Meliana Santoso (East Java, Indonesia)
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Sign Up TodayPaul wrote, “[The Lord] said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” - 2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Although I had joined a Christian fellowship group almost two years before, I had never taken a prominent role in the ministry. One day I got a message from our leader that said, “Meli, you have a lot of extraordinary experiences, so I want you to give the sermon the...
“I can do all things through [Christ] who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13, NRSV).
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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.”
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