Father-Son Fellowship

Train up a child according to the way he should go; Even when he is old, he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6, RecVer)

As long as I am at home, I do my best to spend time with my son and my family members in prayer. Having encouraged all my family members and the saints to spend a regular personal, affectionate, intimate, and spiritual fellowship with the Lord Jesus, I myself have been enjoying such a personal time with the Lord. The Lord had been gracing me this since the day I was saved.

Whenever I can, I go out with my son to spend a Father-Son time together. This month itself, I have gone out with my son for prayer and a time of one-on-one fellowship. As the Lord led me, I fellowshipped with him my fatherly advice concerning his daily schedule, daily living, study plan, future plan, choosing subject along with university for higher studies, and many practical details that I have learned in my human life. But on top of all these advices, I testifed to my son that in everything, one must pray and seek the perfect will of the Lord.

Besides, I also fellowshipped with him in a way of sharing my testimony of how I prayed and sought the Lord’s will in my life for marriage. I testified how the Lord, in His time, brought me and his mother together in marriage and encouraged him to pray and do the same at the Lord’s time. I testified to him of all the many specifics and spiritual experiences that we have been experiencing as married ones till today. And I also testified how the three siblings were blessed by God when we expected nothing but just looked to the Lord for His blessing concerning children and how their names have been named the way they are with their respective spiritual significances and experiences we went through. I believe, this made a deep impression in my son.

As a father, I fellowshipped with my son many personal family matters and the hand of God behind our lives. He has been so much impressed. I also let him know how blessed he and his siblings have been, as his father, I have been finding grace and favour from God and have been blessed with many unsearchable riches.

My intention was to lead my son from his young age to walk the path a godly child should walk. To me, I was discharging my responsibility of leading my son by holding his hands spiritually, so that, he can be in the perfect will of God. In fact, whenever we went out together to pray, we always held one another's hand, and walked and prayed. I treasure those times together with my Lord Jesus and with my son.

Though I may have many shorting comings, I do my best to train and perfect him from what I have learned positively and warned him to avoid from what I learned negatively.

Behold, children are the heritage of Jehovah, The fruit of the womb a reward. (Psalms 127:3, RecVer)

Lord, bless my children, especially my son. In fact, they are God’s children of which I and my wife are just guardian to them on this earth.

First Commandment

Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. (Matthew 22:36-40, RecVer)

Today morning I was freshly enlightened concerning loving the Lord. I have been harboring a general concept of loving the Lord just as believing into Him. However, through the pursuing of message spoken by Br. Watchman Nee, I was helped to see the distinction between believing and loving the Lord.

Believing into Jesus does not necessary require one's whole being just as the requirements for loving the Lord. He who believes into Jesus are saved. As simple as that. Anyone who believes are saved. This requirement for salvation from eternal perdition is to believe into Jesus Christ. Only after believing, can one love the Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Bible says that the first and great commandment is to love the Lord "with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is a commandment! It is not a choice, but a cammand! What a salvation to see that I must obey God by loving Him with my whole being!

Loving God is the solution to the problems caused by temptations of the world. When one loves God, everything else fades away. The best way to overcome the world and its lust is by loving the Lord with all of our heart that there is no room for anything other than the Lord. What a revelation!

Why Christians still love the world is because they do not love the Lord with their whole being. There are still rooms for the world with its riches, glitters, glories, and lust in the heart that do not love the Lord wholeheartedly. Only if Christians keep the commandment of God to love God wholeheartedly, they will be overcomers and they will have nothing to do with the world nor the world with them. Yet for this, the heart needs circumcision, to deal with anything other than Christ, so that it can love Jehovah God wholeheartedly. 

And Jehovah your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, so that you will love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. (Deuteronomy 30:6, RecVer)

With this renewed seeing, my prayer has now been for loving God with all of my being. "Lord Jesus, I love You. Lord Jesus, cause me to love You more and more each day with my whole being."

This is the secret to living an overcoming life. This is the secret to enjoying the Christian life. This is the secret to magnify Christ, glorify Christ, and live Christ. The secret is keeping the first commandment of God, Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Lord Jesus, I love You.

Shepherding in the Small Group

The Lord’s leading these days in the churches in India is shepherding and perfecting in and through the small group meetings. Brothers have been helping us and emphasising again and again the need to take care of the small group meetings in our locality even to the point of categorically structuring the small group into three sections. Each section focusing on one aspect of shepherding, beginning with cherishing, then nourishing, and then bringing the saints into practical service. Since this burden was released, we have enjoyed our small group meeting, and I personally can testify that the meetings have been very.much uplifted.

The speaking God has been leading us through His timely speaking. As we practice the present speaking of the Lord, we also reap the benefits and blessings that comes along with it. 

For instance, our small group meeting in Sector 4 was full of vitality and all the saints richly enjoyed the Lord’s timely speaking. All the saints were able to function voluntarily as they received the Lord’s speaking. There was no need for any one to preside over the meeting. Everyone prayed, sang, read, spoke, and enjoyed the word of God. And all smiles on everyone's face as we enjoyed the small group meeting! 

Our small group meeting in Sector 56 was also the same in enjoyment of the Lord’s timely speaking. We had a time of cherishing for one another and prayed for one another. Then, was we were nourished by the Lord’s speaking, a good number of saints also asked questions for clarification. In that way, we were able to address and clarify certain truth points. Such mutuality made the meeting so meaningful and full of enjoyment!

Likewise, the small group meeting in Kanhai Gaon too has opened the door for all the saints to function. Unlike the traditional religious way of meeting with one person presiding over, every saint functioned in praying, singing, reading, and speaking. What a wonderful recovery of the small group for the church-life!

Praying and Waiting

Yet those who wait on Jehovah will renew their strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and will not become weary; They will walk and will not faint. (Isaiah 40:31, RecVer)

One way God answers our prayers is by giving us opportunity to wait and pray and pray and wait. In this way, He has a way in our being, passing through us, and gaining us all the while. For Him, answering prayers is easy and it just takes a second. However, His heart's desire is not juat to answer prayers, but to gain our person who prays. Therefore, many times, His one unique answer to our prayers is, wait and pray, and pray and wait.

These days, I have been blessed to experience the Lord's answering of my prayers with a "wait and pray, and pray and wait." The Lord also gave me a very subjective experience of Him in the matters that concerns my family life.

The family car the Lord gave us fifteen years ago is about to expire now. In the city where I reside at the moment, the maximum allowed years of usage of a petrol vehicle is fifteen years. Fifteen years ago, we bought a family car which we have been using for the past fifteen years. In two month's time, the registration certificate will expire. Therefore, I am praying and considering to buy a new car. The Lord has already shown me which car I should buy; the model and the brand. But right now, I do not have the peace to buy as yet for multiple reasons. Though I have been praying for month's now, still the Lord ask me to wait. Perhaps, He is preparing the finance and also He knows the best time to buy. So, I pray and wait for His timing and provision. This is a very wonderful experience of the living God O have these days. In fact, car is not the matter at all. The matter is, the experience and gaining of Christ through the process of buying a car.

Likewise, my mom and dad have been planning to visit us here for a family visit and medical checkup. However, I did not get a proper leading as to when they should come. Even in this matter, I experience the Lord's answering my prayers by letting me wait and wait. Till now, I am not clear when they should come. But only what is made clear to me is, to pray and wait. Perhaps, He wants us together when He provides the new car. I just keep praying as I wait for His perfect timing.

In a similar manner, I have been praying and waiting to resolve an issue pertaining to onw of my own family members relating to a relationship. I have no peace to say anything to anyone or do anything right now. Even the very thought of the matter takes away my peace. In this way, it became clear to me that the Lord wants me to wait until He leads me further. So, I only pray and wait.

In all the above cases, I have been experiencing the Lord’s answer to my prayers, that is, to wait and pray, and pray and wait. In this way, I have many transactions with the Lord these days. 

Oh what a blessing to have such a private, personal, sweet, fellowship with the Lord!

Lord, grace me to wait in prayer as long as You want me to wait in prayer.

Life Lesson: Block, Leave, Delete

By nature, I am a person who likes to get along with people, regardless of how they treat me. I have been like this since my childhood days. Ever since I got saved, I have continued to exercise kindness, tolerance, patience, and be willing to bear with others. Of late, I have noticed certain people's negative behavior towards me, perhaps taking me for granted. Some of them have taken me so lightly that I left certain actions that need to be taken. As I grow in life, I begin to realize that my own natural goodness may not necessarily be of God. Oftentimes, I also need to deny my natural goodness and follow the Spirit's leading within me. The more I walk with the Lord, the more I am able to discern what is of my own goodness and what is of the Lord. Gradually, I am learning to deny myself, especially my good self. This needs clarity from the Lord within my spirit, as there is a thin line between the goodness that is from the Lord and the goodness that stems from myself. In many cases, the Spirit's leading may go hand in hand with my transformed being, and in some cases, my good self may try to overshadow the Spirit's leading. 

In July, as I was in a live semiannual training in Anaheim, USA, during the break, I was scrolling through my WhatsApp messages. A brother saw the messages and just spoke a sentence. Paraphrasing it, he said, "As a serving one, you should not misrepresent yourself by being in some WhatsApp groups that are full of Christianity stuff." Those words from my brother were the Lord's speaking to me. I had been receiving many WhatsApp messages from Christinaity, as many brothers have added me to the groups. Though I hardly read them, my being there indirectly could be reckoned as my consent to whatever had been posted in those groups. I was surprised to discover that I had even been made an admin in some of these groups that I never approved of. After praying and reconsidering my brother's speaking to me, I left many unwanted WhatsApp groups and deleted those groups from my mobile. Oh, what a salvation this is! The Lord opened my eyes to see that I have been tolerating the things I should be more strict with. 

There are also some brothers, mostly not meeting with the saints in the Lord's recovery, who have been sending me posts completely irrelevant to me. Many posts were religious stuff, which I will never approve of, or for an invitation to a meeting that I did not have the peace to attend, and some sent me messages that did not bring peace. I did not feel good to be a recipient of those posts. After much consideration, I blocked them one by one. This should send a message to them that I did not approve of what they had been doing or sending to me. I cannot be a "dumb idiot" receiving everything thrown to me. I had to cut what needed to be cut and block unwanted messages. However, I am open to them should they wish to call me for a genuine brotherly fellowship.

This is a life lesson I learned from my brother: block, leave, delete all unwanted groups, messages, and contacts.

Churches' Visitation and Blending

And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stay at the entrance of the tent, and Jehovah would speak with Moses. (Exodus 33:9, RecVer)

And Jehovah would speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his companion. And Moses would return to the camp, but his attendant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart out of the tent. (Exodus 33:11, RecVer)

And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. (Exodus 33:14, RecVer)

In the service of the Lord, fellowship and coordination in the Body are two vital factors. In fact, the two are one. Last Friday night, as I drove back from attending a small-group meeting, I attended an urgent fellowship online that lasted till 11:30 PM. The fellowship was concerning certain brothers in Punjab and the issues the churches and the brothers have been facing. After much discussion and fellowship, it was fellowshipped that I should also join the brothers who would be visiting the churches in Chandigarh and Ludhiana. Though my personal choice was an absolute NO as I had many other things to attend to during the weekends, but deep in my spirit I kept myself open to the Lord and to the fellowship of the brothers. When the fellowship for me to join came, I exercised my spirit to deny my own feeling and amen the brothers. So I decided to go.

The next day, the 25th of October, six brothers, three each from the church in Gurugram and New Delhi, coordinated to drive about seven hours with breaks in between to visit a brother in Chandigarh. We had a short while of fellowship concerning his health and the situation of the church there. Then we prayed and left for Ludhiana, about a three-and-a-half-hour drive. Though the initial plan was to fellowship with certain brothers, since the local brothers had invited the saints too, we ha a meeting instead where we shared on our recent enjoyment of the Lord and a general speaking on the nature of th Lord's recovery being the oneness of the the Triune God and the church being in the Triune God as I also shared from the need to prepare ourselves for the Lord's coming again by being trained to deny ungodliness and worldy lust and live soberly, righteously, and goldy in the presennt age based on Titus 2:12. (https://palmeichung.blogspot.com/2025/10/training-living-god-man-living.html)

The next day, on the Lord's Day, as we were preparing for the Lord's table meeting, the brother concerned called me up about the plan for a time of fellowship. Then, within an instant, we brothers fellwoshipepd and decided to have a time of fellowship with the brother alone during lunch time. 

During the meeting, as the saints were prophesying from their recent enjoyment of the Lord on dealing with the heart, I also shared my portion based on Matthew 5:8, "Blessed are pure in heart, for they shall see God." Then, I released the burden the Lord gave me for the saints, the practical way to keep our hearts pure by dealing with it. Firstly, by turning our hearts to the Lord all the time, away from all things other than Christ. Second, by exercising to call upon the Lord's name as we turn to the Lord moment by moment. This is the simplest and easiest way to turn to the Lord. Third, by spending time in personal prayer every day to deal with our hearts before the Lord, confessing our sins and worldliness and many contaminating things, and applying the precious blood of Christ to have a cleansed and clean conscience without offenses and condemnations. Fourth, by reading the word of God, the Bible day by day, for only the word can sanctify and renew our minds. Fifth, by using the minsitry books like the Holy Word for Morning Revival, the Life-studies, etc, to help understand and enjoy the word of God, and finally, to attend the local church meetings and the trainings and conferences to receive the Lord's speaking again and gain. Thus, my burden was released.

During lunchtime, as we sat down to fellowship with the brother concerned, he requested that the local brothers also join the fellowship, so all the leading brothers of the local church were invited. Then, in an open and brotherly way, each brother was given the opportunity to speak what they needed to speak. Then, the matters of concern were discussed. Some of us brothers followed suit in fellowshipping the general principle and the practical way to keep the oneness while dealing with all that needs to be dealt with before the Lord and also with one another in confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation. While doing so, we reiterated that we all are one, from the literature service or from the work or from the church in Delhi or Gurugram, we are all brothers, no high, no low, all one in Christ, standing together as one Body for the one testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fellowship then concluded with prayers.

One interesting matter fellowshipped was that while coordinating in the church, the Lord is blending us together similar to that of being under constant grinding to break all the grains of wheat until it becomes a fine flour good for the baking of one loaf. While in this process of grinding in the "mixer," fighting and breaking are bound to happen, but do not jump out of it; rather, turn to the Lord in prayers personally and corporately to be graced to be grounded into fine flour for the blending.

After bidding adieu for the time being, we drove back home to Delhi and Gurugram, over over-nine-hour drive with stops in between. While on the way back, I personally got a lot of time to listen to messages assigned for the next fellowship and also a time of fellowship with brothers on various matters. It was a wonderful time of blending among us brothers. Praise for the Lord for churches' visitations and blendings!

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and through whom are all things, in leading many sons into glory, to make the Author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (Hebrews 2:10, RecVer)

Lord, blend and bless the churches in Punjab!

Training-Living God-Man Living

Training us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly in the present age, Awaiting the blessed hope, even the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, (Titus 2:12-13, RecVer)

As we have been practising and living the small-group living in our locality, the shepherding among the saints become more and more intimate. Younger and older ones alike, we learn mutual shepherding in a way of life. Thank the Lord for His leading in the way of shepherding. 

Yesterday, our small-group meeting was very apt as we read a message from the Life Lessons on awaiting the Lord’s coming. The revelation showed all of us the way we have to take and live as a preparation for the Lord’s soon coming. 

My views have been renewed, and it has become much clearer to me now to know the subjective experiences I need to experience in my daily life. I cannot be passively waiting for the Lord’s coming, I must actively exercise to live a God-man life daily. And an exercise of a God-man living requires my active cooperation with God to live the life He desires me to live. The Bible verses we read and pray-read were very timely. It was the Word for me.

Live Soberly

I must exercise strict self restraint in my daily living. This needs my active cooperation with God in taking up the cross, deny my self, and follow the Lord. Without such sobermindedness, the enemy will have his way to intrude into my living. I cannot be loose, but exercise strict control over my self by the divine life supply within me. This kind of sober living is towards myself.

Do you not know that those who run on a racecourse all run, but one receives the prize? Run in this way, that you may lay hold. And everyone who contends exercises self-control in all things; they then, that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible. I therefore run in this way, not as though without a clear aim; I box in this way, not as though beating the air; But I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest perhaps having preached to others, I myself may become disapproved. (1 Corinthians 9:24-27, RecVer)

Lord, grace me to run the race by buffetting my body and win the prize.

Live Righteously 

Only God is the righteous God objectively, but I must live out the righteousness of God subjectively. This righteous living is toward others. I must exercise to be right in everything with others; in words, in deeds, in attitude, in relationships, in money matters, and the likes. This righteous living will be a testimony to others especially to the ones I am dealing with. 

Live Godly

Godly living is the living out of God. Since God is in me already, yes in the spirit of the believers, it takes one to exercise the mingled spirit to live by the Spirit to live out God. This godly living is toward God.

Theses are the three positive exercises I need to exercise daily as I prepare for the Lord’s coming. Yet, negatively too, there are things I need to avoid and be cautious about it by all means.

Denying Ungodliness 

Living godly life is an exact opposite of ungodliness. Therefore, I must deny ungodliness in every area of my life. I must present my entire body, in fact, every member of my body to God.

I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect. (Romans 12:1-2, RecVer)

Denying Wordly Lust

The world we live in is the world full of lust that can defile us easily. Everything can be worldly if not handled and done in the Spirit. This requires a moment by moment exercise of living by the Spirit. What a warning! For this, we definitely need the grace of God.

And for all these exercises, there is a need for training. In fact, training is to exercise to deny ungodliness and worldly lust on the negative side, and training also is to live soberly towards oneself, righteously towards others, and godly towards God.

And the ultimate purpose and goal of such a training-living is to be overcomers to bring the Lord Jesus back to fulfill God's eternal purpose.

Lord, grace me to live a training life day by day all the days of my life as a preparation for Your coming again.

Helping Hands

Recently, a sister who used to be meeting with the church in our locality had to come back from her place of work in foreign country due to the emergency situation of her mother's health. This unavoidable circumstance paved the way for her family to come into contact with the siants in the local chruch for all practical help. First, her brother and mother came to the city and was given hospitality in a  brother's house who also helped them in all the hospital check-up process. The result of all these tests was that, her mother was diagnosed with brain tumor. This was a shocking news and an urgent operation needed to be done. The cost of such operation in the city is exorbitantly high. Though we tried other ways to save their money, the best seemed to be that they go ahead with the hospital known to them. 

For this, she urgently called for a fellowship last Monday night. As I went to fellowship, she expressed her need for urgent help in arranging a huge amount of money to confirm the brain tumor removal surgery. As a brother, I tried my best to help and also fellowshipped with them to know the hands of God behind the scene, trust in the Lord and exercise to be one with the Lord in His move. This outward situation are just wakeup call for the inward revival and recovery of the family to Chrtist and the church. The next day, i brought the matter in fellowship witht the brothers, and the needed money was arranged.

On Tuesday night, we had the small-group meeting in the home of the bothers where they took hosptiality. Then, the leading of the Lord for the meeting was to fellowship with this family. The Lord gave the timely word from Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

For everything there is a season, And a time for every purpose under heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;

A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to tear down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;  A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to seek, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to throw away;

A time to tear, and a time to sew; A time to be silent, and a time to speak;

A time to love, and a time to hate; A time for war, and a time for peace.

What profit does the worker have in that on which he labors?

I have seen the travail that God has given the children of men to travail in.

He has made everything beautiful in its own time; also, He has put eternity in their heart, yet so that man does not find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

The burden of the meeting was that God has His eternal purpose in creating man with a spirit for His Spirit to dwell in. Without the Spirit dwelling in the human spirit, God’s eternal purpose cannot be fulfilled. So, there is an urgent need to pay attention to God’s eternal purpose and give ourselves to God for the fulfillment of His eternal purpose. No matter what a man does and his pursuit is, God must be the centre of every pursuit. Otherwise, everything is vanity of vanity. Apart from God, all is vanity. Therefore, one must pay attention to what is the most important thing in life amidst all the pursuits of every other goals. Money, job, career, place of stay, and all things should just be centered on God and God alone. Otherwise, God will still use His wise hands to touch the lives of His children in order to gain them.

Then, we all prayed for the family, especially her mother who was to be operated,  and for the Lord’s purpose to be fulfilled in their lives especially foe the raising up of the Lord’s testimony in their locality in Himachal Pradesh.

Our helping hands are all with God’s helping Hands in which He created everything beautiful in its own time so that man find out and do the will of God in being for His interest on the earth, that is, for Christ and the church.

To him who asks of you, give; and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away. (Matthew 5:42, RecVer)

Surprise Invitation

On the 8th of October, my wife and I attended an official meeting conducted by the Taiwan Embassy in New Delhi at the Hyatt. This was indeed a surprise invitation as it was an official meeting with many high-profile Government officers and businessmen. We are neither officers nor businessmen, and literally did not fit in any category of invitees. However, my wife, being a Taiwanese citizen, and of late, we frequented the embassy for our daughter's application to the universities in Taiwan, we got to know some of the officials in the embassy. Perhaps, due to such interaction, we got to be known to the embassy staff and got invited. For whatever reason, I believe the lord has a reason for this invitation and visitation, too.

For us, this was the first official meeting we ever attended. We have attended many meetings for spiritual purposes and church related matters, but anything secular, this was perhaps the very first. In the past, we generally avoided meetings not related to the church or Christian matters. The Lord also knows when we can handle secular meetings for some official purpose if need be. I believe the Lord has started opening up an official channel for us to be able to be a "light to the world." For everything, there is a time and season. When the time comes, and the Lord opens the door and leads, then we will follow the Lord's leading. There are many things we have no idea about, but the Lord may have some specific plan.

Once we arrived at the hotel, we were greeted by some officials and one of the embassy staff recognised us and invited us to have a photo with the ambassador of Taiwan to India along with his wife. Therefore, the official photographers captured a couple of photos of me handshaking with the ambassador, and a group photo with the ambassador and his wife, with my wife and me. 

While the ambassador delivered his official speech, he narrated in detail all the works Taiwan government has done and is endeavoring to do in establishing a strong diplomatic relationship with India in the fields of education, research, business, arts, and cultural relations. From his speech, it was made clear that Taiwan wanted to establish a strong relationship with India for whatever reason. I believe this is the Lord's doing for His divine purpose. Though the meeting was purely official, to me it was the Lord's move in the world situation for to accomplish His divine purpose. As we have been fellowshipping on the line of proactively writing the divine history within the human history, I believe this is one such incident to write such a history.

One thing that caught my attention was a small brass batch of India and Taiwan flags crisscrossed. In fact, this was the best thing I liked the most among everything presented in the five-star hotel; buffet food and many other things. I see God's move concealed within the human government.  The Lord will reveal it in His time. My marriage to a Taiwanesse citizen and my children all born in Taiwan, definitely have reasons as planned by God. The will of the Lord be done. Amen.

Bible Reading for the Youth

As the church in my locality, we have been blessed to host another time of meeting for the young people in the NCR region. When it was first fellowshipped, to me it was always an immediate YES. For hosting such a meeting, the Lord has blessed the church very much in many unseen ways. First, in enlarging our hearts to care for the next generation; second, in increasing our capacity to serve the saints whenever the need arises; third, training and perfecting the young people through such meetings; and finally, in commanding the Lord's blessing upon the church. This kind of meeting, for both the host and the guests, will be an eternal memory. For these are times when the Lord has a definite and practical way to dispense His riches into the being of the saints. Though outwardly, there was much practical labor, inwardly, there was an intense move of the Holy Spirit. 

Personally, I felt that what I, as a father, or we as parents, could never do to our children could easily be done through young people meeting. The content of the meeting, for example, this time is on Bible reading. I have been trumpeting this in my family and to my children time and again. In fact, they have also read the Bible a couple of times already. Even what I taught them is much more intense than what was taught in meetings in general. But the Lord's speaking and anointing in such a meeting cannot be compared with what I, as a father teach my children. I praise and worship and thank the Lord for His leading through the serving ones to take care of the needs of the young people. What a blessing!

I appreciated the fact that our young people were led to read the Bible daily. This time the burden was to help them read through the entire New Testament by reading those books not yet read in their daily reading poriton that was assigned to them. I believe, this wonderful experience of Marathon Bible reading will go down their memory and become an eternal memorial all throughout their lives. As I have been trum,pteing Bible reading, i am very glad to see the young people hlepd inreadingthe Bible. The Bible is the best book worth reading again and again all the days of our human life. 

There, indeed, was the paying of the price for such a meeting as there was also a lot of fellowship among the serving ones, among the saints in the church, and even among the brothers. All the "difficulties" are the price we pay to perfect the saints and also perfect one another. This is the church life. This is the way we pursue the Lord and get practical training and perfecting from the Lord through the Body in coordination.

Praise the Lord for such a meeting in our locality. It was indeed a blessing and we are willing to pay the price for such priceless blessing. The expenses we incurred and the labor we exercised were in no way comparable to the work the Lord has accomplished in each one of us. Halleluijah!

Against My Feelings

The Lord does lead by the inner feeling; however, there is a need to discern the natural man's feelings from the Lord's. There is a thin line between the inner feeling from the Lord and the inner feeling from man, for both are intertwined most of the time. The mingled spirit is in our spirit, and oftentimes, it needs further discernment to discern the inner feeling from the Lord, and that from man. Therefore, in my experiences, I do not immediately conclude what I feel as the Lord's feeling immediately. Because deep within, despite my feelings, I need further prayer and consideration, and if need be, further fellowship with the saints involved in the matter until I can finally decide without doubt what the true feeling of the Lord is. 

I have been graced to take every matter to the Lord before I can confirm the feeling in peace as truly from the Lord. For this reason, I take sufficient time to pray and wait and wait until I am fully clear. This way of decision-making helps me to pray more and more. In fact, these matters help me a lot in my prayer life and in my walk with the Lord. In this way, I am learning to pray and pray, seeking the perfect will of the Lord in many matters. Thank the Lord for such situations, which occur very often these days, and they help me a lot in my Christian life.

Of late, there was an instance in which I had this kind of experience, where I initially had no peace at all, but took time to pray and fellowship, and then it became very clear to the extent that my feelings changed totally. 

First, there was a proposal for a store-room construction which costs quite an amount, though an official expense. Though my initial feeling was a definite NO, I took the matter before the Lord in prayer. And after a couple of days of prayer and fellowship, I became very clear that it was proper to take the proposal. Finally, I made the decision with an emphatic YES, which previously was an enigmatic NO. 

A similar case was with a brother concerning his health, which, after much prayer and fellowship, led to an increase in his support. The increase was quite significant that he was paid even more than what a secular company would pay for the same kind of work, for we considered his work together with his family's need in caring for the serving ones. Even in this case, my initial feeling was a definite NO when a proposal was brought for his increase in support. because I truly felt that he has been supported sufficiently according to the nature of work in par with other serving ones. However, he had a special need with some complicated medical issues. Though official insurance was provided to him and many medical tests were done for him, especially when the matter about his health was discovered during a proofreading project in Bengaluru. In fact, a sufficient amount had been spent on him. However, after prayer and consideration, it was gradually made clear to me, and the fellowship from the brothers confirmed the consideration I had within. Then, his support was increased significantly. 

These are the cases in which I learned a specific lesson on following the leading of the Lord rather than depending upon my own feelings. Feelings are sometimes deceptive. Therefore, it is imperative to bring even the feelings before the Lord in prayers and discern the perfect will of the Lord. These are circumstances arranged by the Lord to train us how to depend on Him and not merely on inward feelings, though the Lord is in our spirit. 

Bible Reading: Forty Ninth Time

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalms 119:105 

On the 12th of October, the Lord graced me to read my Bible for the forty-ninth time. Yesterday, I started all over again with my fiftieth time, as I have a goal of reading through the Bible at least a hundred times in my lifetime, if the Lord gives me the grace. This is my personal goal, and it gives me immense joy to be able to read and read the word of God. To me, the only book worth reading again and again is the Bible. To me, the only time that must be spent at any cost is to read the Bible and spend time in prayer every day, even if it means doing it as a habit. Let it be a habit and be a part of my life. I reckon this is a good habit. God forbid, if I say that reading the Bible and prayer are the only things that must be done every day at all costs, even at the sacrifice of other things.

My prayer has been that the Lord would grace me day by day to be able to read the Bible with good eyesight; with a renewed mind filled with the shining of the divine light, sight, vision, and revelation; and a strong spirit to absorb the word as spiritual nourishment. And that, no matter what my circumstances may be, the Lord may grace me with the reading of the Bible and prayer day by day. I cannot think of a life without the word of God and prayer. They have become a part and parcel of my life. I have been married to the word of God and prayer. I can't help but keep reading the Bible and praying. And it has been my joy and enjoyment day by day. I can sacrifice anything else in the world, but not my time with the Lord in prayer and the word of God. 

I pray that all my children, family members, saints in the church life, and all the children of God should love the word of God and read it to be constituted with it, and be a man of prayer. To the extent that we all be "living Bibles" and "talking Bibles" for others to see and read the Bible. 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. Col. 3:16

May the Lord grace me with the taste and enjoyment of His word that I may read and eat the word of God every day, all the days of my life.

Incidental Journeys

After much prayer and consideration, I preponed the ministry literature journey in the month of September this year so as to be able to join the college training in Chennai. However, I had to join it by coming from Hubbali in Karnataka. The Lord had arranged even the journey in such a way that I could catch the only one weekly train that runs straight to Chennai, and that too, on the last day of the distribution, so that I could reach Chennai exactly on the first day of the college students' training. For this reason, there was no transportation from Chennai Central station to the venue, which was about a two-and-a-half-hour journey, as the train arrival time was only after the last bus that was supposed to leave from the railway station arranged by the serving ones. Despite knowing this, I was not worried at all. I trusted the Lord that He would make the necessary arrangements, even for my transportation, as He led me to join the training.

As I arrived at the Chennai Central station on time, a group of saints from Maharashtra, twenty-four of them, also boarded the same train I was in, as their train was delayed for over five hours. This, to me was the Lord’s arrangement, so that I could go along with them to the venue from the station. And the bus that was assigned to pick them also waited, though delayed, so that I could also join them. Otherwise, I had to make my own arrangements to reach the venue. 

For over two hours, I was sitting in the front row with a brother on the bus. As the brother inquired how I got saved and came into the church life, we both had a wonderful time fellowshipping and sharing. For the entire length of time, I shared what the Lord had done and what He still has been doing in my life; His saving grace, His clarion call to serve Him, and His shepherding me into the church life step by step. This was the first time I enjoyed fellowshipping with this brother on how the Lord is so real, practical, wise, and yet mysterious in leading His people to His heart's desire. I understood then that it was the Lord’s perfectly timed incident. 

Incidentally, the last time there was a similar training in the same venue a few years ago, we were together in the same bus after the training on our way back from the venue to Chennai Central station. At that time too, based on his request, I fellowshipped with him about how the Lord recovered the seeking believers in Mathura. 

These two incidents, spanning over a few years apart, truly were the Lord’s arrangement for fellowship. In fact, incidental journeys for fellowship and blending! If not for these two incidents, I would never have fellowshipped with the brother, especially on personal testimonies. These were the only times that I could have a time of fellowship, though we had known each other for many years now. In every incident, the Lord has His intention. Praise the Lord!

Ministry of the Word to Ballari

In Ballari, on the 29th of September, three saints from the nearby city, Hubbali, joined us. We were visiting a family that needed shepherding. As the burden was for shepherding, and this being our first time to the city and first time meeting with the new family, the Lord burdened me to fellowship on a very fundamental and foundational practices for a healthy and normal Christian life.

I began by showing them God’s plan in creating man with three parts: body, soul, and spirit. Then, the process God passed through in incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and becoming the life-giving Spirit. Then, the regeneration of man, being born of God, with the Spirit dwelling in the human spirit. Then, the need to daily exercise the spirit in calling upon the Lord’s name, reading the Bible, and pray-reading some key verses, and spending personal prayer time with the Lord daily. And concluded the fellowship with prayer.

The family was so supplied by the ministry of the word. I introduced the Shepherding Materials, online version, for their pursuit, and also the Holy Bible Recovery Version for their Bible study. The father and mother testified that their son, who was a higher secondary school dropout, would never sit for spiritual fellowship or listen to the ministry of the word, but was keenly listening to the word of God and was present at the meeting throughout. Not only that, he also served us with coffee and snacks after the meeting. Their son's reaction was a great testimony to the entire family. To them, this was the first time he ever paid attention to fellowship and meetings. The daughter also testified to how much she enjoyed the ministry of the word and expressed her interest to continue enjoying the word. By the way, they all promised that they will read the Bible daily henceforth. 

After this fellowship, I realised that the Lord did not lead us any further for anything else. Therefore, the three brothers who accompanied me for the last one week ministry literature journey departed from this city after we enjoyed a meal together. And I, along with the saints from Hubbali, took another route towards Hubbali for another round of distribution. The Lord assigned certain portions for His move to certain ones. I have been learning this lesson, just to follow the Lord step by step, not to overdo or underdo. 

Lord, bless Your move and raise up Your testimony in Ballari!

Ministry of the Word to Gadag via Belgavi and Hubbali

After a hectic day of traveling the whole day on the 1st of October, the church in Belagavi gathered together for a time of fellowship and prayer where I gave a brief report on how the Lord blessed His move in Karnataka. This was a part of the church regular prayer meeting too. Then, the saints treated me with lovefeast in one of the famous restaurants.

The following day, a brother and I went to another locality, Gadag, for the ministry literature introduction. It was again a drive for over three and half hours. Like the day before, half of the time we were praying for ourselves, the saints and serving ones, and strongly for the Lord’s move in India. And the other half, I was testifying on how the Lord brought me into full-time service.

In Gadag, at a Christian meeting, the ministry books were introduced and some key Pators purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada. 

Later, I had a time of fellowship with a group of saints in Hubbali in a brother's house where I ministered the word on the need to grow in life daily by taking care of some basic yet crucial practices. I emphasised the need to spend time with the Lord daily for prayer and for the reading and study of the word. Together with this burden, I encouraged them to deal with their hearts before the Lord by using the parable of the Sower in Matthew 13 that they all can become the good soil to bear forth spiritual fruits. 

Thus, with this, the ministry literature journey this time came to a conclusion. Though I wanted to cover the remaining districts of Karnataka that were not covered before, still one more district remains untouched. Despite my earnest desire to cover this remaining district too, it has to be postponed. Perhaps, the Lord has reserved this for another round of distribution. May the will of the Lord be done.

In fact, if I cancelled the following young people's training in Chennai, I could have covered this remaining district too. However, as I considered before the Lord, I need to make a decision wisely. So I decided to choose joining the training and not prolong the distribution further. Besides, the circumstances made it clear that I should join the training despite my burden for distribution. The Lord will arrange a better time to complete distribution in the remaining districts of Karnataka. 

In all these meetings in all the three localities, I richly enjoyed the Lord’s sweet presence and His rich anointing. In all the meetings, it was the instant word the Lord gave to me when I was given time to minister. The word of God as living waters just flowed forth to water all the ones who were receiving the ministry. Praise the Lord!

Ministry of the Word to Dandeli and Khanapur

Having enjoyed a wonderful time of distribution trip with three brothers who accompanied me from Bidar till Ballari, the Lord brought me further to Belgavi at a serving brother and sister's home where I had a time of fellowship with them on literature service. The next day, as planned, a brother and I went for distribution trip to Dandeli.

As we began our trip in the morning, just the two of us, we drove for over three hours. Half of the time, we were praying for one another, for the serving ones, for the Lord’s move in Karnataka in particular and India in general. And the other half of the time, we were fellowshipping. Since my brother requested me to share about how I got saved, I shared the grace bestowed upon me by my Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ. 

The moment we arrived at this tourist destination, we were immediately welcomed to introduce the ministry to a group of Christian Pastors and leaders. I wasted no time, and introduced the Recovery Version in a way of ministering the word by using Bible verses mostly from Matthew 1. 

As the anointing led me, I used the Lord Jesus Christ being the subject of the entire Bible and that we need the spirit of wisdom and revelation to see Jesus in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament. Then, I used Matthew 1:1, 3, 5, 6, 16, 17 to show to all the Christian leaders how helpful the footnotes in the Recovery Version are, especially in opening up the Scriptures. Since the reaction of the Pastors as I ministered the word from the pulpit was so positive, with many of them amening with "Hallelujah,s" I felt the need to emphasize on some crucial revelations. After I had sufficiently ministered the word, I stopped the speaking and the Director of the Pastor's association concluded the meeting in prayer with thanksgiving. Once the meeting ended, many of them came forward to purchase the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada and the entire set of Kannada title books. Most of the Pastors came to shake my hands and confessed that they never heard the word of God being ministered in such a deep way with full of revelation. 

Later, the key Pastor who made arrangements for the meeting requested for one extra box of New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada for those who could not attend the meeting. 

Khanapur

Later on our way back, we stopped by a town called Khanapur and introduced the ministry to a Pastor and his family. This time, I let my brother function, instead of translating for me I let him introduce the ministry directly in Kannada. 

Thank the Lord that the Lord has the ministry of the word being introduced to two new localities. I do believe, the Lord will, in time, recover His remnants to bear His testimony in Dandeli and Khanapur.

Life Lessons: Learning, Sharing, Growing

The Lord has blessed us in the past one week of the ministry literature journey from North Karnataka, Bidar, to the central part, Kudligi. During this trip, for the first time I sent two messages as photo captions, something general to ex-classmates and family members. 

Simple Living, Healthy Living 

The caption of a photo with 5 generations in a family in Karnataka; Grand Mother(95), Mother(60), Daughter(35), Grand Daughter(20), and Great Grandson(5 months) 

And another photo with two elderly sisters with the caption: 

Blessed to Be Blessed by Beloved Elders

Let us thank God for our parents and elders, and always honor them with love and respect. 

In education, they may not be as educated,

In experience, we may not be as experienced, 

'Tis the check and balance of generational gap. 

Blessed are those who are simple, open, and willing to learn. 

Let us learn from one another. 

The posting was done on our way to the next city, Ballari.

One other important leading of the Lord was related to how the Lord adjusted my feeling and thinking. As for all distribution trips, in this trip too, I simply followed the local brother's arrangement. I reckoned their leading as the Lord’s leading. Only when I had a specific leading, I fellowshipped with the brother and followed their fellowship. This time too, as the journey was long, at one point, I felt to send back two brothers midway and that I and other brother proceed further. But the Lord forbade me to do so and chided me in having such a thought. The Lord confirmed to me that He purposefully arranged the other two brothers to accompany me to learn many spiritual things in real life for one whole week. Though they came into the church life, their understanding of the truth and practical Christian living needed much shepherding. And in their locality, the church is yet to be raised up, and there is a need for more perfecting. So, this was the sovereign arrangement of the Lord. Then, I gave up the idea even of mentioning my premature consideration. 

As we travelled together for one whole week, they both enjoyed the coordination and the ministry of the word. Without letting them know that they were taught in the word, they were actually taught. One of them being a journalist in a famous English national newspapers, now and then expressed the lessons he had learned through this ministry literature journey. 

My overall understanding concerning the Lord’s perfecting work in me is marvelous this time. Since the Lord called me to serve Him full-time in 2003, followed by two years of full-time training, and since 2005, I have been practically serving the Lord full-time. In these twenty years of serving the Lord, I have learned many untold lessons and have been perfected in many areas of my life and service. 

This time, in 2025, especially this ministry literature journey, I experienced something very uplifted and different from the past. I felt I have overcome certain nagging deficiencies especially in discernment and ministry of the word. This time, every meeting, every fellowship, every ministry of the word have become very matured. The result can be discerned immediately; the confirmation of the Spirit within, and the confirmation of the ministry outwardly through the responses of the Christians who received the ministry. This is the sure mercy of God shown to me. May the Lord continue to perfect me more and more, that I may keep learning, sharing, and growing unto full maturity. 

Praise the Lord for the corporate perfecting of all of us! As much as my brothers were perfected, I believe, even much more, I have been perfected. 

Ministry of the Word to Kudligi

Having known that I will be ministering the word on the Lord’s Day meeting in a Christian assembly in Kudligi, I prayed and sought the Lord’s leading for the timely word. Though the Pastor requested for a particular point, he also said, may it be according to the Lord’s leading. As I prayed, the Lord gave me a specific burden to ministry to the congregation on God’s Eternal Plan. 

In fact, the burden was not only for the believers in Kudligi, it was also for the three brothers who accompanied me this time in the ministry literature journey. Though they had been receiving the ministry of the word in all the meetings with Pastors in different localities, the Lord also burdened me to speak a specific word to them as I noticed some need while traveling together for one whole week.

Bible verse by Bible verse, I quoted to show God’s plan in creating man with three parts; body, soul, and spirit; how God, the Spirit, dwells in the spirit of man after regeneration; and the need to exercise spiritually day by day, moment by moment to contact the Lord by calling on the Lord’s name breathing Him in, by eating Him in the word through reading the Bible and pray-reading some key verses, and also by spending personal time with the Lord daily to fellowship with Him. For all these points, I gave them the relevant Bible verses. Meanwhile, I helped all the believers to call upon the Lord’s name out loud in Kannada a couple of times and also helped them pray-read and memorize John 6:63. The believers were all helped to exercier their spirit and enjoy the living Lord. When the burden was sufficiently released, I concluded the meeting.

After a time of lovefeast lunch, a group of Pastors came together in the same meeting hall where we had the Lord’s Day meeting. Then, I used the apparent discrepancies in Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23, and Hebrew 9:4 and Exodus 30:6, using the footnotes in the Recovery Version to show to the Christian leaders how the Recovery Version is a useful study-aid in studying the Bible in-depth. All the Pastors purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada and there, all our Bible stock was sold out!

In the night, we were invited for a dinner lovefeast in a village at the home of a brother who is by profession a farmer. When I was requested to minister the word for the family, the Lord burdened me to help them on the need for a joyful Christian life as a testimony to the people around them, especially in the village. I used Acts 16:31, the testimony of Paul and Silas in saving the household of the Philippian jailer. Despite being imprisoned, they were praising God joyfully, and despite the earthquake, they remainded calm and did not try to escape. Such a living testimony of the apostles was the gospel to the jailer which led him to the salvation of his whole household. 

This was a timely message to all the believers present there. Then, we enjoyed the lovefeast dinner prepared by the family and drank a cup of pure milk from their own cow. Thus, the burden for Kudligi was released.

May the Lord soon recover His lampshades in Kudligi!

Ministry of the Word to Hadagalli, Harapannahalli, and Kottur

In Kudligi, the Lord had prepared the people and the places He wanted us to minister to and visit. The best possible hospitality in this remote town was arranged. We were lodged in a very comfortable bungalow and fed with the riches of the local delicacies. The local Pastor who hosted us made all the necessary arrangements, and we simply followed him. 

Just in one day, we had four meetings in a row at four different locations with a good distance apart. The Spirit of the Lord anointed every meeting, and every Pastor we met ended up purchasing the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada, and some placed orders for the ministry books.

Hadagalli

In this town, I was given first fifteen minutes to introduce the ministry literature. As I did so, using Matthew 1 with crucial footnotes on "Son of David," "Son of Abraham," forty-two generations, etc., the brothers were so impressed. One of them made an interjection and requested me to take more time. Then, I continued further with Philippians 1:19 on the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Then I stopped as I was conscious of the time given to me. Then, all the brothers requested me to take another thirty minutes more, and I continued, explaining the usefulness of outlines and subjects in the Recovery Version, and also used the title book by Watchman Nee, "The Character of the Lord’s Worker" to show them the need for proper character of the Lord’s serving ones. Since it was already lunch time, I stopped, and the brothers were literally in awe of the riches of the ministry. They even requested if I could visit again for a seminary on the truth, as they wanted more of such an exposition of the word of God. All the brothers present there purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada. 

Bible School in Haddagalli

In a Bible School, I was given time to address the students along with the founder, owner, and Principal of the school. To them, I encouraged them to study the Bible every day and with careful memorization of important verses. I demonstrated to them by quoting Bible verses from memory and exhorted them to become "men of the word of God." The students were so encouraged and greeted me with gratitude after the introduction of the ministry books. The Principal requested me to pray for the Bible school students, which I did, and he also purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada and placed an order for the ministry books in Kannada for the Bible school.

Harapannahalli

In this village, some senior Pastors gathered together to hear us out. Once I introduced the Recovery Version using the book of Romans with its outlines, subject, and key verses, the brothers were full of joy. One of them exclaimed, "The Bible has been opened up today!" Then, I used the book, "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" to show them how the God of resurrection, the Triune God, is dispensing Himself into us, stage by stage, in our Christian life to fulfill His divine purpose. They all were so joyful at the revelation of the word of God and proclaimed "Hallelujahs!" in between my sharing. Here too, all the brothers purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada. 

Kottur 

As we arrived at this last destination for the day, it was already dark and there was a power cut in the area. Despite the outward darkness, the Pastors were eagerly receiving the life supply from the light that emanates through the minsitry of the word. Along with the introduction of the ministry literature, I also used the book, "The Breaking of the Outerman and the Release of the Spirit" to explain the transforming work of the Holy Spirit in our Christian life, at times, through "breaking" as a result of severe dealing through circumstances sovereignly arranged by the Lord. Here too, all the brothers purchased the New Testament Recovery Version in Kannada. 

Thus, from morning till night, we enjoyed the Lord’s supply richly through the ministry of the word. Physically, it was a hectic day, yet spiritually, it was a blessed day! 

May the Lord bless the word sown as seeds into the hearts of many brothers in this part of Karnataka. One day, the Lord will recover His remnants and raise up His testimony all over Karnataka.

Ministry of the Word to Raichur

In Raichur, we were given hospitality at the meeting hall of a Brethren Assembly. The leading brother was known to our brothers. In fact, two times our brothers had come for the free ministry literature distribution here already. On the same night of our arrival, two key Christian leaders came to meet us to whom we have introduced the Recovery Version in Kannada and the ministry literature. They both immediately purchased a copy for themselves. They requested if I could again next for a meeting eith all the Pastors in the city. I had to politely decline as I had no leading at the moment for the next visit. I have no freedom of choice of my own; I follow the Lord’s leading and am willingly submitted to the Spirit's restriction and leading.

The following day, sicne early morning there was incessant rain. We were not able to go out anywhere nor was there any meeting arranged as there was a 200th year anniversary meeting of the Brethern Assembly. We waited for the rain to cease to go out and also for any positive leading to visit. The two matters did not work out. Meanwhile, I had my morning revival, personal prayer, and Bible reading. The rain did not cease to pour down. Besides, there was no proper contact for meeting. I reckoned this as the Spirit of Jesus forbidding us to stay further in the city. Therefore, we decided to travel to the next city, about five hours journey. 

Just before we depart from the city, a contact I met in January this year at a meeting in Bengaluru who was from Raichur was brought to my knowledge. I called him and he came to meet us at the place we were lodged in. Again, as we were about to leave, I left to thank our host and bid goodbye. As I did so, he immediately requested with folded hands for prayer for him and his family. He is an elder brother, one of the key brothers in the Brethern Assembly. At the request of such an elder brother, I felt he must have gone through difficult times, though he did not mention anything about it, it was just my inner feeling. The Lord knows best. I prayed for him and his family and the believers with him, following the inner leading within me. I prayed for their growth in life through the ministry of the word. Then, we left the city for the next destination. 

It took us six hours drive from Raichur to Kudligi with an hour break for lunch and fuel filling in between. Our hospitality was in a government guest house. We enjoyed a warm hospitality from our host who arranged a local home-cooked traditional Kannada dishes. The Lord took care of us so well. In fact, it was a time of rest for me despite the outward hectic schedule. 

May the Lord continue to work in the lives of His remnants for the recovery of His testimony in Raichur.