dun gv up ur religion, n ur God

*crawls back from my grave*
hohoho.....

Merry Christmas n Happy New Year everyone......... \(^O^)/

mo sharing ni... (wuahaha... tumben skali cheezy sharing.....) sharing terakhir di taun 2008

barusan bolak balik alkitab.., krn belom bisa tidur jg ampe jem segini... trs ketemu ama Ibrani 10:35-39,, ceritanya ttg ketekunan....

klo uda menguji hati kita,, seharusnya ngga susah buat jd org yg tekun.. tp, spt relationship yg lain jg, hubungan ama Tuhan jg ada naik turunnya.. byasanya berapi2 abis keluar dr grj,, ato mungkin habis dr retret trs bbrp minggu kemudian uda jd org kristen yg byasa2 lg.. n ada kalanya kita bosen....
bisa dikaitkan jg sama topik berjaga2.. kita ngga boleh ngebiarin hubungan kita ama Tuhan jd renggang, barang sehari aja... rohani kita ngga bole istirahat.. soalny pas kita lg ngga liat Tuhan, dlm sedetik aja, bisa jd kesempatan buat setan bisa narik kita.. n setan itu kuat, jauh lbh kuat dr kita lo.....
selain itu,, jd org Kristen itu susah.... ngga sama kyk apa yg org2 kasi tau, org Kristen itu enak lah, percaya aja cukup buat masuk Surga... ngikut Tuhan tu ngga sembarangan,, kita mesti mikul salib (n salib tyap org beda2, ngga bisa nyontek org lain buat mikul salib kita masing2).. trs ada bnyk org yg benci ama org Kristen., yg sengaja nyusahin org2 Kristen.. trus ada jg hal yg buat bbrp org susah,, memperlakukan org lain spt diri kita ingin diperlakukan oleh org lain, ato mengasihi musuh kita....
nah..., makanya kita mesti ngejaga hubungan kita ama Tuhan.. jgn ngebiarin rohani kita tidur (spt yg uda dibahas Novi di post Berjaga-jagalah), n apalagi,, DO NOT giving up our Religion n our God.... kita mesti tekun ama Tuhan,, jgn bosen ama Tuhan, jgn menjauh dr Dia, jgn menyangkal Dia, jgn tinggalin Dia..
inget,, Tuhan uda begitu baiknya mau dilahirin ke bumi, ngejalanin idup ngga enak, mati disiksa n dipermalukan begitu buat kita., trus masi nyiapin tpt buat kita di Surga,.. its lk, all the reasons are given for us to giving our best for Him....


so,, ayo.. kita sama2 berusaha buat jd lebih n lebih serupa ama Tuhan!

btw,, denger2 kmrn ada 1 cewek yg commited suicide di Berjaya Times Square... loncat gt dr atas, ngga tau c dr lante brp.... gw ngebayangin jd org2 yg liat, palagi yg ada di bwhnya.. pasti kaget bngt d.. malah denger2 ada yg komen, "kok matinya disini c, knp gag cari tpt laen aja?".. trs, ngebayangin jd si cewek yg loncat.., pasti dia pas lg terbang dr atas ke bawah gt ngeri deh, trs sedih n nyesel.., tp uda telat krn ngga nyampe bbrp detik abis itu uda nyampe ke bawah n mati..
kita ngga boleh quit dr hidup dgn cr kyk gt... kita ada disini bukan untuk jd tertekan n jd korban dr keadaan hidup kita, tp untuk sama2jd pemenang,, bahkan lebih drpd pemenang (spt kata Paulus,, lupa dimana ayatnya).... xD

lets break a leg~~
may Gbua



n yea.. about my current situation...
^^ pas baca Ibrani 10 ttg ketekunan ini, dr ayat 19 ampe selese, mgkn ada yg bilang ni cheezy lg ditegur (sebenernya c gw sendiri yg bilang.. wahahaha).. = 3 = apalagi pas baca ayat 25... gw ngga k grj krn bbrp alesan.. hehe.. yg ngga gw kasi tau (kecuali ttg fakta klo waktu tidur gw kebalik n ampe skrg ngga bisa dibalikin lg T_T)... wlopun gw uda lama bngt ngga k grj n ikut komsel, bukan berati gw ninggalin Tuhan gw.. gw ngga bener2 ilang.... hehe =D
gw masi punya komunitas buat sama2 bertumbuh.., n masi belajar n berusaha buat jd lbih spt Yesus.., n masi baca Alkitab.., n masi berdoa.... ^^

8 dec 08

God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. Martin Luther



Then, why dont we spare our time and read it sometimes.

God bless!

Berjaga jagalah!

Yeah be back after sometime...^^
I hope we gonna keep it touch more often by using this facility, yeah..hoho
anyway, when r u guys leaving for holiday ? I'll be going from 5 to 11 January 2009.
So, gonna be here for desember. anyone?
Cizi, gmn kabarnya ... lama ga ketemu... lama banget. ^^

Mau sharing renungan hari ini nih.

Markus 13:33
"hati hatilah dan berjaga-jagalah! Sebab kamu tidak tahu bilamanakah waktunya tiba"

Pernah di suatu tempat dijalankan sistem ronda malam, dari tengah malam sampai jam 4, jadi penduduk digilir buat menjaga keamanan lingkungan. Eh suatu hari terjadi pencurian sepeda motor pada jam 4.30 am. Nah sejak itu diberlakukan ronda malam dari tengah malam dan untuk keamanan rumah masing masing penduduk diminta terjaga di pagi harinya.

Orang kristen tidak boleh tertidur rohaninya.
Yang tertidur rohaninya,
adalah orang Kristen yang tidak ke gereja, tidak berdoa, tdk membaca firman, tidak melayani Tuhan dan sesama.
Ada juga yg tidak senantiasa terjaga rohaninya,
adalah orang yang merasa cukup hanya dengan berbakti di gereja selama 2 jam dalam seminggu.
Ada juga yg merasa terjaga padahal dia sedang tertidur,
orang yang melakukan kegiatan keKristenannya hanya sebagai rutinitas belaka tanpa menghayati maknanya. ketika ada pilihan lain yg menguntungkan mrk akan lari kesana.

Jgn buang waktu melakukan hal hal yang bertentangan dengan kehendakNya, pakai setiap waktu untuk melakukan segala sesuatu seperti untuk Tuhan dan bukan untuk manusia.
Kol 3:23
"Apa pun juga yang kamu perbuat, perbuatlah dengan segenap hatimu seperti untuk Tuhan dan bukan untuk manusia"
Maksudnya termasuk, layanilah sesama seperti untuk Tuhan.

Tuhan memberkati!

Under His Shadow

"I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."

Song of Solomon 2:4, NKJ

Fruit grows in our lives when we sit under the Lord’s shadow, in a position to receive. It’s fruit from a relationship with Him. It’s for others to enjoy but it’s the fruit of His love to us. His love brings joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control (Galatians 5:22). He makes our lives sweet. Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Do you delight in being under the Lord’s shadow? Or are you sometimes too busy. I know I am. Yet when I come and sit in that place and I don’t rush away, I wonder why on earth I didn’t come sooner because the fruit is so sweet.

The Lord always gives me something fresh when I sit there. His mercies are new every morning and He makes ‘all things new’. He gives me that childlike awe of discovering something beautiful that He’s revealing in my life or in His Word.

well,, yea.. it's been a hard day... (more to a hard month, actually)

Jia you for everyone~!

Gbua

There are two kind of people in this world

Some lines from The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton

There are two seas in Palestine. One is fresh, and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn it banks. Trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing water.
.... The River of Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. And men build their houses near to it, and birds their nest; and every kind of life is happier because it is there. The River Jordan flows on south into another sea . Here is no splash of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children laughter. Traveller choose another route, unless on urgent business. The air hangs heavy above its water, and neither man nor beast nor fowl will drink.
What makes this mighty difference in this neighbor seas? Not River Jordan. It empties the same good water into both. Not soil
This is the difference . The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the Jordan. For ever drop that flows into it another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal measure.
The other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealousy. It will not be attempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it gets, It keeps. The Sea of Galilee gives and lives. The other sea gives nothing. It is named the Dead.
There are two kinds of people in the world. There are two seas in Palestine

Sharing , sunday 26 Oct 2008

“Mengembang” – yesaya 54:3
Sebab engkau akan mengembang ke kanan dan ke kiri, …

Syarat untuk kita bs dikembangkan yaitu kita setia pada hal2 yang kecil.
Matius 25: 21
Kalau kita setia pada perkara kecil, Ia akan memberikan tanggung jawab pada perkara yang lebih besar.
Illustrasi:
Ada pelajar yg bercita-cita mau jadi pebisnis besar suatu hari nanti, tapi dalam sehari hari-nya dia ga telaten beresin tugas tugas sendiri, suka nyontek, kalau hutang sama temen ga bayar. Gimana mau cari pebisnis besar yang dipercaya orang kalau teman -temannya sendiri aja yang bisa jadi calon partner dimasa mendatang ga percaya karena
dari dulu dia ga jujur, ga bayar hutang dan ga ada usaha buat ngerjain tugas.

Bagaimana ciri2 orang yang dikembangkan Tuhan?
Dimulai dari diri sendiri.
Buat Tuhan, mempromosikan kita naek itu gampang, cuma Tuhan mau mengembangkan karakter kita dulu supaya kita bener bener siap dan layak menerima kepercayaan yang lebih besar, dengan begitu kita menjadi teladan buat orang lain.

Tdk penting seberapa besar gunung yang ingin ditaklukan tapi seberapa besar kapasitas yang dikembangkan Tuhan dalam diri kita.
Satu lagi, perbesar kapasitas!
Tuhan mau kasih kita berkatNya, bagian kita adalah menyiapkan tempat untuk menampung. Seberapa besar kapasitas ruang yang kita siapkan, sebesar itulah yang akan dipenuhi Tuhan.

Menembus keterbatasan.
Bangsa Israel sdh keluar dari Mesir tapi Mesir tdk pernah pergi dari hati bangsa Israel. Mereka menggerutu, bersungut-sungut, kuatir Tuhan tdk sanggup memelihara hidup mereka.

Dlm bahasa ibrani , mesir artinya ”limitation”
Overcome limitation!
Ironisnya, satu2nya yang membatasi Tuhan adalah diri kita sendiri, seringkali kita seperti bangsa Israel, ragu mentaati perintahNya, itulah yang menghalangi kita menerima berkatNya.
Apa hasilnya? perjalanan ke tanah perjanjian yg seharusnya bs ditempuh beberapa hari harus perlu waktu 40 tahun, dan Tuhan membersihkan generasi yang dalam hatinya terdapat Mesir. Generasi setelah itulah yang bisa masuk dan menerima tanah perjanjian.

Ke kanan dan ke kiri.
Sebab engkau AKAN mengembang ke kanan dan ke kiri,
Kalau Tuhan sudah berkata AKAN, tidak ada seorangpun yang sanggup menaruh kata TIDAK didepannya. Kalau Tuhan sudah berjanji, Ia pasti menepati.

Ke kanan dan ke kiri ???
Amsal 3:16
”Umur panjang ada di tangan kanannya, di tangan kirinya kekayaan dan kehormatan”

Jika karakter kita sudah dikembangkan, kita percaya akan janjiNya, maka Tuhan akan memberkati kita dengan umur panjang, kekayaan dan hormat dan kita akan menjadi berkat dimanapun dan kapanpun kita berada.

HIDUPLAH DALAM SETIAP KEPUTUSAN YANG MEMULIAKAN NAMA TUHAN.

source: Philip mantofa

what is ur future?

God Has Seen Your Future And It Is Good!

Isaiah 54:2
2“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.

At the end of 2004, during one of our services, the Lord told our church this: “I your God have gone ahead of you and I have already been to your future. I have seen it. And I declare that it is good.”

Although this word was given through me to our church, I believe that it is not only for our church, but also for every member of the body of Christ.

I tell you, when God declares your future good, it will be good! It will be filled with many wonderfully good days!

So what do you do when the Lord tells you that you are going to have a good future loaded with His blessings? You prepare for it! In other words, before the blessings come, before the increase comes, He wants you to enlarge the place of your tent and stretch forth the curtains of your dwellings.

For example, if you are believing God for a child, start reading books on babies and preparing the baby’s room. In fact, prepare to have more than one child. Start looking for a bigger place for your family for God says, “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.” Get ready for expansion!

My friend, God wants you to get ready, and expect such favor and increase in the days ahead that “you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited”. (Isaiah 54:3)

Because God has declared your future good, know that you stand on favor ground today. Expect good things to happen to you. Expect to see the favor of God on you and your family. Expect the blessings and increase of the Lord. Expect many good days to show up in your life!

gelisah ??

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and i will give you rest.
Matt 11:28

Minggu lalu aq lagi ngalamin yang namanya gelisah dan takut dan sedih. memang hari sebelumnya renungan dapet ayat yang bilang kalo kekuatiran itu ga menambah sehasta saja dalam jalan hidup. udah ulang berulang-ulang dalam hati tapi tetep aja gelisah. Aq tanya sm Tuhan, kenapa kok kayaknya ga ada dampak, kenapa aq tetep gelisah.
Memang pas kita ngalamin kita sulit merasakan tangan Tuhan, tapi kalo dipikir balik lagi, Tuhan bener-bener memberikan kelegaan, kalo dengan kekuatan sendiri ga akan bisa balik normal secepet itu, itu aja udah anugrah yang bener2 aq rasain. God is so good.
Pokoknya serahin segala kekuatiran sama Tuhan, Dia tahu kok yang terbaik buat kita...
Jia you semua !!

Audrie: Haaadir.... ( Setelah absen sekian lama ;p )

Maaf yah teman2 setelah sekian lama tidak berkunjung hahaha. Lucu banget tes golongan darahnya haha. Ini ada share sedikit cara berdoa y effective yang ditulis sama penulis buku purpose driven life.

How to Pray Effectively by Rick Warren  Please remember what you told your servant Moses: “If you sin, I will scatter you among the nations.” Nehemiah 1:8 (NLT)   *** *** *** ***  Here are four secrets to answered prayer from the life of Nehemiah:  1. Base your request on God’s character. Pray like you know God will answer you: “I’m expecting you to answer this prayer because of who you are. You are a faithful God. You are a great God. You are a loving God. You are a wonderful God. You can handle this problem, God!"   2. Confess the sins of which you’re aware. After Nehemiah bases his prayer on who God is, he confesses his sins. He says, “We’ve sinned.” He says “I confess . . . myself . . . my father’s house . . . we have acted wickedly . . . we have not obeyed.” It wasn’t Nehemiah’s fault that Israel went into captivity. He wasn’t even born when it happened and he was most likely born in captivity. Yet, he’s including himself in the national sins. He says, “I’ve been a part of the problem.”   3. Claim the promises of God. Nehemiah prays to the Lord, saying, “I want you to remember what you told your servant Moses.” Can you imagine saying “remember” to God? Nehemiah reminds God of a promise he made to the nation of Israel. In effect, he prays, “God, you warned through Moses that if we were unfaithful, we would lose the land of Israel. But you also promised that if we repent, you’d give it back to us.”   Does God have to be reminded? No. Does he forget what he’s promised? No. Then why do we do this? Because it helps us remember what God has promised.  4. Be very specific in what you ask for. If you want specific answers to prayer, then make specific requests. If your prayers consist of general requests, how will you know if they’re answered?   Nehemiah is not hesitant to pray for success. He’s very bold in his praying. Have you ever prayed, “Lord, make me successful?” If you haven’t, why haven’t you? What is the alternative? A failure?   Is it okay to ask God to make you successful? It all depends on your definition of success! I believe a good definition of success is: “Fulfilling God’s purpose for my life in faith, love, and the power of the Holy Spirit, and expecting the results from God.” That is a worthy life objective that you should be able to pray for with confidence.  Consider this: If you can’t ask God to make you a success at what you’re doing, you should be doing something else. God doesn’t want you to waste your life.  

White lie vs Hard Truth

Komsel, 5 oktober 08

'Speaking the right truth to the right person at the right time in the right way for the right reason'

RIGHT TRUTH
not every truth is mine to tell.
A truth shared in confidence or a truth that would needlessly hurt anyone is not mine to tell.

RIGHT PERSON
Not every person has a right to know the truth.
Some willfully distort what they hear; some use facts to attack the life of larger; some have hard and harsh tongues.

RIGHT TIME
Not everytime is appropriate for the truth.
Some seasons call for tactful silence.

RIGHT WAY
Not every way of communication honors the truth.
Sometimes the manner in which something get conveyed corrode reality.

RIGHT REASON
Some motives for telling the truth are simply too destructive to be clothed in respectability.

When it's the wrong truth or wrong person or wrong time or wrong way or wrong reason,
A white lie may have more integrity than an insensitive honesty.
But when white lie begin to turn slightly shade of gray, when does it cross over and become immoral?
A question need to be asked : does this lie protect the other person or myself.

Carlyle Marney said:
you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you flinch before it makes you free.

Less clearly we see the reality, more our minds befuddle by misconceptions and illusion, less able to determine correct action and make wise decisions.
Our view of reality is a map to negotiate the terrain of life.
By speaking the truth, we enable one another to chart accurate maps, to get from here to wherever we're going with integrity and grater wholeness.

Two Guidelines of telling truth:
1. Truth must be relevant to the situation.
2. Truth must be used to build up and not to tear down.

Dedicate ourself to speaking the truth with pertinent and LOVE even when it's difficult. By doing this we'd help one another chart maps that correspond to reality and we just might even have an easier time finding our way in life.

Drawn from article by Donald W McCullogh.

Bohong putih ???

Hii all ,
saya lagi liburan sampe 13 Oktober nih, kalaupun ada kelas paling cuma trip ke gallery atau workshop. Jadi, mungkin bisa tiba-tiba aq ngabur jalan2 kemana gitu.. hehe
Oh ya, selamat hari raya - maap lahir batin ^^

Mau share nih, kelanjutan tentang hari minggu lalu
(buat cizi yg ga dateng - gini nih, kita lagi bahas tentang "bohong untuk kebaikan". ceritanya pake contoh kejadian Abraham dan Abimelekh - kej 20)
trs aq ngajak kita semua buat berfikir, menurut kalian gimana sih bohong untuk kebaikan itu ?
contohnya apalagi di alkitab atau contoh real sehari-hari.
atau , pernah ga sih kita melakukannya?
Trs sebenernya gimana pandangan Tuhan tentang itu.
Pokoknya pikirin aja menurut kalian apa tentang topic ini.
Nanti kita bahas dan sharing bareng ya pas komsel selanjutnya, minggu ini habis kebaktian pagi. ^^

Ok deh , sampe disini dulu kali ini.
Happy Holiday ^^

He Ain't Heavy.. He's My Brother

A poem that i got from my friend last time..

I think it's good...

for us to just share with others, who needs our help, whether we know the person or not, for they are still our brothers..

and it cost nothing for us to share.

so, y dun we help each other and help those who needs it?

~~

The road is long with many winding turn

That leads us to who knows where

But I'm strong, strong enough to carry him

He ain't heavy, he is my brother

So on we go, his welfare is my concern

No burden is he to bear, we'll get there

For I know he would not encumber me

He ain't heavy, he is my brother

If I'm laden at all, I'm laden with sadness

that everyone's heart isn't filled with gladness

of love for one another

It's a long, long road, from which there is no return

While we're on the way to there, why not share?

And the load doesn't weigh me down at all

He ain't heavy, he is my brother

Sharing, sunday 21st sept 2008

The power of dream - dikutip dr Pst Robert Lie

Milikilah sebuah impian dlm hidup anda, karena untuk memilikinya anda tidak perlu membayar tetapi jika tidak memilikinya anda harus membayar mahal dalam hidup

What is definition of vision?
Conceptually:
Proses melihat lebih dari apa yang anda lihat sekarang (tanpa mimpi seseorang adalah mayat hidup, yang walaupun penguburan baru dilakukan 50 tahun ke depan)

Practically:
Proses mewujudkan masa depan yang anda inginkan
(untuk melakukan hal yang kecil, kita ga perlu Tuhan, but since God is with us why dont we think big)

Dalam sebuah studi terhadap orang' sukses, ditemukan hal yang sama yaitu mereka memiliki mimpi yang besar dan bertindak untuk mencapai mimpi mereka.
contoh :
Martin Luther King, bermimpi untuk kesetaraan ras.
Robert Schuller, bermimpi mendirikan gereja seluruhnya dari kaca
http://z.about.com/d/gocalifornia/1/0/g/r/500xcathedral.jpg
A Morita, bermimpi ia bisa bermain golf sambil mendengarkan lagu kesayangannya.
terciptalah sony walkman.
other dreamers:
http://www.ufodigest.com/images/undersea.jpg (Undersea hotel)
http://www.geekologie.com/2007/08/17/space-hotel-1.jpg (Hotel outer space)


TIDAK ADA SEORANGPUN YANG BISA BUNUH MIMPI ANDA KECUALI DIRI ANDA SENDIRI

{NO sacrifice, No revival}
Kalau mau berhasil jangan punya mental minta sama Tuhan, tetapi milikilah mental sacrifice.

Hidup ini seperti sebuah argo. Anda berjalan atau berhenti di suatu temoat argo tetap berjalan - Robert Lie

Hidup kita 5/ 10 tahun mendatang tergantung dari 3 hal:
- Keputusan yang kita ambil (daily)
- Dengan siapa kita bergaul.
(temenan sama siapa saja Ok, tapi gaul sama siapa mesti milih)
- Buku apa yang anda baca (input mempengaruhi output)

Mengerti bagaimana masa depan seseorang menentukan bagaimana ia bersika dan menjalani hidupnya.

Bagaimana menjadi pemimpi yang professional?
1. Miliki sasaran yang jelas
(mengerti apa yang harus dipersiapkan)

2. Penuh dengan keyakinan
(diantara 12 pengintai, Kaleb dan Joshua berkeyakinan menang bersama Tuhan)

3. Cara pandang yang berbeda.
Pemenang melihat kesempatan dalam kesulitan, bukan melihat kesulitan dalam kesempatan

4. Berani bayar harga / berani mati buat impian kita.
Visi dan kita harus berpelukan (dimanapun anda, visi anda ada disana. saat visi abda berjalan ,
anda juga didalamnya.

5. Tidak mudah menyerah

SUKSES = GAGAL + BANGKIT
GAGAL + BANGKIT = SUKSES

Orang yang sekses bukanlah orang yang tidak pernah gagal tapi mereka adalah orang yang berani mencoba.

Setiap kita adalah pemenang,
tiap kita telah melewati tahap perlombaan dan penyeleksian dari sekitar 4 juta competitor (sperma) dan hanya 1 yang mampu menembus dinding sel telur, itulah anda dan saya.
Bagaimana mungkin kita menganggap kita adalah org yang kalah.

kita diciptakan spesial:
5 hari Tuhan menciptakan semesta hanya dengan berkata kata tapi hari ke6 Allah membentuk manusia dengan tanganNya sendiri. bahkan Ia menghembuskan nafasNya ke dalam manusia.
Bagaimana mungkin kita menganggap diri biasa2.

Cek ricek:
- Apakah anda punya mimpi?
- Seberapa besar mimpi anda?
- Apakah mimpi2 kita memiliki makna?

Tuhan memberkati