Shillong: Brothers Fellowship and Prayer

But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.  Acts 6:4 

On the 3rd of Oct 2020, I updated the brothers serving the work in India about the situation in Shillong. The Lord has been moving in the church in Shillong despite the outbreak of pandemic everywhere. Though they could not meet regularly, the number of new believers increased and the saints' fellowship grew stronger and stronger. The total number of saints the brother gave me on that day was 498 in 16 localities. Since then the saint's number also increased.

As far as the shepherding is concerned, I have been sending messages almost on a daily basis, an excerpt from a selected ministry book, topic by topic, sequentially and regularly. We have covered The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures, and now we have almost covered The Tree of Life. Little by little the saints have been fed with the word of God. The Lord burdened me to do the best that I could do, that is pray for them and feed them with the word faithfully.

Sometimes, in the WhatsApp group, I was tempted to respond to certain posts, but the Lord reminded me not to meddle with any unrelated matter from the burden He bestowed me with. So I realized I should and must only post messages, excerpts from the ministry books, faithfully as a spiritual food supply to the saints.

As the shepherding in this way has been going on, there is also a burden for more fellowship and blending among the saints there and also with saints from other parts of the country. The Lord led me further to propose an online meeting for all the leading brothers with the brothers who oversee the Lord's move in the entire country. After much prayer, I proposed such a meeting, and also called up two of the main functioning brothers for the same. For a couple of weeks, I did not receive any reply. But still kept praying for them.

Finally, last week I receive a reply saying that the brothers were willing to meet online once every month, to start with, i.e., on the first of every month. This was a piece of rejoicing news to me. While I was waiting for the reply the enemy also tried to tempt me to think and speculate negatively why the brothers had not replied. But I kept committing the matter to the Lord and finally I was so glad to learn that the brother agreed to meet.

Besides, I was also informed that the sisters also decided to meet weekly.  Last Lord's day the sisters met in one of the sisters' home and it was a new beginning. The serving sisters came together to learn to pray and fellowship with one another. And the next day, the 1st of February, Monday, the brothers' meeting followed suit. 

I have been in fellowship with the brothers serving in the work and in fellowship, brothers from the church in New Delhi and Gurugram also joined the fellowship. Though we did not plan how we should meet as it was the first time, the Lord led us in His sovereignty. We all introduced ourselves one by one and shared our enjoyment of Christ. All the brothers' sharing became an all-inclusive message covering the matter of truth, the experience of life, the vision of the Body, and God's economy. Then we prayed together for the Lord's move in Shillong and Meghalaya.

The following day, a brother from Shillong called me to express His thankfulness to the Lord and how good he felt about the meeting online. He even proposed that we could have such a meeting twice a month, instead of just once. He felt very good about the Lord opening up the church in Shillong to the entire Body for more fellowship, blending, and building.

May the Lord continue to bless His move in Shillong and strengthen all the saints in their Christian life for the church life for His testimony!