Dear Praying Friends,
Wishing you Blessed Happy New Year 2025!
We bring you loving greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are delighted to send you this NEWS & VIEWS FROM INDIA for this New Year. We are sincerely thankful to you for your earnest prayers, and financial support, without which all these would not have been possible. So, thank you very much and we pray God’s richest blessings upon you, your family and your ministry. We are all so much grateful & thankful to Pastor Mike, sister Amanda, BCBC members, & Pastor Kevin Willmott, Pastor Matt, DHBC members for your continue support in prayers & finances for whole year, May God bless you & may you be channel of blessing to many this new year! We have been continually praying for you all.
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (JN 15:1-2) In this powerful metaphor, Jesus reveals our dependence on Him. He is the “true vine”—our source of life, strength, and spiritual fruitfulness. The Father, the vinedresser, lovingly tends the vine, pruning it to ensure growth and abundance.
Pruning is often painful, as it involves cutting away what seems necessary or comfortable. However, it’s a process of refinement, not rejection. Hebrews 12:11 reminds us, “No chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterwards it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness.” God’s pruning prepares us for greater fruitfulness in His kingdom.
The fruit God seeks in our lives reflects the character of Christ—love, joy, peace, patience, and more (Galatians 5:22-23). By staying connected to Jesus through prayer, His Word, and obedience, we allow His life to flow through us. As Charles Spurgeon said, “Our fruitfulness is not of ourselves—it is the product of His life within us.”
When life brings challenges, view them through the lens of the vinedresser’s care. He is working to remove what hinders your growth and to strengthen your faith. Jesus assures us in John 15:5, “He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. “Today, abide in the true vine. Trust the loving hands of the vinedresser, knowing that His pruning is producing lasting fruit for His glory. I do encourage you to abide in Jesus & His words then we all shall bear much fruits for this year.
Praise Reports
- Christmas outreach Program: With much joy we would like to share the praise report in India what the almighty Lord had done during the time of Christmas season. All our fifty churches conducted gospel outreach program in sixty different places, we all have shared the gospel to more than 4000 new people during this Christmas seasons by doing the gospel meeting & Carols singing.
- New Clothes for Pastors & our Orphan Children: Every year we do provide some new clothes to all our pastors & this year we did not have enough funds to provide the new clothes for our pastors & gifts due to ongoing Dream Center building construction. We were running after funds but Lord who provided the funds for new clothes to our pastors & kids through pastor mike & his church members.
- Ongoing Dream Center Building: our Lord has helped us to finish the Dream Center for 80 % of works so far & rest 20 % are still remaining to finish, hopefully we will soon complete the Dream center building for dedication.
- Baptism Program: We had 243 new baptism through all our churches in December, 2024 & Lord has been adding many new souls to His kingdom.
- Children Ministry: we were able to share the Love of Jesus to more than 800 children through mercy projects, Sunday schools & no-formal education at many tribal villages in India.
Prayers Points
- Pray for ongoing ministries & growth of churches, may this year bring lots of souls to the kingdom of God.
- Pray for Pastors’ retreat for coming month on Feb 12& 13 ,2025 & provision for this meeting, this year we will have two area of Pastor’s retreat program.
- Pray for Dream Center all most we have completed 80 % & 20% is still reaming for dedication for the glory of the Lord. And need of funds for completing the building.
- Pray for my son Steven Pani who has been diagnosed with nose that 80-90 percent of his nose is blocked so he will go through surgery in coming month, pray that may God heal him completely as we prepare for His surgery & need for funds for his treatment as well.
- Pray for one of the tribal churches building to build, one of the tribal believers who donated the land & we want to build the church because the church is growing in the Lord & many want to help through their human resources we need 2500 to buy the cement, rod & other construction materials.
We will appreciate your prayers for our ministry in India. We want to thank you for your prayers & sacrificial support & be assured of our prayers for you as well.
In Christ,
Pastor Sanjit Pani (India)
Grace Calvary Fellowship , India. 