E-Pray May 2014
Dear E-Pray Partners in Christ,
Love and greetings to you in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. I am so glad that I was back in the U.S. in time to join with my family for our Easter Celebration and that I will be able to be here through the summer months. Thank you for your prayers.
Our Lord graciously helped us to continue in His glorious ministry to which He has called us. Our Pastors are serving every day, taking the Gospel, the good news of grace and hope to many who are living in darkness. God enabled us to conduct several open air meetings which always sets the stage to preach the Gospel.
God also helped us in encouraging our national Pastors by bringing a team from the U.S. to come alongside of them. They helped through teaching, sharing, providing free medical clinics and distribution of relief, encouraging with love and fellowship, and lots of prayer for people who are seeking. God helped us to meet hundreds of people who needed the comfort of His loving touch in their lives. Praise God! It was a blessing to be a blessing to those who have not known the truth of God.
During my time there it was very encouraging to meet many new believers in our churches. As many new members have been added to our Family, what a joy it is! God also enabled us to dedicate new churches around our training center and in the Saluru tribal area.
Special fasting prayer meetings were conducted in 40 of our churches all over the area. Believers gathered to fast and pray for our nation, and especially concerning the division of our state and its future. They interceded to God for the blessing in all, for the upcoming elections and whatever the outcome is, for the expansion of His kingdom and that His will be done among us. We received hundreds of prayer requests from the believers who attended these prayer meetings. There was much prayer, and God heard and healed many people and brought peace into their lives. Please praise Him for His mighty work!
We celebrated our annual Gospel Convention held in Krishna district, which brought thousands of people to worship and celebrate the goodness and greatness of God. Again, it was a privilege to meet new believers. We gave all the glory to God for his steadfast love, grace and mercy. We meditated on the Word, in 2 Chron 7:14, that says 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. … We also meditated on the promises of God from Jer. 32:38-41 38 They will be my people, and I will be their God. 39 I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them. 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. 41 I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul. Please praise the Lord with us for the goodness He has done! We have seen at the training center, 30 young Pastors, who have been mentored by older Pastors going back to the newly planted house churches to serve. His goodness has been shown through small teams from the communities who live at our Leprosy Colonies going out to reach those who live in other leprosy colonies with the hope and joy they have received from Jesus! Also, God’s goodness has been shown through the provision given for the children and widows who are comforted by the love they receive through the Lord’s people who serve them and meet their needs.
Thank you, so many of you, for partnering and praying for these ministries of SERVE India! We rejoice with you as we serve together through all that the Lord is doing!
Hope to see you at our SERVE India Appreciation Dinner!
In His service,
Pastor John Nanda