Here are some of the highlights of my outreach.
Many were healed.
About 16 people received Jesus
The churches were strengthened
Many young people joined us and we encouraged them to start a fellowship
We did a lot of open air ministries
Went walking to village after village preaching the word of God
House Visitings
Ministered to children at a school
Lots of prayer walks, intercession and worship
Lots of prophetic acts.
It's hard to explain how this place (Vijaynagar) is because to fully understand you have to go there. The place is extremely remote and people suffer a lot. For the first time in my life I was in a place where money has no value at all but at the same time it has extremely high value. You can go around Vijaynagar with a pocket full of money but you will not be able to buy much because there is lack of resources and the funny thing is that...your pocket will be emptied soon because the very few resources you get is extremely costly and scarce. For example.... Half a kilogram of salt which may cost about 20 rupees, costs about 250 to 300 rupees. Oh...How many days my team and I spent eating just rice and green leaves....Only God knows. And the worst thing is that there is no access to medicine so Death is a regular costumer to all the villages in Vijaynagar. I'm saying all these things to bring out a point. I remember at one point when I said to one of the local people that Vijaynagar is such a beautiful place filled with wonderful landscapes. Her reply made me think....and think....and think so much. With so much of bitterness in her heart she said to me...what is so good about Vijaynagar when day after day people are dying in here due to many kinds of sicknesses. Just think for a moment. Do we have to go through this? Are you facing this same issue? Oh...What an honor to take Jesus to a place and to a people group who are dying everyday both physically and spiritually.
Deserts. ...Deserts.... My entire outreach seemed like an unending desert. So difficult.
I want to tell you about the biggest revelation that God gave me in this season of my life. It all began at the beginning of this year when I received a promise verse from a church. They do it every year. Last year I received Ps 145:19 which says that "The Lord fulfills the desires of those who fear Him". And the whole of last year I just kept on pondering upon this verse and I had an amazing year walking with Jesus. This year also I wanted a beautiful scripture that would keep me going just like Last year but I was not happy with the scripture I got. It was Isa 54: 5 which says "The Lord your maker is your husband". I was like....Oh goodness...this would be perfect for ladies not me.
And during the outreach to Vijaynagar the Lord constantly spoke to me in my personal times with Him from Hosea 2:14. It says "I am now going to captivate her heart and take her into the desert to speak kindly(tenderly) to her. At first I did not understand what God was trying to tell me but everything made sense when the missing puzzle was found in the book of James 5:4. Where it says that "He yearns jealously for the spirit that He caused to live in us". When the Lord connected all these scriptures together I was so overwhelmed. For the first time I'm beginning to see the Holy Spirit in a different picture. The picture of Him being the most beautiful bride living in me and when God looks at me He desperately longs for me with extreme jealousy because I have become that beautiful bride when the Holy Spirit chose to live inside of me. In Hosea He says that He will take us into the desert.... My outreach was the biggest desert I ever faced. It was so difficult. Personally I went through so much. My team and I faced hardships that we never expected. And when I was going through a lot pain the voice of kindness spoke to me. I was so overwhelmed. When someone speaks kindly to you it sounds good but when you are in deep pain and that voice of kindness speaks to you again.... then it will be far more pleasant than anything you ever wanted to hear. Beloved this is who our God is and this is what He so loves doing...to take you into the desert only to speak kindly to you. Reading the Bible is one thing but experiencing it is what revelation is all about. When I received my promise verse that the Lord is my husband it did not mean anything to me but when He took me to Vijaynagar which was like a desert and allowed me to go through so much and then spoke the same words again.... I mean...It was like the only thing that I ever longed for. I was so overwhelmed when I heard that voice of kindness. From the joy of experiencing this voice of kindness I encourage you to look for this voice when you go through desert seasons in your life no matter how difficult or deadly your deserts may seem.
I'm sorry if I'm unable to explain clearly to you the fullness of this revelation but if I were to meet you personally I will not stop talking about this undeserving kindness of God that passed before me in the most deadliest desert of my life. Beloved don't run away from your deserts. From what I went through I can clearly tell you that in the most darkest of your deserts is where you will find the most kindest voice. It is a place where you will also find the deepest revelations that would change you forever. I was so blessed when I read on Facebook that my little sister Monisha wants to go to hard places in India and beyond to suffer for Christ. Well... I know clearly where she is heading...Little Monisha will surely receive deep deep revelations from God more than she ever dreamed of.
God gives us a word for every season. He then takes you into the desert allows you to face whatever comes your way and the then speaks kindly and tenderly to you. What word has He spoken to you in this season? Believe me, revelation comes only through meditation. Deep meditation. In the word and in what He is doing in each of our lives.
Listen to your husband speak tenderly to you just as He did to me in my darkest desert. Just think for a while. Why would He take you into the desert to speak kindly to you? Why not the beach or the the waterfalls or the beautiful landscapes? Why? Because in the desert is when you need Him the most. And it is here where you will value His word the most because you will be desperate for it. It is here where you will receive the deepest revelations of who He is. The second reason is He wants to test your hearts just as He did for the people of Israel...The word of God says "I took you into the desert to test your hearts". Remember that your husband is not only crazy for you but also longs to know how crazy you are for Him by testing your hearts in the desert. Finally... Beloved don't be surprised when your husband takes you into the desert because He so jealously longs for something that is in you "The Holy Spirit" who is the very reason of you becoming the bride of Christ. Embrace your deserts.
Blessings to all.....
