I had the joy of attending some gospel meetings in Kalyan, Maharashta, India, not far from Mumbai city (Bombay). A group of about 30 independent pastors of small churches had organized these gospel meetings. Everyone was surprised by the attendance. The three days of meetings grew from perhaps 10,000 to 40,000 people by the end, although the police estimate for the final meeting was as high as 50,000.

The meetings were very lively with music and worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. The evangelist, P.S. Rambabu, announced after he came on that Jesus Christ would do miracles in the crowd.

Sometime in 2004 I was praying and meditating on the Word, especially the passage in Ezekiel 33:1-6

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them: ‘When I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from their territory and make him their watchman, when he sees the sword coming upon the land, if he blows the trumpet and warns the people, then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, if the sword comes and takes him away, his blo

Following on from the thought that all believers may be anointed to minister reconciliation and communicate by the power of the Holy Spirit, I want to say that it is important for us to use appropriate means in order to fulfil the Great Commission – to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations. Jesus told us to preach the gospel to all Creation.