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.
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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FIND THE RHYTHM (Christian Daily Devotion)
“I’m busy! I have a lot of work at the office. I also have housework to do. I have to go to church, to cell group meeting... Oh God, I’m really really tired! What if I do not go to church this Sunday? What if I ask for a break in the ministry? Let me finish my job first. Besides, I can still go to cell group next week.”
Bustle sometimes becomes the reason for some Christians to put ministry in the second place, weekly service in the third place, and even... God in the fourth place. They think that their job, college, school, or family and friends are more “urgent” than spiritual matter. “If I do not work overtime on the weekend, I won’t have enough money for my daily needs. If I join the ministry now, I won’t have enough time to study; I’m facing final test, you know. I don’t have time for personal prayer, because I have a lot of work to do.”
Does God prevent us from working or studying? I believe no. He indeed wants each of us work diligently, bless our family and community so others can glorify our God. I also believe that He’s the one who plans our job, our school, our family. He also wants us, more that anything, put Him before other things in our life.
If it is true that we have a lot of work to do, why can’t we manage them so that we can still go to church and have personal prayer? If it is true that there are a lot of assignments and tests at school, why can’t we study far days before the examination? If it is true that we have family events, why can’t we have them after the Sunday service?
I realize that these days people business is far more complex than my grandparents or my parents generation. Without any intention to judge or lecture, but, what is more important than God? Without Him, we won’t be able to work well. Without Him, we won’t be able to study well. Without Him, we won’t be able to have a lovely family. So, why don’t we try to find the solution? Keep working, keep schooling, keep spending time with family , but not leaving personal prayer, service, or ministry? The answer for this situation is TO FIND THE RHYTHM OF OUR LIFE.
God’s wisdom will help us to the rhythm of this life; when do we have to work, what do have to do, what preparation do we have to make? He will show us the way to arrange everything without eliminating or pushing aside personal prayer, service, and ministry. God’s wisdom will also help us to count on Him, to live in faith, so that we don’t have to worry about any lack or failure.
Now, let’s find the rhythm of our life!
Father in heaven, forgive me for deprioritizing You. I want to learn to put You on the highest place in my life, and I need Your wisdom in order to do it. Please help me to find my rhythm of Life, God. Amen.
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,
and all these things will be given to you as well.
Mat. 6:33
Christian Daily Devotion: BEST FRIEND
Christian Daily Devotion: BEST FRIEND: Best friend is more than just a friend or colleague Best friend is even closer than a brother Best friend can’t be found instantly...
OPEN YOUR HEART (Christian Daily Devotion)
If you can not find eternal joy
and you can not feel everlasting love
which changes your old life
and makes the new one meaningful,
then...
open your heart,
set your eyes on Him,
surrender your life,
glorify His name,
and accept His faithful promises.
You’ll find the meaning of your life in Him
No man on earth can give what you seek
No power on earth can please you indeed
No treasure on earth can satisfy your soul
No love on earth can save your spirit
Realize that everything will disappear
It’s only a matter of time that
He’s coming again...
I LOVE BEING ME
If I ask you this question, "If you have a choice, what part of your body that you want to replace? Why don't you like them or why do you want to replace them?" what is your answer?
"I want to replace my eyes. I am slant-eyed and I don't like it. I want to have bigger and rounder eyes."
"I don't like my legs. I think they are too short. I want to replace them with longer legs so I can be taller than I'm now."
"I think I hate my face. No one considers me pretty. That's why I want to replace it and have a more beautiful face. I will have a surgery to make myself prettier, then no one will think that I'm ugly anymore."
Let's see the phenomena happening in these modern days. More people want to be like other people. The straight hair want to be the curly hair. On the contrary, the curly hair will have their hair smoothed. The darker skin want to be the white skin. While the white skin tanned their skin under the sun. Huft... what a confusing world.
It's okay to have a new look, it sometimes can refresh our mind. But, try to love yourself for whatever you are. Does God say that each of us is precious before Him? Does He say that His creation, us, is a perfect creation? Some people even think that when God creates us, He will destroy our blueprint as soon as we are created. It means that no one compares to us. We are the only we in this universe. You are the only you in this universe. Can you imagine that?
Accepting our self is one way to show our gratitude to God. God never forbid us to take care of our body, but he doesn't want us to take care of it for other purposes beside truth, His truth. Besides, our body isn't eternal. Now I urge you to love yourself the way you are, because you are precious before God's eyes.
God, thank you for making me the way I am. I realize that I'm not perfect, my physical body may be not perfect, but I want accept it, God. Help me to gain Your plan in me with this body. In the name of Jesus Christ, my perfect Creator, Amen.
Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness.
Rom. 6:13
God's Love (Christian Daily Devotion)
I walk my days
with Your love in this heart
In joy and sorrow
You’ve always been there to accompany
Like a beautiful melody
Your love echoes in my heart
When despair tortures
You come to show love to me
Your love has change my life
bringing freedom from oppressing past
Your love is the light of my life
guiding my steps to the just
Your love is the true love
Your presence gives meaning to my life
gives hope to my soul
You make me understand that
nothing compares to Your great love
Your love is the true love
YOUR LOVE NEVER FAILS!!!!!
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