‘Good people live right...’ Proverbs 20:7 CEV Eventually your life will be summarised in a single sentence. What will your ‘life sentence’ be? If you live intentionally, people at your funeral won’t be left to wonder. Will you get it all exactly right? No. But, ‘Good...
Treasure Your Family
‘...thus shall the man be blessed...’ Psalm 128:4 NKJV If you’re nice to others but not to your own family, you have a problem that needs addressing. So read what this man did: ‘The children were loud, cranky, impossible. I was tired and fed up... I decided...to run...
Reprogramme Your Mind
‘...Let God transform…the way you think...’ Romans 12:2 NLT Behind everything you do, there’s a thought! So if you’re serious about changing your life, you must change how you think. That’s not easy, and it doesn’t happen instantly. Imagine a ship with the automatic...
Insights into Ageing (5)
‘The fear of the Lord adds length to life...’ Proverbs 10:27 NIV Respect for our elders has traditionally been a strength of our culture. However todays’ western influence sees this respect increasingly replaced by the worship of rock stars and sports figures. How...
Insights into Ageing (4)
‘The fear of the Lord adds length to life...’ Proverbs 10:27 NIV Don’t let fear dominate your later years. Don’t let life’s ‘unknowables’, such as finances, health, loneliness, loss of friends and family members, get you down. The Bible says, ‘...You do not know the...
Insights into Ageing (3)
‘The fear of the Lord adds length to life...’ Proverbs 10:27 NIV Ageing well requires that you stay flexible. The Bible says, ‘...Clouds always bring rain; trees always stay wherever they fall. If you worry about the weather and don’t plant seeds, you won’t harvest a...
Insights into Ageing (2)
‘The fear of the Lord adds length to life...’ Proverbs 10:27 NIV The secret of ageing well is staying young at heart, staying close to God, and staying fully engaged with life. The mirror isn’t your problem; how you see yourself is. Have you noticed how some older...
Insights into Ageing (1)
‘The fear of the Lord adds length to life...’ Proverbs 10:27 NIV When asked about the benefits of living to be 100 years old, one man smiled and said, ‘There’s very little peer pressure.’ Thanks to medical science more and more people are living into their eighties...
Your Weakness
‘...He knows how weak we are...’ Psalm 103:14 NLT Any weakness you refuse to deal with will draw you towards the wrong things and set you up for defeat. To live victoriously you must recognise that: (1) Your weakness can emerge at any time. Anything you allow to take...
Have You Found Your Reason for Living?
‘...but if it dies...’ John 12:24 NKJV One day a depressed woman jumped off a bridge into a river. Without thinking, a man standing nearby jumped in to save her. But ‘our hero’ suddenly remembered that he couldn’t swim, so he started thrashing around and screaming for...
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Servants for life
‘Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle.’ Romans 1:1 NASB In the Bible the word minister isn’t just a noun (which denotes a person, place, or thing); it’s also a verb (an action word). It’s what you do, not what you claim to be. In Scripture, the...
Pelayan seumur hidup
‘Dari Paulus, hamba Kristus Yesus, yang dipanggil menjadi rasul.’ Roma 1:1 Dalam Alkitab kata pelayan bukan hanya kata benda (yang menunjukkan seseorang, tempat, atau benda); itu juga kata kerja (kata tindakan). Itu adalah apa yang Anda lakukan, bukan apa yang Anda...
Build a relationship with your children
‘Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labour in vain.’ Psalm 12 7:1 NIV How would you describe your relationship with your children? Strained? Exciting? Heart-breaking? Enjoyable? If you want a real eye-opener, ask them to describe their feelings about you...
Bangunlah hubungan dengan anak-anak Anda
‘Jikalau bukan TUHAN yang membangun rumah, sia-sialah usaha orang yang membangunnya.’ Mazmur 127:1 Bagaimana menggambarkan hubungan Anda dengan anak-anak Anda? Tegang? Menyakitkan hati? Menyenangkan? Jika Anda ingin benar-benar membuka mata, mintalah mereka untuk...
Today, choose the right attitude
‘Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.’ Romans 1 2:2 NASB Long before William James, the Father of American psychology, was attributed with saying, ‘The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes,’...
Hari ini, pilihlah sikap yang tepat
‘Tetapi berubahlah oleh pembaharuan budimu.’ Roma 12:2 Jauh sebelum William James, Bapak psikologi Amerika, mengatakan, 'Penemuan terbesar generasi saya adalah bahwa manusia dapat mengubah hidup mereka dengan mengubah sikap mereka,' kata Tuhan, 'Sebab...
Beware of self-pity
‘No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.’ 1 Corinthians 1 0:24 NIV Self-pity can be deadly. It tells the wife and mother who works hard, ‘You’re not appreciated.’ It says to the office worker, ‘Look how valuable you are, yet you’re never recognised...
Waspadalah saat mengasihi diri sendiri
‘Jangan seorangpun yang mencari keuntungannya sendiri, tetapi hendaklah tiap-tiap orang mencari keuntungan orang lain.’ 1 Korintus 10:24 Mengasihani diri sendiri bisa mematikan. Seperti memberitahu istri dan ibu yang bekerja keras, 'Kamu tidak dihargai.'...
He will do it again!
‘Jacob set up a memorial stone in the place where He had spoken with him,’ Genesis 3 5:14 NASB There are events in all our lives that, looking back, had to be the hand of God at work. Maybe you bumped into somebody who introduced you to your spouse, or a co-worker...
Ia akan melakukannya lagi!
‘Kemudian Yakub mendirikan tugu di tempat itu, yakni tugu batu; ia mempersembahkan korban curahan dan menuangkan minyak di atasnya,’ Kejadian 35:14 Ada peristiwa-peristiwa dalam hidup kita yang, jika dilihat ke belakang, pastilah tangan Tuhan yang bekerja. Mungkin...