
I was born in a good Christian family and my parents were god fearing and brought me up in a Christian nurture and discipline. In my childhood, I was fond of reading the Bible, memorizing scripture verses and praying. But the teenage was highly influenced by evil, bad friends and eventually I turned to be an atheist. Communism enticed me! Drama and Cinema made inroads into my career and I began to dabble in politics. All these made me a godless wicked man and a dismal failure in my career. I managed to get a Central Government job through my political powers. My corrupted and degraded life began to sink in deeper mire, I became a drunkard and my life was disgusted with emptiness and I contemplated to suicide. One day I heard the little chorus " He lives! He lives! Christ Jesus lives today!!" sung beautifully and lustfully in a Church and this made me an irresistible impact on me. I went inside and after the service the servant of God prayed and revealed the disease I suffered when I was young and the reason for it. He explained to me in clear and simple terms the ONLY way to salvation in Jesus Christ. I surrendered my life and willingness to Jesus and I knelt down to pray. I began to confess sincerely all the sins I had committed in my life, I cried like a small baby in God's presence for hours together. It was on that memorable Sunday; my life was transformed by the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. With this initial salvation experience, I began to actively participate in gospel work of Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed Holy Spirit took full control of my life; I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It was at this implicit obedience to the biblical command I took immersion baptism. God blessed me with a good God-fearing wife and four male children. I began to do the gospel work near my house, company, market, and bus stand and wherever I went. I always believed God on healing power by faith. I witnessed hundreds of people receiving healing power by His grace, people and even small children began to speak in unknown tongue when they saw me and when I touched them, and a lot of people was led into salvation and baptized. As I continued to be like this preaching the Good News saying Jesus Saves & Heals! Many God's servant's prophesized to me saying there is a calling for the full time ministry. But I always neglected this, as I was having 4 school going children. One day while I was praying in my dark room, I suddenly saw my room lit up by a very bright light and Jesus along with multitudes of angels coming down from Heaven. I saw the doors of Heaven wide open. Jesus spoke to me with a voice distinct and clear, "My son! Thou shall find a place of worship for my people! So have I said, so shall I do it! Let not anything intimidate you! The favors of the Lord shall do it! And no man stop it" Isaiah - 42:13. I must confess that I was extremely pleased over this commission from God. A fear gripped my soul and again I travailed in prayer for the lord to show me the light. And Jesus said "And I say also unto thee, thou art Peter and upon this rock shall I build my Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; whatsoever thou shall loose on earth shall be loosened in Heaven" - Mathew 16:18,19. " I shall bless those who bless you". He went on giving vivid description of various ministries. I never thought that, if I leave my job and come to ministry who will feed my wife and my 4 children. I just obeyed the "Heavenly vision & the God's commandment". I didn't inform my wife or anyone, I just went and resigned my Central Government job, by then my wife was carrying the 5th child. All my friends, my colleagues mocked me they beat me, people who were with me stopped speaking to me. All the people said, " See, here goes the mad man! Let's see who's going to help him. He shall come to this very place and beg for money!!" My relatives, who were with me in my house left me, my neighbors stopped speaking to me. Everybody in this world started to curse me except my loving God. God told me to start the Church Ministry in Bangalore, Karnataka, but I never knew the language of that place. But I obeyed my God and started the Church in a small house in the year 1985, with only 5 members. Then later as the people started coming I shifted to a nearby school, with in a year the place became insufficient. In the year 1987, God helped me to build a big shed with thatched roof on lease basis. It was a small beginning, God was faithful and added hundreds of new souls by performing wonders, miracles among the heathen and gentiles. Unfortunately, one evening because of the heavy rainfall, the church fell down and collapsed. But the glory of the Lord was on the church, God helped us to build a building, even this place became insufficient as thousands thronged to the Church. In spite of severe opposition, this church has more than 6,000 believers of whom 95% are from non-Christian background. We give all the Glory, Honor and Power to JESUS alone.
|