It's So Good to Share the Gospel !!!

     Sharing the Gospel - We are all called to be a witness all the time to share this good news (Matt 28). As a believer of Christ, this is what I always wanted to do. However, I was always hesitating and making excuses not to share, like, ”this is not the right time to share...", "if I would not share well they would not accept Christ...", and so on... So far I have shared gospel with my close friends, but haven't shared so much with people I don't know well.


     But in this internship, we have something called OJT (On the Job Training), which I actually have to share the gospel!!

     Sometime, we invite people, sometime we go out on a street and try to fine a right person to talk. Even though I was little hesitate to do it at the first point, I love OJT now! I've noticed that people here in Bali, are very open and willing to hear the gospel. They listen to the story with very curious eyes, have good response and ask many questions about how they can get eternal life. So far I haven't rejected. Moreover, I've found that there is nothing more fun than sharing the gospel!

     Today, we had some local high school students coming, had chance to talk and share the gospel. In my group, we had two boys and one girl. We found that they were all Christians, but they were not sure that they can go to heaven or not. (the girl already had shared the gospel by our members yesterday) They notice their sins and are struggling with it. I am so glad that we had this opportunity to share His good news with them. In the end, they truly understood that they don't need (and can't) enter heaven by their good deed, but trusting only in Jesus.

     In these (almost) three weeks in Indonesia, I got a feeling that many Christians here actually trusting in Jesus but also in their good deeds, such as prayer, serving at church, going church every Sundays, etc... Just as I did not understand His grace for over 6 years in church. They really need to hear that for Jesus took all of our sin and we just can trust in Him!!!

    In this afternoon, God gave us even more blessings. After the clinic today, we had free time, mostly for resting. We have some people tired and sick a little (Please pray for us!) so it was very nice to have time like that.



    However, you know what I did? I'm a young (?) boy, and can not just staying in a bed in sunny day like this. It's time to play BASKETBALL!!!

    Sadly, other guys did not come to play XD  but some girls joined. We saw four local boys also playing basketball, so we offered them to play together.

     After we enjoyed good exercise for good one hour (Pshing was the one who were not playing basketball but wrestling), it was the time to have conversation in the corner of the basketball coat. Thank God that because we played basketball together, good friendship has already built and it was very smooth to ask them more spiritual questions.

     I talked to two teen boys. One had Hindu and another had Muslim background. However, they were very interested to hear the Gospel. Their eyes were twinkling and they were responding very well to each ideas that we shared. In the end, they said clearly that they want to accept Jesus as only one Savior and God. Praise God!!! This was actually my first time to lead non-Christian people to accept Jesus!!!! I was super duper excited!!!

     Their spiritual life with Jesus have just begun. Since they have Hindu and Muslim family, I think it it very hard for them to keep faith. We will continue to pray for them and thank God that we found out later that the other one of four was actually Christian so that he can continue encouraging his friends.

     Thank you God for showing us your grace again. It is super wonderful to see someone come to Christ. Thanks to Digeng who translated everything and took part of explaining what faith is and lead them to prayer, Pishing and JitAi who started conversation with them, and last but not least Miyuki who was praying for them and us through entire time we were sharing the Gospel. It was all God's servant teamwork. It was very beautiful!

     Actually, there were many students who accepted Jesus as Savior nevertheless they were Hindu or Muslim in OJT time. I was very surprised hear all the reports back like that. But it is very important to them to be rooted. We prayed for each one of them by name that they will keep knowing Jesus more and more so that they can be the light for their family and friends.

     It was an amazing day to experience how powerful God is. He can even change Hindu girl and Muslim boy! Day by day, I experience His grace and joy of sharing the Gospel, and notice this is not my own knowledge or strength, but the work of the Holy Spirit.

     Now, I'm so excited to share the Gospel with others! Can't wait to see what is going to happen tomorrow!!!

     I'm still praying and searching for my specific calling from God, but for sure, wherever I go, and whatever I do, I will be His witness all the time!!

     This is the verse that Lord has given to me in this internship. (There are actually so many!!)

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5,6)

      Takuma (Japan)

20-08-2013

Tuesday August 2013

Hello.. :) My name is Kheni.I come from Semarang city in Central Java Indonesia.So,today is my time for share. ;)

This is what happened today :

Our morning devotion has led by mom Inggrid.

They are who teaching in our class today : Langdon,Digeng,Nelson and Rossane.

This is our drama today:
- Bad Egg (Paik Shing and Miyuki)
-Shamila (Shoehei,Cecilia,Digeng,and Rio)

After class,we have OJT again.Our prospect is student's from high school.

Today they all have received the free gift of eternal life.And it's all because of His grace.That God taking us to share this good news to them.We are very grateful about that.

And then we have time for refreshing today.
We go to Erlangga 2.
We can buy a souvenir from bali there.
And of course it was exciting! :D

and always

      HAPPY ENDING ^^

Free to share The Gospel

19 agustus 2013

Hi, I am Yogi. I am come from Bali Indonesia.

I want to share our experience today.

This is  the second day of the  Indonesian Independence day. So for Indonesian people like me, it still feels like Independence Day.  If we have been redeemed in Christ, we have freedom in Christ everyday!

Somebody may say that freedom is all about the permission to do. Others say that freedom means living in righteousness. May I propose that the real freedom means that we are doing all the right things in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Today is our first day of EE clinic at Universitas Dhyana Pura. As the representative of Balinese Church, pastor Made Budiarsa gave us a sermon taken from Gospel of John 15:16. 4 principles to be learnt from there :

1.       Multiplication is not just a number of The Church attendance, but most importantly are about discipleship in Christ Jesus.

2.       We must bring the words of GOD and be the bearer of the Good News

3.       What we have in Evangelism Explosion method is the golden bridge to reach out to the people.

4.       We are to be ready at all times to be sent out to share the good News.

After that we start the clinic with 5 women from Indonesia as a participant of EE. They are: Linda, Laura, Vicka, Rai and Wati. The 6 points were Grace, sin, God, Christ, Faith and Commitment. Learning was made simple through the gospel hand illustration and dramas. We had an enjoyable day of learning.

At 4 pm we went to Seminyak Square to share the gospel and praise The Lord so many people heard of the Good News although not all of them receive Jesus as Savior and Lord.

After that we went to Kerobokan to have a dinner at Rev Kt Arka’s family’s residence.

Reflection:

Galatian 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

As Christians who already possess eternal life, God already set us free from sin and we are free to do just about anything to glorify HIS name.  We give thanks and praise to The Lord our God for the opportunity to have a clinic to equip others to share a good news and also opportunity to find somebody to share the gospel. The devil does not like very much a Christian who has the freedom in Christ to do His will, therefore we must stay alert not to fall into a lifestyle of sin.

Finally, we believe that there are brothers and sisters out there who are praying for us. I hope that from now onwards, we will join our hands and hearts to pray together for each other so that many people will set them free from evil and sin. Amen.



Sunday, August 18, 2013

It’s Sunday, August 18, 2013.

I woke up in the morning thinking: it is yet another day. Today, we will worship God in church together with my other intern brothers and sisters later, but I am still wondering what God wants to do with my life. On hind-sight, it is incredible that I, an Asian girl, would leave every familiar thing behind and came all the way alone from China to participate in this internship.

After we have breakfast, we were ready to go. I wonder what is ahead of me, that God has prepared for me waiting to let me see. 

Indeed, our God is worthy of praise, His name is above all names.

I’ve seen His face, I have learned His justice and mercy, and so that I love Him.

Praise Him is such a good thing. As King David said that blessed man is him who sitting in His temple listen to the Lord’s word.

Today we worship God in Kuta International Christian Church, the title of today’s sermon is “Live to Fulfill Our Call”. There is a verse that impressed me that is Isaiah 49:6: (God)he says “It is too small thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.” God’s salvation is about light, make people who is walking in the darkness can see their path. If we want to bring salvation to the ends of the earth, we should be a light, because wherever need salvation wherever need light. 

After church service we went to a beach. I have always dreamt of visiting various beautiful places, and now here I am in this beautiful island (picture). Isn't it so beautiful? 

 I was exceedingly joyful at the experience of enjoying the natural beauty. However, in my heart, I know that no matter what, the beauty of creation will never compare with the beauty of our Lord, so I wonder when will the time comes when His will and purpose becomes clear in my life? ?.....

I shall wait patiently for Him as I know that He will…. 

 Our God is worthy of praise!

       Cecilia (China)

Bali Trip

Hi everyone… peace J

How is your day today? I hope you had through a great and joyful day. .. Today the Interns traveled from Malang to Surabaya and from Surabaya, they took a flight to Bali as part of their Internship program staying at University of Dhyana Pura.

Our journey today was marked with many interesting stories, starting from almost missing the plane, running breathlessly barely making it at the last minute. Hahaha…. Mantapppp…

“It is better to miss the plane rather than to miss heaven’s gate” – quote by Nelson

Our flight took 45 minutes and in the end we arrived in Bali safely by the grace of God. Terima kasih Tuhan Yesus (Thank you Lord Jesus)…

After that, we continued our journey to Kuta beach… a few of us enjoyed the beauty of Kuta Beach by swimming Miyuki, Rosanne, Mary Ann, Jit Ai, Takuma, Langdon, Shohei, and myself who volunteered on the behalf of the interns to be thrown into the water. What made matters worse was the fact that I didn’t bring clothes for change. But thank God, Langdon and Nelson helped by offering their shirt. So thank you Lord Jesus, thank you Langdon and Nelson… Other than that, the rest enjoyed the beauty of Kuta Beach by taking group photos (Ps. Yogi was shopping and Ms. Inggried became the keeper of our belongings.) Thank you Ms Inggried…

After having fun at the beach and seeing many Langdon look-alike, Jit Ai look-alike and Miyuki look-alike, we eventually went back. However, we had to be patient by waiting for the bus… no matter what, we were happy as long as we could take photos together… lol

Everybody was very happy today…

We finally arrived at University of Dhyana Pura (Undira) safely… Thank you Lord Jesus J

After dinner, we practiced ‘Amazing Grace’ in various languages, i.e. Japanese, Chinese, Tagalog, Indonesian and English. This song is especially prepared for the Sunday service tomorrow at GKPB Philadelfia Legian.

May the Interns continue to have positive mindsets, joyful, with humility and let God shaped all of us according to His amazing ways. Let us learn from David who praised the Lord in all kind of circumstances, Moses who communicated with God constantly, all the apostles who fulfilled their callings by faith and live out 1 Peter 3:15 in our life… to live out our life according to God’s Word and to act as an open Bible when they look at our life.

Regards,

Viyata (Bali, Indonesia)

Just a Sinner Saved by Grace

Let us remember this simple and yet a message so true... that we were just a sinner saved by grace. Click on the link below to view the wonderful song "Just a Sinner Saved by Grace" sung by the Gaither band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snjd291QmiE


On this independence day, we cry out "Merdeka" or Freedom in Indonesian... but only the Blood of Jesus can truly redeem and set us free from all sins and bondages
Thank you Mr. Lukas for delivering the beautiful message on grace.

Warmest regards,

Nelson T.

A foretaste of Heaven

As the interns are coming to the end of two weeks of internship, bond of unity were formed between all the participants as well as with the facilitators... I could see how the initial awkwardness and shyness shown at the beginning of the internship is melting away with time... We enjoy each other's company and as we gave Harry a farewell party last night, I couldn't help but wonder how amazing our God is... He has called us from all nations to be one in Him. It was great having a cross-cultural experience, everybody had a blast learning each other's culture and way of life, however the main thing is we're people from different parts of the world coming together in the name of Christ..!! Although many of us speak different languages and have very different cultures one from another, we were united as one through His love. Our God truly is an awesome God!

How amazing.... the hospitality shown by the local EE leadership who had hosted this internship so well and made sure that we had all the best facilities possible during the internship really touch our heart... The fact that every participant contributes his / her best and bring each of his / her unique background to the team adds color, dynamic and intensity of the whole program. Living together for 4 weeks mean that all of us get to know each other in a deep and personal way, probably even more than our own family...
As I ponder upon this experience thus far, I realized that we're just experiencing a little bit of heaven.... a fore-taste of all the great things to come.... Just imagine the kind of joy and fun we're going to experience living in eternity... Folks, we are going to do this forever, worshiping God together, loving each other deeply and passionately, enjoying Him and having fellowship with Him together with all the redeemed of the Lord for all eternity! Halleluya...

Finally, I just want to remind all of us with this verse:
"13But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end" - Hebrews 3:13-14
Life might have its own set of challenges for you and you might be going some pretty tough time in life but remember, just as what the interns have been experiencing for two weeks living and seeking God together, we're just getting the foretaste of Heaven. There's a hope of glory awaiting for us at the end of our brief stay here on earth... God bless you.


Regards,


Nelson T. (Indonesia)