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Trichy Church Meeting

January 2024

Bro. John Kennedy of our church in Trichy told me that his second daughter Benilla had expressed the desire to be baptized, and so, he had arranged a small meeting at our Trichy Church during the Pongal holidays (Tamil Nadu State Harvest Festival) which fell between the 13th to the 17th of January, 2024.

The meeting was finally fixed for Monday, the 15th. And I and Bro. Asten from our church in Coimbatore left for Trichy sometime around 10:30 am, after our Sunday morning service.

@ Bro. William Philip's home
On the way to Trichy, we stopped over near Karur and had our lunch at Bro. William Philip’s home. I had recently made this brother’s acquaintance, and he had invited me over for lunch that day, and said that he would be attending the meeting in Trichy the next day.

Bro. William lives in a village off Karur main road – quite a rural and interior part of the region, with his wife and 2 children. He came to the truth some years ago and has been an evangelist in the area ever since.


After a hearty lunch and some good fellowship, we left Bro. William’s home for Trichy. We had booked a room in the town itself and would make our way to Bro. John Kennedy’s place early the next morning. We reached by 7:00 pm that night, had a hurried dinner and went to bed.

The next day we were up by 6:00 am, and at Poolankudi by 7:30 am.

Empty Morning Road in Trichy

Bro. John Kennedy had arranged for the baptism service first.

Pre Baptism Instructions on Faith Life

We baptized our little Benilla Kennedy, who wasn’t so little any more, in the house water tank. She had grown up in front of our eyes and had formidably faced a slew of health problems with her faith undeterred.

Baptism Service

Bro. James who lived nearby, and his wife, as well as a few relatives and church members were in attendance.

After the baptism, we had a time of prayer and fellowship.

We wound up the morning service by 10:00 am, after which we had to travel a few kms away to the outskirts of a little village called Gabriel Nagar.

The story behind Gabriel Nagar is a big one.

It was in 2009, after the fellowship in Trichy was established, that Bro. Kennedy’s wife Vimalin, informed me that her cousin in Gabriel Nagar – Bro. Jerome, had asked for prayer and could I go there to pray for the family? I willingly agreed, and a prayer meeting was set up the following week.

The meeting was being held in Bro. Jerome’s home and mostly all the villagers had gathered inside by the time we arrived there.

I began the worship, and then led the congregation in prayer. Sometime in the middle of the service, I saw a woman come into the gathering. I noticed her distinctly and at the same time felt an evil presence, and a sort of foreboding enter the place. I discerned that she had an evil spirit.

As the prayer and singing ended, and the preaching began, the spirit began manifesting. The woman who had been sitting among the crowd, hadn’t been able to look me in the eyes once. Every time, I looked over at her side of the room, she turned her head away jerkily, almost fearfully. Ultimately, the demonic manifestation burst out and she began wailing and wringing her arms in the crowd.

I completed the service, and after this asked Bro. Jerome and the others what the matter was with her. Bro. Jerome said that this was his mother. Her name was Majula. And she had been afflicted this way for years.

As I moved forward to pray for the woman, she fainted. There was a local doctor whom they usually called in when such things happened to her. They usually attributed it to high blood pressure, or a blood sugar rise, or weakness, and administered some drugs until she came to. But this time, as the doctor came in poised with a syringe, I asked him to wait. I addressed the congregation who were looking on, and explained that the woman was afflicted with an evil spirit and that it needed to be cast out.

Most of the women there were incredulous. They said,

“Why Pastor, she is the first one in church every Sunday! She is part of the choir! And the first one to receive the Host in Holy Communion from our Father’s hands! How can you say she has a demon?!!”

I assured them that I was right. I told the doctor that I would pray for the woman, and if the spirit manifested, he should leave, as then, the work would be mine and not his.

As I began to pray, the sister began writhing on the floor before us almost snake-like, and then suddenly in front of all those gathered, only her hips and waist rose, the other parts of her body lying limp, in an obscene, disturbing way.

The doctor ran for his life, but before I could pray over her, Sis. Vimalin’s uncle proceeded to come in and break up the meeting, urging me to leave.

And so I did. They probably thought I was some sort of magician like the men of Gaderenes, demanding Jesus leave the village.

Bro. John Kennedy was quite upset, as can be expected, for my having been insulted in front of the congregation there, and that too by one of his own relatives. However, Sis. Majula’s son Bro. Jerome came after me, all the way to the bus stop, apologizing on his uncle’s behalf, and beseeching me to come back again and pray for his mother. I told him that I couldn’t go back right away as that was not the way things were done, and that I would come back the next week to see her after spending some time in prayer.

The following week, I travelled from Coimbatore to Trichy again by Express Train a day before going to Gabriel Nagar, and spent the next day in fasting and prayer as I was led.  I, Bro. John Kennedy, and another brother from the church made the trip to Gabriel Nagar then. This time Sis. Majula was soberly awaiting us and in her right mind, so I questioned her regarding the demon, and whether she wished to be delivered from it. She said she did. So I began praying once more, and commanded the demon to leave in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ. It obeyed instantly and went quietly.

Once the demon was cast out, Sis. Majula said she was feeling a bit weak. After she had freshened up a bit, we all sat down to tea. She then told me the story of her possession.

It had happened when she was a little girl playing in the courtyards of a temple. She happened to get her first period right there on the temple premises. Now in India, when this happens in or around temple premises, it so happens, that the girl in question, who has reached puberty becomes possessed by that particular territorial deity, what we know as the powers and principalities of darkness. And so it happened with Sis Majula.

After that day, she began acting strangely at home, and it soon came to her parents notice that she was possessed. So they called a local witch doctor to exorcise her. When the swami (witch doctor) arrived, the evil spirit spoke out of Sis. Majula’s mouth saying,

“Do not attempt to drive me away from this body. I will dwell in the child and do good to her and the family. If you try to chase me away, you shall die within the week.”

The swami though refused to believe the demon, assuming that he had been endowed with greater power, and as he had been paid to do an exorcism, he proceeded with all the necessary rituals to drive out the demon. He was of course unsuccessful, and just as the spirit of divination had predicted, he died of a sudden heart attack within the week.

The family was shocked with this turn of events, and let the girl alone with her demon. She grew up with it, and it became familiar to her. Whenever it manifested, she began acting out, writhing, roaring, using curse words, and working aggressively to expend the supernatural energy within her.

She told us that whenever she had her periods, she bled more profusely each cycle, the bleeding sometimes lasting upto 14 days. It increased so much so, that she had to sit on gunny sacks during her menstruation.

She also told us that whenever she was possessed she manifested some kind of supernatural strength. She used to scrape around 50 coconuts within the space of a few minutes, and the village folk always thought her a strong woman and blessed with some kind of divine power.

As the girl grew older, and approached marriageable age, the family tried twice again to have her exorcised. Both times were failures, and both the witch doctors who attempted the exorcism passed away suddenly as the evil spirit divined.

This is why, she said, she was very afraid of permitting me to pray over her at first. She thought that something would happen to me as well, as it had to the witch doctors who had tried to drive the spirit away, and that she was so relieved that I had triumphed.

She also told us that she felt as if she had been carrying a whole mountain on her shoulders, and now for the first time, she felt truly light and alive, as if the weight that had been holding her down had rolled off into the sea.

I then explained to her about the saving grace of Jesus Christ, how Christ’s power was not manifest in the rituals and dogmas of traditional Christianity, how Christ could no longer be found in denominations, but was now working in the hearts and minds of those who truly sought after him. I told her she needed to be baptized and that she had to take a stand for the God who had been so gracious to her to deliver her from this evil. She agreed to all this.

However, in the course of our dealings with the people in Gabriel Nagar, in spite of such a great manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s power there, the folk slowly began distancing themselves from us. The reason being, the entire area was dominated by Roman Catholicism. The village folk were either in the employ of the church, or the church run school, or worked in the fields that also belonged to the church there. The local padre learned of the deliverance and of our conducting prayer in the area and indirectly told the people that they would have to move elsewhere for livelihood if they were to entertain a strange preacher with strange doctrines from outside the village.

And so our visits to Gabriel Nagar and our involvement with the people there came to an end.

Cut to this year – 2024, and we had been called back to the same place we had been shunned from all those years ago. Sis. Majula remains delivered, and attended our meeting with her Bible under her arm which was a beautiful sight to see and truly brought a tear to my eye. Her son and daughter-in-law have since grown spiritually, the Catholic church has relaxed the reins over the people there, seeking a more ecumenical hold over them I suppose, and many of the families have moved outward seeking employment.

I was glad to see a few familiar faces in the crowd. And rejoiced when I delivered the Word, and it was understood and well received by all those present.



There were around 40 people gathered for the meet there that day, including ourselves, and Bro. John Kennedy’s family.

My message was "Why die before your time?" with an emphasis on Living for Christ.

The villagers asked me to come back again whenever I was visiting Trichy, and that they would gladly be a part of the meetings conducted there. I asked Bro. Kennedy to co-ordinate with them, and we all agreed to keep in touch.

We left Gabriel Nagar for Coimbatore at around 5:00 pm. It was 9:00 pm by the time we reached the city.

I later spoke to Sis. Majula and stressed the importance of baptism, which she has agreed to.

There are many more souls that we need to labour for in the area, so do keep this little hamlet on your prayer list.

Do also uphold Bro. John Kennedy, Bro. William Philip, and Bro James and their families in your prayers, that they may serve the Lord sincerely and be a witness to the truth of Jesus Christ in Karur, Trichy and the surrounding areas. 


Meeting @ Saffron Fields, Valparai

January 2024

It had been a long standing dream of mine to preach in Valparai - the place that I had spent most of my childhood in and that held dear memories for me.


Valparai


Valparai is a hill station in Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu, India. Home to the Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary or Anamalai Tiger Reserve, it is located 3,474 feet above sea level on the Anamalai Hills range of the Western Ghats. There are a total of 56 tea estates here.

It was where I had grown up and enjoyed a blissful time with my family. For those of you who do not know my story, my father was the Group Manager of the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation (BBTC) - owned Mudis Tea Estates. He managed a total of 5 estates in his time with a total of 8,000 workers under his care, and there wasn't any square acreage he hadn't set foot on and explored to the bone.

At the time, we spent our holidays in a little house on a hill in the middle of these massive tea plantations, called 'The Green Bungalow' (hadn't really thought about why they called it that...)

We had a cook, a driver, a butler, a gardener, and a dozen errand boys and handymen for either this or that task. It was the ‘Lord-of-the-Manor’ life for me until my parents were separated, and we stopped our visits to the hill station which had become my second home.

The house we had in Coimbatore was our own, and due to many debts and financial constraints that existed after my father left, had to be sold down the line. What followed was a time of turmoil and insecurity that I found very hard to deal with, and which caused me to begin rebelling in my late teens. I had been a carefree boy, and was now being forced to be a man who had to care for his mother, grandmother, widowed aunt, and two cousin sisters. I had to give up my education to earn a wage to keep the house running. This was around the same time the Lord found me and began dealing with me. And the rest is as you know it today.

Long story short - I was a worldly-wise businessman who had quite a hard time cutting his losses, and am now in the Lord’s business of saving souls, which had been my unrecognized purpose all along.

What had transpired in Valparai all those years ago was history in those parts – ‘the rich little bungalow boy who had lost everything’. And those who knew me then, knew little of what I was doing now. So it had been my heart’s burden to one day go back to that place once again and testify on the same soil that held such bittersweet memories for me.

After the success of our Prophetic Awareness Meetings in Puliyampatti Village, Pollachi, Sis. Daisy and Bro. Babu, who are our neighbours there, requested me to conduct the Memorial Service of Bro. Babu’s mother – Sis Arulmani who had recently passed. 

Click here to read about our Puliyampatti Prophetic Meets.

Preaching @ Sis Arulmani's Memorial Service
Sis. Daisy and her relatives were touched by the message I shared that day – ‘Oh Death where is your sting?’, and had at once told me that they would get in touch with me to arrange meetings in their village in Saffron Fields (Savrankadu), Valparai.

True to her word, Sis. Daisy called me in mid-December and said that she had informed quite a few people in the area about holding a meeting there in the first week of January 2024, and that I should keep myself free for the same. I agreed, and the meeting was scheduled for the 7th of January, 2024, it being a Sunday.

Since Valparai is not a very great distance from where we live, and since Sis. Daisy had invited us all, I took my family along with me.

We set off after our regular Sunday morning church service in Senthamil Nagar, at around 10:30 am on the 7th.

There are 46 hairpin bends on the way to Valparai, curling up the Anaimalai range, enshrouded in mist. The mist got quite thick that morning as we drove through Kavarkal (The CoverStone estate). It was quite a sight to see! (or not see). Kavarkal was the only estate across the range that had mist and fog all the year round, in every season.

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Aliyar to Valparai 

Had to stop @ Kavarkal

Through the mist to Valparai Town

We climbed the miles up the range and then dipped towards Valparai town which was at a slightly lower altitude. We had booked lodgings there for a night, as we had planned to freshen up before the meeting which was supposed to begin that evening at 4:00 pm. We headed up to our rooms at Mani’s Residency – a homely apartment lodge we had found online.

We got some rest and were ready to leave by 2:00 pm. We made our way to Saffron Fields and Sis. Daisy’s mother was on the porch waiting to welcome us in.

The meeting was supposed to have been arranged in the nearby village Chapel which also served as a Creche for the estate children in the mornings while their parents went off to work, and a venue for prayer meetings and village functions in the evenings. However, Sis. Daisy informed us that there had been a sudden change of plans – the local government was giving out the annual Pongal (Tamil Nadu Harvest Festival) pay-out and rations and all the workers had been called in to collect theirs, so it appeared that the meeting would begin a little later and would be held at her mom’s cottage itself.

We had a hot estate lunch and I spent some time with the family telling them about my vision and the Prophetic Awareness meets we were conducting across the country.

We hadn’t brought our projector along on this trip, as we hadn't known much about the facilities in the place, and because of the tentative venue situation. But, we had brought our usual equipment– our sound system, etc. which we proceeded to unload just before it started to rain.

Outside the Meeting Place










Sis. Daisy was a bit miffed because she had expected a bigger crowd and when we arrived at the homestead, there was only her family and another few sisters gathered. I assured her that it wasn’t a problem and we began the worship at around 6:00 pm, after a refreshing round of Estate Tea which brought back scores of memories.

Sis. Daisy’s brother-in-law had set out 25 chairs and tied up a tarp to keep out the light evening drizzle common in those parts. However, what started as a light drizzle turned into quite a heavy shower for a while, and we were all wondering who would actually occupy the chairs outside in this weather.

As the worship session wore one, we found more and more village folk enter the little cottage, finding corners to sit in, some leaning on door posts, some making themselves comfortable on the earthen floor in the kitchen, the kids piling up on stacked mattresses in the next room.

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By the time I began preaching the message, the chairs outside were all warmly occupied, the cottage brimming with reverent faces, and the Spirit of the Lord began to move.

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My message for the little congregation gathered there that day was ‘Jesus Christ as the Cedar of Lebanon.’ with a reference to The Song of Solomon 5:15 and Luke Chapter 8.

I spoke about the woman with the issue of blood who was delivered when she touched the hem of the Lord’s garment. I spoke on Faith, Deliverance, The Need of Salvation, The Redemption of Our Bodies, and Sanctification from the World.

We ended the service by 8:00 pm and all those who were a part of it testified to being greatly blessed. There had been around 40 people present for the meet.

A few people came forward for prayer at the end.

There was a bit of a discussion and a Sis Daisy informed me that many of the folk had asked for a 2nd meeting the next day, especially for a few of the estate workers who were from Jharkhand – another state of India, and were working there. They had not been able to make it to that day's service and had requested Sister to ask me if I could speak a 2nd time the next day.

This was quite unexpected but we had our rooms booked till 6:00 pm the following day, so we decided to stay on and give the people some more of the spiritual food they were seemingly hungry for.

We left for our rooms, and got some dinner along the way before we settled in for the night.

The next morning we were up by 7:00 am, as I had planned a visit to the Mudis estates to see if my old home was as it was, and if time permitted, travel to Sholayar Dam.

We had breakfast at an eatery near our lodge and then drove to Mudis.

The Mudis Group was established in 1926, which today comprises 5 estates and four factories having 1,863 hectares for tea plantation, produces over 6.5 million Kgs of tea annually, and employs more than 3,000 workers daily.

Tea-pickers hard at work on the Mudis steppes

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Passed harvested tea fields where the tea plants are cut
and the steppes left fallow for the season to rest.

The familiar bakeries and snack shops in Valparai town and the drive down the estate lanes I once knew by heart filled me with nostalgia.

Mudis Scenic Beauty

We stopped over what once was our estate entrance, we crossed my mom’s old schoolhouse, my grandfather’s staff quarters, the BBTC Group office, and then finally made our way to The Green Bungalow which stood just as it had when I was a little boy. Hardly anything had changed except that the estate was silent and seemed quite uninhabited. There wasn’t much of foot traffic and we were wondering where everyone had gone.


Reliving the old days with mom
@ the entrance of Mudis Estates


The Old Mudis Schoolhouse

Grandfather's Quarters in the distance

The Mudis Sportsground and Clubhouse where official sports events used to take place 
and medals and trophies awarded.

The Mudis Group Office

We later learned that some of the smaller tea factories had closed down, and much of the estate workforce laid off, which explains the silence in the middle of the plantation’s wild beauty.

I couldn’t see my childhood home from the inside as it was now someone else’s quarters. But the sight of it was enough to recall a whole slew of memories.

In front of my old home - The Green Bungalow, Mudis

Well, we left our memories behind and travelled towards Sholayar Dam.

It was like driving through a carpet of green. The greenery of the plantations on either side of the road, the dew glistening off the tea leaves in the mild sunlight, evening blossoms peeping out from between tea plants, the play of the sunlight on the tea steppes was all just so beautiful. And we found ourselves singing the hymn –  “Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder…”

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Picturesque

The Lord blessed us with the sighting of an eagle. It was a huge bird – so majestic in its flight, circling between the silver oak trees in the centre of the plantations – almost drifting through the misty air currents with such grace and dignity. It was almost like a sign – The Soaring Eagle. 

We also got to see the native black squirrels, lion tailed monkeys, enormous kingfishers, and a wild bison smack in the center of the tea gardens.

Bison grazing

As we traveled to Sholayar, we were blessed with another wonderful sight - Clouds resting on a mountain top, and we thought about just how it must have been for Moses going up into the mount and being enveloped in the glorious presence of the Lord.


Earth meets Sky

Sholayar dam is the highest dam in Tamil Nadu, constructed across Sholayar River, completed in 1971 to generate hydropower. Upper Sholayar Dam lies in Tamil Nadu and the Lower Sholayar Dam in the state of Kerala.

Upper Sholayar Dam

Sholayar Dam water catchment area


Unfortunately, we were visiting when the water level was at an all-time low.

We had our lunch near the dam and made our way back to our rooms for an afternoon nap before we packed up and left for the meeting.

The meeting had been scheduled in the Village Chapel for 6:30 pm that evening.

We vacated our rooms and packed up our stuff into our car. Before we left the lodge however, we were treated to another beautiful sight. The lodge lay adjacent to a small stream that ran between the plantations, and a family of Sambar deer had gathered at the edge of the stream for a drink. We left with happy hearts.

Sambar deer near our lodgings

We made our way to Sis. Daisy’s in time for some steaming Estate Tea.

We had left our sound system and other attachments at Sis. Daisy’s mom’s place the day before and so we set about carrying everything to the chapel and setting it up.

Bro. Jeba, my sister Shiny’s cousin, served as an Elder there, and he led us in an opening Word of Prayer.

We began the worship at 6:30 pm with just a few sisters, and more people arriving by the minute.

Worship Session


The hall was decently filled by the time we were deep into our worship.


Prayer Service

My message that day centered around Psalm 23. It was a simple yet thoughtful message for a simple crowd that needed Christ, the Good Shepherd, and needed His Word more than anything.

Delivering the Message

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RLM SNIPPET 1 - THE GOOD SHEPHERD

RLM SNIPPET 2 - SPIRITUAL BEINGS

The congregation was very attentive as I expounded on The Work of The Saviour as The Shepherd of our Souls.

At the end of the service, with the leading of the Holy Spirit, I asked the people to come forward as I do at most outreach meetings we conduct, and take hold of my right hand as they laid their requests before the Lord. I prayed for their healing and deliverance.

Healing and Deliverance Service

After the service, a few brethren asked me to visit with them in their homes, and I complied.

Sis. Benita conversed with the folks from Jharkhand as they could understand only a bit of Tamil, and were more comfortable in Hindi.

We then packed up all our paraphernalia, and were treated to dinner at Sis. Daisy’s.

The elders there expressed their appreciation for my time, and for giving them a 2nd day. They told me that they had no Spiritual Shepherd for the little rural church. Most of the village folk had to travel to the bigger church in Mudis to hear a sermon on Sunday. The chapel was used mostly for common prayer.

They urged me to visit the estate once a month to teach and preach the Word to them, and said that they were eager to known more. The folk from Jharkhand, who were all mostly attending service in a Roman Catholic Church in town also communicated to my wife in Hindi that they would be interested in coming to attend Bible Studies in the future and would bring many of their friends along.


With Sis Daisy's family

With Bro. Jeba's family

It was the Lord, lifting up my head, and assuring me of His presence, in the very place that I had to hang it low so many years ago, when the life I had loved was so cruelly snatched from me. Today I see though, that it had all been a part of the Lord’s plan in moulding me.

A Word of Prayer before setting off

We left Saffron Fields quite late, and I was a bit concerned about driving downhill through the mist without fog lights on my vehicle. However, we had a program the following day, and couldn’t stay longer, so decided to chance it.

We put our trust in the Lord and began our descent to the plains sometime around 9:30 pm.

On the way down wild hares bounced in front of us for quite a distance teasing us with their bunny ears, and we were fortunate to catch a glimpse of a leopard slinking through the tea gardens in the darkness of the foggy night. (which we couldn’t capture on camera because it happened too fast.)

The drive down was quite precarious. When the mist got thicker, I wasn’t even able to see the road blinkers and fog guides on the sides of the road. By the grace of God there was another vehicle in front of us that slowed down enough for me to use its tail lights as a beacon through the fog.

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There was fog all the way to Aliyar, where we touched the plains, and we reached home only by 12:30 am. It was quite an experience, and I remembered my time in Punjab, on a preaching trip in Naba where the fog had been heavier.

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The next day, I received a call from another sister in Saffron Fields, who said that she would be blessed if I could travel there the following month, and she would see if she could arrange a meeting for me in Mudis Estate.

This trip was a blessed one, and I ask you all to pray for the Bible Studies we are planning on conducting there in the coming months.

Do pray for Sis. Daisy and her family, Bro. Jeba and his family, and the estate workers of Saffron Fields, Valaparai, that the Lord may open their eyes to the deeper things of His Word. 

Trichy Church Meeting

September 2023

It had been ages since I last visited Bro. John Kennedy and the Church in Trichy.

After handing over the authority of the church to Bro. John, I began reducing my visits there so as to give him time and experience to handle the church on his own, and stand independently.

To read more about how the church in Trichy started, click here

And scroll down to : Prophectic Events Bible Study Poolankudi, Trichy, 9th September, 2013.

Soon after that the Pandemic hit, and it was a gap of 4 years before we actually saw each other personally, although we did communicate over the phone.

Bro. John has been holding down the fort in Poolangudi, OFT, Trichy since 2011.

He lives there with his wife, 3 daughters Briskilla, Bennila, and Karen Betrissia.

Bro. John works part time and evangelizes locally in the evenings. He leads a small congregation in the truth of God’s Word, and has been doing so through thick and thin since 2012.

He had arranged for most of his friends and relatives to come be a part of this prayer gathering in September.

It was raining all along our journey but the roads were good and we made it there in record time.

We reached Bro. Kennedy's place at 10:00 am that morning with all the equipment required for the meet. However, there had been a power cut the night before and there still were some power outages and fluctuations, so our projector did not seem to work.

The meeting began at 12 noon, and went on till around 3:00 pm.

To watch a church praise and worship video click here.



There were around 40 people gathered including some old and dear friends we hadn’t seen in a long time.

The youngsters who had been tiny tots when we had last seen them were now all grown and bashful.

We had a wonderful time of praise and worship.

To watch a worship video click here.


My message for the congregation mainly centered around the Suffering of Christ on the cross, emphasizing mainly on how, even believers tend to get swayed and swept away by the very things that Christ had come to set us free from. 

I appealed to them to examine their hearts for the time for the Coming of Christ was short. I urged them to watch and pray more earnestly, and have done with the cares of the world and the pride of life, lest the great sacrifice that their Saviour had paid for them on the cross would be wasted on them.

To watch a Message Snippet, click here.


Bro. James reads a Psalm.
Pastor Shadrach delivers the message.

Many souls came forward for prayer at the end of the service.


Post-service prayer

The family had arranged for lunch after the meeting.

SkyShow on the way home
I had some time to discuss the Word with a few believers who were contemplating baptism. I offered some advice and counsel and prayed over them before we left for Coimbatore.

On the way back, we stopped to visit a distant uncle on my mother’s side who was the Reverend of the local CSI Church and Diocese Head for the town. We were never really much in touch over the years, but I took the opportunity to share my ministry experiences, my calling, and the testimony of how the Lord saved by wife and myself from death in 2012, and 2021 respectively, and how these traumas had resulted in great loss but at the same time, the birth of new visions for our ministry.

We shared a good time of fellowship before we departed for home.

We reached Coimbatore by 6:30 pm that evening with the contentment of having followed the Will of God in fruitful ministry work.

 Meeting @ Gilgal Church, Gudiyattam

20th August 2023

Pastor Sukumar had been calling me to Gilgal Church, Gudiyattam for a while now. And I had kept putting it off, first due to my numerous engagements, especially my trip to the Philippines in May, this year, and then, until the church renovation and repairs there were somewhat done.

I was glad to learn that the renovations were almost complete. There is still a bit of extension work which needs doing, especially since the church premises are on low lying land, and in the monsoon, gets water logged at the entrance. However, it was still good to see our Guddi family once again.

39 degrees in Katpadi

As Bro. Daniel Saarthi was in town, he asked me to come over for a Sunday meeting. 

I and my wife boarded the West Coast Express to Katpadi on the 19th of August at 7:30 am. The 6 hour journey flew by and we were in Katpadi in time for lunch.

Bro. Daniel Saarthi receives us
@ the train station.

It was wonderful to see Bro. and Sis. Saarthi again. The last time we had all met up was at our RLM Church Dedication in Coimbatore in 2019. 

RLM Church Dedication, 2019

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Sis. Prissy and Baby Jonathan

We also had a chance to meet our very energetic grand - nephew, Jonathan, and spend some time relaxing with Bro. Solomon, Bro. David, and our dear Sis. Prissy. 

The Sunday service began at 9:00 am, and I was handed the pulpit at 10:30 am.



GILGAL CHURCH


Pastor Sukumar leads the worship,
Bro. Daniel Saarthi exhorts the congregation.



My message for the flock there was from The Song of Solomon Chapter 2, - ‘It is time to wake from sleep.’, which I have been reiterating wherever I go this season. I stressed on the 5 things mentioned in the chapter: Myrrh, Spice, Honeycomb, Wine, and Milk, and their spiritual significance in the believer’s life.

I also drew a spiritual parallel from recent astronomical events like No Shadow Day on August 17th, and The Blue Moon expected on August 31st. It was another example of ‘Signs in the Heavens’ which were actually foretelling the closeness of the coming of Christ.

At the end of the service we had a time of prayer for the congregation.

Click here to watch a video

The gathering ended by 3:00 pm and we broke for a grand lunch which Pastor Sukumar’s mother had lovingly prepared for the entire church.

It was wonderful to fellowship with our Guddi family once again, to see our old friends again, who so lovingly uphold our ministry in their prayers.


With Bro. David & Fam


With Pastor Sukumar
Guddi Village
 

We had a good rest that evening and some invigorating spiritual discussions, and soon packed for our journey the following day.

The next morning, I had the pleasure of meeting Pastor John Pushparaj, who expressed his desire to hold a Pastor’s Conference in the area in the coming months.

We had our train at 3:30 pm that afternoon, and Bro. Daniel Saarthi saw us off at Katpadi railway station.

Katpadi Railway Station

Leaving for Cbe
We reached good ol’ Coimbatore by 9:30 pm that night, and Bro. Timothy dropped us off at our place.

We look forward to visiting you again Guddi Church. You are always in our hearts. 


Tirupur Church 1 year Anniversary Meet

7th March 2023


Pastor Jagdeesh whom I had been acquainted with since our Chennai Prophetic Awareness Meet in July- August 2022 invited me to preach at his Church's 1 year Founding Anniversary in Tirupur in March of this year.


(Scroll to:- Prophectic Awareness Bible Study Manapakkam, Chennai 2nd July 2022.)

It would be 1 year since he left the denominational institution he had been a member of and stepped into independent ministry.

Since Chennai, Pastor Jagdeesh and I had been growing in the bonds of fellowship with one another. Whenever I was out of town, he would oversee the gathering at Coimbatore Church and we had been in close touch, more often discussing the beauty of the Word, some hidden pearls of revelation that had caught our attention, or some recent piece of news that was proving prophetic scripture, over our phones late into the night. I was really thankful to the Lord for this Soul-Brother.

We had been to visit Pastor Jagdeesh's family once or twice in the course of our friendship, during which he had shared with us his testimony of how he came to the Lord, the hardships he had had to face while serving in ministry, how the Lord has inspired in him the confidence to stand alone for Christ, untethered to denominationalism, and the ridicule and debasement he had been made to suffer as a result. 

He lives in Tirupur with his wife Anita, two daughters Jessica and Jerusha, and his mother.

With Pastor Jagdeesh's Family

Prayer for Church Land
Today he leads a few members at his church in a small terrace enclosure outside his first floor apartment in Tirupur. The area has been known for its communal intolerance and bias against Christians in general, so ministering in the area was proving to be a big challenge. 

The last time we had been to meet him sometime in October of 2022, we had prayed over small parcel of land that he had wished to dedicate to the Lord as a church in the future. 

We had also had a sweet time of fellowship with his aunt's family who lived in the neighbourhood.

The Anniversary Meet was scheduled for the 7th of March in the evening from around 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. 

His cousin, Pastor Leo from Kumbakonam, had also joined us.

Pastor Leo leads the worship
- Sis Anita and sisters Song Offering

I, Sis Benita, and Bro. Timothy from our church attended.

There were around 50 people gathered.


Pastor Jagdeesh shared the testimony of his journey into independent ministry by faith.

An Elder prays for the Church Ministry


My message that evening centered around Luke 21 - Jesus Christ being The Cedar of Lebanon.

It was a heart filled message for the Church on how the Lord was to our sinful selves - a purging stream, how the purity of the Word could never be tainted by any external force, rather, just as it healed the Woman with the Issue of Blood, who reached out and touched the hem of Jesus' garment in the crowd, it had the Transformative Power to change all that it came in contact with.

Delivering the Message

I encouraged the congregation and the visiting ministers gathered to 'not be weary in well doing', as the Word taught, and encouraged them in their Faith-Lives.


The meeting ended by 8:00 pm, after which we were served dinner, and then bid our hosts adieu.

Do pray for this small ministry in Tirupur, that the Lord may take it from glory to glory, and that many more souls may be added to it in the coming days.

Thanjavur Church Meet
4th October, 2022

Following our Chennai ProAw meet, Pastors Jagdeesh and his cousin Leo came to visit me in Coimbatore with regard to joint evangelization efforts in Tamil Nadu.

Read about our Chennai ProAw meet here.

(Scroll down to 'Manapakkam, Chennai')

Pastor Leo shepherds a church in Kumbakonam, and also oversees the late Pastor Rajkumar's church in Thanjavur.

He suggested a one day meet at the Thanjavur church, and it fit into my schedule as I had been planning to visit my cousin sister who lived there, for quite some time.


Serfoji Raje 


My wife, mother, mother-in-law, and myself set off for Thanjavur on the evening of the 3rd, after our Sunday service in Coimbatore.

We had booked lodgings in Thanjavur town, and settled in for the night. We had planned to visit with my aunt the next day.

My cousin Mangala, on my father's side was the daughter of a nobleman, a cousin of the then King of Thanjavur, and descended from a line of Marathas born to Serfoji - Shivaji's lesser known nephew, hailing from the line of  Sree Venkoji, Shivaji's half brother. Serfoji was a christian apologetic and a great help to English evangelists pre-independence. 

It was said that he later converted to Christianity, and because he chose to keep company with the whites, and was kind to missionaries and christian social reformers, he was considered a traitor and enemy of the state. As a result, when the Maratha heritage sites were funded for preservation by the newly formed government of India post 1947, there was not much afforded Sarfoji's line for survival and development when the monarchy there had been done away. Instead they were left to fend for themselves, most of them becoming antique dealers, gallery owners, temple trustees, or tour operators.

Palace No. 9 today
Thanjavur, previously known as Tanjore, is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the Chola Temples, which are UNESCO World Heritage Monuments, are located in and around Thanjavur. All around the city can been seen monuments and architecture built during the Rajaraja Chola dynasty.

Although the palaces and courtyard have lost their ancient glory, my aunt still resides in Palace No 9 - literally living in forgotten history archives.

Our family with my cousin Smt. Mangala
and niece Girija.

After a quick visit, we returned to our hotel room and spent the rest of the day in prayer for the next day's meeting.

The meeting had been scheduled to begin at 10:30 am the next morning, and divided into 3 sessions with breaks for tea and lunch, at the end of which we would have a healing and deliverance service for the congregation.

Assembly of Christ Church, Mission Street, Thanjavur


Pre-meet jam

We had a rousing time of praise and worship led by Pastor Jagdeesh.


Pastor Jagdeesh initiates the service
Pastor Jagdeesh leads the worship

Bro. David Jasper on guitar

Bro. Joshua Clinton on keyboard


Pastor John Arumugam 
prays for the message

Pastor Leo introduces Pastor Shadrach





The 1st session began at 10:45 am and went on till about 11:45 am.

Click on any of the below links to watch a Worship Snippet.




I began my theme of Prophetic Awareness with a reading from Matthew 25 and the parable of the 10 Virgins, explaining the concept of spiritual virginity, being a part of the Bride of Christ, and other deeper Bible truths, simplifying them for my audience, as I perceived they were as yet unschooled on these topics. 


 At 11:45 am, we broke for tea.

The congregation was eager to hear more.

Pastor Jagdeesh prays for the 2nd session 

The 2nd session went on from 12:15 pm to 2:00 pm.

Delivering the Word to a seeking audience

I continued, touching on the 7 Church Ages, The Importance of the Prophetic Vision for our times, False doctrines and False prophecy and how it was operating to corrupt the church, and then briefly touched on the Beast of Ecumenism before it was time for lunch.



After a good lunch and some spiritual discussions with the brethren gathered there, we began the 3rd session.

I used the last session to preach about the prophecies related to the coming of Christ that had been fulfilled in our times, and those yet to, in the future. 

I explained how the American economy would be destroyed for the European Union to rise in power and support the Beast of Revelation 17, how a perverted Christianity would be gradually accepted in our society and blind the eyes of all those who had not been sealed by the Holy Spirit, and warned the church that there would be a time of pressure on the Bride before the rapture.



I also enlightened the congregation on the Prophecy of the Great Californian Quake that would come to pass to shake the power of the USA as a dominant world leader, pointed out some facts about the Battle of Ezekiel, and the conflicts to come, and urged them to remain spotless in a world that was soon returning to a state of exceeding sinfulness just as in the times of Noah, and Sodom.
 


All those who attended confessed to being greatly blessed and encouraged by the Word.

We ended the meeting with a wonderful time of praise and thanksgiving.




The youth of the church came forward with some special songs.





We then had a healing and deliverance service for all those gathered.


Do pray for the church in Thanjavur, Pastor Leo's congregation in Kumbakonam, and Pastor Jagdeesh's ministry in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. 

May the Lord use his servants to spread His Word and bring glory to His Name.

Thanksgiving Meeting, Udumalpet,

18th May, 2022

I've known Pastor P T John since 2007. 

He used to regularly visit Coimbatore when I was out of town to help with caring for my congregation.

For the past 4 years, his wife, Sis. Eliyamma who had become invalid was gradually growing weaker and weaker. After my recovery from Covid, I and my wife had traveled to see him. It had been quite a long time since we had visited Udumalpet. His wife then had been paralyzed from the waist down, and both her kidneys had failed. 

Sadly a few months down the line, she passed away. Pastor P. T. John has a son and daughter, both married. We met him once again when we went to see his newest grandson, Elvin.

He invited me to preach at a Thanksgiving Gathering he had arranged on the 18th of May, 2022. The little hall that he had dedicated for prayer had recently been renovated and he had wanted to hold a meeting there for some time.

I and my family traveled to Udumalpet, around 70 kms from Coimbatore on the morning of the 18th. We set out at 9:00 am and were there by 10:45 am.

Udumalpet is the windmill hub of Coimbatore, the town harnessing wind energy for agriculture and the industrial sector.

Once we passed Pollachi town on the way, we were met with wide expanses of farm land, plains covered in green, the clouds kissing the earth on the horizon.

Udumalpet - windmill country

Rainstorm Brewing in the distance

Pastor P. T. John was expecting a gathering of 50 to 100 people, including his relatives from Maraiyur, Kerala, and a few ministers in the area.

The meeting began at 11:00 am.

Pastor Shaiju initiated the prayer service.

Pastor Shaiju

I was asked to lead the worship.





Pastor P. T. John then shared a brief exhortation about Zacheus, and the demonstration of the working of the resurrection power of Jesus' words in his life.

Pastor P. T. John


 
 
Pastor Sam was then called upon to share a Word of Comfort.

Pastor Sam shares a blessing

One of the brothers, Bro. Shibu sang a beautiful Malayalee Christian Song.

Bro. Shibu sings the Malayalee gospel song - Nanniyode Nyaan Stuthi



I was then handed the pulpit.

I preached on II Corinthians 5:1, Colossians 1:15, and Genesis 1: 27, and 2: 7 - The Creation of Man and the Groaning of the Inner Man within the Earthly Tabernacle.









A little girl came forward with a song at the end.



Pastor Prince concluded the service with prayer.


There were around 60 people in attendance.

Lunch was served. And then we had a mighty downpour. The rain just kept coming and coming. 

When it finally let up, it was around 3:00 pm, and we left for Coimbatore.


Do pray for Pastor P. T. John, his son Joby John, daughter-in law Shirley who live with him, his daughter Libya and son-in-law Saiju, who are ministering in Andhra Pradesh, and for his ministry in Udumalpet and Maraiyur.


Gospel Meeting, Kamraj Nagar
5th of February, 2022

Sister Arokiya Mary has been a member of our congregation since 2010, and much before that, my school mate. I have journeyed alongside her in life watching the ups and downs, the upheavals and curve balls that fate has thrown at her, and how she has managed to hold on to the faith through it all.



It was in the year 2014 that Sis. Mary has spent some time in fasting and prayer in church and had asked us all to join her in a petition to the Lord, that she would one day be able to rebuild her mother’s home.


Sis. Arokiya Mary
It was this year, 2022, exactly 8 years later, that the Lord answered and she was able to complete the reconstruction and extension of her mother’s home in Kamraj Nagar, Coimbatore.

It was Sis. Mary’s desire to have a gospel meeting in the front yard of her mother’s home after the construction was complete. Sadly, in the interim, her mother Sis. Mary Subalaxmi passed away at the age of 92 on the 22nd of July, 2021. 



The Housewarming Prayer Service for the family was held on the 5th of February, 2022.

As I had previously lived in the area before I moved to Senthamil Nagar for ministry, I knew a lot of the people there. It was good to see a lot of familiar faces at the meeting.

The message was ‘God Introducing Himself’. I touched on how Traditional Christianity was an actual state of Spiritual Death, and that Christians should be aware of the Signs of the Coming of Christ and what they were.

(To watch this message on YouTube click here)









Do pray for Sis Mary’s family, her husband Francis, sons Timothy and Premkumar, and daughter –in-law Priyanka.

Gospel Meeting, Mannapaarai,
Trichy District, Tamil Nadu

2nd of August, 2021

In the course of my associations with various ministers in the faith, I came across Pastor O. Mariappan who had come to the truth in 2006, and had been serving the Lord in Seegampatty Village, Mannaparai district some 46 kms from Trichy since 2017.

I had previously arranged for Tamil Bibles to be sent to him through one of my cousins in Trichy who works in the Bible Society of India.

He invited me to preach at a gospel meeting arranged at the commemoration of his church’s 5th year anniversary in Mannaparai, and I was glad to oblige. The meeting was scheduled for the 2nd of August, 2021, a Monday.

It would be the first ministry trip I was taking after recovering from Covid, and it humbled and encouraged me at the same time.

Click here to watch Pastor Shadrach’s testimony of his Struggle with and Victory over Covid 19.

Back in the
Father's Business

The first time a meeting to Mannaparai was planned, a few months prior, it had to be called off as Pastor Mariappan’s sister had met with an accident and had been seriously injured. We had committed all future travel to the area and meetings to be arranged, if any, into the Lord’s hands. So, it came as a welcome surprise when Pastor Mariappan invited me to preach at his church, especially after the stagnation of most ministry activity during lockdown and the lethargy of my sick bed.

My wife, Sis. Benita accompanied me. We had booked a cab to and from Mannaparai as train and bus travel was still restricted at the time. 

We left Coimbatore at around 12 noon. It took us around 6 hours to reach Pastor Mariappan’s village in the interior. We were there by 6 pm, just as sun went over the hills.


With Pastor O. Mariappan
The Welcoming Committee


We caught a glimpse of the premises in the waning light and unloaded our sound system, instruments, and other paraphernalia inside the church, pre-arranging them for the next day’s service.
Church premises

I was told that a few souls were ready for baptism, and that there would be many children at the service, the next day.

Pastor Mariappan introduced us to his family, his wife and children. Their house was in the middle of a smattering of village houses. Some of the villagers were their relatives, and most knew them from the time they had been born. It was Pastor Mariappan’s native village, so he was quite well known there. They had a small grocery store, little hall, and a kitchen built adjoining the church. It was the only shop in the village so it brought in some income.

Pastor Mariappan related to me how he had been labouring in Bangalore before he felt led to come and minister in his village in Mannaparai, and so had left his life in Bangalore and settled into rural living with his family in his native village. The going was tough, and it was hard to minister to the villagers. They gathered and heard the Word during special occasions and retreats, but living a life of commitment for Christ was a whole other story, and so far there were only a handful of people who had committed their lives to Christ and were regular church goers. The village abounded with young ones, and they made up the majority of the congregation.

Yet Pastor Mariappan had stood fast all these years, waiting on the Lord and labouring for the fruit of the souls. He had just begun to see the start of the harvest, and he told us there was yet a long way to go.

The church was a substantial structure built with a concrete foundation and walled and roofed with tin sheets. There were sacks thrown on for insulation from the heat, but that could do only so much for the area’s heat in the summer. The floor was mud, neatly swept and laid with cow dung as is the custom in most Tamil villages.

Pastor Mariappan had booked a room for us in the town lodge, so after a bit of conversation, we were ready to have our dinner and sink into sleep. It was a long time since we had been out of the house, and the after effects of Covid were showing – the exhaustion after only a few hours of travel, and the body aches had begun. We both had a quick meal and hastened off to sleep.

The next day we awoke pretty early, and after a hurried breakfast and 2 cups of Manaparai Chai, we made our way to the church – The Lord Jesus Christ’s Tabernacle, as it was named.

After a refreshing and lively time of praise and worship, Pastor Mariappan prayed for the congregation and the message, and handed the service over to me.

Click here to watch Manapaarai Praise and Worship Service

Pastor Mariappan leads the worship





At the altar call, I was a bit surprised when I saw a few tiny little men come forward for baptism. When I asked them how old they were they said they were 13, 14 years of age. They looked real small and I was actually wondering if they actually knew what they were doing, and if they really were that age. On questioning their parents, I found that they were all genuinely teenagers, and their parents had given their consent for the children to be baptized. They all answered my questions regarding why they sought baptism frankly and wisely enough, and I discerned that they were ready. 3 of the adults who were ready for baptism had not shown up that day as they had had to report for work in the next village, so it was just the young people who were ready to go into the water.

Prayer for those who came forward to give their life to Christ

A woman too came forward for baptism. Her name was Surumbayi. However, I discerned that she had an evil spirit as I had noticed her restlessness during the worship. The demonic forces within her had been manifesting then, but I had silently prayed that this would not disturb the service. I told her that I could not baptize her until she had been delivered from the evil spirit which was plaguing her. As I prayed over her, she suddenly began writhing and fell in front of me in a state of unconsciousness.

Pastor Mariappan suggested I baptize the young people first as lunch would be served immediately after the baptism service. So a few sisters took the woman aside until after the service was over.

The tank that Pastor had built only a few short months ago, which was now the major source of water for the villagers there, served as the baptismal pool.

Baptismal Pool

baptized 4 of the young ones who had come forward that day, one among them was Pastor’s daughter Sarah.





The afternoon meal was served and we all sat around in the sultriness of the afternoon heat a while after lunch.

After most of the people had dispersed, Surumbayi was brought back again. She sat quietly in a corner, as I prayed in my heart and contemplated how to approach her.

Her mother who had accompanied her to church briefly related to us her condition and how she had come to be afflicted so many years ago. Surumbayi also began telling us about the feelings she encountered before she fell unconscious.

She then suddenly asked,: “Sir, What exactly do you think is wrong with me?”

I told her I saw an unclean spirit in her which was tormenting her. And that she could only be released by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, if she truly believed.

As I and the Pastor were speaking to her, I saw the spirit began to manifest again.

I said, “Satan you are fallen! You tried to be like the Most High, but you could not. You can never take His place! You shall never be like Him!”

The spirit was aggravated as we claimed, “Victory in the blood of Jesus! Victory in the blood of Jesus!”

The woman had said that whenever the spirit would manifest, she would hear a groaning, humming sound in her ears, after which she would fall down unconscious. Whenever she heard the sounds ringing in her ears she would begin to shout back at the spirit aloud, saying,

“It’s in my ears, get off! Get off!”

And because of these outbursts, everyone in the village considered her to be mentally affected.

Surumbayi had told us that when she had come of age, she had felt a pressure inside her ears, and had suddenly fallen unconscious. She had been this way from that time.

The spirit was very adamant. The Lord revealed that the woman had 7 demons within her, and in the course of casting them out, the woman rose and fell 7 times.

When the demons left, the woman had no recollection of what had happened to her. But she felt lighter and relieved.

I told her to confess with her mouth that she needed the Lord Jesus Christ as her Saviour, and to ask Him to come and dwell within her. I prayed over a glass of water and told her to drink from it. I instructed her to come to church regularly, learn to pray and read the Word of God, and commit her life to the Lord soon and be baptized in his name, or else the demons that had left could very well come back again.

She checked her ears for the sounds that had been tormenting her and reported that she could not hear them anymore. She had been delivered by the power of Christ.

Click here to see the video of Surumbayi’s Deliverance

After a few words of encouragement to Pastor Mariappan and his family who were sincerely labouring for souls in that little village, I and Sis. Benita left for our lodgings to pack and be off to our home sweet home.

We shall especially miss Pastor’s daughter Sarah who was such a gem, organizing the kids, serving the village folk and tending to us so maturely in spite of her young age.

Do keep Pastor Mariappan, his family, and his ministry in the little village of Seegampatty in your prayers, that he may see a bountiful harvest of souls, and able people come forward to support him in those parts. 


Tirupur Church Meeting
4th March, 2018

Whenever I have to make a trip out of town on mission work, I am blessed to have a like minded servant of God in the faith who looks out for my flock in Coimbatore. 

Pastor Abraham who came to the Lord in 1990, and has a church in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, requested me to preach at his church on March 4th of this year. 

Around 50 people were expected on general invitation, and since it was a Sunday, we left Coimbatore after our usual morning service by car. 

My wife and a few brothers from my church accompanied me for the meeting. We reached around 1:00 pm, and after a brief introductory message of edification, we were served lunch in the little hall in the heart of the busy Tirupur junction.

                                     

                           

In the post lunch session, I preached on 'The 10 virgins'. However my main message was: "Teach us to number our days" - the timeline of events leading up to the coming of Christ.



                          

The 2nd session went on till about 4:00 pm, where a few believers who had come from a distance had to leave. After a short break for tea, the service continued up until 6:00 pm, after which we had a communion service and wound up for the day.


It was a joy to see many of those established faces in the faith I had seen many years ago. And there were also a few brethren who had been visiting from Chennai.

Pastor Abraham, has been ministering in Tirupur from the year 1997. He has braved many trials for the Name of the Lord, even to the extent of being beaten up by Hindu extremists, and left bleeding on the streets in 2001.

He lives in Tirupur with his wife Hephsibah and son Yabesh.

Do pray for Pastor Abraham and his ministry, that many more souls may be added to his number, and that his church may flourish and remain a light for the gospel in the years to come.


Gudiyattam Church Meetings
15th to 16th July, 2017

Pastor Daniel Saarthi had been calling me over to Gudiyattam for another meeting for some time. I hadn’t been able to arrange the dates with my programs in Coimbatore and in other states. But, with God’s leading, 2 days of meetings were arranged on the 15th and 16th of July at the church there.

Pastor Daniel Saarthi is one among many pastors who feeds his flock with the deeper riches of the Word. The little congregation is willing and able to grasp and imbibe the harder meat of the Word of God.

Pastor Daniel Saarathi

As such, it is always a joy to travel to the little village church where the brethren are never too tired to sit in just a little bit longer for the message, and always bid us teary goodbyes.

Gudiyattam Church

We left Coimbatore by the Kovai Express at around 3:00 pm and were in Ambur by 9:00 pm. Pastor Saarthi and his son Solomon were there to receive us at the railway station, and they drove us to our lodgings in Gudiyattam.

We went out with the family for the evening meal that day, and discussed ministry matters over dinner.

The meeting was scheduled to begin at around 10:30 am the next day in Pastor Saarthi’s church – just a short distance away from where we had been put up. So we sank into our sheets and were instantly asleep.

The next morning, we awoke pretty early and spent some time in prayer. I had half - prepared 2 messages for the two day meeting at Gudiyattam, one of which was Bible Colours. I had preached a shorter version of the message in Bro. Gan’s church in Singapore, and was wondering if I could further elaborate on that here.


Strangely enough, a couple of days before leaving Coimbatore, I had happened to go on one of my not-so-regular walks in our old neighbourhood, where there is a big playing field which morning joggers and footballers usually occupy. It had been drizzling and the sun had happened to peek out from behind a bunch of clouds at just the right time - there appeared a rainbow in the sky. And I had begun thinking about the Lord's covenant, and how the 7 prismic colours of the rainbow mirror His work in the perfection of man. I had felt the Lord kindling a message in my heart for the good people of Gudiyattam.



I recalled this in that hotel room in Guddi with my Bible on my lap, and the Lord pushed me on to delve deeper into the colour maze till I had my message ready for the church there.

Bro. Solomon and Bro. Silvan came over to pick us up around 10:00 am.

It was quite pleasant in Gudiyattam this time round, and the recent rains had made the whole place look green and lustrous. We crossed the familiar coconut plantations and cow pastures to The End Time Message Bride Ministry church building, and were greeted with those ever-smiling faces we knew so well.

Bro. Paul initiated the service.

Bro. Paul prays for the service

Bro. Sukumar led the worship.

Bro. Sukumar leading the worship





I was handed the pulpit at around 11:15 am.



I spoke on the subject Covenant Colors, as the Lord had put into my heart that morning, beginning with God’s Covenant of the rainbow with Noah, and going on to cover the Symbolism of Biblical colours, the colours of the priestly garments, the Missing Colour of the Vatican, and Christ's plan of redemption and its revelation through the Biblical Timeline.




We broke for lunch at around 2 pm, with the second session beginning at 3:30 and ending at 6:00 pm.


We went back to our lodgings to rest and freshen up a bit, and were back in the church again for the evening meal with Pastor Saarthi’s family and the other brethren there.

We had a good time of fellowship that evening, exchanging spiritual tidbits and ministry anecdotes, and sharing our individual testimonies of the Lord’s work in our lives this past year. By the time we were all done, it was 11:00 pm.

The brothers drove us back to our room for a good night’s rest.

We had our train to Coimbatore the following evening at 5:00 pm, so we were up early the next day to repack our stuff and prepare for the meeting.

Pastor Saarthi had asked me to lead the worship the next day.





My subject on Biblical Colours resumed the next day. I especially touched on the Work of God underlined in each colour of the covenant rainbow, The Humanity and Divinity of Christ, and his flesh being the veil rent on the cross for our sins. 



At the end, the congregation was awash with the presence of the Lord, and we all rejoiced together contemplating the redemptive work of God and His plan for us His children.



Pastor's daughter, Sis. Prissy and Sis Benita sang some special songs at the end of the service.

Sis. Prissy sings 'Yejamanane(Lord and Master)


We left the little Guddi church with the warmest of hugs and a promise to be back soon, boarded the Intercity Express at Ambur at 5:00 and were in Coimbatore by 10:00 pm that night.




(From Left: Bro. Solomon, Bro. Kumar, Bro. Sukumar, Pastor Saarthi, Myself and Sis Benita,
Sis. Prissy, Sis. Rachael, and Sis. Saarthi)

God bless Pastor Saarthi and his congregation who have always been an encouragement and a solace to visiting ministers, never tiring of ministering to their needs, and continually holding various ministries in prayer. My fervent desire for his church is that the Lord may take them from glory to glory and add more souls to their number this year.


Sultanpet, Coimbatore
Jan 14th, 2016

On my previous trip to Andaman in 2016, when I had been called to preach at Pastor Carmegam’s church in Port Blair, I had the pleasure of meeting a preacher from Coimbatore, Pastor Selvasingh.

On hearing my prophetic awareness message at the Fasting Prayer Service in the church that day, he was warmed, and invited me to his church in Sultanpet, Coimbatore whenever I could spare the time.

After we came back to Coimbatore and settled into our usual routine of local ministry work, I almost forgot about his invitation, until the day he called and asked me if I could come over an preach at a Night Fasting & Prayer Service in Sultanpet.

I willingly agreed and I and Sis. Benita made our way to Sultanpet for the service at around 9:00 pm.


I was handed the pulpit at around 11:30 pm.



There were around 70 people in attendance.



I shared the testimony of my conversion and entry into ministry life with the small assembly, and then spoke on The Creation of Man, The Flesh and The Spirit, The Convicting Work of the Holy Spirit, The Fall and Restoration of the Human Race, and God made manifest in flesh.


The little assembly was enlivened and rejoicing by the end of the message.

At the end of the service, after the sick and ailing were prayed for, I had a chance to discuss the vision of prophetic awareness that the Lord had given me with the Pastor Selvasingh and his family.

Pastor Selvasingh has been ministering independently in Sultanpet from the time he was a youngster, the area being his native town; and has met with enormous opposition from fundamental hindus there.

I pray that the Lord may take him deeper into the truth of His Word in days to come.

Gudiyattam Church Meetings
20th to 22nd May, 2016

Pastor Daniel Saarthi who has been a brother-in-arms since 2002, invited me to preach at his church in Gudiyattam for a 3 day Convention, from the 20th to the 22nd of May, 2016. Gudiyattam is a town in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu situated between the two mega cities of Chennai and Bangalore.


I and my wife made our way to Vellore by train on the 19th. We had to alight at Ambur and travel to Guddi by vehicle.

We were received at the railway station by Pastor Saarthi and his son Bro. Solomon. They drove us to Gudiyattam and settled us in a lodge there.

We had a short rest and were picked up at 1:00 pm for lunch with the family at a nearby hotel.

The meeting was to begin the next day, and preparations were going on that evening. We were invited to the church to co-ordinate with the brothers with regard to setting up the projector screen and also for dinner with the Pastor's family.

The church building had come a long way from the little room with the few sincere praying souls inside. And it was a joy to sit out on the porch and talk about the old days and the many ministry challenges that had come by.

We had a good time of fellowship with the few brethren whom we had met during RLMs Hidden Pearls Convention 2015: Bro. Sukumar, the church evangelist, Bro. Ebi who played the keyboard, Bro. Kumar, and Bro. Sethu. Bro. John from Coimbatore, Pastor Abraham from Tirupur, and Pastor Mark from Cuddalore, had also arrived and were staying in the same lodge as us, and Pastor Saarthi's daughter, Sis. Prissy was on leave from her studies at CMC College Vellore, for the occasion.

Pastor Saarthi shared his testimony about how the small gathering in Gudiyattam had grown over the years. He recalled how the faith had blossomed in and around Pattu, (a village near Gudiyattam) during Pastor M. R. Samuel's time, when Pastor Saarthi himself was just a young man, and how the Word had spread through the area like wild fire and touched many hearts. We grew nostalgic with talk of old times, small miracles, and conventions past. Pastor Saarthi narrated how he had come to the ministry, how his small flock had undergone various hardships as a body, but still stuck together through it all by the grace of God, how it had been a labour of love constructing and raising up the church building, and the works the Lord had brought to pass in that place since then.

After an early dinner we all retired to bed.

20.05.2016

Pastor Saarthi picked us up the next day to drive us to the church premises, a few kms from our lodgings.

Gudiyattam was sweltering, as usual, even with the rains that had passed by the previous day.


Pastor Ravi initiates
the first day's service
The service was divided into two sessions: from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, with a break for lunch served on the premises, and then again from 4:00 to 7:00 pm

Pastor Ravi was called upon to initiate the prayer service.

After the energetic praise and worship session led by Bro. Sukumar, and a few special songs sung by the church's youth for the occasion, I was handed the pulpit.

Bro. Sukumar leads the worship service

Special Song by church youth



Pre-service meditation





My message for the day centered around The Power from on High.

I spoke on the sign of the "Falling Away" as mentioned in Isaiah, exposed false ministries, and pointed out the mistakes that many so called teachers of the faith were committing in the Name of the Lord. I spoke on the fire that fell on the Apostles on the day of Pentecost, what the new experience of 'speaking in new tongues' meant, the disciples' commission, the Ark of the Covenant being the power and glory of Israel, and a type of Christ's covering of the Bride. I showed the congregation the recent discovery photos and videos of Noah's Ark, the claimed discovery of the Ark of the Covenant, news reports regarding the same, and the significance of the positioning of the Mercy Seat.


The Spirit of the Lord flowed unhindered, and the congregation's enthusiastic Halleluiahs and Amens kept me going.

Pastor Abraham
concludes the service
The Lord's Word was joyfully received, and my spirit renewed.

Pastor Ravi, Pastor Abraham, Pastor Mark, and Pastor Ravi Shankar, were among a few of the ministers who attended.

Pastor Abraham concluded the service.

That night, we were invited to Pastor Saarthi's home for dinner.

Sis. Saarthi and the other womenfolk had laid out a grand feast and after dinner we had a sing song with all the kids of the household on the porch.

At Pastor Saarthi's home

We were tired out and jubilant, after all the spiritual and natural feasting, and went to bed fulfilled.
  
 21.05.2016

Pastor Daniel Saarthi
Pastor RaviShankar prays for the service

The next day's service was initiated by Pastor Ravi Shankar. 

After a brief note of edificationPastor Saarthi handed the pulpit over to me.

My subject was "The Genealogy of Seth and Cain - the message behind the lineage."


I could see the eager faces grasp the revelation of the Word and tried my best to break down the message and simplify it as best I could.



Pastor Mark concluded the service.

Pastor Mark concludes the service


Bro. Sukumar invited us over to his place for the evening meal. We met his family and heard the remarkable testimony of their conversion to Christianity. The family had been one of the prominent practicing magician families in the area, serving the resident Hindu deities with immense reverence and devotion. Bro. Sukumar and his mother recalled the earlier days of their conversion, their entrance and growth in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, and witnessed their current stand.

With Bro. Sukumar's family at his home

It was a joy to meet them all and see their devotion to Christ and His Word. 

22.05.2016

My message for that Sunday's Service focused on 'The Close of the Ages'.

I took the congregation into the future reiterating teachings on the Rapture of the Bride, the Battle of Ezekiel, the Great Tribulation, the Ministry of Moses and Elijah, Grace to the Jews, and the 1000 Year Millennial Age.


I went over some of the natural and spiritual signs of the times, and showed the congregation video clips on how the worship of Satan had been brought into the public in recent years, how men had lost their sense of morality and cast aside the righteousness of God to satisfy their own lusts, and how Christianity had become more of an entertainment channel than a means of saving souls.

I also went over the 7 visions of Bro. Branham and how most of them had been fulfilled. 

Pastor Saarthi gave me ample time to preach that Sunday, the service continuing up till 3:00 pm with just a short tea break in between.

By the end of the service, I had lost my voice, and it was good that I didn't have to preach the next day. :-)

Sis. Benita sang a new Tamil Christian song, 'Thunai Nee Re' (You, my companion) at the close of the meeting.

Many came forward to express their joy and delight at the Word preached.


Special song by church youth


With and Bro. John, Pastor Saarthi, and Bro. Sukumar's family.

Our train to Coimbatore was set to leave Ambur station that afternoon, so we had vacated our room that morning itself. After a quick lunch we left in Pastor Saarthi's car, with Bro. Solomon at the wheel to the teary goodbyes of the innocent village folk, (Guddi style).

We left Ambur station with a smiling 'God Speed' from Pastor Saarthi and his son, and were in Coimbatore late that night.

Do pray for Pastor Daniel and Sis. Saarthi, for the earnest work that they do among God's children in Gudiyattam, for Pastor's children who are currently focused on their respective careers in CMC Hospital, Vellore, and for the congregation, that it may grow and blossom, and produce 100 fold fruit before the coming of our Lord.

Left to right: Myself, Pastor Saarthi, Bro. Solomon, Sis. Saarthi, Sis. Blessy, Sis. Benita


Thondamuthur Pastors Conference
20th October, 2015

I received a call from Pastor Samuel of Zion Assembly , Thondamuthur with regard to a Pastors Gathering he had spoken of at our last meeting together. He informed me that around 30 pastors had agreed to come together to hear RLMs message of warning for the shepherds of this last age.

I had been in prayer for this intention for some time, and about a week before Pastor Samuel called me, I had a dream in which I was preaching to a huge crowd inside an old cinema theater. At the end of my message many people are touched but get up and leave, and there are a few people left who say, "Pastor, we believe this message is true. We will stay with you."

Now I believe, that if the message that we carry, especially warning messages regarding the coming wrath of God, and the close of the ages, are accepted by the shepherds, they will ultimately lead their sheep the right way or face the judgment of God. What I understood was that the multitude that I had been speaking to in the dream, was not necessarily a crowd of people come to hear me preach, but all those who could have been impacted by the message I carried to the pastors and preachers who had agreed to come to the conference that day. And only a few stay back in agreement.

This interpretation of mine was further confirmed when I heard from Pastor Samuel, that the meeting venue was to be the verandah of an old cinema theater in one of the main areas in Thondamuthur. The theater owner had come to know Christ and had stopped showing films there. Instead he was ready to start renting it out for Christian conventions and other such occasions.

The meeting had been set for 10:00 am that morning. I and my wife, Sis. Benita made our way there by 9:45 am and got our projector ready.

We had a time of worship and prayer before Pastor Samuel introduced me to the small gathering of ministers, and I began the message.

I started off explaining the pagan origins of certain christian traditions, took them back through christian history, explained the origins of sun worship, mother and child worship, and other customs that had been integrated into traditional christianity over the years. I expounded on Mystery Babylon from Revelation 13 and 17, the goal of the WCCthe Ecumenical movement, how and when it began, and its current global agenda.


I ran through the signs of the times, end time prophecies, and how important it was as ministers to instill in the heart of the common believer, the awareness of the times we were living in and the importance of sanctification before the coming of the Lord.

                               

I could feel the flow of the Holy Spirit as I spoke. Mine was an earnest appeal to the simple preacher souls within them to rise up and put on an awareness of the deceptiveness of the current age - the age of the pale horse, where anything goes in lifestyle as well as religion, and true christianity was slowly disappearing, being sold for a sum under the towering specter of One World Government.

I showed the ministers video clips of some of the world events that had recently taken place in fulfillment of Holy Scripture. I also displayed videos of false missions and teachers and how they were deceiving innocent souls today.

What I preached that day was not new, but it was new to the minds of the men sitting before me wondering just how they were going to carry this message into their churches and to their people.

At the end of the service, Pastor Samuel, after a prayer of thanks, invited all the attendees to lunch at a nearby hotel. 

                              

We had a short biblical discussion during lunch and took leave of each other.

It was a month before I heard from Pastor Samuel again. He told me that many of the ministers who had attended had been blessed by the meeting, many had said that the conference had been an eye-opener for them, and others had also voiced questions that they needed answers to. He informed me that he was planning for another such gathering in the month of December.

I readily agreed, and we did have a second Pastor's Conference in the same venue, with many other ministers being invited. We had a question and answer round as well, and many preachers came forward with their doubts and questions which I did my best to explain according to the leading of the Lord.

I thank the Lord for the opportunity to testify and expound these subjects to those who had attended. Many of them are indeed sincerely serving the Lord in their lot, and I do believe that if 20 out of those 30 pastors have heard the warning of the Lord, and carry this message to their congregations of say, 250 each, then we have an average of 5,000 souls who may have received the grace of this message. And I leave it all in the hands of my Lord.

Do continue praying for Pastor Samuel and for those who have been a witness to the warning of the Lord, that the Word may take root in their hearts, and bear fruit to the glory of God.


Tuticorin 
17th and 18th October, 2015


Bro. Gray Bharathi, from Tuticorin, who had earnestly been seeking the truth for a while, and who put on Christ in baptism in September of 2015, had the burden to share the Word, and the Lord's warning regarding the last days, with his family and the local church in his hometown.

He graciously arranged for me to speak at the Good Shepherd Lutheran church in Tuticorin, as a guest speaker, on the 18th of October, 2015.

I and my wife caught a night train to Tuticorin on the 16th, and arrived in the wee hours of the morning, just in time to watch the sleepy town rouse and the shopkeepers raise their shutters in the local bazaar.


Bro. Gray Bharathi was at the railway station to receive us. We downed steaming cups of chai at a nearby tea shop, and then made our way to his home in a rickshaw.

Tuticorin is a sea side town and port, and like most port towns, abounds in all varieties of sea food - fresh and dried. The houses we passed bore names like 'Snowhorse', and 'Sea-shell', which made my wife nostalgic with memories of her beloved Mumbai.

Bro. Gray's wife, Sis. Radhi welcomed us with a big smile and made us comfortable in the upstairs guest room. After a short rest, we came down to meet the rest of the family over breakfast. 

Bro. Gray lives in Tuticorin with his wife Radhi, daughter Prabhavathy, son Heisenberg Raja, and mother. His elder sister and her family live next door.

After breakfast, Bro. Gray invited his immediate family over for a short while of prayer and an introduction to my ministry, after which we retired to our room for some rest before lunch.

Lunch was rice, greens, and Sis. Radhi's fabulous fish gravy. 😊

Bro. Gray had invited a few relatives and friends over that evening for a cottage meeting, along with the Church Reverend and his wife.

That evening, the 17th, I spoke on the origins of pagan worship, their induction into Romic Christianity, and how the whole system of traditional Christian beliefs had been re-organized and ritualized to suit the order of the day.
I took the small gathering back to the days of Noah, Nimrod, and Constantine, and gave them a brief history lesson in early Christianity, immediately after the death of Christ.

I also spoke about the Signs of the Coming of the Son of Man.




After an early dinner and some quiet spiritual discussion, I and my wife retired to bed. 

The weather was oppressingly humid, but it rained a little that night, and the heat lifted off a bit. 

We were up early the next morning. 

Bro. Gray had built a prayer room right next to the guest room, opening up onto a large balcony where we soaked up the sun and the sea air.

We both declined breakfast as we normally do before meetings. 

It was a rainy day and we made it to the church just before a full out downpour. 

The morning session was to be held in the church building itself. I would be given a chance to preach after the Reverend's usual rendition, and form of service was done.

The message I had chosen for that morning, was Hebrews 4:12"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. " To my suprise, it was the very text that had been chosen for the church reading at the service. I preached on what the verses meant in terms of surrendering our lives to God, how the two-edged sword rent and scraped at the innards of the sacrifice, or an enemy at war, and how its aim was to have the subject lay bleeding and open. It was a type of the openness and absolute surrender that God expected from each and every believer in the kingdom of God - to lay our hearts rent and bleeding on the altar for the fire from heaven to come and consume, so that we may be acceptable before him.



The message was well received by all who attended.

After the morning service, there was a reprieve when I took the opportunity to meet the other members of the congregation, being introduced by Bro. Gray. The church had arranged a special meet that day, and there were many programs and activities lined up. So Bro. Gray suggested that we retire to his home and return in time for the second service at noon. 

We did just that. After a short rest and a time of prayer, I and my wife made it back to the church premises. 

Lunch was being served for all, and so we both sat down for a quick meal.

After lunch, the whole congregation, plus many others who had decided to join the second session, moved into a hall alongside the church building.

There were around 300 souls in attendance.

I preached regarding the fulfillment of End Time Prophecies, what the Lord meant when he cautioned in II Peter 3 regarding the 'elements melting with fervent heat', the Man of Sin being revealed, the Anti-Christ system, the Snare of the WCC, and The Compromising Christian.

I ended with a call to the congregation to turn back to the faith of their Apostolic Fathers, they who call themselves Lutherans, to turn back to the uncompromising principles that Luther swore by, and get to know more of the God of the Bible.



After the message, there was a prize distribution ceremony for the kids. The Reverend K. Jayasingh expressed his joy at the message and stated that he might invite me for a group meet on a larger scale sometime in the future. I also met the head master of the TELC school, who told me the Word had thrilled his heart.

With Bro. Gray Bharathi (left) and Reverend K. Jayasingh (right) 

Sis. Benita (left), with Sis. Radhi


One thing that overwhelmed me that day was a special wing dedicated to handicapped children that the church was overseeing there. It was heart warming to see them say the Lord’s Prayer in sign language with all the devotion and joy that the only the young can express so fully.

All in all it was a successful trip; and I and Sis Benita readied ourselves for the night journey back home to Coimbatore.

Do keep Bro. Gray Bharathi and his family in your prayers.


Pattinam Cottage Meeting
2nd October, 2015

Sis. Beulah, a friend of one of the sisters in our church invited us to her home in Pattinam, for a cottage meeting on the 2nd of October, 2015.

I had met this sister at an earlier cottage meeting at a teacher's circle near Goldman’s, Coimbatore.

She is a government teacher who lives in Pattinam with her husband, and son.

She had invited a few close friends for the gathering.

After a short while of worship, I went on to preach about the Rise of the Ecumenical Movement in our times, about the 7 Church Ages, especially the Laodecian agethe Mark of the Beast, and the Signs of the Coming of the Son of Man.




The little gathering was ruffled with the preaching and honestly wanted to know more. Pastor Lawrence of a nearby church in Pattinam was also present and expressed the desire to have me preach to his congregation at a night fasting service in the future.

We left after dinner with the family.

Thondamuthur Church Meeting
30th August, 2015



True to His Word, Pastor Samuel invited me to preach in Zion Assembly, Thondamuthur to his 500 strong congregation at a special meeting on the 30th of August, 2015. He told me, “Preach whatever the Lord leads you to preach.” This warmed me, as I already had a strong message, which I felt would hurt some. However I felt the Lord’s Spirit sweep across that place and put the words that I would deliver into my mouth.

My message was about false prophets and teachers, and how the spirit of deception had slowly infiltrated the churches until people had been made so comfortable in their neglect and luke-warmness, that they remained unmoved and uninterested in seeking the truth of the Word today. Their traditions, rituals, church services, and rudiments were satisfying their self-righteousness, and lulling them into the slumber of the damned.



exposed many imminent TV preachers of the day by examining the doctrines they taught, and laid the proof of their words before the eyes of the congregation. I spoke on the Mystery of Iniquity, the Signs of the Times, and finally on the Ark of the Covenant.



Many in the congregation appeared stunned, many were touched. A sister from Erode came forward and invited me to minster at a youth conference there. A young man who had been passing by happened to hear the message over the loud speakers and stopped to attend the service. He testified as to how it had touched his heart.



Pastor Samuel invited us to his home for lunch. I along with a few members of our RLM congregation in attendance complied. Pastor Samuel shared a small testimony with us, of how he had been in search of a rental place to stay, and how suddenly, a man and his wife had showed up at the door of his earlier home and asked him if his name was Samuel. They told him they knew because the Lord had revealed it to them in a dream, and that they had also been told to offer him their home rent free for as long as he ministered at the church in Thondamuthur.

We bid the family goodbye after lunch. Pastor Samuel has told me that he will be in touch and would like to spread the Word to his co-workers and arrange for a Pastors Conference in the future. He has understood my vision in part – take the Word to the shepherds so that they may warn their sheep.

Do keep this intention in prayer.

Independence Day - 15th August, 2015
Fasting Prayer Service 

We do make it a practice to use every government holiday in our country and indeed every occasion of leave from work to arrange some sort of meeting either in church, a believer's home, or pubic premises.

On 15th August, 2015, on the occasion of India's 50th year of Independence, when the whole country was celebrating half a century of freedom in green, white, and saffron, we jubilated at Damodar Center, Near Anna Statue, in the heart of Coimbatore City. 

It was a Fasting and Prayer Service, for which we had invited a few close friends, the families of our church members, and folks who we had been ministering to in and around Ganapathy, in Coimbatore, and our brethren from associated churches in Tirupur

There was an Independence day presentation by Sis. Uma and RLM Junior Shirley on 'Freedom from Bondage' - a spiritual twist on the idea of Independence.


RLMs Youth Group Offspring performed a Praise Dance to the strains of 'Awesome God' as well as LifeHouses's famous human skit "Everything" which tells the tale of man's fall from grace, and his struggle through various temptations in his journey back to the Saviour, to the delight of the small audience.

Our God is an awesome God - Praise Dance




LifeHouse's "Everything"





A few sisters came forward with special songs and we had a wonderful time of praise and worship.




The message was about the Ark of God, its symbolism as the glory and power of Israel, the types and shadows of the sacrificial criteria mentioned in the Old Testament, Christ - our passover Lamb, and the reason sinless blood had to be shed to redeem mankind.



I showed the congregation images of the recent Noah's Ark Discovery, and co-related Noah's Ark with the Ark of the covenant - both types of Christ. I also touched on the doctrine of the Original Sin, and ended with Ron Wyatt's Ark of the Covenant Discovery video.


Many new souls were touched and came forward for prayer. 


Rapid Fire Round with visiting college students


Following this meeting, we have begun regular public meetings every 3rd Saturday in the same premises.

Thondamuthur Fasting Prayer Service, 
July 2015

It was through my contact with various prayer cells in Coimbatore, that a sister who began attending our church in Senthamil Nagar, arranged for a meeting at Thondamuthur, through Bro. Siva, the brother of one of the sisters in her prayer cell.

It was a Fasting and Prayer Meeting, scheduled to begin at 10:00 am and last till 2:00 pm at Bro. Siva’s home in Thondamuthur. Our troop arrived with our projector and managed to fill the small hall with all our audio and video paraphernalia.

It was the first time I met Pastor Samuel, the shepherd of Zion Assembly, Thondamuthur. There were also other fellow Christian workers present, besides Bro. Siva’s family, a few members of Zion Assembly, and the rest from our church. All in all, there were about 50 or so gathered.

We had a wonderful time of prayer, and praise and worship, after which I was invited to speak. My message that day was on ‘Deceptive Powers - How even Satan could be disguised as an 'angel of light’. I also, as at any new gathering, reiterated the importance of being prepared for the coming of the Lord, the signs of the times, and end time prophecies coming into fulfillment. I emphasized that one of the signs of the soon coming of our Lord was ‘the falling away’, and applied that verse to what we saw happening in churches and to ministers in our own country who were once considered lights of the gospel.




I also shared the testimony of my conversion and call to the ministry.

Pastor Samuel was immensely pleased and invited me to preach at their church some time after. He said he would be in touch shortly and contact me for any special meetings.

Bro. Siva and his family were wonderful hosts. They treated us to a delicious lunch, and we left warmed and filled.

Do pray for Bro. Siva and his family and for the people of Zion Assembly, Thondamuthur, mostly that they may be able to recognize the move of the Spirit at this time.

RLM Convention 2015: "Hidden Pearls"
6th to 8th May, 2015

RLM’s Convention 2015, “Hidden Pearls” was a turnaround success. ‘Turnaround’ on account of certain situations that occurred in the final stages of the meetings.

We had planned and announced the meetings on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of May at Coimbatore’s Corporation Hall in the heart of the city, with Bro. Richard L. S. Gan as the main speaker, who was supposed to arrive on the 3rd of May. Besides the main meetings, we had also arranged cottage meetings, and for him to speak at our church in Senthamil Nagar for the Sunday service.

The purpose behind the meetings was the release of Bro. Gan’s book, ‘ The Original Sin’ in Tamil, which was indeed a long awaited event, for which many of our brethren across the country had joined together to pray for, from November of last year, when Bro. Gan had visited Vellore, TN. (See earlier post - Vellore Convention)

Things came to a stand still when the Indian Embassy in Singapore announced that as per the new government’s rules, no foreign preacher was permitted to enter the country with license to preach or propagate Christianity even at private gatherings. The authorities there produced a declaration for Bro. Gan to sign stating that he would not preach in India, and warned him that if found doing so, he would be held by the authorities in our country, fined, deported back to Singapore, and would never be allowed to enter India again on any pretext, even for a tour.

This was a great blow for us, on top of all the mounting tensions surrounding the book translation which I had undertaken, and due to which I had closeted myself from February of this year, cancelling every appointment to see it through. I then had to go through the motions of re-informing all the invitees regarding the change in plans. And for a while was stumped as to what to do about the meetings. “Should I go ahead with it? Should I cancel completely? What to do? What to do?”

Bro. Gan’s simple statement moved me. He said, “Let the Lord’s will be done.” Then advised me as to how God had a greater plan for me. He suggested that I go ahead, as many had painstakingly worked for the convention, some even giving up their jobs, and postponing other ventures to labour for the meetings during which they believed God would work a mighty work in our city.

It was during my discussion with other ministers who had been a supportive force during the initial planning stages for this convention, that I was even more encouraged to take the program forward. Since we had printed and distributed close to 2000 notices for the convention, we had to go about informing all the invitees regarding the change in plan. At the behest of my fellow ministers, I undertook to carry on with the meetings and present the hard truth of the hour to the hearers myself.

It is always a point of attraction to the hearer to hear a preacher from another land. But as the Lord said, “A prophet hath no honour in his own country.” And so it was that the expected crowd of at least 500 dwindled to about 250 with the change in speakers.

However, even though the authorities stopped a man of God from entering the country, they could in no wise stop the move of the Holy Spirit working from within. And God did indeed bless the Convention here, and accomplished a mighty work for all to see.

Pastor Shadrach K. Joseph

The three day convention was, as many have testified who sat through all the sessions for all the three days, “as if we were in heaven.” It was truly a heavenly experience.

What was miraculous was how a small bunch of like minded people could turn around a disappointing situation and make a success of it.

The meetings were divided into two sessions: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 am to 6:00 pm with breaks for lunch and tea. An extra session for working people was arranged on the 6th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm.


Visiting ministers included Pastor Daniel Saarthi from Gudiyattam who was accompanied by many brothers and sisters from the church there, Pastor Babu and his wife from Mumbai, Pastor Abraham and Pastor Jeyraj from Tirupur, and Pastor Logunathan from Udumalpet.


The audience was a mix of truth seekers from in and around Coimbatore.


The theme of the Convention was, as the name goes, “Hidden Pearls”, an exposition of the doctrines that the Lord had committed to the first apostles, which had been buried after 325 ADs Nicean council, covered with years of tradition, and hidden from sight to prevent the common Christian from grasping the last strands of light before the gross darkness that now covers the people of this generation, swallows up Christianity completely.

Pastor Shadrach’s opening note was The Bondage of Traditional Christianity. 



Pastor Babu handled the afternoon session on the 6th, with a discourse on “The symbolism of the ‘garment’ through the books of the Bible." 




Other topics covered included The Marriage Supper of the Lamb, Uncovering the Veil, The LOGOS of God and its manifestations, The Truth about Baptism, The Godhead Explained, a discourse on Revelation chapters 13 and 17, an Exposition on the Man of Sin being revealed, video clips and news related to The Coming New World Order and current day Ecumenism, and more. He ended with ‘The Call Out Of Babylon.’



The first day saw a crowd of 220 people.



The numbers went down on the 2nd day due to the declaration of the XII grade results and college admissions. The third day ushered in a decent crowd again. All who attended will surely testify of the anointing presence they experienced throughout. 


 

Many who came felt the fetters of their old world crumbling as they recognized God’s call for these last days and realized God’s demand for a Bride without the spot or wrinkle of denominationalism and tradition. 






Mostly all those we spoke to at the end of the convention responded that they were provoked into action, they would attend once again any future meetings held, they were ready to study God’s Word more, they were ready to answer God’s call but afraid, they needed prayer, they needed guidance, they were dissatisfied with their current spiritual condition and the religious systems of the day, yes, they were ready for revival. Praise God!



Pastor Daniel Saarthi led the people in prayer.


The worship was led by Pastor Shadrach with the introduction of a couple of RLMs new songs: “Hosanna” based on Psalms 23, "Oeerulle Aandavare", and the Tamil rendition of the Hindi song: ‘Uttaraa’ – "Ootrame Aaviye Ootrame". 



The preaching sessions were interspersed with special numbers by the RLM Choir, Pastor Babu, Bro. Sukumar, Bro. Milton, the tiny tots from Gudiyattam, and Ganapathy Teacher’s Colony Deborah Prayer Cell.


Pastor Babu
Bro. Sukumar


Bro. Milton

Gudiyattam Church Children's Group
Teacher's Colony Deborah Prayer Cell Members





The music accompaniment was provided by Bro. Stephen, and Bro. Ebenezer (from Lord of Hosts Church) for the first day and Bro. Milton for the next two days.

Bro. Anthony brought a sense of order and discipline to the chaotic joy of the event.

The video-graphy was undertaken by RLMs own Junior Timothy.




The backdrop and flex was taken care of by Bro. Boaz and his team at Print Galaxy, Sivananda Colony.

At the very end, RLM honoured all the ministers who attended and all those who had helped organize the event with a special gift.


      

 
   




- Sis. Benita Joseph

RLM thanks all those who pitched in with your active help running around making arrangements for the care and accommodation for our guest attendees, for the pick ups and drops, for the kind words spoken at the appropriate moments of desperation, for shouldering the burden for new souls to enter the kingdom of God, for organizing the little known and little seen issues of the meeting, for rendering your hands and your pockets for the furthering of this prophetic awareness campaign, and for your invaluable prayer support without which these meetings would not have packed such a big PUNCH!. God Bless you all! Amen.

Tiruchendore 
28th December, 2014 

Bro. Selvam is a dear brother in our assembly who came to the Lord in _. A grocer by trade, he owns three provision stores in the heart of Pollachi, near Coimbatore.

Hailing from a strong CSI background, Bro. Selvam always received word from his town church in Tirunchedore, back home regarding their year-end meet, when the church youth got together to plan a convention and invite guest speakers to minister to the 200 strong congregation each year. This year, Bro. Selvam suggested my name, and as fate would have it, the lot fell to me, and I was invited to minister there on the 28th and 29th of December. 

It was a bit of a hodge-podge, me leaving at a the busiest time of year for my congregation, when they all usually pitch in to help with the church repairs and extension, and prepare for our New Year’s service. However, I felt the leading of the Lord, and found myself in Tiruchendore on the morning of the 28th with my trusty and long-time friend Bro. John in tow.

The young brothers organizing the event asked me to speak for two days, however, I had to decline, as that meant that I would not have enough time for prayer before our regular church New Year service, with the to and fro railway travel time required.

So I was booked to preach at the CSI church there on the 28th of December, 2014.

We had booked a night train to save time and arrived the next morning at around 5:30 am.

Our lodgings had been taken care of by the brethren in Tiruchendore. After the preliminary introductions, we were left to retire until the evening church service, i.e. 6:00 pm.

I and Bro. John had a refreshing time of prayer, a hearty lunch, and some much needed rest before we got dressed for the service.

The streets and churches of Tiruchendore were decked up with lights, like gleaming garlands, lights...lights everywhere, hanging from the branches of trees, and from the window shades of church buildings, end to end, and wall to wall, in the spirit of the Christmas season. It was like entering a chandelier show room.


The decorations were lavish and every christian home was lit up and garishly bedecked.

The message I was to preach came to me as I walked down those streets.

I had initially planned to preach on the Signs of the Coming of Christ. But the Lord was filling my mind with new thoughts.

The Reverend received us warmly.

After the worship session, I was called to the dias.

I began with an introduction of my ministry, then went on to explain what prophetic awareness was, the importance of the Book of Revelation, the soon coming of Christ, the state of Modern Christianity, and the futility of traditional church beliefs. As usual, I expounded on the difference between traditional and spiritual Christianity, and listed the prophecies that had been fulfilled till date, those that still were to be, etc; but my emphasis that day was on the Holy Spirit's warning to the Laodecian church from Revelation 3:17. It was a clarion call to the church in Tiruchendore to awake and put on Christ.

                      


"Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked..."

The congregation received the message well, and many were thoughtful of what they had heard.

I was given a chance to sing, and I decided to sing one of the songs from my album: Aadhi Akini - The Beginning Fire. The song was 'Ezhpudhal Akini' (Revival Fire)


I pray that the fire of God touches those truth seeking souls in that church in Tiruchendore, and that the little flame that I lit there, may burn in their hearts and cause them to seek God's Word.

I and Bro. John were supposed to leave that night by bus, but due to a transport strike, were detained until the next day.

The young brothers there thanked us profusely, and we bid Goodbye to Tiruchendore.

Do pray for Bro. Selvam, that the Lord may bless Him mightily, and lead him into a deeper spiritual walk. He, along with his brother Pandiyan, and sister Bella, have been baptized. He has two other sisters, Stella, married, residing in Chennai, and Prisicilla who lives with the rest of the siblings in Pollachi.


Jeeva Vaasal Church Meeting, 
Ramnathapuram, Coimbatore,
2nd Dec., 2014


I was invited to preach at 'Jeeva Vasaal' church in Ramnathapuram, Coimbatore, on the 2nd of December, 2014 by Pastor PCS Babu.

Sis. Lata, in whose home we have a fortnightly prophetic awareness gathering, and who was also a member at that church told him about my ministry. Pastor Babu, originally from Ooty, and hailing from a Catholic background, leads an independent group of believers in Coimbatore.

When we first met, he told me that he had been seeking the Lord’s will regarding inviting me to his church to preach, and that the Lord had revealed certain things to him. While in prayer after our discussion, the Lord gave Pastor Babu a word of prophecy about my ministry. He said, "The Lord tells me that you have a special ministry, and that he has put His sword into your hands. Many shall come against you, to try to pull you down, but they shall not prevail"

The church conducts four services in a day for its 300 odd congregation. The first service begins at 6:00 am, the second at 11:00 am, the third at 2:00 pm, followed by a youth service at 4:30 pm. I was invited to speak at all the 4 services, but attended only 3 as I had to finish with my morning church service at Senthamil Nagar first.

I arrived in time for the 11:00 am service and was heartened to hear the scores of testimonies about the good hand of the Lord in the people’s lives.

During the noon service, I showed the people a presentation on Signs of the Times and highlighted the prophecies which have already come to fulfillment, and some of those yet to be fulfilled. I delved a little deeper, renounced the false prophets of the age, explained the difference between traditional and genuine spiritual Christianity, preached on the fall of Babel and the resulting mix of religious rituals, highlighted the Babylonish rituals employed by pagan Christianity today, expounded on the falling away and the man of sin, and warned the congregation of the dangers of mixed truths.

The youth service was richly blessed. I shared my life testimony – of how the Lord touched me when I was a rebellious teenager, and how he had changed my life and raised me up for his service. I encouraged the youth to seek the will of God for their lives and be careful to preserve their Christian heritage and testimony in the face of the world’s evil.

I preached about the fall of Lucifer, and presented them evidence on how everything in the world – fame, ambition, fashion, music, movies, and all other forms of entertainment stemmed from the god of this world – Satan. I touched on the Illuminati and Freemasonry being the two wings of Satanism, and how the devil has kept the world society, especially the youth in bondage today by subliminally and unconsciously attacking their minds and hearts. The young congregation testified to understanding a great deal through the message.

Later on before conducting Rhema Life Ministry's convention 'Hidden Pearls' in Coimbatore, I went to Pastor Babu once again to extend an invitation to him and his congregation for the meetings. At that time he prophesied again saying, "The Lord has chosen you to glorify His Name among the people, and your efforts shall not go in vain."

I pray that through the prophecies and discernment, that the Lord gave Pastor PCS Babu regarding my ministry, he may be able to lead his flock into a deeper knowledge of the Word, that they may seek the truth of the age and find it, and be prepared to face the onslaught of Ecumenism when it comes against them.


       Church Meeting, Kovaipudur,  Coimbatore,
                            November 2014

I was invited by Pastor Jeyaraj to minister at his church in Kovaipudur, Coimbatore in November of 2014. I went to meet with this pastor a day before the meeting and it seemed we had an instant connection. I did indeed feel that the Lord would provide a profitable word of edification for his congregation and agreed to minister there.

The day I was called was a day of fasting and prayer for the little assembly, and only a few members showed up. However, the Lord's presence was tangible and blessed all those who heard.

I shared a simple message on the Symbols of the Holy Spirit - how the Holy Spirit has different parallels in the Word such as oil, fire, the dove, etc. I shared how Calvary could make no difference to a man, no matter how religious he was, unless the Father drew him and revealed to him the purpose of His Son' sacrifice, that it is this redeeming knowledge that works a change in people's lives, and leads them into perfection, and not just head knowledge of the Word.

Pastor Jeyaraj also asked me to pray for the ministerial hindrances that lay in his path.

I pray that God may give me yet another chance to minster to the people there and show them the deeper things of God.

Pastor Jeyaraj lives in Kovaipudur with his wife and sons Ratankumar, and Shanthakumar.

Note: One of the main intentions that Pastor Jeyaraj had asked me to pray for, was for the room he was renting as premises for his church service, as he was finding it hard to pay the rent. Six months later he called to tell me, that when the owner came over to ask for the rent, there was a change in his heart, and he had agreed to give him the premises free of cost, to conduct prayer for as he long as he wanted.

Praise God. We serve a wonder working God. 


Vellore Convention, 7th to 9th November , 2014


Bro. Richard L.S. Gan was invited to preach from the 7th to the 9th of November, 2014 at Pallikonda, Tamil Nadu. It was a pleasure to meet and fellowship with him once again, after many a year.

The convention was arranged by Bro. Somu Solomon of Bangalore, India. His co-workers in the faith, Bro. Dayalan, Bro. Ravi Matthew, Bro. Ravi Shankar Samuel, Bro. Sivakumar, and Bro. Shadrach Jairaman assisted him in organizing the event.

 


The convention was held in the great hall of Holy Angels Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Pallikonda, around 20 kms. from Vellore town in Tamil Nadu, India. 


There were around 250 people in attendance, including ministers from Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Gudiyattam, Hosur, Mumbai,Pattu, Tirupur, and Udumalpet.

I was given the opportunity to interpret the message into Tamil.


The convention saw a gathering of many of those who had been groomed and strengthened by the ministry of Bro. M.R. Samuel of Pattu. Bro. M.R. Samuel was one of the first to invite Bro. Gan to South India sometime in the 1980s. After Bro. Samuel's passing, the church in Pattu expanded through the surrounding villages and towns until there grew to be around 8 churches in the vicinity. The pastors of these churches, along with some of their flock all agreed to get together to feast on the Word of the Lord for the 3 day convention.


I traveled to Vellore with my family, Bro. John, and Bro. Selvam from our church in Coimbatore for the meetings. We reached Katpadi railway station and drove the 7 kms to our accommodation at Vellore on the 6th. 



Bro. Gan was put up at the AVM Grand in Vellore. We had found lodgings close by so that we could visit with him. That evening we met at his hotel room and spent some time reminiscing, catching up on all the news from Singapore, and sharing some good fellowship.



The meetings were divided into two sessions, with breaks for tea and lunch provided at the venue. The morning service began at 10:30 am and lasted until 1:30 pm. The second service began at 2:30 pm and wound up by 5:00 pm. There was a Pastor's Conference with a question and answer session on the evening of the 7th and 8th of November from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. Guest lodgings were provided by Bro. Somu at SVS Lodge, Pallikonda.

 

On the 7th, Friday, Bro. Gan preached on the mighty angel of Revelation 10, the sealed scroll opened up by the Lamb in Revelation being the redemption of the claim to the earth; saving, healing, and rapturing faith, the 7 thunders, and the restoration story of Abraham and Sarah.

 

Saturday, the 8th, saw Bro. Gan expounding on the three books of testimony being the stars, the stones, and the written Word: the Bible; and the significance of the ministry of Moses and Joshua. He also spoke on having a personal relationship with the Saviour, and took the congregation through studies on prophecy in the book of Job.


Most of the believers left Pallikonda on the 8th to attend Sunday service in their respective churches. However, the believers of 3 churches in Gudiyattam came together for the Sunday service on the 9th, when Bro. Gan elaborated on Enoch's Pyramid and how its blueprint reflected the story of creation and redemption. He also preached on the Holy City New Jerusalem not being a literal city but the spiritual body of the living saints of God. Bro. Gan further expounded on the creation of Adam and Eve, the mark of Cain, and the glorified state of man.

                                            

The Pastors gathering held during the evenings of the first two days of the convention was an effort to dispel the doubts regarding Bro. Gan not being against the Elijah ministry, but rather being of the view to encourage believers in the body of Christ to grasp the manna that God has provided for the current times. 





It was an effort to help ministers understand that the foundational truths which had been revealed and established through the Elijah ministry had to be built upon and used, to go on from glory to glory; that the work of the prophet messenger was to point the Bride back to the Word of God, and that once back to the Word, the Bride would have to climb upwards seeking new heights of revelation until the final consummation with her Lord.



Other subjects discussed include the work of the Five Fold Ministry, the surety of a minister's calling, and an explanation of the sequence of the final events before the coming of Christ. Bro. Gan also shared the testimonies of Bro. John Mark, and Bro. Blessing Nice, men of God labouring in Africa, as an encouragement to ministers struggling against hindrances in their own ministry.



Ministers in attendance include Pastors Abraham, Alex, Bhoji Chandran, C.K. Eliezer, Enoch, Hubert D'Souza, Israel, Johnson, Joseph, Shadrach Jairaman, Jairaman, Kripakaran, Leo, Logunathan, Philip Bhaskar, Ravi Matthew, Ravi Shankar Samuel, Daniel Saarathi, Samuel, Satishkumar, Sivakumar, Shekarkumar, Timothy, Vijaykumar, and Wilson. Other brothers who attended include Bro. Lawrence from Coimbatore, Bro. Russell from Mumbai, and Bro. Sukumar from Gudiyattam.

Pastor Shadrach Jairaman was hospitalized on the second day of the Convention due to a sudden illness. We are in prayer for his speedy recovery.

The 3 day convention was an achievement of sorts, for the fruit of Bro. M.R. Samuel's ministry was blessed in the hearing of some of the sound truths that had touched his heart all those years ago.


The 10th was a day of much needed rest after the meetings, with Bro. Gan having to prepare for his flight to Singapore from Chennai on the 11th of November. Bro. Somu and Bro. Sivakumar both bid goodbye to Bro. Gan on the 10th for their respective engagements in Bangalore. Bro. Ravi, Bro. Dayalan, and Bro. Saarathi visited with him on the eve of his departure.

The brothers had arranged a vehicle for the commute from Vellore to Chennai, and I and Sis. Benita accompanied Bro. Gan to the airport and saw him off.

We hope to see him in India again next year.

Mini Convention July 7th and 8th, 2014

The members of Rhema Life Ministry, Coimbatore and Trichy got together once again for a spiritual fest on the 7th and 8th of July, 2014.







There were two sessions each day with meals provided.



The worship was conducted by the RLM Choir with music by Music Maestro Mr. Soundarvel*


From left: Sis. Nancy, Sis. Benita, Bro. Raison

With Soundarvel Sir

'Ullagor Unnai Pagaithalum'

Pastor Abraham from Tirupur joined us for the 7th morning service.

Pastor Abraham

There were many new souls in attendance, some of whom were new to the message of the hour.



The purpose of the meetings was to instill the awareness of the soon coming of Christ. The messages covered such topics as the Godhead, the true baptism, the apostolic doctrine and how it had been adulterated over the years, as well as the Ecumenical movement of today and its impact on independent churches and ministries.

The Sunday service carried a special message of Church order and discipline, which was especially beneficial to those who had been newly baptized, and those who were contemplating baptism.



We had a communion service on the evening of the 7th.





Many committed their lives to the Lord. A few decided on baptism.







We bid goodbye to the saints from Trichy the next morning.



The experience was as spiritually fulfilling to the young in faith as it was to the old members.

Do pray that all who have been forewarned of the coming onslaught of Ecumenism and the speedy growth of the One World Church may open their eyes to see the truth of God in this age.

*Our beloved Music Master Soundarvel who had been a practicing guitarist and keyboardist for nearly 40 years, passed away on the 13th of July, this year as a result of a heart attack. He set the music for our convention songs ‘Ulagor Unnai Pagaithalum’ (“Even if the world hates you’) and ‘Utrame Aaviye Utrame’ (the Tamil version of the Marathi song ‘Uttar Aa’ translated by RLM). His death came as a great shock to us all. He is sorely missed and will always be remembered fondly by all the members of Rhema Life Ministry.

Bro. Andrew Phiri's visit to India - 
26th to 30th Dec. 2013

Bro. Andrew Phiri pastors a church in Lusaka, Zambia where he lives with his wife Norah and son Joshua aged 4. Bro. Phiri, besides being a professor of a University, travels across Africa spreading the truth of God and exhorting the Bride. 


He arrived in the nation's capital in the 2nd week of December, and after his meetings in New Delhi and Mumbai, flew to Coimbatore on the 25th. This was his first trip to India. We had expected him for at least a week, but due to time constraints we had to make the most of our limited time with him. However those few days he was with us, we were well - filled with the Word and feasted on the bounty from our Father's table.

Bro. Phiri arrived in Coimbatore on the 25th of December at around 9 pm. We had finished up with our December 25th gospel meeting earlier in the day and were all quite bushed. We were scheduled to arrive at Pastor Senthil Abraham's church in Salem, TN, the next day. 

We left Coimbatore at around 6 am on the 26th for the 3 hour journey to Salem.


All those who came witnessed the Spirit of the Lord at work. 


A couple came forward and asked Bro. Phiri to dedicate their child to the Lord.


After a hearty lunch at Pastor Senthil's home, we proceeded to Trichy, TN, at around 3:00 pm and managed to reach there about 8:00 pm, with some hilarious mishaps along the way. 


We were understandably dead tired when we reached Trichy, and Bro. John Kennedy made us more than comfortable in his home for the night.

The next day, the 27th, saw a mixed crowd of believers and denominationals gather in Rhema Life Church, Trichy.


The message was warmly received, and many hearts were touched.

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We left Trichy that night by a sleeper train and arrived in Coimbatore the next morning at 5:00 am. Our meeting for the day was scheduled for that evening at 5:00 pm.

Dec. 28th's meeting at RS Puram, Coimbatore was quite fruitful. Bro. Jeevanandam, and OBC Pastor John Paul were in attendance.


The next day's Sunday morning service was wonderful.


Bro. Phiri's message was one of admonition and encouragement: edifying and soul touching.



   
We also had an evening service in RS Puram, Coimbatore on the 29th with around 45 people in attendance.


Bro. Phiri carried a simple but deep message to India - 'The Way of the Tree of Life'. The message uncovered certain truths in Genesis regarding the fall of man, the garden of Eden, the tree of Life, the ark of the covenant, and present day Israel. The emphasis was on the words 'the way' being lost in translation from the original, actually denoting the presence of God through Jesus Christ throughout the ages, having first appeared in Eden.



Bro. Andrew Phiri has won a special place in the hearts of the people of South India. May God bless him, his church, family, and ministry. Join me in prayer for the Lord to bless all his endeavours in this new year, and especially help him in the printing of spiritual literature which will be of great value to the Bride church in these last days.

His book Forbidden Theology is now available on amazon.com

To purchase this book click on the link below:



We hope to see him in India once again, for a longer stay the next time round.

(From Left: Sis.Hilda, Sis. Benita, Bro. Shadrach, Bro. Andrew Phiri, Sis. Baby, Sis. Shiny)

Dec. 25th, 2013 - Gospel Meeting

We had been planning a gospel meeting in RS Puram for some time. A school teacher from our church, expressed the desire to arrange a gathering for her students to tell them about the love of Christ. Bro. Jeevanandam too, an advocate now serving Christ in Coimbatore and Bangalore, who owns the worship hall in RS Puram, came forward and urged his church folk to attend. We had a joint service with our church members.


Sis. Benita shared about her near death experience and the Lord's mercy in her life. 



The message centered around The Love of Christ For Sinners, choosing between Barabbas (the world system of today) and the pure unadulterated Word of God, and The Five Eounds of Christ and their significance.





I had already put the Christmas - Nimrod birthday myth to question during our subsequent Bible Study sessions, and it was a chance for me to reiterate that it was not the day that held meaning but the birth, death, and resurrection of Christ, and how that impacts our lives today.

The youth who attended were full of questions, and rejoiced at the message of salvation. All who attended were blessed.



Youth Cottage Meeting, Peelamedu, CBE -
 Jan 2013


A sister who attends our church arranged for a youth cottage meeting in her mother’s home in Peelamedu, Coimbatore. This sister is a school teacher and has been sharing with her students about Jesus Christ for the past eight years.

     

The youth meeting was held on the 26th of January from 10 am to 1 pm at Peelamedu. Around 35 students attended. The message was about the love of Jesus Christ and how it can save us from youthful lust and sin. The students all listened avidly and many of them were pricked inwardly. Almost all came forward for prayer afterward.


                                                

Prayer requests ranged from family issues, illnesses, to petitions for a church in their neighbourhood, and grace to know more about the Word of God.
                
            
  

Do join me in prayer for all these young souls to come to the knowledge of the truth and dedicate their lives to Christ.


Pattanampudur Convention 2009-10

The members of Rhema Life Ministry, both in Coimbatore and Trichy got together for a spirit-filled Convention from the 30th of Dec., 2009 to the 1st of Jan, 2010.

The venue for the meet was UCM Missionary Training Center situated in Patnampudur, a developing area near OndipudurCbe.



Here amidst the lush and pleasant green of fruitful chickoo groves interspersed with towering coconut palms we settled in for a time of rest and spiritual renewal.




We had arranged a van for the pick-up and drop at common meeting points for all who attended.

The retreat center had around 6 sharing rooms and a dormitory with common washrooms, a great hall, a dining area, and expansive grounds and lawns.




We had three sessions each day with tea and meals provided by the center. 



The Morning Devotion services were handled by Elder Vally and Elder Thomas.



The late morning sessions were messages of admonition for the church and the evenings held primarily Bible study sessions by Pastor Shadrach.
 


 

Pastor P.T. John from Udumalpet joined us on the 31st of December.

The subjects covered were The Spirit of Prophecy in the Church and The Believer’s Commission, The Bride Ministry, The Latter Rain, The 7 Feasts of Israel and their spiritual parallels for our times, Sanctification From The World, Love Without Hypocrisy, The Melchizedek Priesthood, and a Study on Gifts of the Spirit.



We released our audio album ‘Aadhi Akini' – The Original Fire, on the 30th of December after dedicating it for the glory of the Lord.


To read more about our Album Release, Click here

We had an Anointing Service on the morning of the 31st when a few brothers were anointed for the service of the Lord and prayed over.


We had a communion service on the evening of Dec. 31st and a campfire singing to usher in the New Year that night.



During the final service on the 31st, there was a Word of Prophecy from the Lord.

"Thus saith the Lord, I who have called you have given you power over all power of the enemy. You shall tread on the lion and adder. You shall cast down the works of the devil.

He who endures until the end shall be saved. But I say to you now, more than half of you who sit here today shall not be here in the future. Many shall leave and betray.


But I say to you who remain, Stand strong for the day of the Lord is at hand." 


This word was fulfilled in the year 2011

We had a baptism service on the 1st of Jan. for Sis. Arokiya Mary who dedicated her life to the Lord in the New Year 2010.














It was a time of refreshment for our bodies and minds wearied with the hectic tenacity of our daily routines – a time away from the hustle and bustle of our offices, schools, colleges, and housework – a time of bonding with our brothers and sisters, sharing our love for the Lord, discussing and reveling in the Word, and spending lighter moments in the calm of nature.



After our New Year service and a hearty lunch we left the convention center with a song in our hearts, well rested, and spiritually wired.

James Veremu's visit to India
29th Mar. to 1st Apr. 2009.

Bro. James Veremu is a humble, down-to-earth, and beloved minster of the faith serving the Lord in Zimbabwe, Africa. 

Bro. Veremu has made around 3 - 4 trips to India. His most memorable visits to us were in the years 2009 and 2012.

2009

Bro. Veremu arrived in Coimbatore on the 28th of March, 2009.
His message that Sunday, the 29th, was about ‘Obedience through the Love of God’.



The service was split into two sessions.




We had another two sessions the next day, the 30th of March.




The Word preached was received with much reverence and rejoicing.


A visiting pastor had extended an invitation to Bro. Veremu to preach at a Cottage Prayer Service in a believer's home in Udumalpet on the 31st of March.




On the evening of April 1st, we arranged a small cottage meeting in our home for the youth in our church. Bro. Veremu shared his testimony and admonished the youngsters regarding the evil of the times, and how they needed to dedicate their lives to the Lord to guard against the temptations of the day. His songs in the Zimbabweian tongue warmed our hearts.

The 2009 meetings were extremely successful in instilling the acknowledgement of the awesomeness of God’s love and its power to change the believer’s life if properly yielded to his care.

2012

Bro. Veremu’s 2012 meetings were conducted at our church in Senthamil Nagar, as well as at the Tamil Nadu Hotel in Coimbatore town. He was with us throughout the latter part of March 2012.

The meetings weren’t well documented as my wife Sis. Benita was hospitalized at the time and remained in a critical condition, following the loss of my new born son.


However, the Lord used this brother to comfort our hearts at that trying time, and the Lord spoke through him to a number of new souls who later came to Christ.

Do pray for Bro. James Veremu, his ministry and church in Zimbabwe, his wife, and children, and for the economic situation in his country.

He is always welcome, especially in this part of the woods J

Convention 2008 – 12th to 15th Oct. 2008.


Bro. Richard L.S. Gan from Singapore had been to India a number of times. He was introduced in North India in 1994 at the Nasrapur Convention organized by Bro. Vally while in Faith Assembly Mumbai. 

I organized a convention with him as the main speaker in Coimbatore in 1995, when he expounded on the 10 virgins of Matthew 25 and the Five-fold ministry.

He has the calling of an Apostle and has been instrumental in establishing numerous churches in India and Africa. He also travels across South East Asia strengthening the churches in the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, etc. He is the author of numerous books such as ‘Logos: The beginning of the Creation of God’, 'The Holy City New Jerusalem', and 'It is Raining'. Many of the titles have been translated into different languages across the globe. All books are distributed free of cost. 



To order Bro. Richard L. S. Gan's books, send an email to rlm@gmail.com

Click here to visit his ministry website.

Besides being a well loved minister of the faith, Bro. Gan is also a dear family friend. He has undergone much criticism in India for ‘thinking out of the box’ so to speak, for speaking out against denominationalism, and especially for his stand against Branhamism (fanactic idolization of the man of God: W. M. Branham)

There are many who have spread rumours stating that Bro. Gan says that he is the 8th messenger of the Church Ages, or that he is one of the 7 thunders mentioned in the book of Revelation. These rumours are assuredly false. There are others who accuse any who justify or support Bro. Gan, of receiving financial aid from him. For those who think along those lines, Bro. Gan is not a very rich man. He is supported strongly by the members of his church who have been greatly instrumental in providing the finance not only for the printing of his books, but also for the supply of clothes and other necessities overseas, and for the funding of his ministry trips.

Bro. Gan is a faithful minister who is carrying out the duty God has given him, just as we all are carrying out the commission God has given us.

Our last convention with Bro. Gan was from the 12th to the 15th of October, 2008. 

Bro. Gan arrived in Coimbatore on the 11th. Our Sunday service on the 12th was split up into two sessions. Bro. Gan preached a message on ‘The Stones of Fire’ and the parallel for this in the Hebrew tongue being 'Angels’. It was a unique message.



The next day, the 13th, we traveled to Sulur, some 20 kms from Coimbatore to the home of a brother there, who had arranged a small meeting on his house terrace. We had some rainy weather that day and there were also power cuts in the area which cast a damper on the meeting. However, the Word was well received.


The 14th saw another meeting at our church.

On the 15th, we arranged a cottage meeting at our place where Bro. Gan gave a message for the youth in our church, shared with us his ministry experiences, and showed us his ministry trip photos and videos with the help of his projector.


It was encouraging to see many brethren of like faith across the world, the way they worshipped, and how they lived.

We bid goodbye to Bro. Gan on the 16th of October. We hope to see him in India once more.

Do pray for his ministry, his congregation in Singapore, and his wife, children, and grandchild.


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