DRAW CLOSER TO GOD – Mendekat kepada Tuhan
‘Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you’ James 4:8. Today Miracle Day is about an invitation from God for His people to draw closer to Him. Very often we distance ourselves from God in times when we needed Him the most. From today’s message we will learn that His unceasing love is being offered to those who want to believe and willing to draw near.
The service was delivered by God’s servants in Marketplace from such a diverse industries and professions. Today service was brought by Yetty Marlens (Banking Industry), Leonardo (Property Industry), Eka Marlina (Pharmaceutical Industry), Engeline Carolina (Internet Service Provider Company) and Yulius Yulianto (Rubber Industry).
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
Yetty Marlens started with a prayer and a scripture taken from Matthew 11:28. It is an invitation from Jesus Himself for the depressed, broken and burdened sinners to come to Him for He is the source of peace, joy and restfulness. Whatever the circumstances, nothing is impossible for Him. His love for us is indisputable for He had willing to die on the cross, taking our position in order for us to receive everlasting life (John 3:16).
Brother Leonardo continued to lead the congregation with a prayer of salvation, to be reborn in Christ. Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). An invitation was also given to those who want to be the living witness of God, be it in place of work, family or society at large. We can be utilized by the Lord to bring others to come to Him and receive the salvation that we are now in.
“Jesus’ authority to perform miracles”
The service carried on by the message of God, about how Jesus touched two blind men (Matthew 9:27-31), brought by Eka Marlina. These men although they were blind physically, and had not witness the miracles that Jesus did before that, yet they believe. They followed Him, crying and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. They believe Jesus is able to heal them, and as Jesus touched their eyes, the healing took place exactly as their faith.
Their faith started when they heard about Jesus healing the sick. As written in Romans 10:17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Sister Engeline Carolina proceed the service by praying for sick, bringing to mind for the congregation that Jesus is able to do whatever we believe Him to do. As this live stream was occurring, we received prayer requests through our call center and many came to Jesus Christ and received healing.
As believers of Christ we ought to pray without ceasing as written in 1 Thessalonians 5:17. The service continued with prayer of intercession lead by Leonardo and Engeline Carolina, for the well being of Indonesia, particularly in handling pandemic challenges that had never been seen before in world history.
Concluding the service, the congregation was encouraged to be a blessing for their local Christian office fellowship and to comply with government regulation in effort to put an end for this pandemic, and as well a closing prayer brought by Yulius Yulianto. We bring all praise and glory to Jesus Christ who had saved and healed many lives today. Amen.
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