Blessed New Beginning Again

“Surely blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you.” (Hebrews 6:14, RecVer)

Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of Jehovah For the length of my days. (Psalms 23:6, RecVer)

A blessed new beginning again to our first daughter today as she turns eighteen! 

As I was praying last night concerning her, the Lord gave me the two Bible verses on blessing. Therefore, I designed a card as a remembrance of God's promised blessing. I wanted to make it special as she turns eighteen. 

Besides, this might be her last birthday in India before she leaves for studies as we plan for her to go abroad for the next level of her learning; academically, physically, and spiritually. 

As usual, as a family we went to eat at their favorite restaurant, Mc Donald's. Since their childhood, Mc Donald's or KFC has been their favorite. Though there are many other restaurants, somehow, these ones have their childhood memories attached to it. These makes them happy. As a father, their happiness is my happiness, though I personally would hardly visit these restaurants if not for my chidren. The crux of the matter is, to spend time with the family and make the children happy.

Though my son and daughter had their board exams today, the family time we usually spent together during their birthdays has been maintained. By the way, the Lord blessed them in their exams too. Praise the Lord!

In the evening, we attended the weekly group meeting in Valley View. The Lord led me to spend time with a new brother while eating dinner. The burden for this young brother was for his spiritual health. I encouraged him to start spending specific time with the Lord in prayer, read the Bible daily, and also gave an assigned to read a message a day from the Shepherding Materials.

Later, when we started the group meeting, we tweaked the meeting according the Spirit's leading. Instead of the normal pursueing, I released the burden the Lord gave me for the saints. That is, to recover and strengthen the personal prayer life daily, read the word of God daily to receive the Lord's speaking, and seek and do the perfect will of the Lord in matter of their life. The meeting was so rich. We all enjoyed the building and builded God dispensing Himself into us and dispensing His life into others through us. What a blessed day indeed it was!