The Five Wise Virgins

James 1:2 NLT Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. James 1:4 MSG Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. James 1:5, 12 NLT If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. Four things that I have learned from these verses: 1. Mindset When troubles comes, we have to consider it an opportunity for great joy 2. Purpose Only when we are under pressure, we can see who we really are. God allows certain trials for us to face

Mazmur 24 "Siapakah yang boleh naik ke atas gunung Tuhan? Siapakah yang boleh berdiri di tempat Nya yang kudus? Orang yang bersih tangannya dan murni hatinya. Yang tidak menyerahkan dirinya kepada penipuan, dan yang tidak bersumpah palsu. Dialah yang akan menerima berkat dari Tuhan dan keadilan dari Allah yang menyelamatkan dia." Ada 4 kualifikasi yang ditetapkan dalam Mzm 24 ayat 4 di atas: 'bersih tangannya, murni hatinya, tidak menyerahkan diri kepada penipuan dan tidak bersumpah palsu.' 1. Soal 'bersih tangannya' Tuhan ingatkan saya bahwa ini berbicara soal apakah tangan kita telah melakukan atau mengambil apa yang benar yang menjadi bagian kita atau apakah tangan kita malah mengambil apa yang menjadi milik orang lain dan mengakuinya sebagai milik kita ? 2. Murni hatinya. Ini berbicara tentang motivasi hati kita. Apakah kita tulus dengan Tuhan ataukah ada embel2 lain ketika kita datang pada Nya. 3. Tidak menyerahkan dirinya kepada penipuan.

10:39 pm. Sitting down on the floor. Listening to All Over Again from Catherine Mullins. ..... He loves me. In my weakness. In my failures. In my sorrow. In my sadness. In my fears. In my wrongs. In my setbacks. In my unbelief. Is there such love? Can you explain such love.... He loves me. Not less. Not more. Full. What kind of love is this... I could not figure it out. I cannot think..I cannot feel... but still I know. Little voice in my heart said it is the truth. What is truth anyway... ...and you shall know the truth... and the truth shall set you free... Truth is a person. Truth is not a concept. Nor a theory. Truth is Jesus. Love is truth. Love is Jesus. Jesus is truth. And Jesus said to him: I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. ..... If my heart is overwhelmed and I cannot hear Your voice... I'll hold on to what is true though I cannot see... If the storms of life they come and the road ahead gets steep I wil

Kejadian 22 And Abraham said to his servants, settle down and stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you. -Genesis 22:5 Ketika saya selesai membaca dan kemudian merenungkan ayat ini. Terbersit satu pertanyaan dalam hati saya seperti ini... bagaimana ya caranya supaya saya dapat setiap saat menyembah Tuhan? Kalau berada di kantor, saya tidak bisa sesuka hati menyanyi atau bermazmur sebagai tanda penyembahan saya kepada Tuhan, seperti kalau saya sedang berada di gereja atau sedang saat teduh di kamar. Padahal hati ini rindu sekali untuk menyembah Dia setiap saat. Saya pernah mendengar suatu khotbah dari Kim Walker, salah satu worship leader di Bethel Church, which is one of my favorite worship leader- dia mengatakan "Worship is not music and worship is not songs... those are expressions of worship. Worship cannot be confined into a box. Worship is an alive continuous connection to God. Our connection to God. " That&#