Sunday, October 30, 2005

WOW..... that's all I want to say yesterday on 8 o'clock at the new facility of JPCC. Nice.........
Well, I am so amazed with the building........ Well, next service I will try to concentrate more on the sermon instead of the building ...hehehehe

hm, I want to share something... because it will be a quite long story...... it means I will use bahasa instead of english...hihihi......

waktu itu ada temen ngomong.... tau nggak Yen, gue dulu waktu di uni, gue tuh aktif banget dalam pelayanan kampus........ tapi sekarang gue enggak deh... soalnya kalo terlalu aktif nanti expectation orang lain, gue musti suci dan sebagainya.........
jadinya ya gitu deh, sekarang mendingan gue keliatan rada berandal aja, nggak aktif pelayanan. jadi nggak ada beban

Gimana menurut kalian soal ini?
gue waktu diceritain itu, komen gue cuma diam seribu bahasa sambil tersenyum.. tau ada yang salah tapi nggak tau komen yang tepatnya apa........
tapi setelah direnungin baru2 ini, eh nongol juga jawabannya.....
Menurut gue ya, ada tipikal orang yang suka aktif di organisasi, alias sibuk sana dan sibuk sini. Gue rasa orang2 seperti ini ada yang kebetulan aktif di gereja, toh itu juga organisasi bukan? tapi sebenarnya mereka inilah yang mungkin merupakan orang2 yang cuma pingin aktif (alias untuk mendistribusikan potensi dirinya) but it doesn't come from their heart.
karena itu , mereka jadi so afraid waktu berkumpul ama orang luar gereja.... mereka merasa harus berusaha sangat keras untuk hidup suci... karena kan kemungkinan besar orang luar gereja tau kalo orang2 tersebut aktif di gereja.

Gue yakin banget loh, kalo emang mereka cinta Tuhan dan mereka mendasarkan perasaan itu dalam pelayanan.... dengan sendirinya mereka nggak akan merasa 'berusaha keras' untuk hidup sesuai dengan firman Tuhan .... di perkumpulan orang2 di luar gereja.

tapi nggak tau deh, ini yang keluar dari otak gue........
so gimana menurut elo?

God bless u

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Hey…hey….. I want to share today’s sermon ….. the topic is self control, focusing more on controlling your tongue…….
Pastor Jose Carol said that you must control your tongue because:
1.It is able to direct your life.
2.It is able to destroy what you have already built.
3.It is able to show the real of you.
(It is based most on James 3: 1 -13)

And he also gave four hints how to control yourself:
1.Set a goal ( 1 Corinthians 9 : 26 ).
2.Practice to control yourself ( 1 Corinthians 9 : 24 – 25).
3.Discipline ( 1 Corinthians 9 : 26 – 27).
4.Get a mentor.

Okay, this is my short summary of today’s sermon and well, I was blessed with it….. Now, I will try to control my tongue especially when I am angry… I always know if my heart is not in the good condition, everything that I say will hurt others although I didn’t mean to do that.
The last thing that I want to share (just remember…..) : Fast in listening but slow in saying words…….. (This sentence can be found in bible but I don’t know where….. hehehe)

You want to know more about tongue just check out James…….. you can find some parables about tongue on this part of bible…. ( according to my pastor , I haven’t check it yet…..)

The photo that I put in this posting is also inspired by the sermon. Thanks to Pastor Jose Carol…….. I hope my short summary (a really really short one) and the photo can give an impact to your life. God bless you…………

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have a nice weekend and I hope you also have a nice weekday....