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.”

(2 Timothy 3:16) Striving toward the vision, “Every paying partner to become praying partner”, a six-week Partners Training Program (PTP) entitled 'Connected with God’ is being given free of cost in all Prayer Towers in all major languages.

1000s have been trained all over India; A ten-week online course named “Knowing Jesus” with 10 video lessons full of deep insights, which I have prepared. (link: academy.prayertoweronline.org) 1075 people have completed the “Knowing Jesus” course and the second batch is in progress.

Karunya Academy for Theological Education (KATE) “He did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory.” (Romans 9:23) • Karunya Academy for Theological Education was established on September 4, 2020, and has successfully completed one year of service in theological training. Despite the pandemic, KATE was able to admit 135 students (Batch 1: 44 students, Batch 2: 91 students).

• It has received accreditation as ‘Candidacy status’ from Asia Theological Association (ATA) • Various programs such as B.Th., M. Div., www.jesuscalls.org - January 2022

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Diploma courses on Counselling, Ministry, Mission, Women Leadership and Management and short term courses on important topics of the Bible like Know Your Bible and Greek language are offered.

• Through KATE's BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE PROGRAM, we were able to motivate 621 college students through 8 programs on career guidance.

• About 250 pastors received training on Trust registration and Media Ministry through the FAITHFUL SERVANTS programme.

• Every month, KATE was able to lead AVEQ (Half-night prayer) for Karunya Community.

Along with theoretical teaching, KATE students are also involved in community service, students fellowship and Prayer Tower ministry to have field exposure. I praise God for His faithfulness in all that we do.

Esther Prayer Group “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.”

(1 Samuel 1:17) • The Esther Prayer Group for women, YEPG for the youth, JEPG for little girls and CEPG for the couples gather and pray in small groups.

• They gathered together once in a month and prayed without fail even during the lockdown through conference calls and other technological facilities.

• Overseas- Total 75 Esther Prayer Groups in 17 countries • In India, Total - 1200 Esther Prayer Groups • Every 3rd Saturday - My mother Sis. Stella Dhinakaran conducted special prayer through Zoom to specifically pray for inactive EPG in India and abroad.

• 17,654 new subscribers to our social media platforms.

• Theme oriented LIVE programs in Family Channel and UTurn Social Media Channels hosted

by Samuel Dhinakaran, Dr. Shilpa Dhinakaran and Stella Ramola helped to address the day to day problems that youngsters face.

• 19,899 people on Instagram / 4,447 on Twitter, 79,674 on Facebook, and 85,593 on YouTube are blessed.

• By social media posts and videos, we educate and empower young people to solve their challenges and struggles practically through God’s power.

Music Ministry “Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit.”

Ephesians 5:19 • God has enabled Samuel Dhinakaran to produce a Christmas special song AVARAE (Tamil link: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=kqy7DWwMqug) and Stella Ramola too, that touched the youth and the songs reached millions of youngsters.

• God enabled us to release a heart-warming family song on Christmas, in YouTube

UTurn ministry

Day of Deliverance Prayer

“…your young men will see visions…”

Acts 2:17 • Through 94 Uturn clubs across India, online and offline Youth Meetings were conducted for youth. Many have received miracles and testified for the glory of God. • New and innovative social media programs have received a lot of life changing testimonies in the comments section.

“….now is the day of salvation” 2 Corinthians 6:2 • My wife and I conduct it every month on the last Saturday via the Family channel and other social media platforms. Prayer Intercessors pray for the prayer requests received through the Prayer Towers, Email, Facebook and other sources and God’s reply is prayerfully sent to them.

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Bethesda renovation work “This is my resting place forever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.”

(Psalm 132:14) • One-third of the renovation work has been completed through your generous donations. (link: https://prayertoweronline.org/blessing -plans/bethesda-build-gods-house)

National Prayer Tower, Delhi

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“…You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages and kings.”

(Revelation 10:11) Prophetical prayers are offered for India 24/7.

Prayer Intercessors from all around the world come voluntarily to pray and stay there.

During the lockdown, 52 Prayer Intercessors from Delhi locality participated in this continuous prayer.

When the lockdown restrictions were relaxed, a total of 72 Prayer Intercessors from 20 states were praying in 5 teams in the National Prayer Tower.

Zoom Prayer Ministry - Hour of Hope “Making the most of every opportunity..”

(Ephesians 5:16) Every Sunday at 7 pm, my wife and I share God’s word and pray in the Zoom meeting held in different languages: Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.

Christmas gifts “Supply them liberally….Give to them as the LORD your God has blessed you.”

(Deuteronomy 15:14) • The Prayer Intercessors and ambassadors visited the houses of the partners who are residing in the surroundings of the Prayer Tower with their permission to pray, convey their Christmas and New Year wishes, and gave the ‘Jesus Calls’ calendars and diaries as gifts.

• For all the partners who were not able to meet directly, the calendars and diaries were sent through post.

• During carols, the prayer intercessors and field ambassadors had visited 25000 families across India.

Podcasts “…..faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.”

(Romans 10:17) People all over the world have been blessed by my daily audio podcasts launched in the various audio platforms.

Books “if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;” (Romans 12:7) My mother, Sis. Stella Dhinakaran’s book, ‘I saw Him’ and Dr. Shilpa Dhinakaran’s book, ‘Lovely: Inside and Out’ was released in Tamil, English, Hindi and Telugu. On August 15th, 2021, the book, ‘A family life united with Christ’ authored by my mother was released in Tamil. I have done a book titled 'Health for Life.'

Helping God’s chosen ones “….God loves a cheerful giver.”

(2 Corinthians 9:7) It has always been a part of the Jesus Calls ministry to help Pastors and Evangelists build churches and organizations which serve the downtrodden.

Prayer Festivals and Blessing Meetings We are prayerfully looking forward to resume conducting the Prayer Festivals and Blessing Meetings across the nation for its healing and prosperity.

International Ministry “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

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• Israel Prayer Tower - Celebrated the 8th anniversary of Israel Prayer Tower virtually and thanked God for His glory that spreads across nations.

• Prayers are offered by prayer intercessors from all over the world at the Israel Prayer Tower in the city of Jerusalem for Israel's peace and for the people of the world to be prepared for the second coming of the Lord.

• International Prayer Towers- The telephone prayer continued to be operational 24/7 to stand with the people and pray for them in times of their need and emergency situations.

Blessing meetings continued to be held virtually through Zoom.

ALL PRAISE AND GLORY BE TO THE LORD! I ask you to continue to support the ministry even this year. Staff salaries, technological maintenance for Telephone prayer service, computer technological maintenance, rent, infrastructure, prayer intercessors training, SMS service, nationwide private Telephone network expenses, related services to send responses, postal expenses etc are all being carried out solely by the offerings of dear partners like you.

Prayer services are offered to people who send their prayer requests through various means, to the visitors who visit Prayer Towers and for the callers who call the Telephone Prayer Towers for prayer help. Only with the help of dear partners like you who sacrificially give their offerings, we are able to provide these services free of cost.

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As you continue to support this service, God will add these souls into your heavenly account and bless you and your family. I humbly request you to support the Prayer Tower ministry and be a blessing to millions of people.

Gift the faithful Ones Whom are you going to gift this season?

Uninterruptedly, day and night, our faithful intercessors attend calls and listen patiently to all such prayer requests. Being filled with the Holy spirit, they pray earnestly interceding for the callers so that they receive miracles from the Lord who stands beside the holy prayer intercessors. I request you to gift prayer intercessors through your sacrificial offerings and encourage them.

I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.” (Psalm 16:2,?3) Be assured that the Son of God who came down to the earth will bless you way much more than you can comprehend.

Your brother who prays for you,

Dr. Paul Dhinakaran

We have introduced a unique facet called 'Gift For Prayer Intercessors' (GFPI);If you would like to gift our staff prayer intercessors, kindly mention that your donation is toward this facet, 'GFPI' and give it at the nearest Prayer Tower or visit www.jesuscalls.org or call the partner care number 044-23456677 anytime between 7 am and 9 pm (IST) and be informed about the ways to donate.

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Yes, just like the Bible says in the given verse, our God is awesome in the wonders He does. Do you believe in miracles?

Here below are some of the mighty deeds God has done in the lives of these dear ones. It will certainly build your faith. God does miracles everyday and you are next in line!

Victory after Victory I am a Young Partner in Jesus Calls Ministry. For any distressing situation, my family always approaches Jesus Calls for prayers. Due to the pandemic situation, I was terrified about my entrance exams and marks.

Therefore, I visited Jesus Calls Prayer Tower. The prayer intercessors prayed and encouraged me

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and also forwarded my prayer request to Dr. Paul Dhinakaran. Much to our surprise, after a couple of days we received a call from Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, and he prayed for my exams and future. From then on, I was strengthened to overcome my fear. I wrote all my exams, and God blessed me to complete my twelfth board (CBSE) with 96% (480/500). I also attempted JEE MAINS Entrance Exams and scored in first

attempt-91, second attempt-90, and third attempt-89. I lost hopes of getting a seat. I was discouraged and again visited Jesus Calls Prayer Tower and requested prayers. In the fourth attempt, God blessed me with 93.9 percent and a seat in NIT Trichy. I express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Paul Dhinakaran and all the prayer intercessors. All glory be to GOD. - V. Tharun Kumar, Hyderabad

Back on Track I was diagnosed with lymphoma in Oct 2020, and I sent an email requesting prayers for my healing. I received an encouraging reply with God’s promise regarding my healing. Now, I am in complete remission and my health is back on track. Jesus has healed me and has given me a brand new start. I give all glory to God. Also, I thank Dr. Paul Dhinakaran and the Jesus Calls prayer intercessors encouragement.

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supernaturally healed my family. Looking at the normal reports, the doctor said there was no need for my father to be hospitalized. I wholeheartedly praise the Lord Almighty and thank Dr. Paul, who prayed for my family.

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Instantaneous Healing In May 2021, I was diagnosed with a cyst in my left ovary and a fibroid in the uterus. Uterus was also becoming thicker and bulky resulting in heaviness in my lower abdomen. I was under treatment. In June 2021,while attending Jesus Calls miracle night service through facebook, suddenly I felt my abdomen becoming lighter and I felt better. Later, when I went for a second ultrasound, all my reports were negative. Praise be to our loving and great God. I thank Jesus Calls ministries very much.

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My entire family was in anxiety because my uncle and aunt were hospitalized due to being corona positive. It was a complicated situation, and doctors suggested CT scan of the lungs for both of them. I requested prayers through Corona Resistance Prayer Fellowship (CRPF) link on the Jesus Calls website. God heard the prayers and the scan images showed that the infection did not touch their lungs. It was a great relief. Doctors were surprised and discharged them within 5 days. They are back home and recovering. The CRPF is a great blessing and I thank all the prayer intercessors

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Supernatural Healing I sent a prayer request to Dr. Paul for my mother, father and brother who were Covid positive. We were very scared because the doctor asked my father to be hospitalized due to his increased CRP level in the critical range.

I received Dr. Paul’s reply saying that Jesus would heal my family miraculously just like Jesus healed the sick when He was on the earth and that Jesus is the same from

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Blessed with job My husband Mr. Sleeva Reddy was without a job for the past 1 yr & 8 months. My son went to Bethesda Prayer Centre, Coimbatore on 9th August and requested prayers for my husband. As soon as he went to Bethesda, my husband received a call from a company called Indo Farm and joined work on 23rd August. I thank God and all the prayer intercessors for their prayers.

- Maria Rani, Hyderabad

Cancer ruled out My mother Mrs. Magdline DSA had cysts since 5 to 6 yrs. Meanwhile, she was found to have two blocks in her heart on angiogram.

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After a year in 2020, the doctor suspected that she had cancer. He also said the cancer might have spread 90 percent and even if she went through surgery and chemotherapy, she would not recover. At that grief-stricken moment, before she was operated, we called Jesus Calls Prayer Tower. Miraculously the biopsy report of the cysts showed no cancer. Also, there was no trace of cancer cells in her blood reports.

We glorify the Lord Almighty for completely healing my mother and we thank Dr. Paul Dhinakaran and all the prayer intercessors who sincerely prayed for my mother. As a thanks offering we have sponsored a Jesus callsTV program.

- Juliana Almeida, Udupi

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Job 22:28 - Light in the way Meditation: Exod. 13:21,22; Nehemiah 9:12,19; Psalm 119:105; Isaiah 42:16

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Numbers 6:24 – The Lord is watching over you Meditation: Exod. 23:20; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 91:11; 121:7; Proverbs 3:26;

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Philippians 4:13 - Christ makes us strong Meditation: Exod. 15:2; Psalm 18:1; Isaiah 49:5; 2 Timothy 4:17

Psalm 23:3 - God comforts the soul Meditation: Psalm 86:17; 94:19; Isaiah 12:1; Jeremiah 31:13; 2 Thess. 2:16,17

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Psalm 23:6 - Goodness and grace will follow you Meditation: 2 Samuel 2:6; Psalm 84:11; Nehemiah 5:19

Psalm 91:15 - The God who answers Meditation: Psalm 50:15; Isaiah 30:19; 65:24; Jeremiah 33:3

Isaiah 32:17 - The fruit of righteousness Meditation: 1 Samuel 26:23; Psalm 18:24; 37:6

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Acts 2:28 - Rejoicing in God’s presence Meditation: Deut. 12:7,12,18; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Thess. 2:19,20

Psalm 147:13 – Children blessed by God Meditation: Gen. 22:17; Psalm. 115:12-14; 128:6; Isaiah 54:13

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Greetings my beloved friend! The Lord has enabled us to see another New Year. God has a special word for you. His word holds true not only for this month but also for the entire year ahead of you.

Family and home is the happy place for everyone. After working the entire day in the office, what do you look forward to? Yes, you are right! It is going back home and relaxing with your family. Every second spent with your family members is valuable and precious. God is talking through His word to make this bond strong through one of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. It is patience, which is a symbol of unconditional and selfless love. . Every relationship calls for patience, much so in a family. Being patient with your family is not going to be easy, but it definitely is worth it. Yes, patience is one of the most essential virtues that bind a family in love.

Let us look at God’s Word for the month. It is taken from Psalm 27:1. Here David says, “The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid?”

Yes friend, the Lord is your stronghold. David was a prayer warrior. All through the book of Psalms, he had been praying and he literally fought with the Lord and got answers. That is why David says in Psalm 40:1,

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“I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry.”

Friend, the Lord has seen you being patiently leading your family and also waiting for your blessings. God has an answer for your patience in Psalm 27:14, which is “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

This is what we see when we look at the prayer life of David. “Evening and morning and at noon I will pray” (Psalm 55:17). He further says “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth” (Psalm 34:1). Therefore, David boldly says “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Psalm 27:14).

Another good example is the life of Abraham from Genesis 15:1-5: “The word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord, what can you give me since I remain childless?” The Lord took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars if indeed you can count them.” Then He said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Look how wonderful are the words that come from the mouth of the Lord. While Abram said “I am childless,” the Lord said “you will have multitudes of children like the stars in the sky.” True to His promise, God blessed the descendants of Abraham to be countless like the stars in the sky and sand on the seashore.

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Because of his faith in the Lord, Abraham is called ‘Father of Faith’ even today.

The Lord is saying the very same thing to you my dear friend. He says that “He is your shield and your very great reward.” What more could you want in life? Yes, He is the greatest comfort you can have in this world and your very great reward. This is the blessing the Lord has got for you also. This New Year comes with many of God’s fresh blessings in your life and family. The Lord promises to answer your prayers. Nothing is impossible for God. He will strengthen your heart and give all your heart’s desires. Keep the Lord as your hope.

All the blessings God has stored up for you to enjoy are being released. Therefore, be of good courage! Your patience has earned God’s favor.

May the Lord strengthen your heart and give you all your heart’s desires.

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Life is unpredictable . You may feel like it’s spinning wildly. But then don’t give up. Keep holding on to God and persevere in His love. Let Him lead you in the right direction.

Prayer: My loving Heavenly Father, thank You for this promise. Help me to trust You with all my heart and wait patiently for Your answers. Let the joy of the Holy Spirit give me the assurance that You are with me all through this new year. Father, help me to receive all the blessings You have in store for me. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen.

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My loving Lord Jesus, I thank You for Your great love and compassion that has enabled me to see this New Year. I commit this year into Your loving hands for Your plans to be fulfilled in my life. Lord, as the scripture says, crown this year with Your goodness and overflowing blessings.

Lord, cover me with Your feathers for there is healing under Your wings. Keep me in robust health and let me enjoy abundant peace and security. I very much seek Your protection Father. Keep me free from every disease and save me from deadly pestilences.

Be my shelter and fortress. Let Your favor surround me like a shield and safeguard me. Father, bless me with every spiritual blessing that comes from heaven. Bless the work of my hands and prosper it. I pray that You will meet all my needs according to Your riches in glory.

Give me and my household the grace to serve and worship You. Help me to begin each day in Your presence to receive Your mercies which are new every morning; Give me the grace to end the day with thanksgiving.

As we earnestly wait and long for Your coming, help us to be holy and become more holy to live with You for eternity. I once again thank You for this New Year and ask for Your grace and blessings to crown this year. Amen.

Bible verses based on which this prayer is compiled: Deuteronomy 7:15; 28:12; Joshua 24:15; Psalm 5:12; 34:1; 65:11; 91:3; 128:2; Proverbs 16:3; Jeremiah 33:6; Lamentations 3:22-23; Malachi 4:2; Ephesians 1:3; Philippians 4:19; 2 Peter 3:12; Revelation 22:11.

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By the immense grace of God, we have entered into the year 2022. Hence, first of all I express my loving New Year greetings to all of you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

“Great is our Lord, and mighty in power.”

(Psalm 147:5)

All of us want the Lord to be with us in this New Year and lead us in a blessed way. In which ways would the Lord give us the grace so that His leading and blessing would be in our lives?

How to receive His blessings? Shall we meditate on this?

The Angel of God, while telling Mary, the mother of Jesus about the Son of God, said, "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest.” We read this in Luke 1:32. Yes, dear ones! Our Lord is great. He is able to bless us. The Bible says that our glory is great in His salvation (Psalm 21:5). How did the Lord Jesus Christ grant us this glorious salvation?

Our meditation is based on Psalm 96:4 which reads as follows: “For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.”

Our God is Great

Moses and the people of Israel praised the miraculous redemption of the Israelites from the slavery of Egypt by the great God and sang, “He has become my salvation; He is my God’ (Exodus 15:2). When the Lord delivered David from the hand of his enemies he greeted Him saying, ‘Let God be exalted, the Rock of my salvation!’ (2 Samuel 22:47; Psalm 18:46). He lovingly called by name Zacchaeus, who was eagerly waiting to see Jesus and went with him to his house and granted his household a new life and joy by saying, "Today salvation has come to this house” (Luke 19:9). How great is this God!

“O Lord my God, You are very great.” ( Psalm 104:1)

Let us, who have stepped into this New Year, invite Jesus into our house, with our whole

From this verse, we can understand the glory and honour of the God of gods, who is able to bless us. Yes, as we read in Colossians 1:9,10, let us commit ourselves to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that we may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him and live a fruit-yielding life! Let us thereby receive full blessings this year as well as in the coming years!

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heart and mind like Zacchaeus, believing that the Lord Jesus will be great and be a blessing to us, particularly be our ‘Saviour.’

Look at the life of Job, the man of God! What did he do at the time of great afflictions in his life, which was upright before God?

“For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.”

(Psalm 132:13,14)

“Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.” (Job 13:15)

Then, we will enjoy receiving a blessed life!

Worthy of GREAT Praise (Psalm 96:4)

Job, who said thus, praised God even at the difficult time of losing his ten children at a single stroke, saying, ‘The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21). When he thus praised God His grace came upon him. As a result, God who blessed his latter days more than his beginning, gave him 10 children again and changed his tears of sorrow into joy (Job 42:12,13).

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! Let them sacrifice the God will be great sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works in your life, will with rejoicing.” do miracles for (Psalm 107:21, 22)

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We read in the Bible, ‘in everything give thanks’ (1 Thessalonians 5:18). David, the man of God, has sung in times of tears thus,

“I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” ` (Psalm 34:1)

Dear ones, let us, who have entered into this New Year, also learn to praise the Lord at all times, in all and exalt situations, with our whole you heart. The Lord, ‘who is enthroned in praises’ (Psalm 22:3), shall fill your life with His presence and bless you by doing glorious and excellent things in your life.

David keeps on praising Him saying, ‘Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all” (Psalm 34:19). Also, in Psalm 31:19,21, he confesses his experience with praises thus, “Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men! Blessed be the Lord, For He has shown me His marvelous kindness in a strong city!”

A man of God, who was running a Christian Home, was taking care of a few orphan children and used to provide them free food.

One morning, he had absolutely no money to buy them any food. Yet, not revealing this to those poor children, he said to them, “Children, today the Lord is going to do something great.

So let us praise and thank Him with all our heart.” Thus he encouraged them to sing praises to God. As they were thus praising, a miracle happened. Suddenly they saw a van at the front door. The driver of the van got down and knocked at the door. When they opened, he said to this man of God, “Sir, we were taking bread and milk to this particular www.jesuscalls.org- -January et«g® 2021 miH¡»wh® www.jesuscalls.org 2022 ïnaR JESUS CALLS

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place. But suddenly the van got stuck and it seems it would take several hours for us to rectify the fault and go on our way. But, by that time, the milk would be spoiled. So, my boss has ordered me to give all these to your orphanage and take back the van to our company. Here are the breads and the milk…!”

He said to himself, “How shall I praise the Lord for this great miracle” and glorified the Lord, who provided food for the children, with songs of praises.

says about David, who had full trust on Him, thus: “I have found My servant David; With My holy oil I have anointed him, With whom My hand shall be established; Also My arm shall strengthen him.”

(Psalm 89:20.21) He thus protected him and led him till the end.

As I often say, when I lost my husband and was languishing in sorrow, the Holy Spirit spoke Yes, dear ones, even in the midst of lacks, to me and led me wonderfully by His hand. He you should also sing and praise the Lord, whole removed all my worries and comforted and heartedly, without giving room for worries. consoled me, as the God of all comfort Then He will be great in your life, accept your (2 Corinthians 1:3,4). Also, He anointed me sacrifice of praise, will do a miracle with the oil of joy in an for you and exalt you. immeasurable way, in order God will be with Worthy of our reverence that I would comfort others (Psalm 96:4) you each day and increased my faith and boldness and has kept me In Psalm 118:6, Hebrews and lead you as a vessel of blessing in 13:6, we read, “The LORD wonderfully in all His ministry, till today. is on my side; I will not fear.

What can man do to me?” Dear ones, do you have this fear of fearing God?

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“Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," Whenever you turn to the right hand Or whenever you turn to the left.”

(Isaiah 30:21) “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.”

(Psalm 32:8) As we read in the above Scriptures, the Lord will show His children, who trust Him and who look up to Him, the ways in which they should walk and will lead them by His hand. About this we read in the Bible, ‘the hand of the Lord was upon us and led us’ (Ezra 8:31). The Lord 26

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Yes, dear ones! Let us fear the Lord in everything and be careful to walk in His ways right from the beginning of this New Year. Then, He will not forsake us but will hold our hands and lead us in blessed ways.

“Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.”

(Isaiah 41:10)

According to His unchanging word, He will comfort and console us, be with us in all days and keep us and lead us wonderfully in all situations. Let us not take away our faith on Him but hold on to Him firmly and walk in the ways pleasing to Him. Let us receive full blessings, every day!

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The God given ‘divine promise’ for this New Year is contained in the above verse! We also read in the Bible, "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off …for He who promised is faithful" (Acts 2:39; Hebrews 10:23). Hence, this New Year, believing that the Lord would protect us and lead us as the apple of His eye, let us hold on to His feet every day.

God, our Shepherd “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.”

(Psalm 23:1) The Lord Jesus, our good Shepherd says, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep; I know My sheep, and am known by My own” (John 10:11,14). A shepherd, having hundred sheep, when losing even one of them, would go after the one which is lost and on finding it would lay it on his shoulder rejoicing and when coming home would call together everyone and say with rejoicing that he had found the lost sheep (Luke 15:4,6).

“I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.”

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Yes, as we read in the Bible that there would be more joy in heaven over one sinner, who repents, the Lord Jesus Christ, our Shepherd had offered Himself up as a sacrifice for every one of us on the cross by which He has made everyone of us get redeemed and become His own children. “ (He) who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.”

(Titus 2:14) "Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”

(Matthew 18:14) “ (He) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”

(1 Timothy 2:4) Jesus Christ, the good Shepherd of the sheep, would thus make us His own and would go before us as the good Shepherd throughout this year and be our rear guard. Hence, realizing this truth every day, let us thank Him. Let us believe this according to I John 5:4 and live a victorious life.

Let us discard all our unwanted worries and burdens and live a blessed life with faith.

Blessed through righteous ways “Blessed is the man whose strength is in You, Whose heart is set on High ways (righteous ways).”

(Psalm 84:5)

glory, receiving the end of your faith; the salvation of your souls.”

(I Peter 1:8,9)

In the second chapter of the Book of Acts, we read about the Lord Jesus’ disciples receiving this According to this verse, the Lord God, who ‘joy inexpressible’ when they were filled with goes before us, will strengthen us in every way the anointing of the Holy Spirit. After the Lord and lead us wonderfully in the righteous ways. was resurrected, He appeared before His The Bible says, “In Your hand it is to make great disciples, who were filled with loneliness, and to give strength to all” (1 Chronicles 29:12). worries and fear and made them wait at His feet As the Bible says that the Lord will give strength with one accord. By this, He made them enjoy and power to His people (Psalm 29:11; 68:35), He receiving this divine experience. We read in the will remove all the weaknesses that are in our Bible how Peter’s life changed into a glorious spirit, soul and body and gird us with His divine and awesome one, after that. Once receiving this strength, this New Year. Whenever we cry to Him divine experience, Peter, who denied Jesus out in our weakness, He will come to us, and make of fear, saying, “I do not know Him”, was filled with boldness and faith and served us bold with strength in our the Lord diligently and glorified soul (Psalm 138:3). Then, like His name. Don’t we read in the David, we could also say with Bible that even in the times when joy, ‘I will love You, O Lord, my would go before he had to pass through terrible strength’ (Psalm 18:1). As we you as the good sufferings and afflictions, he read in the Bible, though we Shepherd passed through them with joy and may face terrible situations of throughout this faith till the end of his life? Hence, passing through the valley of year and also be except Judas, to rest of the Baca (Psalm 84:6) and walk your rear guard disciples, when He left them, through the valley of the Jesus promised that they would shadow of death (Psalm 23:4), receive eternal life in heaven the Lord God will not forsake us but be with us. He will console and comfort us (Mark 10:30) and that in the regeneration, when and embrace us. He will completely remove our the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, sorrows, fill us with His divine joy and change they would also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel (Matthew 19:28). our valley of tears into springs (Psalm 84:6).

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In the Bible, when Martha and Mary, having lost their only brother, were wallowing in tears, the Lord Jesus did a great miracle for them because of their love and faith in Him, rose him up from the dead and changed their valley of tears into springs. In the same way, if you too would love Him with all your heart and mind, He will change your tears, strengthen you and make you rejoice.

Salvation through faith “whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of

Yes, dear ones! In this worldly life, the Lord will lead us by His hand, according to His will.

Jesus Christ has accomplished this in His life as an example for us and is today seated on the throne, on the right hand of the Father victoriously. If we too would follow His divine ways, be faithful till the end and accomplish His will in all reverence, then the Lord would go before us and be our rear Guard and will lead us wonderfully in this New Year (Isaiah 52:12). He will graciously lead us to rise and shine for the glory of His name. May God lead us to live as warriors of faith and with reverence and zeal, without giving room to weariness! www.jesuscalls.org www.jesuscalls.org -et«g® or«g® 2021 miH¡»wh® www.jesuscalls.org - -January 2022 ïnaR JESUS CALLS

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SORROW TURNED INTO JOY We are associated with the Jesus Calls ministry for quite a long time. My children are Young Partners. In 2005, my husband went to be with the Lord. Yet, it was God who comforted us through the Jesus Calls ministries. We were looking for a suitable alliance for my son John Solomon. Hence, we registered his profile in the True Friend Matrimony in April 2021. We were praying for God to bring the girl to us. God heard our prayers and a suitable family approached us seeking my son in marriage. Everything was according to God’s will and my son’s marriage with Alice Lydia who is also a True Friend Matrimony partner took place on August 25th, 2021. God has graciously blessed us. Praise be to God! - Jhansi Rani, Bangalore

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ello young friend! What a joy it is to be able to wish you a blessed New Year 2022.

God has been faithful in keeping His promises throughout the last year and has been rightly called the Promise-Keeper! I am sure you have witnessed many miracles and the fulfillment of promises in your life too.

Everlasting Assurance: God has something very special in store for you this month also. Are you excited to find out what it is? Let me tarry no longer and declare the promise of God, which will not only be for January but your entire life ahead. Yes, Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever; and His promises are Yes, and in Him Amen.

The scripture from 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 is for you: “With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by 32

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faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”

If you carefully read the verses again, you can see how special you are. These very clearly imply that there is a special calling of God on your life.

Purely God’s grace and power will accomplish it.

Your desire and good deeds will work together to make you worthy of your calling. Do you know what happens next my friend? Through your life, God will be glorified and you in God. This is exactly what I have prayed for you.

Roadmap to God’s Plan: The Bible puts forth many real-life examples of persons who were chosen by God, fulfilled their calling and brought glory to God’s Holy name. We shall look at the life of one the disciples of Jesus. It is about one of the first disciples of Jesus, none other than Simon Peter.

Peter was an ordinary fisherman, but God’s calling on his life is evident right from the first moment. Look at how Jesus beckons Peter to follow Him: He (Jesus) saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:18-19) Though Peter was a fisherman, the divine

calling on his life was to be an apostle. Peter was very eager and enthusiastic to fulfill his calling in a worldly manner. He was very zealous to protect Jesus, thinking that it was his calling. Knowing that Jesus was going to suffer and die, he wanted to make a tent on the mountain and make Jesus stay there itself. When the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, Peter cut the ear of a soldier. Peter who was so , denied Jesus thrice. Look again at the promise word, it says “By His power He may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness.”

Mark these words “By His power.” Are you wondering what power this is? It is the power of the Holy Spirit. Acts of the Apostles Chapter 2 elaborates this transformation.

On the day of Pentecost, all the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit. After he was anointed, Peter stood up and testified about Jesus. It touched the hearts of all those who heard it and they asked him what they should do. Peter told them to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

This is the power of the Holy Spirit!

Transformed to Accomplish: There is a famous quote which says “Well begun is half done.” Therefore, begin this year by asking God to fill you with His Holy Spirit. You will be transformed just like Peter was. It is the Holy Spirit who will reveal God’s plan for your life, lead you into it, and also empower you to fulfill your calling. The ultimate goal of this entire transformation is “The name of our Lord Jesus

may be glorified in you and you in Him.” Acts 5 says many signs and wonders were done

by Peter. People carried out the sick into the streets and laid them that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them, and they were all healed. This is only one of many miracles and you cannot even imagine how much God would have been glorified through the life of Peter. Therefore the key to your calling is only in the Holy Spirit.

Life of Excellence: My friend, God has called you for a very special purpose. He has not only called you, if you introspect yourself you will also discover the gifts He has bestowed in your life to accomplish it.

The Holy Spirit assists in revealing it to you.

Unless the Holy Spirit brings to light your gifts and calling, you will walk astray from God’s plan and end in tears. He will guide you perfectly. May God make you worthy of His calling and may all your deeds and desires fulfill God’s plan in your life. My friend let God be glorified through your life and God glorified in you. Gear up for a life of excellence!

Prayer: Lord, I thank You for the promise You have given me this year. Lord, fill Scan QR code me with Your Holy Spirit that I to watch this message may know my calling and become worthy of it. Empower me to accomplish Your plans and glorify Your name. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen.

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SEESHA’s Community Advancement Program (CAP) has a holistic approach encompassing a wide range of development activities for the upliftment of marginalized & underprivileged communities across India. Our CAP projects are designed after detailed needs assessment in the local communities to improve lives & achieve sustainable growth.

Some of the areas of intervention under SEESHA’s ENVIRONMENT - SEESHA fosters environment sustainability by planting saplings, raising Community Advancement Program are awareness to avoid plastics, conducting community EDUCATION - SEESHA provides needy children & clean-up drives & engaging families to adopt youth with access to quality education through child effective Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) practices development centres, scholarship programs and through Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) educational incentives like school kits & new clothes. interventions.

LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT - Technical, vocational SEESHA has also been providing disaster relief assistance education & employability skills training are and long-term rehabilitation solutions to victims of crucial for income generation and creating disasters across India. sustainable livelihoods. Some of our livelihood development HELPING WOMEN DISCOVER THEIR WINGS! initiatives are - technical courses “Though I completed graduation long back, I could not find in the automobile sector, a job as I lacked the required skills or work experience. The vocational skills training in facilities to acquire new skills were also inadequate in our village. As tailoring, computers, handicrafts, I felt, gaining computer literacy would improve my job chances, I spoken English & entrepreneurship. got enrolled in SEESHA’s affordable computer course at Karunya HEALTH - Promotion of overall health among community members Nagar. Their exceptional training has equipped me with knowledge is attained by conducting health about computers, office package & internet usage. My job prospects & awareness camps, medical have improved now. I’m also supporting my husband’s check-ups through mobile clinic, microenterprise by keeping track of inventory online. Thank you, providing nutritional supplements SEESHA, for instilling confidence & digital skills!” - Mrs. R. Jothi for children with HIV/AIDS, and - SEESHA’s computer training beneficiary, Sadivayal tribal village. sensitizing people on the government’s health schemes.

Even as we continue to uplift the downtrodden in the New Year, you too can contribute towards people’s progress in the following ways: Sponsor the education of a child – Rs. 1000/month Sponsor mobile clinic services – Rs. 7500/month Support one skills training centre – Rs. 10,000/month

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Doubly blessed I am a Family Blessing Plan partner. I suffered from corona and chest pain. I often called the Telephone Prayer Tower for my healing. Jesus Calls prayer intercessors prayed for me with burden every time.

On July 4th, at 12:25 pm , I tuned into the Family Channel. At that moment, Bro. Paul Dhinakaran was praying and he called my name saying, “Shanthi, Jesus is delivering you from every weakness.

You will lead a peaceful life with your children and husband.”

From that day onwards, I am completely healed. I was the only one in my family who believed in Jesus, and hence my husband used to fight with me daily for no reason. But after the prayers, there is divine peace in our family. Jesus is a good Lord. All glory to Jesus. I thank Bro. Paul Dhinakaran for his prayers.

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