ALIVE IN CHRIST VIJAYAKUMAR VELUTHAKKAL I understood in my heart that Jesus can forgive all my sins and deliver me from all kinds of curses. By the end of the week of that particular retreat, I moved forward at the time of altar call and I repented and acknowledged Jesus Christ as my Savior.
My name is Vijayakumar Veluthakkal and I was born on the 26th March 1958, in Rourkela, Orissa. I was born in a Hindu Menon family. My father was from a village called Kannadi, in the Palakkadu district of Kerala. However, later we have moved to Vandazhy in the Palakkadu district of Kerala and I spent my childhood with my parents there in Kerala. I had the privilege of marrying my late wife Shobhana from Karur, Trichy district, Tamil Nadu on August 4, 1986. On October 4, 1987 we were blessed with a baby girl and we named her Sharon Vijayakumar.
call and I repented and acknowledged Jesus Christ as my Savior. On the spot, I removed the talisman and turned to the Living God who made heaven and earth. I understood the fact that the God of the Bible is the maker of heaven and earth. The Bible says that all other names that take the position of God will perish (Jeremiah 10.11). Right after the retreat I bought a R.S.V- Bible. I had a lot of blessed experience of hearing God while reading that Bible hence I was all the more eager to read it. A few days later I met Daniel Manoharan, a friend of mine, who suggested me to attend an AG Church for spiritual fellowship. That following Sunday onwards I started attending a fellowship at an AG Church named First AG Church with Pr. Rev. Benjamin Shindae. Even though I was attending the church I was a very shy man, particularly for the first few months. I was hesitant to go inside the Church in the first instance. However Pr. Benjamin tapped my shoulder and told me to go in. Then I went inside the church and start enjoying the Sunday services. After a while when I looked back at what happened to me, I understood that even though I was raised up in a secure financial status; it was my spiritual vacuum that enabled me to know about Jesus Christ. Further, I understood and acknowledged Jesus Christ as the sovereign God and Lord of our family and I was so eager to share about my Lord Jesus to my parents and everyone I met.
I had a lot of dreams and plans regarding my life. On one blessed day, I took a decision to go to Bangalore to find a good job. Hence, in the year 1979I came to Bangalore and after a few days of enquiring around the city, finally I got a job in an Engineering firm called NGEF-AEG (New Government Electrical Factory) for one year (1979-1980). After working there for one year, I joined another company named Madura Coat and worked there for six years. I had an opportunity with Wold Vision India during the 1986-1992 as an Internal Auditor. From 1993 I worked with Global Security Company and I resigned as a regional manager. My life came to a turning point when a Catholic friend of mine observed in me a spiritual vacuum and suggested to me that a spiritual awakening will induce the change. He encouraged me to attend a Catholic Charismatic Seminar in Good Shepherded Hall at Museum Road, Bangalore in the year 1980. Though he did not force me to go to the camp, I decided to attend for a week. At that time I had a talisman in my right hand which I thought was directing my future and giving me magical protection against all kinds of evil or disease. During that week of seminar the Holy Spirit convicted me that Jesus is the only way for salvation. Moreover, I understood in my heart that Jesus can forgive all my sins and deliver me from all kinds of curses. By the end of the week of that particular retreat, I moved forward at the time of altar
Kingdom Perspectives | September - October 2019
I cannot forget the day before my salvation; I had a vivid dream in that day. In the dream I saw myself caught by an Anaconda kind of snake, black in color, twisted around my body from my leg up to my neck with only my hands free from its clutches. As my hands were free I was just able to squeeze its neck and kill the snake. I got liberated from the snake. That day I sensed in my spirit that I'm fully delivered from the devil's influences in my life. Again, I had yet another dream. During a holiday I went to a place named KGF in Karnataka. As I was sleeping in my sister's house, I saw a dream. In the 9
