Post by PastorDavid on Aug 24, 2004 6:08:43 GMT -5
Hi All!!
Greetings to you from India in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!!
I come from a Hindu family that too from a Brahmin background who are the privileged ones to perform duties to the Hindu gods. (Similar to the Levitical priesthood)
I got married in 1974 and have two daughters. But under strange circumstances my wife left me in 1989 taking with her my younger daughter. A colleague whom I hired and groomed did some black magic and eloped with her!!
I was so shocked by this incident that I felt that the gods whom I worshipped are not real for they could not keep the family together
I went on a hunt for the real God! Which took me through the Moslem religion and through catholic churches
But one day as I was reading the bible, the lord spoke to me thru Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
When I asked for a confirmation from a different book HE gave me Deuteronomy Chapter 5 VV 7-9 which clearly showed that the catholic way of worship was not correct and opened my eyes!!
On the first of Jan 1994, my elder daughter and I had an encounter with the living God, in a mini crusade and subsequently received Jesus as the Lord and Savior, which transformed my life for ever!
Since then we have been in love with the Lord with all our hearts and finished a course in Biblical studies.
I obeyed His call in the year 2001 and started His work and have a small congregation. God has-been doing Mighty things in our ministry.
In the meanwhile I started having troubles in my job. I was working as a Senior Manager in charge of Sales. In my job situation a gang teamed up against me just
because I have been converting the Hindus and baptized them. People whom I hired rebelled against me.
Moreover the management got upset because I am converting people and asked me to leave the job. They did not want me to have anything to do with Christianity. It was indeed shocking,for the very people who received miracles from God, thru my ministry were the ones who rebelled against me
So I had to leave the job in December 2002.
Ever since then we have been praying hard for God to open the doors and show us what He wants us to do.
God has been God all along and has been revealing a lot of things both to me and my daughter
HIS VISION GIVEN FOR ME
My vision for our ministry given by our awesome God is to see people all over the world receive our sweet Lord Jesus as their savior, get them healed and set free--- spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially as was spoken through Isaiah:
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1-3)
To awaken the Body of Christ with the vision that they can and must do the same things that Jesus did.
To inform the Body of Christ that laying hands on the sick is not an option just for church services, but a mandate from Jesus to all believers.
To train those who desire to know more.
To restore the hearts of men to God and confirm their value to Him.
To impart the anointing and the giftings of God to all that want them.
To reach the lost by demonstrating God's power and sharing His love.
To open their eyes to the purpose and callings that God has for them
As was spoken through:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (Ephesians 1:18-19)
Minister to the Lord - Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
It is clear that ministering to the Lord is the single most important aspect to the tabernacle of David. It is therefore the most important activity in the ministry. Nothing can replace the call to praise and worship God continuously from the heart.
A. Behold His beauty - Simply put, just to gaze on God, in the scripture, prayer and worship.
B. Inquiring in His temple - Asking God to reveal His heart to the church.
III. Reproduce the priesthood - II Tim 2:2
And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
We will have to impart and reproduce the priestly ministry to have God’s desired impact in the earth.
A. Train prophets - All believers have an identity as priests before the Lord. God’s desire is for a kingdom of priests who prophesy. By prophet we mean the function and not a title or platform.
To be the kind of Navigator God wants me to be and be the kind of Prophet and Watchman God wants me to be as spoken by Him to me as under:
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezekiel 3:17-19) and (Ezekiel 33:7-9) AND ALSO
Jonah 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
To be the Mighty warrior that God wants me to be and make intercession for people as spoken by HIM as under:
And the LORD said unto me , I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 1 Kings 9:3
Take the message of the 'Joyful God' to the nations as spoken by HIM through Isaiah 55:5
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
And to sum up the Lord gave a vision of me running a race with a flaming torch as a forerunner
It is more than a year and half since I left the job and God has been our provider and sustainer in a great way. He really has been our keeper!!!
We are waiting on Him to connect us to the right people and give us intricate details of what He wants us to do specifically.
So you would have by now got an idea of where we are in our situations and pray accordingly that HIS will alone be done
My elder daughter who stays with me is a great worshipper and is longing to be about His business from an early time and require prayer support as well.
I therefore request you to please pray for me, my daughter and our ministry and give us all support that God leads you to for which we will be very much obliged
We need funds for paying the rentals , telephone, power bills ,provisions,maintenance of the minsitry etc
We also need funds to procure a building to house a healing centre (Both Inner Spiritual healing and physical healing) teaching centre and a bigger hall to bring more people to HIM as per the vision given to us.
I pray that He will cause Divine connections and Divine provisions to come forth even as HE has told us .
Looking forward to your prayer/financial/spiritual support and with Thanks
God bless you richly!!
Pastor David
Greetings to you from India in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!!
I come from a Hindu family that too from a Brahmin background who are the privileged ones to perform duties to the Hindu gods. (Similar to the Levitical priesthood)
I got married in 1974 and have two daughters. But under strange circumstances my wife left me in 1989 taking with her my younger daughter. A colleague whom I hired and groomed did some black magic and eloped with her!!
I was so shocked by this incident that I felt that the gods whom I worshipped are not real for they could not keep the family together
I went on a hunt for the real God! Which took me through the Moslem religion and through catholic churches
But one day as I was reading the bible, the lord spoke to me thru Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
When I asked for a confirmation from a different book HE gave me Deuteronomy Chapter 5 VV 7-9 which clearly showed that the catholic way of worship was not correct and opened my eyes!!
On the first of Jan 1994, my elder daughter and I had an encounter with the living God, in a mini crusade and subsequently received Jesus as the Lord and Savior, which transformed my life for ever!
Since then we have been in love with the Lord with all our hearts and finished a course in Biblical studies.
I obeyed His call in the year 2001 and started His work and have a small congregation. God has-been doing Mighty things in our ministry.
In the meanwhile I started having troubles in my job. I was working as a Senior Manager in charge of Sales. In my job situation a gang teamed up against me just
because I have been converting the Hindus and baptized them. People whom I hired rebelled against me.
Moreover the management got upset because I am converting people and asked me to leave the job. They did not want me to have anything to do with Christianity. It was indeed shocking,for the very people who received miracles from God, thru my ministry were the ones who rebelled against me
So I had to leave the job in December 2002.
Ever since then we have been praying hard for God to open the doors and show us what He wants us to do.
God has been God all along and has been revealing a lot of things both to me and my daughter
HIS VISION GIVEN FOR ME
My vision for our ministry given by our awesome God is to see people all over the world receive our sweet Lord Jesus as their savior, get them healed and set free--- spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially as was spoken through Isaiah:
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. (Isaiah 61:1-3)
To awaken the Body of Christ with the vision that they can and must do the same things that Jesus did.
To inform the Body of Christ that laying hands on the sick is not an option just for church services, but a mandate from Jesus to all believers.
To train those who desire to know more.
To restore the hearts of men to God and confirm their value to Him.
To impart the anointing and the giftings of God to all that want them.
To reach the lost by demonstrating God's power and sharing His love.
To open their eyes to the purpose and callings that God has for them
As was spoken through:
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, (Ephesians 1:18-19)
Minister to the Lord - Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
It is clear that ministering to the Lord is the single most important aspect to the tabernacle of David. It is therefore the most important activity in the ministry. Nothing can replace the call to praise and worship God continuously from the heart.
A. Behold His beauty - Simply put, just to gaze on God, in the scripture, prayer and worship.
B. Inquiring in His temple - Asking God to reveal His heart to the church.
III. Reproduce the priesthood - II Tim 2:2
And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
We will have to impart and reproduce the priestly ministry to have God’s desired impact in the earth.
A. Train prophets - All believers have an identity as priests before the Lord. God’s desire is for a kingdom of priests who prophesy. By prophet we mean the function and not a title or platform.
To be the kind of Navigator God wants me to be and be the kind of Prophet and Watchman God wants me to be as spoken by Him to me as under:
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. (Ezekiel 3:17-19) and (Ezekiel 33:7-9) AND ALSO
Jonah 3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
To be the Mighty warrior that God wants me to be and make intercession for people as spoken by HIM as under:
And the LORD said unto me , I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. 1 Kings 9:3
Take the message of the 'Joyful God' to the nations as spoken by HIM through Isaiah 55:5
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.
And to sum up the Lord gave a vision of me running a race with a flaming torch as a forerunner
It is more than a year and half since I left the job and God has been our provider and sustainer in a great way. He really has been our keeper!!!
We are waiting on Him to connect us to the right people and give us intricate details of what He wants us to do specifically.
So you would have by now got an idea of where we are in our situations and pray accordingly that HIS will alone be done
My elder daughter who stays with me is a great worshipper and is longing to be about His business from an early time and require prayer support as well.
I therefore request you to please pray for me, my daughter and our ministry and give us all support that God leads you to for which we will be very much obliged
We need funds for paying the rentals , telephone, power bills ,provisions,maintenance of the minsitry etc
We also need funds to procure a building to house a healing centre (Both Inner Spiritual healing and physical healing) teaching centre and a bigger hall to bring more people to HIM as per the vision given to us.
I pray that He will cause Divine connections and Divine provisions to come forth even as HE has told us .
Looking forward to your prayer/financial/spiritual support and with Thanks
God bless you richly!!
Pastor David