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Jesus says, Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, andteaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoeverdoes them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. (Mat. 5:19)

Jesus the parable of the widow and the unjustJudge

..Will notGod grant justice to his chosen ones whocry to him day and night? Will he delaylong in helping them? I tell you, he will

quickly grant justice to them. And yet,when the Son of Man comes, will he findfaith on earth?(Lk. 18:7-8).

Faith.

once told his disciples

to explain that they ought to prayalways consistently with steadfast faith inGod. He ended his parable with thesequestions to be pondered over -

As our world ismoving fast, many are gradually losing faithin God, are turning against Him due to sin,lack of religious fervour and proper Christianeducation, worldly pleasures and so on...They are putting trust on their capabilities,their worldly knowledge and innovations,their strengths and assets, on materialisticthings, machines et al. They have forgottenGod and gone beyond the limits of idolatry tosorcery and witchcraft thereby testing Hispatience and challenging His power. It is hightime that we should correct our lifestyle andbeliefs, obey God's commands and know themeaning andimportance of true

aith is the assurance ofthings hoped for, theconviction of thingsnot

seen.(Heb.11:1)- as written in theHoly Bible.

Putting this in other words, wecan say that faith is the conviction ofthe things which are far beyond the

reach of the five human senses, viz.

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INTERCEDEFORUS,OQUEEN

ASSUMEDINTOHEAVEN!that of seeing, smelling, hearing,tasting and touching. Faith enters inthe region of unseen things, makingthem tangible and real. Such faith isnot mere human wisdom orsagacity. It has its foundation in aspiritual understanding and comes

as a fruit of the Spirit andas a gift of God resulting from Hisgrace. It is faith which hopes for theimpossible or the incredible andbelieves in the supernatural. TheApostle John encourages us tobelieve that faith can overcome theworld. As the Biblesays, both for a man with steadfastfaith in God and forGod himself, nothingunder the sky is impossible. On thecontrary, nothing is possible for aman without faith.

People say,But this

statement is vague in the sense thatit does not mention what kind of faithyou have and on whom your faithrelies upon. Do you have faith nanything that is of this world or onthe one supreme God, who is

and , the

of all that exists and who isthe and the . Have you putyour trust on lifeless stones andidols, on helpless and pitiful men, oron the ever-living, loving andmerciful God who is your Saviour,Deliverer, Redeemer and Protector,who is the source of all good, thesource of all life, wisdom, power,peace, truth, love and salvation. ThePsalmist in the Bible says,

(Gal.5:22)

(1John 5:4)

(Mk. 9:23)(Mk.10:27)

o m n i po t e nt , o m n i sc i e nt ,invincible almighty

creatorfirst last

Happyare those who fear the Lord, whogreatly delight in his commandments.

if you have faith,you can have everything .

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ary is Queen of the Universe becauseshe was made conformed to her Son

who is Lord: "The Immaculate Virgin,preservedfree from allguiltof original sin, on thecompletion of her earthly sojourn, was taken upbody and soul into heavenly glory, and exaltedby the Lord as Queen of the Universe, that shemight be the more fully conformed to her Son,the Lord of lords and the conqueror of sin anddeath."(Vatican II,L.G.59)

ActofConsecration:

Recite together kneeling:

followedby the

The Act of Contrition Hail Marys

Glorias

Mary Immaculate Queen:

; 3 ; 3;and3timestheinvocation:

Triumph andReign.

O Mary Immaculate Queen, gloriousQueen of the Universe, most powerful Virgin,merciful Mother of a merciful God and refugeof sinners, we consecrate ourselves to yourRoyalandImmaculateHeart.

It is through you that Jesus Christ our Kinghas come into the world to save it. It is alsothrough you that He is to reign over the world.In order to obtain this great benefit forourselves and all mankind, we come to yourfeet to consecrate to you our persons, ourlives, all that we are, all that we have, all that

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WHEN THE SON OF MAN COMES, WILL HE FIND FAITH ON EARTH?"

WHAT IS FAITH?

WHERE DOES YOUR FAITH RELY ON?

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""The angel Gabriel saidtoMary,The HolySpiritwillcomeuponyou,and the power ofthe MostHighwillovershadowyou;thereforethechildtobebornwillbeholy;HewillbecalledSonofGod. (Lk.1:35).

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Contd... fromPage1we love. Keep us, enlighten us, dispose of us,reignoverus.

May all hearts and all homes willinglyproclaimyou as their Immaculate Queen.

O Mary Immaculate Queen,lookdownuponthis distressed and suffering world. You knowour misery and our weakness. O you who isour Mother, savingus in the hour of peril, havecompassion on us in these days of great andheavytrial.

Jesus hasconfided to You the treasure ofHis Grace, and through You He wills to grantus pardon and mercy. In these hours ofanguish, therefore, your children come to youastheirhope.

We recognize your Queenship andardently desire your triumph. We need aMother and a Mother's Heart. You are for usthe luminous dawn which dissipates ourdarkness and points out the way to life. In yourclemency obtain for us the courage and theconfidence of which we have such need.

Most Holy and Adorable Trinity, you Whocrowned with glory in Heaven the BlessedVirginMary, Mother of theSavior, grant that allherchildrenon earth mayacknowledgeher astheirSovereign Queen, that all hearts, homes,and nations may recognize her rights asMotherandasQueen.Amen.

Triumph andReign.MARYIMMACULATEQUEEN:

PRAYERTOTHEQUEENOFHEAVEN:

Their descendants will be mighty inthe land; the generation of the uprightwill be blessed.

,Happy is the nation whoseGod is the Lord, the people whom hehas chosen as his heritage.

So faith comes from whatis heard, and what is heard comesthrough the word of Christ.

Turn tome and be saved, all the ends of theearth!

But to all who receivedhim, who believed in his name, hegave power to become children of God

whoever wouldapproach him must believe that heexists and that he rewards those who

seek him.

(Ps. 112:1-2; 128:1)

(Ps33:12; 144:15).

(Rom.10:17).

(Is. 45:22)

(Jn. 1:12).

(Heb. 11:6)

and it says

The Church teaches

us an important prayer, which is thestatement of our faith and ourfoundation, called the Apostles' Creedwhich states that we believe in thealmighty Heavenly Father, who is ourCreator. We also believe in His SonJesus Christ, the incarnate Word, ourLord and Saviour, in his passion,death, resurrection, ascension and hissecond coming in glory, in the HolySpirit, the Holy Catholic Church, thecommunion of saints, the forgivenessof sins, the resurrection of the bodyand thelife everlasting.

Our faith should be on Jesus, whorose from the dead on the third dayand is seated at the right hand of HisHeavenly Father, who is alwayspresent among his followers as Hehad promised , who hasgot all authority and power from HisFather , who is the ,the , and the . Weshould rely upon and have unfalteringassurance of the fulfilment of thepromises made by Jesus, even thougheverything may seem to go againstfulfilment. We should obey Hiscommands and follow his way, takeHis Divine Word as a precious gift andan irrevocable truth so that we maybecome the beloved children of God.Every word of the Bible is true and holyand is written by the inspiration of theHoly Spirit.

The various synonyms of theBible for faith help to illustrate itsnature and action -

a) -

b) -

c) -

e) -

d) - The word translated

(Matt. 18:20)

(Matt. 28:18) WayTruth Life (Jn. 14:6)

(read 2 Tim. 3:16-17)

Hear

Look at me/Turn to me

Receive

Approach/Seek

Believe

SYNONYMSOFFAITH:

"believe" is found 247 times in theNew Testament, and the kindred term"faith" occurs 244 times. The word"faithful" meaning full of faith occurs67 times.

Faith cannot be stolen or forcefullygiven, neither can it be bought norsold but it can be shared and givenfreely through sharing one's divineexperience. Faith is a free gift of Godgiven to each one in a differentmeasure or proportion and the levelor degree of one's faith can changewith time and circumstances.

Faith comes by hearing, readingand following the Word of God indaily-life experiences. But, overall,Christ is the and of

our faith.

The Letter to the Hebrewsdeclares clearly, beginning from Abelto the Kings and Prophets of Israel,how they, through their steadfast faithin God, led an outstanding andexemplary life pleasing to God. Weread in the Old Testament thepromises made by God to Abrahamand how he believed in His promisesand obeyed His commands withouthesitating. Thus, he became the

"Father of our Faith" theFather of Nations as God hadpromised.

When a person believes God, it isreckoned to him as righteousness. St.Paul says,

We read in Hebrews 11 theexamples of

and the namesof

and taken as thosewho pleased God through their faithbecause without faith it is impossibleto please God.

Faith is essential to please God, It is necessary

to avoid condemnation, It is absolutely

essential to salvation, It leads toconfession

of sin and reconciles the souls to God,It inspires through the indwelling

Spirit to pray and invoke the Lordwhen in need, It provides access

Believe on the Lord Jesus,and you will be saved, you and yourhousehold.

"since God is one; and hewill justify the circumcised on theground of faith and the uncircumcisedthrough thatsame faith."

Abel, Enoch, Noah,Isaac, Jacob, Moses,

Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah,

David Samuel

(Acts16:31)

i)ii)

iii)

iv)

v)

vi)

(Rom.12:3)

Pioneer Perfecter

(Heb. 12:2)

(Ch. 11)

(Rom.4:17),

(Rom. 3:30).

(Heb. 11:2, 6, 39)(Heb.3:19;

Jn.3:18, 5:24)(Jn. 3:16, 36;

Matt. 13:58)

SOURCESOFFAITH:

THEHEROESOFFAITH:

to God and space for Him to workmiracles in one's life through the Spirit'smani festat ion . Jesuspromised his disciples,

we have nothing tobe afraid of with Him at our side.

Hence, true faith drives out all kindsof fear and doubts, stress and anxiety.

St. James compares a faith withoutworks with that of a body without soul tobe completely dead and useless.

Faith reaches to perfection

(Gal.3:5)

(Jam.2:26)

And thesesigns will accompany those whobelieve: by using my name they willcast out demons; they will speak in newtongues; they will pick up snakes in

their hands, and if they drink any deadlything, it will not hurt them; they will laytheir hands on the sick, and they willrecover. H e al so promised them, Very truly, I tell you,the one who believes in me will also dothe works that I do and, in fact, will dogreater works than these, because I amgoing to the Father. SinceJesus promised us, remember, I amwith you always, to the end of theage.

(Mk.16:17-18)

(Jn. 14:12).

(Mat. 28:20),

vii)

THEFRUITSOFFAITH:

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The Lord said, If you will only obey the Lord your God, by diligently observing all his commandmentsthat I am commanding you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth; alltheseblessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the Lord your God. (Deut. 28:1-2).

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PAUL'S EXHORTATION

DOCTRINAL MATTERS

Chs.4-6: PAUL'S LETTER TO

THE GALATIANS

Chs.1-3: PAUL'S LETTER TO

THE GALATIANS

1.

CompleteChs. 4-6

the following Bibleverses taken from the of the Letter to the Galatians finding themissing words in the verse(s) andlocate them mentioning the chapternumber along with the verses.

_____ out the _____ and her _____;for the _____ of the _____ will not sharethe _________ with the _____ of the free_______.

towhatwe_________toyou,letthat____be________!

1. point, law, hundred, years,

annul, covenant, God, nullify,

By _________, the _____ of the_____ is _____, joy, ______, patience,______, generosi ty, __________,gentleness,and__________.

May I never ______ of anythingexcept the _____ of our _____ Jesus______, by which the ______ has been________to____,andItothe_______.

Now ______ is Mount ______ in_______ and corresponds to the present__________, for she is in ________ withher_________.

ForinChrist_____neither________nor ____________ counts for ________;the only _____ that ______ is ______workingthrough______.

Do not be ________; _____ is not________, for you ______ whatever you_____.

Now the _____ of the ______ areobvious:________, impurity, ________,idolatry, ________, enmities, _______,jealousy, ______, quarrels, _________,factions, ______, drunkenness, ______,andthingslikethese.

You are _________ special _____,and_______,and_______,and______.

From _____ on, let no one make_______ for _____; for I ______ the______ of ______ branded on my______.

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promise.(Gal.3:17).2.Jews,him,hypocrisy,Barnabas,astray, hypocrisy. (Gal. 2:13).3. three, Jerusalem, Cephas,stayed,fifteen.(Gal.1:18).4. scripture, God, justify, Gentiles,faith,gospel,Abraham.(Gal.3:8).5. nullify, grace, God, justification,law,Christ,nothing.(Gal.2:21).6 . r e gi o ns , S y r ia , C i l i c i a,unknown, churches, Judaea,Christ. (Gal.1:21-22).7. Jew, Greek, slave, free, male,female,you,Jesus.(Gal.3:28).8 . f o ur t ee n , I , J e ru s al e m,Barnabas,Titus,me.(Gal.2:1).9. we, angel, heaven, proclaim,g o s p e l , p r o cl a i me d , o n e ,accursed.(Gal.1:8).

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I, (in the above picture),amnow 30yearsold and I havecome todayfor the first time at Jeevan Dham to give myincredible testimony of God's mercy beforeall those present here.On April 14 this year,an unfortunate mishap almost took awaymylife.Ahugewallfellovermeandcrushedme under its massive weight. The bones of

my forehead, my nose, my shoulders, my

Prabhu

waist and hips, and below my knees brokeinto pieces. I fell unconscious and I wasseriously wounded. Someone reached me to

the hospital anyhow in that condition and

reported my family members. When theycame to see me the following day, they wereleft totally shocked. Nobody thought that Iwouldbeabletosurviveforlong.

My Aunt, who had a strong faith in LordJesus and who used to attend the healingprayer service here at Jeevan Dhamregularly, started praying for me from themoment she saw me in the hospital lyinghelpless on the stretcher with my brokenbones in plasters. Soon, I regainedconsciousness and she told me to take theholy name of Jesus and praise and thank him

for my quick recovery. I came to know aboutJesus and Jeevan Dham through her. Whilepraising, I made up my mind and promisedGod that I will definitely give my testimony if Irecovered fast. I was kept in plasters forabout two-and-a-half months and all thesedays I used to pray to God and praise Jesus.But, merciful and loving God heard oursincere prayers and joined all my brokenbones miraculously. He helped me stand upon my feet and walk comfortably within aspan of three months. I am deeply indebtedto Lord Jesus, my Saviour,who saved my life

and healed me for His glory. Praise the LordAlmighty! Thanks a million to Him for all thefavours He has bestowed upon me!

Gurgaon.Prabhu, I love the Lord, because he has

h e a r d m y v o i c e a n d m ysupplications. Because he inclinedhis ear to me, therefore I will call onhim as long as I live. The snares ofdeath encompassed me; the pangsof Sheol laid hold on me; I suffereddistress and anguish. Then I calledon the name of the Lord: O Lord, I

pray, save mylife!(Ps.116:1-4).

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The Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Only be strong and verycourageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that myservant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand orto the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. (Josh. 1:7).

Allpraise, thanks& glory be to Jesus!I, Umesh Kumar, have been attending the

Sunday healing prayer service at JeevanDham for the last five months. I was sufferingfrom acute lung T.B. for the past 11 years. Alittle cough would fetch a mouthful of bloodfrom my body. Due to incessant chest painand breathing problem, I could not go forwork. I spent everything I had earned on mytreatment. Moreover, my brothers, my in-laws and other relatives too spent thousandsof rupees on my treatment. But when nothingimproved my condition and they found alltheir efforts to be futile, they backed out andbecamemy enemies dueto the financial losswhich they had suffered because of mysickness. All these 11 years, I took treatmentfrom various government and privatehospitals. But I met everywhere with despairanddisappointment . Oneof thedoctorseventoldthat I amnotsick at all,although I usedtocough out a lot of blood which made me leanand thin. Besides, my wife, being paralysed,was in a miserable condition with nothing toeat. At last, I stopped takingany medication.

Butloving Jesus, hadpity on me andheardmy prayers at Jeevan Dham. He restored myhealth gradually. Now, I could go for workriding my bicycle with ease, without difficultyin breathing or pain in my chest. Neither do Icough blood anymore.Praise theLord!

(42-yearold), FaridabadUmeshKumarHe sent out his word and healed them, anddeliveredthemfromdestruction. (Ps.107:20).

JESUS ANSWERED THEIR PRAYERS AND BLESSED THESE CHILDLESS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN!through the works inspired by faith.The fruits of faith are-

Paul emphasizes on the clearteaching that there are various aspectsand degrees of faith when he speaks offaith leading to more faith ,and also the "measure of faith," and of"the proportion of faith" .Following are the various degrees of

faith found in the Bible. You have tocheck them and find where you canplace yourselfamong these:

obedience, love,service, righteousness, generosity,patience and courage.

(Rom.1:17)

(Rom.12:3-6)

No Faith-

Dead FaithVain Faith

Little Faith

Weak FaithRich

Faith

FirmFaith

Precious Faith

HolyFaith

Jesus said, Why are youafraid? Have you still no faith? ,

- Fai th without works isdead , - if Christ hasnot been raised, then...your faith has been invain. , -Jesus said,W hy a re y ou a fr ai d, y ou o f l it tl efaith? , -Welcomethose who are weak in faith ,

- Has not God chosen the poor in the

world to be rich in faith... ,- I rejoice to see your morale and the

firmness of your faith in Christ ,Great Faith- Jesus said, I tell you, not evenin Israel have I found such faith. ,Sincere Faith- Faith of Timothy

, - who haver ec ei ve d a f ai t h a s p re ci ou s a sours.. ;"your faithbeing moreprecious than gold" and

- ..beloved, build yourselves up on yourmost holy faith .

(Mk. 4:40)

(Jam. 2:17)

(1 Cor. 15:14)

(Matt.8:26)(Rom.14:1)

(Jam.2:5)

(Col. 2:5)

(Lk 7:9)(1Tim.1:5;

2Tim.1:5)

(2Pet.1:1)(1Pet1:7; 2:7)

(Jude20)

THEQUALITYOFFAITH:

AN INCREDIBLE MIRACLE !

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