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“CAPTURED FOR CHRIST” UPDATEA SINCERE AND HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO ALL OUR HOPE FAMILY MEMBERS!

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as many as we possibly can with the HOPE of the Gospel.

May God richly bless you as you partner with us in 2013!

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Vol. XXXVI January/February 2013 No. 1

HOPE HORIZONS is the newsletter of HERALDS OF HOPE, INC.

LORD through the living WORD. It is mailed free to all those who willcare and share. Write: PO Box 3 Breezewood, PA 15533-0003 Phone:

hope.org In Canada: PO Box 371 Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M7

TESTIMONIES FROM INDIAFROM LISTENERS TO OUR HINDI BROADCASTS

Read and be blessed by these stories of radio listenersfrom Northern India.

Raj Kumar is an ardent listener of our radio program“Asha Deep.” He loves doing so and strongly believesthat Jesus loves sinners and is always ready to acceptthose who repent from their sins and come under Hisauthority. He writes, “I was morally a corrupt person.

repentance, I did repent and got forgiveness by God

for my sinful life. God forgave me and gave me a newheart. I am now a completely changed person. I thankGod for bringing me in touch with this radio program.”

He has a burden in his heart for his own brother whois in the clutches of the devil and is lost. He requests,“Please pray for my brother who is in the company ofwrong doers. I want that before it is too late he shouldbe saved. He avoids listening to the good program ofyours, as he is badly related to all sorts of bad works.Pray that Jesus works and the messages on radio touchhis heart as it has touched and saved me.”

Jitender from Bihar has a remarkable change in his heartever since he has come in contact with the producer of“Asha Deep” and listened to him on radio. He believes

that Lord Jesus is the true and only begotten Son of Godwho gave His life to save him. The conversion of a Hinduboy to Christian faith is really a matter of joy. Now he

belongs to the fold of Jesus.

In October 2010 he surrendered his life to Jesus. For

last eight years he has been suffering from a kind ofparalysis which has made him invalid to move the lowerpart of his body. He is con ned to his bed. He needs

prayer support for his physical healing. As he comesfrom a low and poor family background he daily looks toGod to provide him with some special medicine through

“Ever since I have started listening to this program, awonderful peace has come into my heart. I feel thatJesus is the only way to Salvation. I am getting answerto all my doubts and problems through your messages.

very good and touching. Pray for me.”

“I was an idol worshipper from my childhood. There weremany gods and goddess whom I worshipped. From time totime evil spirits harassed and tormented me due to which Ihad to spend many sleepless nights. But ever since I cameto know listening to those programs I felt strange relief in-side. I had a peculiar type of peace in my heart. Now as Iam in regular contact with you and listen to your messagesand songs, I get internal peace and joy.”

- Kamlesh

“I am a student and listen to your radio program. Youexplain the teachings of Jesus in such a way that I feelvery close to Jesus Himself while listening to it. I amhelped to grow in my faith. I have told about this pro-

“Asha Deep” is very encouraging.”

- Ankit

Introducing “Asha Deep” to potential listeners

injection as it is expensive.

Nishant a new listener of “Asha Deep”radio program, has not yet acceptedJesus as his own Redeemer and Sav-iour but he confesses and writes,

We all know the principle of stew-ardship involves our use of time andnot just things. God has blessed uswith the beginning of another newyear. What are our plans and goals forour daily walk with Him as He givesus life and strength in 2013?

Ephesians 5:15 and 16 says “Seethen that you walk circumspectly, notas fools, but as wise, Redeeming thetime, because the days are evil.”

Scripture calls us to diligently seekfor wisdom and discernment to knowand do God’s will in our daily walk.

Also I encourage you to read Psalm119. It has many verses that teach theimportance of seeking to know Himby meditating on His Word.

II Peter 1:3 and 4 say, “According ashis divine power hath given unto us ALLthings that pertain to life and godliness,through the knowledge of him that hathcalled us to glory and virtue:Wherebyare given unto us exceeding great andprecious promises: that by these yemight be partakers of the divine nature,having escaped the corruption that is inthe world through lust.”

May God help us to hunger and

our time.

Grace to be Faithful,

P.S. For your information Congressextended the Charitable Rollover pro-vision that allows persons over 70-1/2

by Jan. 31. If questions contact yourTax advisor or call me @ 440-313-8408.

StewardshipTHE PRESIDENT’SVIEW REFLECTIONS

Religion Versusthe Gospel

J. Mark Horst, President

I received this comparison (author unknown) from a member of

Religion is man made

The Gospel is God given

Religion is what man does for God

The Gospel is what God does for man

Religion is man’s search for God

The Gospel is God’s search for man

Religion is good views

The Gospel is good news

Religion is good advice

The Gospel is a glorious announcement

Religion takes a man and leaves him as he is

The Gospel takes a man as he is and makes him what he ought to be

Religion places its primary emphasis on outer conduct

The Gospel places its primary emphasis on the inner transformation

that changes the whole person.

Religion emphasizes doing

The Gospel emphasizes being

Religion says attain

The Gospel says obtain

Religion says attempt

The Gospel says accept

Religion says try

The Gospel says trust

Religion says develop yourself

The Gospel says deny yourself

Religion white washes

The Gospel Washes white

Religion says save yourself

The Gospel says surrender yourself

Sincerely in HOPE of the Gospel,

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Greetings from our Lord Jesus Christ. The entire members of God’s

Freedom Fire Ministries send their appreciation for the gift you sent to our

church. We greatly appreciate it, despite that it wasn’t enough. They said

they love you and God will continue to BLESS and supply all your heart de-

sire. Please we plead to request for more Bibles. Almighty God will not fail

you. Thank you very much and we love the good work you are doing and

God will help you to do more. Thanks and God bless you all. - Kalu Christian

Wow! It was really great and awesome to be blessed by the Bible Seminar. I was blessed to have an op-

portunity to meet people of diverse origin & background. The theme, ”Equipping the Saints,” is encouraging-

ing to the body of Christ and in my personal ministry of love & helping one another. I’ll need to work with you

to propagate the gospel to many souls through radio and print evangelism. “Here I am send me” as Isaiah

said. I have this burden to work with your great ministry. - Samuel Ajayi

The following is part of an e-mail from Pastor Bright Osigwe, our Nigerian representative. In addition to pastoring a

church in Dallas, TX he has a warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria from which he dispenses Bibles, literature, and material aid.

I remember meeting this wonderful brother, Samuel Ajayi, (see testimony above) and he even was one of

our volunteers as we needed many to assist with the large crowd and distribution. Every one in attendance

got either Heralds of Hope Bible or books. As I said in my email report, we have lots of materials we have set

aside for Equipping the Saints seminars but have run out of the Heralds of Hope materials. We are still running

the program in various parts of Nigeria where we shipped the books.

We have decided to stamp “Donated by Heralds of Hope USA” on all materials/Bibles we purchased with

the funds you send. I am believing God for the day Heralds of Hope will be able to ship a whole container

of materials to Nigeria so we can meet the needs of the growing requests. Heralds of Hope has become a

Household name in our ministry and among many Nigerian brethren as a ministry that has made the Word of

God reach to many homes and touched many lives and for that I say God bless you all.

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