Pastor's Desk

Dear in Christ,

Greetings to you in the precious name of my Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ!

Let me present to you my testimony:

I am Samuel Durai, s/o G. Nallasamy and Alice Gnanam, born to the Christian parents, and brought up in a good Christian atmosphere. Thank God for the missionaries who sowed the seed of WORD OF GOD in our village.

My father, who was working in a Christian management school gave me the BIBLE and the Christian discipline. I was interested in the Word of God and memorized one verse each day. By God’s grace, I was grown up in a good discipline until my 11th standard, until I stayed with my parents; but when I went out to stay away from my parents, for my college study, all evil entered in my heart and some evil habits also. I became a film fanatic and got addicted to cinema along with its other attractions. My mind was meditating on those songs and music. I simply ignored my devotion and Christian life. I began to roam on the roads, theater after theater without peace of mind. I did not understand the reason for my emptiness in the heart.

It was summer vacation in 1967. I went to stay in Ooty with my maternal aunty, who is really a praying and committed woman, directed my way towards a Gospel meeting there. There I found the reason for my emptiness. As the preacher was preaching, God was speaking to me of my sins. I was in tears by the end of the meeting. The Lord convicted me of my sins, that night, I confessed all my sins God brought before me as it is written in Psalms 50: 18-20:- "

When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers. Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies. You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son."

As I started confessing my sins, I experienced a great joy, which I cannot express in words and free to fly in the air in the spirit. Then I understood and accepted that the Christianity I was born and brought up, is the truth, and Christ is still alive, and the Word of God is living and speaking to me. I enjoyed a great happiness in my life.

Later, I started a prayer group for the youth in our village. God helped me to continue my study and complete my B.A. graduation in Economics. The change made me to commit my life to Lord's ministry in 1973, when I was 23 years old. I attended the Bible College in Chennai, finished my theological studies and since doing God’s work for the past 37 years. I am happy with GOD’S calling for His ministry, and with commitment doing the ministry in the church and in teaching the WORD OF GOD. Thanks a lot for reading my testimony. Keep me in your prayers. I'm praying for you. May God richly bless you in His abundance.

In Christ,
Pastor Samuel Durai