Erling Thu

A weekend in the presence of God

Friday Solveig and I flew to Skien to join the covenant community for a family retreat at Vegårstun camp site. Our long standing friends Åge and Astrid took us by car to the beautiful camp site in the forest by a lake. This is a perfect place for a retreat with the entire family.

One billion souls to save

Christianity in China is booming. With 100 to 150 million believers, far more than the 74 million-member communist party, Jesus is a force to be reckoned with in the People’s Republic. Jane Macartney  from The Times talks to the new faithful who love China – but love God more.

The prophetic word brings life

Today I have received a very encouraging report from our recent visit to India. I attended a worship service with the covenant community when the Lord gave me a prophetic word for Anil, a former fruit seller, now one of the leaders among the people of God in that place. I have posted the entire report and I am sure you will be excited to read what a word from God can produce!

The power of testimonies

Sunday morning I had the joy of meeting with the covenant community in Jaipur. The gathering was full of life, joyful singing and dancing, powerful testimonies and uplifting prophetic words. As I listen to the testimonies and watched the response of the people I was excited. Testimonies about God at work in the ordinary life of simple believers are really powerful.

Ganesh is seeing God performing wonders in Nepal

Among the Nepali Christians we met some real powerful but simple believers. Ganesh is one of them. He lives in a remote village high up in the mountains of Himalaya. He has to walk for full day to reach a road! But God is working powerfully in that remote village. Since our last visit to Nepal three months ago he had only seen two families come to Christ, but he had seen some great miracle take place before they came to Christ.

Electric power cuts

During our visit to Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, we had many long lasting electric power cuts. It was actually a quite shocking experience to have to be without electricity for most of the day. The hotels and bigger businesses had their own generators producing enough power for the most important functions. To be able to use a Laptop computer to go on-line was not among the functions that were prioritized. Neither did we have proper reading light in the dark evenings and nights. Often there was no power during daytime only a few hours at night. A friend of mine was complaining that he could not work for he had no power for his computer. So many work related activities were effected and the big parts of the city were slowed down.

In the seminars we were led by the Spirit to teach on the unlimited resources of God. When the Holy Spirit comes upon us we receive power. There is no power cuts with the Holy Spirit! He lives in us and is with us everyday.
But all too often believers are living as there is a power shortage in the Christian life. The good news is however that there is no power shortage with God. In fact the Kingdom of God consist in power not in theories.

A day in the presence of God

We have another wonderful day in the presence of God in Rajahmundry. We met at Zephry's Church Hall at Anand Regency. Eleven disciples joined us. Eleven servants of God were with us. Together we entered into the presence of God through songs of thanksgiving and worship. All shared what God had been speaking to them about this great nation of India. It was a very encouraging time to listen to all the prophetic promises given by God for this nation.

The Holy Spirit is falling on a new generation

We have witness a wonderful move of the Holy Spirit today as we have been together with a new generation of young Indians serving the Lord Jesus Christ. Yesterday we discovered that none of them were baptized in the Holy Spirit. We gave them some homework to do among which one was to read certain chapters in Acts to find out what happens to people when the Holy Spirit is coming upon them.

A new generation

As I met with a group of young people yesterday in a hotel in Rajahmundry I realised that God is really raising up a new generation of young believers in this great nation of India. They were sharing their testimonies of how they came to the Lord and why they dedicated their life to advance the Kingdom of God in India. These young believers were supporting themselves and their families through agricultural labour for the big landlords in this area. They have long working hours but still they find time to bring the good news of the Kingdom of God to new people. A new generation of servants of the Living God is certainly being born for the new day that is dawning in India.

The Good News of the Kingdom is bearing fruit in India

The last few days I have been together with leaders of covenant communities from many different states of India. They are all giving very good reports of what God is doing in this great nation. From Kerala in the south to Sikkim in the north we are hearing that the Word is producing wonderful fruits in changed lives. Unreached people groups are given the Good News of the Kingdom and they are experiencing the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. People are being set free from demonic oppression. Many sich people are being healed. And many come to Christ.