His Work, His Way

“So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law” (Mal 2:9).

My work, My way – When you and I live in this world without Christ we live a life just as Esau lived his life. Esau despised his birthright and failed to enter into a relationship with God that allowed him to fulfill his destiny. In essence, Esau fulfilled his work, his way. His life represented the carnal life of the flesh.

His work, my way – When you and I become born-again by the Spirit of God, we begin to focus our attention on living for Christ. We realize it is His work we are doing but it takes time before we learn what it means to do His work, His way.

My work, His way – As the Holy Spirit does His work in us, we learn to walk with God. We learn what it means to see our work as His work and we desire to do it His way. The Israelites were guilty of not knowing His ways and were unable to move into the Promised Land because of not understanding how to do Their work, His ways.

His work, His way – When we begin to walk with God we begin to realize that all that we do is His work and He calls us to do it His way. When we begin to walk with God in this manner we begin to see the Kingdom of God manifested in our working lives. We begin to experience His power and learn what it means to do His work, His way.

In order to experience God in this way, each of us must give our working lives to the Lord and ask him to teach us His way. Moses asked God: “If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you” (Ex 33:12). Moses realized He needed God to teach him His ways in order for him to prosper in His relationship with God.

What best describes your life today? Your work, your way; Your work, His way; His work, your way; or His work, His way? Pray that you learn to do His work, His way.

Nama Pelari itu John Stephen Akhwari asal Tanzania

“Karena kita mempunyai banyak saksi, bagaikan awan yang mengelilingi kita, marilah kita menanggalkan semua beban dan dosa yang begitu merintangi kita, dan berlomba dengan tekun dalam perlombaan yang diwajibkan bagi kita.”

I Learn much from this story..

Ada sebuah kisah luar biasa yang terjadi padaOlimpiade di Mexico City tepat 40 tahun yang lalu (1968). Ada seorang pelari maraton asal Tanzania yang sensasional direkam sejarah. John Stephen Akhwari namanya.

Ia menjadi tajuk berita bukan karena memecahkan rekor finish tercepat, bukan pula karena memenangkan medali emas. Dia justru finish di tempat terakhir. Para pelari lain telah menyelesaikan perlombaan lebih dari satu jam sebelumnya. Stadion pun sudah hampir kosong. John Stephen Akhwari kemudian terlihat memasuki stadium dengan tertatih-tatih, kakinya dibalut dan terlihat berdarah. Ini yang terjadi: ketika memasuki kilometer ke 19, ia terjatuh karena tubrukan. Akhwari mengalami luka menganga di lutut kanannya dan mengalami masalah dengan persendian bahunya. Dalam kondisi demikian, semua orang akan maklum jika ia mengundurkan diri. Bayangkan terus berlari dengan lutut terluka parah, dan bahu lepas dari persendian. Mungkin membayangkannya saja kita sudah bergidik. Tapi apa yang diputuskan oleh Akhwari adalah luar biasa. Dia meneruskan perlombaan dengan segenap sisa kekuatan yang ada, dan bisa mencapai finish. Mungkin bagi sebagian orang ia dianggap bodoh, minimal heran akan keputusannya. Wartawan pun bergegas menanyakan apa yang menyebabkan ia terus berlari meski tahu bahwa ia tidak mungkin lagi menang. Akhwari memberi jawaban:“My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start the race,They sent me 5,000 miles to finish it.”

So, Untuk apa engkau diutus ke dunia ini? What is your misson?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6DX_m87y0

FAITH

live as ur faith..
act as ur faith..
cry out as ur faith..
love eachother as ur faith..
groan together in the pains of childbirth as ur faith..



then..
recieve as ur faith..
see as ur faith..
gain as ur faith..
win as ur faith..
rule as ur faith..

moreover..
walk from faith to faith..
every single breath in our life is faith..

no faith => dark => sin => weak => failed => defeated => lose => broken => death

1 word that will overcomes all the world is  FAITH
1 man that will overcomes all the world is the MAN OF FAITH

Rwandan Man’s Confession

 

In 1980 a young man from Rwanda was forced by his tribe to either renounce Christ or face certain death. He refused to renounce Christ, and he was killed on the spot. The night before he had written the following commitment which was found in his room:

 

“I’m part of the fellowship of the unashamed, the die has been cast, I have stepped over the line, the decision has been made- I’m a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I’m finished and done with low living, sight walking, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed vision, worldly talking, cheap giving & dwarfed goals.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my goal is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions are few, my guide is reliable, my mission is clear. I won’t give up, shut up, let up until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up for the cause of Jesus Christ.

I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till everyone knows, work till He stops me & when He comes for His own, He will have no trouble recognizing me because my banner will have been clear.”

 

by Dr. Bob Moorehead

Jehovah Jireh..

Php 2:25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow–worker and fellow–soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need;

Setiap orang percaya HARUS mengenal Kristus sebagai Allah yang menyediakan ( provider ).. Jehovah Jireh artinya “Tuhan yang menyediakan”.
Ketika Tuhan memanggil bangsa Israel keluar dari tanah perbudakan, mereka harus melewati padang gurun.Tidak ada keuntungan sama sekali untuk hidup di padang gurun, sehingga Tuhan “menyediakan” manna setiap pagi bagi bangsa Israel ( keluaran 16 :1 – 36 )
Terkadang, Tuhan bahkan “menyediakan” air dari batu yang keras ( keluaran 17:6).
Mereka digembalakan untuk mengalami tingkatan baru, bahwa dalam Kerajaan Allah, segala sesuatu ditambahkan.. sesuatu yang bukan berakar dari peluh dan susah payah.. (Mat 6 :33)
Tuhan mendemonstrasikan kesetiaan-Nya sebagai “Allah yang menyediakan” kepada umat kepunyaan-Nya..

Ada masa-masa saat bisnis membuat tenda Paulus bukanlah jalan di mana Tuhan akan menyediakan keperluannya.. Tuhan seringkali menggunakan orang lain sebagai alat-Nya untuk menyediakan keperluan kita.Oleh karena itu, Tuhan mengirim Epaphroditus untuk melayani keperluan Paulus..

Kita juga seringkali mendengar kesaksian orang-orang percaya saat ada kebutuhan yang mendesak dan sudah tidak mungkin lagi dipenuhi, tiba-tiba uang datang dari seseorang, ATM tiba-tiba ada isinya.. Seperti burung gagak yang membawa roti kepada Elia.( 1 raja-raj 17 :4-6).. Wonderful GoD..

Apakah engkau mengetahui bahwa Tuhan adalah Yang menyediakan? Carilah kerajaan dan kebenaran-Nya maka Dia akan menyediakan dan tidak seperti dunia menyediakan, karena Dia Allah.. Dia setia dan mengagumkan..

Father’s Love Letter..

An Intimate Message From God To You..

My Child,

You may not know me,
but I know everything about you.
Psalm 139:1

I know when you sit down and when you rise up.
Psalm 139:2

I am familiar with all your ways.
Psalm 139:3

Even the very hairs on your head are numbered.
Matthew 10:29-31

For you were made in my image.
Genesis 1:27

In me you live and move and have your being.
Acts 17:28

For you are my offspring.
Acts 17:28

I knew you even before you were conceived.
Jeremiah 1:4-5

I chose you when I planned creation.
Ephesians 1:11-12

You were not a mistake,
for all your days are written in my book.
Psalm 139:15-16

I determined the exact time of your birth
and where you would live.
Acts 17:26

You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Psalm 139:14

I knit you together in your mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13

And brought you forth on the day you were born.
Psalm 71:6

I have been misrepresented
by those who don’t know me.
John 8:41-44

I am not distant and angry,
but am the complete expression of love.
1 John 4:16

And it is my desire to lavish my love on you.
1 John 3:1

Simply because you are my child
and I am your Father.
1 John 3:1

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could.
Matthew 7:11

For I am the perfect father.
Matthew 5:48

Every good gift that you receive comes from my hand.
James 1:17

For I am your provider and I meet all your needs.
Matthew 6:31-33

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11

Because I love you with an everlasting love.
Jeremiah 31:3

My thoughts toward you are countless
as the sand on the seashore.
Psalms 139:17-18

And I rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17

I will never stop doing good to you.
Jeremiah 32:40

For you are my treasured possession.
Exodus 19:5

I desire to establish you
with all my heart and all my soul.
Jeremiah 32:41

And I want to show you great and marvelous things.
Jeremiah 33:3

If you seek me with all your heart,
you will find me.
Deuteronomy 4:29

Delight in me and I will give you
the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

For it is I who gave you those desires.
Philippians 2:13

I am able to do more for you
than you could possibly imagine.
Ephesians 3:20

For I am your greatest encourager.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

I am also the Father who comforts you
in all your troubles.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

When you are brokenhearted,
I am close to you.
Psalm 34:18

As a shepherd carries a lamb,
I have carried you close to my heart.
Isaiah 40:11

One day I will wipe away
every tear from your eyes.
Revelation 21:3-4

And I’ll take away all the pain
you have suffered on this earth.
Revelation 21:3-4

I am your Father, and I love you
even as I love my son, Jesus.
John 17:23

For in Jesus, my love for you is revealed.
John 17:26

He is the exact representation of my being.
Hebrews 1:3

He came to demonstrate that I am for you,
not against you.
Romans 8:31

And to tell you that I am not counting your sins.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19

His death was the ultimate expression
of my love for you.
1 John 4:10

I gave up everything I loved
that I might gain your love.
Romans 8:31-32

If you receive the gift of my son Jesus,
you receive me.
1 John 2:23

And nothing will ever separate you
from my love again.
Romans 8:38-39

Come home and I’ll throw the biggest party
heaven has ever seen.
Luke 15:7

I have always been Father,
and will always be Father.
Ephesians 3:14-15

My question is…
Will you be my child?
John 1:12-13

I am waiting for you.
Luke 15:11-32

Love, Your Dad
Almighty God

 

Video at 

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/video1.html

Surat Kasih Sayang Dari Hati Bapa Surgawi

Alamilah Kasih yang engkau cari sepanjang hidupmu

Anak-Ku…

Engkau mungkin tidak mengenal Aku, tetapi Aku mengenal segala sesuatu tentang dirimu…(Maz. 139:1) Aku tahu kalau engkau duduk atau berdiri … (Maz. 139:2) Aku mengerti segala jalanmu … (Maz. 139:3) Setiap helai rambut kepalamu, terhitung semuanya … (Mat. 10:29-31) Karena engkau diciptakan dalam gambar dan rupa-Ku … (Kej. 1:26-27) Di dalam-Ku engkau hidup, engkau bergerak dan engkau ada… (Kis. 17:28) Sebab engkau ini adalah keturunan-Ku … (Kis. 17:28) Aku mengenal engkau sejak sebelum engkau ada dalam kandungan… (Yeremia 1:4-5) Aku memilih engkau dari semula sebelum Aku menciptakan segalanya … (Ef. 1:11-12) Engkau ada bukan karena suatu kesalahan, karena hari-harimu ada tertulis dalam kitab-Ku … (Maz. 139:15-16) Aku telah menentukan waktu yang tepat untuk kelahiran dan di mana engkau akan hidup… (Kis. 17:26) Kejadianmu dahsyat dan ajaib … (Maz 139:14)

Karena Aku menenun engkau dalam kandungan ibumu … (Maz. 139:13) Dan mengeluarkan engkau pada hari engkau dilahirkan … (Maz. 71:6) Seringkali Aku tidak dipahami oleh mereka yang tidak mengenal Aku … (Yoh. 8:41-44) Aku tidak berada di tempat jauh dan murka, tetapi Aku adalah kasih yang sempurna … (1 Yoh. 4:16) Dan adalah kerinduan-Ku untuk mengaruniakan Kasih-Ku untukmu… (1 Yoh. 3:1) Semua itu karena engkau adalah anak-Ku dan Aku adalah Bapamu … (1 Yoh. 3:1) Aku memberikan lebih dari yang dapat diberikan bapamu yang di dunia … (Mat. 7:11) Karena Akulah Bapamu di Surga yang adalah sempurna … (Mat. 5:48) Setiap pemberian yang baik dan setiap anugerah yang sempurna engkau terima dari tangan-Ku… (Yak. 1:17) Karena Akulah pemeliharamu dan Aku memberi semua yang engkau perlukan … (Mat. 6:31-33) Rancangan-Ku yang diberikan kepadamu adalah hari depan yang penuh harapan

… (Yer. 29:11) Karena Aku mengasihi engkau dengan Kasih yang kekal… (Yer. 31:3) Pikiran-Ku terhadap engkau tidak terhitung seperti pasir di tepi pantai…

(Maz. 139:17-18) Dan Aku bergirang karena engkau dengan sukacita dan sorak-sorai

… (Zef. 3:17) Aku tidak pernah berhenti berbuat baik kepadamu … (Yer. 32:40) Karena engkaulah harta kesayangan-Ku … (Kel. 19:5) Aku merindukan untuk mengokohkan engkau dengan segenap hati-Ku dan jiwa-Ku … (Yer. 32:41) Aku akan menunjukkan kepadamu hal-hal yang besar dan yang ajaib … (Yer. 33:3) Jika engkau mencari Aku dengan segenap hatimu, engkau akan menemukan Aku … (Ul. 4:29) Bergembiralah karena Aku, maka Aku akan memberikan kepadamu apa yang diinginkan hatimu

… (Maz. 37:4) Karena Akulah yang mengerjakan di dalammu kemauan itu … (Fil. 2:13) Aku dapat melakukan jauh lebih banyak dari pada yang engkau pikirkan … (Ef. 3:20) Karena Akulah yang menganugrahkan penghiburan abadi kepadamu … (2 Tes. 2:16-17) Akulah juga Bapa yang menghiburmu dalam segala penderitaanmu… (2 Kor. 1:3-4) Ketika engkau patah hati, Aku berada dekat kepadamu … (Maz. 34:19) Seperti seorang gembala menggembalakan dombanya, Aku membawa engkau dekat ke hati-Ku

… (Yes. 40:11) Suatu hari Aku akan menghapus semua air mata dari matamu … (Wah. 21:3-4) Dan Aku akan mengangkat semua kesusahan yang engkau derita di atas bumi … (Wah. 21:3-4) Akulah Bapamu, dan Aku mengasihi engkau seperti Aku mengasihi

putra-Ku, Yesus … (Yoh. 17:23) Karena di dalam Yesus, Kasih-Ku kepadamu dinyatakan … (Yoh. 17:26) Dialah gambar wujud dari keberadaan-Ku … (Ibrani 1:3) Ia datang untuk menyatakan bahwa Aku dipihakmu, dan bukan untuk melawanmu … (Roma 8:31)

Dan untuk memberitahumu bahwa aku tidak memperhitungkan pelanggaranmu

… (2 Kor. 5:18-19) Yesus mati supaya engkau dan Aku dapat diperdamaikan

… (2 Kor. 5:18-19) Kematian-Nya adalah pernyataan terbesar dari kasihKu untukmu… (1 Yoh. 4:10) Aku menyerahkan semua yang Aku sayangi supaya Aku mendapat kasihmu

… (Roma 8:31-32) Jika engkau menerima anugrah Anak-Ku Yesus, engkau juga menerima Aku … (1 Yoh. 2:23) Dan tidak lagi ada yang akan memisahkan engkau dari kasih-Ku … (Roma 8:38-39) Kembalilah dan Aku akan mengadakan pesta terbesar yang pernah ada di Surga … (Lukas 15:7) Selamanya Aku adalah Bapa, dan selamanya Aku tetaplah Bapa … (Ef. 3:14-15) PertanyaanKu adalah…..Maukah engkau menjadi Anak-ku? … (Yoh. 1:12-13) Aku menanti-nantikan engkau… (Luk. 15:11-32)

Kasih-Ku untukmu, Bapamu,

Allah yang MahaKu

Remedy for Depression..

Today’s Prayer
Dear God, I present to you my body as a living sacrifice unto You. Please help me to be holy and acceptable, which is my reasonable service (as Your Word exhorts in Romans 12:1). Guide and direct me, protect me from harm and evil, and shine through my life to influence the world around me for You. May You be glorified and may the lost be pointed to Jesus through the testimony of my life. Please keep me pure and forgive me, dear God, of my sins and failures so that I might start afresh, again today. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.

“To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness” (Isa 61:2-3 NKJV).

A 1988 article in Psychology Today reported on an experiment involving 1700 women under stress. The women participated in various projects that involved helping other people. Within 30 days, 85 percent of the women reported that they had been relieved of stress symptoms that included “stress-related disorders such as headaches, voice loss and even pain accompanying lupus and multiple sclerosis.”*

I suspect many people could save thousands of dollars on therapy and antidepressants if they would just take time to serve others. The best way to get beyond our pain is to get outside of it. I discovered this in my own journey through a particular dark time. I decided to serve others even though I was in great emotional pain. This had a remarkable positive effect on my emotional state.

When we refocus our attention on the needs of others when we ourselves are in turmoil, it allows the burden of our circumstance to be removed from us. The more one focuses on their own problem the more likely you are to become depressed.

Isaiah understood a principle that is still valid today. If you find yourself depressed because of a circumstance in your life, take Isaiah’s advice-begin to praise the Lord in spite of the circumstances you see. Then you will see the spirit of heaviness begin to be lifted.

Desert Training..

“O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Ps. 63:1).

The desert holds a special place in God’s Word. The Scriptures portray the desert as a place of inspiration and exaltation – a place where people met God in a powerful new way. King David wrote the 63rd Psalm while in exile in the Desert of Judah. He was hiding from his son Absalom, who wanted to replace him as king of Israel.

For Joseph, a deep pit in the desert was the first stop on a 13-year journey through desolation and despair. That 13-year desert experience served to break Joseph’s self-will and self-confidence. It taught him that he could not control anything and that he needed to rely on God to manage the events in his life. Joseph’s desert trial prepared him by scorching the youthful pride and arrogance out of his young life so that when he was 30 years old he could rule Egypt at Pharaoh’s side in a spirit of humility and servant-hood.

Before becoming king of Israel, David was a shepherd. Part of his training for leadership involved hand-to-claw combat with the beasts of the wilderness, including the lion and the bear. Elijah learned the principles of spiritual leadership while in the wilderness of Gilead. And Jesus was tempted and tested for 40 days in the desert before He began to preach.

Perhaps God has given you a dream, but now it seems that your dream has withered and died under the scorching desert sun. It seems that God has gone away and is not listening to your prayers. But I want you to know that that your dream still lives. God is with you, even if you can’t see Him, hear Him or sense His presence. He is preparing you in the desert.

Being Led by God..

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts” (Isaiah 58:8,9).

How do you know what thoughts are your thoughts versus God’s thoughts? One of the great paradoxes of walking with God is discerning the difference between a “natural idea” versus a “God-idea.” One of my mentors challenged me one day to make sure that my ideas and the actions I take are directed by God and not from my own reasoning. But being in a marketing profession, there is a constant rub between the “natural” and the “spiritual.”

There are three places from which a thought or idea originate: 1) Our natural man, 2) Satan, and 3) The Holy Spirit. There are a few ways to discern from which place a thought is coming. If a thought comes into your mind that you know you would never have thought of, and it might be something you would not normally consider doing. This is likely God speaking.

I once participated in a conference when an offering was being taken to make up for a poorly organized event that left the organizers very short on funds. It was clearly a case of poor management. Nevertheless, I prayed. I assumed I would give a token gift. However, the figure that suddenly came into my mind was $1,000. I argued with God and struggled with my attitude. I thought He must have two zeros out of place! But I obeyed – as I knew that was not my idea.

In order to be obedient, we must not make advance decisions about a particular matter. Each of our decisions must be submitted to the Lord for His counsel to us, not just based on our reasoning.

In Christ Alone — Song

In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this Solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm

What heights of love, what depth of peace
When fears are stilled, when striving cease
My comforter,my all in all
Here in the love of Christ i stand

In Christ alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save

’til on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ i leve

There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in Glorious day
Up from the grave he rose again

And as we stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost, its grip on me
For i am His, and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ

No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry, to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny

No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
’til He returns or calls me home
Here in the power of Christ i’ll stand

Wanna hear the song??
Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsgwfliQoqg 

That all what Jesus did 4 me..

& 4 u 2..