Be Encouraged - By Merry Wirawan

Many Christians love to receive the promise and blessings from God. Unfortunately some Christians sometime think unless they do something ‘good’ for God, they are not qualified to receive any reward from Him. They believe that God will bless them with their basic needs. However they are unsure if God is willing to give things they desire if they have not done what God wants them to do. This was me back in my 20s. I used to think that I was never good enough for Him so I didn't dare to expect something great unless I make Him pleased first. However I found a verse that really blessed me. Take delight in the  Lord ,      and he will give you the desires of your heart – Psalm 37:4 (NIV) The other translation explains well about this verse. Make God the utmost delight and pleasure of your life,  and he will provide for you what you desire the most  - (TPT) This verse just simply tells us to be joyful to have Him in our lives, enjoying Him ...

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. - Galatians 6:7-8 People have a lot of decisions to make in their daily life. As Christians we are tempted to make ‘bad’ decisions almost every time. Maybe we are familiar with the following excuses: If most people do it, why can’t I? This is how people run the business, it is almost impossible to do ‘Godly business’ in this era I will never win the ‘competition’ if I am too honest.   People don’t see anyway, why would I waste my time doing this? I have an experience that I would like to share with you which I take as one of an important lessons in life. This happened when I was in my 20s. At that time I went to visit my friend.   I parked my car in my friend’s driveway. When I was about to leave her house, I had to reverse my car. I didn’t know ther...