Be Encouraged - By Merry Wirawan

Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work. - 2 Timothy 2:21 (NIV) Our God is a good Father. He loves to see us blessed and live in victorious life. However many people have to face some challenges and struggles in life. When He sees His people cries and in sorrows He wants to demonstrate His power and miracle to free them from all these troubles. But He needs us to be His co-worker to carry out His power to free people from their bondage. Are we willing to be His vessel? Or are we too scared and lack of faith when He wants to use us? He will speak in His gentle voice to ask us to do His will, but it is up to us if we are willing to go hand in hand with Him or if we want to reject His invitation. To accept His invitation requires a lot of courage. But if we know that it is He who speak to us, then He will be with us and you will see His power be demonstrated through you. ...

But I am like an olive tree,   flourishing in the house of God;  I trust in God’s unfailing love,   for ever and ever – Psalm 52:8 This week's blog is a testimony of how I experienced God's love in my life. I love how He helped me in a wonderful miraculous way and delivered me from all my trouble in just in time. He is never too late in helping us.  In December 2017 I finally got a full time job. Since I have my children, this was my first full time job, thinking that my children were big enough for me to come back to work and help the family’s finance. The first couple of months working in my new work was good, because I started my job in early December. In Australia, the longest school holiday was from early December to end January. So I didn’t have to take my children to school and I got my mom to look after my children during this period. Problem started when Faith went back to school (Hanniel has not gone to school yet). Let me explain how difficult it ...

  4  There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.   5  There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.   6  There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. – 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 The word of God said that each of us have our own spiritual gifts. These gifts were given to us for the Kingdom’s work. We all know that we do not have to have the same gifts with our friends and family. Each of them is equally important with the others. So there is no gift that is greater than the other and we should not be jealous to each other. Now, some of you perhaps wonder what spiritual gifts that our Father has given you. You may have prayed about it and has not received any answered yet. I would like to encourage you to keep praying and keep asking Him for more direction without feeling weary. Some people may receive the gift instantly with no effort but some mus...