Teach Your Children

‘That things will go well for you and your children.’ Deuteronomy 4:40 NCV As a parent, you’re constantly transmitting your values to your children, so do these: (1) Let them see you pray. Help them to understand that prayer is how we build a lifelong friendship with...

The Benefits Of Being Unselfish

‘Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.’ Philippians 2:4 NLT Unselfishness does three things for you: (1) It improves the quality of your life. It gives you an appreciation for life and a comprehension [understanding] of its...

Have Confidence In Your Prayers

‘We are confident that He hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases Him.’ 1 John 5:14 NLT As a leader, Grover Cleveland, the only President of the United States to leave the White House and then return for a second term four years later, was remarkable. He...

Strive For Integrity

‘The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.’ Proverbs 11:3 NIV Jesus said, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ (Matthew 19:19 NIV) But in order to love yourself, you must first be able to respect yourself. And...

How To Keep From Falling

‘Whoever does these things will never be shaken.’ Psalm 15:5 NIV In Scripture we read, ‘If you get more stubborn every time you are corrected, one day you will be crushed and never recover.’ (Proverbs 29:1 GNT) King Solomon was reputed to be the wisest man who ever...

Competence Doesn’t Compensate For Insecurity

‘From that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David.’ 1 Samuel 18:9 NLT One of the truest tests of leadership is how you respond to somebody else’s success. Do you rejoice, or secretly resent them? Do you feel like their blessing somehow came at your expense? King...

Don’t Be A Slave To The Wrong Things

‘You become the slave of whatever you choose to obey.’ Romans 6:16 NLT Consider some of the people who are enslaved today through no fault of their own—children sold into the sex trade and immigrants sold into forced labour. That’s not the kind of slavery Paul is...

Knowing When To Let Go

‘As the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother.”’ Ephesians 5:31 NLT When our children are young, we’re so busy providing them with things like love, protection, discipline, training, and authority that it feels like these responsibilities will go on...

Don’t Lose Your Joy!

‘Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!’ Philippians 4:4 NKJV Paul writes, ‘Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!’ Why did Paul repeat himself? Because joy is the fuel we run on, and unless we maintain it, we can run out. That means...

Immediately Following Death—Glory!

‘Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die.’ John 11:26 NLT At the graveside of His friend Lazarus, Jesus told his grieving sisters Mary and Martha two all-important things: (1) ‘Your brother will rise again.’ (John 11:23 NASB) (2) ‘Everyone who...

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The joys of heaven (3)

‘There will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain’ Revelation 21:4 NASB Sometimes we describe dying as crossing the Jordan. That’s because the Jordan River runs into the Dead Sea. The story is told of an elderly Christian lady who was dying. For most of her...

Sukacita Surga (3)

‘Tidak akan ada lagi perkabungan, atau ratap tangis, atau dukacita.’ Wahyu 21:4  Terkadang kita menggambarkan kematian seperti mengaruni sungai Yordan. Itu karena Sungai Yordan mengalir ke Laut Mati. Diceritakan tentang seorang wanita tua Kristen yang sedang sekarat....

Sukacita Surga (2)

‘Kota itu bentuknya empat persegi, panjangnya sama dengan lebarnya.’ Wahyu 21:16  Ketika Anda merasa sempit dalam sebuah ruangan, bacalah ini: ‘Kota itu bentuknya empat persegi, panjangnya sama dengan lebarnya. Dan ia mengukur kota itu dengan tongkat itu: 2400 km;...

The joys of heaven (2)

‘The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth.’ Revelation 21:16 NKJV The next time you feel cramped for space, read this: ‘The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed:...

The joys of heaven (1)

‘For our citizenship is in heaven’ Philippians 3:20 NASB The story is told of a pastor who asked his congregation, ‘How many of you want to go to heaven?’ Everyone raised their hand except one little boy. The pastor said, ‘Son, don’t you want to go to heaven?’ He...

Sukacita Surga (1)

‘Karena kewargaan kita adalah di dalam sorga,’ Filipi 3:20  Dikisahkan tentang seorang pendeta yang bertanya kepada jemaatnya, ‘Berapa banyak dari kalian yang ingin masuk surga?’ Semua orang mengangkat tangan mereka kecuali satu anak laki-laki. Pendeta berkata,...

Steps to forgiveness (2)

‘Forgive, and you will be forgiven.’ Luke 6:37 NIV Here are three more steps to forgiveness: 1) Accept people as they are and don’t try to change them. You say, ‘I’ll only forgive them if they change.’ That just keeps you tied to them, obsessing over what they did and...

Bagaimana mengampuni (2)

‘Ampunilah dan kamu akan diampuni.’ Lukas 6:37  Ada tiga cara Anda untuk memaafkan: 1) Terima orang apa adanya dan jangan mencoba mengubahnya. Anda berkata, 'Saya hanya akan memaafkan mereka jika mereka berubah.' Itu hanya membuat Anda terikat kepada mereka,...

Steps to forgiveness (1)

‘Forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another’ Colossians 3:13 NKJV The misery of living with unforgiveness in your heart always lasts longer than the pain of the offence. Always! When you hold on to resentment, you open the door to depression and...

Bagaimana mengampuni (1)

‘Sabarlah kamu seorang terhadap yang lain, dan ampunilah seorang akan yang lain’ Kolose 3:13  Kesengsaraan hidup dengan hati yang tidak mau mengampuni selalu bertahan lebih lama daripada rasa sakit karena kesalahan atau pelanggaran. Selalu! Ketika Anda menyimpan...