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Our
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By Fr. KJ Veeger, MSC
Place
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Philip Yuson
Surabaya
Corner
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Ramon Martillano
Sharing
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Kathy Quiano
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Dhany Handoyo Saputra
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Raul Loria
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Chris Kamaruddin
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am new in the Community, but I am not here by chance. I feel so
blessed to have found this Community. This is the only Community
that I feel
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sincere and genuine in it’s goal to help every member to be closer
to the Lord. He sent Sis. Tintin Magbitang and Sis. Beth Manibog to
my hospital bed on the day of my surgery and they prayed for me.
About a month later they invited my family to the ECLS and that’s
how I ended up here. I have been looking for a place that helps
provide a closer relationship with the Lord, as I felt something is
missing in my life. During the first session of the ECLS I heard
about having personal relationship with the Lord and my heart said;
that’s what I’ve been looking for. I felt I was the only one who
needed to have a personal relationship with the Lord, as if I had
been a bad girl. When Bro. Fritz said that one day he found the
answer in Jesus, I was thinking what a joy that would be, but how
did he know that it was the Lord speaking to him and not just his
inner thoughts? I am a very stubborn and determined person; once I
decided I want something I will do everything in my power to achieve
that and there’s no stopping me. And when things don’t go my
way, I question the Lord, if He really loves me. I also get angry
with Him and even blame Him. I kept asking why, or why not, and why
me? I never felt that He’s speaking to me; I felt that He was not
answering my questions, let alone my requests. Through this
Community I am able to understand a little bit more about God’s
way and what it means to surrender to His way instead of my way.
Now, through all of you, I am able to accept His will unto me and
more importantly with the faith that He really does love His
children, including me. This Community helps me open the door to my
heart wider for the Lord to enter and strengthen my faith and my
desire to serve the Lord in a way that He wants me to.
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wanted to experience the Holy Spirit through physical evidence
during the session on Baptism in the Holy Spirit, such as gift of
tongue or feeling the energy around us, or a cloud above us. I
thought that would be His proof that He is speaking to me. But what
I hoped for did not happen and I went home a little disappointed.
However, one of the things that I prayed for during the Baptism was
for me to understand His way for everything that’s happening in my
life at the moment. I want to understand the blueprint He has for
me. If I can just for once have a little bit of understanding of why
things do or do not happen I would be very happy.
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next day I met a high school friend whom I haven’t seen in 15
years. We catched up on our lives, and through this friend and our
conversation I began to realize and understand why things are
happening or not happening in my life. I began to see a tiny winy
little spark at the end of the tunnel. I also began to see all the
blessings being in my position right now, which I did not see
before. I can see now that the Lord is saving me from years of
suffering had I proceeded with my plans.
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thing that I prayed for is the power of forgiveness to a family
member. I had not been able to forgive her actions. I was starting
to have doubts if I will ever forgive her and I was resenting her
even more a consequence of unforgiveness which is one of the four
hindrances to the Holy Spirit's filling our hearts fully. However, I
kept praying for her after that and for the Lord to give me the will
and the loving heart to forgive her. A week later, my family
received a phone call and her apologies to all of us, and right away
my heart melted and forgave her.
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point is, the Lord chooses His way to speak to me. The Holy Spirit
worked in me in a way the Lord wants to speak to me; the best way
that suits me; the way that I will understand Him best. He knows
what’s important for me and what I need. He is speaking to me
through everyone that I meet in my life, not the way that I want Him
to speak to me. This is the beginning of my personal relationship
with Him and I believe Genesis will continue providing, promoting
and encouraging a closer relationship between the Lord and me
through my interaction with all of the members, and together we will
glorify His Name.
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