Reflection 1

I am really blessed learning of the lesson of the second week in class. Truly I can say that God is at work in establishing the Church that started in Jerusalem. Human doesn't expect that it will start in the way of the death of Jesus and the persecution of the Apostles. I really learn that because of Jesus' death, it does lead the Church or the group to death, but it grow more and more even until the time of the time of the Apostles. I also learn that even the persecution of the early believers leads the Church to grow stronger and stronger in spite of difficulties and sufferings because of the Roman Empire who is against Christianity. 

Because of this topics that I learned, I need to evaluate my faith as one of the leaders of the Church thinking that problems and trials of the Church will lead to the Church to turn down but it can be a way that God can made this way for the Church to even expand more. Since I was a Child, I grew up in a family where my parents are Church Planters. In every Churches that we pioneered, we met trials and problems. There is no ministry that we have been that there are no trials, testings, and persecution, and even lead my father almost to death. But still our faith in leadership grow more and more and even the ministries expanded. 

In every problems that I will encounter in the ministry, I should always remind myself that there is good that will come out of these because I always believe that God is at work. I would challenge myself to endure hardship in ministry and not to give up in every circumstances because in this way, I will grow more in my faith and in my maturity. No matter what will happen, I will still cling to God,