Shalom dalam kasih Tuhan Yesus! Kasih karunia dan damai sejahtera dari Allah, Bapa kita dan dari Tuhan Yesus Kristus menyertai kamu.
Bertemu kita sekali lagi dalam sharing saya kali ini. Saya mau mengajar setiap kita yang membaca sharing ini dan juga pada setiap saudara yang mengunjungi laman web ini untuk menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan serta segala mujizat yang telah dilakukan oleh Tuhan dalam hidup mu dan melalui dirimu. We got to understand one thing, God performs miracles in our life’s so that we can testify and be a witness of His goodness to others that they who do not know Jesus... and those who have not experience Him as well as those who are not strong in faith or those who wanting a miracle to happen in their life too will come to believe God strongly thru the TESTIMONY "KESAKSIAN" that we share.
One day a Pastor from Myanmar, Rev.Philip Ahone, he shared a statistic of how one person get to know Jesus. It goes like this, Pastor ini, dia menghadiri satu perjumpaan pastor pastor Asian countries dan dia mewakili negara Myanmar, Jadi dalam meeting ada satu Pastor yang waktu itu sedang preaching tanyakan satu soalan. Soalannya adalah, Siapakah disini mengenal Yesus melalui hamba Tuhan (pastor ke, evangelist ke dll)? and you know out of 6000 people there only 50 people raise their hands. Then dia tanya soalan yang kedua, Siapakah disini mengenal Yesus melalui rakan rakan, well the balance 5950 peoples raised their hands. Kenapa ia boleh terjadi macam itu? Kerana disaat kita menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan pada orang yg tidak percaya.... orang itu pasti akan mula mempercayai Tuhan Yesus serta akan mula membuka hatinya utk menerima Yesus,,...ada AMEN?
Kesaksian kita adalah Penting! Kenapa saya mengatakan bahawa kesaksian kita adalah penting? Kerana seperti yang saya katakan tadi, we are the witnesses of His miracle and goodness! Dan bila kita menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan pada seseorang yang imannya lemah ataupun pada orang yang tidak percaya, Tuhan sendiri akan meneguhkan kesaksiaan kita. Seperti di Ibrani 2:4 Allah meneguhkan kesaksian mereka oleh tanda-tanda dan mujizat-mujizat dan oleh berbagai-bagai penyataan kekuasaan dan karena Roh Kudus, yang dibagi-bagikan-Nya menurut kehendak-Nya. Tuhan meneguhkan kesaksian kita oleh tanda-tanda dan mujizat - mujizat AMEN! jikalau kita berani utk menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan pada sesiapapun, tanda - tanda dan mujizat - mujizat yg dinyatakan dalam Ibrani 2:4 itu adalah, Tuhan akan mula bekerja dalam kehidupan seeorang itu yang mendengar kesaksian kita. AMEN? Tuhan tidak menjadi besar atau berkuasa melalui kesaksian kita! Jangan berfikir "oh oleh kerana saya menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan, jadi
Tuhan menjadi besar!" Ini salah saudara ku yang saya kasihi dalam Kristus. Sebenarnya disebabkan Tuhan itu Mahakuasa bahkan lebih besar daripada apa yang kita fikirkan, oleh kerana itu Dia dapat lakukan segala perbuatan yang ajaib yang langsung tidak masuk akal. Firman Tuhan dalam Matius 19:26 Yesus memandang mereka dan berkata: "Bagi manusia hal ini tidak mungkin, tetapi bagi Allah segala sesuatu mungkin." Bagi manusia, segala sesuatu itu mustahil, tetapi bagi Tuhan segala sesuatu itu mustahil, dan Dia dapat lakukan apa apa yang Dia mahu lakukan... kerana firman Tuhan dalam Lukas 1:37 Sebab bagi Allah tidak ada yang mustahil." AMEN!
Tuhan melakukan mujizat dan perkara – perkara yang ajaib dalam diri kita so that we would give testimony to other based on what God has done in our life so that those who unbelief will believe, and those who are weak shall become strong in faith! Seperti yang tertulis dalam 2 Tesalonika 1:10 apabila Ia datang pada hari itu untuk dimuliakan di antara orang-orang kudus-Nya dan untuk dikagumi oleh semua orang yang percaya, sebab kesaksian yang kami bawa kepadamu telah kamu percayai. Oleh kerana kesaksian kita ada juga orang akan menerima Yesus, hidupnya akan berubah dan yang lemah imannya akan menjadi kuat dan terus membuka hati supaya Yesus boleh memulakan satu pekerjaan yang baru dalam hidup seseorang itu.
Dalam Kisah Para Rasul 20:24 rasul Paulus mengatakan “ Tetapi aku tidak menghiraukan nyawaku sedikitpun, asal saja aku dapat mencapai garis akhir dan menyelesaikan pelayanan yang ditugaskan oleh Tuhan Yesus kepadaku untuk memberi kesaksian tentang Injil kasih karunia Allah.” Tugas kita sebagai seorang Kristen, orang yang percaya pada Yesus, haruslah seperti yang dikatakan oleh rasul Paulus, iaitu “... untuk memberi kesaksian tentang Injil kasih karunia Allah.” Amen!
Orang yang hidupnya senantiasa dalam Tuhan, yang senantiasa berjalan dengan Tuhan, melakukan segala sesuatu yang difirmankan oleh Tuhan, pasti akan ada kesaksian tentang bagaimana Tuhan bekerja melalui seseorang itu. Amen! Pasti dia akan mengalami mujizat dan juga melihat kebaikan Tuhan dalam hidupnya.
Saya mengakhiri sharing saya pada kali ini dengan firman Tuhan dari 3 Yohanes 1:6 Mereka telah memberi kesaksian di hadapan jemaat tentang kasihmu. Baik benar perbuatanmu, jikalau engkau menolong mereka dalam perjalanan mereka, dengan suatu cara yang berkenan kepada Allah. Jikalau kita menyaksikan kebaikan Tuhan pada orang lain, meraka akan memberitahu tentang kesaksian kita pada orang lain juga, something like spreading the word. Well it would be something like a hot topic to be discuss when some friends gather together and they will talk about what God has done is our life. Amen.
Saya berdoa bagi setiap yang membaca, agar Tuhan akan melakukan perkara – perkara yang luarbiasa dan ajaib dalam hidup kamu supaya kita boleh bergiat dalam member kesaksian kita pada setiap orang, tak kira bangsa dan agama! Amen! Dalam Nama Yesus, diberkatilah kalian yang membaca sharing saya kali ini. God Bless You and Have a nice day!
In Christ,
+_-= ShErKaRL =-_+
*** Total surrender + Total Brokenness = Total Victory.
Surrender to God totally and let God to break you and you will result in victory!
As Jesus gave thanks and broke the bread, it is in the breaking of the bread that brings forth multiplication and miracles!***
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Bertenang dan Tetap Berdoa!
Shalom dalam nama Tuhan Yesus. Kasih karunia dan damai sejahtera dari Allah, Bapa kita dan dari Tuhan Yesus Kristus menyertai kamu.
Sudah sekian lama saya tidak begitu aktif dalam blogging. Jadi sekarang saya mau pastikan akan mulanya satu permulaan yang baru dalam saya blogging ini. Semuanya tahu bahawa ini adalah tahun kebangkitan " a year of revival" seperti yang tertulis dalam "Mazmur 119:107b ... hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu." ataupun bangkitkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu..... Revival will not take place in our country, unless we are revived! Unless have experienced the revival touch of God, Amen! Ok so this is not what I want to share here today... Saya akan sharing tentang ini di blogging yang lain.
Well, what i am about to share is about prayer! I know most of us know how to pray and what to pray. But do we really know what we are praying? Does our prayer bears fruit? I'm talking abt personal prayer life, doa pribadi kita.
Doa pribadi adalah penting bagi kita sebagai pengikut Kristus. Mengapa saya mengatakan ia PENTING? Kerana hanya melalui Doa pribadi kita, Tuhan memperbaharui kita dan memberikan kita kekuatan yang baru supaya kita dapat mengatasi dan juga melawan segala pekejaan iblis. dalam pada itu Tuhan juga mencurahkan kuasa Roh Kudus-Nya pada kita.
Kenapa harus ada Kuasa Roh Kudus? Di Markus 1:35 “Keesokan harinya, waktu masih subuh, Yesus bangun lalu meninggalkan rumah. Ia pergi ke tempat yang sunyi di luar kota, dan berdoa di sana.” Kenapa Yesus harus ke tempat yang sunyi untuk berdoa? Kerana Dia dapat berdoa tanpa ada apa apa gangguan serta Tuhan, Bapa kita, dapat menjamah Yesus serta memperbaharui-Nya untuk terus melakukan mujizat yang luarbiasa.
Kalau kita teruskan membaca di Injil Markus 1:35 ke atas, kita dapat melihat, bahawa pengikut Yesus, mencari cari Yesus. Lalu Yesus berkata dalam ayat ke 38 “Jawab-Nya: "Marilah kita pergi ke tempat lain, ke kota-kota yang berdekatan, supaya di sana juga Aku memberitakan Injil, karena untuk itu Aku telah datang." Dan kita dapat melihat di ayat ayat yang seterusnya dalam Injil Markus ini, Yesus melakukan perkara yang dahsyat dan luarbiasa, kerana Dia telah dijamah oleh Tuhan terlebih dahulu.
For us to pray, 1st we must settle down everything that might hinder us from getting into prayer. Kita harus menjauhkan diri kita dari segala kekacauan, yang mungkin akan menarik perhatiaan kita daripada berdoa. The best way is masuk kedalam bilik kita dan berdoa. Dalam Matius 6:6 Yesus mengatakan “Tetapi jika engkau berdoa, masuklah ke dalam kamarmu, tutuplah pintu dan berdoalah kepada Bapamu yang ada di tempat tersembunyi. Maka Bapamu yang melihat yang tersembunyi akan membalasnya kepadamu.” Amen!.
Kita juga harus bertenang supaya kita boleh focus pada Yesus tanpa apa apa halangan dan gangguan, dan boleh berdoa. Seperti tertulis dalam 1 Petrus 4:7 “Kesudahan segala sesuatu sudah dekat. Karena itu kuasailah dirimu dan jadilah tenang, supaya kamu dapat berdoa.” Apabila kita berdoa, bermaksud 2 way of communication, ada juga setengah ajaran Kristen yang menyesatkan. Mereka mengatakan bahawa prayer is only 1 way communication. AWAS, jangan tertipu! Actually prayer is a 2 way communication as written in Jeremiah 33:3 “Berserulah kepada-Ku, maka Aku akan menjawab engkau dan akan memberitahukan kepadamu hal-hal yang besar dan yang tidak terpahami, yakni hal-hal yang tidak kauketahui.” Di saat kita berseru pada Tuhan, itulah saat kita berdoa dan berkomunikasi dengan Tuhan. Tidak semestinya kita berdoa... doa... dan doa dan tetapi tidak mendengar apa yang Tuhan mau berbicara. Kita harus mengizinkan Tuhan juga berbicara pada kita.
Doa yang penuh percaya akan menghasilkan buah. Amen! Dalam Markus 11:24 “Karena itu Aku berkata kepadamu: apa saja yang kamu minta dan doakan, percayalah bahwa kamu telah menerimanya, maka hal itu akan diberikan kepadamu.” Apakah itu doa yang penuh kepercayaan? Well it simply means whenever we pray or in preparation to pray, bagi mereka yang boleh berbahasa Roh, mulakan doa dengan berbahasa Roh, dan izinkan Roh Kudus untuk tunjukkan pada kita perkara perkara yang harus kita doakan, biarpun perkara perkara mengenai hidup kita ataupun selainnya. And dari situ kita gunakan Firman Tuhan dan janji janji Tuhan dalam doa kita. We confess the Word of God for a particular need in your life or for the situation as we pray! Dan itulah namanya doa penuh dengan kepercayaan. And i believe the prayer we pray will surely bear fruit! Amen!
Amen saudaraku! Sampai di sini sahaja sharing kali ini. May be in future i will try something like webcast thing! Praise God for the technology. I’m currently running tests on it, but still haven’t expert it, so please do bear with me. I hope you have been blessed thru this short sharing. God Bless You and have a wonderful day!
In Christ,
+_-= ShErKaRL =-_+
Sudah sekian lama saya tidak begitu aktif dalam blogging. Jadi sekarang saya mau pastikan akan mulanya satu permulaan yang baru dalam saya blogging ini. Semuanya tahu bahawa ini adalah tahun kebangkitan " a year of revival" seperti yang tertulis dalam "Mazmur 119:107b ... hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu." ataupun bangkitkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu..... Revival will not take place in our country, unless we are revived! Unless have experienced the revival touch of God, Amen! Ok so this is not what I want to share here today... Saya akan sharing tentang ini di blogging yang lain.
Well, what i am about to share is about prayer! I know most of us know how to pray and what to pray. But do we really know what we are praying? Does our prayer bears fruit? I'm talking abt personal prayer life, doa pribadi kita.
Doa pribadi adalah penting bagi kita sebagai pengikut Kristus. Mengapa saya mengatakan ia PENTING? Kerana hanya melalui Doa pribadi kita, Tuhan memperbaharui kita dan memberikan kita kekuatan yang baru supaya kita dapat mengatasi dan juga melawan segala pekejaan iblis. dalam pada itu Tuhan juga mencurahkan kuasa Roh Kudus-Nya pada kita.
Kenapa harus ada Kuasa Roh Kudus? Di Markus 1:35 “Keesokan harinya, waktu masih subuh, Yesus bangun lalu meninggalkan rumah. Ia pergi ke tempat yang sunyi di luar kota, dan berdoa di sana.” Kenapa Yesus harus ke tempat yang sunyi untuk berdoa? Kerana Dia dapat berdoa tanpa ada apa apa gangguan serta Tuhan, Bapa kita, dapat menjamah Yesus serta memperbaharui-Nya untuk terus melakukan mujizat yang luarbiasa.
Kalau kita teruskan membaca di Injil Markus 1:35 ke atas, kita dapat melihat, bahawa pengikut Yesus, mencari cari Yesus. Lalu Yesus berkata dalam ayat ke 38 “Jawab-Nya: "Marilah kita pergi ke tempat lain, ke kota-kota yang berdekatan, supaya di sana juga Aku memberitakan Injil, karena untuk itu Aku telah datang." Dan kita dapat melihat di ayat ayat yang seterusnya dalam Injil Markus ini, Yesus melakukan perkara yang dahsyat dan luarbiasa, kerana Dia telah dijamah oleh Tuhan terlebih dahulu.
For us to pray, 1st we must settle down everything that might hinder us from getting into prayer. Kita harus menjauhkan diri kita dari segala kekacauan, yang mungkin akan menarik perhatiaan kita daripada berdoa. The best way is masuk kedalam bilik kita dan berdoa. Dalam Matius 6:6 Yesus mengatakan “Tetapi jika engkau berdoa, masuklah ke dalam kamarmu, tutuplah pintu dan berdoalah kepada Bapamu yang ada di tempat tersembunyi. Maka Bapamu yang melihat yang tersembunyi akan membalasnya kepadamu.” Amen!.
Kita juga harus bertenang supaya kita boleh focus pada Yesus tanpa apa apa halangan dan gangguan, dan boleh berdoa. Seperti tertulis dalam 1 Petrus 4:7 “Kesudahan segala sesuatu sudah dekat. Karena itu kuasailah dirimu dan jadilah tenang, supaya kamu dapat berdoa.” Apabila kita berdoa, bermaksud 2 way of communication, ada juga setengah ajaran Kristen yang menyesatkan. Mereka mengatakan bahawa prayer is only 1 way communication. AWAS, jangan tertipu! Actually prayer is a 2 way communication as written in Jeremiah 33:3 “Berserulah kepada-Ku, maka Aku akan menjawab engkau dan akan memberitahukan kepadamu hal-hal yang besar dan yang tidak terpahami, yakni hal-hal yang tidak kauketahui.” Di saat kita berseru pada Tuhan, itulah saat kita berdoa dan berkomunikasi dengan Tuhan. Tidak semestinya kita berdoa... doa... dan doa dan tetapi tidak mendengar apa yang Tuhan mau berbicara. Kita harus mengizinkan Tuhan juga berbicara pada kita.
Doa yang penuh percaya akan menghasilkan buah. Amen! Dalam Markus 11:24 “Karena itu Aku berkata kepadamu: apa saja yang kamu minta dan doakan, percayalah bahwa kamu telah menerimanya, maka hal itu akan diberikan kepadamu.” Apakah itu doa yang penuh kepercayaan? Well it simply means whenever we pray or in preparation to pray, bagi mereka yang boleh berbahasa Roh, mulakan doa dengan berbahasa Roh, dan izinkan Roh Kudus untuk tunjukkan pada kita perkara perkara yang harus kita doakan, biarpun perkara perkara mengenai hidup kita ataupun selainnya. And dari situ kita gunakan Firman Tuhan dan janji janji Tuhan dalam doa kita. We confess the Word of God for a particular need in your life or for the situation as we pray! Dan itulah namanya doa penuh dengan kepercayaan. And i believe the prayer we pray will surely bear fruit! Amen!
Amen saudaraku! Sampai di sini sahaja sharing kali ini. May be in future i will try something like webcast thing! Praise God for the technology. I’m currently running tests on it, but still haven’t expert it, so please do bear with me. I hope you have been blessed thru this short sharing. God Bless You and have a wonderful day!
In Christ,
+_-= ShErKaRL =-_+
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Akulah pokok anggur
Akulah pokok anggur (Yohanes 15:1-17)
Yesus mengakatakan bahawa “Akulah pokok anggur” maksudnya sumber kehidupan kita, tempat kita berharap. (Illustrasi pokok mengambil air dari tanah dan salurkan pada dahan dahan serta ranting ranting pokok). Bapa-Kulah pengusahanya – yg menjaga kita, mencantas dahan2 yg tidak berbuah…contoh illustrasi seorang pekebun.
Ayat 2 menunjukkan bahawa Bapa kita yg memotong setiap dahan dan ranting yg tidak menghasilkan buah dan juga membersihkan dahan2 dan ranting2 yg berbuah supaya ia berbuah lebih banyak. Bermaksud, Kehidupan seharian kita dalam mengikuti Yesus..adakah kita berhasil ataupun berbuah dalam Kristus? Di saat kita berjalan mengikut Yesus, dan tidak menyimpang dari kebenaran ini dan pulang kembali ke jalan asal kita, bermakna Bapa kita di surga akan terus memastikan bahawa kita berjalan dalam terangNya senantiasa. Dan apabila kita berhasil dalam kristus, process permbersihan yg dimaksudkan ialah, Tuhan akan mula melakukan pekerjaan yg baru dalam hidup kita. Contohnya seperti sawah padi, apabila padi telah dituai, para petani membakar padi2 yg lama dan mula membajak sawah padi itu kembali…knp? Utk mulakan pekerjaan baru, iaitu menabur benih padi yg baru Amen? Begitu juga dgn Tuhan, apabila kita berhasil dalam Tuhan, Tuhan akan membersihkan kita… mula memenuhi kita dgn kuasa Roh Kudus dan juga dgn kebenaran FirmanNya, supaya kita dapat menghadapi cabaran2 serta tantangan yg baru!.
Ps.Sunil selalu berkata, kita boleh menilai seseorang Kristen itu sama ada dia berbuah atau tidak… berbuah disini bermaksud, bergiat melakukan pekerjaan Kristus iaitu menjangkau jiwa jiwa bagi memenuhi kerajaan Tuhan. Ada satu ungkapan mengatakan, “hancurkan neraka dan penuhkan surga…”
Tuhan mahu memberkati kita tetapi berkat itu tidak akan datang begitu saja tanpa pengorbanan… contoh apabila membeli barang….huraikan..
Sanggupkah kita sbg Kristen..mahu terus taat dan setia serta melakukan apa yg diperintahkan Tuhan? Matius 6:33 mengatakan bahawa...itulah pengorbanan kita...
Yesus pokok dan kitalah carangnya, apabila kita tinggal didalamnya, melakukan setiap yg diperintahkanNya dan mengutamakan apa yg tertulis dalam Matius 6:33, pasti kita akan berbuah.
Mazmur 1:3 Ia seperti pohon, yang ditanam di tepi aliran air, yang menghasilkan buahnya pada musimnya, dan yang tidak layu daunnya; apa saja yang diperbuatnya berhasil. Kita tdk akan menjadi seperti pohon ini, jikalau kita tidak berjalan bersama Tuhan ataupun tinggal didalamNya. Matius 21:18-22 menceritakan ttg satu pohon ara. Jgn jadi seperti pohon ara ini..ia diibaratkan spt seorang kristen yg diluarannya nampak bagus saja, tetapi didalamnya rohnya mati... di ayat 19 Tuhan berfirman pohon ara itu daunnya lebat tetapi tiada buah...knp? kerana seseorang yg itu tidak tinggal dalam Yesus, tidak mengikut perintahNya, tidak taat dan setia padaNya tidak saja mendengar, bahkan tidak melakukan apa yg telah diamanatkan olehNya. Banyak orang pada mulanya menerima Yesus dan bersungguh sungguh melakukan pekerjaan Yesus, tetapi lama kelamaan... terus pudar... Banyak yg dipanggil, tetapi hannya sedikit yg dipilih...kenapa? Kerana di Yohanes 15:2 dan 6 ada dinyatakan bahawa Bapa yg memilih kita dan bukannya kita yg memilih Dia, terpulanglah pada Tuhan sama ada utk memotong dahan yg tidak berbuah ataupun biarkannya... tujuan Bapa kita disurga bagi hidup kita adalah untuk terus berbuah dalamNya... Amen! Yohanes 15:11 Tuhan berfirman, ’supaya sukacitaKu menjadi sempurna.’
Yesus mengakatakan bahawa “Akulah pokok anggur” maksudnya sumber kehidupan kita, tempat kita berharap. (Illustrasi pokok mengambil air dari tanah dan salurkan pada dahan dahan serta ranting ranting pokok). Bapa-Kulah pengusahanya – yg menjaga kita, mencantas dahan2 yg tidak berbuah…contoh illustrasi seorang pekebun.
Ayat 2 menunjukkan bahawa Bapa kita yg memotong setiap dahan dan ranting yg tidak menghasilkan buah dan juga membersihkan dahan2 dan ranting2 yg berbuah supaya ia berbuah lebih banyak. Bermaksud, Kehidupan seharian kita dalam mengikuti Yesus..adakah kita berhasil ataupun berbuah dalam Kristus? Di saat kita berjalan mengikut Yesus, dan tidak menyimpang dari kebenaran ini dan pulang kembali ke jalan asal kita, bermakna Bapa kita di surga akan terus memastikan bahawa kita berjalan dalam terangNya senantiasa. Dan apabila kita berhasil dalam kristus, process permbersihan yg dimaksudkan ialah, Tuhan akan mula melakukan pekerjaan yg baru dalam hidup kita. Contohnya seperti sawah padi, apabila padi telah dituai, para petani membakar padi2 yg lama dan mula membajak sawah padi itu kembali…knp? Utk mulakan pekerjaan baru, iaitu menabur benih padi yg baru Amen? Begitu juga dgn Tuhan, apabila kita berhasil dalam Tuhan, Tuhan akan membersihkan kita… mula memenuhi kita dgn kuasa Roh Kudus dan juga dgn kebenaran FirmanNya, supaya kita dapat menghadapi cabaran2 serta tantangan yg baru!.
Ps.Sunil selalu berkata, kita boleh menilai seseorang Kristen itu sama ada dia berbuah atau tidak… berbuah disini bermaksud, bergiat melakukan pekerjaan Kristus iaitu menjangkau jiwa jiwa bagi memenuhi kerajaan Tuhan. Ada satu ungkapan mengatakan, “hancurkan neraka dan penuhkan surga…”
Tuhan mahu memberkati kita tetapi berkat itu tidak akan datang begitu saja tanpa pengorbanan… contoh apabila membeli barang….huraikan..
Sanggupkah kita sbg Kristen..mahu terus taat dan setia serta melakukan apa yg diperintahkan Tuhan? Matius 6:33 mengatakan bahawa...itulah pengorbanan kita...
Yesus pokok dan kitalah carangnya, apabila kita tinggal didalamnya, melakukan setiap yg diperintahkanNya dan mengutamakan apa yg tertulis dalam Matius 6:33, pasti kita akan berbuah.
Mazmur 1:3 Ia seperti pohon, yang ditanam di tepi aliran air, yang menghasilkan buahnya pada musimnya, dan yang tidak layu daunnya; apa saja yang diperbuatnya berhasil. Kita tdk akan menjadi seperti pohon ini, jikalau kita tidak berjalan bersama Tuhan ataupun tinggal didalamNya. Matius 21:18-22 menceritakan ttg satu pohon ara. Jgn jadi seperti pohon ara ini..ia diibaratkan spt seorang kristen yg diluarannya nampak bagus saja, tetapi didalamnya rohnya mati... di ayat 19 Tuhan berfirman pohon ara itu daunnya lebat tetapi tiada buah...knp? kerana seseorang yg itu tidak tinggal dalam Yesus, tidak mengikut perintahNya, tidak taat dan setia padaNya tidak saja mendengar, bahkan tidak melakukan apa yg telah diamanatkan olehNya. Banyak orang pada mulanya menerima Yesus dan bersungguh sungguh melakukan pekerjaan Yesus, tetapi lama kelamaan... terus pudar... Banyak yg dipanggil, tetapi hannya sedikit yg dipilih...kenapa? Kerana di Yohanes 15:2 dan 6 ada dinyatakan bahawa Bapa yg memilih kita dan bukannya kita yg memilih Dia, terpulanglah pada Tuhan sama ada utk memotong dahan yg tidak berbuah ataupun biarkannya... tujuan Bapa kita disurga bagi hidup kita adalah untuk terus berbuah dalamNya... Amen! Yohanes 15:11 Tuhan berfirman, ’supaya sukacitaKu menjadi sempurna.’
In Christ,
+_-= ShErKaRL =-_+
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Masanya untuk perubahan
Kita tahu sekarang, bahwa Allah turut bekerja dalam segala sesuatu untuk mendatangkan kebaikan bagi mereka yang mengasihi Dia, yaitu bagi mereka yang terpanggil sesuai dengan rencana Allah. Roma 8:28
Sebab Aku ini mengetahui rancangan-rancangan apa yang ada pada-Ku mengenai kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, yaitu rancangan damai sejahtera dan bukan rancangan kecelakaan, untuk memberikan kepadamu hari depan yang penuh harapan. Yeremia 29:11
Tahun 2008 adalah tahun permulaan baru (Yesaya 43:18-19). Tahun 2009 Tuhan telah janjikan bahawa Dia akan meneguhkan segala yg telah Dia mulakan pada 2008. Dalam kita menuju ke peneguhan perjanjian dan juga pekerjaan Tuhan, tahun ini Tuhan telah janjikan bahawa akan ada suatu pembaharuan dalam kehidupan kita dari segi fizikal dan rohani, iaitu pembaharuan melalui :-
- pertumbuhan dalam mengalami proses penyegaran yg luar biasa didalam Tuhan dimana kita umat pilihan Allah dipenuhi dgn kuasa Roh kudus yg luar biasa.
- Pembaharuan dalam pembentukkan seseorang individu atau jemaat Tuhan dgn diperlengkapkan utk pekerjaan pelayanan bagi pembangunan tubuh Kristus.
- Pembaharuan dalam cara pemikiran kita, cara kita melakukan pekerjaan Tuhan dan juga pekerjaan harian kita.
Dalam process pembaharuaan ini, kita pasti akan menghadapi pelbagai jenis cabaran serta tantangan yang hebat sekali bahkan kita mungkin menyoal pada Tuhan kenapa ini semua harus terjadi? Pasti kita akan lalui musim pengujian dari Tuhan, sebab hanya daripada suatu pengujian serta cabaran, kita memperoleh wahyu yang baru tentang Tuhan dan daripada Tuhan. Wahyu ini akan memimpin dan membawa kita kepada innovasi iaitu memberikan kita pemahaman yang baru serta idea idea yang baru dimana kita boleh menggunakannya dalam pelayanan kita serta pekerjaan kita. Disaat kita melakukan pelayan serta pekerjaan kita dengan cara pemikiran yang baru serta dgn cara yang baru, dengan pimpinan Roh Kudus, innovasi ini akan membawa kita mengalami suatu pertemuan dgn Tuhan dgn cara yang luar biasa.
Yosua 3:5 mengatakan “Berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa itu: "Kuduskanlah dirimu, sebab besok TUHAN akan melakukan perbuatan yang ajaib di antara kamu." Di saat kita alami pertemuan yang luar biasa ini, Tuhan akan mentahirkan serta mengkuduskan diri kita hanya jika kita mau izinkan Tuhan bekerja dalam hidup kita. Tuhan tidak pernah memaksa sesiapapun... tetapi kita harus tahu iaitu segala sesuatu yg Tuhan kerjakan dalam hidup kita adalah utk kebaikan kita bagi mereka yang dikasihi Tuhan yg dipanggil sesuai dgn firman Tuhan.
Untuk kita menghadapi segala cabaran pada tahun ini, kita harus dan mesti menguasai dan mengatasi masa silam kita. Jangan biarkan ia menjadi penghalang bagi kita dalam prosess pembaharuan ini. Dalam Yosua 5:9, Dan berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Yosua: "Hari ini telah Kuhapuskan cela Mesir itu dari padamu." Tuhan menghapuskan cara cara kita yang lama, cara pemikiran kita yg terlalu tradisional dan Tuhan mencurahkan anggur baru pada kita kerana yang baru tidak boleh dicampurkan dgn yang lama seperti di Matius 9:16-17 Tidak seorangpun menambalkan secarik kain yang belum susut pada baju yang tua, karena jika demikian kain penambal itu akan mencabik baju itu, lalu makin besarlah koyaknya. Begitu pula anggur yang baru tidak diisikan ke dalam kantong kulit yang tua, karena jika demikian kantong itu akan koyak sehingga anggur itu terbuang dan kantong itupun hancur. Tetapi anggur yang baru disimpan orang dalam kantong yang baru pula, dan dengan demikian terpeliharalah kedua-duanya." Jangan berdoa pada Tuhan untuk membangkitkan kembali masa silam kita, tetapi doakan supaya Tuhan akan membangkitkan, memperbaharui serta menguatkan iman kita dalam menghadapi setiap cabaran serta dugaan pada tahun ini. Disaat kita bangkit menghadapi cabaran yg datang dgn pimpinan Roh kudus, kita akan mula mengalami perubahan yang Tuhan mau laksanakan dalam hidup kita, sekitar kita serta pada Gerejanya.
Kita harus fahami apakah tujuan panggilan Tuhan dalam hidup kita dan apakah kehendak Tuhan dalam panggilan ini.
Mazmur 139:23-24, Raja Daud mengatakan bahawa Selidikilah aku, ya Allah, dan kenallah hatiku, ujilah aku dan kenallah pikiran-pikiranku; lihatlah, apakah jalanku serong, dan tuntunlah aku di jalan yang kekal! Marilah kita izinkan Tuhan untuk terus menyelidiki hati kita supaya Tuhan dapa melakukan suatu pembaharuan dalam hidup kita sesuai dengan kehendakNya dan rencanaNya supaya kita akan selalu kekal berjalan dalam perjanjianNya dan dituntun oleh Roh Kudus.
In Christ,
_-= ShErKaRL =-_
Sebab Aku ini mengetahui rancangan-rancangan apa yang ada pada-Ku mengenai kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, yaitu rancangan damai sejahtera dan bukan rancangan kecelakaan, untuk memberikan kepadamu hari depan yang penuh harapan. Yeremia 29:11
Tahun 2008 adalah tahun permulaan baru (Yesaya 43:18-19). Tahun 2009 Tuhan telah janjikan bahawa Dia akan meneguhkan segala yg telah Dia mulakan pada 2008. Dalam kita menuju ke peneguhan perjanjian dan juga pekerjaan Tuhan, tahun ini Tuhan telah janjikan bahawa akan ada suatu pembaharuan dalam kehidupan kita dari segi fizikal dan rohani, iaitu pembaharuan melalui :-
- pertumbuhan dalam mengalami proses penyegaran yg luar biasa didalam Tuhan dimana kita umat pilihan Allah dipenuhi dgn kuasa Roh kudus yg luar biasa.
- Pembaharuan dalam pembentukkan seseorang individu atau jemaat Tuhan dgn diperlengkapkan utk pekerjaan pelayanan bagi pembangunan tubuh Kristus.
- Pembaharuan dalam cara pemikiran kita, cara kita melakukan pekerjaan Tuhan dan juga pekerjaan harian kita.
Dalam process pembaharuaan ini, kita pasti akan menghadapi pelbagai jenis cabaran serta tantangan yang hebat sekali bahkan kita mungkin menyoal pada Tuhan kenapa ini semua harus terjadi? Pasti kita akan lalui musim pengujian dari Tuhan, sebab hanya daripada suatu pengujian serta cabaran, kita memperoleh wahyu yang baru tentang Tuhan dan daripada Tuhan. Wahyu ini akan memimpin dan membawa kita kepada innovasi iaitu memberikan kita pemahaman yang baru serta idea idea yang baru dimana kita boleh menggunakannya dalam pelayanan kita serta pekerjaan kita. Disaat kita melakukan pelayan serta pekerjaan kita dengan cara pemikiran yang baru serta dgn cara yang baru, dengan pimpinan Roh Kudus, innovasi ini akan membawa kita mengalami suatu pertemuan dgn Tuhan dgn cara yang luar biasa.
Yosua 3:5 mengatakan “Berkatalah Yosua kepada bangsa itu: "Kuduskanlah dirimu, sebab besok TUHAN akan melakukan perbuatan yang ajaib di antara kamu." Di saat kita alami pertemuan yang luar biasa ini, Tuhan akan mentahirkan serta mengkuduskan diri kita hanya jika kita mau izinkan Tuhan bekerja dalam hidup kita. Tuhan tidak pernah memaksa sesiapapun... tetapi kita harus tahu iaitu segala sesuatu yg Tuhan kerjakan dalam hidup kita adalah utk kebaikan kita bagi mereka yang dikasihi Tuhan yg dipanggil sesuai dgn firman Tuhan.
Untuk kita menghadapi segala cabaran pada tahun ini, kita harus dan mesti menguasai dan mengatasi masa silam kita. Jangan biarkan ia menjadi penghalang bagi kita dalam prosess pembaharuan ini. Dalam Yosua 5:9, Dan berfirmanlah TUHAN kepada Yosua: "Hari ini telah Kuhapuskan cela Mesir itu dari padamu." Tuhan menghapuskan cara cara kita yang lama, cara pemikiran kita yg terlalu tradisional dan Tuhan mencurahkan anggur baru pada kita kerana yang baru tidak boleh dicampurkan dgn yang lama seperti di Matius 9:16-17 Tidak seorangpun menambalkan secarik kain yang belum susut pada baju yang tua, karena jika demikian kain penambal itu akan mencabik baju itu, lalu makin besarlah koyaknya. Begitu pula anggur yang baru tidak diisikan ke dalam kantong kulit yang tua, karena jika demikian kantong itu akan koyak sehingga anggur itu terbuang dan kantong itupun hancur. Tetapi anggur yang baru disimpan orang dalam kantong yang baru pula, dan dengan demikian terpeliharalah kedua-duanya." Jangan berdoa pada Tuhan untuk membangkitkan kembali masa silam kita, tetapi doakan supaya Tuhan akan membangkitkan, memperbaharui serta menguatkan iman kita dalam menghadapi setiap cabaran serta dugaan pada tahun ini. Disaat kita bangkit menghadapi cabaran yg datang dgn pimpinan Roh kudus, kita akan mula mengalami perubahan yang Tuhan mau laksanakan dalam hidup kita, sekitar kita serta pada Gerejanya.
Kita harus fahami apakah tujuan panggilan Tuhan dalam hidup kita dan apakah kehendak Tuhan dalam panggilan ini.
Mazmur 139:23-24, Raja Daud mengatakan bahawa Selidikilah aku, ya Allah, dan kenallah hatiku, ujilah aku dan kenallah pikiran-pikiranku; lihatlah, apakah jalanku serong, dan tuntunlah aku di jalan yang kekal! Marilah kita izinkan Tuhan untuk terus menyelidiki hati kita supaya Tuhan dapa melakukan suatu pembaharuan dalam hidup kita sesuai dengan kehendakNya dan rencanaNya supaya kita akan selalu kekal berjalan dalam perjanjianNya dan dituntun oleh Roh Kudus.
In Christ,
_-= ShErKaRL =-_
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE!!!!!
ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE….
Shallom and Greetings…in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It has been long time since the last I posted my article here. Anyway, we have come to the end of year 2008. Just few more days more to go…. Many things have happen in this past 6 months… well yeah things that way out of my mind… and I never thought that it will be so soon… ;) but Praise the Lord… He meant it for good as it is written in Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”. Well then… as I said many things have happened this past 6 months…. Well and now I am writing here after long period of break…
Well as clearly stated above…my title… well indeed it’s a time for a change… Amen… in Isaiah 43:19 says… “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”. This has been my very focus to forget what has happened in the past and focus upon what God has installed for me in future as written in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Beginning of this year 2008, God spoke to me from Isaiah 43:18-19. Its all abt new beginning that He wants to start doing in my life … and I am glad n grateful that the Lord has chosen me for this very purpose. Life now is different after I have obeyed the Lord’s calling and to serve Him fulltime. Every one of you knows abt the 40 days fasting I took… u can read on my previous message … Through out that fasting and praying period… God spoke to all abt going into fulltime and serving… well… I was quite stubborn ..to be honest… As soon as I finished fasting.. I applied for another job… everything went well… but at the final interview… things were messed up for good… hehe I was so frustrated with God of why He has to do it like that. Then God spoke to me clearly saying “ Why are you so troubled and frustrated because of not getting that job…and is that job more important to you than what I have done for you?” It was like a direct slapped on my face! His presence was so real and touched me and opens up my eyes… God reminds me abt the promise I made to Him… in 2001. And now… after 8 years, God choose this year 2008 to do a new thing in my life. FYI, the number 8, in the Hebrew is a symbol of new beginning.
Not only for me… I believe for those who are reading this article… I am pretty sure that this year was a new beginning for you as well. The reason I am saying that its time to change is because if we continue to just stand upon His promises and wait there nothing is going to happen unless and until we walk in His promises… We need to change the way we think and do things. Our attitude decides what we become.
In the process of a renewal or change, there will be new challenges in our life that brings out a new revelation of God. A new revelation leads to innovation which means we have to change the pattern or the style in serving the Lord… just the change the way we do things… Innovation just simply means to innovate or to bring a new understanding… we are to give the world that is lost now… a new understanding of who Jesus is… its just the method is same…. The message is same but in a different way or style. This new innovation will lead us into possession of encountering God in unfamiliar ways. Ways where we never encounter God before.
We got to get out of our traditionalised mentality where we only think what is in the box and not outside of the box. Well to be honest Malaysians have been brought up in a way where : “I will only mixed around with my race and will be more careful when I mix around with another race” We have to change this mentality. When God can use a Black man (Barrack Obama) to bring changes in US, its time for us to move according the waves of change that God is bringing now. We have to change the thinking pattern and come to a realisation that we are Malaysians, “Bangsa Malaysia” which is the one and only race … not Malaysia Malay or Malaysian Chinese or Malaysian Indian, but be proud enough to say that you are a Malaysian. Anyway, why did I get to there… hehehe… so well God has stated clearly in Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you”. Let God to sanctify us and clean us up for the new thing, a brand new work, a change in our life. The question is are we willing to surrender to God all of our ambition and will and just focused upon the Lords will. And promised by the Lord in Joshua 5:9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." Well in Bahasa Indonesia translation of this word literary means God has destroyed the old self of our flesh and He is putting on us a new wine skin. One thing we must understand that is, what is the purpose of the Lord’s calling upon our life and what is the Will of God upon this calling?
This year as I stated above… God has begun many new things in my life personally, and God has promised me that next year He will establish the things that He has began this year… I personally believe that next year is a year of establishment! God will establish the things that He has started in our life… if only we obey and do as what God has spoken. Then through our walk with God, He will change us, mould us refine us according to His will and His purpose that which He has called us. As the psalmist David says in Psalms 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Let us allow God to search our hearts even before this year ends. Let there be changes taking place in our lives as God remove, cleanse and do the operation that He needs to do in our life so that there may be changes in our lives and for the things that God has started in our lives, He will establish it in this coming year 2009.
Have a Blessed Christmas and A Blessed New Year 2009.
In Christ,
_-= ShErKaRL =-_
Shallom and Greetings…in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
It has been long time since the last I posted my article here. Anyway, we have come to the end of year 2008. Just few more days more to go…. Many things have happen in this past 6 months… well yeah things that way out of my mind… and I never thought that it will be so soon… ;) but Praise the Lord… He meant it for good as it is written in Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”. Well then… as I said many things have happened this past 6 months…. Well and now I am writing here after long period of break…
Well as clearly stated above…my title… well indeed it’s a time for a change… Amen… in Isaiah 43:19 says… “Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert”. This has been my very focus to forget what has happened in the past and focus upon what God has installed for me in future as written in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. Beginning of this year 2008, God spoke to me from Isaiah 43:18-19. Its all abt new beginning that He wants to start doing in my life … and I am glad n grateful that the Lord has chosen me for this very purpose. Life now is different after I have obeyed the Lord’s calling and to serve Him fulltime. Every one of you knows abt the 40 days fasting I took… u can read on my previous message … Through out that fasting and praying period… God spoke to all abt going into fulltime and serving… well… I was quite stubborn ..to be honest… As soon as I finished fasting.. I applied for another job… everything went well… but at the final interview… things were messed up for good… hehe I was so frustrated with God of why He has to do it like that. Then God spoke to me clearly saying “ Why are you so troubled and frustrated because of not getting that job…and is that job more important to you than what I have done for you?” It was like a direct slapped on my face! His presence was so real and touched me and opens up my eyes… God reminds me abt the promise I made to Him… in 2001. And now… after 8 years, God choose this year 2008 to do a new thing in my life. FYI, the number 8, in the Hebrew is a symbol of new beginning.
Not only for me… I believe for those who are reading this article… I am pretty sure that this year was a new beginning for you as well. The reason I am saying that its time to change is because if we continue to just stand upon His promises and wait there nothing is going to happen unless and until we walk in His promises… We need to change the way we think and do things. Our attitude decides what we become.
In the process of a renewal or change, there will be new challenges in our life that brings out a new revelation of God. A new revelation leads to innovation which means we have to change the pattern or the style in serving the Lord… just the change the way we do things… Innovation just simply means to innovate or to bring a new understanding… we are to give the world that is lost now… a new understanding of who Jesus is… its just the method is same…. The message is same but in a different way or style. This new innovation will lead us into possession of encountering God in unfamiliar ways. Ways where we never encounter God before.
We got to get out of our traditionalised mentality where we only think what is in the box and not outside of the box. Well to be honest Malaysians have been brought up in a way where : “I will only mixed around with my race and will be more careful when I mix around with another race” We have to change this mentality. When God can use a Black man (Barrack Obama) to bring changes in US, its time for us to move according the waves of change that God is bringing now. We have to change the thinking pattern and come to a realisation that we are Malaysians, “Bangsa Malaysia” which is the one and only race … not Malaysia Malay or Malaysian Chinese or Malaysian Indian, but be proud enough to say that you are a Malaysian. Anyway, why did I get to there… hehehe… so well God has stated clearly in Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you”. Let God to sanctify us and clean us up for the new thing, a brand new work, a change in our life. The question is are we willing to surrender to God all of our ambition and will and just focused upon the Lords will. And promised by the Lord in Joshua 5:9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." Well in Bahasa Indonesia translation of this word literary means God has destroyed the old self of our flesh and He is putting on us a new wine skin. One thing we must understand that is, what is the purpose of the Lord’s calling upon our life and what is the Will of God upon this calling?
This year as I stated above… God has begun many new things in my life personally, and God has promised me that next year He will establish the things that He has began this year… I personally believe that next year is a year of establishment! God will establish the things that He has started in our life… if only we obey and do as what God has spoken. Then through our walk with God, He will change us, mould us refine us according to His will and His purpose that which He has called us. As the psalmist David says in Psalms 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Let us allow God to search our hearts even before this year ends. Let there be changes taking place in our lives as God remove, cleanse and do the operation that He needs to do in our life so that there may be changes in our lives and for the things that God has started in our lives, He will establish it in this coming year 2009.
Have a Blessed Christmas and A Blessed New Year 2009.
In Christ,
_-= ShErKaRL =-_
Friday, May 23, 2008
40 days fasting and prayer ( 3rd March 08 - 11th April 08)
40 days fasting and prayer ( 3rd March 08 - 11th April 08)
God's word, promises, directions for this year 2008 which was Spoken to me during my 40 days fasting and prayer... this is not a coporate fast, but individual fasting and prayer... and now...i know where is my path heading to... coz God is directing my steps to the path He has prepared for me!
1st day 3rd March - Isaiah 25:12
He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
2nd day 4th March - Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Jeremiah 17:7
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
3rd day 5th March - Jeremiah 10:2a
This is what the Lord says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations
Jeremiah 10:5 Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.
Isaiah 44:2
This is what the Lord says-- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
4th day 6th March - Jeremiah 11:4c
Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Jeremiah 7:23
but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you
5th day 7th March -
6th day 8th March -
7th day 9th March - Isaiah 30:15a
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength
8th day 10th March - Isaiah 32:8,17
But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
9th day 11th March - Isaiah 33:2,6
O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
10th day 12th March - Jeremiah 17:7-8,
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise
11th day 13 March - Isaiah 35:4,8
say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
Jeremiah 18:6c
"Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
12th day 14 March - Isaiah 37:32
...The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
13th day 15 March - Isaiah 38:17
Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
14th day 16 March -
15th day 17 March - Isaiah 40:5,8 & 28-31
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
16th day 18 March - Isaiah 41:9-10,13,15-16
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. "See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17th day 19 March - Isaiah 42:6-7,20
"I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. You have seen many things, but have paid no attention; your ears are open, but you hear nothing.
18th day 20 March - Isaiah 43:1c-5,10-12c,18-19
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. "You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed-- I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "that I am God. "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
19th day 21st March -
20th day 22nd March - Isaiah 45: 2-5
I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,
21st day 23rd March -
22nd day 24th March -
23rd day 25th March -
24th day 26th March - Isaiah 48:6c,17
..."From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.This is what the Lord says-- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
25th day 27th March - Isaiah 49:16
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Jeremiah 29:11,13-14
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you
26th day 28th March -
27th day 29th March -
28th day 30th March - Isaiah 51:16
I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand
Jeremiah 31:33
I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
29th day 31st March -
30th day 1st April -
31st day 2nd April - Isaiah 54:4,7-8,10,17
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the Lord your Redeemer. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me," declares the Lord.
32nd day 3rd April - Isaiah 55:3,6,8,11
Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
33th day 4th April - Isaiah 56:2,7
Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil." these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations."
34th day 5th April -
35th day 6th April -
36th day 7th April -
37th day 8th April - Isaiah 58:6,8,11,12
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
38th day 9th April - Isaiah 59:21
"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the Lord. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the Lord.
39th day 10th April - Isaiah 60:1
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
40th day 11th April - Isaiah 61:1,6
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.
God's word, promises, directions for this year 2008 which was Spoken to me during my 40 days fasting and prayer... this is not a coporate fast, but individual fasting and prayer... and now...i know where is my path heading to... coz God is directing my steps to the path He has prepared for me!
1st day 3rd March - Isaiah 25:12
He will bring down your high fortified walls and lay them low; he will bring them down to the ground, to the very dust.
2nd day 4th March - Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord, the Lord, is the Rock eternal.
Jeremiah 17:7
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.
3rd day 5th March - Jeremiah 10:2a
This is what the Lord says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations
Jeremiah 10:5 Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good.
Isaiah 44:2
This is what the Lord says-- he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
4th day 6th March - Jeremiah 11:4c
Obey me and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.
Jeremiah 7:23
but I gave them this command: Obey me, and I will be your God and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, that it may go well with you
5th day 7th March -
6th day 8th March -
7th day 9th March - Isaiah 30:15a
This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength
8th day 10th March - Isaiah 32:8,17
But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands. The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.
9th day 11th March - Isaiah 33:2,6
O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure.
10th day 12th March - Jeremiah 17:7-8,
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise
11th day 13 March - Isaiah 35:4,8
say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you." And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.
Jeremiah 18:6c
"Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
12th day 14 March - Isaiah 37:32
...The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
13th day 15 March - Isaiah 38:17
Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.
Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
14th day 16 March -
15th day 17 March - Isaiah 40:5,8 & 28-31
And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
16th day 18 March - Isaiah 41:9-10,13,15-16
I took you from the ends of the earth, from its farthest corners I called you. I said, You are my servant'; I have chosen you and have not rejected you. So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. "See, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. You will winnow them, the wind will pick them up, and a gale will blow them away. But you will rejoice in the Lord and glory in the Holy One of Israel.
17th day 19 March - Isaiah 42:6-7,20
"I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. You have seen many things, but have paid no attention; your ears are open, but you hear nothing.
18th day 20 March - Isaiah 43:1c-5,10-12c,18-19
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. "You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. I have revealed and saved and proclaimed-- I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "that I am God. "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
19th day 21st March -
20th day 22nd March - Isaiah 45: 2-5
I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you the treasures of darkness, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me. I am the Lord, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,
21st day 23rd March -
22nd day 24th March -
23rd day 25th March -
24th day 26th March - Isaiah 48:6c,17
..."From now on I will tell you of new things, of hidden things unknown to you.This is what the Lord says-- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
25th day 27th March - Isaiah 49:16
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Jeremiah 29:11,13-14
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you
26th day 28th March -
27th day 29th March -
28th day 30th March - Isaiah 51:16
I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand
Jeremiah 31:33
I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
29th day 31st March -
30th day 1st April -
31st day 2nd April - Isaiah 54:4,7-8,10,17
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood. "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you," says the Lord your Redeemer. Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me," declares the Lord.
32nd day 3rd April - Isaiah 55:3,6,8,11
Give ear and come to me; hear me, that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
33th day 4th April - Isaiah 56:2,7
Blessed is the man who does this, the man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without desecrating it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil." these I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer.Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations."
34th day 5th April -
35th day 6th April -
36th day 7th April -
37th day 8th April - Isaiah 58:6,8,11,12
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
38th day 9th April - Isaiah 59:21
"As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the Lord. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the Lord.
39th day 10th April - Isaiah 60:1
"Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
40th day 11th April - Isaiah 61:1,6
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Be Still and Know tha He is God!
Shalom and greetings.... its been a long time... well i receive this from a friend of mine, do read it as this liltle word of encouragement has encouraged me!
Be still in times of trouble
by Daphne Pereira
Are you facing hard times, trials or persecution today? Are you where you are today by your own strength or ordained by God? If you are where you are today is ordained by God in His plans for you and you are facing difficult times - stop, be still!
Exodus 14:13-14 "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. ........... The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."
David refrained from killing King Saul when he had the opportunity because King Saul was ordained by God to be king and David knew he could not touch King Saul. 1 Samuel 24:6-7 He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the LORD." With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul.
David entrusted God to deliver him from King Saul. In 2 Samuel 12:7 "......This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul...."
Jeremiah 1: 19 " They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD."
Be still. Trust in the Lord. Stand firm and hold your head high as you stand in the place where God has ordained your steps to be. The Lord will fight the battle (oppositions, persecutions, hostility from people) for you. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Amen.
Be still in times of trouble
by Daphne Pereira
Are you facing hard times, trials or persecution today? Are you where you are today by your own strength or ordained by God? If you are where you are today is ordained by God in His plans for you and you are facing difficult times - stop, be still!
Exodus 14:13-14 "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. ........... The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."
David refrained from killing King Saul when he had the opportunity because King Saul was ordained by God to be king and David knew he could not touch King Saul. 1 Samuel 24:6-7 He said to his men, "The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the LORD." With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul.
David entrusted God to deliver him from King Saul. In 2 Samuel 12:7 "......This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul...."
Jeremiah 1: 19 " They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD."
Be still. Trust in the Lord. Stand firm and hold your head high as you stand in the place where God has ordained your steps to be. The Lord will fight the battle (oppositions, persecutions, hostility from people) for you. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. Amen.
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