Ministry of the Word to Paipedu, Jammalamadugu, Dabbudupalli, Mudigubba, and Dharmavaram

The second phase of the distribution was carried out this time with the view of shepherding the new contacts the brothers were burdened for. To me, we were carrying out the local brothers' burden for the propagation of the truth using the ministry literature as a channel. I just followed the brothers arrangement in going to places and ministering the word as the Lord gave the opportunity. And as the situation deemed fit, the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version was introduced. 

Paipedu and Dabbudupalli were remote places with mostly farmers and hunters. The need there was more of the ministry of the word and prayers as many were barely able to read by themselves. Nonetheless, they needed the word of God, in "oral dispensation." While in other places, the study of the word using the Recovery Version was encouraged. 

In Jammalamadugu, a meeting for the youth was held and the burden released was on consecration using the Nazarite vow in Numbers 6.

In Mudigubba, the Lord led us to "God Servants" who warmly welcomed us with a lovefeast meal even before we ministered the word. Their hospitality was amazing and exemplary. Once they cherished us, it was our time to nourish them with the solid food of the word. As we introduced the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version using selected footnotes, three sisters and a brother, all of them responded positively. Every query they asked opened up the corresponding truth points. They were very impressed with the truths presented in the form of footnotes. They purchased a copy for each one, and for one young sister, we gifted a copy, the daughter of one of the elderly sisters. Later, she opened up about her spiritual, psychology, and physical situation, seeking prayer and help. 

As they requested me to pray for them and the ministry they were involved in, I did so with all sincerely for the Lord to show them the vision of Christ and the church, for them to love the Lord more, gain Him more and more that, one day, the Lord’s testimony in the locality may be raised up. 

Once my prayer was over, and everyone amened, I saw the young sister kneeling down right in front me. Perhaps, it was her habit to kneel while praying? Then, she requested for another special prayer for her because of her weak physical and psychological condition. On her request, in front of her mother and the other elderly brother and sister, I prayed again as per her request. We then introduced her to the brother serving in Tirupati as she will rejoin her college there a few weeks after. This was a very unique experience of seeking believers the Lord led us to, for shepherding. 

In Dharmavaram, I was informed of a Pastor who harbored a negative notion about the saints in the Lord’s recovery concerning the reading of the ministry books and the word of God. Therefore, when we met, I simply testified of how I have been reading the Bible from my childhood and how the ministry books helped me in understanding the Bible that I have been reading. I gave an example of brother Nee's book, The Normal Christian Life, which opened my eyes to see the practical matters of the church. Then, I asked the brothers with me to introduce the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version. He immediately purchased a copy for himself, in contrary to the negative view he once had concerning the ministry. 

Later, with another two fsmilies, I fully gave the two brothers with me, the opportunity to function to introduce the Recovery Version Bible. They did so well. They exercised their spirits, and released their burden for the spread of the truth. Thus, the minsitry literature journey for this time came to a satisfactory conclusion. 

The two brothers volunteered to drop me to Bengaluru Airport from Dharmavaram, about three hours drive. Though I had my train ticket, they insisted to drop me so that they can have more fellowship with me. Indeed, we had a lot of fellowship on the way, and even at the Airport, for about an hour, until we finally had our thanksgiving and departing prayers. Then, I checked in to board a flight back to Delhi.

May the Lord bless His move in Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

Ministry of the Word to Kamalapuram, Rayachoti, Rajampet, Railway Koduru, and Kadapa

As the Lord burdened and led us in fellowship again this time, the ministry literature distribution was carried out in coordination with the local brothers who were burdend for the spread of the ministry in localities where the local church is yet to be raised up. Thus, the distribution was planned in two phases. In between, there was a two days gap which I intended to use for Hebrew studies and exam but I was again occupied with meetings arranged by the brothers. 

In the first phase, we covered five localities. In all these, we visited the Christian leaders and seeking believers and introduced and distributed the ministry books, especially, the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version.

Everyone we met paid careful heed to the ministry literature introduction. In many cases, the brothers we introduced the New Testament to, ended up purchasing a copy for themselves. In two meetings, the pastors carefully checked and decided to place order at another times. Nonetheless, we were glad that we at least released our burden and did our best to introduce the Recovery Version and ministry title books in Telugu. While in all other meetings, the pastors, Christian leaders, and seekers paid the price to purchase the ministry books.

In Rayachoti, we met with a Pastor and an aggressive TV Christian debator. I didn't know who they were while I was speaking to them, only afterward, I was informed. The Lord led me to introduce the Recovery Version with all the features. I even used the footnotes concerning the spiritual significances of "Son of David, Son of Abraham, and wife of Uriah." The brothers paid careful heed to the introduction. 

In Rajampet, we had a Pastors' gathering where the Lord led me to minister boldly on the church, the ground of locality, and the oneness required for her building up. After the ministry of the word, many Pastors expressed their agreement to the word ministered despite my gues that some of them might get hurt. One Pastor, who was also the President of the Pastors Association kept telling me, he wanted to "come me with me to learn." He was so touched by the ministry of the word that he voluntarily led us to a few other Pastors who all received the words we ministered and purchased the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version. 

In Railway Koduru too, a Pastors' meeting was arranged and I ministered on Philippians 1:19 on the revelation of the Spirit in the Bible with an emphasis on the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Then, a brother introduced the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version. Almost all the Pastors present purchased it.

Finally, in Kadapa too, we met a couple of Pastors who all ended up purchasing the Telugu New Testament, and one Pastor purchased the English Holy Bible Recovery Version after we clarified to him some misunderstandings he had about the ministry. 

Thank the Lord for His leading and guiding in all these localities. May the Lord gain His seekers in these new places and raise up His testimony one day. 

Fellowships With New Ones

In the ministry journey to a Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh, the brothers took me to some remote villages where the Lord has began His work of saving, shepherding, and building for His own testimony. The saints in these two new localities are all new believers, many of them still on the process of drinking the milk of the word as new born babes.

Paipedu

Last Lord’s Day evening we drove for more than an hour to a rocky village where about ten families have believed into the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and God. By profession, they are shepherds and farmers mostly. Some entities had helped them build houses and did some foundational works. Now, our brothers have preached the gospel and a good number of them have believed into the Lord Jesus Christ. 

According to their present need, brothers asked me to fellowship with them on assurance of salvation and clearance of the past, which I did so, using all the relevant Bible verses. Since these ones were mostly illiterates, I repeated the crucial Bible verses again and again to help them understand the word of God. The Bible verses read and explained were, Romans 10: 9,10,13; 8:16; 1 John 5:1-3; Luke 19:1-9, and Acts 19:18-19.

After the fellowship, we enjoyed a meal together, and then visited the local families, house by house, praying for each family. This was the way the brothers have been shepherding, with warmth, love, and tender care.

Dabbudupalli

Yesterday night, after the meeting in Jammalamadugu, the brothers drove us to another rocky village, a very remote village, where a brother and I coordinated and  ministered on God’s dream of having His dwelling place on the earth, the fulfillment of Jacob's dream, and the way of fulfilling that dream today as living stones growing in the divine life by feeding on His word. In addition to releasing the burden of God's dream, we also helped them to see the matter of eating Jesus through the pray-reading of His words. Finally, we helped them all to memorise John 6:63

John 6:57 RecVer

As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

John 6:63 RecVer

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

After the meeting, we had a time of lovefeast in a joint-family of twenty members. They fed us with different types of meat available in the village, one of which, I ate for the first time.

These are all new believers and are under shepherding. May the Lord continue to shepherd them.

Fellowships With Young People

In the ministry journey this time, the local brothers have arranged meetings with the young ones and requested me to minister the word. As usual, I followed the brothers leading unless the Lord led me otherwise. I prayed and considered what was the burden from the Lord  for each group of people,  and according to the Lord’s leading, faithfully ministered the word. This time alone, in three localities, a special time with the young people was arranged.

Parnapalli 

On the 4th of Sept, a group of Christian students had an outing at a dam site. Though I did not join the outing per se, I attended the crucial part of the meeting for the minsitry of the word, the final session. As the theme of the outing was on the burden of fellowship, I ministered on the need for vertical fellowship with God and horizontal fellowship with one another. My main burden was to help these young brothers ans sisters to inculcate the habit of having a personal, intimate, fellowship with the Lord on a daily basis. 

Pulivendula 

On the 5th of Sept evening, I was invited to take a "Bible Study" session with  a group of Engineering students at the resident of a brother. The burden the Lord gave me was to minister on the meaning and purpose of human life. Once I got the message from the Lord, I prayed for the Lord’s anointing and for the proper utterance best fit for the students according to their situations, and also their mental and spiritual capacities. 

The Lord answered my prayer and released His burden as rivers of living water for about an hour. The students were supplied with the Lord's word. It was indeed an eye opening to many of them as they testified later, including the faculty members who were present in the meeting. May the Lord's word sown as a seed grow and develop, working out God’s plan in each one of them. Amen.

Jammalamadugu

On the 8th of Sept, a meeting was arranged mostly for the young people, together with some elders too. As I considered the burden from the Lord for this meeting, the Lord led me to Numbers 6, to minister on the Nazarite vow. First, I prepared and enjoyed the burden myself when I went through the relevant Scriptures. Therefore, when the time came to minister, I simply released the burden, point by point.

Numbers 6:1-8 RecVer

1. Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2. Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazarite, to separate himself to Jehovah,

3. He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink, nor shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh or dried grapes.

4. All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin.

5. All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to Jehovah; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

6. All the days that he separates himself to Jehovah he shall not come near a dead person.

7. He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is upon his head.

8. All the days of his separation he is holy to Jehovah.

The word of God spoke by itself. The four points on consecration were ministered: The need to abstain from the world with its enjoyment and pleasure by loving God, the need to submit to God and His deputy authority by fearing God, the need to stay away from spiritually death people, and the need to overcome natural affection. For this, a willing consecration to choose life and blessing by daily consecration to take Christ as life was ministered using Deuteronomy 30: 15,16,19,20.

Then, a brother followed suit in confirming, completing, and concluding in coordination. 

May the Lord gain all these young vessels for His divine purpose.

Blending in Pulivendula

Last Lord’s Day, a bending meeting of seven nearby localities was planned at the meeting hall of the church in Pulivendula. This plan was informed to me only two days before the meeting. Therefore, on Saturday morning, I prayed to the Lord to reveal His burden as I was assigned to minster the word. As I prayed, the Lord gave me a verse in John 12:24 and the message to be ministered was on "blending and building." Even on the Lord’s Day morning, I still looked to the Lord for more details on this burden. So, when the time came to minsiter the word after the bread breaking meeting, I released the burden. 

One lesson the Lord taught me in the minstry of the word was, once the burden was received from the Lord, I simply should trust the ministering Spirit and follow the anointing to minister. Though this was the way I used to minister, this time, somehow I tried to depend on the outline and already printed materials. Therfore, I was slightly distracted. So, I had to exercise my spirit more to emphasise on the very burden God burdened me with. In between, I even resorted to singing hymn concerning building, hymn # 841. Thank the Lord that the saints atleast got the burden: One God, One Ministry (the building of the Body), and One Goa (the New Jerusalem).

In the evening, the church brothers arranged another meeting. There, I learned my lesson not to be distracted by anything else, but simply focus on the burden from the Lord. I just stick to the burden and released the burden, verse by verse, point by point, as God led me. The burden was on, "the prohibitions and warnings in the building up the Body in serving the Lord."

Using Leviticus 9 and 10, the ministering was on a warning on offering "strange fire" which resulted in the death of Nadab and Abihu for not following the way ordained by God. 

Leviticus 9:23-24 RecVer

23. And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting. And they came out and blessed the people; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the people.

24. Then fire came forth from before Jehovah and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they gave a ringing shout and fell on their faces.

Leviticus 10:1-2 RecVer

1. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in them and laid incense on it, and they presented strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them.

2. And fire came out from before Jehovah and consumed them, and they died before Jehovah.

Using 2 Samuel 6, the ministering was on a warning of what David and Uzzah did. Though their hearts were good and their intention to bring the Ark back to the proper dwelling place was proper, the way they took was not according to God-ordained way. So, when the ox carrying the Ark stumbled and the Ark was about to fall, the good intention of Uzzah in trying to protect the falling Ark caused his own death as this broke God-ordained way in Numbers 4:15.

2 Samuel 6:6-7 RecVer

6. And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out for the Ark of God and took hold of it; for the oxen had stumbled.

7. And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the Ark of God.

Using Exodus 30, the ministering was on the anointing not to be applied on the flesh and not to make any duplicate of the anointing.

Exodus 30:32 RecVer

Upon the flesh of man it shall not be poured, nor shall you make any like it, according to its composition; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.

Exodus 30:38 RecVer

Whoever shall make any like it, to smell it, shall be cut off from his people.

Thus, the burden from the Lord was fully released and the saints were so much supplied with the ministry of the word.

Finally, in the night after our dinner, we had a time of fellowship with the key brothers. Answering to a brother's question on how to know God's will, I gave the four practical points on knowing God's will through:

• Prayer, exercising the spirit to discern by life and peace (Romans 8:6)
• The understanding of the word of God, even with the help of the ministry 
• The fellowship in the Body for clarification and confirmation 
• The circumstantial evidences 

Besides, the Lord burdend me to minister the need for the experiences of breaking through the cross of Christ resulting in the death in the natural man, and then resurrection which leads to the building issuing in the Lord’s blessing. 

The brothers were so touched by the timely speaking of the Lord. We then prayed together and went back to rest. As we were about to rest, I had a time of fellowship with a brother who hosted me.

It was indeed a blessed day of ministering the word of God! The Lord’s heart was on the building up of the Body of Christ. 

May the Lord bless the saints, the brothers, and the church.

Praise the Lord for the ministry of the word!

Opening Meeting: A Brother's Business

Proverbs 3:5-14 RecVer 

5. Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, And do not rely on your own understanding;

6. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

7. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil.

8. It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.

9. Honor Jehovah with your substance And with the firstfruits of all your produce;

10. Then your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will burst open with new wine.

11. My son, do not despise the chastening of Jehovah, Nor be weary of His discipline;

12. For whom Jehovah loves He disciplines, Even as a father, the son in whom he delights.

13. Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding.

14. For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her income is better than gold.

Today, a brother invited me and another brother for the opening ceremony of his EV Kinetic showroom and workshop. He has been awarded the distribution rights for the entire district. In fact, he mentioned to me a week ago and explained to me the history of how the Lord led him to start such a big business venture. He reminded me of the fellowship he had with me in my last trip to Andhra Pradesh while we were fellowshiping over lunch in Anantapur when he asked for my feeling concerning serving the Lord full-time. 

My reply then was, if the Lord calls a person, one has to obey the Lord’s calling absolutely. However, if there is no definite call or leading from the Lord, though one's heart may be genuinely wanting to serve the Lord full-time, it is better to pray and wait and fellowship with the brothers for a clear cut confirmation before taking any life-time decision. Until such confirmation, one can continue with whatever works or jobs the Lord gave at hand and work faithfully. Meanwhile, with job-keeping, one can still serve the Lord. In fact, this kind is more favorable, unless one is called by the Lord to serve full-time. In that, like Paul, one can be a "tent-maker," and along with the proceeds, serve God by serving the saints and the church. 

1 Corinthians 4:12 RecVer

And we labor, working with our own hands. Reviled we bless; persecuted we endure;

Acts 20:33-35 RecVer

33. I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or clothing.

34. You yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my needs and to those who are with me.

35. In all things I have shown you by example that toiling in this way we ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

This fellowship with him last year made such an impact on him that he took it before the Lord. Therefore, with the gift the Lord has bestowed upon him, he ventured into this new business. In fact, he has already been running a successful business of two wheelers workshop, which he expanded further to "buy and sell" used two wheelers. The capacity and the experiences the Lord gave him was channelled for further growth in his already existing business. 

I further fellowshipped: If the Lord so wills, I encouraged him to pay heed to what he has at hand, develop it further, and with the proceeds, take care of his family, especially his chidren's education, the need of the church and the saints. And perhaps, one day, as the Lord provides more, he may offer it for the Lord’s move in the country.

He reminded me last week of what I fellowshipped with him. Now, I realised the importance of faithful speaking of the burden the Lord gave to brothers who came for fellowship. I had no idea then, but God knew it all. As I fellowshipped with him the burden the Lord gave within, it became the Lord’s speaking and confirmation to him. 

As he requested me and another brother to do the honor of prayer, ribbon cuttings for the showroom and service station, and also minister the word of God, the verses in Proverbs 3 was my message. I just repeated the word of God from Proverbs 3:5 to 14 with emphasis on some verses and clarified that the real blessing in God Himself, the giver of all good things and that our heart should only be trusting the Lord and focused on Him only, and not the blessings that the Blesser gave.

Another two brothers followed suit in the sharing. Then, I chose a hymn on 513, "Once it was the blessing, now it is the Lord." Then, he shared his testimony, and we closed the ceremony with prayers from the saints.

May the Lord grace them to experience and enjoy the Lord through this business.

Sometimes Silence is the Solution

Mark 14:60-61 RecVer

60. And the high priest stood up in the midst and questioned Jesus, saying, Do You not answer anything? What is this that these testify against You?

61. But He was silent and did not answer anything. Again the high priest questioned Him and said to Him, Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

When the Lord Jesus Christ was questioned by the hight priest concerning the false accusations and wrongful condemnations, He was silent and did not anwer anything. This was a pattern set up by the Lord in His humanity. He did not vindicate Himself and left the matter to the sovereign hand of God the Father. This taught me an important lesson in life. Sometimes, for some matters, silence is the solution. 

Recently, a brother whom I used to shepherd was not in a good condition. When I met him, I frankly spoke to him to help him know himself as he was blind to himself while vehemently accusing others of what he presumed to be wrong. But actually, he did not know who he was, a self boasting person. As I let him know who he was and what the way he should take to recover from his situation, he seemed to have listened when I met him. Months later,  he called me and arrogantly and boastfully tried to justify himself and even dared to accuse me. From the tone and sound of his voice, he seemed to be abnormal. Immediately, I realised it was not the time to even listen to him as he began to abuse. I simply cut the call. Though he tried to call back, I felt best to not answer for a while. A few days later he tried to call me again. I still felt in my spirit, the time was not ripe to converse with him. It was best that he learnt his lesson and when he is sober and willing to receive fellowship, then I can consider to help him. This was a lesson in experiencing dealing with people; sometimes silence is the best solution for such. Let the Sipirt work in him.

I also received text messages from two brothers from to different localities in the North who were ambitious and wanting to be somebody in the church. The intention and attitude with which they sent me messages and photos were enough evidence for me to discern their inward motives. Their hearts were not pure and they were not simple. I felt in my spirit not to entertain those messages and photos or videos. Besides, I did not feel I am in a position to hlep them in any way now. There are other brothers who oversee the churches in those localities. I need not stretch forth my hand to hold a falling "ark" and burn a "strange fire." Therefore, I did not bother to reply and react to their indirect "intimations" of their works. I would rather stay away for now, unless the Lord lead me to take any action. 

The Lord is the Lord and He knows how to Lord over every situation. So, on part time, I prefer to stay silent. Let the Lord’s will be done. Sometimes, its best to simply wait on the Lord in silence.

Hymn: Prayer for a Pure Heart

As we were fellowshiping on the need to have a pure heart before God and man, I was freshly enlightened to see my own need to be pure in heart. It has been from the impure ones that many problems have occurred in the church history. Especially, from gifted brothers who were full of ambition to be somebody among God’s children. The fact is, no one is born pure. It is the Lord’s mercy that we could be dealt with by Him to be pure in heart, single in purpose, knowing only to serve God by serving the church, the saints, as a slave. To have a pure heart requires a specific dealing from the Lord. This enlightenment burdened me to write this hymn as a prayer for a pure heart yesterday morning.

This matter of the need for pure in heart was further confirmed and strengthened by the Lord’s speaking personally to me in my time with Him while reading His word.

Mark 10:43-45 RecVer

43. But it is not so among you; but whoever wants to become great among you shall be your servant,

44. And whoever wants to be first among you shall be the slave of all.

45. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life as a ransom for many.

Prayer: Pure in Heart

Tune: 1051 (I hear Thy welcome voice)

Meter:  6.6.8.6 with chorus

1

(Matt. 22:37; Matt. 22:30)

Lord, grant me a pure heart-

A heart that loves Thee Lord,

With all my heart, my soul, my strength, 

With all my being, Lord.

Purify my heart,

Lord, I pray to Thee. 

Wash me, cleanse me in Thy blood,

From all impurity. 

2

(Matt. 5:8)

Lord, grant me a pure heart-

A heart single in goal,

E'er seeking to glorify God,

A pure heart that sees God.

3

(1 Pet. 1:22)

Lord, grant me a pure heart-

To love Thee with first love,

Love one another fervently, 

With Thy love, as Thou love.

4

(2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 4;23; Matt. 6:10)

Lord, grant me a pure heart-

A mind renewed daily, 

A will to do Thy perfect will,

Emotion that loves Thee.

5

(Heb. 9:14; 10:22; 13:18; 1 Pet. 3:16, 21)

Lord, grant me a pure heart-

A conscience pure and good,

A conscience, cleansed, without offense,

Pure before man and God.

Blending in Badvel

Today, the 30th August 2026, as the ministry literature distribution in Rayalaseema region in Andhra Pradesh was about to begin, we enjoyed a one day blending meeting of the churches in this region. The initial plan was for three local churches, however, more saints from other localities also wanted to join. Therefore, about 150 saints from seven localities blended together in sweet oneness and one accord!

As the brother requested me to minister the word, I looked to the Lord for His timely anointed word. The Lord spoke based on the need to see the vision of the age in Proverbs 29:18.

Proverbs 29:18 RecVer

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.

We traced the vision of the age in the Bible. The work that God did at a particular age from the time of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Enoch, and Noah in the Old Testament, and the work God carried out in the four Gospels through the Lord Jesus Christ, and from the time of the book of Acts till today, what God has been doing in this age; the building up of the Body of Christ. 

To build up the Body of Christ, the necessary requirement for the believers is to be dealt with in the natural man so that the humanity of Jesus can be lived out, and the way for such a living of Christ was ministered. Using the life of Job and Moses, the way to be dealt with by God until we realise we are nothing and good for nothing, arrive at our end so that God can have a new beginning, and be gained by God for the building up of the Body of Christ were ministered. An emphasis on Ephesians 4:1-3; 7-10, 11-12 for a walk worthy of our calling with the humanity of Jesus through the experiences of the death and resurrection of Jesus was also ministered. Thus, the burden the Lord anointed was ministered. Afterwhich, many saints prophesied on how the Lord showed them the vision and the way to fulfill the vision in preparing their persons through the experiences of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ. 

We all enjoyed the Lord's timely speaking for His move in Badvel and the surrounding localities. 

The blending meeting was held in a newly constructed meeting hall cum house built by a brother and his wife who are both serving in government jobs. They built the house out of the God blessed provisions. This itself is a testimony of their love and offering for Christ and His Church. 

After the meeting, five housewives who were seeking to know God came requesting for prayer. The Lord led me to preach the gospel to them instead, led them to believe into the Lord Jesus and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal God and Savior. Then, as requested, I also prayed for their experiences of salvation and growth in life and their household salvation. 

Later, a brother, touched by the Lord’s speaking today wanted to be baptised. After reviewing the Scriptures on seven important significances of baptism, he was baptised!

Finally, we had a time of gospel preaching and shepherding meeting with a family. 

Thus, the day concluded with me spending time reading Life-study on Revelation with the saints in my locality, Gurugram, and a time of prayer with my son and daughter and enjoying their sharings of what they shared today in the church meeting.

Praise the Lord for this day, a day filled with the ministry of the word, gospel preaching, baptism, prayers, sharing, and shepherding! Hallelujah!

Choose Life and Blessing

Deuteronomy 30:19-20 RecVer

19. I call heaven and earth to witness against you today: I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life that you and your seed may live,

20. In loving Jehovah your God by listening to His voice and holding fast to Him; for He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell upon the land which Jehovah swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Last Tuesday afternoon after the four and half days of training, a brother and I visited an old classmate of ours who is a resident of Hyderabad. Our last meeting was last year when we had a similar training in Hyderabad. Whenever we could, we tried our best to meet and fellowship on whatever point the Lord burdend us with.

This time, on the first day of the training, out of the blue, I simply asked a brother to call this classmate of ours. Then, an appointment was made for Tuesday. Yet, I had another plan, to study Hebrew lessons and clear my midterm exam. However, after further consideration, I decided to visit this brother instead, and postponed my Hebrew learning for some other day. The decision I took was worth it. For, it was not easy to come here often, and whenever we did, we should not miss the opportunity to visiting acquaintances and minister life. 

In our last visit, I fellowshipped with my brother's chidren on reading the Bible and prayer. This time, the burden released was on a continuation of the same, but with an emphasis on choosing life and blessing through the pursuit of the word of God. It was a wonderful and fruitful time of brotherly and friendly shepherding visit. Though the journey took one and half hour each, to and fro, it was worth it. We were sowing seed of the word of God to young souls and seeking family. One day, in God’s time, the harvest will be reapt.

As was ministered, I believe, we did choose life and blessing in paying the price to visit this family. 

Choose life and blessing in loving Jehovah and listening to His words.

Blessed Are Our Eyes That Sees

Luke 10:21-24 RecVer

21. In that hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit and said, I extol You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to babes. Yes, Father, for thus it has been well pleasing in Your sight.

22. All things have been delivered to Me by My Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and him to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

23. And turning to the disciples, He said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see.

24. For I tell you that many prophets and kings have wanted to perceive the things that you see, and have not perceived them, and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.

God, the Father, in His sovereign wisdom is pleased to reveal the heavenly and spiritual vision to me as well. In last nine days in Hyderabad, I had the privilege of attending the brothers training for four and a half days, then a full day fellowship on the Lord’s move in our country, and another two and a half days of full-timers training. In all these nine days, the Lord has been pleased to reveal the deep and hidden things in His heart.

In fact, God revealed Himself to us through the fellowship of the word in spirit. His light shown on us that we could see and know our own self, see the vision and revelation of God and His work in the present age, and the need for us to be perfected to participate in His building work of His Body, He also showed us His leading by revelation and experience to constitute us as His New Testament ministers. He also bestowed on us the grace to be His gifted members to build up His Body to bring Him back.

Therefore, blessed indeed are our eyes that saw what He has shown us to see. He has hidden these things to many, but to us, He is pleased to reveal. What a grace! What a mercy!

Every day, I was enlivened by the Lord’s speaking to the extent that I wrote an article on "Knowing God and Knowing Self," followed by two hymns, and on the ninth day, another hymn on "Pure in Heart." Only when the Lord enlightened me and gave me the burden and the words, I would write hymns. The fact that I was led to write hymns are signs of seeing something new and deep. In fact, I had not been writing hymns for quite sometime until the Lord’s fresh shining and speaking this time.

Praise the Lord for His divine revelation! Blessed indeed are our eyes that sees what He has shown us!

Lesson from Character Crisis

Last week, I received calls and texts messages from serving ones in one of our offices in the South. The message was loud and clear, to summarise it, a character crisis. Due to the character problems of the serving ones comprising loose talks, hidden ambition, pride, temper and anger, a full blown crisis broke out causing panic and shock in the office. It was very unbecoming of the serving ones to fall into uncontrolled anger. Though I received reports about the incident from both the parties, I kept the matter to myself and my co-working brother, and meanwhile brought the matter to the Lord in prayer and careful consideration. It was natural for me to act immediately and take action, but I dared not trust my natural man. I prefer to defer the matter for a latter time as I needed time to pray over amd consider carefully before taking any action. Lest I fall into the same trap of Satan in dealing the flesh with the flesh. The flesh must not be dealt with the flesh. The flesh must be dealt with the Spirit.

Later in the afternoon, I had a time of fellowship with my co-working brother and had direct calls over the phone with the concerned persons. After hearing them all, we left the matter to be considered more as we would be meeting some more brothers in the following weekend training in Hyderabad. 

In the following weekend, we had a time of fellowship with the responsible brothers of the church where the incidents took place and considerd the matter carefully. We all felt good for one of the brothers to personally check with the serving one concerned about his personal and psychological well being. Though we intended to take some strict action, we would wait for a proper time to execute it.

Meanwhile, I also received messages of apology and description of how the indecent transpired. I have forwared the messages and conveyed the same to my co-working brother.

This was a good test case for me in handling crisis. First thing is, I acknowledged the fact that I cannot solve the problem and therefore, bring the matter to the Lord in prayer and also to the brothers concerned in fellowship. My greatest concern for myself is, I should not misrepresent God. If God has to fire the one concerned, I would do so. If God has to forgive and retain him, I will also do so. Until I heard from the supreme Judge, God Himself, I would wait and wait. Once the decision is made clear, I would simple pronounce the decision, whatever it may be, as from God.

For to some extent, I have learned not to live my life, but to take the life of Christ as my life. This character crisis involving our serving ones is a good examination for me. I pray that I learn the lesson I need to learn.

As the decision on action to be taken is still awaited, I wait in prayer. Meanwhile, I pray for the Lord to perfect all of us in our humanity that we can indeed live out the humanity of Christ. 

Lord, have mercy on us and perfect us in our living and service.

The Humanity of Jesus

Ephesians 4:1-2 RecVer

1. I beseech you therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love.

God's heart's desire is to build up the Body of Christ. For this, He need materials for His building. The materials are the regenerated and transformed believers. There are many regenerated believers indeed, but how many of these ones have cooperated with God to deny their soul life, take up the cross, and follow the Lord? This refers to the need for a proper humanity, the humanity of Jesus gained through years of experiences of the Lord, and thus been transformed.

All these years of my life, I have realised that one of the biggest hindrances in a believers life is the lack of proper humanity. Put it other way, the person or the being of the ones concerned is what matters most. Because of lack of proper humanity, many saints are not growing. Instead, they become problematic and causes trouble in their own personal life, marriage life, work life, and even in many cases, the church life too. I have been observing this scenario in the lives of some brothers known to me. Even to some of these ones, I dare not stretch my hand to do any thing, for I know I don't have the maturity or the anointing to do so. The only thing I can do for such ones is, to pray for them that Lord may have mercy on them that they may realise their wickedness, repent, and cooperate with the Holy Spirit's transforming work in their lives.

These days, as we are in a full-timers training in Hyderabad, the Lord’s speaking has also been on this line; the need for a proper humanity. For the building up of the Body of Christ, the first requirement is the humanity of Jesus. If the believers are not transformed and their humanity is not the humanity of Jesus, they are not qualified to build the Body. The way, therefore, is to see that one's humanity is worthless, than abhor it, open to the Lord to receive the Lord’s divine dispensing with His divine life and nature, eat the humanity of Jesus by eating Jesus through the word day by day, and through the discipline of the Holy Spirit making all the words real to the believers. In this way, the humanity of Jesus will be wrought in the believers, who then, will live out Jesus' humanity as in Ephesians 4: 2 and 3.

Ephesians 4:2-3 RecVer

2. With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love,

3. Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.

Job of the Old Testament is a good example of a natural man dealt with by God through outward circumstances and consumeed in his natural goodness. Then, Gid further dealt with him to open his eyes to see God, in addition to all the hearings of God. 

Likewise, today, we all need the stripping and consuming of our natural man, and then the filling of the divine life with the divine nature to be reconstituted with God like an Acacia wood overlaid with gold. Only this transformed humanity can be used for the building up of the Body of Christ. 

May the Lord grant us all the proper humanity to serve Him in the way He wants us to serve Him. 

Hymn: Asking and Abiding

A fellowship with a brother on prayer especially concerning the words of the Lord in John 14, 15, 16, 17 where the Lord Jesus specifically asked his disciples to ask Him, "Ask Me." Based on this, the following hymn was composed.

Prayer: Abiding in the Lord

Tune: Sweet Hour of Prayer

Enlightened by and through the fellowship of Br. RC, and based on the fellowship today at Hyderabad 22 Aug 2026, this hymn was composed, a hymn on prayer.

1

(John 15:4,5,16)

"Abide in Me, Abide in Me."

Jesus, to us, Thy loving charge.

Cause us, Lord, to abide in Thee,

Deal our soul life, and our self purge.

Thou art the Vine, we are Thine branch,

Thou set us forth to bear Thee fruits.

Abide in Thee, Lord, cause us to

Bear remaining, abundant fruits.

2

(John 14:13,14; 15:7,16; 16:23,24,26)

"Ask in My name, Ask in My name."

Jesus, 'tis Thine loving command.

In Thy Person, in life, nature,

Abide in Thee, as Thou demand.

In mind, in will, in emotion,

Lord, one with Thee, in one spirit.

We ask Thee Lord, gain us fully;

Abide in Thee, by Thy Spirit.

3

(Phil. 4:6, James 4:8; Col. 3:15)

We ask Thee, Lord, teach us to pray, 

According to Thy will, Thy words:

No anxiety, no double soul,

No doubting mind, no blabbling words;

In obedience, in submission

To Thee, Thy word, and Thy Body;

In discerning, in deciding, 

In one with Thee. Lord, we ask Thee!

4

(Rev. 8:3,4; 1 John 2:27; Matt. 11:28-30)

Teach us to pray, persistently:

Praying, asking, by inner sense,

Praying the burdens Thou bestow-- 

Sweet fragrance of burning incense,

Praying, caring the peace within,

Fill with insight, full of foresight,

Praying by inner anointing.

And thus, winning Thy heart's delight.

5

(Ezekiel 36:35; Isaiah 45:11)

"Inquire of Me, Inquire of Me."

Thou, Lord, command us to inquire,

'Tis to increase men like a flock.

Increase in us, Lord we inquire. 

Of Thy Son and work of Thy hands, 

Work Thyself into us th'roughly.

Do Thou through us, do Thou in us.

To fulfill Thy economy. 

Hymn: See God and Know God

On the first day of our fellowship with a brother, the Lord opened my eyes to see once again how much my eyes need to be opened to see God, and the result of seeing God is to see my self. Job was indeed perfect outwardly as God testified about him, yet, inwardly he lacked divine life and nature of God. Despite all the dealings he had gone through, he was not able to see himself. Therefore, he kept defending his integrity to all who debated or questioned him. This cycle of debate went on and on until God came and asked him questions after questions in Job 38-41 until Job realised he was nothing, knew nothing, and that God is everything. 

Job 42:1-6 RecVer

1. Then Job answered Jehovah and said,

2. I know that You can do all things / And that no purpose of Yours can be restrained.

3. Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? / Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, / Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

4. Hear now, and I will speak; / I will ask of You, and You shall inform me.

5. I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear, / But now my eye has seen You;

6. Therefore I abhor myself, and I repent / In dust and ashes.

Based on the fellowship as the initiation, the following hymn was composed, with what I have understood of the word of God concerning seeing God and seeing one self.

Prayer: To See God and Know God; to See and Know Oneself 

(Enlightened by and through the fellowship of Br. RC, I wrote this hymn today, the 21 Aug 2026)

Tune: What a Friend We Have in Jesus Hymn 789

1

(Matt. 9:27; 7:5; 8:25; Eph. 1:18; John 15:26)

Son of David, Lord, have mercy!

Heal my sight that I may see!

Open my eyes, Lord, to see Thee,

All Thou art, see Thee clearly.

Son of God, enlighten my heart;

To know Thee and Thy glory,

To know the hope of Thy calling

To know Thee in reality.

2

(Psalms. 43:3-4; 133:3)

Lord, send forth Thy light and Thy truth,

Lead me to Thy holy mount.

Bring me to Thy tabernacle,

To Thy altar, to Thy fount.

Lord, there, to praise and worship Thee,

There, in oneness we're dwelling ,

There, Thy anointing bestowing,

There, Thou command Thy blessing!

3

(Exodus, Acts 7; Heb. 9-10)

Out of Egypt to wilderness,

Lead me onto Thy good land;

Red Sea crossed, then o'er to Jordan,

Lead through and through by Thy hand.

Outer court to the Holy Place, 

Passing through the riven veil,

Into to the Holy of Holies,

To live e're within the veil.

4

(Psalms 103:7; Rev.3:16-18)

Thank Thee, Father, for Thy mercy,

Revealing Thyself to me;

Thy way and Thy deeds to know Thee,

To know myself, and self to see.

Lord, I confess I am lukewarm,

Wretched, miserable, poor,

Blind and naked, I come to Thee,

Anoint my eyes, Thou to see.

5

(Job 42:5-6; Rom.8:13)

Lord, my hearing ear had heard Thee,

Lord, now, my eye has seen Thee.

Lord, I abhor myself and repent

In dust and ashes, unto Thee.

Lord, my end is Thy beginning.

Lord, my death is Thy living.

Through Thy cross by Thy Spirit,

Lord, Thou be e'er my living.

A Day in Mathura

Persecutions in North India have been gathering steam. In the midst, some of our brothers were affected while in a meeting in Mathura and were imprisoned and case filed. After over four months of imprisonment, they were bailed out. However, their belongings confiscated were not bailed out as these required another lengthy legal procedures. For these, there is a need for guarantor. 

To be one of the guarantors for one of the brothers, I was approached. I also readily agreed. Therefore, for this purpose, along with another guarantor and the brother concerned, we travelled to Mathura. 

It was a new experience for me to drive the car the Lord blessed me with, from Gurugram all the way to Mathura and back, picking and dropping our brothers in Delhi. This was an opportune time for a day's blending in the car. Meanwhile, I got to drive on the Jamuna Expressway at 100+ kmph, the permitted speed on this highway.

Yet, to our disappointment, our documents were not accepted by the court staffs with the excuse that our documents were based outside Mathura which needed a lengthy process of verification and that our original vehicle RCs were all smart cards which have no provision for marking as used, unlike the paper RC. After a long and hectic travel, our documents were returned back. It felt like our day was wasted, but the Lord gave us new experiences in standing one with and for the brothers. Though the legal purpose for which we came to Mathura was unfulfilled, the spiritual purpose of fellowshipping and blending with our fellow brothers were fulfilled. Praise the Lord!

Thank the Lord, all things indeed worked together for good.

New Experiences

On the 19th August 2026, as we drove to the airport to drop my wife and daughter for their flight journey to Taipei for our eldest daughter's further studies, as a family we experienced something new, never experienced before. Our three children had a good and sweet time of bonding while being in the car. The usually heavy traffic lengthened the journey of half an hour to more than hour, giving sufficient time for sibling bonding. This was the first time a member of our family is moving forward and be temporarily separated for a new beginning. 

As we dropped off at the airport, everyone of us were in tears. The first time I witnessed my chidren in tears of love. It even affected me for a while. But I could hold it back with a little struggling. By the way, we had sufficient prayers, fellowship, and preparation while on the way.

As my wife and eldest daughter were abroad, a new experience ensued at home. All that my wife used to do at home, now those things have to be done without her. My son and younger daughter were well prepared to fill up the "missing link." My cousins and niece came in to fill the gap too. With this new arrangement came also new learning. Things in the house were all taken care. Now, my chidren became more responsible to sleep on time and wake up on time without their mom's waking them up. And other household chores were responsibly taken care too. We learn to adapt with new environment. Praise the Lord for these new experiences! And our love for one another also grew much more.

Wedding Gathering

I received a last minute information about a sister's wedding in New Delhi just two days before the wedding date. I had no intention to attend as I had many things in store at hand. However, when my wife and my daughter spoke to me about attending the wedding, I responded half heartedly initially. Later, it was confirmed through a fellowship with a brother that it was good for me to attend. Then, I finally decided to attend.

As usual, the wedding meeting in the church life is simple yet full of content, especially in the ministry of the word. It was God who arranged the marriage and He did it in the best way. I was simply one of the witnesses to the Lord’s sovereign arrangement. The testimonies of the saints and the ministry of the word with a specific focus on the family members of the groom who were yet to be saved was simply amazing. The wedding meeting has served its very purpose; a testimony to the family and friends of the bride and groom, and also to the church.

When requested to be one among the brothers to bless the couple in prayer, the instant leading of the Lord in me for the couple was to bless them with the bkessing of the Triune God. The greatest blessing on the whole universe is the blessing of the Triune to be dispensed into the couple to make them one with Himself and one with one another, also and fill them with the divine love to love one another.

Besides, this wedding meeting also turned out to be our family gathering. After a long long time, we were able to take a family photo together with proper attire. As we graced the wedding, we also graced our own family gathering. The Lord was sovereign in leading us to this wedding meeting.

Sometimes, I may be complacent to something the Lord had in mind. Yet, He never left me to my own decision. He used the people around me to wake me up from my sleeper cell and venture out to discover what the He has planned for us as a family. 

What a blessing in disguise for our family in attending this wedding meeting! What a wedding gathering that also paved the way for our family gathering.

May the Lord bless the couple, make them fruitful and multiply.