Longsa youth motivated to look towards new horizon and be witness for God
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Missionary, Tiyong Longkumer, invoking God’s blessings on the youth of Longsa village during the special youth service on on January 17. (Photo/Sashi Jamir)[/caption]
EMN
Dimapur, January 17
More than thousand youth of Longsa village were inspired at the special youth service on Sunday from the messages delivered by two speakers namely Temjensangla and Dr. Awala Temshi, who challenged the youth to be humble, know the Lord Jesus Christ and glorify God through their thoughts, speech and actions.
The special youth service was held at the Longsa Baptist Church (LBC) as part of its three-day centenary jubilee celebration which concluded on January 17.Temjensangla, State government administrator, who spoke on the topic ‘Towards a new horizon,’ motivated and challenged the youth through the Biblical characters of Joseph and Samson. She said Joseph was a simple ordinary man who believed in God while Samson was a gifted person but boastful person. Joseph rose from being a slave to a master, while Samson fell from being a hero to die at the hands of his enemies.
While urging the youth to be like the character of Joseph, Temjensangla asked the youth to live humble, fear the Lord and lead a life of integrity. She added that just like Joseph, if one has humility and faith in God, He will surely reward them and lead them towards a new horizon no matter how unfairly life treats them.
She also urged the youth to have a sense of humanity and ‘be truthful to God, truthful to oneself and truthful to one’s colleagues.’ She further challenged the youth to first achieve something in life as one cannot help others without having achieved anything.
Dr. Awala Temshi, Administrator of Straightway Christian Mission Centre, who spoke on the topic ‘Witnessing Christ in one’s own field,’ said to witness God, one should first know Him, love Him and own Him.
She pointed out that the world today with all its technological advancements has become a very fast paced world where we don’t even find space to witness God. In this regard, Dr. Awala said one can witness God through our ‘speech, lifestyles, love, faith and purity of our life.’
Further, Dr. Awala urged the youth to be always polite in speech, lead a clean lifestyle, have deep love for oneself, others and God, have faith in God and lead a pure and spiritual life.
Meanwhile, Missionary Tiyong Longkumer offered a special dedicatory prayer and invoked God’s blessings for the youth of Longsa village.
Earlier in the Sunday devotional service, the main speaker was Tsuknung, founder of Servanthood Bible College, Dimapur. He spoke on the theme of the centenary celebration, ‘Whetting the kingdom of light.’
As the grand centenary celebration of Longsa Baptist Church (1916-2016) culminated in Longsa village on the theme ‘Whetting the kingdom of light,’ the Church adopted a three point resolutions which was unanimously endorsed by thousands of Longsa citizens who attended the concluding programme on January 17.
Among the three resolution, the first one (as translated from the Ao text provided to the publicity committee) reads: Basing on this centenary celebration, the entire Longsa citizens resolves to join hands together and continue to undertake more vigorous church missions.
In the second resolution, the Longsa Baptist Church resolved to construct a commercial complex as a memorial of the first two converts from Longsa village – Repjenyuba and Sakusangba. Construction of the memorial building would be completed within five years. All income generated from the commercial building would be used towards furthering mission works.
The third resolution resolved to donate Rs 2 lakhs to the ABAM International Mission; Rs 5 lakhs to Longsa Baptist Church and the remaining amount for the construction of ‘Repjenyuba & Sakusangba memorial commercial complex’ from the remaining balance of LBC Centenary Fund.
