JYMACE Updates 12/7/06

Hi everyone,
Well...nice to see everyone after a really long time..Our last group was our first group without our beloved final year chechis and chettais..Still,by GOD's abundant grace,we cud manage to lead the group wonderfully....We also had the God-sent presence of our dear Besto bhai and his bhai,Jesto bhai...
The group was based on the bible passage where jesus calms the sea...at first we had some new songs,followed by the action song 'My life is in you Lord'..The Praise and worship which commenced with the song 'Christ has no hands but yours'...During the praise and worshio,we had a lot of selfless and beautiful prayers..one of te best sessions i have participated..The Holy Word sharing was also based on the same passage from Mathew where Jesus calms the seas and increases the faith of his disciples...the word sharing which ensued focussed on mainly he parts which saud about Jesus sleeping and the panic of his disciples..one of the thoughts was that inour lives too,we may have storms amd calamities;at times we may feel that Jesus is sleeping and not responding tous..but infact he is not sleeping,but just testing and strenthening our faith...if that incident wouldn't have occured,the disciple's faith would not have strenghtend as such..Just like Jesus says while healing the blind,these are not due to our or our ancestor's sins,but just a means to reveal the glory of the LORD...
The word sharing was highly interactive,with many responses and insights and decisions coming from everyone..God's abundant grace was clearly flowing out thru us all...Then after this,our dear Besto bhai gave his life experiences...he shared with us about how he came into JY,about his job hunt in banglore and all..he shared how he wandered lonely in Garden city for around 10 months,when suddenly GOD came to him and offered him the job,which was much beyond his expectations... like the word sharing,hewas experiencing a storm in his life and Jesus appeared to be sleeping for all those 10 months..but he did't lose faith abd held more tightly to GOD...this strong faith has cused hoim to be where he is now...truely a touching sermon...Infact,one of our very active chettais was disapponited in not getting a job;but after hearing his sharing our chettai realised that GOD has a wunderful plan ahead for him and how he is gonna lead him into his life and how his unending love will help thru-out...Thanks Besto bhai for that awesome inspiration......
Well thats all for now..we are having exams now...Exams of first years and 3rd years have already started and that of 2nd yrs on this 20 th..please pray for us all..We also pray for our passouts as they are about to set their foot on to the real world,full of storms and calamities,especially our 4 FOOLs(no offence,just following Bobin bhai's advice)and our missionaries...Best of Luck and GOD BLESS YOU..
With Luv and prayers,
Jeffie John,
S4L...