A Ministry Update from Sudhakar
Mondithoka, June-July 2013
Dear Partner in the Ministry of the Kingdom of God,
the Lord gave His grace and blessed the ministry in some amazing ways during
June and July. I am happy to report the highlights so that you might also give
thanks to the Lord along with me/us. The work is His and the power is His and I
just happen to be in an instrument in His hands and so I give all the glory and
praise to Him alone and I invite you to rejoice with me. We are grateful to God
for all our partners like you.
On the 1st of June (Hyderabad)
I gave a talk on “Understanding the Church and
the Roles and Responsibilities of Leaders” to the Pastors, Elders and Ministry Team leaders of
Good Shepherd Community Church (English) at OM India. The Q&A session at
the end was very interesting and their Bishop stood up and thanked me for the inputs and said,
“We need to have a follow-up session to receive more teaching from Rev.
Sudhakar Mondithoka on this vital topic that he has dealt with in a very
theological as well as practical way.”
On the 3rd of June, I did
an Engagement Ceremony in
Secunderabad and also spoke on “Engagement and
the Preparation for the Wedding and the Life After”. Many parents and young people met me
and thanked me profusely for “such a biblical and practical message” that they
said, they had never heard before.
On the 8th of June, I spoke evangelistically in the Youth Retreat of
the Rosser Baptist Church in Safilguda (with many students from Other
Faiths in attendance among the 100 participants). Over 15 of them responded to the gospel invitation as I
spoke on “Who is Jesus?”
On the 14th and 22nd of
June, I did two House Dedications (of
Dr. Paul Darivemula and Bro. Solomon) – in one place I did the ceremony
and the preaching and in the other, I
did just the preaching. The Lord blessed the ministry of the word in both the
places many were touched by the truth as I spoke on the theme of “Thanksgiving and Thankful Living.”
On the 9th and 10th of
July, the
Lord enabled me to do a Module on “Apologetics
and Evangelism” (in five sessions) at the
New Life Associates' Pastors' Training Conference with over 70 pastors and a
few Christian professionals from different parts of the State of
Andhra Pradesh. It was an incredible sense of divine appointment - there were
only 5 who heard the term 'apologetics' before and when I closed with a Q&A
session, they were all excited about the subject of apologetics knowing how
useful it is in the ministry of evangelism and edification (confirmation and
defence as Paul says in Phil. 1: 7; 16). They all realized how important
apologetics is in the life and ministry of the Church and asked for resources/opportunities
for further study. Praise the Lord.
I returned from Kurnool on the 15th and
that night we had a good family prayer until past mid night and then went to
sleep after entering into the new year - I
entered into this New Year in my life (year no. 53) while praying
with the family – worshiping and thanking the Lord and the Lord said to me in the morning (of 16th), "Be strong
in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you
can take your stand against the devil's schemes." (Eph. 6: 10) I have
taken this as God's Word for me for this New Year in my life. It was a celebration of 52 years of God’s extraordinary
grace, mercy, goodness, and faithfulness. I am very grateful to God for yet another
year and please do pray for His will to be done throughout this year.
The Lord blessed the ministry at the Gideons International State Convention in Kurnool (12-14 July) with over 500 people (all professionals in the marketplace) in attendance from all over the state and some other states, where I spoke thrice in the Bible Hour sessions on Matt. 28: 19 - "Go into the whole world and make disciples of all nations." I was rejoicing while ministering, as I kept getting very positive responses from the participants and the leaders of the convention to the truth of God's word. The Lord moved mightily and touched the lives of His people in a powerful way and many of them met me personally and shared about the ways in which the Lord spoke to them and how they responded. All glory to the Lord alone who does His Word using "unworthy servants" like us to fulfil His Kingdom Purposes.
On Sunday (the 15th), I ministered in the biggest Church in Kurnool (with over two thousand people in attendance) - Coles Centennial Baptist Church, Kurnool. I spoke on "Man's word or God's Word?" based on 1 Kings 22/2 Chronicles 18. There was a tremendous sense of the presence and movement of the Holy Spirit and I am grateful to God for touching the lives of many people. I also spoke in the English Service in the evening on "Do I have the right kind of Faith?" based on Hebrews 11: 8-12 &17-19; Rom. 4: 18-21. Praise the Lord that the Lord did His work of drawing people to Himself and His truth as many shared with me after the service.
The Lord blessed the ministry at the Gideons International State Convention in Kurnool (12-14 July) with over 500 people (all professionals in the marketplace) in attendance from all over the state and some other states, where I spoke thrice in the Bible Hour sessions on Matt. 28: 19 - "Go into the whole world and make disciples of all nations." I was rejoicing while ministering, as I kept getting very positive responses from the participants and the leaders of the convention to the truth of God's word. The Lord moved mightily and touched the lives of His people in a powerful way and many of them met me personally and shared about the ways in which the Lord spoke to them and how they responded. All glory to the Lord alone who does His Word using "unworthy servants" like us to fulfil His Kingdom Purposes.
On Sunday (the 15th), I ministered in the biggest Church in Kurnool (with over two thousand people in attendance) - Coles Centennial Baptist Church, Kurnool. I spoke on "Man's word or God's Word?" based on 1 Kings 22/2 Chronicles 18. There was a tremendous sense of the presence and movement of the Holy Spirit and I am grateful to God for touching the lives of many people. I also spoke in the English Service in the evening on "Do I have the right kind of Faith?" based on Hebrews 11: 8-12 &17-19; Rom. 4: 18-21. Praise the Lord that the Lord did His work of drawing people to Himself and His truth as many shared with me after the service.
In addition to all this, the Lord enable me to
complete the
course “Introduction to Christian Apologetics I” that I taught (with
12 students) at HITHA by the 16th and also do
all the work
related to “Biblical Hebrew Course I” for which we had over 20 students on the
16th and some are expected to join by Thursday, the 18th.
Santhi and
Rishi have also spent much time
working on the new brochure for HITHA, Santhi has done much searching to find a place
for HITHA (either to rent/lease or to buy, God-willing and enabling), as the
owners of the current rented facility asked us to vacate by the end of
September by all means, and I got the Audit of HITHA Educational and Charitable
Trust accounts done for the financial year 2012-‘13. We are reporting with much gratitude to the
Lord for His abundant grace that is sufficient for all the challenges and with appreciation
of your partnership – encouragement through prayer and financial support.
The Lord also enabled me
to do (a few times) "Asalaina Prashna
Sisalaina Jawaabu" (a Live Theology
& Apologetics Q&A Session in Telugu) on Rakshana TV along with Brother Benhur Jakkula and we continue
to get many mails and calls from people who have been blessed –
enriched, equipped, and challenged through this unique ministry/program of
Rakshna TV. Wherever I go, I meet people that
have been blessed through this program over the past two plus years and Brother
Benhur also tells me of the people that meet him regularly to say ‘thank you’
for the blessing this program has been in their lives. Several lakhs (hundreds of thousands) of people watch it
live on Saturdays and many more watch when it is re-telecast on other days. I
also interviewed Dr. Rev. Emmanuel Haqq, formerly a Professor of Nuclear
Physics at the University of Massachusetts and A Pastor for over 20 years (in
the Rakshna TV studio - it is now available on the Rakshna TV website). Praise
the Lord for this ‘media ministry’ in addition to the weekly English
messages (every Friday from 6:30 to 7:00 am) that are telecast on Velugu TV –
this has been on for over 6 months now. On the
22nd the Lord enabled me to record a series of 7 messages on “Do I
have the Right kind of Faith? – Is my Faith truly Biblical or Christian?”
(based on Hebrews 11:
1-12; 17-19; Romans 4: 18-21; Genesis 22; etc.). I have dealt
with issues like Is Christian Faith
different from other faiths? What is Faith? The Faith of the Father of the
Faithful and Friend of God, The True Nature of Christian Faith, Faith – Deeds –
Obedience Connection, and so on and this series would be telecast from the
coming Friday
Santhi too has had some very fruitful and impactful ministry (we might send a
separate update). We both need to catch up a lot on our Ph. D related work.
Please pray very specifically about this very important area of our lives at
this time.
Please do pray for all the needs of HITHA (see www.hitha.org) – especially for
God’s guidance concerning a place for HITHA and for accreditation with ATA, for
my ministry/ itinerary (US trip) for July to September (see www.mondithokas.com), and for the courses being offered at HITHA
(“Biblical Hebrew I” with Mr. Sh’muel Yacobi from July 16 to September 19,
“Foundational Course in the OT” with Prof. David Talley, USA from October 12-25,
and courses in NT, Greek, etc., to follow). Please do not hesitate to write to us for any
clarification or information related to the ministry.
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