Dear
Christian Believer,
May God bless you in the name of Jesus Christ Our Lord and
Savior.
First I want to thank Bob Faller for writing the letter
for the April Newsletter. Bob has been a faithful minister
of the Lord Jesus Christ for many, many years in the state
of New Jersey. His letter was not only reflective of his
knowledge and belief of GOD’S Word, but also was indicative
of his life and that of his family. Bob is faithful and
fruitful in all that he and his family do. So Bob, thanks
again for sharing your heart and GOD’S Word with us.
There are two verses in Proverbs come to mind as I think
about our visit with Sangat Bains and the believers in India.
Proverbs 25:25
“As cold waters to a thirsty man, so is good news from
a far away land.”
We were refreshed by the works of believing,
the love and hospitality of Sangat, his family, the leadership,
and the believers in India. I have been home, (at this
writing), almost two weeks , and I just sent another e-mail
this morning to Sangat to express my love and thankfulness
to him for taking such good care of us, and for the wisdom
he used in planning our itinerary while in India. We truly
enjoyed the goodness of the Body of Christ in a far away
land. We were refreshed by the excitement of the believers
and leadership to see the Word of GOD living in the hearts
and lives of GOD’S people. At every fellowship meeting
we did, the people would just keep crowding in because
they wanted to hear the Word of GOD. They joyously sang
praises and honor to GOD and HIS Son Jesus Christ. They
would sing and clap their hands for at least an hour at
the beginning of each fellowship meeting. They would boldly
stand up to give their testimonies of how GOD had healed
and delivered them. They love to tell what GOD has done
for them, and this would go on for 1 - 1 1/2 hours until
the leader would say OK that’s enough testimonies. Next
came the teaching of the Word of GOD for another hour
or so, plus follow up exhortations to what had just been
taught, and a short teaching on salvation with a call
to accept Jesus Christ as Lord. After the teachings they
would have the worship manifestations and prayers plus
receiving the love offerings and gifts. Before the closing
prayer an invitation was given to the people to come forward
for personal ministering or special prayers. There were
many first time people (Hindu in background) and they
would come pouring up to the front to be ministered to
or prayed for. Each full meeting we did lasted between
4 1/2 to 5 hours with the people sitting on the floor
stacked like crayons in a box. In a space you think they
might fit 80 people, they’d stack in 200 or more. They
would sit there giving us their full attention for hours
with little or no movement. People were hungry to hear
GOD’S Word, and they desired to be healed and to be delivered.
Proverbs 15:30
“The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good
report maketh the bones fat (healthy).”
The light of our eyes rejoiced at the
hungry of the people to know the One True GOD, and to
receive their salvation and wholeness. Also to see the
eagerness of the leadership to preach the gospel and minister
healing and deliverance to all who sought their help.
Many of the leaders were young in years, but they had
great desire to take on the role of leadership. People,
I have a good report, I have a great report. My report
is that GOD’S Word is a lively Word, a living Word, and
a powerful Word in the nation of India just as it is here
in the USA, and everywhere else where The Word of GOD
is preached, believed, and lived. Our eyes have been enlightened
and we are thankful to have been privileged to make the
trip to India. I am personally blessed to have been able
to preach, teach, and minister to the people of India.
We have some tremendous pictures that were taken during
our visit and Bob and Zeke Darnell are putting them together
on a DVD for us to enjoy in the near future. Also Sangat
gave me a number of video tapes that we are putting on
DVD so we can edit them and put together a DVD video of
our trip. Many have been asking me if there will be a
sharing about our trip to India and visit with Sangat.
Sometime soon Bob and Zeke Darnell and I will be doing
a sharing here at CFF and show the DVDS we’ve put together.
Also we are planning to make the DVDS available to those
who would like to have a copy. I am also thankful that
Dr. Bob Darnell and his son Zeke were able to travel with
me. Bob was daily writing and sketching in his journal,
recording our trip while Zeke was taking photographs.
We have so much to share.
It’s great to be home again…
John
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