BERHALA ISLAND
EPISODE 176: THE ULTIMATE PRAYER

    That Sunday morning, Ms. Melan asked one of her employees to take her and Podin to Jakarta. Yes, Ms. Melan complied with the request of her ailing husband, who wanted to ask for her prayers. Because Podin believed and believed, if the prayer of his pastor is believed to be able to cure the disease he suffered.

    The service had not yet begun, when Podin's car driven by his employees reached the churchyard. Furthermore, the driver helped Ms. Melan to lower the Podin. A wheelchair is set up near the car door. Then the podin which is held from the car, directly placed in a wheelchair. Some of the men who have come to help. Then the wheelchair occupied by Podin, immediately pushed into the church room. The podin is placed on its own front. Of course, it was awaited by Ms. Melan.

    "Yes for goodness sake .... Poor Mr. Podin ...."

    "Yes .... His body is gone ...."

    "What pain, anyway ...?"

    "Do not know .... The doctor hasn't found the disease."

    "Kok wasn't taken to the skit house ...?"

    "It .... But there is also no change ...."

    "Pity Ms. Melan ...."

    "Yes ...."

    "Kok even cut into pieces to the church ...? Poor thing."

    "Pak Podin asked to be prayed by the Pastor ...."

    "Pak Podin inginya so .... He said to be closer to God .... Let his prayers be heard and granted."

    The service begins. As always, start with compliments. Of course, Podin, who was in a wheelchair, also praised God. Talk with less obvious words, with limped sentences. Understandably in a very severe pain condition. So that Podin did have difficulty speaking, difficulty singing praises to God. Even from the movement of his hands that wanted to clap his joy, his desire to praise God was very strong. But from his movements it is very visible that Podin was intent and enthusiastic to praise God.

    Likewise, when following the sermon delivered by the priest, Podin looked carefully. It is seen that Podin really had faith in his God. What Podin believed was that his pain would be healed by God. Incidentally, the sermon that the pastor gave this time about the story of the Prophet Job, as his wife had told him. No wonder, then, that Podin was very enthusiastic to listen to him.

    "Then Yahweh said to Satan, Do you look at My servant Job, there is no one like him on earth, who is so blameless and honest, so, who fears God and shuns evil?" the beginning of the pastor's sermon.

    Surely, upon hearing the words "Job", Podin immediately remembered his wife, who had told him the story of Job.

    Then the preacher continued, "Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, 'Did Job fear God without anything? Do you not fence him and his house, and all that he has? You blessed all the work of his hands, and all his possessions increased in the land. But let You stretch out Your hand and touch all that He has, He will surely curse You before You'. God allowed the devil to tempt Job so that Job's faith would be perfected. Job was a righteous and honest man. Job feared God and shunned evil. Job had seven sons and three daughters. Job had seven thousand goats, sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pairs of oxen, five hundred donkeys and a very large number of slaves .... So people say that Job is the richest of all people in the land of Us. He is highly respected and respected by everyone .... But at that time, God allowed the devil to try it. God gave the devil a chance to test Job's faith by destroying his life. Satan placed a deadly skin disease on Job's entire body. For Satan believed that with his foul illness and bad smell, Job must have denied the God he had worshipped. Job also suffered from skin pain with a foul odor ranging from the soles of the feet to the tip of the head. Surely everyone would step aside and close his nose if it was close to Job. With that terrible skin disease, Job sat in the midst of the ashes rubbing his pus-filled body with a piece of shard. All the animals are ludes. His wealth is exhausted. Then his wife told Job to curse his God and die. Job remained faithful to God. He does not want to follow the devil. Job's faithfulness to God was a great faith. Eventually, the devil gave up. Until finally, God restored healing to Job's body .... God removed all the diseases that were attached to his body. His skin became smooth and smooth again. Job is healthy again. And his riches were returned by the Lord multiplied." so the sermon delivered by the priest.

    Of course, Podin, who heard the sermon, became moved. Even to tears. He thought, Surely at this time God is also testing his faith.

    The preaching is over. Prayer is led by the Pastor. And the congregation that wants to be prayed is coming in front of the pulpit. Not spared, Ms. Melan immediately pushed the wheelchair occupied by her husband, forward, to ask for healing prayers.

    The priest raised both hands. He began to pray.

    "O God the Father who is in heaven, thank You for all the participation You give ..., so that we may gather together in this place and time to pray to You. Thank you for giving your blessings, priceless health. O Father who is in heaven, the Most Merciful God .., we are very concerned because our members of the family are sick. In this concern we remember God the Father .... Remember Jesus, whom you gave power to heal the sick. Believing in Your power, we leave all His healing to Your wisdom. With faith and hope, we ask You .... Strengthen him in his critical and severe agony, accompany him in his solitude and comfort him in his pain. Keep him in faith and hope to heal soon. May You cure him of the sickness he suffered. May in bearing this pain, he keep in mind God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus Christ .... This man believed in Jesus who suffered greatly and greatly, who was willing to be crucified to save everyone, including the salvation of Father Podin who had believed in Him. We realize that health is a gift from You that is so delicious. Therefore, at this time we feel really sad to see our brother, friend, family, Mr. Podin who is lying there withstanding tremendous pain. He is a good man, always reminding us of You, always inviting us to go to worship on Sunday, always praising you, always there in our time of need. For that, we always hope the best for his pain. With all humility, we ask that he be given the strength to pass through this disease. We believe that You always give wisdom behind the trials given, so we hope that he always takes the positive side of every incident experienced. Make what he is going through now so that he can better understand the meaning of life, so that he gets closer to You, so that he believes more in God. We ask You, O Allah, that Mr. Podin may be cured immediately, removed from his sickness, and able to return to his cheerful state as he was ready. We are sure, O Allah .... You are a miraculous God, we are sure that Mr. Podin will return to health, and return to chat with us. We believe You are a good God, who grants every sincere request. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ .., we pray. Amen."

    Strange and magical, at once, Podin could stand up from a wheelchair. At that instant, Podin had power. Podin has been restored to health by the miraculous God.