It’s our 1st Anniversary! Yes, we are ONE year old.
It’s been a year since Pastor Rajiv and his team started sharing his messages and other reflections. We wish to thank our readers and contributors through the year and on this occasion share a special reflection.
In the Upper Room today, Terrie Hellard-Brown recounts a miraculous Christmas experience which we would like to share here -
"As worship leader in my church, I always planned the Christmas worship services with great care and excitement. One year I asked a soprano named Rebecca to sing “O Holy Night” during the last Sunday morning service before Christmas.
As the date approached, Rebecca called me and said, “I keep feeling like God wants me to sing ‘O Holy Night’ in French. Is that weird?”
I told her I thought it would be glorious, and that if God was leading her to do it, then she should. Our church had an English-speaking international congregation with 15 countries represented weekly. We were not aware of any attendees from French-speaking countries, but we both felt certain this was God’s plan. We had no idea just how beautiful God’s plan was.
That week in our Sunday service, a French businessman was depressed because he had to spend the holidays far from home. He was feeling discouraged and alone until Rebecca sang. As he listened to the hymn, he was flooded with the love of God and knew he was not alone. God encouraged and blessed that man through our simple act of obedience. That Christmas will forever remind me that Jesus truly is Immanuel, God with us".
This exemplifies the mission of This Week with Jesus. We will never know who will be touched by one of our reflections or messages. We will never know who needed to hear it or read it. Like Rebecca we are directed to write and share. Nothing is planned.
In the last 365 days, we have put out 172 posts and 24 videos of Pastor Rajiv with his message. Stats show more than 3600 readers, spread across America, India, France, Germany, Australia, Russia, Holland, Jamaica & the Caribbean, U.K., Sweden, Brazil, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Peru and a few more. Yet we have a long way to go. This world has 195 countries and 8 Billion people!
As Pastor Rajiv shares his weekly message, other anonymous writers also share their reflections, thoughts and experiences. We are all stakeholders, and anyone can contribute, including you. You can write to us or simply share this with your friends and family. Together we can reach the world. Together we can reach that one person who needs the message. God can move the whole universe for us, even for just one of us. Even when we are going through the worst, rest assured, just like in the story, God moved a whole church because He cared about what this one man was going through, He cares for each one of us.
Today, we also have a New Year gift for you as well. We have made an app envelope for Android so that you don’t ever have to login or browse. You can download it here:
Once again, we thank you and request you to continue your support by contributing your reflections and/or sharing in your network. God Bless you all and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
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