Inter Collegiate Prayer Fellowship
Changanacherry

May 2010

Praise & Prayer

Dear Prayer partners,

“Perfect prayer is only another name for love”. FENELON

Power of Prayer

The power of prayer should not be underestimated. James 5:16-18 declares, "…The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops." God most definitely listens to prayers, answers prayers, and moves in response to prayers.

Jesus taught, "…I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you" (Matthew 17:20). 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 tells us, "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." The Bible urges us, "And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints" (Ephesians 6:18).

Praise points

Praise God for

The blessed ICPF-CEF-VBS program at Bahrain.
The blessed Kothamangalam camp : 250 students attended, 4 accepted Christ, 58 decided for water baptism, 31 decided for full time ministry.
The successful One Day Retreat at Kolar on April 14, 2010
The successful Chittur Camp on April 1-2, 2010
The blessed Allappuzha District Camp at Bishop Moor Vidhyapeed, Mavelikara. 200 students attended, 4 accepted Christ, 8 decided for water baptism, 14 decided for full time ministry.
The blessed Pathanapuram Camp at Adoor Mar Thomas Youth Centre
The blessed Wayanadu camp at Bethery on April 28-30, 2010

Prayer Points

Pray for:

Overseas Camp
Awake 2010, North Eastern Regional camp, USA on June 18- 20, 2010, at Montrose, PA, USA

Camps / Retreats, India
i) School of Youth Ministry : May 3rd to 16th, 2010.
ii) Staff Refresher Course : May 16th to 18th , 2010
iii) National Staff Meet : May 19th to 25th, 2010
iv) 1st Alumni Meet : May 22nd, 2010
v) Teen Challenge Programmes in different centres during summer vacation.

Pray for the bereaved family of Royan Varghese (41) who went to be with the Lord on 26th April 2010 at Melbourne. Royan Varghese was the brother-in-law of Joseph Xavier, ICPF Senior Forum President Melbourne.
ICPF Kerala State President L. Sam Sir’s son Dwight and wife Liza met with an accident at Alapuzha and were admitted at Alapuzha Medical College. Bro. Dwight underwent a surgery and is recouping now. Sr. Liza is alright now. Please pray for their fast recovery.
Sr. Suja Sara Varghese, wife of Bro. Manuel Philip, (CGPF, Muscat) had an operation (removal of Uterus). Still she is in Hospital. Please pray for her.
All ICPF Leaders
All CGPF members in India,

USA (Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota)
UK (London, Bristol, Manchester, Midland and Ireland)
Canada (Toronto)
Arabian Gulf (UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Doha, Bahrain)
and Australia (Melbourne)

All Prayer partners and financial donors.
Pray for the fifteen thousand colleges
For sending staff workers to all college campuses
For students to come to Jesus in thousands from all these campuses
For God raising thousands of student volunteers for ICPF ministry
For the turn around programme and social awareness programme to spread all over India
For all the 29 states of Indian union
For God to bind the evil spirits controlling each state
For the efforts of the enemies of the gospel to be nullified abolished by the mighty hand of God
For millions of Indians be caught up at the second coming of our Lord.
For the number of souls reaching hell from India should be greatly slashed.