our brook is drying up

1 Kings 17:5-7 (NKJV) 5 So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. 7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Please keep us in prayer

1] our brook is drying up. [in the past this has happened many times -it seems like it was going to end and then we move again]
2] where does God want us to move.
3] does He want us to shepherd a church [this I do to have a salary and die to all that God has called me to do or build and restore that church that will hire us and do all that God would have us do through that church]
4]He has to raise up financial supporters who will consistently and continually support us so that we can do what we are doing now.

what are we doing now?

1] teaching and training 2 Tamil churches and their pastors and leaders in Penang, Malaysia. [future more are going to be added]
2] officially appointed as mentor and spiritual guide for Highlands Immanuel Fellowship -Kochi -India [need to travel and minister there at least 2 times a year].
3] regularly traveling to Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, India and other parts of the world to teach and train churches and church leaders through the grace of God given to us.
4] next year new doors are opening up [Bangladesh, Brunei, ...]

Do we have any financial support?

Yes, we do have 1 church and 1 family supporting us.

What is our need?

We need more churches and individuals standing alongside us to pray and send us with their finances to help us to do what we are doing now? Opposition and challenges has come in this area because this is what God would have us do to prepare a people before the Day of The LORD.

Thanks for your prayers and for your godly counsel.


Proverbs 24:6 (NKJV) 6 For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

In His Majesty's service

Christopher and Vijaya.k

Zoe Ministries Penang Malaysia

01-21-02 GL Garden
Solok Paya Terubong 8,
Paya Terubong,
11060 Penang, Malaysia.

Phone: 604-8277554
Hand phone: 6016-5318276
Email: cvs3zoe@gmail.com
cvs3zoe@yahoo.com
http://zoeministries.blogspot.com/

Christopher Krishnasamy is homegrown. He was raised up in a Baptist Church and later graduated from the Malaysian Baptist Theological Seminary, Penang.
He was in the pastoral team of Reservoir Garden Baptist Church, Penang from 1987 to 1990.
He pioneered the Tabernacle Church in Penang in 1994, and in 1998 the Lord Jesus moved him to international ministry to impact nations. He travels to countries like India, Thailand, Indonesia, Russia, Singapore, Philippines, New Zealand and United Kingdom conducting seminars to equip and train breakthrough believers for these challenging times. He also helped to pioneer Rivers of Water Church [Tamil] Penang in 2002.
They have a long-term friendship and working relationship with Marketplace Ministries [Ps. Abraham Gan and Irene Gan], PJ Charis Church and Sik Aun Baptist Church–Malaysia [Pastor David Wong], Emma Faith Nurturing Center [Ps. Lai –Penang –Malaysia] Air Itam Baptist Centre [Ps. Quah Ban Keat and Pam –Penang –Malaysia], Emmanuel Word Centre [Ps. Silas Singh –Kulim –Malaysia], Harvest Christian Center [Ps. Joshua Nadarasah, –Subang Jaya –Malaysia], The Elders of Apostolic Community Church –[Surabaya –Indonesia],Trinity Highland Tabernacle [Ps. Jacob Ninan –Kerala –India], Highlands Immanuel Fellowship [Ps. Arun –Kerala - India] He has been recognized and appointed as a mentor and spiritual guide for Highland Immanuel Fellowship –Kochi –Kerala. The apostolic grace upon Christopher enables him to teach and to activate the gifts of the Holy Spirit in believers, equipping them to do the work of the ministry.
His dear wife, Vijaya and daughter, Sarah, share his response to God’s calling.
He has a father / servant’s heart and moves powerfully in the prophetic anointing with evangelistic dimensions. He is presently based in Penang, Malaysia, and is ordained by The Foursquare Gospel Church of Malaysia. Christopher says: “Over the years, through the Lord’s grace we have ministered in Foursquare, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Charismatic, Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran and other Christian churches. We have ministered in Youth with a Mission’s Discipleship Training Schools [Malaysia, Indonesia, India], Ministry Leaders Development School [YWAM –Chennai –India], Bible Schools in Russia [Perm, Ishevsk], Indonesia, Singapore and in Christ to Thailand Missions Training Center –Khon Kein –Thailand.
Vijaya, my wife is an intercessor that stands alongside with me and prays for others and me. I teach and preach the Word of God in revival meetings in churches and teach and train leaders in Bible Schools, Missions Schools and seminars.”

SOPP -School of Prophets and Prophetesses [A mobile School]
Focused on helping to build a prophetic people
of integrity and excellence. [The Church of the Lord Jesus]

MLDS -Ministry Leaders Development School [A mobile School]
Focused on teaching and training and activating godly leaders into the ministry of God.

Zoe Ministries Ministry Report

zoe ministries

GL Garden 01-21-02 , Solok Paya Terubong 8, 11060 Penang , Malaysia

House Phone: 604-8277554 Hand Phone: 60165318276. Email: cvs3zoe@yahoo.com

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,



Dear friends,

Vijaya and I came back to Malaysia on 30th of August after ministering in India from 10/8/2009. God open a new door of opportunity in Thiruchirappali. This town is from where my father’s forefathers came from and this is the first time Vijaya and I step into this place. It was also an opportunity to meet 2 of my students [taught them in YWAM in 2002 and 2003]. One of them, Sahayeraj is doing a pioneering work among the very poor people in Thiruchirappali. He and his wife teach the people skill and help them to get certificates so that they can get a job in a company. Out of this many has come to know the Lord as Lord and Saviour. Sahayeraj is an amazing guy who has a good spirit and who desires to see communities to develop in every area of their life. It was a privilege and joy to meet him again and see him serving his LORD faithfully and diligently.

Most of our work was done in Highland Immanuel Fellowship [Cochin] and its daughter churches in Chembumuku and Kodanad.

One Sunday Vijaya and I and Ps. Arun and his wife Preeti travelled down south to visit a work on an island Perumbalam. This is an island that has about 3000 houses and 10,000 people and one family that has come to know Jesus after their daughter was healed of epilepsy. We visited them and encouraged them and the pastor who is serving on this island.

One day was invested in doing a whole day teaching seminar for about 50 plus leaders and believers.

I thank our Father in heaven for His presence and power and favour as we minister in all these different places. I also thank our Father for your prayer support and financial support. Thanks for sending us to the nations to fulfil God’s Purpose.



Coming



13/10/09 to 16/10/2009 Bandung, Indonesia.



12/1/2010 to 22/1/2010 India –Thiruchirappali / Cochin / Kodanad



February [TBC] UAE [Abu Dhabi / Dhubai]



Malaysia



6/9/09 morning –Sanctuary of Love [Tamil Church] Penang

Afternoon -Rock –AOG [Tamil Church] Penang

10/9/09 -Emmanuel Word Centre –Kulim –Kedah

13/9/09 -Trinity Bible Church –Penang

20/9 to 22/9 -Church Camp 2009 [Rock (AOG) & SOL]



Friends, we are a faith ministry. We need help from other members of the “Body of Christ” so that we can help others rise up and fulfil God’s purpose and bring glory to HIS Name. We need you and you need us to fulfil God’s purpose. When you are lead by the Father to give towards our living and ministry then send it to:



KRISHNASAMY A/L RAMASAMY

I/C Number -540303-07-5307



May Bank account number : 107125195025



Home Branch number 07125 -KAMPONG BHARU



Swift Code: MBBEMYKL



Or



KASIKORNBANK

Account number: 548-2-01969-4



In His Majesty’s service



Christopher.K

12/9/2009

God's Purpose (interview with Rick Warren)

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California.

In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:
People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity..
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.
We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.
I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.
You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:
If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.
Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.
Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation.
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.
We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?
Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD..


If you do not pass it on, nothing will happen. But it will just be nice to pass it on to a friend....just like I have done.
God's Blessings




When He gets to your PC, escort Him to the next stop. Please don't allow Him to sleep on your PC. The message He is carrying is very important and needs to go round. May God bless you as you do this- AMEN.

BEWARE!!

Due to the dangerous info in these books, we need to pass this email all around to protect our children!


BEWARE!!

If you have children or grandchildren, work with children at church, or you have neighborhood children whose parents you know, please take note of the information below and pass it along to others. Schools are distributing this book to children through the Scholastic Book Club.

The name of the book is Conversations with God.. James Dobson talked about this book twice this week. It is devastating. Parents, churches and Christian schools need to be aware of it. Please pass this information on to church/e-mail addresses! , Parents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, friends.
Please pay special attention not only to what your kids watch on TV, in movie theaters, on the internet, and the music they listen to, but also be alert regarding the books they read.

Two particular books are, Conversations with God and Conversations with God for Teens, written by Neale D. Walsch. They sound harmless enough by their titles alone. The books have been on the New York Times best sellers list for a number of weeks, and they make truth of the statement, "Don't judge a book by its cover or title"?

The author purports to answer various questions asked by kids using the "voice of God". However, the "answers" that he gives are not Bible-based and go against the very infallible word of God. For instance (and I paraphrase),
when a girl asks the question "Why am I a lesbian?" His answer is that she was 'born that way' because of genetics (just as you were born right-handed, with brown eyes, etc.). Then he tells her to go out and "celebrate" her differences.

Another girl poses the question "I am living with my boyfriend. My parents say that I should marry him because I am living in sin. Should I marry him?"

His reply is, "Who are you sinning against? Not me, because you have done nothing wrong."

Another question asks about God's forgiveness of sin. His reply "I do not forgive anyone because there is nothing to forgive. There is no such thing as right or wrong and that is what I have been trying to tell everyone, do not judge people. People have chosen to judge one another and this is wrong, because the rule is "'judge not lest ye be judged."

Not only are these books the false doctrine of the devil, but in some instances quote (in error) the Word of God.

And the list goes on. These books (and others like it) are being sold to schoolchildren through (The Scholastic Book Club), and we need to be aware of what is being fed to our children.

The children of our nation are under attack. So I pray that you'd be sober and vigilant about teaching your children the Word of God, and guarding their exposure to worldly mediums, because our adversary, the devil, roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour (1 Peter 5:8). We know that lions usually hunt for the slowest, weakest and YOUNGEST of its prey.

Pass this on to every Believer you know.
And, if you are in doubt, check out the books yourself.

SCARS OF LIFE

SCARS OF LIFE

Some scars leave us feeling PAIN, others leave us feeling...PRECIOUS and WON OVER.

Some years ago, on a hot summer day in South Florida , a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went.

He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator was swimming toward the shore. His father, working in the yard, saw the two as they got closer and closer together.

In utter fear, he ran toward the water, yelling to his son as loudly as he could. Hearing his voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his father. It was too late. Just as he reached his father, the alligator reached him.

From the dock, the father grabbed his little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs… That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The alligator was much stronger than the father, but the father was much too passionate to let go.

A farmer happened to drive by, heard his screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the alligator. Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely torned by the vicious attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his father's fingernails dug into his flesh in his effort to hang on to the son he loved.

The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy after the trauma, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his pant legs.. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, 'But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too.

I have them because my Dad wouldn't let go.' You and I can identify with that little boy. We have scars, too. Not from an alligator, but the scars of a painful past. Some of those scars are unsightly and have caused us deep regret.

But, some wounds are because God has refused to let go. In the midst of your struggle, He's been there holding on to you…The Scripture teaches that God loves you. You are a child of God. He wants to protect you and provide for you in every way.. But sometimes we foolishly wade into dangerous situations, not
knowing what lies ahead…The swimming hole of life is filled with peril - and we forget that the enemy is waiting to attack.

That's when the tug-of-war begins - and if you have the scars of His love on your arms, be very, very grateful. He did not and will not ever let you go.

God has blessed you, so that you can be a blessing to others. You just never know where a person is in his/her life and what they are going through.

Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they got them. Also, it is so important that we are not selfish, to receive the blessings of these messages, without forwarding them to someone else.

Right now, someone needs to know that God loves them, and you love them, too - enough to not let them go.

Always Tell Your Family And Your Friends How Much You Love Them!!!

Prayer Need

zoe ministries

GL Garden 01-21-02 , Solok Paya Terubong 8, 11060 Penang , Malaysia

House Phone: 604-8277554 Hand Phone: 60165318276. Email: cvs3zoe@yahoo.com

Ephesians 4:11-12 (NKJV) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,



Dear friends,

Please pray for our ministry in India [10/8 to 30/8/2009]



When Where What



10/8/2009 arrive in Thiruchi

11/8/2009 Meeting with Pastors and Leaders -Unity /

Jesus outside His Church

11/8/2009 Travel at night by train to Kochi.

13/8/2009 Highland Immanuel Fellowship –Kochi -Unity

14/8/2009 -do- -Presence and Power



15/8/2009 Youth Retreat [Morning] -Joseph –A Marketplace

Example

15/8/2009 Highland Immanuel Fellowship -Understanding Godhead

[The Community of God]



16/8/2009 -do- How to experience victory over the

enemy as a church?

17/8/2009 Time with pastors and leaders Jesus outside His church /

Restoring All Things /

Development [Discipleship]

18/8/2009 HIF [Kodanad] Marriage

19/8/2009 -do- Marriage

21/8/2009 Church Camp –Santhigiri Hearing God’s Voice [Prophetic

Ministry]

To

23/8/2009 -do- -do-

24/8/2009 Life Enrichment Center Father’s Heart

to [Thodupuzha] Father Issues

26/8/2009 Breaking Ungodly Cycles



28/8/2009 travel by train at night to Thiruchi

29/8/2009 Thiruchi [YWAM staff]

30/8/2009 travel back to Malaysia



Please keep us and what we do in prayer. Blessings.



Christopher and Vijaya.K

4/8/2009