WHAT IS PRAYER?
Prayer can be expressed in three basic forms: worship, petition, and intercession; with variations within each form.
Worship : The first basic form of prayer is worship. It is a spontaneous result from the conscious awareness of God. As I realize the greatness of God and His nearness to me and His love for me, I naturally respond with deep, inner worship of Him
Dear Friends,
I would like to greet you during this season of Advent and Christmas. Once again by God’s grace we have entered into the season of joy and happiness. God’s grace has been sufficient to us as we carry on the Mission and Ministry of the Church. We have successfully conducted our Group Church Councils (GCC’s) as well as the Diocesan Council (DC). I would like to congratulate all those who have been elected to various positions and commend them to God’s grace and guidance for effective ministry during the biennium 2009-2011. With the help of the Board of Mission of the Mennonite Brethren Church we have initiated “Global Discipleship Training” in the Diocese. To begin with our Evangelists and Bible Women are being trained in Christian Discipleship. The Diocese has the heritage of “Girls Training School” (GTS) established by the Wesleyan Methodist Mission. It is now our joy and hope to revive GTS at Karimnagar on the occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the CSI Centenary Wesley Church (CWC), Karimnagar. Three new Pastorates are being created in the Diocese by the Council, namely CSI Centenary Wesley Church, Karimnagar, CSI St.Thomas Church, Bhongiri, CSI St.John’s Church, Bhoopalapalli. By God’s grace and through the generous contribution of God’s people a new Church has been build and dedicated in Ramagundam and the Old Church in Jagtial has been completely renovated and re-dedicated. Number of other Churches are under construction. I’m glad to inform you about the Mission Partnership relations between Karimnagar Diocese and Kyung Nam Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in South Korea. We are grateful to God and to our Partners in Korea for their generous help towards construction of Churches. With grateful thanks we acknowledge the generous contribution form the Diocese of Europe towards Widows help in the Diocese. We look forward to the visit of St.Philip’s Team from Dallas at the end of December 2009. As we celebrate the birth of Christ through our Carol singing, other Christmas programmes and worship services, let us also prepare our Hearts, Minds, Souls, and Spirits for the coming of the Lord. May you all have a blessed Christmas time and a very good beginning of the year 2010. Pray for the CSI Synod meetings in January 2010. God Bless you all. Yours Sincerely, The Rt.Rev.Dr.P.Surya Prakash B.A.,B.D.,M.Th.,Dr.Theol. Bishop in Karimnagar