In the book of Exodus, chapter 14, Moses and millions of Israelites started a journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. They had to travel a long distance. But there was a big problem in front of them. Right in front of them was the Red Sea. There was no other way for them to go. How would they move ahead? If they decided not to move ahead and stay there, the army of Pharaoh which was behind them would soon catch up. What could they do? If we think in a human way, we will not find a solution.
Only a miracle could solve the problem. Moses and the Israelites looked up and prayed to the Lord. God said, “Moses, raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.”
Moses obeyed the Lord. They crossed the sea on dry land. Miracles succeed in places where logic fails. This is an incident from history.
In the first chapter of Genesis, it says that, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Bible says that God created all the visible and invisible things by His word, not from any earthen materials. When he spoke, the sun, moon, stars and planets were created.
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Genesis narrates the story of another person named Abraham, who was 100 years old. His wife was 90 years old and they had no children. But God told them “I will give you children.” It was impossible in a human way. It was absurd. But they believed in God’s Word. In the book of Romans, chapter 4, it says that “faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness”. Abraham had a son named Isaac.
Once a husband and wife wrote to me, “We don’t have child even after nine years of marriage. We consulted a number of doctors and went to many hospitals. We experimented many ways and spent millions. But everything was in vain.”
One day when they listened to an Athmeeya Yathra radio program, the broadcast addressed those who did not have children. That day during the broadcast, I read a letter from a couple who was blessed with a child after five years of marriage. Before praying I said to the listeners, “You also believe; God will do miracles for you too.”
The testimony of the family who wrote that letter stirred up the belief of the childless couple. They started to pray with faith. After one year I received a letter from them saying, “God gave us a daughter.”
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K.P. Yohannan ( - Present)
Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Church, was born and brought up in Niranam, Kerala. Niranam has immense historical significance in the tradition of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ who planted the first church there in AD 52. K.P. Yohannan dedicated his life to God at a young age to serve the needy and downtrodden. He prayed, “Oh my Lord, let my heart break with the things that break Your heart” and his life was never the same. It’s his belief that one can only demonstrate God’s love by loving people. After over four decades of selfless service, he says, I have no regrets in praying that prayer for I know God has touched millions through what He did in and through me. It is all God’s grace.He spent the early years of his service in North India and traveled to the remote villages sharing the love of Christ and doing charitable works. Through numerous encounters during those years, he was instilled with an increasing passion to bring hope, peace, and comfort to the needy and deprived. His sacrificial commitment, farsightedness and aptitude to perceive helped him to lead a life of unhindered devotion to serve Christ and His church. K.P. Yohannan is also the voice of Athmeeya Yathra, touching millions through his daily radio and TV broadcasts. His 250 books offer practical and spiritual guidance on hundreds of subjects.
Recommends these books by K.P. Yohannan:
Living in the Light of Eternity: Discovering God's Design For Your Life by K.P. Yohannan
The Beauty of Christ through Brokenness by K.P. Yohannan
Crisis in Leadership by K.P. Yohannan
K.P. Yohannan is the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a mission organization involved in evangelism and church planting in the unreached regions of Asia. Currently Gospel for Asia supports thousands of church planters in the heart of the 10/40 window.
Born in a remote village of South India, K.P. Yohannan's personal journey toward spiritual reality began at the age of eight when he gave his heart to Christ. While he was still a young boy, his mother began fasting each week, praying God would call one of her six sons into full-time gospel ministry. Her prayers were answered in 1966 when 16 year-old K.P., her youngest, volunteered to serve in North India with Operation Mobilization.
From 1974 to 1979 K.P. attended Criswell Bible College in Dallas, Texas, where he earned his B.A. in Biblical Studies. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Hindustan Bible College in Madras, India. During the time he attended Criswell, he pastored a local church in Dallas. However, he was unable to forget the millions still lost without Christ in his homeland of India, and knew God was calling him to reach his own people. In 1978 K.P. resigned his pastorate and he and his wife, Gisela, organized what is now Gospel for Asia.