Praising God!

Open Vessel: Seeking and Doing God's Will

These days, the Lord's speaking has been about seeking and doing His will. For the past few weeks, the constant speaking of the Lord has been about seeking His will. For some reason, the Lord burdened me so much with this burden that I kept trumpeting this burden of the need for seeking God's will to all the saints with my own life testimonies. There are many young ones, new ones, and saints the Lord blessed the church with. It is our responsibility to shepherd them in a way of teaching them. In fact, the Lord also sovereignly led us to study the matter of seeking God's will in our Tuesday group meeting, a lesson from Message for Building Up New Believers by Watchman Nee, on Seeking God's Will, message 27. Simultaneously, the same burden was imparted to the group of brothers I have been praying with every Wednesday night. 

Psalms 25:4-5 RecVer

4. Make Your ways known to me, O Jehovah; Teach me Your paths.

5. Guide me in Your truth, and teach me; For You are the God of my salvation; I wait on You all the day long.

Psalms 25:12-14 RecVer

12. Who then is the man who fears Jehovah? Him will He instruct concerning the way that he should choose.

13. His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his seed will possess the land.

14. The intimate counsel of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, and His covenant will He make known to them.

Psalms 32:8 RecVer

I will instruct you and teach you concerning the way you should go; I will counsel you; my eye is upon you.

Meanwhile, to strengthen the burden, the Lord gave me a couple of verses which I let the saints know of. In fact, I even pray-read with the brothers I have been praying with. The word of God is straight to the point. In this regard, the word of God speaks for, and, by itself! However, to be such a one to know and obey and do God's will, one has to be an open vessel, seeking and willing to do God's will.

One Lord's Day, I encouraged four young brothers, the teenagers, to share the truth part of the message on seeking God's will which they did quite well. The saints were encouraged by witnessing the young brothers speaking the word of God. Some key points they shared, I posted as an excerpt.  Excerpt from Messages for Building Up New Believers (2) CWWN, vol.49, ch. 27

Seeking God’s Will

What are the ways to know God’s will?

A Christian must pay attention to three things in order to know God’s will. If these three things are in agreement with one another, we can be quite sure that it is God’s will. These three things are:

(1) arrangements in the environment,

(2) the leading of the Holy Spirit, and

(3) the teachings of the Scripture.

God’s will is also revealed through the church.

Arrangement in the Environment

God uses the environment to stop us from making mistakes. He forces us to have no alternative but to follow Him.

The Leading of the Holy Spirit

Romans 8:14 says, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”

We should learn to trust not only in God’s sovereignty in the environment but also in the leading of the Holy Spirit within. At the right time and when the need arises, the Spirit of God will enlighten us within. He will give us a sense and show us what is of God and what is not of God. If a man has the desire to obey God’s will, he will find out what this will is. There are two kinds of leading of the Holy Spirit.

Inner Urging

The first is an inner urging, as in Acts 8:29 when “the Spirit said to Philip, Approach and join this chariot” and in Acts 10:19-20 when the Holy Spirit said to Peter, “Rise up, go down and go with them.” These are inner urgings.

Inner Forbidding

The second kind of leading is an inner forbidding, as mentioned in Acts 16:6-7: “Having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, yet the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them.” This is the inner forbidding.

The Teachings of the Scripture

God’s will is revealed in the form of principles and examples in the Bible. To know God’s will, one must study the Bible carefully. God’s will is fully unveiled through the Scripture. One needs only to find what God has said in the past, and he will know what God’s will is today. God’s will never wavers. In Christ there is only one yes (2 Cor. 1:19). God’s will for us never contradicts the teachings of the Bible. The Holy Spirit will never lead us to do something today that He has already condemned in the Bible. God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Psa. 119:105). If we want to understand God’s will and His leading for us, we must study the Bible carefully and seriously. God speaks to us through the Bible in two ways: One is through the teaching of biblical principles, and the other is through the promises in the Bible. We need the Spirit’s enlightenment to understand biblical principles, and we need the Spirit’s leading to receive biblical promises. We should ask God to reveal His word to us through the Holy Spirit. We should study the Bible conscientiously and consistently and memorize the Scripture well. When needs arise, the Holy Spirit will use the passages we have read to speak to us and to guide us. If the environment does not give any confirmation, we should wait. Our feeling may be wrong, or it may not be the Lord’s timing.

God’s will is also revealed through the church.

As much as it is possible, you should also fellowship with those who know God in the church to see whether they will say amen to your guidance. This will give you additional confirmation concerning God’s will.

The Lord Jesus says, “Whatever you bind on the earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on the earth shall have been loosed in heaven” (v. 18). Because the church is God’s habitation and the beacon of God’s light, we need to believe that God’s will is revealed in the church. We should humble ourselves and should be afraid of our own judgment. This is why we need to fellowship with the church and receive the supply of the Body. If a man wants to know God’s will, he must have an inward yearning to do His will. God’s will is made known only to those who are determined to obey His will! “If anyone resolves to do His will, he will know” (John 7:17). In order to know God’s will, one must resolve to do His will. If you have an intense and absolute desire to do God’s will, God will make known His will to you even when you know nothing about the methods. 

Today, in my reading portion of the morning revival, the same burden of seeking and doing God the Father's will from the life of the Lord Jesus was mentioned again. I was supplied by the Lord's speaking and shared with the saints as well.

Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  (Matthew 11:28-29) Recovery Version

Excerpt from the Life-study of Matthew, pp. 341, 371-373

To take the Lord’s yoke [Matt. 11: 29-30] is to take the will of the Father. It is not to be regulated or controlled by any obligations of the law or religion or to be enslaved by any work but to be constrained by the will of the Father. The Lord lived such a life, caring for nothing but the will of His Father (John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38). He submitted Himself fully to the Father’s will (Matt. 26:39, 42). Hence, He asks us to learn from Him. God’s will is our yoke. Thus, we are not free to do as we please; rather, we are yoked…The Lord’s yoke is the Father’s will, and His burden is the work to carry out the Father’s will. Such a yoke is easy, not bitter, and such a burden is light, not heavy. The Greek word rendered “easy” means “fit for use”; hence, good, kind, mild, gentle, easy, pleasant, in contrast to hard, harsh, sharp, and bitter. The Lord said that if we take His yoke upon us and learn from Him, we will find rest for our souls [11:29]. The rest we find by taking the Lord’s yoke and learning from Him is for our souls. It is an inward rest ; it is not anything merely outward in nature.

The result of seeking and doing God's will is an inward peace and rest. 

O the joy, peace, and rest of knowing God's will and doing God's will! 

He Brews Hebrew

Learning Hebrew "brewed me" a lot, especially when I had to find time in the midst of my busy schedule. The toughest test came last time when I had to give my Midterm 2 exam. It was such a labor; I almost regretted enrolling in the course. Nonetheless, the Lord graced me to study and study and finally took the exam after much revision over and over again. My experience of this toughest exam of my life was recorded as Hebrew: He Brews

https://palmeichung.blogspot.com/2026/10/hebrews-he-brews.html?m=1

This time too, with the remaining final term, I did my best to learn and learn. I discovered the secret of learning, especially memorising tough Hebrew vocabulary. I also discovered that I have a very good memory, though a little volatile with age. I made use of this God-gifted memory and learned as many and as fast as I could and kept studying one lesson after the other with breaks. When my memory was set in motion, it was very easy to grasp things and learn. Therefore, in the final semester, I learned the lesson of learning. In a span of about a week, I gave my whole concentration to learning just Hebrew and completed the remaining lessons, only handling important matters and postponing the rest, yet not missing any of my spiritual responsibilities. 

Then finally, yesterday, I set it as a D day for my final exam. I did my best to revise thoroughly all that I studied: the lessons, my notes, the video lectures, the vocabulary, the quizzes, etc. After all my daily chores, including my personal prayer and the church's Life-Study reading, I prayed with my children and went to my office for the final exam. Again, to make sure that I did my best and not regret it later, I did another round of reviewing through the entire lessons, which took about two hours, and then took my final exam, which lasted for another two hours. Basically, when I took the exam, it was about 00:30 AM today morning and completed at 2:30 AM.

This time, I brewed Hebrew in contrast to last time when Hebrew brewed me. So, this time, He Brews Hebrew

Praise the Lord! The Lord graced me through and completed by final exam and scored exactly as I suspected to get, not expected to get. For I know it is not that easy. I just scored 90% on the exam, and when averaged with the previous exams, it stands at 89.92%. Good enough!

Basics of Biblical Hebrew 1: 90.33

Basics of Biblical Hebrew 2: 89.52

179.85 (89.92%)

To encourage my fellow learners, I posted the following message.

הללו יה הללו את שם יהוה הללו עבדי יהוה׃

תהלים 135:1

Hallelujah! Praise the name of Jehovah; Praise Him, you servants of Jehovah.

Psalms 135:1 RecVer

Today, the 30th of October 2026, the Lord graced me to complete my Hebrew learning! 

It took me about two years to complete learning 36 chapters of Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar. I took a 10-month break in between because my official responsibilities required extensive travel for the ministry literature journey. 

I have learned many spiritual lessons and human lessons too, merely by studying Hebrew. Discipline, scheduling, studying, memorising, revising, writing exams, and so much labor- a back-to-school experience! It's all worth it!

Sail on, and let's all complete it!

Much grace to us all!

והיתה עמו וקרא בו כל ימי חייו למען ילמד ליראה את יהוה אלהיו לשמר את כל דברי התורה הזאת ואת החקים האלה לעשתם׃

דברים 17:19

Wake Up Call!

Today, we had a brothers meeting in Delhi as a follow up of the training we had seven weeks ago. The burden was a review of what transpired since the last meeting and how much we have progressed in carrying out the shepherding of the dormant saints. The reason for such an exercise was to bring the saints into the practical building and blending life of the church. 

In the two hour and half session. There were testimonies, a scriptural review of the ministry, and a respeaking of the Lord’s uptodate speaking. 

What woke me up spiritually was on some of the points of fellowship. A revisitation of the practice of the God-ordained way and a statistical analysis of the increase in the Lord’s Day meeting as compared to the names in the name list. One key practical point noteworthy was the brothers' labor in shepherding the saints, especially the dormant ones.

As I considered the church in our locality, the practical step we have been taking, the labor we have been puting in to visit the new ones or the dormant saints, I was enlightened of my own shortcomings. In fact, I was chastened through the brothers' fellowship, particularly in the burden of visitation. 

The reason being, I had completely given up on some new ones who I used to visit regularly but they never really were established in the practical church life. Such responses, kind-of, disappointed me and I thought, perhaps, the church life was not meant for them. So, why bother? So, why labor in vain? So, why waste time?

In my disappointment, I deeply felt that my labor did not bear fruits. I gave up on many such ones. I only did one thing, I stull pray for them, at least with a faint hope.

However, recently, through circumstances, a family that I gave up shepherding on, needed my help urgently. As I did my best to shepherd the family, at least, our fellowship was recovered back. By the way, we even stop contacting for years altogether. Praise the Lord, the Lord has His way to shepherd me so that I can continue shepherding others. 

Therefore, right after the brothers' meeting, I felt the burden to visit this particular family. When I checked with my brothers how they felt about visiting the family, they all felt good. So, we visited them at their house which we used to visit regularly fifteen years ago.

Moreover, many other families too, the Lord reminded me to revisit them, shepherd them, and recover them into the flock. Now, with this wake up call from the Lord, I had to deny my self; my feeling and opinion about the new ones, and revisit them again.

On a personal note, I was alarmed by the fellowship of one brother from Delhi concerning the serving ones in his district which he felt was tending towards the way Christianity has been carrying out their "pastoral" responsibilities. Though a new brother, he could sense where the church was heading to. This alarmed me. Though all the functionings of the brothers were spiritual, they over-functioned, may be, and replaced the saints' function. As I heard his fellowship of concern, it also served me as a warning in my own locality. I was alarmed and warned that I might as well be overfunctioning with a legitimate burden of my own for the church. I immediately turned to my spirit and checked with the Lord if I had overfunctioned. It was a wakeup call for me too, an urgent warning! Thank the Lord for such a timely wake up call!

Lord, recover our service according to Your ordained way, save us from the religious way of serving, and also recover all the new ones and the dormant ones. Lord, recover all the saints and their spiritual services in the Body. 

Marathon Bible Reading

Tuesday, the 20th October, being a holiday, we felt good for the saints in the church to come together for a time of prayer, hymn singing, fellowship, and mostly Bible reading. As the church, we have been reading the Bible and encouraging all the saints to read the Bible daily with the goal of feeding on the spiritual milk and solid food of the word, to receive the Lord’s speaking, to be constituted with the truth, and of course, to read through the Bible at least once a year. To this extent, we have made a yearly schedule for daily Bible reading portions to complete reading the entire Bible in a year.

Though the burden has been trumpeted now and then, not many have been scheduled to read the Bible daily as planned. Therefore, to help the saints, we have arranged a day of Marathon Bible Reading with the following announcement. 

Announcements: Tuesday, 20 Oct Schedule

Venue: Meeting Hall, DLF-1 

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Marathon Bible Reading

Burden: Reading Bible, Prayer, and Fellowship

To catchup with the daily Bible reading schedule, especially for those who are lagging behind in the daily Bible reading portions with the goal of reading through the entire Bible at least once in a year, by 31 Dec 2026.

Please bring your Bible.

Time: 10:30 AM onwards

(Whole day with tea&snacks and lunch breaks)

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As the saints turned up for the day, we had four sessions of simply reading the Bible for about an hour each, and took half an hour break between each session. After the whole day of Bible reading, some saints shared about their experiences and all were encouraged to read the Bible regularly. 

As we gathered for Bible reading, some sisters volunteered to cook lunch and dinner for all who attended the Bible reading. We all enjoyed a time of blending over lovefeast too.

Besides, the day being Tuesday, we had our weekly group meeting after the Bible reading sessions. The message was on "Occupation" which was also in line with the burden on "not loving money" which was shared last Lord’s Day. Thank the Lord, week by week, the Lord has been speaking to the church what was on His heart. Though we are few in numbers in the local church, the Lord has been pleased to speak to us regularly. Every Lord’s Day has become a blessed day of the Lord’s fresh supply of life through the word.

Thus, the day that began for the Bible reading at 11:30 AM ended at 9:30 PM, a ten hours of meeting! Despite the busy schedule, the saints enjoyed a wonderful time of blending and reading.

The underlying burden behind all these is the building up of the local church. These were not mere activities carried out, but for shepherding the saints with the word of God.

Lord, build and bless Your church!

Brotherly Cherishing

Last Saturday morning, I received a phone call from a sister concerning the health condition of her husband while I was in a weekly Saturday brothers' fellowship. Later, I let the sister know that I would be available for any practical help; only that I would attend first the church prayer meeting. For that day, no help was required. The next day, Lord’s Day, I received a call during the meeting which I couldn't pick but texted her informing I was in the meeting. Later, as I called, I informed her that after all the afternoon meetings, if need be I could help. Then, due to the need, I went to be with the brother, her husband, who was admitted in the hospital, as an assistant night stay.

When I reached the hospital, my brother was on the bed barely able to move but good enough to recognize me with a smile. The sister left for home and I stayed back. It was my first time to stay overnight in a hospital since I first came to Gurugram in 2005. I was glad I could be of some help to my brother in need.

I had my personal time of prayer as I sat beside his bed which otherwise would have been in a park nearby my residence.  Then, went to bed beside my brother's bed.

At about midnight, my brother struggled to urinate and he discovered that his whole body became numb due to his nervous system breakdown. This was caused by an injury on his forehead at a construction site about a month ago which resulted in internal bruise, swelling, and fluid formation between his skull and brain affecting his nervous system. Somehow, we could manage him to urinate, though, with much struggle. 

Then, again early in tbe morning about 4 AM, my sleep was disturbed by a struggling sound. As I woke up, my brother was stuck on the bed's hand rail as he attempted to get down to use the toilet. I tried my best to help him but he was too heavy. So, I called a hospital attendant to help me. But we struggled too, and could not take him to the toilet. Instead, we helped him to sit in the bed and there itself, help him to urinate. The trained male nurse had a way to handle this. Still, some thing spilled over to the clothes, bed sheet, and even in my chappal. 

At this time, he panicked, became so tensed, and requested me to call his wife, which I did. In between, his son called from USA, and later his elder sister also from USA, both of them encouraged him to trsut the Lord and stay positive. Due to the emergency nature, the doctor was called and CT scan taken immediately. And the surgery was preponed to be the first in the list for Monday.

Thank God, the surgery was successfully done and he was kept in an ICU for 24 hours so I could go back home and do my works. On Tuesday night I stayed at the hospital again, and this time, my brother rejoiced at seeing me being with him. He spoke and spoke and spoke till about 11:30 PM. I prayed and we went to bed. The next day, another brother stayed with him, and finally on Thursday night I stayed with him gain. We enjoyed a good time of talking and fellowshipping too.

On the morning of his discharge, I had a time of morning revival with him on John 15 concerning the believers being branches in the Vine and the need for mutual abiding resulting in fruit bearing. He requested for the morning revival book, which I gave him after his discharge from the hospital. I also read outloud the Bible, my daily reading portions; Philippians on Wednesday morning and Colossians on Friday morning. 

Each time I prayed, I held his hand or laid my hand on him and prayed for the Lord to touch him, heal and recover him, and be gracious to him. The Lord answered all the prayers and now he is in a recovery process. 

On the day of discharge, I felt strongly to assist them and lead them to their home, which I did. Then, we all prayed a prayer of thanksgiving.

Since his birthday is coming up this Lord’s day, I wished him in advance. 

This was my experience of brotherly cherishing. 

Dear Br. K___,

Wishing You in Advance for Your New Beginning as the Lord Adds to You Another Year, a "Second Life"

May this second life be filled with the Spirit, the word of God, and the divine life and nature of God.

Blessed New Beginning!

Happy Birthday!

Blessed Second Life!

So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17 RecVer

May our gracious Lord Jesus Christ grace you with a new heart and a new spirit for a new beginning.

Ezekiel 36:26-27 RecVer

26. I will also give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

27. And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and My ordinances you shall keep and do.

Colossians 3:16 RecVer

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-23 RecVer

16. Always rejoice,

17. Unceasingly pray,

18. In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

19. Do not quench the Spirit;

20. Do not despise prophecies,

21. But prove all things. Hold fast to what is good;

22. Abstain from every kind of evil.

23. And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:28 RecVer

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

Your brother,

P

Gurugram 

24 Oct 2026

Spiritual Surgery

This week was very special to me. Personally, my prayer life has taken a turn where my prayer burden was focused on me personally. This also coincided with me getting the opportunity to take care of a brother who was admitted to a hospital for a serious head injury that affected his nervous system. Though I was attending a brother who went through a neuro surgery, my experience was, I was also spiritually going through a spiritual surgery.

This week, my prayers were all focused on being opened to the Lord, the heavenly Surgeon, for His spiritual surgery in me. As His light shown on me deeply, I confessed to him all my deep hidden feelings and thoughts, honestly. I prayed for His surgery and deal with all these spiritual worms infecting me mostly in my thoughts. 

Whether I was in the hospital or at home, this week, my prayer was all for my spiritual surgery. I need this badly and the time has come to carry out that specific surgery. Thank God, the Lord has been operating in me.

Psalms 139:23-24 RecVer

23. Search me, O God, and know my heart;  Try me, and know my anxious thoughts;

24. And see if there is some harmful way in me, And lead me on the eternal way.