Pastor Biakson greeted the congregation, read verses from the bible and begin the church service with an opening prayer. This is followed by praise and worship. Upa Khamkhanpau gives a welcome speech to the four mission teachers who came to visit the church. That was followed by pastoral prayer led by Pastor Biakson.
SPEECH FROM MISSION TEACHERS
M Thangkhanpau.
Currently he is working at Kaikhoen Academy, Suangdoh. In their school they have 130 students and 10 staffs. His tour in Delhi was beyond his wildest dream and they were overjoyed when they hear the news about this tour. He was so proud that they had eaten meal at Parliament House, which is all because of God’s grace. Also he did not expect that our people in Delhi would be so humble. He was very happy about the Project Nehemiah as the fruit of it can be seen abundantly. He said that this was because of you all who have Christ in your lives. He quote a line from the bible which says “Let us not become weary in doing good” he encourage everyone to be consistently be a part of this Project Nehemiah. Reminding the audience that wisdom without God is useless he finish his speech.
M Ginkhothang
He started his speech with how thankful he is with this Delhi tour. He was born on 1955 at Dialkhai. He has three sons and one daughter, all were married and he is blessed with 10 grandhildren.Because of his work he has been shifted to different villages like Tuilaphai, Vungbuk, Mualnuam, Dialkhai, etc. He also mention how grateful he is about Project Nehemiah. With a brief introduction of himself and expressing his gratitude he conclude his speech.
TC Song
Standing in the podium of EBCC Delhi he feels blessed and read Galatia 5:22 from the bible. His full name is Chinkhansong, born on 1957 at Pearsonmun. His father Khaizaneng is also a mission teacher, so they shifted to Kangkap. He served as a regular mission teacher since 1991, and before that he served 8years as casual teacher. In their school they have 29 students and classes were till 5th standard. He also mention his gratitude towards Project Nehemiah, hoping to see greater outcomes in future he encourage everyone.
SERMON by UPA GOUKHANCHIN
He was born in Kangkap and grows up in Phaisan. He has 3 sons and 1 daughter. That was a brief introduction from his side and he starts his sermon right away by reading Galatia 6:9.
Topic of the sermon: Daniel and his friends, their bravery.
The book of Daniel is especially to look upon by the youth, even though it is good for all of us. Let us look on Daniels life with five points.
1.Daniel is a man of purpose: He live a purposeful life. We can see this from Daniel 1:8 “But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine and he asked the chief officials for permissions not to defile him this way” So from this verse we can see that Daniel and his friends are determined not to spoil themselves and even asked the permission to the chief. This is a good example to look upon and followed.
2.Daniel is a man of prayer: Prayer is about asking and when they are granted it means the prayer is answered. Daniel 6:10 “….Three times a day he got down on his knee and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” Amid our busy schedules in this city, we should not forget to pray. We should have praying as our habit and ofcourse with enthusiasm.
3.Daniel is a man of faith: When praying, we need to have faith that what we asked shall be granted. Hebru 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”. We should have a firm faith and believe that what we asked shall be given. Daniel has this kind of faith .
4.Daniel is a man of excellence: Daniel’s fault could not be seen by his 120 co-workers. They finally made a situation to make him faulty. A rule was made where everyone has to bow down infront of the idol, whoever fails to do that will be thrown to the lions pit. How scary the situation may be Daniel did not want to betray his God so, he did not bow before the idol. He was thrown to the hungry lions, but God help him. So like Daniel, if we favour God and hold onto righteousness and excellence, God is always there for us.
5. Daniel is a man of testimony: Daniel lived a life that can influence others that his God is the living God. Even king Daria said that he should worship Daniels God . We christians should build each other up through righteousness, faith and spirit. We should be a living testimony to others wherever we are and be the light of the world in witnessing Christ.
The service is closed by Upa TC Song with benediction.
By Mercy Chinghaukim
Content writer, Media team.
