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      DAILY VERSE

             “Honour your father and mother and love your neighbou as yourself."                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                             Matthew 19 : 19    

Pastor's Testimony

Pastor Alwin Thomas was born into a Christian family and brought up on good values by his parents, both of whom were in government jobs and were zeal us in the Lord’s ministry. Songs, music and choir played a great role in his family where Alwin Thomas’ early days were spent in the CSI church. That’s where he got the unction to lead the worship. Though as a young boy, he was brought up in the fear of the Lord, he had no salvation experience in his youth. Armed with a post-graduate degree in business management, he came out of college and soon landed a plum post in a multinational company. Success led to a circle of friends who hit the party circuit with amazing regularity. “Money was everything to me then but soon God taught me on whom I should anchor my hopes,”. Pastor Alwin Thomas had invested all his hard-earned money with a friend who turned out to be a cheat With all his savings gone, the young man, who’d been married with a 6-month-old baby, was on the verge of ending his life. A chance encounter with the Word of God at the ACA Church in Puraswalkkam Chennai, where he had gone just before deciding to commit suicide, changed his life. “God reminded me about a prophecy that I had received as a 13-year-old. A man of God had laid his hand on me and prophesied that the Lord would use me for His glory,”

After in June 1999 that the Lord spoke clearly about his future and the ministry that he was to be involved in. Words of wisdom came from a prophet who’d come down to the camp from Malaysia. Thereafter, the Lord confirmed his calling and set him aside for a period of training under the spiritual leadership of Bro. Jebadurai for full time ministry. Shortly thereafter, He became a worship leader and accompanied Bro. Jebadurai to all his meetings. He was with Bro. Jebadurai for seven years. In 2006, exactly six months after Elim Revival Church was launched, Both felt the time had come for him to be released into God’s purpose. And thus, Ru-ah Revival Church was born. It was dedicated and blessed by Bro. Jebadurai on Feb 19^, 2006.

As a church we have grown from zero to almost 2,000 believers attending five services (including an English service) on any Sunday. As for our ‘Freedom’ concert, we have been successfully staging it for three years in a row with an attendance of over 15,000 people who come from all over TamilNadu. We are reaching the whole of Europe and several nations across the Middle East through seven television channels. Till date, we have released 9 video albums and 4 audio albums through which we have reached scores of people. There have been testimonies of healing, deliverance and salvation from people who came to the Lord after watching the praise and worship video albums.

‘Freedom’ concert

 On a visit to Israel in September, 2006, He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane and God gave him a vision to conduct praise and worship concerts to usher in a revival among the youth. God told him the revival of the country had been pending for a long time and the blood of Apostle Thomas had not been settled for a long time and the time had come for the fulfillment of the same. The Lord revealed to him that there will be a mighty harvest of souls for a period of seven years beginning 2007.

Worship

 ·         Worship is important because that’s the reason why God created man (Isaiah 43:21). Firstly, worship brings the presence of God.  Psalm 22:3 says God resides in the praise of His people. Just as man needs oxygen to survive on earth, God needs worship to exist in any atmosphere. When two or three are gathered in His name, the Lord promises to be in our midst. So when man worships God, he creates an atmosphere for God to move down with all His glory into the earthen vessels that we are. The reason the Lord blew His Ru-ah breath into man in Gen 2:7 was that He expects His creation will be filled with worship to worship Him. So when we worship we get close to the Lord, feel His presence and ultimately fulfill the purpose God has created us for.

·         Worship brings deliverance, healing and prophetic words. When David played the harp, and worshiped God, the evil spirit in Saul fled. So, whenever I worship in the Spirit, I have seen several people getting delivered from witchcraft and evil strongholds. Drunkards and people with addictions have tearfully submitted their lives to the Lord in worship. A sister who was barren for eight years received the touch of God in worship. Her doctor, a non-Christian, was surprised to find that she was conceived. He told the woman, ‘Your Lord Jesus has created a new womb within you.’

·         Father, Son and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons yet they are one. Worship, Word and works of the Holy Spirit, though they look different are equally important in the house of God. They ultimately lead people to salvation and spiritual growth. Let me explain: Worship to the Father prepares the ground for the Word which is the seed. Christ is the seed that is sown in the ground (i.e heart) and the Holy Spirit, the Latter Rain, brings the Word of God to sprout out as signs and wonders. All three (WWW – worship, word and the works of the Holy Spirit) are important at the Ru-ah Revival Church.