This is not just about the past; it also preparing yourself,ahead of time,future. Then, should something upsetting happen,u have a reserve of God-awareness so that u are ready with a calm response. U will react to persons and circumstances from centre of peace within u.
The best way to reinforce my progress in fulfilling God's purpose for my life is to keep a spiritual journal. This is not a diary of events but a record of life lessons i don't want to forget!! I am the common WOMEN...I'm quite naughty, I love my family and I play by the rules. And sometimes I get pushed around. That's my lifestyle, and that's what I try to bring to characters.
F.R.I.E.N.D!
Friend is one, who
F-inds you in a
R-ush of people,
I-nspires you to do something in life, Catches your
E-motions and
N-ever leaves you till
D-eath…
F-inds you in a
R-ush of people,
I-nspires you to do something in life, Catches your
E-motions and
N-ever leaves you till
D-eath…
TOGETHER MEANS STRONGER- Christian Daily Devotion
I've read an article about togetherness. It said that being alone will not be considered a threat for someone else, especially for the enemy. When I think about it, I think the quote is very true. When we are alone, we will be easily destroyed, but if we are many, we will be difficult to defeat.
Bible also talks about friendlessness, that being alone will be weaken someone, and how poor that person is, for no one will able to help him. Sometimes some people live too independent, they do not have a good relationship with other people because they think it is not necessary. They are too independent and consider themselves able of doing everything alone. "Why should I ask for others' help if I can do it by myself?" Well, perhaps they can do things by themselves, but I believe that there are times when they do need someone else.
Bible says that someone with friend(s) will be able to rise because he has someone who'll help him when he falls. Bible says that someone who prays with partner(s), the prayer will be heard and granted. Bible also says that our couple will be our helper in life. So, why should we stand with a condition of being alone?
God creates us as individual and social creation. He does create us as thinking, meditating, dreaming, daydreaming person, but He also create us as loving, caring, helping, chatting, playing, working creature. For some reasons we can live by ourselves, but for some others we will not be able to survive without other people. Let's see they who are around us, our family, friends, best friends, they are people we can count on. When we fall, they can lift us. When we are sad, they will console us. God presents them around us so that we experience the beauty of togetherness. Don't live by yourself!
Dear God, thank you for my family and friends, and forgive me if I used to be selfish and arrogant, and think that I can do everything by myself. Help me to see why I am created and why people around me are created. For one more time, thank you for my family and friends. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
Ecc. 4:12
Ecc. 4:12
LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING
Love Changes Everything ~ Many people race for success in this world. They will do everything for it, even use inappropriate ways. Here is the moment when people start to leave love. They become selfish people and only want to put their interest above others.
When failure comes, no one will care about them and despair will be their only friend. Greed, wealth, honors, and selfishness becomes boomerang for they who sow it. Without love, we live alone, and our soul is empty.
In love there is no failure. In love there is no loneliness. Love can change everything; it turns curse into blessing, it turns sorrow into joy, it turns tears into laugh.
When we love someone, we indirectlychange his life; we also change ours. At that moment, God is stretching out His hand to renew and bless us. That’s why never stop loving others for it will draw God’s perfect love closer to our life.
Love is the most powerful weapon in taking over a situation. In a pure love, no one will ever hurt our feeling. When the pain comes, love will change it into blessing for they who hurt us. So, let’s start racing to love and get prepared for awesome blessing from God.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
1Cor. 13:7-9
Totally agree~
Girls are sensitive, they overthink every little thing and they care way more than they should, but that’s what makes their love so strong.
THANK YOU LORD!!!!
I come before you today
And there's just one thing that I want to say
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
For all you've given to me
For all the blessings I can not see
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
With a greatful heart, with a song of praise
with an outstreched arm, I will bless your name
Thank you Lord,I just want to thank you Lord
Thank you Lord,I just want to thank you Lord
Thank you Lord
For all you've done in my life
You took my darkness and gave me your light
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
You took my sin and my shame,
You took my sickness and healed all my pain
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord.
And there's just one thing that I want to say
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
For all you've given to me
For all the blessings I can not see
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
With a greatful heart, with a song of praise
with an outstreched arm, I will bless your name
Thank you Lord,I just want to thank you Lord
Thank you Lord,I just want to thank you Lord
Thank you Lord
For all you've done in my life
You took my darkness and gave me your light
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord
You took my sin and my shame,
You took my sickness and healed all my pain
Thank you Lord,Thank you Lord.
ALASAN BAGI ORANG SIBUK!!!!
Alasan orang sibuk itu berbacam-macam. Ada yang sibuk sekolah, belajar, bekerja, memasak, atau hal-hal yang lain sehingga waktunya kerap habis untuk mengerjakan pekerjaannya di dunia.
Saya pernah bertanya terhadap seseorang, “Sudah bersaat teduh pagi ini?” dengan enteng dia menjawab “Ah, saya sangat sibuk. Pagi-pagi harus secepatnya ke pejabat, sungguhpun Tuhan juga bakal mengerti kesibukanku.”
mengurus waktu itu sangat penting. Sebelum kita memulai semua aktiviti kita dalam 1×24 jam, maka kita harus menyerahkan waktu kita terlebih dahulu kepada Tuhan, agar Tuhan ikut campur dalam segala aktivitI kita sehingga apapun yang kita kerjakan dalam waktu yang ada itu boleh menjadi berkat.
Tidak ada salahnya bila kita mulai mendisiplinkan diri untuk bersaat teduh di pagi dengan memuji Tuhan ataupun membaca renungan harian. Kita harus mampu untuk tekun melakukan hal baik kkeran itu akan menjadi kebiasaan dalam kehidupan kita dan kebiasaan itulah yang akan membentuk karakter kita. :)
Christian Daily Devotion: LOVE YOU, MOM
Christian Daily Devotion: LOVE YOU, MOM: I love when you hold me embrace me with Your loving arms I love when you touch my head touch it gently with Your caring hands You...
HE CAN CHANGE ME!
It's really hard indeed to change someone's character, right?
I have a friend from a very simple family. She once told me about her parents, how they used to live in an old way of life, such as cooking with woods, or ironing with charcoal iron. I know that they are not a rich family, but I think they all are hard workers, including my friend. She worked in a company and without her sister living with her, she has to work for the sake of her family. I think her effort is not in vain. With her salary, she tried to ease her parents life by giving them things, such as gas stove or electrical iron. She hoped that those stuff could make her parents' lives easier. (They don't have to buy charcoal and use the heavy charcoal iron. They do not need to find woods when they want to cook something.) It's a very good and kind intention, I think. She wants a better life for her parents. But, in fact, her intention was not really succeeded. Her parents still used the old stuff, woods and charcoal iron.
Changing a character has almost the same proses as changing a habit. You need to adjust yourself with something new, get used to it, and do it until it becomes the part of you. The difference is it takes longer time to change someone's character than to change his habit. Some people said that it needs at least 21 days to change someone's habit (My friend's parents finally uses the gas stove and the electrical iron several months later.). But, it takes years, or may be a lifetime to change someone's character.
A character is influenced by conditions, environments, surroundings, everything connected with a person since he was born, even since he was a fetus. If someone grows in good family, good environment, he has greater potention of having a healthy, good character. On contrary, a person surrounded by violence and other deviation in society has a greater potention of having a deviate character. Here we know that if a character is built through times, it also take times to change it.
I have experienced it by myself. It is very difficult to change into a patient person, someone who doesn't take everything too serious so that she isn't angry easily. I have to face moments testing my patience in order to be a better person, a patient person.
You may experience the same thing. You want to be a better person but it is too hard to do. But let us remember that there is nothing too hard for our Lord. He can do everything, including things we considered too hard to do, including things we considered impossible. He can change you and me.
I believe that the process is not easy, but we have God who will empower us to make it. Doesn't He create us for good things, good purposes? He will enable us to do things, even impossible things. He will change us to be good people, better people, the best people. He is able to do so.
Just surrender our life to God during the process. I say again, it will not be easy, it will never be easy. But, it will not be in vain, for He can do great things through you and me when we surrender.
Father, I surrender my life to You. I want to be a better person for You, and You're the only one who can change me. I give myself into Your process. Give me a heart that will not give up easily. Strengthen me along my way to the place where You are. I know it won't be easy, but I also know that there is nothing impossible for You. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
Jer. 24:7
Jer. 24:7
FAMILY PRAYER
Dear Father,
I come to thank You, for giving me a good family around me. What should I say to You, God? I believe it needs more than just thank you. They are such a great blessing for me. Without them, I'm homeless, I'm alone, I'm lonely, I'm hollow.
Thank you for giving me my father. Although he's not as perfect as I expect, but He loves me. It's true that sometimes I couldn't understand the way He loves me... He's so protective, He's so subjective... but I know that You live in Him to guide me to be someone You want me to be.
Thank you for giving me my mother. Do You know that You have given me the very very very best friend in the world? When I pray for good friends, You send her to stand by my side. When I ask for a loyal companion, You give her to sit with me. You know what? I think You've given me everything I ask from You through her.
Thank you for giving me my sister. We used to fight often, but I can never deny that I love her. She's the one who always brings me chocolate. She's the one who always helps me with all my needs. I know that she has her own family right now, but she always be kind to me.
Thank you for giving me my brother. I do not know him that long because he's not my sibling, but I thank you for making him my brother through my sister. He might be not that handsome, but he is a hard worker and he loves my sister. He always tries to help us even though he's not in that good condition. What a nice brother You gave to me.
I pray to You, God, love them with abundant love, bless them with unstoppable blessings, hold their lives in Your hands. They are very precious to me and I will do anything for them. God, I do thank you for giving them to me. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
SMILE ;)
People often think that the greatest gifts are the expensive and rare ones, but I don't think so. We can always give priceless gift at all days in our life. What is that? It is smile. Smile is the easiest and cheapest kindness we can give to others. Believe it or not, but smile can even transform hatred into love.
There are two people who live as neighbors. Their houses are not too far but they haven't known each other. One of them is a christian who loves to go to church, and each time she goes to church, she will pass her neighbor's house.
Without obvious reason, her neighbor didn't like her. It was expressed every time they met. The neighbor would always give a strange look and a way face. This christian never dared to ask why her neighbor did so. All she did was praying and asking God what should she do. One day she woke up with something in her mind. She decided to smile. She thought that smiling was a free and positive thing to do and she believed that it would make her neighbor's attitude changed over her.
Since that day, this christian always smiles to the neighbor. It didn't show any positive result at first, but in the next days, she finds that her strategy works, her neighbor starts to smile too. Now, they have a good relationship.
We can be God's hand in order to bless people through little things. You don't have to do dramatic or awesome things to attract them; just do something simple, as smiling.
Smile and the world will smile with you.
The world can't always make you smile,
but each time you smile, the world will also smile.
SAD CLOWN
There was a clown at a park. Its funny face made every child who saw it laughed. Its funny style made every person who passed by smiled. Of course, that is what a clown do, to make other people happy. Of course, that was what this clown tried to do, to make other people joyful.
After working, the clown went to a public rest room to change and clean his make up. He was very different without his costume and make up. He looked so sad. When he went out, a father and his daughter approached him. Without recognizing the man, the father asked, "Excuse me, Sir. Do you see a clown around this park? My daughter really wants to meet him and see his attraction." With a tired and full of burden face, the man answered, "I am the clown."
Note:
True joy and happiness can only be seen in its nature, purity, heavenly nature. People can tell others that they are joyful, that they are happy, but it won't last forever; it will be easily gone when trouble and problem comes. Even a clown can hide his sadness through costume and make up, but that is not the real joy and happiness.
God wants us to be joyful always, no matter what our condition is. See... He wants "always/eternal/everlasting" joy, not the fake one. Such kind of joy (everlasting joy) can not be made up. Such kind of joy can only be gained from God.
Christian Daily Devotion: PLEASING WORDS
Christian Daily Devotion: PLEASING WORDS: "I'm proud of you!" It is the most unforgettable sentence which was ever said by my brother. I am grateful that I knew hi...
BE THE "SALT" AND THE "LIGHT" OF THE WORLD
Be the salt and the light of the world!
Salt makes food salty, tasty. Light makes a place seen, clear, brighter. Salt keeps away tastelessness. Light keeps away darkness. Salt is meaningless to sea, salty things. Light is meaningless to bright places.
Both salt and light has a great influence over things it touches. Yet, it has no meaning among its kind. So, be the salt and the light for the needing people, at the needing places.
Someone ever said that most Christians who are born and raised and surrounded by Christians give a very minimum contribution in the world of evangelism. Why? Because all they see are people who do not need to be saved anymore. They should go outside, to the world, so that they can be the real salt and light for those who really need it.
Now, be the real salt and light that is highly effective and efficient for the hunger world.
Dear Father in heaven, use me as Your salt and light. I want to be the useful, the real salt and light, but I don't know where to start. Show me how to change a taste and replace a darkness in the heart of those who need You. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Mat. 5:13-14
THE BEST THINGS!!!
Everyday we try to do our best. We work for the best result and our goal is perfectness. It's good, and even a very good thing to do. But, whom are those things for?
We live among people, who know God and do not know God. Have we pay attention that they who do not know God, our God, also do good things, even things better than what Christians do? We have to admit that sometimes they do better than us in terms of doing God's words. But how come? They don't even know our bible and don't even trust our God!
We stay in a world where Christianity are demanded to show who is Jesus Christ. People can do things we do, but the clear difference between them and us is that we do things for the name of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the sake of Holy Spirit (not for ourselves). That's why Paul reminds us to do everything as for God, not for men.
But, what's its difference with we, Christians, doing best things? When we do best, it is stop on our standard. No matter how high that standard, it is still far from God's. But when we do things for God, we will do best things over best things we usually do. Why? Because the purpose of our deeds are not ourselves, but God of all created things.
We are children of God of BEST THINGS!!!
Dear God, now I know my purpose of life, that is to do best of the best. I need Your interference over my life. Please remind it to me, always. I love You, God. Amen
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
Col. 3:23
That's Faith Can Do by Kutless
Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes
And make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think it's more than you can take
But you're stronger
Stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason
For someone not to try
Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
Overcome the odds
You don't have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can
I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise
P.U.S.H (Prayer Until Something Happens)
I notice something common in some Christian conversation. It appears each time they talk about their plan, their problem, or their struggle. What is that? It is the term of, "... at least, pray."
Prayer sometimes refers to last attempt in dealing with things. "At least, pray" gives a connotation that prayer is the minimal effort when people still have no clue about other things to do. Well, ironically, prayer is the most powerful way among many powerful ways to solve problems.
P.U.S.H (Pray Until Something Happens) is supposed to be the first thing that comes to mind at every situation. I can not guarantee that every prayer will come true, but God can guarantee that endless prayer will be heard, and when it is made based on God's will, it will take its form, REALITY.
You can list hundreds ways to solve your problems, but make prayer as the first solution. And if you can only find prayer as the only solution, don't worry, it is more than enough. Prayer is more than enough; it's just, don't stop doing it, for its effect equals to billions solutions.
Dear God, I come before You with all I am. I bring You my life, my plan, my future, my problems. Help me to live it, God, since I have no more power and clue to face it. I know that You hear prayers, that's why I won't stop praying. In the name of Jesus Christ, my prayer hearer, Amen.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Jas. 5:16
Christian Daily Devotion: JUST BELIEVE!
Christian Daily Devotion: JUST BELIEVE!: ... There can be miracle when you believe Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill There can be miracle you can achieve When ...
HOW PRAYER WORKS
There is an interesting movie to watch, entitled “Evan Almighty”. The movie telling us about modern Noah does seem irrational; a member of city council was chosen by God to build an ark, for the area where he lived would be washed away by water from a dam. The funny thing is, the councilor, a man who always kept up his appearance, turned into Noah-look (with beard and long white hair, and a long brown robe) in a short time. But I’m not going to talk about that now.
A scene giving me a spiritual awareness was when God, in form of a waiter, talked to the city councilor’s wife who intended to leave her husband because she thought that her husband was crazy. The point is God said, if someone prayed for patience, would God give him patience, or a chance to be patient? Or, if someone prayed for family closeness, would God give him that closeness, or an opportunity to be close to each other?
Can you catch my point? What I’m going to say is, when we ask for faith, sometimes we’ll find that God doesn’t suddenly give us faith. On a contrary, He faces us to situations where we realize that we can’t overcome them with our own strength, but to have FAITH in Him.
Pay attention to these situations! As if we were asked to be aware of our prayers, or on the other hand, we were drawn closer to the answer of our prayers. How come? Both possibilities must be seen through different sides. Those who do not want to accept the challenge might choose not to pray. But those who start to understand how God works, how prayer works, will pray more than ever, wait for the challenge to come, and decided to win it.
And now, which way will be your choice?
God, I want to be closer to You. Help me to face this life, and don’t leave me. I do need You. I will not stop praying. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Col. 4:2
Christian Daily Devotion: LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN
Christian Daily Devotion: LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN: I wondered, why God appreciates children so much. Do some people even think that children are troublesome? In fact, we sometimes hea...
Christian Daily Devotion: WEAK LOVE
Christian Daily Devotion: WEAK LOVE: There was a woman who was falling in love. She loved her boyfriend so much, and she believed that someday they would unite as husband an...
UNCONDITIONAL LOVE (Christian Daily Devotion)
You love me for the way I am
You accept me for whatever I am
You never reject me for my weakness
You always welcome me with open arms
Your unconditional love has filled me
made me precious and worth to love
I've never met someone like You
who is so beautiful in the way You are
God, I'm so grateful to have You
I'm so blessed to know You
With You only I want to spend my days
You're the one I want, no other
Lots of songs I will offer before Your throne
I will fill Your house with adoration
Psalms of praise will come up from my room
every second, every minute, forever
God, thank you for the unconditional love
I think I can never be able to repay You
not in this life, not even in eternity
But allow me to love You with all I am
You accept me for whatever I am
You never reject me for my weakness
You always welcome me with open arms
Your unconditional love has filled me
made me precious and worth to love
I've never met someone like You
who is so beautiful in the way You are
God, I'm so grateful to have You
I'm so blessed to know You
With You only I want to spend my days
You're the one I want, no other
Lots of songs I will offer before Your throne
I will fill Your house with adoration
Psalms of praise will come up from my room
every second, every minute, forever
God, thank you for the unconditional love
I think I can never be able to repay You
not in this life, not even in eternity
But allow me to love You with all I am
CALL ME!
"Hello...?? I can't hear you... P P Please say it again! I I can't he..hear yo..u!!" (bbhruaer bhgruayck kakd....biiiiiiiiipp)
Obviously... our phone doesn't always run well, does it?
One thing why I love to be a christian is how free I am to call God, Father. That word makes me feel very close to Him. That word makes me always want to call Him. That word makes me very blessed to have someone as a father like Him.
Our cell phone delimits our call on places. What is the evidence? It's very difficult for us to make a contact to someone on the sea, right? But our prayer will never be delimited. God will hear our prayer without any difficulty. Our words will move straight above to His presence without any signal interference. That makes His presence so close to us; He is only as far as our prayer.
So does God... He always be able to contact us. He will tell His secret to us; nothing will be hidden. Isn't it lovely? To talk at anytime, anywhere, with God the host of the universe?
Just be careful, because there is one thing that can block our communication with Him, our sin. When we have settled this problem, there is nothing to worry about. Our heavenly phone will run more than well. All we have to remember is to have a pure life, then we or God will be very easy to say, "Call me" or "Call ME".
God, please call me everyday, every time. I want to hear Your voice for the whole of my life. Thank you for making me Your child so that I can call You, Father, every time I want to. Then, Father, thank you. Amen
The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverb 15:29
PURE HEART
Having a pure heart is a very difficult thing to do. You have to be used to thing I call sacrifice. Someone can sacrifice things for others, but he might not have a pure heart. But the pure heart will never spent their time without sacrificing things for other people.
I had an appointment with my friends this evening. The place where we should meet was quite far from my house. My friends have their own motorcycle, but I haven't, and it makes me find difficulties to go to certain or far places. I didn't mind going by myself, taking the public transportation. But I had to go earlier than them because the public transportation around my place isn't as much as in other areas. If I ask you to calculate my expense for one day trip using public transportation, it will be enough for three days trips using motorcycle.
Arriving at the place, some of my friends borrowed some money from me. I wouldn't mind giving them the money, because I knew that they really needed it at that time. Besides, I also thought that I still have enough money to go home. Time moved on and it was getting late. When our activity ended, and I went home by taking public transportation, I realized that I didn't have enough money to take another transportation to get home. I stopped at the closest place to my house district, but I still had to walk for about 20 minutes to get home. No wonder, I was tired.
Without realizing it, I was suddenly filled with disappointment over my friends. "Why didn't they understand me or even try to help me?" This mind blinded me from God's voice. Thankfully, I prayed... It was the moment when God renewed my power and my heart. He thanked me for being independence and for being so kind that day. He said that I've done a good thing and that He appreciated it. He reminded me, deep inside me heart, that I had to learn to have a pure heart. He said it was not easy, but it was worth fighting, because He loved the pure heart.
When I said, "He (God) said...", it was not literal thing, but I knew I was right, I heard His voice through the Holy Spirit, I wrote His words through the Bible that He loves the pure heart. You may have also experienced times when you should sacrifice things, and it seems like you are the unlucky ones, but notice this, God know what you've done and He appreciates it. Don't contaminate it with complaint or grumble. Let's learn to have a pure heart, because that is what He wants.
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