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    } E-Periodical -Issue No.005 17/11/05

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    #1 · November 17, 2005, 1:32 am
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                            News & Views:-          Walked naked to cleanse sins<FONT
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    To ponder over: -       <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
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    Perspective.                                                   Biblical Dress Code<SPAN style="COLOR:
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    mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Few months ago the vice chancellor of Mumbai ordered every college to enforce a dress code in the college premises. Shortly after that the head of the Catholic Church declared a dress code for the church members when they come for worship, saying church gathering is not for a fashion show. Followed by that the principals of the convent schools also called the parents and stressed the need to maintain a dress code for their wards, not only in the school premises but every where they go. Highlighting the growing attack against women certain news papers too advocated for a dress code for the youth today.

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                When the common people and the nominal Christians are alarmed by the deteriorating condition of the dress style of the present generation and forcefully arguing for a proper dress in the public, as believers-God’s own people- what should be our response?

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    Some time ago when this writer was discussing the same topic with few youngsters they immediately drew his attention to the prevailing situation in a youth camp. Their logic was, ‘many of our people wear such dresses’. Even from a recently held camp, the campers as well as the visitors had one shocking report to give- the worst dress style of certain campers!!

     
    In the name of freedom do we think that we can wear any thing? Can we adopt the style of the world where they don’t feel any shame to reveal their body? Can we blindly follow the patterns that appear in the media? Don’t we
    have any guidelines in the word of God, related to our attire?
     
    True, these are not popular points for preachers and writers who seek  only applause.<SPAN
    style="mso-spacerun: yes">  But as Lord’s People who do have a conscience, we can not be mute spectators to the evil fashions that are creeping in to the assemblies.  Remember our silence is interpreted as an approval to the folks to conform to the fashion of the world.
     

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    mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Recently a new comer to an assembly enquired with the youth of that assembly regarding the type of dress to wear. The youth replied, ‘our uncle doesn’t say anything, you can wear any thing you want’!  It was a strange and shocking statement. For his conviction was entirely different. Because he used to keep quite they interpreted it as a license to go for any style in the assembly.

     

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    Very sad, as in many other unscriptural practices prevailing among the believers we find it easy to maintain a stoic silence. The result is the present generation is in the dark in relation to their appearance. They simply follow the crowd. Even some parents are not sure of
    what is right and what is wrong. Many think there is no option; we have to go according to the trend.
     
    We must never forget the word of God is our standard. We need to strictly follow that. Not only the Lord is
    concerned about our spirit but also He is equally concerned about our day to day walk-life style. He has a word about our appearance and attire. Apart from the few explicit commandments on the dress, there are  references where dress code is implied or illustrated. As obedient children of God it is our duty to be aware of the biblical principles that should govern our life style and follow it.
     

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    With out any explanation let us see few scripture portions that set forth some rules or principle on believers clothing.

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    Gen. 3:7, 21:- God replaced the clothing designed by Adam with one of His design!

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    Ecc. 9:8:- Clean cloths.

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    1.0pt 4.0pt">1Tim.2:9:- Modest and decent dress—Not much expensive. Cf. Lk.16:9; Act.12: 21.

    1 Cor.11:4 –head covering for women.
    1Pet.3:3, 4:- Believer’s real beauty is God –given virtues.
    1Tim.4:12:- Be an example in life style- Don’t allow any one to look down on you. 
    Rom.12:1:- Not to be conformed to the fashion of the world. Cf. 1Pet.1:14

    1Cor.6:19:- Let our appearance reflect the principle that our body is the temple of the spirit of God.
    Eph.4:1:- Live a life worthy of the call of the Lord.

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    These are few versus that tell us of the biblical guidelines for our appearance. A believer who acknowledges the Lordship of Christ will not find it difficult to yield to the divine principles. The question is who our God is, and whose laws we follow.

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    As some one observed, there was a time when Christians all over world were known for modesty and heathens for their nakedness, but alas today it seems the reverse is taking place. Carelessness in our apparel has brought much shame on Christian’s
    in many countries.
     It is high time we evaluate the fashion trend seriously and follow a life that will truly glorify the Lord.
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    Anecdotes: -                                           <SPAN
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    Once a man attended a fair and saw another man leading a fine, well-groomed horse. He inquired, "Is that a saddle horse?" The other replied, "No sir. This horse will buck off a saddle. Nothing can stay on his back."

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    "Well, what is he good for? Why is he here?" the man asked. The
    answer was, "Style, man, style. Just look at the picture he makes."
    Once I was in a church building and saw people clad in fine clothes coming into the morning service. I asked the preacher, "Are those people workers in the church?" "No," he answered sadly. "Do they visit the sick and minister to the poor? Do they attend other services of the church?" "Never," said the preacher.

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    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP:
    0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Substitute soldier.                  During Second World War, one prisoner of Nazi concentration camp in Poland escaped the enraged commander announced to the 600 prisoners of the camp, if not found 10 of you will be killed.

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    1.0pt 4.0pt">Not found-next day evening-July 1 1941 Col. Fritsch lined up all – selected 10 –one man cried-‘My wife, my dear children,’—as lined up --marched off –one of the other prisoners came forward and offered himself to the commander to  be taken in the place of the one cried—though astonished—commander accepted the offer of Mr. Maximillian Kolbe and spared the other  man. Kolbe died a martyr.

    <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
    1">                        He died for us.  Gal. 1.4.  Wrath came upon Him.  Ph. 2.6-8.
     

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    Brief Article:-                                          Seven Minutes with God.

    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;
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    priorities:  time alone with God!
     
         David says in Psalm 57:7,  "My heart
    is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed    ."  A fixed and established heart produces stability in life.  Few men in the Christian community have this heart and life.  One of the missing links has been a workable plan on how to begin and maintain a morning watch.
     

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    PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">     I want to suggest that in order to get under way, you start with seven minutes.  Perhaps you could call it a daily "Seven-Up."  Five minutes may be too short, and ten

    Minutes for some are a little too long at first.

    <div class=MsoNormal
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     How do you spend
    these seven minutes?  After getting out of bed and taking care of your personal needs, you will want to find a quiet place and there with your Bible enjoy the solitude of seven minutes with God.
     
    <FONT face="Times
    New Roman">     Invest the first 30 seconds preparing your heart. Thank Him for the good night of sleep and the opportunities of this new day.  "Lord, cleanse my heart so You can speak to me through the Scriptures.  Open my heart.  Fill my heart.  Make my mind alert, my soul active, and my heart responsive.  Lord, surround me with Your presence during this time.  Amen."

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         Now take four minutes to read the Bible.  Your greatest need is to hear some word from God.  Allow the Word to strike fire in your heart.  Meet the Author!  (To be continued.)      
    <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
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    Worthy quote: -                               The Bible is practical
    “The Bible is God’s chart
    for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show where the harbour is, and how to reach it without running on rocks and bars.”                                                                      <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                        Hentry Ward Beecher
     
     
    Sermon Out line:-                                <SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: red;
    mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Daily Things

    1. Bread             <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                          Matt     6:11
    2. Cross            <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    3. Increase in Church            Act.16:5

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    5. Dying<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    6. Exhorting                <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    7. Watching                            Pro.8:34<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    Tea Break:- <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                                                       Before forgiveness.

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    BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">The nun gave a long talk on sin, prayer and forgiveness. When she had finished the lesson, she asked little Mary, “What do we have to do before we ask the Lord to forgive us?”  “Sin”, replied Mary confidently
     

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    News & Views:-                                  Walked naked to cleanse sins!

    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT:
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    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;
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    The strange fact is that these people who follow the eastern philosophy and
    willing to do any funny thing for salvation are from the so called Christian countries.
    “Although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hears were darkened……There for God gave them over…”Rom.1:21-26

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    To ponder over: -                                Jn.13:1

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                “It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come fro him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of His love.”<SPAN style="COLOR:
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    Issue No.005 17/11/05
     
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    In this issue:-

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    style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">                         Perspective:                    Biblical Dress Code

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                <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
    1">               Brief Article: -             Seven Minutes with God.
    <SPAN lang=EN-US
    style="COLOR: fuchsia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">                         Worthy quote: -           Bible is Practical

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                            News & Views:-          Walked naked to cleanse sins<FONT
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    To ponder over: -       <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
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    Perspective.                                                   Biblical Dress Code<SPAN style="COLOR:
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    mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Few months ago the vice chancellor of Mumbai ordered every college to enforce a dress code in the college premises. Shortly after that the head of the Catholic Church declared a dress code for the church members when they come for worship, saying church gathering is not for a fashion show. Followed by that the principals of the convent schools also called the parents and stressed the need to maintain a dress code for their wards, not only in the school premises but every where they go. Highlighting the growing attack against women certain news papers too advocated for a dress code for the youth today.

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                When the common people and the nominal Christians are alarmed by the deteriorating condition of the dress style of the present generation and forcefully arguing for a proper dress in the public, as believers-God’s own people- what should be our response?

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    Some time ago when this writer was discussing the same topic with few youngsters they immediately drew his attention to the prevailing situation in a youth camp. Their logic was, ‘many of our people wear such dresses’. Even from a recently held camp, the campers as well as the visitors had one shocking report to give- the worst dress style of certain campers!!

     
    In the name of freedom do we think that we can wear any thing? Can we adopt the style of the world where they don’t feel any shame to reveal their body? Can we blindly follow the patterns that appear in the media? Don’t we
    have any guidelines in the word of God, related to our attire?
     
    True, these are not popular points for preachers and writers who seek  only applause.<SPAN
    style="mso-spacerun: yes">  But as Lord’s People who do have a conscience, we can not be mute spectators to the evil fashions that are creeping in to the assemblies.  Remember our silence is interpreted as an approval to the folks to conform to the fashion of the world.
     

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    mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Recently a new comer to an assembly enquired with the youth of that assembly regarding the type of dress to wear. The youth replied, ‘our uncle doesn’t say anything, you can wear any thing you want’!  It was a strange and shocking statement. For his conviction was entirely different. Because he used to keep quite they interpreted it as a license to go for any style in the assembly.

     

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    Very sad, as in many other unscriptural practices prevailing among the believers we find it easy to maintain a stoic silence. The result is the present generation is in the dark in relation to their appearance. They simply follow the crowd. Even some parents are not sure of
    what is right and what is wrong. Many think there is no option; we have to go according to the trend.
     
    We must never forget the word of God is our standard. We need to strictly follow that. Not only the Lord is
    concerned about our spirit but also He is equally concerned about our day to day walk-life style. He has a word about our appearance and attire. Apart from the few explicit commandments on the dress, there are  references where dress code is implied or illustrated. As obedient children of God it is our duty to be aware of the biblical principles that should govern our life style and follow it.
     

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    With out any explanation let us see few scripture portions that set forth some rules or principle on believers clothing.

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    Gen. 3:7, 21:- God replaced the clothing designed by Adam with one of His design!

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    Ecc. 9:8:- Clean cloths.

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    1.0pt 4.0pt">1Tim.2:9:- Modest and decent dress—Not much expensive. Cf. Lk.16:9; Act.12: 21.

    1 Cor.11:4 –head covering for women.
    1Pet.3:3, 4:- Believer’s real beauty is God –given virtues.
    1Tim.4:12:- Be an example in life style- Don’t allow any one to look down on you. 
    Rom.12:1:- Not to be conformed to the fashion of the world. Cf. 1Pet.1:14

    1Cor.6:19:- Let our appearance reflect the principle that our body is the temple of the spirit of God.
    Eph.4:1:- Live a life worthy of the call of the Lord.

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    These are few versus that tell us of the biblical guidelines for our appearance. A believer who acknowledges the Lordship of Christ will not find it difficult to yield to the divine principles. The question is who our God is, and whose laws we follow.

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    As some one observed, there was a time when Christians all over world were known for modesty and heathens for their nakedness, but alas today it seems the reverse is taking place. Carelessness in our apparel has brought much shame on Christian’s
    in many countries.
     It is high time we evaluate the fashion trend seriously and follow a life that will truly glorify the Lord.
    <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
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    Anecdotes: -                                           <SPAN
    style="COLOR: red">Stylish Saints

    Once a man attended a fair and saw another man leading a fine, well-groomed horse. He inquired, "Is that a saddle horse?" The other replied, "No sir. This horse will buck off a saddle. Nothing can stay on his back."

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    "Well, what is he good for? Why is he here?" the man asked. The
    answer was, "Style, man, style. Just look at the picture he makes."
    Once I was in a church building and saw people clad in fine clothes coming into the morning service. I asked the preacher, "Are those people workers in the church?" "No," he answered sadly. "Do they visit the sick and minister to the poor? Do they attend other services of the church?" "Never," said the preacher.

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    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP:
    0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">Substitute soldier.                  During Second World War, one prisoner of Nazi concentration camp in Poland escaped the enraged commander announced to the 600 prisoners of the camp, if not found 10 of you will be killed.

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    1.0pt 4.0pt">Not found-next day evening-July 1 1941 Col. Fritsch lined up all – selected 10 –one man cried-‘My wife, my dear children,’—as lined up --marched off –one of the other prisoners came forward and offered himself to the commander to  be taken in the place of the one cried—though astonished—commander accepted the offer of Mr. Maximillian Kolbe and spared the other  man. Kolbe died a martyr.

    <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
    1">                        He died for us.  Gal. 1.4.  Wrath came upon Him.  Ph. 2.6-8.
     

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    Brief Article:-                                          Seven Minutes with God.

    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;
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    priorities:  time alone with God!
     
         David says in Psalm 57:7,  "My heart
    is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed    ."  A fixed and established heart produces stability in life.  Few men in the Christian community have this heart and life.  One of the missing links has been a workable plan on how to begin and maintain a morning watch.
     

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    PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">     I want to suggest that in order to get under way, you start with seven minutes.  Perhaps you could call it a daily "Seven-Up."  Five minutes may be too short, and ten

    Minutes for some are a little too long at first.

    <div class=MsoNormal
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     How do you spend
    these seven minutes?  After getting out of bed and taking care of your personal needs, you will want to find a quiet place and there with your Bible enjoy the solitude of seven minutes with God.
     
    <FONT face="Times
    New Roman">     Invest the first 30 seconds preparing your heart. Thank Him for the good night of sleep and the opportunities of this new day.  "Lord, cleanse my heart so You can speak to me through the Scriptures.  Open my heart.  Fill my heart.  Make my mind alert, my soul active, and my heart responsive.  Lord, surround me with Your presence during this time.  Amen."

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         Now take four minutes to read the Bible.  Your greatest need is to hear some word from God.  Allow the Word to strike fire in your heart.  Meet the Author!  (To be continued.)      
    <SPAN style="mso-tab-count:
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    Worthy quote: -                               The Bible is practical
    “The Bible is God’s chart
    for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show where the harbour is, and how to reach it without running on rocks and bars.”                                                                      <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                        Hentry Ward Beecher
     
     
    Sermon Out line:-                                <SPAN lang=EN-US style="COLOR: red;
    mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Daily Things

    1. Bread             <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                          Matt     6:11
    2. Cross            <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                           Lk.9:23
    3. Increase in Church            Act.16:5

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    5. Dying<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    6. Exhorting                <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    7. Watching                            Pro.8:34<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
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    Tea Break:- <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
    yes">                                                       Before forgiveness.

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    BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt">The nun gave a long talk on sin, prayer and forgiveness. When she had finished the lesson, she asked little Mary, “What do we have to do before we ask the Lord to forgive us?”  “Sin”, replied Mary confidently
     

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    News & Views:-                                  Walked naked to cleanse sins!

    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT:
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    <div class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none;
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    The strange fact is that these people who follow the eastern philosophy and
    willing to do any funny thing for salvation are from the so called Christian countries.
    “Although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hears were darkened……There for God gave them over…”Rom.1:21-26

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