Malachi 3:10 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. Mark 2 1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. John 10:10 … I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. John 15:1"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5 "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Mark 2 22And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.” When There is Jesus... There will be abundance.. He is not a God who is "just to get by" kinda God. He wears the best linen of His time. its so clear that He came to gave us life.. an abundant life. Many people perceived the verse as in for other things than financial. I believe it is. but He wont let us always be a "striving financially Christian". or a mediocre when we can be the BEST . but it is also our JOB to be the VESSEL or the NEW WINE CASE... always be ready to renew ourselves.. ready to change... ready to receive...

I have asked the Lord and He spoke to me . clearly.

Galatians 1 : 1 
........Bukan karena manusia, juga bukan oleh seorang manusia, melainkan oleh Yesus Kristus dan Allah, Bapa, yang telah membangkitkan Dia dari antara orang mati.

segala kepusingan aku mengenai hal hal duniawi... ketakutan aku akan hal hal duniawi yang akan datang.. dapat kuserahkan kepada Tuhan. bukan hanya itu... tp dengan percaya kepada kebenaran bahwa... memang segala sesuatu dari awalnya datang itu bukan karena manusia. kami di jadikan sampe sekarang ini segala langkah kami berawal dari oleh Yesus Kristus. dan ke depan nya dapat kami percayakan kepada Yesus kristus dengan guidance dan iman kepadaNya. 

"......kasih karunia menyertai kamu dan damai sejahtera dari Allah, Bapa kita, dan dari Tuhan Yesus Kristus"

Paulus berbicara kepada jemaat di gereja galatia. tp juga kepadaku. aku dapat mempercayakan imanku kehidupan masa depanku kepada kasih karunia Tuhan Allahku. Intervensi dari Nya pertolongan dari Nya yang membuat ku tenang dan tetap berjalan di air yang tenang. 

4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age,according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Kasih karunia Tuhan ... Dia mati di kayu salib supaya kita ini terlepas dari kehidupan jahat dunia... dan sudah terbukti selama aku hidup. Dia selalu melindungi aku dari yang jahat.... bahkan ketika aku complain akan keputusan2 DIa .. tetap Dia memperlihatkan aku.. bahwa aku ini di lindungi DIa... 
ujungnya pasti untuk kemuliaan Tuhan.

1:6	Aku heran, bahwa kamu begitu lekas berbalik dari pada Dia, yang oleh kasih karunia Kristus telah memanggil kamu, dan mengikuti suatu injil lain,
1:7	yang sebenarnya bukan Injil. Hanya ada orang yang mengacaukan kamu dan yang bermaksud untuk memutarbalikkan Injil Kristus.

Aku pun heran betapa cepatnya aku ketakutan akan hal buruk yang akan terjadi padaku. atau iman yang gampang goyah... dan cepat banget aku tidak percaya lagi dengan iman yang telah kudapatkan dahulu kala.. 

dan mengikuti injil yang lain: mengikuti norma dunia... terkadang ini yang menjadi batu sandungan aku. ada norma norma dunia yang aku terapkan dalam kehidupan cinta aku... yang sebenarnya membebankan orang yang kita kasihi.. omongan omongan orang yang mengacaukan aku ... yang kemungkinan harusnya aku sabar menanti tapi aku jadi kacau balau... karena norma yang sebenarnya bukanlah firman Tuhan. 

pilah yang mana yang kebenaran. yang mana norma manusia. jangan sampe menjadi sebuah kebenaran. 

Tuhan itu out of the box.... memiliki anugrah dan keajaiban masing masing karena itu berjalanlah dalam iman dan pengharapan kepada DIA... dan LOOK UP TO HIM.... and you will see wonders of His majesty. 

I am very grateful that im facing plenty of problem . That it require me to fear of the Lord and to dilligently pray once again

i believe i am on track. just that i need to love Jesus more.. by relying on Him

with this blog i wanted to say it firm that I will just pray and let God.

I am scared of losing... but im also vr stress

i will not decide on anything. and just let Him alone...

amen

n i c o d e m u s

i am very impressed with this man of God. This is actually an old revelation that i felt proud of.. Because it is amazing and no other people really talk about it... HA!!!


Love this man named Nicodemus. A respected religious man who is hunger for the truth. He didnt conform with his society and his status as a pharisee, but he walks and talks because of the truth.


When he met Jesus discreetly, Jesus's responds wasnt so nice also...

but as i read more in the bible and in wikipedia..he is very amazing.. he dared to challenge the court that Jesus has the right to be heard before the judge.

i think he was the only guy who has the gut to at least speak out to the court for Jesus.

also, when Jesus was dead.. he assisted Joseph from arimmatea to help him take his body .
according to historian, he was a wealthy man, he brought myyrh and aloes yang banyak sekali ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicodemus

I want to start to learn about more bible characters who had an amazing life and faith in God

p u r e l o v e

When choosing a life partner.. checklist, standards etc will fall apart when it comes to love.. As many as people giving me a lot of advices on logics rather than love, it is the substance of love that i have been searching for these whole life.

my heart couldnt choose without love.

my heart has no choice where love exist.


Dear you,

my gift of Christmas.

I know I am wrong. I am sorry that i love you. I am sorry that i care for you, that you has lost a pure friendship from me. Seeing how innocent and pure you are about us, is a pain and peace at the same time.

Listening to you, seeing you getting stronger each day is my joy and my treasure. Your sadness become my sadness, your comfort become my goal, your future becomes my prayers.

maybe this is pure love,

not asking you to be mine, but loving  you for who you are.

facilitating freedom that you seek.

supporting your heart prayers and desires.

I would like to be a home for you

and my prayers is that...

maybe someday....

Purpose in Life - calledcourse - lesson 1

Purpose in Life

We have a general calling as a believer and specific calling in our life.

1. i have a call to live a holy life (1 thessalonians 4:7)
2. I have a call to know Jesus intimately
3. I have a call to forgive when we have been treated unfairly.
4. I have a call to live in freedom (gal 5:13)
5. To serve one another

I have a special specific calling in my life. And He will prepare the way for me. only I can walk the paths He lays out for me.

My calling is isnt about me. It is to established me in a strategic position for the sake of serving those around you in a powerful way to build God's kingdom.

Calling is not just for those who works for ministry. some people are called to be a consultant, and IT programmer, an accountant, and some are ministers.

When we live in our calling, we are not benefitting only for ourselves, but we glorify the Lord, His love and presence will always be with me and powerfully impacting so many lifes.

I am created on purpose for a purpose to do something.

but I need to know my primary identity


My primary identity is : I am a servant

if we dont have our primary identity, our calling will destroy us.

"what we do for ourselves dies with us, what we do for others is immortal" .



Discussion:

1. How does knowing that everyone has a calling, not just pastors and ministers, change the way you approach life?

I know about it, thats why im trying to learn to find out whats my specific calling in God.

2. Why is your primary identity to be a servant, regardless of the specific calling God gives you?
the opposite of a servant is a boss. if i have a bossy heart, or even a bossy attitude, how can my calling impacting others? it would be all about me. and the way i want it to be. and these ego and pride not just gonna destroy our calling and the main purpose of God's calling but also towards ourselves.

3. Why is the connection between identity and calling so important?
I cant build something big if myself is so limited

4. What has God already told you about your specific calling?
i am not so sure on this. but what i know , i am fruitful in business as a childrenwear fashion business entrepreneur.

5. What steps are you taking to walk or grow in your specific calling?
i dont know,  if its impactful towards others... im not sure about what i hear from God

Vision 2017 sermon

Notes:

If we look back 2016, have it been a better year than before in terms of personal life improvements?

Did your plans/goals/resolution for 2016 that you made at the beginning of 2016 all fulfilled?

Every year God has amazing plans for us. 

In Jeremiah 29:11 God said that His plan is always to prosper us and not to harm us.

Prosperity in here includes all aspects: spiritual, emotional and physical

But you should know that the principals is the spiritual always rule over the physical. Not vice versa.

Thats why God always first care about our relationship with Him above all else and we should too.

If you want to be more productive, more fruitful, more successful, more patient, more loving, more everything except the fat. And less stressful, less weight, less worry, less lazy, etc

The key is the relationship with God.

When we focus on this one thing every morning, your life will be different. And it will be almost effortless because God’s power will work in & through you.

This is exactly what David did throughout his life. If there is one thing about him that we ought to learn is this: he was a man after God’s own heart. And in Psalm 1 is his life principle, his main activity everyday

Lets learn what David wrote here and I pray that all of us here made this the priority for 2017.

And we’ll also pray for more specific directions.

Go through Psalm 1.

V3 is the vision. Verse 1 & 2 are the steps.

If you follow the process of verse 1 & 2, at the end of 2017 this is exactly what you're gonna be like.

So simple. Its not 100 things to do. Not even 10. God's way is actually so simple.

Just by following these simple steps and you’ll get to the point where you will be prosperous in all you do.

David went from a shepherd boy to became one of the greatest king in history and even Jesus was born in his line of descendant.

So now you can be sure that it does not matter where you start from, if you just follow these steps, you’ll arrive at the highest point of your life.

You’ll be able to make the best of 2017 and it will be the best year so far. 

Why? Because Words of God is powerful. If you truly follow these steps, you’ll be transformed.

Amen?

Here are the steps

v1 

Identify & Filter negative sources out of your life: 

- Wicked => someone who walking away from God.

Example: someone said don't be too serious become christian, you will become poor. Even though this advice was given with good intentions but don't listen. Maybe that person thought he was giving a good advice for you. Because we love him, we show appreciation for his good intentions. But don’t let that advice take root in your heart.

"Never anyone walk outside of God plans and find a better way or more suitable than God's plans”

Someone told me: yeah following God is good but its hard, its not fun, etc

“God’s will is always Good, Pleasing & Perfect” Romans 12:2

Identify these negative thoughts, probably these are the very things that has been a hindrance to our growth.

“You can’t do it”, “You’ll fail”, “What if you fail”, etc

- Sinners => everyone are or were sinners but this means the patterns that produces sin “Do not stand on their path”. We should not imitate their ways, don’t even get involved in their “circle”

- mockers => despising instructions, mock leaders, tend to look down at others. Gossiping others. Don’t waste time spending time with them.

There’s a saying, "if you want to know what a person’s future like, you can see from his friends”

If you spend time with people overtime you will be influenced with them. Their thoughts became your thoughts, their values became your values. So change any negative community to godly community. 

Brothers and sisters, I’m not teaching you to leave this world and go live in the mountains where there is no one there. God teaches us to love sinners but hate sin. We must make friends with people to be able to influence them with God’s love. But we also need to minimize the negative influences from the world and surround our lives with people that has positive influence to us.

What if these people are our own relative or family members? 

Ask for God’s wisdom. Keep good relationships and appreciate their good intentions and show them love, but make decision in your heart that you will not be influenced. God will definitely help you.

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V2 Prioritize to experience Christ daily.

Delight => The Relationship. The affection, the WHY

Meditate day and night => The ritual/activities, the WHAT

The WHY is always above the WHAT.

The WHY have both rational or irrational. Actually, the irrational will play much more important role than the rational in terms of to keep you going. Illustration: Piano player. => Both the end result & the love for playing piano, but mostly because of the love for piano.

For most people when you are given a set of rules and regulation, you’re either just okay with it or dislike it.

But almost no one will delight like David, celebrate it. This is irrational. How come? Because he found the WHY.

He found God’s heart of WHY God gave the law. He was known to be a man after God’s heart. He was known to be the man who dwells in God’s presence day by day.

There he found God’s very heart. The feeling and power inside God’s presence is something beyond words can explain.

And being / dwelling in God’s presence my brothers and sisters, is the most important for us. Its our true habitat as God’s children.

Its not something like bursts. But it should be like a process that takes us deeper and deeper rooted in God.

You may study bible and becomes very knowledgable but if you don’t have relationship with God in your heart, you’ll be just like another Pharisee.

So the WHY, the Delight, the Relationship is very important and it has to be the first aim everyday.

The WHAT / the Activity: Meditating day and night

The first thing is Daily Devotion. We have thought the WINNS system to you before so please look over them again

Meditating day and night is talking about consistency. Its talking about activities based on Words of God.

Its talking about small steps that we must take daily. Know when to work and Know when to rest

But now I want to tell you a story to illustrate this truth: The 20 Mile March. Amundsen & Scott

Sometimes there are bursts in life. Like catching up for the exam or there is a big project or overtime work. But it should be only 10-20% of the time, not all the time. Such as once a week.

Otherwise that means lack of resource management.

The rest of the time should be well planned and in consistent progression.

Remember: More work does not always mean more results.

Work with accuracy/effective and rest in a balanced way, will produce a much greater results.

Example: Commit how many hours a week for this or that. Make the schedule and count the hours. 

Then test the schedule, evaluate, and revise until you find the best fit.

Do not commit to too many things. Focus on the most essential things in life. 

How do we decide?

- According to Word of God and according God’s vision & gifts in your life. You don’t have to be able to do everything. Do the best on your part & trust God for the rest.

- Counsel from trusted mature godly people who knows your life (you must be open about your life)

By Zenko