A Sister's Baptism

A young girl who used to be the classmate of one of our sisters in the church was introduced to the church life a few years ago. A family of three, mother, daughter, and son gradually came into the church-life even as they have been going through many ups and downs in their family life and Christian life. The Lord has been very gracious in shepherding them through difficult times. The magnitude of the problem that they have been through is so severe that it affected their academic life, physical life, psychological life, and positively their spiritual life. In spite of all the hardships they have been through, the Lord shepherd them through the saints and their faith have been strengthened very much. Slow but steady, their progress has been very encouraging. Separation, divorce, and lawsuit were a few of the things the family has been through. Nevertheless, the Lord is the good shepherd shepherding them through and through.

The young girl has come of age and has a spiritual realisation of her faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. She's been attending the church meetings and also the young people meetings, besides the home meeting in her home. Two weeks ago, she decided to seal her faith in obedience to the word of God by taking water baptism. Her faith has been very much strengthened through the church-life. A couple of times, sisters and brothers have shared the truth concerning salvation.  Therefore, she finally took the decision to be baptized. So, the church in Gurugram baptized her last week. Praise the Lord!

Right after her baptism, she came for fellowship. My wife and I fellowshipped with her the truth concerning the assurance, security, and joy of salvation. It was a perfecting time of helping her realize the significance of her salvation. It was also a time of laying a good foundation with the word of God that she would stand firm and strong all the days of her life. And it was also a time of watering her spiritually that she would enjoy the joy of salvation by exercising her spirit through pray-reading the word of God. We encouraged her to inculcate a daily practice of calling upon the Lord's name, reading the Bible, spending time in prayer personally and corporately, and also attend the meetings of the church. These are some basic practices which will serve as a good foundation in her Christian life and church-life.

This particular case is special as her family has been shattered with father and mother divorced, and her father filing a lawsuit against her mother, and her step-father threatening her mother, and her custody to her mother has been challenged. No matter what, the Lord gave her the strength to stand firm and took water baptism even as all these "clouds" were darkening her sky. 

Praise the Lord! It's an experience of resurrection out of the death trap of the enemy.

May our sister grow and become a shining testimony to all her relatives and friends, especially to her own father and sibling.