People are not the enemy

Hello everyone, its kind of complicated these two days because I had the most shocking truth I received (two shocking truth; one is extremely bad and the other one is extremely bring sadness) plus some of the godly burden that God put on my heart these days. It’s been two days I got a heavy headache (low blood pressure attacking my body) and also sudden insomnia. Its just I cant sleep, its just I cant stop thinking, and its just way too hard for me.

And so, our lives (if its normal); we will always connected with other people (whether they’re the older one, the same age, and the young one). And also, our lives (if its spiritual); we will always be a target for the devil. And the bad news is, the devil rides on peoples these days, they even ride on spiritual people. (sometimes on me as well).

I’ve seen people getting hurt, hit, hitched, and also trapped in the devil business – and we need to be careful handling these people, because we have to remember (always reminds ourselves that ‘people is not the enemy’).

If just everybody were aware enough that we are at war everyday, that we are fighting the devil everyday – (not the people); we will win every time we had a conflict or even problem or even sin.

I love God, I love Church, I love peoples and I HATE devil.

The fact that devil ride on people is disturbing me these days, im so in war with the devil. And I need wisdom; I need God, as much as I need people. (I need them because I love them).

I was leading a prayer in our worship team gathering; when we worship and pray (suddenly I heard a loud screaming voice on my left ear; I checked to the singers at the back of me and no one near me as near those screaming voice. By that moment, i knew that it was a devil screaming to my ear and mad at me. And I led the people to hand in hand worshiping God and sing our song “Haleluya, Haleluya, Hosanna bagiMu” and we continued our prayer and I knew im the winner. (but I knew, the devil is keep working keep looking for a chance in every worship team that day to ride on them and fight against me)

And because I’ve seen in my spirit that the devil rides on my beautiful people makes me angry. Im angry because I love them; and I rebuked the devil who is standing behind their back laughing at me while slowly dragging them to their place. And I can’t stand still seeing them dragged into hell. I just can’t stand still and not doing anything.

I rather take my risk of them hating me (now) then seeing them serving the devil (later). I just wanna tell you, that you are not my enemy (the devil is) and im not your enemy (the devil is). If you are just realize, that we’re at war, and we’re suppose to be in this together (not fighting each other). Why don't we just cut it out, and make a war with the right enemy and win this thing together.

Keep winning, people! For you are destined to be win and more than a conqueror.

Words for today is this: Ephesians 4:27 "Dan janganlah beri kesempatan kepada Iblis," (dalam terjemahan lain: jangan memberi satu pijakan kepada Iblis untuk masuk) - Don't give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.

The greatest gift you can give is: YOU!

Good morning world .. im having my self moment after dropping my son at his school, its kinda hectic around me right now, but its not hard to have a solitude and this is what im thinking and pursuing these days. Enjoy the reading!

I love the idea about being 'healthy', well in fact i wanna be healthy: i wanna grow old and becoming a healthy grandma for my grandchildren. Im seeing myself in the future so wealthy, happy, and healthy. I have a big family (not a big fat one), but a really really happy and healthy one. You know, there's only one book that talks about E V E R Y T H I N G. Yes, im not wrong saying that this book, the bible is the only book that talks about everything; including healthiness.

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1

We dont just live for God, can i get an amen for this? We live in this world, some of you have a family, some of you are engaged, some of you maybe very young and living for yourself. But let me tell you something, the sadness thing in lifeis when we lost someone we love (our family, our spouse, our son/daughter, etc). I lost my dad when i was 27 years old, he was only 55 years old man (sadly he was not lived a healthy lives); my old man was not rich, was not tall, was not a manager or even an important man in a business world, he might not an important person for anybody outside my family, but he was an important man in my life, until today i still missed him in every sensitive moment in my life. You know, i didn't expect him to be rich, i just want him to be here on earth with me. And that would the greatest gift for me. Now, how bout you? I hope you can get all the big picture having a double effort to be healthy.

Quoting from Joyce Meyer that once said: The greatest gift that we can give to ourself, to God, to family, to our spouse, and even to other people is the healthy us. I think this one is so powerful. So many of us, we have tried to give everything else for others but ourselves. Gee, you know: the greatest gift you can give is: YOURSELF.

We are a "spirit, soul, and body" person. The three part of us should be healthy. In fact, there is a synergy between the three of them. Some people focusing on the body part first then to the soul and the spirit (from outside inside), while Paul on 1 Tes 5:23 focusing from the 'inside out' (start from the spirit, soul, and body)

Guys, we need to be and we have to be a healthy person (spirit, soul, body) - thats the greatest gift you can give. (even to yourself). A healthy spirit always have joy inside (because the spirit connect with God's spirit) that burst the soul (mind, emotion, and will) that will infect the body. from the inside out - let train our body to be fit and healthy. A healthy mind does not negative, while a healthy body does not overweight or minusweight (you eat right, in control, and having a regular fasting and regular sport activities).

Okey, so im saying this not because im already perfect, but because i need a friend in this journey to be healthy. How bout changing the world through our long lives on earth, and how bout giving the greatest gift to God, to our family, to our loved one, to our church, to this generation, and to ourselves?

Im hoping that you all gonna have an amazing and healthy day today.
Decide today to live healthy: spirit, soul, and body. Because the healthy person is the happy one and the happy person is a wealthy one. xoxo

Stimulating other to seek God

eoYoww .. wazz up?!! Please dont judge the notes by the HEADER *lol* So this time, im going to share what happen in my mind these days .. NOT YET having the answer .. but i need a company to THINK, THINK, THINK (like winnie the pooh said: if you have a problem THINK, THINK, THINK *lol - too much cartoon these days i guess)

As a mom, kata 'stimulasi' has become a POWERFUL word for me; its a very normal vocab in my daily lives well now it STRUCK me when it comes to the spiritual thing. As a mom, i was taught not too often DO and DONT's to my baby .. i was taught to STIMULATE his inteligence; merangsang inderanya untuk berkembang sendiri (okay, i promise i wont use bahasa roh dalam hal ini bahasa kedokteran khususnya bahasa ibu dan anak dan dokter anak) hahaha

Couple years ago, i was listening one man were saying "Bahwa kita hidup di generasi post-modern" (hold on guys till the end .. you'll get something i promise :)) Now let me tell you the characteristic of this post-modern people:
- Rasio adalah Tuhan mereka. Segala sesuatu dicurigai sampai ada bukti yang dapat diterima oleh akal manusia
- Anti berlembaga dan Anti mapan. Segala sesuatu akan menuju kepada perubahan, termasuk KEBENARAN.
- Tidak suka diGURUI apalagi diPERINTAH
- Kebenaran itu RELATIF tidak MUTLAK

Yeah, you know what guys: sedikit terlambat untuk membahas generasi post-modern, karena generasi yang akan datang adalah generasi platinum (WHAT??!! - wait for the next notes later later later) BUT never too late to learn. BUT better not late sih *halah*

POSTMODERN - Era matinya modernisme; yang telah memasuki seluruh masyarakat (mulai dari GAYA astitektur, jadi budaya: musik, fashion, cara berpikir, dan juga film, tidak terkecuali juga hal-hal rohani. Modernisme menggabungkan kebenaran dengan rasio, tapi Postmodernisme itu menolak kebenaran mutlak bahkan mencari sesuatu yang lebih tinggi dari rasio) .. oke im gonna stop now before you're all throw up. (if you want to know more, just googling those words)

So, these days i've been thinking about this words "STIMULATING"
- Gimana caranya "menstimulasi" orang2 untuk penasaran dan mencintai Tuhan yang saya sembah
- "menstimulasi" indera mereka, roh mereka untuk mencari Tuhan
- "menstimulasi" dan "merangsang" roh dan jiwa mereka untuk benar2 menginginkan Tuhan.

GUYS, this is our task .. to STIMULATE their spirit to SEEK GOD, not to JUDGE them, not to YELL to them from the stage, not to SUGGEST them, and not even enough just to be with them all day long. You need to STIMULATE them until they have a STRONG WILLING, that HUNGER and THIRST like you have, until they MEET God.

How many of us STRESS and get DEPRESS meeting this kind of people; Yang sangat KRITIS (menjatuhkan bukan membangun) dan bahkan perlu bukti sana sini untuk setiap kata di ALKITAB. wow .. what a people we meet. They're like expecting even insisting us to be "Ahli-Ahli Taurat"

While im writing this notes, wow suddenly i remembered one verse which i LIKE LIKE LIKE LIKE
Luk 24:32 Kata mereka seorang kepada yang lain: "Bukankah HATI KITA BERKOBAR-KOBAR, ketika Ia berbicara dengan kita di tengah jalan dan ketika Ia menerangkan Kitab Suci kepada kita?"

Luk 24:32 And they said one to another, Did not OUR HEART BURN WITHIN US, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Hey, thats the answer .. HOW to stimulate people to SEEK God .. We must let JESUS SPEAK through us. Ayat diatas menceritakan bagaimana murid-murid Yesus berjumpa dengan seorang pria (padahal YESUS yg baru saja bangkit dan menemui mereka namun mereka tidak mengenalinya) dan HEYY .. what did they say? i'll HIGHLIGHT this one as the closing for this notes:

"BUKANKAH hati kita BERKOBAR-KOBAR"
"DID not OUR HEARTS BURN within us"

Waktu Yesus berbicara, perkataannya membuat HATI ORANG BERKOBAR-KOBAR .. wow. Jesus was STIMULATING them to SEEK HIM more, to FIND HIM more. Wow ..
Let this be your prayer tonite as you read this notes. this is the answer for your DRY cell group, for your DRY spirit, for your spiritual children's growth, for your church, and specially handling the POST-MODERN people .. YOU NEED TO LET JESUS Himself SPEAK through you .. then when you leave them .. they will say one another EXACTLY the same like those verse:

"Bukankah hati kita BERKOBAR-KOBAR ketika Dia bebicara dengan kita ..."
"Did not our hearts BURN within us when HE talked with us ..."

So, this is the last thought:
When was the last time your heart BURNED for GOD? Because you can only bring people as fas as you go. (Ketempat kemana kau pernah ada, kesitulah kau akan bawa orang2) You will never be able to bring people to a place where you havent been there before.

SOAK UP into Him tonite and GET DRAWN in HIM.
This is amazing .. You guys are amazing .. and i pray tonite for each one of you, for every cell group and for every family, and also NOT FORGET for the POST-MODERN generation where we live now and for the COMING PLATINUM generation :-) i pray for you all .. and i love you all.

xoxo

Example for the Believers

Helo again peeps! Counting down to the year 2010 i believe this notes will inspire you and to shape you to become a better person RIGHT BEFORE THE 2010 is BEGIN. Yeah well, not this notes actually, but again the WORD that become FLESH that will change you, transform you, and make you. So here it is .. enjoy every word, slowly chew the word, and be transform!

I do believe that "People SILENTLY JUDGE us" if you're agree with me just NOD your head (angguk angguk.red) Ada sebuah ayat yang udah gak asing di telinga kita kayanya, it sounds like this:

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Jangan seorangpun menganggap engkau rendah karena engkau muda. Jadilah teladan bagi orang-orang percaya, dalam perkataanmu, dalam tingkah lakumu, dalam kasihmu, dalam kesetiaanmu dan dalam kesucianmu. 1 Timotius 4:12
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Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
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Let me ask you .. kapan terakhir kali ada seseorang merendahkan kamu, right in front of your face and he said "You are such a LOW person. JERK!" Saya percaya jarang banget itu terjadi, mungkin beberapa dari kita gak pernah juga mengalami pengalaman kaya gitu. ngeri bener kalo emang itu terjadi. BUT BUT BUT percaya gak, bahwa PEOPLE SILENTLY JUDGE US. Instead of yeah well kita gak bole nge judge orang dan bla bla bla, tapi orang secara SILENT, in their own heart, in their own mind .. mereka menilai siapa kita dimata mereka lewat PERKATAAN, TINGKAH LAKU, KASIH, KESETIAAN, dan KESUCIAN.

Thats why, PAULUS concern banget sama TIMOTIUS yang adalah anak rohaninya. He BOLDY say to Tim "Jangan SEORANGPUN (seorangpun) menganggap engkau RENDAH karena engkau muda. Wow, baru kali ini kayanya saya lebih suka terjemahan indonesianya, lebih BOLD, TAJAM, gue banget gitu. *lol*

Next, he said JADILAH TELADAN. Be an example of the believers. Ini simple banget untuk ditulis memang dan agak sulit waktu praktek, but we have to do it anyway. Then Paul give some of the points where we 'youth' sering dianggap rendah dan sekaligus points yang sama mengenai di area mana kita jadi teladan.

1. PERKATAAN
I have to admit, that many times my words are FASTER than my brain. This is one of my leak guys. Those who know me will SMILE and NOD now *grin face* lol. Seringkali anak muda dianggap rendah lewat perkataan kita; Becanda-becandaan kita lah, ato latah-latah kita lah, ato umpatan-umpatan kita. Selain itu, lewat curhatan kita pun orang bisa nilai kita itu orang macam apa, rendah kah, " berpendidikankah, atau so so lah. Thats why we have to control perkataan kita, jangan kaya "kecipirit". mind my words but thats the best example how to explain it anyway. *peace finger*

Kitab Yakobus membahas cukup banyak soal "lidah" betapa lidah itu bagian tubuh yang kecil tapi seperti api yang walaupun kecil bisa membakar sebuah hutan besar. Dengan lidah kita memuji Tuhan, dengan lidah yang sama kita mengutuki orang. Mungkin gak sampai mengutuki, tapi perkataan keputusasaan, perkataan pesimis, perkataan kasar. Mungkin gak kasar juga, JUST KIDDING (kayanya sering deh kita denger kata itu), tapi kepikir gak bahwa lewat JUST KIDDING kita, beberapa orang di sekitar kita MIGHT GET HURT dan welcome to the judgment day. People silently judge you by your word. Thats why jadilah teladan dalam perkataan. Its oke becanda, Its oke say everything, but knowing the right time and the right place is really important. Let me apologize to each one of you if there was any my KIDDING word somehow hurting you personally. i repent today, and promise to do better in the future. i better watch my mouth next time. Silent is gold sometimes is right, but not always right. :)

2. TINGKAH LAKU
Pada dasarnya, tingkah laku seseorang itu adalah respon dari apa yang terjadi di sekitar kita. Dan tingkah laku itu terbentuk dan terus berkembang tergantung di komunitas mana dia berada. People silently judge our ACT. Kalau dalam perkataan, mungkin hanya orang yang kita kenal yang bisa SILENTLY JUDGE us, tapi kalo bicara soal tingkah laku ... EVERY BODY CAN JUDGE US. And we cant stop them from judging us, we cant say IN JESUS NAME GO WAY. They're will always be there. Thats why if you're a leader, you better watch your act. Dari hal yang sederhana sampai hal yang besar, dari hal yang gak penting sampai hal yang penting, kita perlu PUSH ourselves untuk jadi teladan bagi orang percaya. Pernah gak kita di restaurant tertentu dan kita liat ada orang yang makan kaya gak pernah dikasi makan setaun, kaya kelaparan banget. Mungkin kita ga bahas, but we silently judge them rite. Thats the same thing with all the people in the world. Well, we better watch our act everyone.

3. KASIH
Love is the basic and foundation of every aspect in our lives and i believe all of you are agree with me. Everybody in this world needs LOVE. They even singing about love, and if you checked the movies, the sinetron and everything in the production house .. if you wanna get a BIG costumer, sell LOVE. Tell them about love, they will like it. because they need love. Love is giving *always* So in this area, we need to be an example HOW TO LOVE not just by words but by GIVING. Because love is always giving. Banyak orang di dunia ini hanya MENGAMBIL, MENERIMA, just TAKING. why? Because they simply dont have anything to be given. THE NEED is love. We need to be an example how to give our time, how to give our full attention when people share something to us, how to give our full care, how to give our full life when serving each other. GIVE, GIVE, GIVE. This is our identity; to GIVE. And people silently judge us when we give a little. Mind my words again: Banyak orang gak tau bagaimana memberi yang terbaik untuk orang yang sudah memberi yang terbaik.

4. KESETIAAN
Kitab Mikha berkata seperti ini: Banyak orang benar (baik), tapi orang yang setia siapakah yang menemukannya? Banyak sekali gambaran ketidaksetiaan di televisi apalagi infotaintment *yeah well what do you expect la* the world spreading the DISLOYAL viruses we need to SPRAY and KILL the virus by becoming an example dalam kesetiaan kita. Kesetiaan gak hanya berbicara mengenai pernikahan dan pacaran, tapi juga dalam keseharian kita. You know all the examples about this im sure. Once you read this "word' i believe its like "ya ya ya i know" Okay then, mari jadi teladan dalam hal kesetiaan. Setia berdoa, setia melayani, tepat janji (termasuk BE ON TIME!) *AHA* you're not expecting me saying this ON TIME thing rite? but too bad it is. *lol* Remember, people silently judge us.

5. KESUCIAN
Wow, this is the last one. i love the word "PURE". Dunia memperkenalkan nilai-nilai korupsi, penyelewengan, dan politik-politik juga strategi-strategi. Pemain bola pasti tau soal strategi. But let me say this: strategi itu hanya untuk perang, hanya untuk bola, hanya untuk berjualan, hanya untuk menang dan BUKAN untuk hubungan. kemurnian, kesucian dalam hubungan "TANPA MOTIVASI menguntungkan diri sendiri" rasanya udah jarang kita temui hari-hari ini. i wanna be pure, i wanna be around people who really connect with me bukan karena saya menguntungkan mereka, (kalo udah menguntungkan berarti dicuekin dong) tapi karena they want to connect with me, even saya gagal, even saya pernah salah, et cetera. People, the world actually longs for the PURE person. GIRLS, you know all the examples. Mind my examples again: how many times awalnya koko dede (AHA!!) dan akhirnya si koko ternyata suka dan si DEDE kecewa karena mengetahui ternyata selama ini si KOKO ada hati. Gak ada seorang pun yang beli AQUA, tapi di botolnya ada tulisan 99% murni, 1% racun and you still buy it, i tell you, you're not just LOW, you're CRAZY. Again, people silently judge you. Come on lets be an example in the purity. Bukan karena kita ada maunya, atau bahkan supaya menguntungkan kita pribadi. Be pure!

Those are five daily things that we DEAL almost everyday and every minute i guess. We deal with our own mouth, mind, and heart. Be an example bukan berarti kita memalsukan kata-kata kita, memalsukan tingkah laku kita setiap saat (JAIM) *cape deh*, memalsukan kasih kita, kesetiaan kita, dan kesucian kita. Ini bukan soal menjadi orang lain .. but those 5 points buat saya sederhana menantang saya untuk jadi orang yang lebih baik. Right before christmas, Right before 2010 .. i wanna be a better person. And i wanna be an EXAMPLE for the generation to come. I SET my life, my day, my everything to be a MODEL for this generation. Yes, kata TELADAN or EXAMPLE itu berarti: MODEL atau FIGURE. If it means that i have to pay the cost, let it be. Because "CHILDREN SEE, CHILDREN DO" and Your word would not as powerful as your example.

be an EXAMPLE for me is like the MOST effective way to teach someone, to bring someone to Jesus, to equip someone. I hope i would say less, and act more and i hope people could IMITATE me .. we cant say "Contoh yang baik dari saya, yang gak baik jangan dicontoh" NO WE CANNOT. Because again, CHILDREN SEE CHILDREN DO. People around us need a MODEL, need a FIGURE, and they IMITATE the model, they IMITATE the FIGURE good or bad. They will imitate our words, our act, our love, our loyalty, our purity.

You are not created to be LOW. You are HIGH VALUED, such a MASTERPIECE made by GOD Himself. Thats why, be an EXAMPLE of the BELIEVERS.