A brother who has been enjoying the ministry, especially the Holy Word for Morning Revival and has been shepherding a group of believers in five localities in and around Champa gave us a wonderful hospitality as we visited him in Champa. In fact, I met him first in 2019 at a Christian Mela in Matku, Chattisgarh. Since my first meeting, he has been pursuing the ministry literature. For a few months he participated in the online meeting and has joined some gospel and seekers' meetings. This time the Lord arranged a time for us to meet him and fellowship with him in person at his home.
Once we arrived at his home in Champa, we cleaned up, refreshed, and went for a meeting. About 25 key brothers attended the meeting. As we asked them to share their enjoyment of Christ first, a good number of them stood up and shared their enjoyment of Christ through the ministry of the word, especially from the Holy Word for Morning Revival. I was so impressed by their understanding and enjoyment of the ministry.
After listening to them, the Lord gave us such a freedom to freely minister on Christ and the church. A brother first shared on the need to enjoy Christ personally and corporately for the church. Then, I followed the same burden and fellowshipped on Acts 9; the testimony of Saul, his salvation, his seeing of the vision of the church as the Body of Christ, and his being introduced to and living in the Body of Christ. We had such a peace and freedom to release the word of God. The Lord had already prepared them and we simply ministered the word as the He burdened us.
The next day we went to Korba and then to Salora where another group of about 10 brothers gathered for the fellowship. We again asked them to share first. We enjoyed their sharing from their experiences and the from their enjoyment of the ministry of the word. Then a brother ministered the word on the need for Christ to make His home in our hearts. The best way to do is by calling upon the Lord’s name, reading the word, confessing our sins and applying the blood of Jesus. Then I followed on the practical way to be filled with the word. I explained and demonstrated pray-reading the word of God to them. We used Ephesians 3:17 to pray-read the word of God. Then, I ministered on the practical way to build up the Body of Christ using Ephesians 4:16. After this, we enjoyed lovefeast together.
My personal feeling is that, the Lord has been preparing these group of believers about 150 of them in 5 localities taking the stand as the local churches. In time, He brought us to fellowship with them and shepherd them. It was like going to "Ceasarea Philippi", where the spiritual atmosphere was clear and we could release the deep truth concerning the building up of the Body of Christ. Since they have been prepared by the Lord, they were so open and hungry for the ministry of the word. Therefore, the Lord had a freedom to speak according to their need. Now the need is to bring them into the fellowship of the Body of Christ with other members in different parts of India.
May the Lord recover them fully into the fellowship, oneness, blending, and building up of the Body of Christ!
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