In His Time.......... with P.Ramachandran

God’s pruning of one’s life or the church may be gruelling, excruciating, heart-breaking and even a momentary loss, but that is essential for the growth and productivity of the individual and the church. The pruning will eventually result in strength, unity and accelerated growth. John 15:2 - … and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. Note that God only prunes the branches that bear fruit.  The dictionary defines pruning as "to trim by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth," and this definition works when thinking about pruning in a Christian sense.     How does God prune the life of a believer/chruch?   Through His Word John 15:3 -  You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.   Through trials and testing James 1:3-4 -  Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.   But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Th

  On 29 Dec, we started the first cell meeting in Kaduthuruthy, 20 km from Kottayam, Kerala. Anil Dada and his group of pastors initiated this program under PEC's banner. It s joy to see PEC's work expand to other states as well.  About 35 people attended the first service and we are elected at the response. Praying that the work will grow and multiply for the glory of God. May the name of Jesus be exalted  everywhere  in the nations.

Two special events were conducted to day. The first was in a village in Bihar. About 160 Bibloes were districted to chruch members. This is the best Christmas present a person can get. The Pastor, Kapil Dev from Bakhadda,Banka Bihar was overjoyed to see his people receive the copies of the Bible. We praise God for the sponsor who had done this good deed. This is an investment that will bear results in heaven's treasury. The second was a  Christmas Gospel event was conducted at a new village Kalo bustyin, Darjeeling NE India today by Pst Abishek and team.  It was well attended.  Very good potential to start a new work in this village. However service was cut short because of no electricity. Do pray for a generator to help this work. We prasie God for all the hard work done by our PEC Church planters. Simply blessed to see all these developments. To God be the glory.

Another piece of exciting news coming from our church planter in Myanmar. Four new baptisms in the remote village of Myetha lyin myain, near the Thai border. Even in the midst of Covid, the Lord is adding new souls.  We prasie God for our CP T Phong ram, for Pst John Phongshar and Bro David Kriner for this wonderful partnership in the kingdom of God. We are in the mission to end gospel poverty.   Special thanks also to all our trainers Albert Pang, Josephine Wong, George Khoo, Victor Goh involved in training these church planters. Also blessed by Crosspointe City Church, Philippines for their sponsorship. Different churches coming together for one purpose. To God be the glory.

Early this morning I had the opportunity ti speak to a group of people who are attending the SOKA course. There were participants from India and Africa. I spoke on the subject, "Life of a Missionary." I highlighted the following areas in fulfilling the call of God in the life of a missionary, drawing lessons from the Book of Nehemiah: See the Need A Passion Pray Vision Set Goals /planning Perseverance Sacrifices Result. It was a blessed time. Special thanks to Pastor Nishant for organising this school to rekindle the fire for evangelism and missions. It starts at about 11:30PM. By the time it ended it was 1:30AM

It was a special Pre Christmas celebration today for the PEC church planters in Tamil Nadu.  About 50 pastors , mostly PEC chruch planters attended the program. We also hosted a children's program for more than 130 kids. Special thanks to Bro Ajay jayaraj from Trichy for sharing the Word. Ajay is an Haggai alumni, a man committed to God's Word and principles.Truly grateful to Pst Jaya Thomas, PEC Coordinator for Tamil Nadu for organising the event.  A big thank you to all sponsors of the event and also the lovely gifts for the children. May the Lord richly bless them and their churches.  PEC ministries has indeed grown from its humble beginnings. Today we have many  tuition   centres  in Tamil Nadu and a number of chruches. Many church planters have been trained and the churches are growing in spite of the  Covid19  restrictions. Pastor Thomas has also started a small  fellowship  in a laprosy home in Vellipuram and some of them have  followed  the Lord with the step of water b

Social media is an excellent tool if used for the right purposes and if its God-centric.   Many of us like to showcase our families, our holidays, our food escapades and our own personal reflections. Nothing wrong with it at all.   But it always has its negative effects. Some people release their frustrations, showcase their achievements, “especially of their children” (guilty as charged). In essence it tells about you. Who you really are and what you value in life.   I recently read a post by a young Christian  adult. Very well written and depicted the importance of relationships and how self-contained and satisfied that person was. Nothing wrong again. But God was not in that equation.   I am reminded of the words of Paul:   1 Corinthians 1:30, MSG  Everything that we have – right thinking and right living, a clean slate and a fresh start – comes from God by way of Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 10:13  -  So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Eph 5:16  

Yesterday Bishop Anjan visited our church planter at Chandrapore Village in Rayagada District.  Its amazing to see how the church has grown and many more people are getting baptised.  Covid19 could not stop the expansion of God's kingdom, in fact it facilitated it. We praise God for all teh hard working church planters and are blessed to be part of this ministry.  To God be the glory

Today we conducted the fi rst zoom meeting for some of our church planters and pastors. They all gathered in Rasoolpura, Secunderabad and the speaker's are from Singapore. Thank God for this technology. We could not do this earlier  because  of the very difficult Covid19 situation.  Inspire  of the difficult  situation, evangelism ad church planting is still going on.  We had four speakers: Rev Albert Pang Rev Victor Goh Jeya and my self. There were 44  participants . All the speakers spoke on  perseverance  and commitment in  difficult  times. It was good to see  our people after a long time. It was indeed a blessing. All glory to God

On 9-10 Dec, Bishop Nehemiah visited Chhattisgarh to see the work done by the church planters.He was received by our PEC Coordinator Pst Prabulal.  Bishop visted some children's program and saw the work of the church planters.  The work is good and Bishop was impressed with what he saw. The chruch planters are working in spite of the Covid restrictions and doing a tremendous good work. We thank God for all these church planters in Chhattisgarh and may the name of Jesus be lifted high in every village in this state. To God be the glory

It worries me at times that some good christians are so caught up by the prosperity gospel that they do not talk about suffering or trials and if they do, its said in the passing. When I see some of their posts on social media, I wonder where they have got their  t heology from. If the only blessings you have received is health, wealth and prosperity, I am afraid you have believed the wrong gospel. 1 Peter 4:14 - Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God’s glorious Spirit is with you. (CEV 2 Timothy 3:2 - Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. Genesis 12:2 - You will be a blessing to others. (abridged CEV) I believe in the blessings of God. But God's blessings are not just confined to meeting our physical needs. We need to have a better understanding of the whole scheme of the Bible on any matter be it blessings or otherwise. The only prosperity that is worth advertising is not about health,