Oh Lord, Please Touch my Family
“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord – Josh 24:15 (NIV)”
Another thought that was troubling my mind was – how my family, relatives and friends were going to react to our conversion to Christianity and baptism. My elder brother had a stubborn hatred towards Christianity like I had. My wife, daughter Gayathri and younger son Sakthi were staunch Adhi Parasakthi devotees. When I came to India, I saw my wife and children still wearing red clothes, going to Hindu temples, lighting the lamps and keeping tilak and sacred ash in their forehead. I kept on telling them what Jesus Christ had done for us and how Karthi’s life had been saved by His grace. Nothing entered into their head. Although they were my own wife and children, I never wanted to compel them or thrust forcibly Jesus Christ as their Saviour. I just knelt down and prayed to the Lord with tears. In the middle of the night I used to get up from my sleep and cry out to the Lord to touch my entire family and envelop them with His love. “Father, we read in Acts 16:21 – Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household. I believe you Master. I believe only you. As for me and my household we will serve you only. Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other Gods. (Josh 24:15-16). Please touch and save my family only to serve you”. THE LORD HEARD MY PRAYERS AND TOUCHED EVERY ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WITH A MIRACLE! Hallelujah!
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