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Vol. XVIII/11
July 2015
Pulpit Calendar
July 2015
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Shyam Babu
Holy Communion. Preacher: Pastor Raja
Shyam Babu
Pastor Raja
Sunday School
resumes from Sunday,12th.
Will be held during
wors hip services
My dear People,
Last month, our government succeeded in getting
the UN to observe an International Yoga Day. Even
if it had not fallen on a Sunday, as your pastor I
would have declared it to be an event that
Christians cannot participate in. Heres why.
Most people think that yoga involves some peculiar
exercises and that is all. Yoga is not just that. It is
a spiritual exercise involving 8 steps. The final
stage of yoga is samadhi or union with Brahma. This
is why yoga in its original form involves meditation.
The true aim of yoga, is not getting into shape or
improving blood circulation and metabolism. It is to
attain samadhi .
In a fast-paced world any meditative exercise that
slows us down may seem like a good thing. The
trouble with the Hindu for m of meditation is that
it requires emptying the mind and resonating
om (supposedly the cosmic creative sound that
emanat es from Brahma).
Meditation that empties the mind is dangerous. It
leaves you open to demon-possession. Jesus said
that when a demon finds the empty house [of your
life] it will get seven other spirits to come and stay
in the emptiness and the last state of that soul is
worse than when it started its spiritual journey
(Matt.12:43-45). As the saying goes, the empty
mind is the devils workshop.
When you meditate dont empty your mind, but fill
it with Gods Word. Exercise is good for you, but
dont do any yoga. Dont resonate om or even replace it with the empty repetition of the name of
Jesus. Keep your focus on what God has revealed in
His Word.
Lo ve,
Kuru
Income
June 30,
2015
June 2015
JanJune 2015
Budget 2015
Projection
1,06,760
35,650
2,00,913
2,50,000
4,01,800
28,675
1,200
15,900
50,000
Erratic
2,93,050
38,500
2,44,900
4,90,000
4,90,000
60,500
10,500
51,400
1,20,000
1,02,000
Lent/Christmas offer.
10,630
14,100
20,000
Erratic
21,144
60,000
Erratic
9,90,000
10,10,,000
Dona tions
Pledged Gi vi ng
Designated collections
Sunda y School
5,520
1,000
41,500
12,500
10,366
69,200
5,67,776
86,850
6,19,279
Birthdays in July
05 Roshani Gautam
07 Tedd Lewellen
24 Bunny Philip
Martha & Stanley Khan and Ashish were with Ajit Khan,
In Beijing .
Noel Eisenberg here from Germany.
Pooja Modwell visited her parents, while on a trip to Delhi. Emeritus Pastor Kuru 4049392
Vicky singh was home for a month and has gone back to gracebiblechurch.lucknowindia@gmail.com
www.gracebiblechurchlucknow.org
seminary.