Ministry of the Word in Siddipet

After an evening of intense discussion and listening to what all the brother in the Lord had to say about the ministry in the Lord's recovery on the 13th of May, I was inwardly praying as I listened to all the accusations. Though I did not know every word spoken in Telugu, but I sure could discern what they were talking about. It was all about the negative points concerning some of the practices of the church life and the reaction of some brothers, misrepresenting the ministry. While I listened to all the accusations, I knew it was the enemy stirring up the mind of the opposers. I intensely prayed within my being and gave the matter fully to the Lord. After the intense talk, suddenly, the atmosphere changed. The leading brother turned to me and requested me to share my testimony and the word of God on the following Lord's Day in their congregation.

On the Lord's Day, the 14th of May, a brother and I were given the opportunity to share our testimonies. I was given the time to also minister the word of God to fully packed believers in the meeting hall of the local church there. I did so in English and my brother translated it to Telugu. I guestimated the attendance to be about 250-300 believers.  Since the specific request was to share testimony, I shared how the Lord saved me and how the Lord blessed me and called me to serve Him full-time. Then, I shared the burden the Lord gave me the previous day morning on the vision seen by Saul of Tarsus in Acts 9:1-19, the vision of Christ and the church. Along with the vision, I emphasized the calling upon the name of the Lord that saved Saul. And how he later used the calling upon the Lord's name which can actually save sinners in Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:9, 12, 13.  1 Corinthians 12:3 even stated that "no one can say, Jesus is Lord! except in the Holy Spirit." I also explained why the name of the Lord is so powerful by quoting Philippians 2:5-11. Thus, within the given time, I released the burden the Lord gave me.

The saints received the word of God with much thirst and hunger. I could sense it as I was ministering the word, I enjoyed the rich flow of life. By such ministry of the word, I believe the leading brother would be very clear concerning the ministry the Lord has called us for. I leave all in the Lord's hand

A few days later, I received messages from a brother giving feedback on the meetings. The message are quoted verbatim, raw and unedited.

Dear brother, hope you had a safe arrival back home. Several youth shared feedback in writing on the two testimonies they heard last Sunday. Many of them were deeply touched and made key resolutions concerning their faith, education and careers. Thank you once again for your kind visit to Siddipet and the foot prints left behind.

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Anna, Praise the Lord. In first testimony, David uncle faced and gone through different temptations like he mentioned that uncle can't  control his eye and little more temptations what the youth mostly face these days. In second testimony, Palmei anna's teenage life seems like smooth, going well in Christ but when anna made a step to get answer from God, experience Him and started praying all the night he got answer through His word. Praying all the night seems like fighting for answer. These all things made me to think more anna.

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 1) I love my lord ,  I love my father ,  I love my mom , but if any situation came to me to choose my lord or my mom and dad I will choose only my eternal father

2) I think iam perfect in my life but there are some evil things in my inner ,Iam not perfect so I want to be perfect in my inner life how iam perfect in my out look appearence

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Praise the lord uncle,

From Daiva Prasad uncles testimony I learnt something like 'God has more rights on us than our parents'.

I got inspired the most with Palmei uncles testimony, the way uncle seeks God's will in every small part of his life,prayer life,accountability to God,obeying parents only in lord and by uncles prayer whole family is into God.

I decided to know God's will in my life through prayer and word of God and to stay accountable to Christ.

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Throughout both testimonies, God spoke to me about confessing what God remembered to confess and sometimes unknowingly taking decisions without surrendering God's authority. To know God's will, I decided to begin every small plan with prayer. After that, I began to pray for God's plan for my life. Lastly, Both testimonials teach me that no matter what the circumstances may be, I want to stand for God at all times.

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I'm really very happy to listen that kind of testimonies.I make a decision to serve the lord like them throughout my life

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Testimony of bro palmei and bro daiva prasad is really great experience to me. I have norticed that how they are displicned and active towards god word. Mainly Bro. palmei testimony can help me that how to live my daily life, liek we can study by  by teaching god's word everywhere and i thinkl it is a heartful weoktowards God and i feel greatful after listening this testemony Im now can I improve God's word at my cllg.

My reply to the brother for all these was:

Praise the Lord! Glory to God alone.

So also you, when you do all the things which are ordered you, say, We are unprofitable slaves; we have done what we ought to have done. Luke 17:10

May the Lord continue to speak to all the saints there and may He gain His strong testimony and also recover fully the church in Siddipet!

Defense and Confirmation of the Truth

But a

slave of the Lord

ought not to contend but be gentle toward all,

apt to teach,

bearing with wrong; In meekness

correcting those who oppose,

if perhaps God may give them repentance unto the

full knowledge of the truth. 

2 Timothy 2:24-25

As a slave of the Lord, I must always be prepared and equipped with the word of God not merely for nourishment and life supply but also for defense and confirmation of the truth. Satan, the father of lies, has done his best to impute evil thoughts and lies concerning the saints so as to bring enmity between them. To some extent, he has been successful, but ultimately he is the defeated foe. The Lord only uses him (Satan) as an ugly tool to perfect the saints of the living God. I have very much been helped in my searching and seeking for the truth when I heard of the accusations against Brother Watchman Nee and Brother Witness Lee, for in my attempt and effort to verify the accusations I discovered the riches of the revelations of the word that God has bestowed upon these two servants of God. Thereby, I became a direct beneficiary of the false propaganda spread by the enemy. What was intended for bad turned out to be very good for me. 

And the great dragon was cast down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole inhabited earth; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night. Revelations 12:9, 10

This time in my visit to some of the prominent Christan leaders in Hyderabad, I encountered such situations in which I had to boldly proclaim the truth. Perhaps, defending and confirming the truth. Some experiences are here below:

Hebron Fellowship of Brother Bakht Singh is one of the biggest Christian congregations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They love Brother Watchman Nee’s books so much, but completely reject Brother Witness Lee for reasons they themselves cannot define succinctly. The Lord burdened me to fellowship with the top leader at their campus in Hyderabad on the 8th and also with the Bookroom Manager on the 9th of May. Initially, I was rejected but I requested the brothers to hear me out first by at least introducing the Holy Bible Recovery Version which they eventually agreed. And upon proper introduction of the ministry and clarification of their misunderstandings, the Lord came in and settled the matter at least in their thoughts face to face. Later, whatever mindset they hold, they are accountable to the Lord. I have done my part to let them know at least the bare minimum fact. After a brotherly fellowship, presenting the truth, declaring the fact and history of false accusations and CRI’s research findings, they became sober and accepted the ministry finally. In fact, the top leader prayed and blessed me, and the bookroom manager, while praying, confessed and repented his misconception about Brother Witness Lee.

OM (Operation Mobilization) Books is a fully integrated publisher, distributor and retailer of Christian resources in South-East Asia. It is also the largest chain of Christian bookstores in India. They have been accepting Brother Watchman Nee’s books but not Brother Witness Lee’s based on rumors and negative feedback from certain people. The Lord burdened us to fellowship with the Director at their campus in Hyderabad on the 9th of May and also with the Purchase Manager. After about two hours of brotherly fellowship, presenting the truth, declaring the fact and history of false accusations, and CRI’s research findings, the Director understood the matter and requested us to provide the ministry books catalog in all the languages to place an order for their books stores all over India.

Meeting with a Brother: A very prominent Christian leader who loves Brother Watchman Nee’s books and is taking the stand as the “local church in Siddipet” has much to say against Brother Witness Lee as some of his “disciples” have taken the way of the Lord’s recovery a few years ago. Besides, he has heard many rumors and false public accusations against the “Local Church of Witness Lee” from his theologian friend and a famous Telugu Christian preacher.

Listen, Discern, Clarify, Testify, and Not Justify: When we first met on the 13th of May, he brought out all the accusations and negative points about the Lord’s recovery. We patiently listened to all that he had to say. Then, we clarified his misunderstandings of Brother Witness Lee’s teachings and his relationship with Brother Watchman Nee. We testified of the positive testimonies of how we came into the Lord’s recovery. Without justifying ourselves, we simply testified of our experiences and the spiritual help we received through Brother Witness Lee’s ministry despite the many oppositions we ourselves faced.

Dispensing Life through the Ministry of the Word: After a brotherly fellowship and presenting the truth, he changed his attitude towards the ministry and especially Brother Witness Lee. Surprisingly, he invited us to share our testimonies and also to minister the word of God on the following Lord’s Day in his congregation, which we did with much prayer and release of our spirit. Along with our testimonies, we ministered on the vision of Christ and the church Saul saw in Acts 9. Through fellowship and the dispensing of life through the word, he opened up to us and received all the ministry books in Telugu.

Having met with all these dear brothers, I pray that the Lord would put His enemy to open shame and turn the work of His lies for the propagation of the truth. I do believe, the Lord has been working in the hearts and minds of all these dear brothers so that they become channels of blessing for many seekers to have access to the truth concerning God's eternal purpose.

Lord,  open all the channels for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom through the ministry of the word!

Ministry of the Word to Hyderabad

When it came to my notice that we would be having a weekend training in the first week of May in Hyderabad, I prayed before the Lord and made a decision to spend another week visiting the Christian leaders in coordination with the local brothers for the introduction and distribution of the ministry literature. When I actually met a brother checking for the plan just a few days before the distribution began, he was very unsure of how to plan. But I testified to him that we may not necessarily make appointments with the Christian leaders, but we will pray and just visit them as we usually do in many other states. Then, we were clear as to how to go ahead with the week-long distribution. Right after that, I went to meet the manager of the venue where the training was conducted, and as I mentioned my plan he promised to give many Chrtsin contacts, the big ones for visitation. Thereafter, I was clear deep within that the Lord will make all the arrangements for the distribution.

In fact, right after the training ended, the Lord opened the door for us to start meeting Christian leaders and introduce the ministry literature even one day ahead of the actual plan. Throughout the whole week, the Lord led us step by step, one by one, and we all enjoyed the Lord's leading and blessing. After the week of distribution, we all worshipped the sovereign God and testified of how much He blessed us. In fact, the three local brothers who accompanied me testifed again and agin of how much they learn how to conact people and intorduce the ministry literature to Christian leaders. They were overwhelmed by the responses from the leaders. In three cases, we also experienced the defense and confirmation  of the truth and, in addition to sales and purchase orders.

A report I sent to the brothers concerning the Hyderabad distribution is summarised below.

Hyderabad is home to many well-known Christian leaders and big Christian groups. In fact, it is the headquarter of the biggest Christian group in India and the biggest chain of Christian bookstores. Regrettably, many of these Christian leaders have a negative impression of Brother Witness Lee while paradoxically professing to love Brother Watchman Nee when the duo represented just the same and one ministry. Therefore, as serving ones representing the duo's ministry, we took the impromptu initiative to meet some of these Christian leaders as fellow Christian brothers to introduce, distribute, defend, and confirm the ministry. And while doing so, we ended up dispensing life through the ministry of the word in most of the meetings. In all the one-week-long endeavors, the Lord's grace and leading were upon us, intuitively expressed through the verses quoted below.

But a

slave of the Lord

ought not to contend but be gentle toward all,

apt to teach,

bearing with wrong; In meekness

correcting those who oppose,

if perhaps God may give them repentance unto the

full knowledge of the truth.

2 Timothy 2:24-25

Meeting with the Prominent Christian Leaders

• Introduction and Distribution of the Ministry Literature
• Defense and Confirmation of the Truth
• Dispensing Life through the Ministry of the Word

Pray for the literature service in India as we endeavor to bring the riches of the ministry to every state of India. 

Report on meeting with the Christian leaders.

The ministry books introduction to the First Pastor of the Baptist Church Hyderabad

Before meeting us, his assistant pastor met us first. He was a little cautious about us and the “New” Bible. But after he heard from us, he was clear concerning the ministry literature and the Recovery Version Bible. When we met the First Pastor, he was so excited to know the availability of the New Testament Recovery Version in Telugu! As the leaders of the Baptist Church, both the Assistant Pastor and the First Pastor will read the Recovery Version first and then place orders for the entire congregation.

Introduction of the ministry literature and the Holy Bible Recovery Version to the sister pastor of the United People’s Fellowship. She has a large congregation and has many followers on social media. She was so interested in the Recovery Version after we introduced it to her using some verses and footnotes. She immediately purchased a copy for herself. As we continued to introduce the ministry books, she also wanted to know our Christian testimony. Upon hearing our testimony, she was so touched and wanted to offer money for the ministry. When we politely declined, she was even more impressed and ended up purchasing a full box of the New Testament Recovery Version in Telugu for the pastors serving with her. 

Introduction of the ministry literature and the Holy Bible Recovery Version to the chief pastor of a Christian group. He is an ardent lover of Brother Watchman Nee. Since he was not clear about Brother Witness Lee, we explained who Brother Witness Lee was and the ministry God has apportioned him with. After we introduced the Recovery Version and some ministry books, he immediately purchased the Holy Bible and the entire set of ministry books in Telugu including the New Testament.

Introduction of the ministry literature and the Holy Bible Recovery Version to the Chief-Editor of a New Telugu Bible and Pastor of an Assembly of God Telugu Church. As the Chief-Editor of a newly translated Telugu Bible, he appreciated the accurate translation and the in-depth footnotes in the Recovery Version. He purchased the Telugu New Testament Recovery Version and promised to read and introduce it to the believers and also to the Bible seminary students. 

Introduction of the ministry literature and the Holy Bible Recovery Version to the bookroom manager of Calvary Temple, a mega-church with 300,000+ members known as “the world’s second-largest church.” They received all the ministry books in Telugu and will be promoting the New Testament Recovery Version.

Introduction of the ministry literature and the Holy Bible Recovery Version to the Principal of Andhra Christian Theological College. The Principal himself being a Bible translator and a theologian was very interested in the Recovery Version and the ministry books. He invited us to publicly introduce the Recovery Version and ministry books in the college’s Friday Forum once they reopen after summer vacation in the month of July.

We also met a theologian and his family who loves to read the ministry books and spent a time of fellowship over a love feast lunch. 

May the Lord richly bless the sowing of the word of God to many of these dear brothers and sisters who have been serving the Lord that they may all be brough into the full knowlwdge of the truth.

Prayer: Manipur Mayhem

On the 2nd of May morning, I dropped off my daddy at the New Delhi airport after the completion of his medical treatments. On the 3rd of May morning, I boarded a train to attend a weekend training in Hyderabad. Though I intended to do some writeups for my blogs I was so tired and slept most of the time in the train after the completion of my personal Bible study and prayer. I had a very sound sleep in the train. Little was I aware that my hometown was burning while I was peacefully asleep in the train. The following day, I saw the news of the violence and riots in Manipur. 

After I arrived in Hyderabad and attended the fellowship, in the evening I made a couple of phone calls to three brothers in the Lord and my family members and got a first-hand confirmation of what actually happened. Thank God, all my relatives and the brothers I know were all safe in God’s hands!

The internet connection was immediately shut in Manipur, thereby, controlling the spread of information. Still, I got to see some news coverage and video clips from those who still could manage to record videos and send them. Then blame games began, with both parties accusing each other. Who knows who was right and who was wrong. The entire social, political, economic, religious, and political systems completely collapsed in just a few days' time. Helpless, the state government got the central government's help and deployed thousands of Indian army to control the critical situation. But can they really douse the inward-burning flames? The state, since then, has been on fire. Any attempt to control only poured more oil into the flame. This was just the beginning of Manipur mayhem. I can find only one solution, only in God.

This is nothing new to me. I have witnessed the ethnic violence in the past too. Kuki versus Naga, Kuki versus Paite, and now Tribal versus Non-Tribal. Some people tried to paint this as a religious war. If that be the case, what about Kuki versus Naga and Kuki versus Paite, when they all were at least professing Christians? Is it political then? Well, maybe or maybe not. I do agree it must have some political, religious, and whatever elements may be in all those conflicts. But, I do for sure know who is the real culprit behind all this mayhem. It is Satan, the devil. Believe me or not, the source of all these problems lies only in one person, our common enemy, Satan.

I don't know how many Christians have spiritual insight into all these. It takes the knowledge of God’s word and the substantial subjective knowledge of God to understand the real source of all the problems, our defeated foe, Satan. I completely put the entire blame on the Devil, the one and only evil one, who works tirelessly behind these men who knew no God nor the fear of Him. Regrettably, they sold themselves as slaves to Satan, becoming satanic tools.

In any warfare, the first and foremost task is to identify the enemy, his camps, and his tactics. Otherwise, all warfare will be in vain. Therefore, I shared my insight to fellowship with some brothers who also agreed with my findings. So what should we do? Or rather, what should I do? Pray, pray, and pray. Bind the common enemy Satan. That's the only way.

With this deep conviction, I refrain from forwarding any content related to these either pro or against to either party. But I sent out a prayer request to WhatsApp groups where people from the two warring groups are members too.

Prayer Request

Pray for the peace in Manipur

Our common enemy is Satan, not man. We must pray for the God of peace to reign over the situation and turn the hearts of the people to the living God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; for Christians to turn to the living God and not resort to human wisdom and the works of the flesh, and for non-believers to be saved.

“Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.”_

(Ephesians 6:11-12, RecVer)

“For though we walk in flesh, we do not war according to flesh; For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful before God for the overthrowing of strongholds, as we overthrow reasonings and every high thing rising up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ.”

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5, RecVer)

May the situation turn out sovereignly to the salvation of many; for the revival of the believers and for the regeneration of the non-believers._

Pray, pray, and pray. This is the only way.

Bless, Give, Help, and Pray

“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.” (Acts 20:35, RecVer)

I have been experiencing with some people, both Christians and unbelievers alike, trying to get my help just to meet their selfish needs. The Lord has been teaching me not to be selfish nor grap anything by force nor do anything with selfish motive. The Lord has been teaching me to help and give as much as He blesses me. 

A Christian dentist I have been contacting for my father's dental treatment is a good test cae foe me. Though I requested him to consider a good discount as a Christian brother, he seems to simply stick to his own price. I dare not argue with him but decided to go ahead and somehow teach him a lesson of generosity even in professional service. So I gave him all that he asked for. Deep within himself, he was convicted that he charged more than necessary. I could sense this from his behaviour. Later, he called me at least twice to pacify his conscience by trying to offer more free check ups, perhaps, to compensate for the amount he charged for a dental work. I knew it right away from his tone of speech. Instead, I offered to pray for him at least twice now, for the prayer request he made for his wife and himself. I am more than glad to pray for his inward spiritual recovery. It's worth if he realised what he had charged was more than it should from a brother, and he further realised his need for brotherly fellowship. It's worth the price I pay to keep him in want for more fellowship and help that I could possibly render to him. I say this for his recovery into the proper church life soon. He promised to invite me to his home for fellowship. Meanwhile, I would do my best to help him in his request for his wife who recently had gone abroad for further studies. 

Another brother who I have paid for his computer services even though higher than usual, have been in touch with me. He even requested me to pray for him and his family which I did readily. He seems to have taken advantage of me being a Christian brother and began to charge a higher amount than usual. Without any question I paid him all that he asked for without bargaining a bit. I took my brother's word and paid him the full price he demanded. The rest, I left to his conscience. And I know he has been convicted. But my intention is to bless, give, help, and pray that through this, the Lord would show him what a Christian life and church life is.

Another gentile uncle has been receiving my help in his publication of books. So far I have helped him release four books. I gave my time and professional skill to help him freely. I have been doing so with the intention that he would realize I did all that for his spiritual salvation. I had tried preaching the gospel to him at least twice but as he told me he is not interest I did not press it further. Nor did I stop to help him or cut off from being in contact. I still hope, my bit to help him would touch his heart and see the love of the Lord. One day, I pray that he and his family would be saved. For the gospel, I would pay any price as the Lord graces me so.

To me as the Scriptures says, It is more blessed to give than to receive; and the greater blesses the lesser. Therefore, as the Lord graces and provides, I will bless, give, help, and pray.

Sometimes, Silence is the Solution

The Lord has been shepherding me through complicated life experiences to learn the lesson of silently trusting in His secret move. At times, it was so tempting to react in my natural man to the situations happening now and then. Yes, I was so much tempted to act according to what I felt I should, to situations so complicated and unexpected. But the Lord taught me to keep quite and waitin silence. 

Often, I asked the Lord, how long should I remain silent? Shouldn't I be doing what I am suppose to do? Well, my feelings, perhaps, may be just emotional. How am I so sure that I am all in oneness with the Lord when I am emotionally driven?

I have been observing the situation of a certain sister under my shepherding care who has not been keeping spiritually well. I also know what she has been going through. But I have been restraint by the Lord in my spirit not to react according what I feel or know about her situation. Therefore, I refrain from making any comment whatsoever until I am cent per cent clear of the Lord’s leading. So I remain silent all this while. Perhaps, silence is the solution for now unless otherwise the Spirit leads me to take action. It needs more exercise of my mingled spirit to be in silence. It would have been much more easy for me to react at the spur of the moment. But now, I have been restraint to simply be in silence and wait for the Lord to move. Therefore, I pray all the more, and more intensely for her and for the situation she has been entangled in. Silence is the solution for now, until the Lord leads me to take action.

Another case is with a brother who has gradually withdrawn himself from the church life. For reasons best known to him, he started skipping meetings, avoided phone calls, and messages. Recently, he dropped out of the church messaging group without any explanation. Unethical, yet he just dropped out. How shoud I react?

I did try to call him and send text message but he didn't even bother to reply. I sense that he is not in the right spirit and its not wise to do things when one is not in the spirit. So I simply have to pray for him and wait in silence for the Spirit's move in him.

Today morning, the Lord burdened me to pray for him specifically and his recovery back to the normal church life. I am open to the Lord for His leading and would act only at His command. I dare not use my natural good man even in the name of shepherding a brother. I don't trust even in my so called "shepherding" anymore. I only trust in the Lord. Only in the Lord’s command I will shepherd.

I reckon this situation as a test for him. If the Lord would visit him and open the door for me, I would pay any price for the recovery of my brother. But if the Lord put him to a test and he continue to harden his heart towards the Lord or the brothers or the church, I would not use my natural strength to do anything. It is futile to recover "Absolom" who would rebel and cause division in the kingdom of God to his shameful death. I hope that this brother is not like "Absolom." I hope and pray that he be sobered and see the vision of the Body of Christ clearly. I hope that he repent of all distractions and he be recovered into the fellowship of the Body of Christ. Only the Lord can recover him and I am willing to cooperate with Lord if He so leads me. Until then, I would pray and silently wait for the Lord’s move in him. Therefore, for now, silence is the best solution.

Sometimes, silence is the solution.

A Testimony and Blessing of Truth Pursuit

Today, I wrote a testimony and blessing of truth pursuit and sent it to some brothers whom I regard dearly as my spiritual brothers as I thank the Lord for gracing me to complete reading the Life-study messages with corresponding radio programs and High Peak messages. 

Dear brothers,

 

Having been graced by the Lord, as your brother, I am sharing with you my personal testimony and blessing of truth pursuit. One thing that attracted me most to the Lord’s recovery is the truth. When I was first introduced to the Gospel Book Room in Chennai as a student, out of my thirst for the word of God, I purchased all the Indian print ministry books available in English then. A box full of them which I read one book after the other! It was only after two years of praying, considering, researching, studying the ministry books, and being confirmed deep within by the Lord with much peace that I decided once and for all to take this way, the way of the Lord's recovery, as a Christian. Then I fellowshipped with the key brothers in my previous Christian group and left the "system" while still in fellowship with them as Christian brothers even to date.  In fact, all of them, fully aware that I had made up my mind to leave the "system," prayed for me and blessed me, and charged me to be faithful to the Lord wherever I am. 

 

Since I came into the Lord’s recovery in 2003, as a new one who entered straight into the full-time training in Chennai without any prior church life, I continued to pursue the truth through the training classes and the ministry books. After the training too, I continued to read a good number of ministry books including some Life-study messages. But I have never systematically pursued the Life-study messages or the High Peak with a goal to complete studying them, or at least reading them through. My reading sequence was a random selection of books.

 

Burden

In 2014, during the Coworkers and Full-timers Training in Tenkasi from June 16 to 22, Brother RC encouraged all the saints to get a “Graduation and Ph.D. Degree in the Lord’s Recovery” by pursuing Life-study of the Bible (1984 messages), and High Peak and Crystallization-study (347 messages). When Brother RC released the burden on 21^st June Saturday, I just felt like it was the Lord’s specific speaking to me. Later, during the lunch break, I went before the Lord to pray and seriously consider His speaking. In fact, that day, the 21^st of June, happened to be my birthday as well. Therefore, I took the word for pursuing the Life-studies and the High Peak messages as my “Birthday Gift!”

 

Schedule for Life-study Messages Pursuit

I made a five-year schedule to complete pursuing the entire Life-study messages before Dec 2020 along with a schedule to listen to all the corresponding Life-study radio programs online as a revision and recapitulation of the messages pursued. But I could not meet the target as I traveled frequently for the ministry of the word literature journey to different parts of India.

 

Schedule for High Peak Truth Pursuit

The churches in North India released the burden to pursue the High Peak messages in 2022. I took that as an opportunity for further truth pursuit along with the Life-studies.  I pursued the High Peak messages and completed them in one year (Feb 2022 to Feb 2023).

Finally, today, 1^st May 2023, the Lord graced me to complete pursuing, reading the 1984 Life-study messages with the listening of the 1762 audio programs and the High Peak messages!

 

The corporate readings of messages were mostly with the serving ones in the literature service. It took about an hour's time with prayer and sharing for 5 days a week. While on the literature journeys, I pursued alone. Altogether, it took me 8 years and 10 months approximately to complete the pursuit. It took much more time than I planned. Nevertheless, I am glad that I could complete it at last, albeit rather slowly.

 

Blessings

I dare not profess that I understood fully all that I have read and listened to. But I do testify that I have received a lot of life supply and spiritual nourishment while pursuing the messages. I have no words to express my enjoyment fully. The Life-study messages have completely changed many of my views and understanding of the Bible. I do believe it has also changed my life to a great extent. In fact, I have re-spoke my new learnings and discoveries from the reading of the Life-study messages to many saints whenever I fellowshipped with them. I have also shared my enjoyment of the truth with many Christian leaders during the distribution trip and also spoke a good number of messages when invited by different Christian groups to minister the word in their meetings.

 

Thanksgiving

I thank the Lord for the rich revelation He has bestowed upon us through Br. Witness Lee. I also thank LSM for making the Life-study messages and radio programs available online for free. I pray and hope that one day I can contribute something as a token of thanks to LSM for all these free resources. To me, the Life-study messages and the ministry materials including the audio programs are the best spiritual resources available online, in addition to the Bible! I have shared and recommended the ministry online links to many saints, friends, and Christian leaders and seekers.

 

I would also sincerely like to thank Brother RC for his encouragement, time and again, to pursue these messages.

 

“And the man became very rich and continued to grow richer until he became very rich” Genesis 26:13. 

I pray and claim this Bible verse for me, to be rich in the truth and “let the word of Christ dwell in me richly.” Col. 3:16a

 

My next plan will be to pursue the Collected Works of Watchman Nee and the Collected Works of Witness Lee.

 

Thank You, Lord Jesus! And thank you, brothers!

 

Remember me in your prayers, for more grace to continue to pursue the Lord through His words.

 

Your brother,

Palmei