Birthday week reflection

I have just finished a busy week but quite interesting. Evangelism Explosion does require a lot of concentration but it was fun (I managed to get to know some people like Darman, Kartika & Lenny and mbak Wati). So that was nice to know them better. I think EE is quite good, I enjoyed the beginning the most where we all were evangelized by Ko Wei Jing. I particularly touched by the story of Jendral Shamila, when he himself established the law of theft, his own mother turned out to be the theft. Because of his love for mother and the need to uphold justice, he took the punishment that was supposed to be given to his mother. That story reminds me of God's love for me and it was described very clear. So, my joy is renewed because of that story.

I can not thank God more for IEC. IEC people are:

• Caring
• genuinely wants to serve God and follow him
• serving selflessly yet understand grace well
  

May God bless you all my friends!! May the Lord continue to empower us all with the strength needed, giving us the servant heart so that we may serve willingly, sacrificially, joyfully. Please protect all the activists, our shepherds, our friends. Keep the fire burning in their heart and when they fall, by your grace pick them back again. Help them who are in difficulties, whether work problems or family. Weakness and sickness please heal and above all let us enjoy You every moment of our life. You are our only lifeline. We'd rather fall into Your loving hands than pursue after the world. Oh help us in our many weaknesses, for our old self is fighting against the spirit. Win the battle for Your sake, God! that we all might be a beautiful bride of yours. Jesus, lead me, I want to walk with You. If I walk with You, I will certainly be following your will.

God, please restore my first love to you. Give me a servant heart, a heart that is willing to serve, serving no other than You. Give me discernment so that I will not give in to temptation, fall into the devil schemes so that I miss your will for me. Thank you for your love for me, for dying on my place, for providing eternal life for free and thank you for choosing me before the foundation of the earth was even placed. Thank you that I have this hope and You to take care everything. Thank you once again. Forgive my many sins, O Lord for they are such red stains. If I should desire the temporaries of this world, please be gracious to me and bring me back on track. I want to live this life for You. No matter how hard things can be You are always faithful to me. You are and You will always be. Jesus, all the more I seek You, I only find beauty. I only find truth and grace woven together, nicely tight. You are the way, the truth and the life. Thank you.

I hated him

A story of a sundanese girl that become Christian.
http://www.omf.org/australia/news/i_hated_him#

I was quite surprised to hear that Sundanese people remains among the most resistant and unreachable people. The above article explained why.

Work: A new perspective

I am thankful to have work to do. Even though some of you know that I am struggling with it but after talking to God about it, it seems what I need is not a change of job but a change of heart. Lord, even though I don't know where you are bringing me, I don't know the future of me with this job but I know one thing...you are using this job to make me a different person, maturer than I am now. Thus, the clay must be willing to be molded by the potter, it means total surrender.

God, only because of your unchanging character and faithfulness to your promises...
I think I trust the right person.

Many thanks to your prayers, beloved friends! (Satan trembles when he sees, the weakest saint on his knees) I wouldn't have made it without your prayers.

My God, My God
this life belongs to thee
it is no longer mine
one day people shall see
Jesus Christ lives in me...

Doa menyambut pergantian umur

Tuhan, saya rindu untuk mengalami kasih karuniaMu lebih dalam lagi dalam hidup saya.
Saya rindu untuk lebih mengasihi adik saya dan lebih bersabar terhadap dia.
Setelah Engkau memberkati saya dengan sukacita yang penuh, saya rindu Tuhan Engkau pakai saya untuk menjangkau orang2 di sekitar saya, keluarga, teman dan orang kantor. Saya rindu memakai semua talenta yang engkau berikan pada saya bagi kemuliaanMu. Hanya satu saya minta, saya minta agar saya dapat mengalami mukjizatMu setiap hari, hal-hal kecil Tuhan, agar jangan luput dari mata saya untuk melihat betapa besar Anugrah Tuhan bagi saya, agar jangan luput dari mulut saya untuk mengucap syukur dan tidak pernah menganggap saya layak mendapat semua berkat-berkat ini. Agar saya jangan menjadi buta oleh nikmat dunia dan menjual diri saya kepadanya. Agar saya jangan putus asa berdoa, senantiasa bersandar pada Tuhan dan bukan pada diri saya. Agar saya dapat menikmati waktu istirahat saya.
Agar saya tidak mudah tersinggung, supaya beban-beban hidup saya berkurang.

Tuhan, saya tidak tahu jalan hidup saya atau umur panjang saya. Tapi saya rindu menjalani hari tiap hari bersama Tuhan saja dan belajar take one day at a time. Saya tidak bisa jalan sendiri, Thou my only strength and refuge. Thank you for you many blessings already these twenty three years of Lilis' life. Thank you deeply for forgiving all my sins and accepted me as who I am. You make me somebody.

Let Thy Word be true in my life, let it become an irresistible reality in my life that attracts people to You.

These my humble plea, Lord. Amen.

Quote of the week

I want to buy a plain book just to keep all the good quotes, a quote bank or something.

The way to be truly happy is to be truly human
The way to be truly human is to be truly godly

-J.I. Packer-

One that loves the Lord must exhibit:

"praise in prosperity
patience in adversity
peace for the future"

-John Calvin-

"The Atheist most embarrassing moment is when he feel deeply thankful about something but do not know who to thank to"

"An atheist has reason but no hope for his reason
A hypocrite has hope but no reason for his hope
A Christian has both, the reason for his hope and hope for his reason"

"Do not be afraid of hard work for Christ; a terrible reckoning awaits those who have an easy time in the ministry, but a great reward is in reserve for those who endure all things for the elect's sake."

-Spurgeon, 1881-

"Churches do not grow by addition; they grow by nutrition."

"I wish Thy way.
But when in me myself would rise
and long for something otherwise
Then, Holy One, take sword and spear
and slay"

"It is good that we should have to submit to what we do not understand. It teaches us the laws of faith and hope.
It is good that we should have to do what we should rather not. in circumstances not of our choice.
It is good that there should be always something to prick us on, something to remind us that we are in an enemy's country, belong to a marching column.
It is good that we should meet with checks and failures in what we undertake, to keep us humble and prayerful.
All these things belong to sowing tears.
God seems to have laid out the order of things in His church, not for a general and brilliant triumph but for the hidden sanctification of the individual souls which compose it."

Prayer in faith, Jane Erskine Stuart

"yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin.
Each victory will help you some others to win.
Fight manfully onward, dark passions subdue.
Look ever to Jesus, He'll carry you through.

Ask the Savior to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you.
He is willing to aid you
He will carry you through."

-H. R. Palmer-

I have nothing by Whitney Houston...perfect!

Survival gene put into work