like climbing up the stairs. Paul said that he considered his wealth, status, name, fame and piety as rubbish when compared to the knowledge of God.
ONLINE MISSIONARY DEDICATION PROGRAMME
Phil 3:8-“ I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ”
J. I. Parker ' s ' Knowing God ' is a excellent book. I encourage you to read it. This knowledge of God grows through the studying of the Scriptures. But the Lord says,“ I wrote for them the many things of my law, but they regarded them as something foreign”( Hos 8:12). And look at the Lord ' s Judgment,“ Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children”( Hos 4:6).
Dear people of God, wake up! We cannot refute these charges that the Lord brings against us. Let us not justify or argue. We have no option but to fall at His feet and surrender to Him. It is time to cast off our masks, repent and be reconciled to Him. We ourselves are the stumbling blocks to revival. May we cleanse ourselves and stand in the gap for the redemption of our Nation!
It was January 24th 2017 when we realised that God is wanting us to move to a newer plane. We received an email from a new sponsor enquiring about the feasibility of conducting an Online Missionary Dedication programme. Though we did not know the technical knowhow, God gave us the courage to say,“ Yes” and it marked the dawn of a new era for Missionary Sponsorship.
With technical guidelines from our partners, we ventured on. Missionary Lourthu Xavier Raj travelled from Gujarat to Chennai. On 26th March 2017, 26 people gathered at Chennai for the dedication programme and joined with the congregation of Poznan International Church( PIC), Poland( the sponsoring church) for a time of praise and worship( through Google Hangouts). Mr. Samuel Ratnasamy presented the needs in India. Following a song from our end which was led by Mr. Godfrey, missionary Lourdhu Xavier shared his testimony. Our senior missionary, Mr. Sundaramurthy shared the Word of God. Pastor Richard, PIC prayed for the missionary and our Treasurer, Mr. Prince Ravindran thanked the church for their initiative.“ We never knew Poland was so near” was one of the participant ' s comment. We thank Mr. NevaneethSelvan who had been instrumental in coordinating this event. Praise be to God who“ calls into existence the things that do not exist”( Rom 4:17).
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