Vincent Haryanto

I have a story of Holy spirit work thru me around 15 years ago in finding my friend's car that has been stolen from his apartment in Maroubra, a suburb near Sydney ,New South Wales. He was worried because the car was not insured and he will lose a lot of money. He reported the case to the police. In the morning I drove in a street that I don't usually pass and miracolously I find my friend's car that was stolen. I believe that God has use me to make my friend which was not a Christian to believe that God is real and able to do miracle.

In Deuteronomy 8:18, God told the people through Moses, that He had given them the power to obtain wealth so that He could establish the Abrahamic covenant with them just as He had with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. “Establish,” here, would be more understandable had our translators used the word “continue” in place of “establish.” You see, the Abrahamic covenant was already established over four hundred years earlier with Father Abraham. Then it was reconfirmed with his so.. In Deuteronomy 8:18, God told the people through Moses, that He had given them the power to obtain wealth so that He could establish the Abrahamic covenant with them just as He had with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. “Establish,” here, would be more understandable had our translators used the word “continue” in place of “establish.” You see, the Abrahamic covenant was already established over four hundred years earlier with Father Abraham. Then it was reconfirmed with his son Isaac. Then it was reconfirmed with his grandson Jacob. Each reconfirmation just continued the unbroken force of it. It did not, however, establish it. My point here is this. Those people with whom He reconfirmed or continued the Abrahamic covenant in Deuteronomy 8 (over four hundred years after He initially made it with Father Abraham) are simply the seed of Abraham who fell heir to the provisions of the covenant. One of these provisions is the supernatural power to supernaturally obtain wealth. You are just as much a seed of Abraham as Isaac or Jacob. Yes, these three were partakers of the promise of wealth in the Abrahamic covenant by birth. We Gentile Christians are partakers of the wealth promise by grafting. Paul taught us about the grafting. Rom 11:17 17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; (KJV) Rom 11:24 24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? (KJV) We Gentile Christians are the wild branches grafted into the olive tree so that we can equally partake with the physical seed of Abraham in the covenant promise of wealth. As such, by grafting, we Gentile Christians are entitled to the same covenant provision of wealth as Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the group in Deuteronomy 8. Notice also that the wealth provision in the covenant isn’t bound by time. Whether four hundred years or four thousand years later makes no difference. The Abrahamic wealth provision is timeless since this covenant is a forever covenant. A complete understanding of our covenant rights to Abrahamic wealth enables us to see that God gave this wonderful wealth provision in His forever covenant to us Gentile Christians also. God also establishes the Abrahamic covenant with us by giving us the same power to get wealth supernaturally.

In my opinion, we should marry a person who has similar character and age with us. Because it will make it easier for us to understand each other. In marriage, the less difference that we have, the easier we can adjust to each other. We can keep and maintain good marriage with God's strength that enable us to sacrifice for our spouse. The best example of the sacrifice that we should do to our spouse is like Jesus who is crucified and die for us. God bless you.

I just want to give a personal testimony about speaking in tongues. It provide many benefits to me such as more brave, more healthy , clearer mind. From a suggestion from my mentor, we can speak in tongue and at the same time Reading the Bible. The reason is that our spirit man pray while we are speaking in tongue and our mind is focus on to God by reading the Bible scriptures. Thank you.

I looked at the comments above from Some Royal members and Senior members and I agree with most of the above comments. I also would like to give some additional comment. Regarding this Psalm Psalm 101:2-4 2 I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. 3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know No evil. I think we as Christian should follow the above scripture. Because God has been so good to us that God give us His only son Jesus to come to the earth, crucified and die so that our sins can be forgiven. Considering God's love , we as Christian should love God with all our heart and might . To show that we love God , we should follow all God commands in the Old testaments (Mostly just the Moral Laws such as the Ten Commandments ( We should have no other God except our Father God in Heaven, we should not kill, we should not steal , we should not covet and some other Moral laws in the Old testaments ). We also should follow Jesus' commands in the new testaments that we can see by reading Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We can only do the above commands with God's strength that live inside of each one of us . Imagine we have a Very Powerful God Holy spirit that create the sky, seas, human , and the powerful God Holy Spirit live inside of us that enable us to do all of His commands. Thank you.

As Christians our ultimate goal is heaven, right? That’s what we say in church. It’s what we tell people when we are trying to console them in their times of grief. But how excited are you about heaven…really? This question isn’t meant to make you feel guilty for enjoying your life here on earth. Not at all! God created the earth for us to care for and enjoy. What I do want you to think about though, is this: Does your reluctance to truly embrace the hope of heaven have anything to do with your lack of intimacy with Jesus? You want heaven…someday, but is your relationship with Jesus intimate enough that you know it will be yours? Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (John 14:6) There’s not much wiggle-room here. Unless we have a close and intimate relationship with Jesus, we cannot expect to be with God—now or in heaven. Unless we have a close and intimate relationship with Jesus we cannot experience God’s blessings in our life or the protection and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Unless we have a close and intimate relationship with Jesus we will not be truly happy or fulfilled because without that relationship we won’t know what it is that will make us happy and fulfilled. Having this type of relationship with Jesus gives you wisdom and courage to make sound decisions, strength and comfort to deal with painful and grievous situations, and a heart of love and compassion that will allow you to share the hope in Jesus you have with others. Your relationship with Jesus is the most important one you will ever have—your life depends on it.

Spiritual greatness is something that all Christians want to attain, but how do we achieve it? Do we have the same idea of greatness as God does? Someone who knows they do and gloats over it. There is no pleasure in watching these types. What we might otherwise admire is destroyed by the even greater contempt we have developed for them. So what if they are good? If they behave as if they rule the world, then it is not admirable. There was a famous heavy weight boxer who modestly called himself “The Greatest”. Before his peak he was certainly mighty at his trade, and had some admirable qualities. “The Greatest” he was not. Past his peak, with body and mind going to seed, his title was an ironic joke. There was nothing left to admire. What is admirable and praiseworthy is someone who, though excelling, is humble with it. They don’t strut around with self-importance badged on their chest. They only did their best. In these people we can admire the achievement, and also the person. We praise them on two accounts. Albert Einstein, considered one of the greatest brains of recent centuries, wrote: ‘My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit, who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind’ Humility is an essential part of a believer’s character. We may get praise for something, but it does not do to bask in the glory and let it go to our head. Why should we spoil a good work? The Pharisees did some good works, but by proudly publishing their achievements “they had their reward”. They got the praise of men they wanted. They even thought they would get a guaranteed eternal reward because they were that good! No doubt they were a little surprised at Christ’s comments. Pride spoils achievement. It blinds us to our faults and makes us devalue the part that God has played. So let us not spoil our hope of salvation. Some of the greatest men in the Bible were only great because of their humility. Moses was the meekest of all the men of the earth – God’s words not ours. He had that poor speaking voice which made him feel he wasn’t up to the task. In fact, he was so humble and unassuming that he repeatedly had leadership challenges from those who felt they could do it better. Although he had good reason not to do so, Moses humbly took on the faults of others, and appealed to God on their behalf and his. What leader today would accept other people’s faults? What leader today became a leader because of their humility? What voters today would vote for someone displaying humility? What God admires is humility. We can all achieve this. Being humble is within the grasp of every one of us, whether we are incredibly gifted or good looking or whether we devalue our own abilities or lack confidence. One way to be humble is to remember past failings. The apostle Paul did this, bitterly regretting his persecution of the church. Paul may have been the greatest of the apostles, but he called himself the least. Some of the greatest men of faith were those who remembered their faults throughout their lives. In fact it was the memory of these faults that produced a humility which made them spiritually great. Sometimes God brought about difficulty and suffering in believer’s lives to help them be humble. Paul’s thorn in the flesh is the clearest example. I wonder if some of the problems in our own lives are to bring us kicking and screaming to humility? The good news is that we can use our faults to create our own humility. Let us not beat ourselves over the heads because of them, because we are all forgiven sinners. Rather we should have a healthy appreciation of our limitations, and behave as though we appreciate them. One behaviour pattern that doesn’t help is that of comparing ourselves with others. “Oh, we’re are not as bad as so-and-so.” So-and-so may well be chosen because we can easily match them. God’s advice is that it is not wise to compare like this. If we compare ourselves with Christ, that will soon wipe the smirk off our face. Humility with excellence is wonderful to behold. Strength and power in the hands of the kind and gentle is awesome. Knowledge and understanding only used for good is truly great knowledge and true understanding. Only God achieves this. The real gentle giant. Praise Him alone and not oneself. Christ showed the way. “Don’t call me good. No one is good but God”. Compared to God, we are bits of dust and ash. We are like ants. Less than a worm. So why should we boast? The first step to spiritual highness is through our humble lowness. This step is one which we must all take.