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Revival in Papua

| November 29, 2016 | no comments

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” Philippians 2:13

The second night was different. There were many people healed and delivered from the power of darkness. Many more were delivered from drug addictions and cigarettes. People were very excited and very blessed. The blessing was felt particularly by those who were helping as ushers, those from Naomi Selan’s community and also from the other two groups of churches, the Catholics and the Pentecostal church. Almost everyone who was helping at the revival nights are young people. They claimed that they had never seen miracles and the manifestation of the Spirit like that before. There were more than 2000 people gathered for each night.

We were having fellowship at the beach, eventually baptizing 3 people. One person we baptized had been sitting next to us, overcome with the realization of the sin and many problems in her life. After being ministered to by Pastor Joshua Paul, she decided to gave her life to Jesus, and was baptized with two of girls that had been rescued from drug addiction. One of them, Debora, was afraid of the beach because her mother had died on that beach trying to save her from drowning 12 years before. But when she was baptized, she was delivered from the trauma. She could even go swimming, laughing at the sea and at the lies that had kept her soul in bondage.

We only planned to have two revival nights. But surprisingly, the fire that was lit did not stop there. Pastor Naomi Selan decided to take the suggestion of the visiting revivalist Rev. Joshua Paul seriously. She and her community entered 40 days of praise and worship in Jayapura to keep the fire burning and welcome more souls into the Kingdom of God. The revival praise and worship is still going on on the streets and now inside the tiny church building in the center of a wet market in Jayapura city. It was planned to last until the 5th of November. Pastor Naomi Selan reported that new souls have been added and signs and wonders during the praise and worship services. She was excited to say that the building is no longer large enough for them and they are seeking a bigger place to have worship.

The revival continues, many souls in Jayapura being rescued by the Lord. What once we worked as a program for a night of revival, God is now working through many people’s lives. When man tries to find a solution he makes programs, but when God wants to give a solution, He sends people. We work in programs, but God works in and through people.

As the apostle James wrote: “See how great a forest a little fire kindles!” (James 3:5 NKJV). We are praying also that these tongues of fires will set Papua and Indonesia and even the whole world on fire!

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Category: Church History, Fall 2016

About the Author: Shanwi Samuel was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. He began serving the Lord in 1999. His home church is Bethel Church in Jakarta, Indonesia. He received a call to missions in 2001 and that same year began training at Tawangmangu Bible School. There he was mentored by senior missionaries, Pastors Sam and Carol Soukotta; they trained him to be an interpreter for foreign lecturers. Since that time he has served as an interpreter, preacher, and teacher; he does itinerant ministry almost every month seeking to kindle the fires of revival in his home country.

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