New Localities

Mahasamud

A Pastor was introduced to us by our brothers from Raipur. We came to this new locality to find out what the Lord has reserved for His testimony. The pastor happens to be an ardent believer of signs and wonders, and having testimony of eight years of barrenness when he only preached the word, but was blessed bountifully when he fasted and sought for gifts of signs and wonders. Now, to his tally, he had six hundred believers in twelve localities in the vicinity of the town. As we listened to him, the Lord gave us a strong burden to minister on the importance of the word of God. 

We brothers coordinated to minister on the all-inclusive Christ as presented in the good land, Canaan, expounding all the items mentioned in these verses, and ministering Christ through all the items. 

Deuteronomy 8:7-10For Jehovah your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of waterbrooks, of springs and of fountains, flowing forth in valleys and in mountains; A land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees with oil and of honey; A land in which you will eat bread without scarcity; you will not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and from whose mountains you can mine copper. And you shall eat and be satisfied, and you shall bless Jehovah your God for the good land which He has given you. 

Later, we also gave testimonies of how the word of God presented in spirit is so powerful to change people's life. In fact, I gave my own life testimony to refute his claim that only the word of God is not effective. In fact, there is no effective spiritual weapon than the word of God presented by the right person with the right spirit. Through our fellowship, he was graced to be balanced in his one sided belief of mere signs and wonders. Though, he is an elderly brother, he received the ministry we presented and even invited us to share lunch with him, and also invited us further for the distribution of the ministry of the word in his upcoming meeting by the end of this month. We gifted him the books, The All-inclusive Christ, The Spiritual Man - 3 Volumes, and The Normal Christian Faith, all in Hindi. Our burden is that he would be graced to enter into the ministry and be gained for the Lord's testimony in Mahasamud. 

Bagbahar

In this locality, we met a family who was open to the ministry. As we fellowshipped with them, the Lord's speaking was to help them with the basic of a Christian life. First, to help them know that they were saved indeed. The assurance of salvation with three proofs were presented: Outward proof of the word of God, inward proof of the Spirit witnessing with our spirit, and the love for the brothers. Then, we fellowshipped further on feeding on the Word of God with practical help of pray-reading the word. One sister testified that all her seeking and searching for answer was just answered when she herself pray-read the word. We encouraged all of them to practice it regularly with a weekly group meeting. 

These two localities were located in between Raipur and Khariar Road. The Lord just opened the doors in these localities for the brothers who are already enjoying the ministry to follow up. May the Lord raise up His testimonies in these localities too.