Dawn in Dimapur

Out of the Lord's leading and burden, with two brothers, we came to visit the brothers whom the Lord led us to, in the previous literature distribution trip in Dimapur, Nagaland. Firstly,  our fellowship was with the leading brother who has been burdened by the Lord since his youth to serve the Lord till date, and who has founded a "ministry" and a "church." Our burden was to fellowship with him on Christ and the church as we have learned that he has seen something of the Body of Christ. Every time we fellowshipped, he has no problem with the truths of the Bible,  but his concerns were mostly on outward practical things. We were very exercised to focus on the essential truths of the Bible and leave the non-essential items for the Lord to handled as the truths are being lived out.

On the Lord’s day, I was requested to minister in their congregation. The burden the Lord gave me was to minister on "Knowing God" from the experiential point of view with real life testimony. As I prepared myself in prayer for the ministry of the word, the Lord burdened me to share the same burden with many other saints in the North East, in the local church where I am from, and with the saints serving with me in the literature service. The prayer Burden sent out via WhatsApp was:

Prayer BurdenEph. 6:18 - By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints,Eph. 6:19 - And for me, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known in boldness the mystery of the gospel,Eph. 6:20 - For which I am an ambassador in chain, that in it I would speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

Dear Saints,  Tomorrow,  28 Aug, Lord's day, we will be ministering the word of God to a congregation of seeking Christians in Dimapur, Nagaland. This will be followed by a time of fellowship with the leading brothers on the truth concerning the Body of Christ. (This is a follow up visit of the previous distribution tour few months ago).

Pray for the Lord's presence, speaking, anointing and blessing that His testimony in Dimapur may gradually be recovered.Col. 4:3 - Praying at the same time for us also, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ (because of which also I am bound),Col. 4:4 - That I may make it manifest as I ought to speak.

May the Lord recover the church in Dimapur.

As an answer to the saints' prayer, the Lord blessed the ministry of the word, and after the meeting the leading brothers testified of the blessings they received through the ministering. Our fellowship continued with some leading brothers on the truth concerning the Body of Christ with clarification on some ambiguous understanding of the words "shepherd and overseer," and the "five fold ministry" in Ephesians 4:11-12. Answering their questions with the Bible itself was the best way I found; none could refute.

In the evening, three main leading brothers fellowshipped with us on some crucial truths and practices of the church-life. All the truths and testimonies we presented were all accepted by them satisfactorily, though they confessed that they would need some time to digest and practice them. But over all, they were very happy for the visit and they testified that it was truly of the Lord.

After all the fellowship, deep within I have the assurance that they will be fully recovered for the Lord's testimony in Dimapur. For they themselves testified of the vision God gave them concerning the Body of Christ and how they hunger and thirst for the truth. Much more, they even testified of how much they received help from the ministry books of brother Watchman Nee and Witness Lee on the revelation of the Body of Christ which many Christians neglect or fail to see it succinctly. They themselves even requested for more ministry materials on "The Tabernacle."

Deep calls within deep indeed. Out of the many Christian groups and leaders I met in Nagaland, this group of brothers were far advanced in the knowledge and experience of Christ and God's heart's desire. In all our fellowship we just sensed that we have the same spirit and burden for the testimony of Jesus and the building up of the Body of Christ. They even proposed future meeting for seminar or training, and they opened themselves up to us.

Praise the Lord! It is a dawn now in Dimapur for the Lord's further move and for the recovery of His testimony. May the Lord lead all of them for His testimony. Amen.