Erling Thu

Month: February 2009

  • Enjoying Thamel

    We arrived
    in Kathmandu yesterday after a long journey from Rajahmundry via New Dehli and
    we rested in the hotel. This morning Henry came to see us and we went to Thamel
    which is a famous shopping area in the middle of Kathmandu. I like walking in
    the narrow streets, almost  bursting with
    life. It is quite crowded with people, cycles, bikes, cars and rickshaws moving
    in all directions.  Here we find shops of
    all kind, but they are all different from the shops in the West. First of all
    they are normally very small. Then they are overloaded with goods. And there is
    little light because of power cuts. I have done no shopping today, only Solveig
    bought one shawl. The main purpose of going to Thamel today wasn’t shopping but
    fellowshipping.

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  • On the way to Nepal

    We are now leaving Rajahmundry for Hyderabad and New Dehli. Tomorrow (Thursday) we will go to Nepal for a two weeks visit. We have had a wonderful time with the group of young servants of God that God has brought us in contact with in Rajahmundry. In Nepal we will also spend most of our time with young people. God is raising up a new prophetic generation all over the world. I am so excited by what God is doing in our day. I am so grateful that I am able to serve God in a time like this. In Nepasl we spend most of our time with some new disciples in Kathmandu, but we will also visit Hethouda to spend time with young disciples there as well. I don't know if or how often we will be able to connect to the Internet while in Nepal, but I know that by the grace of God we will be able to stay connected to the Holy Spirit and what he is doing in this Himalyan nation.

  • A day in the presence of God

    We have another wonderful day in the presence of God in Rajahmundry. We met at Zephry's Church Hall at Anand Regency. Eleven disciples joined us. Eleven servants of God were with us. Together we entered into the presence of God through songs of thanksgiving and worship. All shared what God had been speaking to them about this great nation of India. It was a very encouraging time to listen to all the prophetic promises given by God for this nation.

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  • Correcting your own mistakes

    To be
    somebody is to correct your own mistakes

    – mistakes
    long overlooked.

    It is to
    look at yourself – with new
    eyes

    – with new
    understanding,

    To correct and improve
    yourself,

    To become a
    more harmonious person,

    Removing the
    small disturbances,

    Deleting the
    imperfections expressed in your life.

     

    To be
    somebody is to be able to see your own shortcomings

    – and
    humble yourself to ask for grace and help

    To overcome
    any obstacle,

    That the
    divine image may become visible in you.

  • The Holy Spirit is falling on a new generation

    We have witness a wonderful move of the Holy Spirit today as we have been together with a new generation of young Indians serving the Lord Jesus Christ. Yesterday we discovered that none of them were baptized in the Holy Spirit. We gave them some homework to do among which one was to read certain chapters in Acts to find out what happens to people when the Holy Spirit is coming upon them.

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  • A new generation

    As I met with a group of young people yesterday in a hotel in Rajahmundry I realised that God is really raising up a new generation of young believers in this great nation of India. They were sharing their testimonies of how they came to the Lord and why they dedicated their life to advance the Kingdom of God in India. These young believers were supporting themselves and their families through agricultural labour for the big landlords in this area. They have long working hours but still they find time to bring the good news of the Kingdom of God to new people. A new generation of servants of the Living God is certainly being born for the new day that is dawning in India.

  • Living in a global village

    The world has become very small, like a global village, by the many inventions of transportation and communication. We can now fly to any place on the earth and reach the most remote area in hours in a helicopter. Via satellites we can survey what is taking place at any place on earth. On Google Earth we can see so many details of buildings and streets far away from where we live. Through this service on the Internet we may fly anywhere on earth to view satellite imagery,
    maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons
    of the ocean. Via mobile phones we can talk with people around the globe and via Internet we can be part of many communities while we are still far away from each other geographically.

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  • The Good News of the Kingdom is bearing fruit in India

    The last few days I have been together with leaders of covenant communities from many different states of India. They are all giving very good reports of what God is doing in this great nation. From Kerala in the south to Sikkim in the north we are hearing that the Word is producing wonderful fruits in changed lives. Unreached people groups are given the Good News of the Kingdom and they are experiencing the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. People are being set free from demonic oppression. Many sich people are being healed. And many come to Christ.

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  • We always thank God

    We always thank God when we pray for you! This is the way the apostle Paul is beginning his letter to the Colossians. He heard of their faith in Christ, their love for all the saint, and their hope because of the Gospel. The good news about the Kingdom of God has reached them through Epaphras, Paul's fellow servant and minister on his behalf among the Colossians which Paul had never met, and it is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world as well as in the Colossians.

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  • Be very careful, then, how you live

    Today I have been reading Paul's letter to the Ephesians. I love that letter very much. I think it is best letter he ever wrote to the covenant communities. He gives us revelatory insight in the mystery of Christ and the eternal plan and purpose of God in the first three chapters and takes us down to earth in the last three chapters where he is teaching us the practical outworking of being in Christ and being a member of the new covenant community.

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