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Staying in Touch
We joined the shepherds in spreading the word concerning the birth of the Lord Jesus.
Two thousand years ago, the shepherds on seeing baby Jesus spread the word concerning him. This
Christmas season we joined the heavenly and the earthly choirs in proclaiming the birth of the Lord
Jesus Christ through our outreach programs that were organized. Through these outreaches, we were
able to share God’s love to nearly 3,000 people and over 2,300 people trusted Christ to the Glory of God.
Wherever I preached, I noced that the people were very aenve and responded in earnestness to the
Gospel messages.
We witnessed the saving power of Lord Jesus in the life of this modern-day Zacchaeus.
On the 23
rd
of December as I was about to travel
to at neighboring state, Andhra Pradesh for the
ministry, the Lord impressed on my heart to
preach from Luke 19:1-10. Even though, I had a
severe cold and nose block, I sensed a great
assistance by the Holy Spirit while preaching. The
salvaon story of Zacchaeus is one among many
examples of the Son of man, the Lord Jesus Christ’s
mission to seek and save the lost. This is indeed
the story of Christmas! We had a great response to
the Gospel message.
On 26
th
Dec, I was preaching in one of the outreaches. It was an open-air meeng in front of one of our
missionary homes in P____. I
preached on Zacchaeus, the
wealthy corrupt government
ocer who wanted to see
Jesus and how the Lord Jesus
sought him by looking up,
calling him down, going to his
house and eang a meal with
him which ulmately resulted
in Zacchaeus repenng and
the Lord Jesus declaring that
salvaon has indeed come to
his house. All the adults who
came (about 25 Hindus) except one Muslim lady raised their hand in response to the altar call.
The next morning this missionary couple called and told me about a modern Zacchaeus who had trusted
Christ the previous night. There was a young wealthy government schoolteacher, who was not able to
aend this Christmas program because of a stomach bug but had heard the Gospel from her apartment
on the second oor and trusted Christ to the Glory of God. This teacher said that she was nished with
all the Hindu gods and wanted them removed from her house immediately just like how Zacchaeus
repented. This missionary couple fasted, prayed, and went the next day and helped clear the house of all
Hindu idols. Praise the Lord!