Crusade #9 - INDIA

🔥 REDEEMING HOPE CRUSADE #9 🔥 was held yesterday in 🇮🇳 Draksharamam, Andhra Pradesh!! This village has been a stronghold of Satan for GENERATIONS through Hinduism, alcohol, and immorality.

I’ve been told that this region is a very difficult area to reach because the people don’t like Christians, and they definitely don’t like Jesus. It is one of the most frequented pilgrim centers of South India with a pagan temple built over 1200 years ago. Nevertheless, for the past ten years, local pastor Vijay Ratnam (seen in the photos below toward the end) has faithfully and lovingly sought to share the Gospel here in spite of the persecution and public humiliation he’s faced (and still faces). He contacted Bro Bharath Kumar in November after hearing about some of our previous meetings and asked if we would come to conduct a “Redeeming Hope Crusade” in his community…. 🙏🏻❤️🙌🏻

Maybe this could be a tool that God would use to break through to the hearts of those who attended?

But to show “Redeeming Hope” in a place like this was a risk…. ‼️ Would there be an uprising among the Hindu people to shut it down? ‼️ Would anyone even come to the event? Pastor Ratnam sacrificially provide a delicious meal. (Praise God for this generosity!) Over 800 people showed up to eat (almost 10% of the community), but once the movie began and those present realized it was a Christian film, a few hundred left. Yet they slipped out quietly, not causing a stir. Well over 500 people stayed (a vast majority unbelievers) to watch the movie, and 100+ precious souls publicly and unashamedly received Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour!! THIS IS HUGE!! 😭🙌🏻

Here are some of the testimonies of the lives gloriously changed that night!! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

✅ I had some idea about Christ, but literally I don't have clear understanding about what true Gospel is. Many times I committed sins in my personal life. But when I watched this movie, literally God touched my heart, and I committed my life to the Lord. It was a great encouragement for me personally. When we have Christ, we can overcome our sinful life and it is possible to live holy.

✅ I'm homemaker (housewife) I have been living a very tough life, I don't have peace and joy in my family, because my husband he drinks alcohol and my children they never care about my words. Literally I feel like I am living alone, no one gives me comfort or has any concern towards me.  Many many times I thought of doing suicide because of the problems in my life especially with my husband we have lot of arguments every day. I’ve tried many things and many ways to overcome all my problems. But I never found real peace and joy in my heart. I came to watch this movie with heavy burden in my heart. When I watched this movie completely I found hope and peace in Jesus. Today I submitted all my anxiety and burden in the hands of the Lord. I prayed with my tears. I found great joy in my heart. Thank you so much for everyone who make this movie so effectively!

✅ I'm playing a lot of online and offline betting games, and I waste lot of money. I have lot of bad friends who drink alcohol and have smoking habits. I committed many many sins in my life. My father and my mother are in the church. They have been praying for me, they encourage me many times to overcome this sinful life, and today as I attend the meeting, when I watched the movie I understand how wretched sinner I am. I understand how much far away living from the Lord and my family I have been in. God spoke to me through this movie. It touched my heart, and I asked forgiveness with my tears. I know very clearly God forgives anyone no matter how sins we have done, and I submitted my to the Lord.

✅ I came from Hindu background. Today we got invitation to have food together from local Pastor, they invited for the dinner and watch the movie. Literally I came for the food and I thought of going back after the having the meal. When I watched the film I understand God's love and how He has concern for me. I’ve heard about Jesus before, but I didn’t have any clear idea who He is. I thought many times He is like the other gods I have been serving, but after the movie, I got clear understanding about His love and forgiveness. He is different. He is the only way of salvation. I want to go to Heaven. I have submitted my life to Jesus.

✅ I watch many motivational movies. Every time I try to find something for my life. Some movies will have sad ending, some movies will have happy ending. But when I watched this movie I found great hope in Jesus. It brings tears in my eyes. Such a fantastic and powerful way the movie was done. As Bro Bharath Kumar shared a testimony about the movie at the end, how this movie made in five years, I completely understand the dedication towards the making of this film. It touched my heart, I submitted my life to Jesus. Now I understand very clearly no matter how wretched sinner I am, God will forgive me and He will give peace. Thank you for the hope I found in Jesus today through this film! 

Pastor Ratnam was in tears 😭 at what the Lord did. He said, “Every time when I try to conduct a meeting, I am always disappointed. Whoever I have to come in is always scared to preach truth. No one is willing to preach against sin and preach the clear Gospel. They are afraid of the Hindu people. They are afraid of being persecuted. But tonight, the movie is so effective against the drinking and the sin and the idol worship and it is very clear to understand about how to get saved!!” PRAISE GOD!!!! This thrilled my heart. 🔥🙌🏻

Bro. Bharath Kumar shared with me this morning that Pastor Ratnam called him again to express his gratitude: “He is so happy sir! Many Hindus and believers came to his home today to visit him. They said, ‘It was so powerful meeting. Thank you for inviting us!’”

“This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes” (Psalm 118:23). Oh how glorious to witness the working of the Holy Spirit even in spiritually hardened places!! I hope that you understand how eternally and spiritually valuable your prayers and support are for these Crusades….

Through fervent Intercession comes the flow of Outpouring. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

The next couple of meetings will be held back-to-back on December 15th and 16th in Palvancha, Andhra Pradesh and Kodada, Andhra Pradesh!!

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