When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I'm not shouting "I'm clean livin'."
I'm whispering "I was lost,
Now I'm found and forgiven."
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble
and need Christ to be my guide.
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak
And need His strength to carry on.
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed
And need God to clean my mess.
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible
But, God believes I am worth it.
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I still feel the sting of pain.
I have my share of heartaches
So I call upon His name.
When I say ... "I am a Christian"
I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner
Who received God's good grace, somehow.
- Maya Angelou
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You know someone's changed when you don't spend that much quality time together anymore
Limitations
A small message I want to pass on to you guys. If you seriously can't stand the anger, at least try not to express it in social media networks. The impact of it can be very serious.
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations
Deuteronomy 7:6-9
People change for many reasons. I think mine would be towards self development, beautifying the inner me, and to prepare myself for the awesome future that's ahead of me.
-Femme LHS-
A story worth reading!
Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
P.S. I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.
By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.
So, do you have faith?
Even in my weakness I can still gain strength.
Not of my own, but of God's, cause He is my Only Strength!
-Femme LHS-
Sunday Service Sermon
Passover talks about salvation.
Philippians 3:10-11
We have the rights to be saved! Mengambil kuasa kebangkitan untuk kita menjadi kemenangan.
Galatians 2:20
We must be able and be willing to pay the price. To be like Jesus.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Philippians 2:5-8
If we are close to God, we know what is God like, what kind of things He like. We have to synchronize our thought and feelings with God's thoughts and feelings.
27 For he hath put all things under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15:20
9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. 10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. 13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. 14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mark 16:9-18
Believe and have faith upon the victory God has given to us!
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Good Friday Sermon
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? 47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.
Matthew 27:45-47
21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2 Corinthians 5:21
Jesus was crucified not because He sinned, but He was crucified because He replaced us and paid for our sins. Jesus went through all the bad things that human has ever thought of and even those that human has never thought of, worst of it all, to show that we are going through is nothing! We all can go through it because we are with God and that our strength comes from Him. Therefore, never think that your problem is the hardest problem on earth! Keep believing in our Father God, cause even Jesus did.
The Living Word
"Salib adalah pintu masuk Kerajaan Sorga, jika orang tidak mengerti arti salib sebenarnya bisa jadi ia belum masuk Kerajaan Sorga."
What is your opinion on understanding the Gospel wholly?
I would have to say that understanding the Gospel wholly isn't an easy thing to do. In order to understand it, we first need to get rid of the trash in our minds first because the Gospel simply can't be combined or be put in the same place with rubbish. And as human, whether we admit or not, we tend to keep those rubbish instead of getting rid of it. Nevertheless, I am sure that if we open our heart to the changes that God has plan for us, we will be able to understand the Gospel wholly. And moreover, no matter what the Gospel says, we will not be troubled by it. It takes to understand the works of God, but the time that we have put to try to understand it is totally worth it.
Does believing in the Gospel make your life more successful?
YES! OF COURSE! It is obviously not an instant success, but in time we will get there. And maybe it doesn't start with the increase of wealth we get, but I believe that it can also mean being successful in being happy everyday, being healthy, being generous, being Christ-like.
Message in the morning~
My dad posted this on our family group on BlackBerry Messenger:
Disebuah desa yang subur, hiduplah dua lelaki yang bersaudara. Sang kakak telah bersaudara dengan dua orang anak, sedangkan si adik masih lajang. Mereka menggarap satu lahan berdua dan ketika panen, hasilnya mereka bagi sama rata. Disuatu malam setelah panen, si adik duduk sendiri dan berfikir, "pembagian ini sungguh tidak adil, seharusnya kakakku lah yang mendapat bagian lebih banyak karena dia hidup dengan istri dan kedua anaknya." Maka dimalam yang sunyi itu diam-diam dia menggotong satu karung padi milknya dan meletakkanya dilumbung padi milik kakaknya. Ditempat yang lain, sang kakak juga sedang berfikir, "pembagian ini adil jika adikku mendapat bagian yang lebih banyak, karena ia hidup sendiri, jika terjadi apa-apa dengannya tak ada yang mengurus, sedangkan aku ada anak dan istri yang merawatku." Maka sang kakakpun bergegas mengambil satu karungdari lumbungnya dan mengantarkan dengan diam-diam ke lumbung milik sang adik. Kejadian ini terjadi bertahun-tahun. Dalam benak mereka ada tanda tanya, kenapa lumbung padi mereka seperti tak berkurang meski telah dikurangi setiap kali panen? Hingga disuatu malam yang lengang setelah panen, mereka berdua menggotong satu karung padi. Tanda tanya dalam benak mereka terjawab sudah, seketika mereka saling berpelukan erat, mereka sungguh terharu menyadari betapa mereka saling menyayangi.This is how sisterhood or brotherhood should be. Wealth shouldn't be a trigger to your feud. God has given love to the heart of those who are willing to think about their brothers and sisters. And God will not let us be in need if we fulfill the needs of others.
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