Fellowships in Goa

The visit to Goa this time was very unique. Though it was for the ministry literature distribution, it was also truly for the shepherding of the saints. Some saints were in need of fellowship and shepherding as they had been through difficult situations, mostly in their family lives, and some in their marriage lives. Though we had no intention for this kind of shepherding fellowship, the Lord arranged the situation in such a way that we spent every night visiting a family with special fellowship according to their needs.

In the first two nights and the last night of the distribution week, we fellowshipped with two families on the need to enjoy the Lord daily through prayer and the word for the Lord’s strong testimony and intensified move in the local church. I also shared my testimony of how the Lord led me in many practical aspects of my life and service. I believe the saints were supplied through the fellowship as they responded to the fellowship in a very positive way. One key point was, we also prayed together strongly for His move in Goa.

On the third night, we met a brother and his family who had lost his wife a few years ago. As there was a situation in the church involving this brother which was made known to me, I fellowshipped with his family on oneness and the prerequisite to maintain the oneness in the church using Ephesians 4:1-3 and the need to exercise our spirit to come to the Lord in prayer and in the word, and also to be in the fellowship of the saints as practical as possible. The family, especially his son, received the fellowship very well. I believe the Lord will fully restore this brother's soul and recover his full function for His testimony.

On the fourth night, the Lord led us to another couple whom I had met some fifteen years ago. They used to be regular for the church meetings; however, due to distance and health reasons, they have not been meeting with the saints for some time now. Besides, they also went through a strained relationship. To them, as the Lord led, I fellowshipped in love as their brother in the Lord, the need to recover and revive their personal and corporate time with the Lord. As they are elderly saints now, I encouraged them to pick up the ministry of prayer, which is their reasonable service at their age. In that way, the Lord can preserve their usefulness in the Body. Then, we all prayed together. 

On the third and sixth nights, we had a time of fellowship with our host's family. This brother used to serve full-time, and now,  in a way of taking up a job, he and his wife still serve. To me, it was a period of going through a long-dark tunnel to learn to live by faith. As I fellowshiped with the couple, I encouraged them to take care of their daily enjoyment of the Lord personally in prayer and in the word, and also as husband and wife. Though they shared about the difficulties they have been passing through, I encouraged them to reckon it as a "life training" the Lord graced them as a preparation for their future service and usefulness to the Lord and His Body. Of course, I also testified of how the Lord trained my wife and me in many practical aspects of our married life; living by faith, trusting in Him for all practical matters, especially the divine love, oneness, and fellowship we exercised. Then, we all prayed together. 

Every night, the Lord led me to fellowship with different families according to their needs. This was one reason why the Lord led me to Goa this time. Daytime for ministry literature distribution and nighttime for family fellowships. 

May the Lord bless all the families He led me to fellowship and all the Christian leaders we met for the ministry literature introduction and distribution. 

Ministry of the Word in Goa: Loutolim, Margao, Vasco, Panaji

During the few days of the ministry distribution in Goa, as the Lord led, we met the key Christian brothers in the following localities. 

Loutolim

The Lord led us to a brother who was also pastoring a church and whose wife joined us later, along with another brother. Starting with the Holy Bible Recovery Version, I introduced the ministry literature book by book. The flow of life was so rich and sweet as I introduced the ministry books in a way of ministering the word. The Lord blessed us with His rich presence, and the brother purchased the entire set of the ministry books in Hindi and in English. He and his wife also shared their testimonies of how the Lord called them to serve in the locality they were in, yet serving the people from the North of India, mostly from a gentile background. May the Lord recover and bless His testimony in Luotolim.

Margao 

Though not planned, we were introduced to one of the key brothers in Margao. With him, we spent a good amount of time introducing the ministry books, which impressed him very much. Meanwhile, as an answer to his query on how I came into contact with the ministry, I also shared my testimony briefly. Then, with prayers, we left for the next appointment. May the word of God take deep root in many of His children in Margao.

Vasco Da Gama

The Lord in His sovereignty led us to a young Pastor to whom we introduced the ministry literature. Then, together with his senior Pastor, we had a time of fellowship while introducing the ministry books on selected titles. In this way, we had a wonderful time of brotherly fellowship. This senior brother is also the key Christian leader among the Christian groups in Vasco. May the Lord one day recover His remnants and His testimony in Vasco.

Panaji 

In this capital city, we met some Christian leaders who were available to meet for the introduction of the ministry literature. To whomsoever the Lord led us, we exercised our spirit and introduced the ministry. To us, it was the ministry seed sown into their being. Now, they have come to know more and also received the ministry books. May the Lord, in His time, bring forth the harvest of all that we have shown into the being of those we met in Panaji. 

Locality by locality, as the Lord led us, we went to visit all the key Christian leaders in their offices and homes. Whatever the Lord allowed us to do, wherever He opened the door for His move, we faithfully followed Him, step by step. Now, we leave the rest to the Lord, and we trust the Lord that in His own good time, He will raise up what He desires to raise up in Goa.

In all these, our meetings with our fellowship Christian brethren were in the principle of following the living star. One contact after another, though not knowing anything beforehand, we enjoyed the flow of life in all the fellowships through the ministry books introduction. 

Goa for Christ and for the church!

Ministry of the Word to Mapusa, Goa

Our first meeting in Mapusa was with a brother who was closely involved with a Christian organisation, yet very hungry for the truth. The moment we arrived at his house, I wasted no time and introduced the ministry books, starting with the Recovery Version. Once he was clear about the riches of the ministry books, he purchased the entire set of all the ministry books we brought to him in Hindi and in English. 

Then, I learned that his father and his younger brother's family members were not yet saved. So, I requested the unsaved members to be gathered together for a gospel message. I did so, as it was the Spirit who led me inwardly. 

I preached the gospel in Hindi, the mystery of human life, and showed them how to believe and receive the Lord Jesus by prayer. However, I made it very clear to them that it was their personal choice whether to believe into the Lord Jesus Christ or not. Should he wish to believe so, I gave them the free will to choose to pray or not to pray the sinner's prayer. I prayed sentence by sentence and gave them the time and the freedom to pray or not to pray. Therefore, I concluded the gospel message and salvation prayer in Hindi. As I did so, I heard the prayers of the new ones according to their free will. According to the Scripture, He who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13). May the Lord save the entire household.

After this, we met two other Pastors, one on the roadside, and the others at a coffee stall where I introduced the ministry literature in a way of ministering the word of God. 

The following day, a brother came to meet with us, who initially was in a very defensive mode, wondering if we were cultic. Then, I introduced the minsitry books and asked him to examine every word I spoke if it was biblical or not. As I introduced the ministry using the lessons on the mystery of human life, assurance, security, and joy of salvation, and the Recovery Version, quoting Bible verse after Bible verse, he was so impressed. All his doubts were cleared, and he received the ministry books with a promise to introduce them to others in his circle.

Then, we were led to a young brother who further led us to the main Pastor all over Goa. To him, we presented the Recovery Version using Ephesians 1:5, Matthew 1, and some selected ministry books. Then, he brought up the matter of the local church and the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee being rumoured as "cultic or heretic." Immediately, I clarified to him the false accusations leveled against the "local church movement" and presented the Christian Research Institute Journal on "We Were Wrong." I also expounded the truth concerning the Triune God in contrast to the heretical teachings of Tritheism and Modalism. After I ministered the word sufficiently, I presented the minsitry books to the Pastor. However, he confessed that he had not been reading physical books as he switched over to electronic version on his iPad or iPhone, so he preferred the electronic version to which I mentioned the availability of the minsitry resources online, which he vaguely promised to read online. Then, as a Christian brother, I requested him to pray as we met and were about to depart. He prayed for us and blessed us.

A few days later, we met a brother who is a Bible College owner and also a Pastor. I enjoyed a wonderful time of introducing the ministry literature, after which he bought the entire English set of the ministry books.

In this way, the Lord led us to meet the key Christian leaders in Mapusa. May the Lord bless them with the healthy teaching of the ministry of the word.

Lord’s Move to Goa

A week ago, I just enjoyed the Lord’s up-to-date speaking on following the living star that led to the Lord Jesus Christ. The following week, I ventured on to follow the living star to Goa. 

In fact, I had no plan to travel for whatever purpose in the month of December, as I had travelled a lot already for the year 2025. I also had a plan to bring my father and mother to Gurugram for a family visit and medical checkups. However, when a brother called me up for a distribution plan in December, I frankly told him that I had no plan to travel as I had a family plan. But I was cautious in my answer as I would not miss the Lord’s plan if it was truly so. So, I only replied that I would pray over and consider before the Lord, though the proposal was against my personal plan. As I prayed, I realised this was of the Lord. Therefore, I changed my plan and decided to go for the minsitry of the word Literature journey to Goa.

This was my third trip to Goa for the ministry purpose, perhaps, after about a decade. I simply followed the brothers' arrangement and coordinated with them. From day one, I was impressed by the brothers' burden for spreading the ministry literature in Goa, especially to the main Christian leaders, as they realised that the minsitry literature can pave the way for the Lord’s seekers and lovers to be fully gained for the Lord’s testimony in Goa.

During the daytime, we met Christian leaders of different denominations and introduced the ministry. And in the night, we had a time of fellowship with different families of the saints in the church, along with a dinner lovefeast. In this way, day and night, our time in Goa was fruitfully spent.

The local brothers took responsibility for all the practical details of this trip. Though they all were working saints, they finished their works in the morning hours, and after 11 AM, we began the ministry propagation. A brother gave his car to be used for our transportation, and the local church bore all the expenses incurred as part of the church's truth propagation. In this way, this trip was unique as the church received a special grace from the Lord, and I believe, the Lord will bless His move in Goa, and especially, the church in Mapusa.

I don't know when the Lord will take me again to this tourist state. Until then, may the Lord continue His move through the ministry of the word as seeds sown into this land unto its full growth for His glorious testimony. 

Lord, praise You for Your move in Goa.

Baptism on the Twelfth Birthday

He who believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be condemned. Mark 16:16 

Today is our youngest daughter's birthday. She turned twelve, and it was a great day, as she was also baptised. The day was both her spiritual and physical birthday! Baptism on her Twelfth Birthday!

For the past few months, she has been praying daily for her baptism, believing into the Lord Jesus Christ as her Savior and experiencing the working of the Holy Spirit in and upon her. As parents, we have been praying for our children's salvation when the Holy Spirit prompted us to start praying for all our children's salvation. All that we could do was to pray and commit them to the Lord. The Lord is faithful in answering all our prayers, especially those prayers points which are according to His heart's desire. For sure, salvation is the heart's desire of God for man. We simply and faithfully prayed and prayed. 

In 2022, our eldest daughter got saved and was baptised in the month of June. In the same year, in the month of November, our son got baptized. Both were the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives and also through the Body as an answer to our prayers for our children. This year, our youngest daughter believed into the Lord Jesus and received Him. Since then, she has been sincerely praying for her own baptism every day. Then, as parents, we realized this was the work of the Holy Spirit, and so we cooperated with the Holy Spirit and started praying for her baptism daily. Even when I was on a ministry literature journey, when I called home every night to pray, we prayed for her baptism.

Last month, as I was considering when to baptise her, I deemed it fit to baptise her on her birthday. Initially, I kept the matter to myself and started praying for this particular date. Then, I mentioned it to my whole family during one of our family prayer meetings. Then, I brought it in fellowship to the brothers in the church. Then, finally, after all the prayers and fellowship in the Body with the Body, today she was baptised. 

Last Tuesday, in our small group meeting, I fellowshiped concerning her baptism and shared the truth concerning baptism with those who were not yet baptized. All the saints prayed for her baptism.

In fact, the past few days and today, the messages I have listened to and pursued are related to the baptism into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and also into the name of the Lord Jesus. I took those speakings from the Lord as a confirmation of the baptism today.

This baptism was properly fellowshipped and prayed over thoroughly. It was a new experience for me too, in having enough prayers and preparation, and I was graced to baptise my own daughter with whom I have been coordinating in serving the Lord together, both in the church and literature service. The Lord is truly faithful in leading us in every matter. Praise Him! Glory be to Him!

What a coordination! What a testimony! What a blessing! Hallelujah!

Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matt. 28:19 

Bible Study at CMC Vellore

Last week, a brother called me to inform me that he had arranged a Bible study session with the medical student of CMC Vellore at the Campus Chapel. He has been working as a medical doctor in the hospital wing of the college and has easy access to the students. I reckoned this as the Lord’s arrangement and consent to his proposal. In fact, this was the second time such a meeting was arranged for me to share the word with the students. He also made an invitation card with the title "Living Word."  Even the burden he had for the students, I picked up the same. This was the Lord’s arrangement, and I simply followed what my brother had arranged.

On the 24th of November, Monday night, after a whole day of meeting with some other brothers and sisters, this medical doctor brother, along with his wife and a full-time serving brother, we went to CMC Vellore Chapel for the Bible study. 

As we began the meeting with the MBBS students, I first offered an opening prayer for the Lord to flow forth the living words. As I requested the students to choose a song, one of them chose a song on praying to the Lord to "open the eyes of our hearts." Immediately, I picked this phrase and started the Bible study with Bible verses on Ephesians 1:17, 18. 

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him, The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:17-18, RecVer)

The Bible is God-breathed, the words that came out of the Lord’s mouth, which are spirit and are life. The Bible is THE BOOK and is different from any other book. Only this Book is the word of God that gives life, the Solution to every problem in the universe, and the Answer to every question. This is the only Book that is worth reading over again and again as many times as possible, and every time it gives new light. This is not merely a religious book, not even a sacred book only but the Book that is God-breathed and gives spirit and life to the believers.

All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, (2 Timothy 3:16, 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. (John 6:63, RecVer)

Then, I led the students to read verse by verse John 6:31-51, 57, and picked the key phrases on Jesus being the Bread.

1. The True Bread 
2. The Bread of God
3. The Bread of Life
4. The Bread out of Heaven
5. The Living Bread

The Lord Jesus Christ is the true Bread; all the other breads are just the physical type that can meet only temporary need. Only this true Bread gives the eternal life to the one who eats Him as the Bread. He is the Bread of God, and He is God Himself. Eating Him is to "eat God" because He is the Bread of God in the sense of receiving the divine life supply from God, as He is also the Bread of Life. All other breads will one day lead to death, no matter how many times they are eaten, but this Bread of Life leads only to eternal life. This Bread is from Heaven as it is from God and of God, full of life, and is therefore the living Bread.  

So, the best thing to do with the Bread is to eat Him. Many people have read the Bible mentally, but how many have eaten the Bible? Without receiving the Bread as mentioned in John 6, the real significance of the Bread will not be realised. The Bread must be eaten!

What is Bread for? It is for eating. Eating is the process of transforming the objective food to become a subjective, nutritious life supply for the one who eats. Therefore, the Bread must be eaten, not just read or studied. 

Eat the Bread

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 6:57, RecVer)

The Lord Jesus plainly states the need for eating Him as the Bread so that one can live because of Him who is the Bread.

How to Eat

Man is of three parts: spirit, soul, and body (1 Thes. 1:23). To eat the Lord Jesus as the Bread, the Body must be exercised to pick up the Bible, open it, and read with the eyes. Then, use the soul, the mind, to understand what was read. And finally, use the spirit to digest by praying and receiving the word read, the Bread, as life.

In this way, the MBBS students were helped to know the importance of the Bible being God-breathed, spirit and life, and that they should read the Bible every day to eat the Bread to grow in their spiritual life unto maturity.

May the Lord bless all the students and grace them to eat Him as the living Bread every day unto full maturity. 

Fellowships in Vellore

The visit to this city was not a part of my plan. However, as I planned to travel to Anantapur for the distribution, a brother inquired if I could pass through Vellore for a visit. Later, after further fellowship with the brothers, making the plan for the distribution, my visit to Vellore was confirmed as my last stop this time was planned in Palameneru, which was not far from Vellore.

Last Lord’s Day, after the combined meeting in Palameneru, I came along with a brother's family to Vellore. I spent some time in the bookroom, and then we travelled together to a remote village to fellowship with a family who had recently been recovered into the church life. The Lord led me to share about having a "hidden life" of prayer with the Lord daily. 

It is common for many saints to pray corporately and enjoy the church life corporately. However, there is a great lack in spending a private, intimate, spiritual relationship and fellowship with the Lord. I shared my own testimony of how the Lord led me in almost every practical matter of my life during my personal time spent with Him. And I testified how the Lord answered my prayers for my family's salvation, serving the Lord full-time, family life, and many important decisions taken after solid hours of personal time with the Lord in prayer. The brothers were so touched by the fellowship that they all testified one by one how much they lagged behind in their personal prayer life. They also confessed that due to this lack, they have drifted away from the Lord in their daily living. Though I did not know about their spiritual condition, the Lord spoke the timely word to each one of them. Praise the Lord!

The following day, we visited two brothers who were saved due to their critical health condition while being treated at CMC Vellore. I listened to their testimony of salvation, which was mostly due to their hopelessness after difficult times of serious medical issues. One was from West Bengal, a Bangla-speaking brother, and the other from Bihar, a Hindi-speaking brother. I felt the Lord was introducing me to them, or vice versa, for the future purpose of the Lord’s move in North India. I patiently listened to their testimonies and interjected now and then to clarify what I understood of their sharing in Hindi. They both were so excited to fellowship with me, and I responded to their fellowship with amens. After two hours of listening to their testimonies, as we needed to go to another fellowship, I prayed on their request and left.

About an hour and a half drive from Vellore, we visited a new family who are gradually turning towards church life. To them, after the lovefeast lunch, the Lord led me to share on doing the will of the Father using the Lord Jesus as a pattern in Matthew 26. God has His one unique will, and all that we are and do must be in line and within His will. Oftentimes, there is a clash of opinions in the mind, but we must pray to do only the will of the Father as the Lord prayed, no matter what the price.

And taking Peter and the two sons of Zebedee aside, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. Then He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch with Me. And going forward a little, He fell on His face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will. And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And He said to Peter, So were you not able to watch with Me for one hour? Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Again, going away a second time, He prayed, saying, My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done. (Matthew 26:37-42, RecVer)

The Lord Jesus was deeply distressed and exceedingly sorrowful concerning His crucifixion at the cross and prayed to the Father if it was possible to bypass it, but He submitted to the Father's will by saying, "Let Your will be done." What a wonderful pattern of the God-man Jesus Christ!

In the same way, we all have to submit our lives and all matters to the Father that His perfect will be done in every matter so that in all the wills that we carry out, His will be done. This fellowship was for all the family members, as they all were facing dilemmas in their lives. They were greatly helped by the fellowship, as that was what they actually needed at the moment. May the Lord’s perfect will be done in their lives.

Then, we visited a brother and his wife who were pastoring a congregation. To them, the Lord led me to fellowship on the oneness of the Body of Christ, the one new man, and the church in her local aspect. I also introduced the New Testament Recovery Version to them using the footnotes in Matthew 1 on the son of David, the five women, and the wife of Uriah. They both were so supplied through the fellowship and wanted more fellowship. However, we need to take leave as we have two more meetings lined up in the evening.

Finally, in the evening after the Bible study time with some medical students in CMC Vellore, we had a dinner lovefeast fellowship with a brother's family who has been going through situations. To them, the fellowship was on trusting the Lord to live by faith and to seek the presence of the Lord in everything by sharing my testimony of how the Lord supplied all my needs and led me with His presence from the time I came to serve the Lord full-time.

After all these enjoyable fellowships, all the meetings that were arranged for me were all taken care of. In each meeting, the Lord gave the timely word, and all who attended the meeting and fellowship were richly supplied. Hallelujah! Out from the throne of God and the Lamb flows the rivers of living water!

And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. (Revelation of John 22:1, RecVer)

Lord, continue to bless Your testimony in Vellore.