Balab woke up before sunlight broke through the morning sky. Other believers in his village had to do the same. Balab dipped his bucket in the public well and trudged home. He needed water for his family but couldn’t be caught in the act of collecting it—he and the other Christians were banned from the public water source.
Meeting a Servant of God
Before Balab, his wife and five children met Jesus, they were often sick. Malaria, typhoid and jaundice frequently plagued their family, and there seemed to be no end to it. With little income and many doctor visits and treatments, Balab started selling off his land, cattle and even trees to pay for the expenses. As sicknesses continued, the bills did too, and Balab had to take out loans from his friends and family members.
Poverty took hold of their lives in more ways than one. Balab and his family were poor in spirit and discouraged. Peace had left their home, and there seemed no hope of help for their family.
But one day, Gospel for Asia (GFA)-supported pastor Salm met Balab, and the two men began to talk. Over the course of their conversation, Balab shared with Pastor Salm about his family and their deep discouragement. Balab learned about the hope Salm had in God’s Word and listened to the pastor as he prayed for him and his family.
Pastor Salm visited Balab and his family once a week and saw with his own eyes the struggles they faced. Moved with compassion and hope in Jesus, Pastor Salm earnestly prayed for them. Slowly he witnessed how the Lord answered his consistent prayers.
Balab and his family began to heal, and joy entered their lives. Instead of sorrow, peace came into their home, and they began to go to church. They had experienced Jesus and now nothing would take that hope away from them—not even opposition.
Rejection, Violence from the Community
When the villagers saw that Balab and his family had begun to follow Christ, they beat them and prohibited them from getting water from the village well or pond. Balab and his family had to wake up early in order to gather water without being harmed. If they didn’t secretly go to the forbidden well, they had to travel nearly a mile and a half to get water from the river.
Pastor Salm saw this struggle, so he requested a Jesus Well to be drilled in this village. By God’s grace, a Jesus Well was installed, and the village had a new source of water for everyone to use. The villager’s hearts began to change toward the believers as they, too, pumped water from the new, good well.
As the villagers experienced the tender compassion of Jesus, they began to take literature from Pastor Salm. They even started asking him for prayer from time to time, and one young man decided to embrace the love of Christ for himself.
Living a New Life in Christ
Balab and his family continue to stand strong in the Lord and are prominent members of the church. Through their struggles, God brought healing and hope for their village. Their well carries with it the powerful words spoken by Jesus more than 2,000 years ago to the Samaritan woman at a well:
“Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.’” —John 4:13–14
Find out how a Jesus Well impacted villagers who had to travel two miles for water each day.
I am praying for more Jesus wells and for clean drinking water on the St. Jude’s prayer list.
Jesus Well: This is the Gospel of the living water, the everlasting life.
See the Word Jesus spoke at His mouth. Now the Beloved Holy Spirit speaks to you all:
John 7:37-38
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Watch ‘In the last day’ Jesus pointed out as His day He is coming soon. There will be a great day of feast on the day! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Look, Jesus urged fervidly. Same way Beloved Holy Spirit urges you fervidly to come to drink His, the Holy Spirit and be full. For He is coming! That means Read the Word and Receive the Holy Spirit symbolized as your drinking the living water and be peaceful!
See there is a great strength by your faith in Jesus. He promised. Now Beloved Holy Spirit promises to you all Ministers who are persecuted in the Jesus Well area. He promises even this generations of youths and all to read the Scripture by faith and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Then Jesus promises that when one is filled in the Holy Spirit, there comes up like an everlasting flow of living water from his or her mouth to win many and many souls for Jesus’ Kingdom by defeating satan and his cohort.
Jesus Well is that great inspiration centre for all beloved Ministers and all who are sacrificing in their ministry in the area where God’s children are persecuted like above. Rejoice! Glory! Praise the Lord! Glory to God the Father! Hallelujah! Glory to Holy Spirit! Amen!
God bless all the suffering children and ministers of the areas of Jesus Well.
Jesus is the Holy Spirit in you all at Jesus Well. Rejoice that Jesus is coming soon a day.
God bless you all at Jesus Well.
What a wonderful thing is being done with this Jesus well project! It is great to see how God is working, bringing hope and joy too people who need it, not to mention clean water, which is a blessing that those of us in the west take for granted.
Father, thank you for this good work that is going on. Bless those who are doing the hard work of drilling wells. we pray that more families like this one will find joy and hope in you and that you will bless Pastors like the one mentioned here and the great work they are doing to spread your word in local communities. Amen. Bod bless!
I pray for clean water will be available thru Jesus.
I am praying that more Jesus wells will be donated to our brothers and sisters through Our Holy and Precious Lord Jesus so that they may have clean water and learn about our Lord who loves us and is gracious to all who know Him. God Bless you all who are doing such remarkable work for these beautiful people. ❤️❤️