Who comes determines the circumstances of the person who comes somewhere. There are people who are expected to come and some whose arrival is very unexpected.
People who are invited to come, can come and cannot come; Uninvited people are acceptable and can be rejected when it comes to an event, but evil should never be accepted let alone invited in this life.
Faith is living in a right relationship with God so that the believer remains blessed by God.
Thieves come only to steal, kill, and destroy but often in the guise of good. Beware, lest you allow thieves to stay overnight in your life and become aware after everything is destroyed.
Invite the Lord and let Him guide your life with the abundance of His infinite love. Living in all abundance occurs only by God’s blessings.
One day three men walked in a forest. After some time, they arrived at the bank of a rushing river.
Finding it impossible to cross, they each decided to pray to God.
The first man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength to cross.” God gave him strong hands and feet. He can cross within two hours.
The second man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength and ability to cross.” God gave him a boat. It can cross within an hour.
The third man prayed, “Lord, give me the strength, ability, and intelligence to cross this river.” It’s a surprise that God turned her into a woman! Calmly the woman took the map, and then crossed through the bridge!
The above humor is not to denigrate men, but to convince women that God also gives them wisdom. That women are not the number two, but the people created by God specially. God gives women unique strength, through their sensitivity and craft. God gives women special advantages, through their maternal attitude and firmness. All God has given, so that women are ready to live the role that God provides for them.
“Nothing can be taken from this house,” said a thief who felt like he was wasting time somewhere he entered.
News reports stated that the thief infiltrated a house and threatened its occupants with a knife while searching for money.
He searched the house, but he found only $20 somewhere, $50 in his wallet, and cheap jewelry.
The thief concluded that the owner of the house turned out to be no more than himself, and then he returned the $70 he was going to take.
“I think he was disgusted,” the victim said. “He couldn’t believe that was the only money I had.”
Maybe we will smile amused at the story of the poor thief. But it turns out that we often experience the same thing, when we try to take something that God never gave us. Obeying the urge to envy, commit adultery, steal, or just be stubborn, will cause more problems than profits.
David learned a lot from his hard experience on this subject. When he commits adultery with Uriah’s wife, he gets more trouble than the pleasure he craves.
There is no point in taking something that Belongs to God that He did not give us. Stop wasting our lives by pursuing things that keep us away from God and make life empty.
Usually people will feel happy if the enemy or people who always hurt him are hit by misfortune.
One day a soldier of Saul with clothes torn apart and the ground above his head came to David. The soldier broke the news that Saul and Jonathan, his son, were dead. Upon hearing the news, David tore off his clothes, wailed, and wept over their deaths.
Perhaps we think it is natural for David to mourn Jonathan because Jonathan is his friend. But wailing to Saul seemed like a strangeness. How could David be sad for someone who always chased and wanted to kill him for fear of his position as king being taken away by David?
This is where we can learn from David. He did not retaliate against Saul for his crimes. David’s actions set an example of love and forgiveness.
Like David, we don’t have to think about how to take revenge. Why? For we have God as the defender, who will declare justice just in His time. Our part is simply learning to keep God’s command of loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us. “But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”
“You see, at just the right time,Β when we were still powerless,Christ died for the ungodly.Β Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die.But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
A powerless man is a man who is fragile because of sin, it is difficult to improve his own circumstances to be free from sin. Any effort made to innocence will inevitably be deadlocked.
Man, even the people of God at that time, were even referred to as the ungodly, that is, the rebels against God.
God in His love wants to save us and that salvation is totally done by Him without the condition of eligibility to man, be it “right” or “good”. God’s Savior is the act of being ready to die for sinners so that they do not continue to sin, not continue to disobey before God.
God saves sinners to be the ones who triumph over sin is at His own appointed time and we contemplate and celebrate it on good Friday.
Jesus Christ has died for us because of His concern for us, the love evident through death for which man is not truly worthy; Died of love. This Great Work is an invitation to in gratitude make this life right and good for the glory of God. “Good Friday!”
Dehydration is a condition when body fluids are entered less compared to the body fluids that come out. Humans can become dehydrated if the needs of fluids in the body are not met. This can cause the body not to function properly. Of course, water in the body has a very important role.
Dehydration can cause so many bad effects. Humans can experience fatigue, various diseases can attack, premature aging, to death. One of the keys to preventing the body from becoming dehydrated is to drink immediately when we start to feel thirsty. So, do not ignore thirst.
Just as the body can become dehydrated, so can our souls. If dehydration in the body can be overcome by drinking when feeling thirsty, what about dehydration in a person’s soul? Dehydration of the soul can only be overcome when we feel thirsty for God and the truth of His word. Just like thirst isβ¦
A 21-year-old Italian woman has hematohidrosis. Sweat in the form of fresh blood came out of his body. He had hematohidrosis for three years without any injuries or other triggers.
Hematohidrosis (bloody sweat) is a rare condition characterized by the release of sweat in the form of blood. People who have it can sweat blood on any part of the body, but the face and forehead are the most common locations. In the case of hematohidrosis, the blood that seeps out of healthy skin and shows no signs of open wounds, such as regular sweating.
In the early third century BC, Aristotle once wrote the story of people who sweat blood. Some researchers say, the release of sweat in the form of fresh blood may have something to do with the emotional distress experienced by the person.
In the garden of Gethsemane Jesus struggled very hard to face the cup of God’s wrath in order to bear the punishment of man’s sin. As usual, He secluded himself, knelt down, prayed, and communicated with God the Father. In His humanity, it felt like He was not strong enough to bear the call of being a great sacrifice. He was afraid, the more earnestly praying, His sweat was like dots of blood dripping on the ground.
The mind of Jesus was emotionally distressed, and it was in Gethsemane that Jesus’ will and the Father’s will were met through prayer. God does not remain silent. In His appearance through angels, He gave strength to Jesus who was struggling at the time.
Like Jesus, maybe in this life we struggle with difficult things. We are afraid and then pray, fast, and seek God’s will. God is happy if we continue to involve Him in prayer. Believe me, He will strengthen us just as He strengthened Jesus to do His sometimes difficult will.
How do you feel when you hear someone talking bad things about you? Are you angry? Hate? Or want to clarify or straighten out so as not to misunderstand? Or do you just shut up and intend to repay him?
In everyday life, it is undeniable that there are so many things that are beyond our control that even we don’t know why it happens. For example, like the case above. As human beings, we must be instantly spontaneous that it is clear not to accept if anyone is saying bad things to us. But can we keep these people’s mouths shut? Can we manage the words that will come out of their mouths? The answer is of course: No!
The real choice is on ourselves. If we are influenced by other people’s thoughts about us then we will not feel calm and surely peace is not in our hearts. We will continue to feel less and feel not okay. That’s what it means to live up to other people’s thoughts about us.
But when we prefer to be quiet and calm then therein lies our strength. “β¦ in staying calm and believing lies your strength.” We do not need to ignore the bad opinions of others towards us, all we need to do is to remain kind and keep doing things based on the truth of God’s words, and still pray for the person so that God will resuscitate him.
Our God taught us to love our neighbor especially our own enemies. But it would be better if we didn’t have enemies,right? π
Di handphone kita ada ‘setting’ yang kita boleh pilih jika berlaku banyak masalah pada handphone yang ada. Kita disarankan untuk kembali ke ‘Reset factory setting” atau “pengaturan semula”, program aplikasi standar ini dibuat oleh pembuat handphone, supaya alat itu dapat digunakan kembali dengan baik dan tidak bermasalah lagi.
Manusia tidak mempunyai keadaan yang dapat dibandingkan aplikasi standard untuk dirujuk sebagai program ‘pengaturan semula’ tetapi setiap waktu adalah selalu masa ‘pengaturan semula’, iaitu melakukan segala sesuatu hanya dalam bingkai sesuai dengan kehendak Tuhan. Itulah pengaturan awal yang selalu diacu oleh kehidupan dalam segala tindakan dan kebijakan hidupnya.
“Janganlah kamu menjadi serupa dengan dunia ini, tetapi berubahlah oleh pembaharuan budimu,⦔
Ashi bukan saja tidak mau membayar wang jaminan untuk menebus anaknya tetapi malah menyokong tindakan polis menangkap dan memenjarakannya.
Bukan kerana Ashi membenci anaknya. Sebaliknya, Ashi sangat mengasihi anaknya.
Kerana kasihnya Ashi mau anaknya bertanggung jawab atas perbuatannya dan bertobat dari kebiasaannya mencuri.
Waktu Yeremia meminta Tuhan menghukum dengan berat umat yang meninggalkan-Nya, Tuhan melakukannya. Namun bukan kerana Tuhan tidak mengasihi mereka.
Sebaliknya kerana kasih-Nya, Tuhan menghukum mereka yang tidak setia. Hukuman yang diberikan-Nya itu tidak didasari kebencian untuk membinasakan, melainkan didikan untuk mengajak mereka bertobat.
Disiplin bukan berarti Dia tidak memberkati. Ketika ada pergumulan atau cabaran dalam kehidupan, ingatlah bahwa Tuhan bukan sedang menghancurkan kita, melainkan dosa-dosa kita.
Sebab Dia tidak mau membangun kita menjadi bejana-Nya di atas dosa dan pelanggaran kita. Kita adalah buah hati-Nya. Dia membangun kita untuk menjadi alat anugerah-Nya, bukan sebaliknya.
Seperti membangun rumah, bangunan lama akan dirobohkan sebelum mendirikan yang baru.
