Life Lesson: Experiences for the Building

Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted of evil, and He Himself tempts no one. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lusts; Then the lust, having conceived, gives birth to sin; and the sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. (James 1:13-16, RecVer)

Spiritual things are not so simple. The enemy does his works to complicate the sinners' situation. However, God became a man in Jesus Christ to save man from his sins and from the complicated situations. On the one hand, God predestinated us, yet on the other hand, God gave man a free will. How do we reconcile God’s predestination and man's free will? When a brother sins, we need to have mercy, if need be, snatched them out of fire. In some cases, we have to show mercy in fear, hating even the inner garment spotted from the flesh.

Keep yourselves in the love of God, awaiting the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have mercy, on those who are wavering; Save them by snatching them out of the fire. On others have mercy in fear, hating even the inner garment spotted from the flesh. (Jude 21-23, RecVer)

In fact, there are sins that are gross and there are sins that are unto death. However, sin is sin. But where do we draw the line? There are many things beyond our understanding. In such cases, we leave the matter to the Lord who is the Judge. We leave the matter to the Lord and not try to do anything about the sinful situation except pray for such ones. What can we do except prayer? So, do what you can do best in such situation, pray.

Failures among God’s chidren have been used greatly by God to expose the real condition of a person. Jacob's twenty years' experiences in his uncle Laban's house was an exposure of his natural man. Since then, it was God’s dealing with his naturalness, failures after failures, stripping him of all his natural strength so that God can gradually work in him, transform him, and mature him, to make him a man of blessing.

God, in His sovereignty, caused all things that transpired in Jacob's life to perfect him, especially through his failures. All that he schemed for himself to meet his selfishness in Laban's house, in preparing to meet his brother Esau with the intense fear he had within, the dealings caused by the loss of his loved ones in experience - Rachel, Deborah, Isaac, Joseph, Benjamin, all were stripped off from him. Ultimately, the result of all his failures opened the way for God to work in him and lead him to maturity. His maturity was evident in his spirit being revived and his heart growing numb which is a proof of his soul and spirit being divided, a true sign of maturity. 

And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart grew numb, for he did not believe them. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. (Genesis 45:26-27, RecVer)

After this experience of maturity, he simply started blessing people. His supplanting hands became blessing hands. He blessed Pharaoh and all his chidren.

And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went forth from Pharaoh’s presence. (Genesis 47:10, RecVer)

Failures are the path one has to pass through to be exposed, dealt with, be transformed, and finally be matured to become a blessed man and a man of blessing, a channel to bless those who needs to be blessed. 

In all these ways, in our experiences, we gain Chirst, and knowing Him in a subjective way the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus. These are the experiences of the Triune God and becoming mature in the divine life for the building up of the Body of Christ. 

But what things were gains to me, these I have counted as loss on account of Christ. But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ (Philippians 3:7-8, RecVer)

Truth Lesson: God's Blessing of Inheritance

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ, (Ephesians 1:3, RecVer)

In whom also we were designated as an inheritance, having been predestinated according to the purpose of the One who works all things according to the counsel of His will. (Ephesians 1:11, RecVer)

Who is the pledge of our inheritance unto the redemption of the acquired possession, to the praise of His glory. (Ephesians 1:14, RecVer)

God as our inheritance and we as God’s inheritance is the blessing and this blessing is to the church. This is the heavenly and spiritual blessing in Ephesians 1:3. This blessing is the blessing of the Father in His selection and predestination, choosing us to be His inheritance, His sons, which is His eternal purpose. This blessing is the blessing of the Son in accomplishing God’s eternal purpose through redemption through which also He shed His own blood to purchase us, fulfilling His plan of His inheritance. This blessing is also of the Spirit applying God the Father’s eternal purpose through Christ the Son's accomplishment of redemption. This is the spiritual blessing of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. This is the blessing to the Church with God as the inheritance and the saints as God’s inheritance. 

God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world and predestinated us to be His sons. God the Father has predestinated us to be His sons, to be His inheritance; as the Son inherits the Father’s. 

In Christ, we were designated as a chosen inheritance. We were designated as an inheritance to inherit God as our inheritance. Yes, we have become God’s inheritance for His enjoyment. And we also inherit God as our inheritance for our enjoyment. What a mutual inheritance! What a mutual enjoyment! 

The Holy Spirit is the pledge of our inheritance. The Holy Spirit is a foretaste of what we will inherit in full. The Holy Spirit is a guarantee of our inheritance. God the Father has bought us with the price of His own blood that we become His possession, His inheritance. Since then, He has been dispensing Himself into us to the extend that we fully participate in Him in all that He is and has accomplished. When our body is redeemed, we will fully enjoy Him as our inheritance. What a divine trading! He bought us with a high price to make us His inheritance. We paid nothing yet inherit Him as our possession. He bought us and we gained Him. What a blessing!

This is the enjoyment of the God of Isaac. Isaac apparently did nothing yet inherited His father's riches. He fought no war yet gained a wealthy inheritance. Whatever he did, Jehovah blessed him and he gained a hundredfold. In fact, he became rich and continued to grow richer until he became very rich.

And Isaac sowed in that land and gained in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him, And the man became rich and continued to grow richer until he became very rich. And he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. (Genesis 26:12-14, RecVer)

Genesis 26 records how Isaac dug wells and got water wherever he dug. This is one example of God’s blessing upon Isaac.

That said, Isaac was blessed, so are we. Though we have the Almighty God as our inheritance, we often fail to enjoy our real possession, God. The reason could be, we are yet to see what the Father has given us. Or, our natural man wants to do everything by ourselves assuming that we will earn a possession through our labor. Either one of these could become a great hindrance to the enjoyment of our eternal inheritance. This is synonymous to a ruler, a man who was exceedingly rich, asking the Lord what he must do to inherit the kingdom of God as though he could labor and earn the eternal life.

And a certain ruler questioned Him, saying, Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? (Luke 18:18, RecVer)

But when he heard these things, he became very sorrowful, for he was exceedingly rich. (Luke 18:23, RecVer)

Now, having seen and known that we inherited God as our possession, we must also exercise to enjoy God as our inheritance. For this, our eyes need to be enlightened. 

The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints. (Ephesians 1:18, RecVer)

Now, having realised that God is our inheritance, we will appreciate Christ who is the embodiment of God in the Scriptures. For the Scriptures reveal Christ and His riches for our enjoyment. However, for us to enjoy the riches of Christ, enjoying the God of Isaac, we must first experience the God of Jacob. For, there are many hindrances in our being that deprives us of our enjoyment of the riches of Christ. So, the transforming Spirit as the God of Jacob is needed to deal with every hindrance and give us a free pass to the rich inheritance we have in God. The cross has to break every barrier and clear the blockages in our being so that we enjoy the God of Isaac. Therefore, to enjoy the God of Isaac, we need the God of Jacob in our experience.

May we not miss to enjoy the rich inheritance we have in God. May the God of Isaac be our God in reality. In this way, we enjoy the blessing of God the Father, Gideon th3 Son, and God the Spirit. This blessing is to the church and for the church. 

Life Lesson: The Ministry of the Word

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His works. (John 14:10, RecVer)

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for He gives the Spirit not by measure. (John 3:34, RecVer)

Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ; For which also I labor, struggling according to His operation which operates in me in power. (Colossians 1:28-29, RecVer)

The Lord Jesus Christ did the Father’s work by speaking the Father’s word. This is the ministry of the word. As the Son, He spoke the words of the Father. The Father does His work as the Son spoke the word. This is the pattern of the Lord Jesus Christ is doing the ministry of the Father, which is the ministry of the word. The Lord spoke the word, and the Father did the work. What a coordination! What a mingling of God the Father and God the Son in the minsitry! What a ministry! 

The Son's ministry was to speak the Father’s word. As a result, the Father gives the Spirit without measure. The Son spoke the Father’s word which resulted in the Father’s giving the Spirit Who carries out the Father’s work. This is the ministry of the word as seen in the life of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul followed the Lord Jesus's pattern of serving the Father by ministering the word. He announced, he admonished, and he taught and thereby, presented every man full grown in Christ. This is the ministry of the word as seen in the life of the apostle Paul.

In the church history too, sister M E Barbar taught the way to work for the Lord is by learning not to work for the Lord. Meaning that, we should learn not work in an outward way by doing outward deeds. But we should rather be pursuing the word of God, be constituted with it, and minister the word. It is God who does His work, and He does it so by our ministering the timely word at the proper time.

Devoid of this lesson of the proper ministry of the word, we may run the risk of doing the "ministry" in a human organisational way. This will result in man's work. This will be a serious offense to God. May the Lord save us from doing our own works and not the Father’s work.

Jehovah is my Shepherd; I will lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures; / He leads me beside waters of rest. (Psalms 23:1-2, RecVer)

The Lord as our Shepherd makes us lie down. He wants us to rest in Him, trust in Him, and let Him do His work.

For thus says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest you will be saved; In quietness and in trust will be your strength; But you were not willing, (Isaiah 30:15, RecVer)

We must learn to return to the Lord and rest, we must learn to be quiet before the Lord, and simply trust in the Lord. This will be our strength. But the question is, "Are we willing?"

By the way, we are not qualified in any way to work for the Lord. It would be utter foolishness to even assume to think we can do something for the Lord, much less work for the Lord. 

The Lord’s work is the Lord’s work, not mine. If I were to do the Lord’s work, I must give up myself and fully consecrate myself absolutely to the Lord. Only in this way, I can be one with the Lord and do the Father’s work by just speaking His word when He wants me to speak. Then, the Father will do His work. This is the way to work for the Lord. This is the ministry of the word.

Lord, preserve me to be one with You in Your ministry; resting in You, trusting in You, and speaking Your word in the ministry of the word. 

Life Lesson: Live Life

The divine life has the divine power which produce fruits issuing in growth in life and multiplication in numbers. Where genuine life is, there genuine growth is. It is no possible to claim to have life without growth and increase. Life has power, life grows, and life multiplies. 

If in our Christian life and church life, we are really enjoying life, there should be the genuine growth and increase in numbers. It would be foolishness to claim to have life yet without growth and increase in numbers. This has been a reality check for me personally in my Christian life and also corporately in my church life.

With the present situation of my Christian life and church life, there is much room for improvement in the pursuit of life. For the genuine enjoyment of life will issue in growth in life qualitatively and increase in numbers quantitatively. What a reality check! A tree is known by its fruit. 

I have been so much exposed to see where I am, what my real situation is, and what steps to take. My urgent need is to come before the Lord; I need to deal with anything that hinders my growth in life. When life grows, there will be increase in numbers. 

The gospel of John 14 is on our oneness with the Lord, a subjective experience of the Triune God. This is followed by John 15 where we abide in the Vine and multiply in numbers. The fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 is different from fruit bearing in John 15. We have no excuse in not bearing fruits. In life, there is growth, and there is bound to be multiplication. 

Having learned the lack of life, we must pursue the growth in life. To be a man of life is also to be on th central lane of God’s economy. For God’s purpose can be fulfilled only in life. Life grows, bears fruit, and then fulfill God's economy. This life is Christ Himself. And our Christian life for the church life is Christ Himself.

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4, RecVer)

Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. (John 14:6, RecVer)

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Philippians 1:21, RecVer)

Life Lesson: Sobermindedness

For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness. (2 Timothy 1:7, RecVer)

But you, be sober in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelist, fully accomplish your ministry. (2 Timothy 4:5, RecVer)

In our serving God and the church, we must be soberminded. The Spirit of God today is the spirit of sobermindedness. It would be foolishness to assume that we have learned and know how to serve God or the church. We must be soberminded and be open to learn from to the brothers who are more experienced. It is not a matter of "blindly following," but being soberminded and learning from the brothers who have more experiences. It is a blessing to learn from such experienced brothers. If we do so, we are soberminded. 

The transformation of the soul will eventually result in our mind being renewed day by day and being sober-minded. It is very possible from some to think they have learned yet have not yet learned what ought to be learned. If such minds are not renewed, there will be looseness and there will not be the genuine building up of the church where they serve. In fact, this has been the case with many brothers, no sobermindedness, and it resulted in the lack of building up of the Body where they serve.

Having realised our lack of learning and training, we must humble ourselves and learn from the learned brothers who are more experienced. This is to be sober-minded. 

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to be sober-minded, as God has apportioned to each a measure of faith. (Romans 12:3, RecVer)

If brothers are soberminded, they will be a man of prayer. A genuine soberminded person will also be a man of prayer. For a soberminded brother will realise under the Lord’s shining light his lack of learning and be humble. This will lead him to go before the Lord, confessing his shortages, and look to the Lord in prayer for the Lord’s perfecting work in him.

But the end of all things has drawn near. Therefore be sober-minded and be sober unto prayers. (1 Peter 4:7, RecVer)

Being soberminded also will make one aware of the enemy's strategy in trying his best to devour the saints. This will keep him watchful, be on the alert always, and be exercised in his spirit with his sobermind in his living and conduct.

Be sober; watch. Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8, RecVer)

May the Lord grace me to learn and be perfected so as to soberminded in my thinking so as to live a normal Christian life for the church life. May the Lord do such perfecting work in all the saints in my locality that the church may be built up. As God gave us a spirit of sobermindedness, may we exercise our spirit to be sobermindedness.

Life Lesson: Electric Bill Issue

At times, the Lord uses unusual situation to teach me so rhat I can learn something spiritual in a very fine and detailed way. This time, my surprised lesson came through a mismatched electric bill. The issue could have been easily resolved had I wished to simply change connection and clear the matter in one go. But my conscience did not allow me to do that for a very wonderful and spiritual reason.

Once the mismatched in my electric bill was discovered, I had a contact with my house owner with whom I had not been contacting for quite sometime now. Because, my portion of the bill was charged at the minimum and the empty flat adjacent to my flat was inflated with a bill when nobody lived there. So, I lodge a complaint through a brother. Upon investigation, it was learnt that my electric usage was billed to my neighbor, and the vacant flat's billing was recorded in mine. Perhaps, there was a mixed up connection when one electrical came to settle the electrical issue in my flat. I could not figure out how it all happened.

Due to this issue, I had to frequent the electricity office in DLF-1 and interact with almost all the staffs there. It was a good exercise for me, especially in dealing with the local people in their local language, Hindi. I realised that my Hindi had improved a lot. I could converse with them fluently without any hesitation. Besides, I got to know the people serving the area of my residence. Finally, after back and forth visitations and conversations, it was concluded that I settle the bill as it is. So, I volunteered to settle the bill and coordinated with my house owner to resolve the bill among us. Should the issue arises again next time, I might have to go for changing the connections.

This was an unexpected situation the Lord used to renew my contacting my house owner who is also a brother in the Lord. This situation also helped me to know how to deal with local people with local issues and not be dependent on any one. Even this incident helped me to exercise my spirit to contact the Lord and also exercise my conscience not to have any offense. 

O what an experience of Christ even in small issue. The Lord is experiencable in every situation. He is the God of small things too; so subjective and real.

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!