Coordination in the Body

The most important experience in the recent World Christian Expo 2018 at Mumbai was the coordination in the Body. The church in Mumbai was so burdened for contacting seeking believers in the city. They have been praying for the Lord to gain many more saints for the increase of the church. Christian exhibition that we attended was a good opportunity to contact seeking believers. The church had arranged everything for our hospitality. Besides, some saints would come every day during the exhibition to be with us. Sometimes, they invited us for a meal to their homes, other times they brought a meal for us at the exhibition center, and other time they brought tea, snack, and fruits. We enjoyed the love and care of the saints. Praise the Lord for the Body!

The coordination, love, care, and concern of the saints touched us so deeply. In return, we strongly prayed that the Lord would gain five seeking families. The number "five" was an instantaneous burden the Lord gave us as we prayed in our corporate prayer. Our burden became very strong when we realize the church in Mumbai needs a strong testimony. The city is the financial capital of India, and we have the burden that the Lord must gain a strong testimony in this city.

Faithful is the Lord and He ever will be. As we prayed for five seeking families, the Lord gave us five seeking families for the church to follow up. During the five days exhibition, we know who are the genuine seekers and who are not. There is a principle by which we know the genuineness of a seeker: A genuine hunger and thirst for the word of God, an ardent love for the Lord Jesus Christ and an appreciation for the ministry of the word. Two such seeking brothers came and fellowshipped with us at length. Both had left the denomination they were in before, and both are meeting with few believers at homes and pursuing the word. Both of them also have few other families with them with the same burden. Both of them also meets in small groups in the suburban area of Mumbai, thereby, opening new doors for the Lord's testimony to be raised in two new cities, Besides these two brothers, there are also sisters in three groups, all of them received the ministry books and are open for further follow up. May the Lord gain all these ones for His testimony in Mumbai.

In addition to the seeking believers, there are also seeking unbelievers from Muslim and Hindu background. The Lord brought them to come into contact with us. We preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to them. They all heard the word, and two men among them genuinely received the Lord. These two also were gifted with the New Testament Bible. 

We pray that the Lord would fully recover the five seeking families into the church life in Mumbai, and also raise up two new local churches, in Vasai and Virar. Though we did not witness many attendees during the exhibition as expected, we definitely thank the Lord for bringing some genuine seekers whom He has sovereignly reserved. We praise the Lord for all His arrangement. 

Lord, bless the church in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Panvel, Thane, Kalyan Dombivali and gain the entire stare of Maharastra!