After my hectic traveling schedule which began on 5th January till today, the 19th Jan, I came to Belagavi to attend the Lord’s Table Meeting on the 17th January night after a seven-hour long bus journey, as the conclusion of the ministry literature journey this time. To my surprise, I was given hospitality in an elderly brother's house who took care of me so well despite the health condition of his wife. The couple was so joyful to host me. In fact, they joyfully exclaimed that I was their first guest in their newly renovated house! They fed me like a "king" despite my informing them again and again that I did not need such attention. As a guest, I just enjoyed their hospitality.
Being their guest and a brother, the brother fellowshipped with me at length concerning the spiritual experiences he has been through, the dealings and the lesson of the cross he has been learning, and his subjective experiences of the power of the blood of Jesus that gave him victory over many unseen demonic attacks in his family. He took the opportunity to fellowship with me during breakfast and lunch. Our fellowship went on for hours. Though I also fellowship some testimonies of the Lord’s work in my family, I was mostly listening to what he had to say. He was so joyful to release all that were in his heart concerning his family situation. Now and then, we would simply pray together for all the points of the fellowship.
Yesterday, on the Lord’s Day, the brothers invited me to break the bread with another brother. In fact, it was my first Lord’s Table Meeting in the church in Belagavi, though I visited the saints a couple of times in the past. What a blessed fellowship!
In the prophesying time too, I shared my enjoyment of the Lord’s word in Matthew 5:48. And shared how, as children of God of our heavenly Father, we can be perfect as He is perfect, in His love using 1 John 4:8,16,12, 17.
Later in the evening, together with the brothers, we visited all the saints' homes one by one. It turned out that this was their first visit after a long gap and the first in this year, which they felt was overdue. In all the home visits, we simply prayed for the saints' family. That prayer itself was such a shepherding to the saints.
Today, after the whole morning of personal prayer and Bible reading, and fellowship over breakfast and lunch with my hosts, and a time of prayer together, a brother dropped me off to the Belagavi airport. Thus, concluding the last lap of the ministry distribution, and with this, covering all the thirty-one districts of Karnataka.
In this new year 2026, in the first month, the Lord led me to twelve cities covering three states; Karnataka, Tamilnadu, and Kerala in two-weeks time, attending a fellowship, a training, a Christian convention, a secualr book fair, and a ministry literature journey to three districts. Praise the Lord and to God be the glory!
Lord, bless the church in Belagavi! Lord, bless Your move in Karnataka! Lord, bless Your move in India!
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