‘Go, and tell this people.’ Isaiah 6:9 NKJV When you’re involved in God’s work, it’s easy to get out of balance and end up enjoying the work of the Lord more than the Lord of the work. First, Jesus called His disciples to Him; then, He sent them out from Him. The...
Speak Life To Their Spirit (2)
‘Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.’ Genesis 28:16 NKJV We have all heard people say, ‘The Lord told me,’ and it turned out not to be so. As a result, we have become doubting and cynical. What a loss! God speaks through people, and your fear of...
Speak Life To Their Spirit (1)
‘We regard no one from a worldly point of view.’ 2 Corinthians 5:16 NIV Paul writes, ‘We regard no one from a worldly point of view… if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!’ (2 Corinthians 5:16–17 NKJV) Here is an...
Speak Words Of Healing
‘I would strengthen you with my mouth.’ Job 16:5 NKJV Even when a surgery is successful, the patient can carry within them scar tissue that causes lingering pain and discomfort. And it’s the same in life. Some people around you wear a mask of success, but within, they...
Remember What You Used To Be Like? (2)
‘I try to find common ground with everyone.’ 1 Corinthians 9:22 NLT It’s easy to develop ‘spiritual amnesia’. You forget what you used to be like. And that attitude affects the people you deal with each day. Kelli Trujillo writes: ‘I’ve a workplace acquaintance who...
Remember What You Used To Be Like? (1)
‘God had mercy on me.’ 1 Timothy 1:15 NLT If you want to win people to Christ, you won’t do it with a holier-than-thou attitude. Sadly, this is how society sees many Christians; their hearts are in the right place, but their ability to relate with compassion to those...
Build On Your Strengths
‘Who makes you different from anyone else?’ 1 Corinthians 4:7 NIV Your success isn’t found in your similarity to others but in your difference. Instead of comparing yourself with somebody else and competing with them, try to discover your point of God-given...
Relationships (3)
‘Don’t participate in the things these people do.’ Ephesians 5:7 NLT Letting go of a person doesn’t mean you no longer love them; it just means the relationship is not right for you. How should you handle it? (1) A gradual separation is sometimes the best solution....
Relationships (2)
‘He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.’ Proverbs 13:20 NKJV Not everyone who starts out with you is capable of going where God wants to take you. Sometimes they don’t have the emotional capacity required. Other times...
Relationships (1)
‘Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?’ Amos 3:3 NLT Having the right relationships will help you to soar in life; they’re like the wind beneath your wings. But the wrong relationships will drag you down; they’re like a heavy weight around...
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Learn to disagree, agreeably
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Menempatkan orang lain terlebih dahulu
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Putting the other guy first
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Menurunkan untuk meningkatkan
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Downscale in order to upscale
‘One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek ...’ Psalm 2 7:4 NKJV You may have to downscale materially to upscale spiritually. If owning things, maintaining them, and worrying about losing them is robbing you of the things that matter most like peace, joy,...
Selalu bersyukur kepada Tuhan
‘Adalah baik untuk menyanyikan syukur kepada TUHAN.’ Mazmur 92:1 Wartawan Fulton Oursler bercerita tentang seorang perawat tua bernama Anna. Dia telah menghadiri kelahiran Fulton, ditambah kelahiran ibunya. Dia menghormatinya karena mengajarinya pelajaran terbaik...
Always be thankful to God
‘It is good to give thanks to the Lord.’ Psalm 9 2:1 NKJV Journalist Fulton Oursler tells the story of an elderly nurse called Anna. She had attended Fulton’s birth, plus that of his mother. He honours her for teaching him the best lesson he ever learned about giving...
S.T.R.E.S.S. (3)
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‘I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?’ Jeremiah 3 2:27 NKJV Remember past victories. Notice how King Jehoshaphat prayed: ‘Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the...