Hello Friends, I think this is a very good initiative from Priya. We can have sharings and discussion on each topic for 15 days. It will be a good learning experience for all of us in JOYnet. Inviting all of you to join this discussion on the topic - "Christian zeal".
Hope Priya will co-ordinate these discussions. Mathew Joseph Bombay, India. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Priya Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joynet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 23:05 Subject: [JOYnet] Little more enthusiasm, little more zeal...... > Hi friends, > > Last year Jesus youth introduced a pocket bible calendar with topic for each > month - Love, Sin, Holy Spirit, etc. And in this year Bible calendar helps > us to inculcate Christian values and each month there are two values for us > to practice. For the first half of the January, it was joyfulness, and now > it's started - Enthusiasm/ Zeal to spread the kingdom of God. > > Few days' back, I was in school library and my mind was little disturbed. I > tried to concentrate on new paper, but failed. Meanwhile, Rajani came in to > library. About Rajani, who is from Goa, one of the computer teachers in our > school & a strong devotee of Sr.Buddha. She greeted me & seated next to me. > > After a few minutes of reading, in a mild sound she asked, "Priya, why are > you looks so gloomy? Anything wrong?" > Quickly I answered: "Nothing" > She stared at me, as she didn't like my reply and was silent. But that was > only for few minutes, even forgetting about the library rules she started to > talk again. I have no other way than become a passive listener. Through her > talk she encouraged me to be cheerful always & quoted many verses from her > religious book. - Dhammapada.What all she said was in another form of our > Bible verses. > > The next day Rajani, gave me a pamphlet, and asked me to recite a 'manthra' > to regain the peace of mind whenever I lose it. After 2 days, again she > gave me two articles to read and taught me some more prayers, which they > were using in their community. Even though I didn't follow her, I amazed > seeing her zeal for Buddhism. > > In school, she is trying to reach out and touch all those who are needy. She > circulates Buddhist pamphlets, quotes the verses from their religious books, > and inspires many staffs to follow Buddhism. > > After this incident, I was thinking where I am standing? > Its high time to think how much Zeal we have for His kingdom. > Bible says - "I know that you are neither cold, nor hot. How I wish you were > either one or the other! But because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, > I am going to spit you out of my mouth" Rev 3:15-16. > > If we want, we too can console others through the bible verses, we too can > circulate various Christian magazines, we too can teach some 'free praises' > (manthras). To do all these we need little more 'enthusiasm' or little more > 'zeal'!!! > > In our lives, we too get many chances to share "Christ." > Let's try not to lose any chance and pray to Holy Spirit to set our hearts > on fire! > > Praise God! > > Priya Joseph > Cochin > > PS. Wouldn't it be nice if we begin a discussion on Christian Zeal for the > next 15 days? =============================================================================== This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===============================================================================
