Our Beloved Sister Petrina Guneratnam

She is the lady behind the man. Sweet, gentle, caring and loving. Affectionately known as Sister, we tried envisioning her scolding and screaming on top of her lungs, but that just don’t seem to fit. She is badly affected by all the accusations from the cyber zone. Hear it in her voice, read it in between her lines, you know she is affected.

But there is a group of us who is of the opinion that she is also one approved and anointed by the Lord to lead the ladies of the church. We have spoken to a few ladies who attend Tuesday Ladies Worship Services regularly and they have very good things to say about her. You can be sure some of these ladies do not know how to go online and cannot differentiate a UBS from a UPS!

When she was first accused of a CBT, she does not even know what CBT means! As far as we know, she would probably have drafted a sermon that looks like this..

Cross
Bears all my
Trangressions

Or

Confess your sins to Him
Bow before Him
Turn your eyes upon Him

That is her heart - a heart for Jesus. She preaches Jesus. She prays in the name of Jesus. She lives a Jesus-led life and is blessed with a family who loves her and cherishes her.

She has a group of ladies who are interceding for her, and a group of intercessors who are regularly praying for her to be strong. We could not ask for anyone else to be our Senior Pastors other than Sister Petrina at times like these. God sees it fit to use her and Rev Prince Guneratnam to lead Calvary Church into greater realms for Jesus.

A lady went up to her after Friday prayer meeting and asked for prayer. Her husband was going through some tough times in his business. Sister prayed for her. The lady felt blessed. But what surprised her was a phone call from Sister Petrina the next day to see if there is any development to his business situation!! And did we mention that it happened when the attacks from people who oppose her got worst? How did she get that strength to follow her on the sheep of Calvary Church? Definitely Jesus! Her source of strength and joy.

A lawyer has been absent from the church because she was often traveling due to her business commitments. She had no idea what was happening to Calvary Church and had no idea Sister noticed her absence from the church! She called her and that was just a perfect timing because the lawyer was fighting a case for a client whose integrity was questionable! Only the wisdom of Jesus would have given Sister to speak the right word at the right time. Wisdom comes from the Lord and it does not come unless one has a relationship with the Lord!

At one Sunday services back in the late 1990s, two young girls went to church with heavy hearts. They have walked to church from their homes which were located at about an hour’s walk away. Public transportation to Calvary church at that time was scarce and infrequent. After the sermon, the two girls responded to the altar call. Sister walked up to one of the girl and prayed. As she was praying for one of them, one of the girl received the baptism of the Holy Spirit that very day!! Moments after that, Sister Petrina walked up the stage, took the microphone and gave a word from the Lord. It pricked the heart of the second girl! God spoke an accurate message – a message the girl was dying to hear from the Lord!

How can one be such a beautiful blessing unless one is of the Lord? Does she still have that gifting today? Another loud YESSSSSSS!!

We know leading the church out of the miry clay into the promised land is a tough job. But none is tougher and fitter to lead Calvary Church other than Rev Prince and Petrina Guneratnam for now, until God says otherwise. For now, they are both in our prayers and our hearts.