PMPPKN (Indonesian Christian Students and Youth Fellowship) Live Streaming, Monday 24 August 2020 – By Elvina and Ruth)
Ephesians 2: 8-10
It says in the Word of God that we are made by God. This is good news and definitely news of joy. We are God’s creation. The Word of God today is conveyed that we are all made by God. We were created by God. We are formed by God. We are designed by God. Why is it? The Word of God says because we are God’s work. That means we are very special. We are very precious in God.
Just like a cellphone, we definitely use a cellphone because it has a function. When the cellphone is used according to its function, it will be very useful. Just like us. Whoever we are, God created us for a purpose. God must have prepared so well. If we were created by God, then that is an extraordinary thing. God created the heaven and the earth and everything in them, shaped us and created us. That’s why we don’t need to be sad and think that we are ordinary and not special. Absolutely not. Because God Himself created us. We must rejoice and be glad because God made us. So, we are very valuable and we are special.
Right now, wherever we are, whatever we are feeling and experiencing, come to God. He has a wonderful and beautiful plan for the lives of each of us. God wants us to be with Him in eternity.
For every one of us who longs to experience an extraordinary life with God, the key is the same as it says in the Word of God, which is “to be in Christ”. Our life is a life that is extraordinarily special, because our life is the life that God has made. Let us pray, believe and have faith that we are God’s creation. We are loved by God. I was designed by God. Our life is precious. Often we think that our life is an ordinary life. However, God’s Word tells us that we are God’s creation. The truth of God’s Word is extraordinary. Let us have faith in it. Let us accept Lord Jesus into our lives and stay with Him.
Welcome to the family of God. Today we are no longer alone, but there is Lord Jesus who lives and He lives in our heart. We are no longer alone.
Today, God’s Word reminds us that we should live in God. So that we will surrender our lives to God. So that we do His will and want to be used by God.
Today, Lord Jesus also wants to work miracles in our lives. Because He loves us very much.
Matthew 9: 27-30a
The Word of God here told about two blind men who had been blind for a long time. They just couldn’t see. But what could they do? They could still hear. They have heard a lot about Lord Jesus that He has done many miracles, healed the sick, cast out demons and even raised the dead. They might not be able to see and could only hear the news about Lord Jesus. When Lord Jesus was continuing His journey past these 2 blind men, these two blind men heard about it. So what did these two blind men do? They cried out to Lord Jesus and called upon Him. They said “Have mercy on us,”. They called upon Lord Jesus. Finally the Lord Jesus met the two blind men. When the two blind men met Jesus, He said to the blind man, “Do you believe that I can do it?”
They believed even though they only heard stories of miracles that Lord Jesus did. They believed. They had faith in Lord Jesus that He could heal them. Then Lord Jesus touched their eyes and they were healed. A miracle happened to the two blind men. Because they believed that Lord Jesus could heal them.
Right now, there are may be some of us who are sick and have not recovered for months. Come to God and cry out to Him just as those two blind men did. Lord Jesus is willing and able to heal each of us. Trust like those blind men and experience the miracle of healing from God.
For those of us who are sick, you may feel pain on your head, stomach, hands, feet or even Covid19, don’t be afraid and believe that Jesus really loves us and He wants to work miracles in our lives. We rejoice because Lord Jesus is good for us. We believe that God has done miracles for us.
