‘…be persistent in your prayers...’ Ephesians 6:18 NLT Andrew Murray wrote, ‘Many Christians look upon it as a burden and a duty and a difficulty to get alone with God! That is the great hindrance to our Christian life everywhere.’ God says, ‘Call to Me, and I will...
Pray about Everything
‘…pray about everything…Tell God what you need...’ Philippians 4:6 NLT The four-year-old son of a missionary family in Africa spotted a picture of a little pink dinosaur in a magazine and set his heart on having one. His mum knew it was impossible (the magazine was...
Parent, That’s Your Job Description
‘…teach them diligently to your children...’ Deuteronomy 6:7 NKJV Abraham had a nephew called Lot who succeeded in business, but lost his family. How come? Because: (a) he had the wrong emphasis—he placed material success above spiritual success; (b) he had the wrong...
Five Life-Changing Questions
‘Nothing can ever separate us from His love.’ Romans 8:38 NLT Paul asks five life-changing questions you’d do well to think about: (1) ‘If God is for us, who can ever be against us?’ (Romans 8:31 NLT) Really, with God on our side, who can hurt us? What do we need to...
Two Amusing Stories about Marriage
‘Love…keeps no record of being wronged.’ 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 NLT Story one: Debra K. Johnson writes: ‘My seven-year-old daughter wanted to take violin lessons, so I took her to a music store to rent an instrument. Hoping she would understand the importance of making...
Stand on God’s Promises
‘He always does exactly what He says.’ 2 Corinthians 1:19 TLB Ever had a promise broken? A payment doesn’t come, the repairman doesn’t show up, or your friend doesn’t call? Count on it, people will let you down. But God won’t: ‘He always does exactly what He says....
You’re on a Mission!
‘Go! I am sending you.’ Luke 10:3 NIV Jesus sent His disciples out on a mission saying, ‘Do not take a purse or bag…and do not greet anyone on the road.’ (Luke 10:4 NIV) Notice three things He emphasised: (1) ‘Do not take a purse’—no hoarding! God will bless the man...
Your Trial Is Producing Maturity
‘After you have suffered…God…will…establish you.’ 1 Peter 5:10 NAS Stephanie Voiland writes about a friend who spent months unsuccessfully trying to get a job: ‘…she became discouraged. Yet…she refused to anaesthetise the waiting ache… She fasted from TV, believing...
Be Humble!
‘…no…messenger [is] greater than the one who sent him.’ John 13:16 NIV One of the reasons God chose John the Baptist to prepare the way for Jesus’ is because he was humble. He’s introduced simply as a ‘…voice…crying in the wilderness’ (Mark 1:3 NKJV), with no...
How’s Your Prayer Life?
‘…it is time to seek the Lord…’ Hosea 10:12 NKJV The place of prayer is where you meet with God to be instructed, corrected, cleansed, loved, built up and prepared to do His will. It can be anywhere, but it must be somewhere! It can be anytime, but it must be a set...
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Apa yang dibutuhkan untuk melakukan kehendak Tuhan
‘Tetapi bangunlah dan pergilah ke dalam kota, di sana akan dikatakan kepadamu, apa yang harus kauperbuat.’ Kisah Para Rasul 9:6 Kehidupan Paulus berubah selamanya ketika, dengan gemetar dan takjub, dia mengajukan pertanyaan, ‘Tuhan, apa yang Engkau mau aku lakukan?’...
What it takes to do God’s will
‘Lord, what do You want me to do?’ Acts 9:6 NKJV Paul’s life changed forever when, trembling and astonished, he asked the question, ‘Lord, what do You want me to do?’ Note how God answered his question: ‘Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must...
Percayalah pada Tuhan, meskipun banyak rintangan
‘Kesanggupan kami adalah pekerjaan Allah.’ 2 Korintus 3:5 Pasukan Gideon terdiri dari 32.000 orang kalah jumlah dengan pasukan Midian ketika Tuhan berkata kepadanya, ‘Jumlah kalian terlalu banyak.’ Dia memerintahkan Gideon untuk membebaskan siapa saja yang takut,...
Believe God, in spite of the odds
‘Our sufficiency is from God.’ 2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV Gideon’s army of 32,000 men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, ‘You have too many men.’ He instructs Gideon to release anyone who is afraid, and Gideon loses two-thirds of his army. Now...
You will be rewarded for it
‘The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.’ Romans 8:18 NKJV In 1857, Scottish missionary David Livingstone gave this speech at Cambridge University: ‘People talk of the sacrifice I have made in...
Anda akan dihargai untuk pelayananmu
‘Sebab aku yakin, bahwa penderitaan zaman sekarang ini tidak dapat dibandingkan dengan kemuliaan yang akan dinyatakan kepada kita.’ Roma 8:18 Pada tahun 1857, misionaris Skotlandia David Livingstone menyampaikan pidato ini di Universitas Cambridge: ‘Orang-orang...
Tuhan memiliki sebuah rencana bagi kehidupan Anda
‘Sebab Aku ini mengetahui rancangan-rancangan apa yang ada pada-Ku mengenai kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN... hari depan yang penuh harapan.’ Yer 2 9:11 Paulus benar-benar berinvestasi dalam apa yang Tuhan panggil untuk dia lakukan. Apakah Anda juga? Dalam hal...
Waktu teduh Anda (1)
‘Engkaulah persembunyianku dan perisaiku; aku berharap kepada firman-Mu.’ Mazmur 11 9:114 Apa yang menghalangi Anda untuk menikmati waktu teduh bersama Tuhan secara teratur? Mungkin pikiran itu terasa penuh dengan 'seharusnya' dan 'seharusnya';...
Waktu teduh Anda (2)
‘Sebab Imam Besar yang kita punya... sama dengan kita, Ia telah dicobai, hanya tidak berbuat dosa.’ Ibrani 4:15 Salah satu strategi Setan yang paling berhasil untuk menjauhkan kita dari waktu teduh bersama Tuhan adalah dengan mengingatkan kita akan dosa dan...
Waktu teduh Anda (3)
‘Hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu.’ Mazmur 11 9:107 Ketika segala sesuatu dalam kehidupan pemazmur mulai berantakan, ia berdoa, ‘Hidupkanlah aku sesuai dengan firman-Mu.’ Itulah yang dilakukan di saat teduh Anda bersama Tuhan. Jadi, mengapa kita tidak memiliki...