Brotherly Visit

A sister who is an army officer and who is also a seeker and lover of the Lord Jesus Christ got married a couple of months ago and is now settling in Hyderabad. She had been enjoying the church life in her army posting place at Guwahati with a serving sister for about a year and even attended a short term training for a month. Now this sister got married to a brother in Hyderabad. On her wedding day, though she invited me I could not attend as it coincided with a full-time training few months ago. Yet, on the morning of the wedding day, I called her and prayed together with her, for the Lord's blessing in her marriage life and that her new found family would be for the Lord's testimony.

This time, after the training, last Saturday, with two leading brothers of the church in Hyderabad and a visiting brother from Malaysia, we visited this newly married couple. For hours altogether we enjoyed fellowshipping on the word of God and testimonies.

Some key points in the fellowship were the need for and the meaning of regeneration, the need for growth in Christian life, the need for fellowship and home meeting. I encouraged the local brothers to consider starting a home meeting in her home with biblical references from Acts 2, how the church life began and met in Jerusalem, day by day, house to house, fellowshipping, teaching, breaking bread, and prayer. With this burden, we also prayed together.

For shepherding purposes I also gifted the couple, The Tree of Life, Holy Spirit and Reality, and eight booklets, some ot then are, Regeneration, Christ as Wisdom, Two Principles of Living, Serving Sisters, Genuine Church, and others.

I trust the Lord that He will shepherd this family into the church life through the brothers' shepherding. The seed of the divine life sown through the ministry of the word will bear fruit one day.

Another friend of mine and a brother in the Lord was visited at his home. One main burden for this visit was to once again introduce him to the church brothers in Hyderabad. I did fellowship on my fresh enjoyment of the Lord this morning concerning the blessedness of the children of God. Despite our weaknesses and failures, God's view upon us is divine and He views us in Christ Jesus. Humanly we are unholy, full of defects, and ugly. But the divine view is, we are holy, perfect, and beautiful. Then, I encouraged my friend to be in fellowship with the brothers, prayed, and then took leave.

May the Lord shepherd these ones who loves the Lord into His flock for His testimony.