Nagaland for Christ and the Church (1)

Christianity has its root here for over a century. Thank God for the pioneer missionaries who have transformed the lives of the Nagas. And the city Kohima welcomes every visitor with a caption, "Nagaland for Christ."

The past few days I had been there in Dimapur for the ministry of the word of God. The Lord took me there with a specific burden; to meet up with as many Christian leaders as possible for the introduction and distribution of the ministry literature. And the Lord had led us to release our burden. In all our meetings, the Lord impressed us deeply with the need for growth in life and the proper testimony of Jesus. Without which, a Christian life is just in name and a Church is just an empty vessel. Our burden was for a normal Christian life in a normal church life.

Amazingly the Lord led us to some people to whom we could pour our burdens out. And as we kept going on visiting people I was deeply convinced that the Lord will raise up His testimony on the ground of oneness, in the fellowship and oneness of the Body of Christ. More and more remnants for the Lord's testimony have been manifested, especially, the families that were opened for fellowship on the truth of the word of God.

One particular family is a Christian leader with his own ministry. He came to know about the ministry since decade ago. However, no solid pursuing of the truth nor practical fellowship transpired. This time we could meet his family and fellowshipped at length. Two days later, the Lord burdened us to visit him again and we had more fellowship, during which he invited us to minister the word the following Lord's day.

On the Lord's day, as I stood up to minister the word, the Lord burdened me on "God's Heart's Desire" in creating man to be His expression and representation. For this, there is a need for growth in life- by breathing, drinking and eating the Lord in the Spirit as the Word. After I released my burden, the leading brother asked me to continue ministering, to "forget about time" and I continued to minister on "the Tabernacle," as the corporate dwelling place of God and man. 

Even after the meeting, the leading brothers fellowshipped with us; thanking and testifying of the riches and depth of the ministry of the word. Later, in the afternoon, we participated in the open air gospel preaching in a busy area of Dimapur city. That was my first open air gospel preaching in Hindi.

All that have transpired the past few days and till today are indeed the leading of the Lord for the recovery of His testimony in Nagaland. Nagaland for Christ and the Church.

May the Lord recover His testimony in Dimapur!