Taking steps of faith

This was the theme for this year’s TOAM Conference. As we journeyed through the lives of people in Hebrews chapter 11 our faith was built up. Indeed the Heroes of faith listed in that magnificent chapter still speak to us today beginning with, our father Abraham, and ending with nameless heroes and of course our greatest Hero of all time – the Lord Jesus Christ himself. The call was very clear, to fix our eyes on Him – the author and finisher of our faith, as we take huge steps of faith. The encouragement to embrace & emulate these heroes came ever so clearly as well as the things these men had to reject & refuse in order to fulfill their call. Sin, fear & discouragement are daily things we have to refuse in order to grow up in our faith.

Great time of worship & good prophetic words brought a sense of God being in our midst. The prayer & share evening was very envisioning with 7 churches being added to us this year with new possibilities of planting in many states. Another encouragement was the call to serve the poor. It was encouraging to note the different works among the poor that many churches are involved.

The outstanding offering of 16, 00,000/- proved our commitment as a people to this vision. Let us persevere in God to lay hold of that for which He has taken hold of us.

We as a church endeavored to actualize this scripture during the last 21 days, meeting morning, noon and evening at a home despite heavy rains and traffic delays. We worshipped, sang and prayed. Some prayed softly, some whispered, some expressed passionate pleas and still others were loud enough to possibly provoke even the neighbors to at least think of praying!

Young children, seniors, widows, married couples, singles, all prayed each according to their faith. It was a special joy to hear the passionate worship of some new believers as they sang to the Lord in Hindi.

Numerous petitions surrounded us and realizing their enormity people of little faith may have wondered if God could or would respond. But for our Omnipotent God all our petitions a million times over are like a mere drop in the ocean.

At the close of this endeavor, we may ask ‘Has a good thing come to an end’? No! For us this is a new beginning. Someone said, ‘Prayer is the door to God’s treasury and Faith, the key’.

We have the key in our hand, let’s use it!

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (KJV)