The recovery of the function of the members of the Body of Christ is one of the greatest recoveries in this age. Many Christian groups have fallen into a clergy-laity system where mainly the priests' functions and all the rest are mere spectators. Such degradation kills the functions of the member of the Body of Christ. There is a great danger in the churches in the Lord's recovery too, to unconsciously slip into this kind of hidden clergy-laity system. The churches in Taiwan have been helping us in India to recover the proper practice of the God-ordained way, especially to recover the functioning of all the members of the Body, including sisters, young people, and even children. Every member has their allotted portion in the Body.
These days I am very glad to see the saints functioning in the local church I am in. This has been my prayer and burden that more and more saints would function in practicing the God-ordained way; of preaching the gospel and bringing new ones into salvation, then following them up on a home meeting, to shepherd them, perfect and built them up to be functioning members in the Body of Christ.
Daily, the Lord has blessed us with different homes for home meetings and group meetings. A few years ago I was mostly the only one who ran around almost daily to shepherd different families. Gradually, the Lord has raised up many brothers and sister to do the same works I used to do. I am especially glad that the sisters are functioning much these days. Now even without me, the saints can go on taking care of the meetings.
A couple of sisters have been organically formed into a vital group to pray together and also to labor together in shepherding new ones. I am especially glad that my dear wife is one of the active and functioning sisters. At least in three regular home meting, she has been very active with a couple of other sisters. I don't need to even bother what's going on. I trust the Lord has anointed them to take care of these families. Whenever my wife shared to me about how the Lord spoke in the meeting she attended and how she was functioning, I was very happy. I am very glad that she functions so well, coordinating with the Indian sisters; in fact, she has literally become more Indian than me now. The Lord indeed called her fro India.
The Lord has comforted me and my burden for the Lord's testimony in my city has been lifted with the functioning of many saints. The Lord's leading these days is to grow downward in our hidden life with the Lord and to grow upward to bear fruits. Yes, even to bear abundant and remaining fruits. Through the shepherding lesson the Lord has taught us, especially me, I can see a bright hope for the Lord's testimony here in the church in Gurugram.
Lord, continue to bless Your testimony here in the local church! With every member functioning; the children, the young people, the working saints, and all the brothers and sisters, bless Your church in Gurugram!
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