Today, I wrote a testimony and blessing of truth pursuit and sent it to some brothers whom I regard dearly as my spiritual brothers as I thank the Lord for gracing me to complete reading the Life-study messages with corresponding radio programs and High Peak messages.
Dear brothers,
Having been graced by the Lord, as your brother, I am sharing with you my personal testimony and blessing of truth pursuit. One thing that attracted me most to the Lord’s recovery is the truth. When I was first introduced to the Gospel Book Room in Chennai as a student, out of my thirst for the word of God, I purchased all the Indian print ministry books available in English then. A box full of them which I read one book after the other! It was only after two years of praying, considering, researching, studying the ministry books, and being confirmed deep within by the Lord with much peace that I decided once and for all to take this way, the way of the Lord's recovery, as a Christian. Then I fellowshipped with the key brothers in my previous Christian group and left the "system" while still in fellowship with them as Christian brothers even to date. In fact, all of them, fully aware that I had made up my mind to leave the "system," prayed for me and blessed me, and charged me to be faithful to the Lord wherever I am.
Since I came into the Lord’s recovery in 2003, as a new one who entered straight into the full-time training in Chennai without any prior church life, I continued to pursue the truth through the training classes and the ministry books. After the training too, I continued to read a good number of ministry books including some Life-study messages. But I have never systematically pursued the Life-study messages or the High Peak with a goal to complete studying them, or at least reading them through. My reading sequence was a random selection of books.
Burden
In 2014, during the Coworkers and Full-timers Training in Tenkasi from June 16 to 22, Brother RC encouraged all the saints to get a “Graduation and Ph.D. Degree in the Lord’s Recovery” by pursuing Life-study of the Bible (1984 messages), and High Peak and Crystallization-study (347 messages). When Brother RC released the burden on 21st June Saturday, I just felt like it was the Lord’s specific speaking to me. Later, during the lunch break, I went before the Lord to pray and seriously consider His speaking. In fact, that day, the 21st of June, happened to be my birthday as well. Therefore, I took the word for pursuing the Life-studies and the High Peak messages as my “Birthday Gift!”
Schedule for Life-study Messages Pursuit
I made a five-year schedule to complete pursuing the entire Life-study messages before Dec 2020 along with a schedule to listen to all the corresponding Life-study radio programs online as a revision and recapitulation of the messages pursued. But I could not meet the target as I traveled frequently for the ministry of the word literature journey to different parts of India.
Schedule for High Peak Truth Pursuit
The churches in North India released the burden to pursue the High Peak messages in 2022. I took that as an opportunity for further truth pursuit along with the Life-studies. I pursued the High Peak messages and completed them in one year (Feb 2022 to Feb 2023).
Finally, today, 1st May 2023, the Lord graced me to complete pursuing, reading the 1984 Life-study messages with the listening of the 1762 audio programs and the High Peak messages!
The corporate readings of messages were mostly with the serving ones in the literature service. It took about an hour's time with prayer and sharing for 5 days a week. While on the literature journeys, I pursued alone. Altogether, it took me 8 years and 10 months approximately to complete the pursuit. It took much more time than I planned. Nevertheless, I am glad that I could complete it at last, albeit rather slowly.
Blessings
I dare not profess that I understood fully all that I have read and listened to. But I do testify that I have received a lot of life supply and spiritual nourishment while pursuing the messages. I have no words to express my enjoyment fully. The Life-study messages have completely changed many of my views and understanding of the Bible. I do believe it has also changed my life to a great extent. In fact, I have re-spoke my new learnings and discoveries from the reading of the Life-study messages to many saints whenever I fellowshipped with them. I have also shared my enjoyment of the truth with many Christian leaders during the distribution trip and also spoke a good number of messages when invited by different Christian groups to minister the word in their meetings.
Thanksgiving
I thank the Lord for the rich revelation He has bestowed upon us through Br. Witness Lee. I also thank LSM for making the Life-study messages and radio programs available online for free. I pray and hope that one day I can contribute something as a token of thanks to LSM for all these free resources. To me, the Life-study messages and the ministry materials including the audio programs are the best spiritual resources available online, in addition to the Bible! I have shared and recommended the ministry online links to many saints, friends, and Christian leaders and seekers.
I would also sincerely like to thank Brother RC for his encouragement, time and again, to pursue these messages.
“And the man became very rich and continued to grow richer until he became very rich” Genesis 26:13.
I pray and claim this Bible verse for me, to be rich in the truth and “let the word of Christ dwell in me richly.” Col. 3:16a
My next plan will be to pursue the Collected Works of Watchman Nee and the Collected Works of Witness Lee.
Thank You, Lord Jesus! And thank you, brothers!
Remember me in your prayers, for more grace to continue to pursue the Lord through His words.
Your brother,
Palmei
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