Gospel Trip to Bihar

A brother who was known to me through two sisters in the church in Gurugram was introduced to me a few months ago. This time in our trip to Bihar, I checked with him if we could pay a visit to him. It so turned out to be the Lord’s arrangement that as I contacted him he immediately invited us. So we visited him though we need to travel over five hours from Patna.

It was a beautiful bus ride from Patna to Chakia, and then to Chorma, and then to a remote village in Itwa. The moment we arrived, after all the formal greetings, we went to a village for the gospel ministry. I was surprised to behold a crowd of about 100 people gathering, most of whom were not even baptized yet, and mostly, village women of low stature. Yet, they loved the Lord and were simply following the leading of the brothers in singing, testifying, ministering of the word, and prayer. Later, I came to know that the gathering commenced with a sister whose son had once been possessed with demons to the extent that he was bound with a chain. This one was miraculously delivered by the prayer of two brothers over the phone and one brother who visited him. This marvelous deliverance initiated the meeting in that sister's compound. This was a weekly meeting and the Lord has been preparing the people there for Him; a good number of them have received the Lord, among whom the solid ones have decided to take water baptism.

The next day we were supposed to leave for Patna. But in the morning I received an SMS from my flight company that it would be delayed by 12 hours. Similarly, my brother's flight was also canceled and he booked for the following day. We didn't know why our flight timings had to be postponed. But the brother invited us to stay for another night and visit another village. I believe that was the Lord’s sovereignty. 

The village we visited welcomed us with about 500 seeking gospel friends waiting for us. They were fully packed in a makeshift tin-roofed with bamboo pillars, which we learned later that was built by a father and daughter who were instrumental in gathering the people together. This father-daughter duo was saved through the elder daughter who was delivered from demon possession. That led them to believe into the Lord Jesus Christ and later many villagers followed suit. Now the number had grown up to 500+ and increasing!

In the spur of the moment, I was asked to share my testimony of salvation, which I did impromptu, trusting in the Lord’s testifying through me. Then, there was singspiration in local Bhojpuri dialect, the Word of God ministered by two brothers, and ended with prayer. The move of the Spirit was so strong that many of them were being delivered from their bondage of religion as evidently seen in their obedience to the word of God, in doing away with the superstitious red thread tight around their hands. We also led them to call upon the name of the Lord besides sharing the gospel. A man, in particular, who was chained with an iron rod by his family due to his mental condition, somehow escaped and participated in the meeting. On hearing the gospel of Jesus who delivers people from the bondage of Satan, he received, believed, and called upon the Lord’s name and was saved. Following which his chains were removed as well. To this, he was in tears of the joy of being freed!

The Lord intended that we eye-witnessed what He has been doing in the villages of Chakia, Bihar, of His great deliverance from darkness to light, from Satan to Christ, and from superstition to the Holy Scriptures. There, the Spirit moves and people came in hundreds to hear the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ!

I could hardly believe my eyes as I witnessed the Lord’s move in North India among the Hindi-speaking people.

Praise the Lord for this miraculous gospel trip to Bihar!