Pages

Translate

Jumat, 05 Mei 2017

Suami Ngotot Cerai, Cathy Sharon Tetap Andalkan Doa

 Thu August 11th, 2016
 82560

Artikel ini ditulis oleh :

Lori Mora

Official Writer
 https://www.jawaban.com/read/article/id/2016/08/11/15/160811110951/suami_ngotot_ceraicathy_sharon_tetap_andalkan_doa

Sumber : credit: Instagram.com/cathysharon
Gugatan cerai yang dilayangkan Eka Kusuma, suami mantan VJ dan aktris Cathy Sharon memang sudah ditolak oleh Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta pada Senin, 11 April 2016. Namun tampaknya biduk rumah tangga Cathy dan Eka tetap masih belum kembali seperti sedia kala. Pasalnya, Eka tetap ngotot bercerai dengan kembali melayangkan banding ke Pengadilan Tinggi Jakarta.
Mesi begitu, Cathy mengaku akan tetap memperjuangkan pernikahan yang telah dikarunia dua anak itu. Dia tetap menolak adanya perpisahan bukan hanya demi kedua buah hati mereka, melainkan atas janji suci yang diucapkannya saat menikah. Dia tetap berharap sang suami akan membuka hati kembali untuk keluarganya.
Di tengah persoalan rumah tangganya ini, Cathy mengaku hanya bisa mengandalkan doa. Sebab doalah yang membuatnya tetap tegar di tengah masa sulit saat ini. “Saya masih berdoa supaya keluarga saya utuh kembali. Supaya suami saya yang baik, kembali kepada anak-anak kepada keluarga. Itulah doa saya tiap hari,” ucap Cathy, seperti dilansir Kompas.com, Rabu (10/8).
Dengan doa dan pemikiran yang positif, Cathy yakin sang suami akan kembali berkumpul dengan keluarga seperti sedia kala. “Saya hanya berdoa saja. Saya tetap yakin suami saya adalah suami yang baik dan ayah yang baik. Tetap berpikir positif,” ucapnya dalam suatu kesempatan pada bulan Mei 2016 lalu.
Hingga saat ini, hubungan Cathy dan sang suami masih terjalin baik. Dia mengaku bahwa Eka juga masih berkomunikasi dengan anak-anaknya.
Saat persoalan hidup kita tampak begitu berat dan seolah tak lagi mampu menanggungnya, saat itulah kita perlu berkomunikasi dengan Tuhan. Doa adalah kekuatan kita. Saat kita menabur dalam doa, maka percayalah tidak ada yang mustahil. Pray until something happen! 
Sumber : Kompas.com/Tribunnews.com/ls

God Will Only Give You What Is Good for You


John Piper
http://www.desiringgod.org/god-will-only-give-you-what-is-good-for-you

The following is a lightly edited transcript.
When you try to list all the good things that Jesus obtained for us by shedding his blood and rising again — when you try to list all of those — you realize this includes everything that serves our eternal good.
Do you remember the gospel logic of Romans 8:32? It’s probably my favorite verse in the Bible.
He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
It’s a rhetorical question, with an assumed answer. How will he not with him freely give us all things? What does that mean? By virtue of dying for us, he secures for us all things — everything that serves our eternal good.
“All things in this life serve our eternal good, including affliction and loss, disease and disability.”
If you are given singleness instead of marriage as your life, it’s because the blood of Jesus secured the eternal good that singleness will do for you. Or if you’re given a disability or a disease that’s never healed in this life, it is because the blood of Jesus secured the eternal good that this disability will do for you. This means that there are thousands and thousands of good things that Christ did not purchase for you in this life.
There is no promise in the cross — in the blood of the gospel — that Christians will have health in this world. There’s no promise in the gospel for that. He did not purchase for all Christians a job, a marriage, wealth, a home, or success in business. If these things come to a Christian, they are shown to be gospel blessings — blood-bought blessings that become occasions for knowing and enjoying and showing the glory of God. That is when they work for our eternal good.
He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all, will most certainly give us all things with him. All things in this life serve our eternal good, including affliction, loss, and sorrow. And in the resurrection we’ll receive everything good — no affliction, no loss, no sorrow, and every spiritual and physical blessing in the heavenly places.

Pray Big Things for Your Little Ones

Article by 
Guest Contributor
 http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/pray-big-things-for-your-little-ones
How do we pray for our children when our words seem to run dry? How do we faithfully lift them before the Lord with confidence that our prayers match hisdesires for them? When we’re not sure of how to pray, God’s word enables us to stand with him and lift our children before his throne with confidence.
As a parent, I long to pray for my kids more faithfully. I long to stand in agreement with my Savior, and pray bold and powerful prayers for my kids. But sometimes I get stuck. Sometimes I can’t find the words. Paul’s words to the Colossian church offer eight spiritual truths to pray over my children.
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy; giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. (Colossians 1:9–12)
In the end, God doesn’t care about the eloquence of our prayers — always knowing the perfect words to say for our children — so much as the condition of our hearts. Offering these prayers for my kids daily has centered my focus and blessed my prayer life, molding my heart to want the things God wants for my children.
1. Pray they will be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. (Colossians 1:9)
Jesus models this prayer when asked how we ought to pray: “Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). When we follow his example and pray that our children will know God’s will, we pray according to the example Christ himself set for us.
2. Pray they will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord. (Colossians 1:10)
While it’s tempting for parents to spend excessive time praying for the behavior of our children, we honor God when we remember to pray that their behavior will not just be obedient, but will glorify him. This goes for our spouses, friends, parents, and other loved ones as well. When we ask God to intrude in their lives in such a way that they honor him in the way they live, we are praying godly prayers for godly behavior with godly motives.
3. Pray they will please God in all respects. (Colossians 1:10)
I have prayed this prayer often during seasons when my children were struggling with sin. Whether it’s a child with a sudden inclination to fabricate information, a child who is struggling with an ungodly temptation, or a little one who is struggling with sadness, this is a relevant and powerful prayer. It’s a prayer God loves to honor, because it is the desire of his heart as well.
4. Pray they will bear fruit. (Colossians 1:10)
When the good deeds of our lives overflow with positive spiritual outcomes, we bear good fruit. When I pray for my kids to bear fruit in their works, I pray for each of them differently. I pray my daughter will interact with her schoolmates with compassion and kindness. I pray my toddler will see the benefits of treating others with love and respect.
5. Pray they will increase in their knowledge of God. (Colossians 1:10)
Increasing in our knowledge of God ultimately leads to loving him more deeply. I want nothing more for my children than to see them in a deeper relationship with God. As we come to know God more deeply, our love for him grows. As our love for him grows, he transforms the way we see others and the way we live. We begin to live out of his endless love for us, and no longer crave the affirmation and acceptance of the world.
6. Pray they will be strengthened with all power, according to God’s glorious might. (Colossians 1:11)
We all need strength. Whether it’s strength to stand up to the bully at school, strength to walk away from temptation, or strength to witness boldly for our faith, we all rely on God’s strength. When God’s strength flows through us, we are able to give without burning out, stand in fiery trials, and endure through the valleys of life. This is what we want for our children, regardless of their season of life.
7. Pray they will have steadfastness and patience. (Colossians 1:11)
Whether or not we pray to bear the Spirit’s fruit of patience (Galatians 5:22), life will test our patience. We should pray to God to help us die to our self-centered impatience and bear his fruit of a patient heart. We are called to pray this for our children as well.
8. Pray they will be filled with joy and thanksgiving. (Colossians 1:11–12)
My daughter loves it when I pray for her joy to abound. We all want more joy. Let’s bless our children by praying they will have greater joy and greater thanksgiving, which go hand in hand. Joy is a beautiful fruit of a life deeply rooted in God’s love. When we learn to see all things as representations of God’s goodness, we move deeper into joy.
I cling to the confidence that God’s word never returns empty, and I see the fruit of my prayers often in the midst of my everyday life with my kids. Find a passage or set of verses to pray over your children, and watch God respond to his word with faithfulness and power.

Mengapa Aku Selalu Menolak Pertolongan dari Orang Lain


InfoOleh Kim Cheung, Tiongkok 
http://www.warungsatekamu.org/2017/03/mengapa-aku-selalu-menolak-pertolongan-dari-orang-lain/
Artikel asli dalam bahasa Mandarin: 只付出不接受的做法真的是上帝喜悦的么?
Beberapa hari yang lalu saat sedang makan malam, ayahku berkomentar tentang zaman yang telah banyak berubah. Dulu, biasanya atasan-atasan di tempat kerja itu peduli dengan pekerja di bawahnya. Ketika kakekku bekerja di sebuah perusahaan arsitektur, manajernya selalu mengunjungi keluarganya setiap tahun baru Imlek sambil membawa serta sejumlah uang dan menanyakan apakah keluarga kami membutuhkan sesuatu untuk dibantu.
Suatu ketika keluarga kami membutuhkan bantuan untuk membangun sebuah rumah, lalu manajer itu mengirimkan beberapa orang pekerja bangunan untuk menolong kami. Awalnya kakekku menolak bantuan itu. Bagi orang-orang pada masa itu, menerima pertolongan dari orang lain itu dianggap bisa menghilangkan “harga diri”.
Aku pikir keadaan hari ini pun tidak banyak berubah. Ada banyak orang yang ingin menolong orang lain tapi dirinya sendiri tidak mau ditolong.
Banyak dari kita diajar untuk tidak hidup egois. Kita diajar untuk memiliki hati yang tulus menolong tanpa mengharapkan balasan, dan itu sungguh mulia. Dulu aku juga berpikir seperti itu. Ketika aku masih sekolah, aku dengan senang hati menolong teman sekelasku. Tapi, sangat sulit bagiku ketika aku harus meminta pertolongan dari orang lain. Prinsip ini terus kupegang bahkan sampai aku lulus sekolah. Sebenarnya di lubuk hatiku terdalam aku tahu kalau aku butuh pertolongan. Namun aku tidak mau meminta pertolongan itu. Dan, ketika ada orang lain yang menawarkan pertolongan untukku dengan tangan terbuka, aku malah sulit untuk menerimanya.
Haruskah kita berlaku seperti itu? Apakah Tuhan berkenan jika kita menolong orang lain tapi kita sendiri tidak mau ditolong?
Tuhan mengajar kita untuk saling menanggung beban satu sama lain (Galatia 6:2). Alkitab juga mengingatkan kita bahwa di dalam Kristus kita semua adalah satu tubuh (1 Korintus 12:12-27). Tolong menolong baru bisa terjadi ketika ada dua pihak yang saling terlibat. Jika setiap orang menolak untuk ditolong, lalu siapa yang bisa kita tolong? Bagaimana kita bisa hidup dalam satu tubuh Kristus?
Ada rasa gengsi di balik penolakan pertolongan
Tuhan mau supaya kita menerima dan memberi dengan sukacita. Jadi, mengapa ada orang-orang yang sangat sulit untuk menerima? Kalau kamu bertanya padaku, aku akan menjawab kalau kesulitan itu terjadi karena rasa gengsi.
Kita seringkali tidak mau mengakui kelemahan-kelemahan kita. Dan salah satu yang kita lakukan agar kelemahan itu tidak dilihat orang adalah meninggikan ego dengan tidak mau menerima pertolongan orang lain. Aku menyadari hal ini ketika aku mulai berpikir lebih dalam tentang esensi dari memberi dan menerima. Rasa gengsiku adalah kelemahanku dan alasan utama di balik prinsipku untuk tidak mau menerima pertolongan.
Mempercayai Tuhan itu sulit ketika kamu menolak untuk ditolong
Kita sulit untuk mempercayai Tuhan seutuhnya ketika kita hanya mau memberi tanpa mau menerima. Tuhan mau supaya kita mengakui bahwa kita adalah ciptaan yang rapuh. Dan dari situlah kita bisa menanggalkan segala beban kita kepada Tuhan dan percaya kepada-Nya. Rasul Paulus mengatakan, “Sebab itu terlebih suka aku bermegah atas kelemahanku, supaya kuasa Kristus turun menaungi aku. Karena itu aku senang dan rela di dalam kelemahan, di dalam siksaan, di dalam kesukaran, di dalam penganiayaan dan kesesakan oleh karena Kristus. Sebab jika aku lemah, maka aku kuat“ (2 Korintus 12:9-10). Bagaimana kita dapat berserah dan percaya kepada Tuhan seutuhnya jika kita menolak pertolongan dan bersandarkan hanya pada diri kita sendiri? Kita tidak bisa mengenal Tuhan seutuhnya jika kita tidak mengakui kerapuhan kita.
Aku ingat suatu masa ketika aku mengikuti sebuah persekutuan dengan beban hidup yang begitu berat. Saat itu aku merasa lelah dan tak sanggup lagi menanggung beban hidupku, tapi aku berpura-pura seolah aku baik-baik saja. Ketika tiba giliranku untuk membagikan kesaksian, aku berencana hanya akan berbicara hal-hal kecil saja. Namun, suara hati kecilku mengingatkanku kalau aku perlu datang di hadapan Tuhan dalam kebenaran. Hatiku luluh, aku menangis di depan teman-teman seimanku dalam Yesus. Aku mengakui bahwa aku butuh ditolong. Aku mengakui kalau aku tidak bisa mengandalkan kekuatanku sendiri.
Aku mengucap syukur karena Tuhan menegurku, mengizinkanku untuk melihat bahaya dari memupuk gengsi, dan mengizinkan aku untuk kembali membentuk imanku lewat persekutuan. Sekarang aku sering datang di hadapan Tuhan dalam keadaan tidak berdaya, memohon pertolongan-Nya. Aku tahu kalau aku tidak punya apa-apa. Aku tidak dapat berbuat apa-apa. Jika bukan karena kekuatan Tuhan, setiap langkah yang kuambil tentu terasa sulit.
Aku juga mencari pertolongan dari saudara-saudara seiman dalam Kristus. Ketika masalah-masalah kehidupan menghampiriku, aku tidak hanya meminta mereka berdoa untukku, tapi aku juga meminta nasihat dari mereka. Kasih dan pertolongan dari saudara-saudara seiman telah memberkatiku dan menolongku untuk merasakan kasih setia Tuhan. Aku juga merasakan hubungan yang dekat dengan sesama anggota tubuh Kristus.

Terimalah pertolongan itu dengan sukacita
Ketika aku melepaskan segala gengsiku, tentu aku merasa lebih bebas. Aku bisa menerima pertolongan dari orang lain dengan sukacita. Aku tahu kalau aku punya kelemahan dan bukanlah manusia yang sempurna. Tapi, ketika aku berserah sepenuhnya kepada Tuhan, Dia yang memegang kendali atas hidupku. Ketika aku menaati kehendak-Nya maka di dalam kelemahankulah kuasa Tuhan akan dinyatakan.
Saudara-saudaraku dalam Kristus, Tuhan mau supaya kamu juga mendapatkan kebebasan ini. Apakah kamu mau untuk menanggalkan rasa banggamu supaya Tuhan bisa berkuasa?

Kamis, 04 Mei 2017

Paskah Perkantas Jkt "Mengenal Kristus n kuasa kebangkitan-Nya"

Bulan April 2017..ada Paskah siswa, mahasiswa, alumni Perkantas Jkt..
Mengenal Kristus n kuasa kebangkitan Nya..by Ev. Yuzo..
Yoh 19:30
Ibr 10:19-20
Lat utk kekekalan adl ibadah.
YESUS memutuskan utk rela mati bg kita.
Yoh 19:30

Tanpa mengenal Allah, hdp sia2..mati hanya jd mayat yg dimandikan.

Ada 4 klmpok memandang salib:
1. Salib tanpa Kristus
Identitas tanpa pendalaman/ penyembahan n ibdh adl simbol agama.

2. Kristus tanpa salib
Senang krn keselamatan tp menolak utk ikt menderita.

3. Tdk harapkan Kristus n salib Nya
Tdk ada penyesalan akan dosa, tdk menghargai pengorbanan Kristus di kayu salib

4. Generasi takut akan Tuhan salib+Kristus
Menghormati Kristus n mau ikut menderita utk Nya demi kebenaran.

Bersyukur bs ikut Paskah ini..meski jadwal padat merayap..pagi-sore ke Jkt Creative Hub sm tmn..Pdhl tahu acr ini jg mendadak H-2..😂 wkwk..
Aku percaya bukan suatu kebetulan bs ikut hadir d sana..aku jg cukup penasaran dgn persek #Perkantas d kota lain sih..hihi
Ev. Yuzo bersaksi bhw Tuhan ubahkan hdpnya yg berdosa jd alat kemuliaan Nya..
Paulus jg dulunya penganiaya jemaat, diubah Tuhan jd rasul..
Sehancur apapun n seberdosa apapun, Tuhan bs mengubah kita sesuai rencana Nya jika kita mau sungguh2 bertobat..
Mungkin ada byk yg meremehkan, tp tetep berharga di mata Tuhan..
😇😀 With God, we can do everything...Jia you..


Selasa, 02 Mei 2017

Strong woman





Strong woman...
Kok akhir2 ini sering dpt ini..
Pose persis pose ku pas kuis emansipasi wanita..
Spt peneguhan gitu..
Hihi...😂😃


Before You Choose A Life Partner, Read This

Before You Choose A Life Partner, Read This

4 / 19 / 17
http://waitingforyourboaz.com/before-you-choose-a-life-partner-read-this/

Do you ever just have a dream that you know is from God?

The other night I had a spiritual dream that has lingered with me these last few days and I feel like it was for you, the person reading this.

In my dream, (I was observing from afar) I was watching individuals choose their partner, but it wasn’t just for their wedding day, they were choosing a partner to go to battle with. In my dream these couples trained together, took advice from their elders, were attending counseling together, and preparing for not only marriage but for war.

When I awoke, God started speaking to me about this dream.

What He told me was that when you choose the person you are going to spend the rest of your life with, you are not only choosing a husband/wife, you are choosing an accomplice, a partner in crime, a HELPER. (Where else have you heard the term helper? Genesis 2:18)

Life has a way of bringing you to your knees, and when that time comes, you are going to need someone fighting by your side rather than against you.

A wise woman in my life once told me, not too long after my husband and I got married, to remember that when the hard times came to remember he was my husband and not my enemy and to now allow the enemy to come between us.

Choosing a life partner is not something to take lightly. Choose someone who is going to fight this battle with you, serve God with you, and love you just as Christ loves the church, because you are going to need it.

Choose someone who displays Godly characteristics not just in the good times, but in the bad times as well.

Marry the person that is willing to get down on their hands and knees and intercede on your behalf when you are down in the pit. Marry the person who is going to go to war with you.

Marriage isn’t about the wedding day, there is much, much more to it. Does your relationship have the substance to make it through the long haul? Are you willing to stick around and not be ruled by your emotions but rather by the love of God and the covenant you have both made together?

This isn’t a light subject, so I hope you will not take it as so. God wants you to bless you with the kind of love story that only He can give, but you are going to need someone who will stick by your side when the world around you comes crashing in, and you will need to be that kind of person.

So again I say, choose wisely. Practice discernment when choosing a partner and most of all pray for them. Every time you get on your knees and pray for the person you are going to marry, before and after the wedding, you are going to war on their behalf.

It is worth it to ask yourself the hard questions now rather than later, and it is beyond important to pray for your future husband/wife and to seek God’s approval first and foremost on choosing a life partner/battle partner.