Fellowship at Imphal

It was my younger sister's marriage that brought me back home to Imphal. Though it was supposed to me a family visit, my fellowship with the saints was inevitable. Once I met the saints in Imphal, the word of God just flowed forth like rivers of living water. 

The first fellowship was in the morning when we had a meeting arranged for the my villagers for my sister's marriage. Though it was all an impromptu arrangement, the brothers from the churches in Imphal and Lamka were the source of encouragement and strengthening. When the program was scheduled, I wished and longed for the brothers to be present. Few minutes later they arrived and it was such a relief and joy. We prayed together and fellowshipped for the meeting, with the brothers taking the lead in prayer, speaking, and gracing the meeting. Though I myself was not very clear what to speak, when it was time for me to speak, the only thing I could do was simply preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I can testify, it was the Lord behind the scene as many of my villages are yet to believe into the Lord; in fact, we have been praying for their salvation. That gospel message, perhaps, was the first public gospel preaching in a very conservative religious society that my villagers are trapped in till date. May the seed of the gospel sown into them bear fruits one day!

The following Lord's day was very timely for me to release my burden during the prophesying meeting. Though I did not intend to release any specific burden, the general burden of the church led me to minister the word on the line of being measured in the Body in coordination and oneness. One of my cousin brothers seemed to have some misunderstanding regarding the way my sister's marriage was carried out. Though I had no intention to bring this matter up, as I began to speak, I spoke on the matter of the Lord's sovereign arrangement of everything in the Body for the Body. Even as  the elder brother of my younger sister I had no say in what the church had arranged for my sister's marriage in Delhi. I simply amened what the brothers had arranged and it turned out to be very good. The Lord's blessing and sweet presence was there in the meeting, and many saints testified to this fact. 

The point was, in doing anything and everything, it must be by prayer and fellowship in the Body as we are just a member and only Christ is the Head. As such I claim no authority over anybody even on my sister's matter though I have the right to. In the Body, everything is done in fellowship and coordination. After the meeting, my cousin understood the matter and the hidden issues were resolved. And the saints were supplied to with this testimony of being a member of the Body in reality.

Besides, the brothers had arranged for a time of fellowship with the young people for Lord's day afternoon when I ministered on "time with the Lord by calling the Lord's Name, prayer and reading the Bible," and on the next Lord's day again on "Loving the Lord." Another two significant fellowship was in the home of a sister who lost her husband where we encouraged her with the word of God. She even decided to open her home for home meeting and it was carried out a week later. Another meeting was with a police officer who had misunderstanding on the ministry and tried to convince a brother to leave the way of the recovery. With this brother, I shared my testimony as he wanted to know how I ended up in the ministry of the age, the following week on my request he shared his testimony too. Then I shared on the importance of growth in life for a normal Christian life and the orthodox way of meeting as the church on the ground of oneness for the Lord's testimony. 

The fellowship at Imphal was very timely, sweet and fruitful. May the Lord continue to bless the saints in Imphal.