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Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints. Psalms 116:15 Beloved Reverend/sister, Ministry & family
Greetings in the precious name of Jesus Christ to you all!
This is for your kind knowledge that on 22nd September 2008, my beloved and dearest father The Rev Mushtaq Masih Khokhar slept in God. He was suffering from Brain Hemorrhage and High blood pressure from last 40 days. He went to Heavenly places. He was born on 3rd March 1951.
Physically we are sad about the physically separation of our beloved father but spiritually we have peace in our minds and souls. We are so proud about the work he done for his family and especially for poor community and Church. He served 37 Years as Pastor at Galilee Church. We believed that he is seated at the right hand of our Heavenly Father. Death is profit/gain for believers according to Apostle Paul in Philippians 1:21 “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain”.
May God’s eternal peace be with all of us ever and ever.
Yours brother in Christ Evangelist Ishfaq Boby(Elder Son of The Rev Mushtaq Masih)P.O.Box 644Lahore 54000Pakistan.Ph# +92-344 4732517
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Please Pray for INDIA...................
Why Man is behaving like an animal……….Is it wrong that Christian principles gave freedom, Is it wrong that they gave education to the world, Is it wrong that they gave medicine to broken body and broken heart……..Come on friends please join your hands, pray & condemn this type of violence.
Does any religion allow this – Is this not Terrorism ?
In Christ Love, Evangelist Ishfaq Boby Bob Christ Ministries Pakistan P.O.Box 1061 Lahore 54000 Pakistan. Ph#+92-344 4732517
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Dear Friends, Peace to you!My father the Rev Mushtaq Masih is very sick since 13th August and still in Hospital in ICU room. His blood pressure was much high and he is effected by Brain Hemorrhage. He is un conscious and some time his condition is semi conscious. My mother Mrs. Catherine and brothers are sad and fasting prayer with our congregation. He was admitted in Mayo Hospital since 13th August but his health condition was not good therefore we decided to admit him in Sheikh Zayed Hospital Lahore. Doctors are saying that after Brain Hemorrhage he is still alive and its answers of Prayers. Please forward this prayer request to others.
We are not alone at this time of trouble and believe that the Joy of the Lord is our Strength. We need your fasting prayers and also prayers for all the financial needs because Sheik Zayed is private hospital and we are paying for his medical tests and other hospital charges and its expansive hospital. Please pray for all our needs at this time. We believe that only blood of our Savior can heal his all sickness. We believe that he'll stand again and look after his church and congregation. Keep in touch. I am sending you his one medical test report. May God bless you richly!In Christ Love,Evangelist Ishfaq Boby
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MARRY’S COMMANDIn the gospel of St. John we read of the marriage feast at Cana. Here Mary emphasizes the importance of Jesus, her son and words that speaks. Realizing that the wine was gone, and that she herself could not do anything, she tells Jesus the only One who could do something. Mary then gives the servants A COMMAND, one that we all should consider. “His mother saith unto the servants, WHATSOEVER HE SAITH UNTO YOU, DO IT.” JOHN 2:5. This is the only recording in the Bible where Mary gives a command, so most certainly all Roman Catholics should take heed to her words…”WHATSOVER HE SAITH UNTO YOU, DO IT.” Since the goal of all good Roman Catholics is to get to heaven, let us look in the Bible and do what Mary said to do; see what Jesus says and do it. - JESUS SAYS...He is the Only one that can be your Saviour.”Jesus saith unto him, I AM THE WAY, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, But BY Me.” JOHN 14:6.
- HE DID NOT SAY…to trust in saints, the pope, or even His mother, Mary, to save you. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is NONE OTHER NAME under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” ACTS 4:12.
- JESUS SAYS…FAITH IN HIM, is the only kind that can save you. “He that BELIEVETH ON THE SON hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” JOHN 3:36.
- HE DID NOT SAY…special sacrifices or good works were needed to help save you. “But to him THAT WORKETH NOT, but believeth ON HIM that justifieth the ungodly, HIS FAITH IS COUNTED for righteousness.” ROMANS 4:5.
- JESUS SAYS…EEVERLASTING life the only kind He gives. “Verily verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath EVERLASTING life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” JOHN 5:24.
- …..HE DID NOT SAY… it was probationary life which depended on our keeping it or we’d lose it. “And I give unto them ETERNAL life; and they shall NEVER PERISH, neither shall any man pluck them out of MY hand.” JOHN 10:28.
- JESUS SAYS … God’s words are the only authority to follow.” He that rejecteth me, and aeceiveth not MY words, hath one that judgeth him: THE WORD THAT I HAVE SPOKEN, the same shall judge him in the last day.” JOHN 1248.
- HE DID NOT SAY…traditions or the commandments of men were HIS words. “Howbeit IN VAIN do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” “Making the word of God of none effect THROUGH YOUR TRADITION, which ye have delivered; and many such like things do ye.” MK 7:7&13.
You can RIGHT NOW be saved and KNOW that you have ETERNAL life, if you will put you complete faith in Jesus Christ, and stop relying on yourself, church sacraments, or anything else to save or help save you. Jesus is the Saviour. Do you believe He can save you, or don’t you? “These things have I written unto you that BELIVE ON THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD; that ye may KNOW THAT YE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” 1JOHN 5:13.
The very moment you COMPLETELY TRUST Jesus Christ as YOUR Saviour and Lord… THAT VERY MOMENT… you are saved FOREVER!Friend, the reason we gave you this message is because we love you and do not want to see you go to Hell when you die. If you feel this message is ANTI-CATHOLIC, you had better re-examine your beliefs. Anyone who rejects what JESUS CHRIST says is… ANTI-CHRIST.” He that not with me is against me; MATTHEW 12:30a. “For whosever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:13.
Evangelist Ishfaq Boby,
Bob Christ Ministries Pakistan
P.O.Box 1061
Lahore 54000
Pakistan.
PH#+92-344 4732517
Website: http://ymwmw.permahost.com/Ishfaq.htm
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Backlash Feared after Release of Captives in PakistanIslamic militant groups could take revenge in North West Frontier Province.Just weeks after the release of 16 Christians kidnapped by the banned militant group Lashkar-e-Islam in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, a government clampdown on extremist groups in the region has left Christians and locals fearing a backlash.
On June 21, some 16 Christians were kidnapped in broad daylight in Peshawar's affluent neighborhood of Academy Town in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The Christians, most of them Catholic, lived in a compound that used to serve as a madrassa (Muslim religious school); one of the local Muslims had rented the compound to them.
Militants burst into the compound where the group was worshiping and violently pulled the men into vans along with the Muslim renter of the compound. The militants kicked and punched the men who resisted, local media sources reported.
The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government, in power since February, acted swiftly, ensuring the release of the Christian captives within 10 hours and drawing an apology from Lashkar-e-Islam, which the militant group issued in a press conference on June 23.
But the local Christian community is unsure of the sincerity of the apology. Over the spring an unidentified Islamic group sent threatening letters to the Christian community of Peshawar, apologized, and then continued issuing such letters,
the kidnapped Christians and their families have had to re-settle in areas closer to the center of Peshawar for safety reasons.Seeking Islamic LawLashkar-e-IslamHas violently enforced a stringent brand of Islamic law in its stronghold in Khyber Agency, a semi-autonomous region between Peshawar and the Afghani border, and surrounding areas.
The new government had made efforts to reduce violence through peace deals with tribes and militants. But all of that changed a week ago, when the government launched the offensive by bombing the home of the commander of the militant group Lashkar-e-Islam Mangal Bagh, dismantling centers of extremist organizations and arresting suspects.
Northwestern Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun lands are home to militants bent on bringing hard-line Islamic rule to Pakistan, and militancy has been spreading.
Noor Alam Khan, a parliamentarian from the PPP representing Peshawar, said the efforts of the government in the regional clampdown that began on Saturday (June 28) are considerable.
"The PPP tried to negotiate with the militants of that area, asking them to put down their arms, but they do not surrender," he said.
Still, in the last few days not only have militants been arrested, but abductees have been released, he said, explaining that not only Christians are targeted by militants seeking to enforce Islamic law.
"There's not only Christians, but even [other] civilians are being threatened, so we have to turn against them and fight them," he told Compass by telephone. "Cutting throats and killing people and stopping girls from attending schools are not the right things to do. Action should be taken against these."
He added that groups committing such injustices were acting against the sovereignty of Pakistan and breaking its laws. Backlash FearedBut locals are not sure of the effectiveness of the operation, reported Pakistani daily Dawn and other local media last week. Many believe the military clampdown came as a direct result of the Christians' kidnapping.
The government military action in the NWFP "is considered more of a political move, to subside the government pressure and the international pressure. Within a week of the kidnapping, he explained, the government attacked the strongholds of Lashkar-e-Islam.
It is not clear whether the Christian community that Islamic militants struck last month in the NWFP will be targeted again. The Christians reported that they previously had received threats to vacate the vicinity, and that Lashkar-e-Islam had warned the Muslim landlord to stop renting to them.
"Christians and other religious minorities are very small in the state of NWFP," But "among these minorities, Christians have been the hot target since the war on terror was launched."
NWFP region Christians are often told to convert to Islam or face death. Compass has documented four such cases since May 2007, and there have been other unconfirmed instances.
Christians of the area are relieved that the abductees were returned safely, said an elected local district government leader of Peshawar, Yusef George. "They are happy," he said.
Some area residents, however, fear that the controlled attack against the militants might not have a lasting impact, nor ensure security for locals and especially for Christians, who fear a backlash from militant groups.
"The situation in Peshawar remains tense, and all the security agencies are on standby, who described the checkpoints at the entrance and exit points of Peshawar. "The Christians are surely in shock and distressed, but all remain faithful to their faith."
But what is in store for them is yet to be seen, and that as the military operation is limited, it is bound to end. The question for me and other Christians is what will happen when the government lets go of pressure on militant groups.
"To be honest, the kidnapping happened so long ago, and so many things have happened since then, now we are thinking of what the consequences will be, who fears the Lashkar-e-Islam may strike back. "They will want to take revenge."
I am sharing with broken heart, very Sad and horrible news:
On July 6th 2008 a heavy suicide bomb blast at Islamabad at the 19 Securities personal killed and more than 50 serious injured.
On 7th July 2008) a chin of 7 bomb Blast at Karachi by the terrorist, Dozens of victims further news is awaited.
You all are requested for special prayer for Pakistan. There is great panic, unrest, and insecure feeling in the general public. The Government is taking measure for security and high Alert is enforced for searching the terrorists. Now days we postponed our Outreach Ministry activates and we are only serving among Orphans and widows although when situation will be better we’ll again start our outreach Ministry in all over Pakistan. Pay our kind regards to all respected family members. My family sends you lovely Greetings. Keep in touch. May God bless your ministry! God is good all the time!Yours to win the lost,Evangelist Ishfaq BobyP.O.Box 1061Lahore 54000Pakistan.PH#+92-344 4732517Website: http://ymwmw.permahost.com/Ishfaq.htm
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