Friday, September 4th, 2020 No Comment
I have grown up attending church where my appearance at the same was a mere formality. Only in my late 20s, did I experience the real taste of God’s love and brought into light by my elders(aunt and my father) to be led into the school of Spirit. The definition of a church in my life has changed and it turned out to be a much better place for me personally than ever before, a place to go more often than not and gather together in one body and one Spirit to submit completely before our Creator under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, with focus on worshipping God with all heart and soul (John 4:24) where true liberty is enjoyed in the true fellowship of believers with Christ at the head (Matt 18:20), a place of worship and a school where the teacher is God the Holy Spirit working in the one ministering (the pastor) and the one receiving the ministry (believer), and the focus is on glorying God and learn His will in our lives.
During my long battle to find a church led by Spirit, I’ve come across very few that give emphasis on receiving the promised gift of Holy Spirit, the Helper and its leading unto Christ and Disciple Church is one of them. Though my association and relationship with the Disciple Church is brief, my acquaintance with brother Ravinder is a bit longer. It all started with our desire to invite dear brother and Pastor Ravinder to lead the Christmas service at our Church in Yacharam (a village and mandal in R.R Dist ). Our first meeting in 2016 turned out to be a blessing and we were treated by him with a Spirit filled worship and heart touching message, much to the delight of our thirsty souls.
I always believe God qualifies the ‘called’ but does not call the ‘qualified’. During these days of terrible trouble and persecution, when churches need spiritually qualified leaders to feed their flocks, I believe brother Ravinder is ‘called’ by God for HIS ministry and there is no doubt that he is leading Disciple church in Spirit and more burdened with the task of saving souls from satan’s deception and thereby fulfilling a very crucial requirement of a church – to have an anointed shepherd (Acts 20:28) leading by example and to instill the true faith in believers and help them grow in Christ.
My personal experience while attending the Sunday worship service to date in Hyderabad has been nothing less than ecstatic. I always wish I could spend more time there soaking myself in praise and worship and surrender at the feet of our gracious loving Father and God. This Christ-centered ministry where outpouring of God’s Spirit is a guarantee during every service, has become a place of altar for me to submit myself before God completely. Bro. Ravinder has a great zeal for taking the gospel to places and his team is always willing to work day in and day out for reaping the harvest. Especially, I reckon the vision to make all the nations as disciples unto Christ is God’s calling.
I humbly wish and pray that God uses this church and ministry to a great extent for building HIS kingdom. I’m greatly blessed to see the Spirit God doing great things through this ministry. May God bless the team and everyone working behind the scenes to fulfil HIS plan and WILL through this ministry and also each one of us. Amen🙌
Yours in Christ’s Service,
Bro. Glenn Dalavai