The capital city of Uttar Pradesh has been a city prayed for and labored in for few years which did not yield fruitful result as of now. With renewed burden the Lord brought us again to Lucknow. All the old contacts could not be contacted for any help nor for any arrangement. But we came with a burden, trusting the Lord that He would make the arrangement without any prior arrangement for accommodation from our side as we didn't know either how or what to arrange. As we alighted from a delightful bus ride from Kanpur, in the city of Lucknow at Charbagh, we were clueless where to go. But a call to a phone number of a Rhema contact picked our call and invited us to meet him. When we first met, he realised our need for a lodging for a night stay and immediately made the arrangement. Besides, he knew all the leading Christian leaders of the city and made all necessary appointments over the phone. We were just amazed how the Lord used our brother to give us a timely help.
In the evening he invited us to minister to a house full of believers where I ministered on absolutely following "the living star" without any deviation from the central focus as Christ in our Christian life. This I did, drawing example from the magi and their mistake in inquiring from Herod the birthplace of Christ which instigated his envy and wrath to the extent of murdering all male child below two years. A simple mistake of turning away from the living star led to a disaster in the city of Jerusalem.
Besides, we had a good time of fellowship with a brother who at length discoursed to us how the Lord led him all the way from Bihar to UP, and his experiences with many Christian leaders and groups. The fellowship was so sweet that it went till midnight when we finally had our dinner and went to bed later.
The following day, we could meet the major Christian leaders in the city and introduced the ministry literature to our heart's content. After all the meetings, deep within me I was satisfied that my burden for the city was released. Besides, a brother from the city has been prepared by the Lord to continue the work of distribution. Only time will tell if he would turn to take the way of the Lord's recovery one day.
A Methodist pastor was so impressed that he proposed a large scale Christian leaders' meeting in October to introduce the ministry books to all Christian leaders, pastors and workers. A Pentecostal pastor too expressed his burden to educate the believers in his congregation with the truths we presented through the ministry books. The brother who took care of us and had been listening to all our speaking was burdened to do the distribution in the city of Lucknow. Thus, he became a distributor for Lucknow.
Besides, a brother who was saved and came to the church life in New Delhi and now left alone in this city came to be with us in our visiting of Christian leaders. I also could fellowship with him and encouraged him to pursue the Lord more and be a seed for the Lord's testimony in this city.
The faith within me was such that I used to have great hope for the Lord's testimony when I was led to a new city and meet seeking Christians. In the past such seekers gradually took the way of the Lord's recovery. I treasured every such seeker and reckon it as from the Lord and would definitely cooperate with the Lord for the shepherding follow up of such ones.
Lord, recover Your testimony in Lucknow!
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