pray for the unreached!

Chandala People In India


The concept of a name bears a lot of weight in Scripture. God chooses to reveal Himself to different people with different names that have a unique meaning to that person or people group. A prominent feature of the Old Testament is God encountering people and giving them a new name, meaning their character was forever changed as a result of the confrontation. In the New Testament we read of those who overcome being given a new name, which only God knows (Revelation 3:12). Names have significance, for good or for bad.

In India, the name Chandala is a derogatory expletive used to describe the untouchable Dalit communities in the Indo-Aryan speaking regions. Imagine what these people must feel like to know that their very name is used as a curse word! Upon arriving in different nations, it is not uncommon for people to change their name to a more user-friendly version according to the traditions of their new country. Yet some Chandalas have changed their name when they go to neighboring Bangladesh to escape the negative effects of the word. Life is hard for most people of lower castes in India, but the Chandalas bear their reproach everywhere they go. (To find out more, see: http://www.hinduwebsite.com/hinduism/h_caste.asp)

Pray for this group of so-called untouchables in India, where even their shadow is said to defile someone. Much like the lepers we read of in the Gospels, Jesus wants to touch the "untouchables" who have lived on the outskirts of society. Pray that they may come to know and identify with Jesus Christ, the One who Himself was "despised and rejected by men…one from whom men hide their faces" (Isa. 53:3, NIV).-MB


source: www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

http://www.prayerguard.net <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!


http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free
!http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!