Our church life and our service life here in Gurugram have been upgraded to a new level. The Lord's leading and blessings are undeniable proofs of the Lord's leading us onward. I am personally thankful to the Lord for His sovereign way of leading us onward. To me what He has done recently is more of a new beginning again. Though we have been in this city for over a decade now, the changes or rather an improvement recently, both physically and spiritually, are significant.
The first thing was the new ones getting baptized. Our plan and goal for baptism at the beginning of the year was 12, targeting one baptism per month. But the Lord marvelously gave us 28 baptisms, 233%! And two new families came into the church life solidly with few individual saints. All these new families are being taken care of in their homes in a weekly meeting. Practicing the God-ordained way works, slowly and gradually as life takes time to grow.
On the service side, the Lord has been leading us. Personally, He has led me to cover all the states of India for the introduction and distribution of the ministry of the word. This year, the remaining states out of the 29 states of Inda which I never visited in the past were all visited. There has been a lot of upgrades in our service both in the translation and distribution service. The most significant one is the translation of the New Testament Recovery Version of the Bible into six Indian languages. The Lord has led us to complete till 1 Corinthians as of now. So far, everything is as per schedule.
Besides, our church meeting hall and office rooms were all repainted and flooring works done, giving a new look and the feeling of a new beginning. Things are improving as time passes on. These are the manifested blessings that we can count on as we count our blessing the Lord has been blessing us with; to praise and give thanks to the Lord once again for everything.
With every new day, new week, new month, and new years, there must also be a corresponding new beginning.
Lord, continue to lead us on...
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