SUNDAY, 05 OCTOBER, 2025

🍄 PRAISE REPORT 🙌🏻

“They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty— and I will meditate on your wonderful works”. Psalm 145:5

1. Praise God!
Dear Church, let us give thanks to our Lord for the release of *Sister Latish Thomas, (mother in law of Pastor David) Nitin and Jagdeesh* from Bharatpur district, Rajasthan state, who were taken into police custody during the Sunday worship on 28/09/2025.
Thank you for your prayers.
-As updated by Sister Priyanka

2. Church, let us Praise God for *Pastor Ghanshyam* from *Ratlam District of Madhya Pradesh state* who had been taken to the police station on 02/10/2025. By the grace of God he was released the following day evening. An FIR has been filed against him under section 151.
Church, pray for the plans of the enemy to be destroyed in Jesus’ name .

🍄 *A JAIL TESTIMONY*

*Pastor Manohar* hailing from a village in *Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh state* was arrested on conversion charges and sent to jail. Nearly for a week, he struggled in his heart to accept that this was the Will of God that he has to suffer as he was surrounded by people who were murderers, thieves, gangsters. Even the worst offenders accused him of conversion and used foul languages against him.

One day, he heard the Lord saying ‘I have anointed you to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and release from darkness to the captives’ (Isaiah 61). The Lord also reminded him that He was numbered with the transgressors. (Isaiah 53:12). This broke the yoke and He started praying for the fellow inmates.

Some inmates enquired about his faith which led to discussions, to which he patiently answered them the reason for his hope in Christ. Soon everybody acknowledged him that he is a very Knowledgeable person.

One such person who hated him in the beginning due to conversion charges, started listening to his talks everyday.

Pastor once asked him, what is your crime ? ‘Murder’, he replied. Pastor asked, what have you decided next for your life ? He said, if there a way, I want to come out of this miserable life ? Pastor showed him the Way of Christ’s love and forgiveness. The one who hated him the most later took care of pastor’s needs. Six other people in the barrack were delivered from various kinds of addiction.

Pastor gives all glory to God as it is only the Holy Spirit who convicted their hearts.

Pastor Manohar was finally released after spending 81 days in jail. He is thankful to the Lord for touching the hard hearted prisoners through him.

Many lives are being transformed in the jail, as our brethren remain faithful to their calling though facing tremendous challenges mentally, spiritually and physically.

*Psalm 89:1 – “I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations*”.

🍄 *COURT HEARING UPDATES*

The case hearing of *Pastor Satyanarayan, from Barabanki District, Uttar Pradesh State* that was scheduled on 04/10/25 got adjourned to 25/11/2025, for his case under Sections 3 and 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021
Church, please continue to declare divine intervention in this case.

🍄 *UPCOMING COURT HEARINGS*

“*Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of aliens”. Psalm 144:7*

1. *Brother Dharamveer, from Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh state*, has his bail hearing scheduled on 06/10/25. He is at Etah jail along with three Believers since 15/06/25 . Please pray for God’s divine intervention.

2. *Pastor Balram, Madan Pal and Ramswaroop from Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh state* have their case hearing on 06/10/25.

Pastor Balram has three cases on him. In the first case from 2019, in which all three were charged under section 295(A) and 505.

In the second case, he was charged under 151 and the case is closed now.

In the third case opened in 2024, chargesheet is not yet prepared.

Church, let us earnestly pray for complete closure of all the cases.

-As informed by Pastor Balram

3. *Pastor Uday Raj, Vimla, Akash, Abhishek, Raghuveer, Chinta Devi, Sushila Devi from Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh state* have their next hearing on 06/10/25.

Church, continue to pray for God to strengthen the family throughout all the legal proceedings and for early miraculous quashing of the case.

– as informed by Sister Vimla

🍄 *MANTLE OF COURAGE*

*Dear Church leaders*,

What is the state of your mind as you are seeing many incidents of persecution around you and how are you raising up your Church?

Paul says “*compelled by the Spirit I am going to Jerusalem. I know Prison & Hardships are waiting for me but still I don’t consider my life worth nothing.. ….Acts 20:22,24*

🪻Pray for the *mantle of Courage* to come upon the Church to fully execute *Our Father’s vision* in India even though the enemy has set hidden traps.

🪻Can you Commit to raise a generation who will *NOT* consider their life more worth than the Lord’s purpose.

🍄 *TODAY’S UPDATES ON CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION FROM MEDIA*

1. *No more conversion gangs in UP! Intelligence agencies were alerted, many suspects were on the radar of the police*.

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2. *Uttar Pradesh: 7 people caught inciting religious conversion: More than 50 women were instigated in Hardoi*

https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/local/uttar-pradesh/hardoi/kachhauna/news/7-people-caught-inspiring-religious-conversion-136080224.html

3. *Uttar Pradesh: Man arrested for converting to Christianity in Ballia*

https://www.bhaskar.com/amp/local/uttar-pradesh/ballia/kasaundar/news/accused-of-religious-conversion-arrested-in-ballia-136084743.html

4. *US national two others held for religious conversion bid in Thane district*

https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/10/04/bes1-mh-conversion-arrests.html

🍄 *PERSECUTION RELIEF DAILY BIBLE READING PORTION ON PERSECUTION:*

🌻1 Kings Chapter 14
🌻Psalm Chapter 63
🌻Isaiah Chapter 37-39

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