Lord’s Days in Taiwan

In the past three weeks of my visit to Taiwan, I enjoyed attending the Lord’s Table Meeting in three different localities; the church in Taoyuan, the church in Hsinchu, and the church in Taipei. In all these three meetings I partook of the bread with the saints and enjoyed blending as one bread in the one Body of Christ! Nationality no bar, race no bar, language no bar. We all are indeed members of one another! 

In Taoyuan, the brothers invited me to break the bread and also to share whatever the Lord burdened me with. I shared on my experiences of the Lord in His sovereignty in arranging all things for my growth in life unto full maturity. And I also released the burden for all the saints to be open vessel to the Lord and function in the portion or the ministry the Lord has alloted to each one. No one should belittle themself or anyone. Each member is precious to the Lord and to His Body. Each one should honor others' function yet not neglecting his own portion. All portions are equally important to the Lord and to His Body for its building up. Then, we feasted together over lovefeast. Afterwhich, we visited an elderly brother of 90+ years to home deliver the bread and wine as he could not attend the Lord’s Table meeting due to ill health and old age. What a Lord’s Day in Taoyuan,  Daxi!

In Hsinchu, a brother and I attended a student Lord’s Table Meeting at the Students Centre Meeting hall of the church. After the partaking of the one bread, as the brothers asked me to share, I shared on the many spiritual benefits I personally have been receiving from the brothers in Taiwan in particular, and also the blessings we have been receiving as a pattern from the churches in Taiwan. I briefly described, event by event, how I experienced the perfecting by the pattern set forth by the brothers in Taiwan in shepherding me stage to stage in my spiritual progress.

In Taipei, when the brothers asked me to share, I shared on the need to guard the good deposit of the truth gained through our pursuing of the truth in the church life. I also shared on my recent experiences of preaching the gospel in Taipei last week and the situation we faced recently in India. And I also encouraged all the saints to love the Lord and preach the gospel. Then I concluded my sharing by thanking the saints for their brotherly love hospitality and requested them to pray for us and for all the saints and the churches in India. Finally, I also welcome them to visit India!

Interestingly, in all the three localities on the Lord’s Days, we enjoyed both lunch and dinner lovefeast. In Taoyuan, with the whole district and a time of fellowship with the brothers. In Hsinchu after lunch lovefeast,  I left for Taipei and met for dinner with my wife's friends at a Japanese restaurant. And on the third Lord’s Day in Taipei, we spent a family time over lunch with Akong and Ama, and in the evening we went for a buffe pizza dinner at Pizza Hut with two other brothers' families whose children grew up together with my children.

In all these days of meetings and feastings,  we all enjoyed the Lord together in the fellowship of the Body. 

Hallelujah for the Body! Praise the Lord for all His blessings! Lord, continue to bless the churches and the saints in Taiwan!