Shepherding in Home Meeting

The Lord opened the door for shepherding the local people of my community DLF-1. Every Friday we would go for a time of shepherding in one home of a new believer. The Lord's speaking during the last week's meeting was on the Bible. After the truth pursuing concerning the Bible, a new young brother asked the practical way to read the Bible. That question opened the door for me to share on the practical and easy way of reading the Bible daily. In fact, that night a daily assignment was given to all to read the Bible every day. My son, along with another two teenage boys were present including my wife and the mothers of the other two boys. To help the young people in this way is a real shepherding. Only the word of God can speak to them directly provided they read the Bible to listen to God's words. Though the speaking was especially for the teenage boys, the lesson was also equally for the teenage boys' mothers. Slowly but gradually, shepherding is going on among the local people and all our saints.

Weekly, I also have a phone call "home meeting" with around seven brothers who are being shepherded into the church life. As time permits, I have been doing this week by week with one goal of ministering Christ through prayer and touching their spirits to touch the Lord. Only this way of touching the Lord as the Spirit in their spirits is the way they can be shepherded. As some of them are not yet baptised, I would not compel anybody to be baptised apart from faithfully teaching them the truth concerning baptism. I leave the choice to them. Except for a few of them, I have not been able to meet in person. but what I could do, I did my best; shepherding them one on one. The result I leave it to the Lord.  

Similarly, I also have been spending time with my son every night. Going out with him to fellowship and pray together. I also encouraged my wife to go out for prayer with my daughters, which they have been doing regularly. Besides, we also have our daily family home meeting mostly for prayer. In this way, through home meetings,  shepherding has been going on.

May the Lord grace us to take this way of shepherding at homes daily and weekly all the days of our lives.