Ministry of the Word to Ujjain, MP

Ujjain, a city of temples, was not in my initial plan for this ministry of the word literature journey. Yet last week I received a call from a brother who lives in the city requesting me if I could visit him as I came all the way to Jabalpur already. After a day of waiting, praying and considering before the Lord, I became clear that I should visit this city too. 

Yesterday morning I came to this city with the plan of just visiting the brother and a couple of Christian leaders and then leave the same day evening or latest by night. Somehow, I could not get a confirmed ticket first for the evening train. On fellowship with the brother, he suggested me to stay for two days at least so that we could meet more people in the city to which I readily agreed. That was the Lord's plan as He had prepared a family for more fellowship, which became clear later. 

Yesterday morning we could meet a leading Christian brother and had a good time of fellowship with him on the ministry books. He was so interested that he wanted to take all the books, but I could not give him as I needed the sample books to show to other Christian leaders as well. While in Ujjain I called up a brother whom I met in Jabalpur if he knew any contact here in Ujjain. He replied that he would introduce a contact. Later, a sister who introduced herself as a Doctor called me to visit her family. After lunch we visited her family, and what happened after that was amazing. 

As my burden was, I simply introduced the ministry books first, then felt led by the Lord, I began to minister on what the Lord burdened me to minister in Jabalpur last Lord's day on Who is Jesus? Where is Jesus? How to experience Jesus? The sister and her parents were so touched by the Lord that they started opening up their family matters; the sister, especially, on her personal matter, as she felt strongly that she should open up. I offered no solution to her problem but encouraged her to bring all her concerns to the Lord in prayer and that the Lord would led her through and through. The fellowship went on for about two and half hours, and they were so touched by the Lord. I also encouraged them to start a regular prayer life personally and even as a family to the extend that I gifted them Life Lessons, 4 Volumes, in Hindi, for them to pursue at least one lesson a week. Later, their youngest son came back from office and joined us. Since he missed out on what I fellowshipped, they asked me to repeat and briefly summarised what I ministered. I did it again repeating all the Bible verses I quoted, this time her father noted the verses down for his further studies. 

When we were about to leave, she testified that she felt the presence of the Holy Spirit visiting their family when we first entered their home. My only comment was, "Praise the Lord!" She also testified that this was the first time in her Christian life that she could open up for fellowship to any one, and she was fed with the rich supply of life. Furthermore, they invited us for a lunch lovefeast the following day.

After this family visit, we went to the mainline church, Masihi Mandir Church, and met all the committee members where we introduced the ministry books. The timing was perfect, though not planned, we should meet all the important people at one go.  

In the evening and the next day morning, my time with the brother was mostly shepherding him to have a proper God-man living with a normal and healthy practice of prayer, reading the Bible, and fellowship. He started reading the Bible and determined to do so regularly, we prayed together, and we also enjoyed morning revival together for over an hour. It was definitely a new beginning for him. May the Lord fully recover His enjoyment of the Lord through the word and the ministry books. 

A short while fellowship with a Pastor and city tour of Ujjain's city of temple in the morning was the deal for the morning. A brother and I just exercised our spirits to called on the name of the Lord Jesus out loud as we drove across the city by scooty, claiming the city of temples for God to be the city of God, the city for the Lord's testimony. 

As invited, we had lunch with the family we met yesterday. After lunch, the burden the Lord released was on Matthew 14:14-21 on the feeding of the five thousands with an emphasis on the conditions to receive blessings of the Lord: Absolute consecration to the Lord-of our life and all that we have, acknowledging God as the source of all blessings, being broken by the Lord, and then being blessed and multiplied. The sister opened up further and asked questions that had been lingering on her for many years, like the blood of Jesus, the genuineness of today's tongue speaking and the much misunderstood Holy Spirit's baptism, and certain practices of today's Christians. After answering all the questions with relevant Bible verses, I prayed and ended the fellowship. They requested me to come back and said they would issue a formal invitation for upcoming meetings. Let the will of the Lord be done. Amen. 

Now, I understood why the Lord led me to this city and that I should stay for at least two days. He is sovereign. 

May the Lord gain His testimony in Ujjain!