Dear JYs... I wasnt able to catch the finals because I had gone for a retreat. But during the Retreat, Father Mathew who is the Director of Tabor Divine Retreat Centre himself came and announced the details of the match on the podium. Something which was pretty unusual. When I reached home my brother informed me about how Brazil broke out praying in open arms after they won and I was blessed to see the replay of that yesterday itself. It felt so proud to be a Christian.
As I was going through the various sports sites and news sites I was disappointed to find that many of them didnt even bother to write a line about the Brazilian team breaking out into prayers.... till i came across this peace of information. "Lucio, Edmilson and a couple of others knelt to pray in a close circle, holding hands; after about five minutes, they rose again, wearing Jesus loves you T-shirts. After some time, the entire squad-team, reserves, trainers, coaches, hangers-on-went to the centre circle and knelt in prayer for a few moments. They knew this was special; a team doubted for so long by so many had shone through. But this match, this tournament, was about the resurrection of Ronaldo, who a few months ago was not sure if he'd ever play again. ''God rewarded me,'' he said, while dedicating the win to, among others, his physiotherapist, draped in a flag, arms outstretched and RESEMBLING THE STATUE THEY HAVE TOWERING ABOVE RIO." urs in faith Jason Mumbai ================================================ Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sanju Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: [JOYnet] The World Cup Final - The Brazilian Samba with Jesus.. > Dear friends, > > The last world cup finals between Brazil and Germany was a delightful > treat to watch. Not bcos Brazil won it; but bcos they dedicated their victory > to Jesus. > > Last Sunday all of us friends met at a place to pray. And after that a > group of friends met together at a house for the football match. Since all of > us were christians and catholics we cried out in loud praise when we saw a > player praying or making the sign of the cross(Ronaldinho). All of us were > thrilled to see Brazil win the world cup and then were delighted to see them > all Pray together and exalting the name of Jesus. What a poweful way of > EVANGELIZATION before millions of eyes over the TV !!!! As some one rightly > told our lives might be the only Gospel the world will read... > > Towards this I am forwarding a mail which I received who also thought in > similar lines ...(like most of us). > > Take good care and God Bless You!!! > > Love in Christ > Sanju > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jose Baby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 10:29 AM > Subject: [Fwd: [indianchristianyouth] 100% JESUS] > > > > > > > > ----- Message from Unknown on Unknown ----- > > > > > > Dear friends, > > It was the eve of the FIFA World Cup. After our family prayer, my husband > (Benji) and I were discussing about the BIG GAME to be played between > BRAZIL and GERMANY the next day. We were discussing that millions all over > the world would be watching this great event and how GREAT it would be if > only someone shares a short gospel. We went ahead discussing that would we > do any such thing if we get a chance. Forget about the football stadium but > in our respective work place or college??? > > I personally am not too much into sports but my husband being an ardent > sportsman made me watch some of these matches and together we were enjoying > the finals eagerly wanting Brazil to win but at the same time not wanting > our dear neighbors to loose. Yes, Brazil did take the World Cup for the > fifth time but what surprised and made us spell bound was the way the > Brazilian team members reacted to their victory. We saw that immediately > after the match, 3 of them knelt in the middle of the ground and prayed. > One stood in a corner with his hands stretched out wide and prayed. Much > more, the entire team knelt down holding hands forming a chain and were > PRAYING. Not just that, one had put on a t-shirt which said JESUS LOVES U, > another I BELONG TO JESUS, yet another one had written on his t-shirt 100% > JESUS..... > > WOW! what a witness. At times we need not have to speak out the word of God > but God gives us the wisdom to be a testimony to others, if we are in HIM. > YES, the Brazilians did the same, witnessed to the whole world...millions > all over the globe would have seen it. We cannot separate our faith in > JESUS from our daily life if we have a constant relationship with him, > although at times are overrun by a feeling of shyness which may stop us > from expressing ourselves. > > The match is repeatedly shown in the TV and every time we see, we are so > much moved and just can't stop glorifying God, praise these Brazilian > Christian witness and question ourselves. Couple of weeks back we saw in > the CNN news broadcast, how large number of Brazilians are converting to > Pentecostals and Evangelicals. Well what I mean to say is not the > denomination what is important but the BORN AGAIN experience by giving > ones life to JESUS and accepting HIM alone as their personal savior. > > Today the German team received a very warm welcome in their country, let's > see Brazils tomorrow....and continue to pray LET YOUR (CHRIST'S) KINGDOM > COME AND YOUR (CHRIST'S) WILL BE DONE ON THIS EARTH by being a witness > ourselves. Let's try to be 100% JESUS. AMEN AMEN AMEN > > Blessings, > > Jessy Benjamin > > Rte du Chatelet 2 > CH 1700 Fribourg > Switzerland > Phone: 00 41 264222610 (T/F) > Mobile: 00 41 786746055 (Benji) > Mobile: 00 41 763780050 (Jessy) > > **************************************************************** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to this mailing list, visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet > For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. 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