Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
“The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord is enthroned as King forever.” (Ps 29:10)
2020 is a year that for the first time mankind ever experienced global calamity! No one has been spared! It is an alarm that God has struck on the people of the end times! Do not sleep again and do not get drunk again! The Lord is coming soon! The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Christ!
Before the wrath of the Lord has come, we ought to seek the Lord! Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger. (Zep 2:3) We ought to enter the rooms to take root below and bear fruit above! We too ought to enter the death of the Lord to become the wine producing vineyard! We ought to stand up and lift up our heads to accomplish the great commission, knowing that the redemption is drawing near!
Since February of 2020, many nations have tried hard to prevent from the epidemic. Many churches and Antioch no longer had normal service and worship. However, God wonderfully inspired our Antioch in Madrid of Spain and Genoa of Italy to apply Zoom, a web conference platform to breakthrough time and space to communicate with the local believers and co-workers. They started everyday to watch and pray for the whole world unceasingly. They also studied the Bible by Bible comparison. Later they have extended their boundary outside their location and attracted brothers and sisters who were thirsty. Thus people came from all around. Further they also established the topic sharing during Sundays. Our speakers are from various locations of Home of Grace. Every day we have different co-workers to explain the Bible.
Further, we are in the process of recording, editing and arranging for the Book of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. We had three sisters, two from South Africa and one from Italy who joined us every day through whatsapp to listen to the sharing of Psalms until the recording of 150 chapters were completed. This was God’s unexpected grace.
During the pandemic, the repairing work of subsidence of two buildings of Home of Grace in southwest China was completed. Two young brothers had worked very hard in one to gather the clay uphill and downhill. On the last week two co-workers from Li-Ao came to assist them and the job was done. Glory be to God!
In February 2020 the epidemic broke out in Europe. In March, US also joined the battle of the epidemic and their infectious count rated the first! The co-workers of various locations were anxious about the safety of Home of Grace in North America. God heard our prayer and cared for the aged co-workers. They stayed in their place and ministered unceasingly and waited positively for God to open their door. During all this time, the pastor and the wife of the pastor, the congregants of the church cared meticulously and bought things for them! God’s grace was abundant!
This year we also saw the return of the little colts in the 90s of China like the balm of a cloud rising from the sea. May God call back all the exiles to become a brigade! We also saw the return of the colts of Li-Ao in Tianjin. They revived and gathered to study the Bible. How gracious this was!
From June of this year, Auntie Xu whom all of us cared for had to lay down on bed due to lack of energy. The co-workers of Home of Grace, Poland were unable to enter the country due to the tourist restriction caused by the epidemic. Since last year, the work of serving Auntie Xu’s daily life was labored on four members. They served her faithfully day and night and also insisted to take part in everyday’s service until now. We are more faithful that God prepared a devoted good neighbor. The whole family made every effort to assist in all the big and small matters of Home of Grace, Poland, through numerous difficulties. May the Lord reciprocate everyone personally.
During the epidemic, our location in Li-Ao had once stopped our gathering. But they had never stopped Bible study in their own homes. Later on, it was resumed and there were three groups working simultaneously. Each day they led the Bible study and studied together. Everyone was full of abundance. This was the work of the Holy Spirit to attract people to thirst for the Bible without stop!
Dear Brothers and Sisters, Now the power of Satan was such arrogant! The epidemic had continued to spread in every corner of the world. Infectious cases had increased in many areas just like the elevation of Haman higher than all of the other nobles. He commanded the people to pay honor to him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor. So he was enraged and looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people. For this we call on every watchman to rise up to pray and plead and call fervently and unceasingly to the Almighty One, the Most High God for our kinsmen and the souls of the world! We will use the power of the throne to crush the conspiracy of Haman to annihilate the entire people! We will pray till Haman surely fall, and till Haman and his descendants are completely exterminated! Our prayers ought to be like the determined prayer of Esther to perish. We require to accomplish two turns (sorrow turned into joy and mourning to a day of celebration). We will pray till the Purim (the great revival) comes! Hallelujah!
May you enjoy the new year’s thankfulness and joy! Be diligent to enter the Kingdom of God!
From Home of Grace for Christ’s Workers,
Nov 1, 2020
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