A Brother's Baptism

Few years ago two sisters whom the Lord graced me to shepherd and who entered into enjoy the church life took me to a couple who were their friends. At that time, they were not interested in the gospel at all, but since we visited, we prayed for their salvation despite not being able to preach the gospel as we ought to. Few years later, the Lord worked on Him and there have been a drastic change in his life. Last week one of the sisters told me briefly about the change this person have been going through and that how much he needed to be properly baptized. Last week, a sister was introduced to our Tuesday group meeting. Yesterday, after the Saturday gospel preaching we went to drop the daughter of that new sister who now have been friends with my children and came along with us for the gospel preaching. When we dropped the little girl at her home, her uncle happened to be the man we met few years ago and prayed for. Just within seconds of the meeting my meeting with him, he decided to come for the Lord's Table Meeting. 

This morning he came, with his sister and her daughter. After the meeting we had fellowship and he testified of how heart hardened he used to be, even devilish many times, but recently he had experienced a drastic change in his life. He has been looking for a proper Christian fellowship despite his own personal pursuit of the Lord. He has the sense that as a Christian he needs the church for corporate fellowship. Even as the fellowship continued, the matter of baptism came up. Without any persuasion, I simply declared the biblical truth about the need for baptism for those who believe into the Lord Jesus Christ. The Spirit confirmed in our fellowship about baptism and he took baptism. That is the Lord's blessing to him and to the church. 

In the church here we have been praying and looking to the Lord for His leading in our going on as the church. Since yesterday we had a fellowship on the God-ordained Way with a brother from the United States who visited us. The Lord's speaking through our brother was very timely as we could testify from the saints' response and the upliftment of the meeting today in our Lord’s Table Meeting. Moreover, this new brother's baptism is also a sure sign of the Lord’s blessing too. 

The blending among the brothers, the sisters, the children, and the young people are becoming sweeter and sweeter these days. I may not be too quick to attribute this to the prayer we have been offering to the Lord for more blending, building, and also for His blessing. I believe these are the results of all the saints' burden and prayer in the church and for the church in Gurgaon. 

Praise the Lord! 

May the Lord continue to shower His blessings to the church now and ever more.