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Before The Lamb

Sesungguhnya, suatu kumpulan besar orang banyak yang tidak dapat terhitung banyaknya, dari SEGALA BANGSA dan SUKU dan KAUM dan BAHASA, berdiri di hadapan takhta dan di hadapan Anak Domba, memakai jubah putih dan memegang daun-daun palem di tangan mereka. Dan dengan SUARA NYARING mereka BERSERU:

“Keselamatan bagi Allah kami yang duduk di atas takhta dan bagi Anak Domba!”

(Wahyu 7:9-10)

And behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from EVERY NATION, from ALL TRIBES and PEOPLES and LANGUAGES, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and CRYING OUT with LOUD VOICE:

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

(Revelation 7:9-10)

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It Is Not God, It Is Us

About 10 years ago, I was in the middle of faith crisis because of my family situation. I was angry and blame my parents and God for what happened in our family.

I was thinking that God couldn’t help or even didn’t wanna care to listen to our prayers anymore. I “hate” God, I told Him.

But I was WRONG! It was not God, it was me & my parents. It was our sins that seperate us from Him.

The Lord’s arm is not too weak to save you, nor is his ear too deaf to hear you call. It’s your sins that have cut you off from God.

Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.

(Isaiah 59:1, 2 NLT)

When I look back, God has been so gracious to us since that day. He has shown us His loving-kindness and unfailing love to us.

Through that situation He brought us back to Him. He used other Christian frieda to reach for us, to help us to find Him and His forgiveness.

He opened the way for us to walk in the salvation He provided for us in Christ Jesus.

He provided to way for us to CONNECT with Him again.So we can have relationship with Him again.

He was, is and always be our God. Though we had forgotten Him, He never forget nor forsake His creations. He never for get us. He never forget you, too.

You can connect with God again today.
You can have realtionship with God today.
You can confess your sins and ask for His forgiveness today.
You can be saved and be His child today.
You can because Jesus has done it on the cross for you.

Yes, God has provided the way for you today, are gonna take His hands today?

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I link this to Five Minute Friday: Connect

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He Is All I Need

Waking up early this morning before anybody else, I had time with the LORD. It has been a long time I did not have a quite time with God and His word like today.

As I was reading and listening the book of Psalm (catching up with my 90 Days of Reading the whole Bible in this summer), I read Psalm 5:3 and made it my prayer this morning:

Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD.
Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait expectantly. (Psalm 5:3 NLT)

Because I miss Him, His voice, His touch, His presence and His love.

And God answered me with Psalm 23, giving me assurance that He is all that I need and He is with me all the time and He is my renewer, provider, guide, protector and comforter. I will be with Him forever in His presence:

The LORD is my shepherd;
I have all that I need. He lets me rest in green meadows;
he leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength.
He guides me along right paths,
bringing honor to his name. Even when I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will not be afraid,
for you are close beside me.
Your rod and your staff
protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me
in the presence of my enemies.
You honor me by anointing my head with oil.
My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
all the days of my life,
and I will live in the house of the LORD
forever. (Psalm 23:1-6 NLT)

For all of these, oh LORD my God, I am so thankful and ask for nothing else. For:

You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever! (Psalm 30:11, 12 NLT)

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There’s Always A Reason

There is always a reason for us to worship the LORD, our God.
There is always a reason for us to give thanks to the LORD, our God.
There is always a reason for us to lift up our voice and praise His Holy Name.
There’s 10,000 reasons to bless the LORD.

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Overcoming Failure

I’ve been reading Renee Swope‘s book, A Confident Heart, for one of my Summer readings.

At the end of chapter 7, she shared about failing forward, failure and how we can overcome it. She wrote,

“When we disappint God and other people, it can automatically make us feel like a failure. This reinforces Satan’s lies and destroys our confidence. Fearing failure can distort our perspective and keep us focused on the fear of failing again. Instead, we need to ask God if there is something we need to di differently.”

What is failure? What are the causes of failure? Renee answers those quetions from the Truth:

“One of the main themes of the Bible is overcoming failure. Throughout Scriptures we see that failure is something caused by disobedience (Num.14:40-45), sin (Josh. 7:3-12), lack of faith (Matt. 17:15-21), not following God’s ways (2 Chron. 28:1-5), lack of counting the cost (Luke 14:28-29), unbelief (Heb. 4:6), and wrong motives (James 4:3).”

Isn’t that true? I know it’s true and happens to me. Satan always try to get to me through “making me feel like a failure” when I disapoint God or someone (especially my husband, daughter and parents). Satan knows well our weak spot in our life and he will use it over and over again to destry and draw us away from God and His love.

I would be so down and discouraged when that happened to me. But God is so good, so gracious and so faithful. He shows love, grace and mercy to me. He speaks to me through His words, patience husband and wise, spirit-filled mentor&friends I have. He makes sure I know well that He is there and guides me step by step to the victory in Jesus.

Overcoming failure is only by coming to Jesus, searching God’s will for your life and live it!