by Kofu
Phillippians 1:6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
God needs our partnership in our growth.
Why do we have to grow?
1. If we didn't grow, we won't bear fruits
2. Because growth is healthy
3. To be like Christ
Maybe we started up by following people to church but at the end we are hooked up and involved.
The first believers in the time of acts started by believing and following.
They believe and but they don't know anything what God wnats to do but they believe
Ephesians 4:23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds
Growth through Faith and Perseverence
Don't be a laggard because God has already spoken about what will happen, so don't be the one who is left behind.
There is no short cut to grow
1. God makes time so that we are able to grow stronger through the hurdles of problem that we are facing.
When we are concerned about how fast we grow,
God is concerned about how strong we grow
2. There's a lot of things that we have to learn
Because we are slow learners. Learning may hurt but growing does involves sacrifices and losses.
Practice to turn something into habit.
Growing = Increase
Recovering = standing up after a fall
Growing needs Caring. We have to grow. Don't keep recovering. Don't keep falling
Guard your heart. Be a person who is involved not someone who follows, So everyone can see your progress.
3.Sometimes growth is invisible
Sometimes we might be discourage because of our inability to see our growth. God may not let you see the apparent growth in you but there's some things in your ministry that God will use.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Habakuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Not everything is visible. Everything that is planned by God won't be happening that soon. Slowly but surely it will happen.
When it seems slow, wait patiently because it will surely shows. There's never a delay in God's plan.
Monday, May 02, 2005
Words of God
by Handoko Rahardja
Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Word of God is divided into 2
Lamp : your daily life
Light : God's promise in your life
If you focus too much on the light, you will fall -> dreamer
If you focus too much on the lamp, you will fall -> no vision
Lamp: Brighten up your day, Ensure you take the right step
To reach the future, you need your daily life
God will not give you something if you are not ready. Every red light is a place for reflection of where you are now. Are you in God's promise yet?
Don't be a dreamer. Get back to reality.
Integrity: Say what you mean, mean what you say
Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
When you are in the darkness you have to turn on the light.
Why people persecute the church?
Don't fight back when you are persecuted because revenge is God's
Word of God is sharper than two edged sword. People persecute church because they can't stand the light in the church. The light cut their spirit and exposing the power of darkness and they will be criticized.
1 John 5:4-5 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
If you've never been attack by the devil, maybe you are the devil
If you've never been criticized, maybe you are the one who criticized.
Never swear! Matthew 5:37 - Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
Psalm 119:165 - Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Doesn't matter what you know about the bible, what matters is how much you love the bible.
Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Word of God is divided into 2
Lamp : your daily life
Light : God's promise in your life
If you focus too much on the light, you will fall -> dreamer
If you focus too much on the lamp, you will fall -> no vision
Lamp: Brighten up your day, Ensure you take the right step
To reach the future, you need your daily life
God will not give you something if you are not ready. Every red light is a place for reflection of where you are now. Are you in God's promise yet?
Don't be a dreamer. Get back to reality.
Integrity: Say what you mean, mean what you say
Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
When you are in the darkness you have to turn on the light.
Why people persecute the church?
Don't fight back when you are persecuted because revenge is God's
Word of God is sharper than two edged sword. People persecute church because they can't stand the light in the church. The light cut their spirit and exposing the power of darkness and they will be criticized.
1 John 5:4-5 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
If you've never been attack by the devil, maybe you are the devil
If you've never been criticized, maybe you are the one who criticized.
Never swear! Matthew 5:37 - Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
Psalm 119:165 - Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
Doesn't matter what you know about the bible, what matters is how much you love the bible.
Leadership and Submission
by Kofu
Genesis 12:1 - The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you
Proverbs 5:6 - She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
Thoughs are powerful.
From simple thoughts come greater things
Vision
1. Enable you to see tomorrow
2. Believes on God's abilities not yours
3. Needs action
4. Guide decision
5. Passion
To be certain in God's way is to be uncertain in all our ways
Deuteronomy 29:29 - The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
God knows something you don't. Even Prophets of God do not know.
Secret things will make you walk in faith and that is why you have to believe. If you don't believe, how can you make others to believe?
Genesis 18:1 - The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
1 person with vision = 99 person with interest
because VISION = PASSION
To make vision a reality:
1. See it clearly
2. Write it plainly
3. Say it continually
4. Show it creatively
Hebrew 13:17 - Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Leaders have to submit to leadership
Submit to your leaders because God has appointed them
If you say " i can't submit to that person because he/she is not worthy of my respect", you won't submit to anybody. Not even your husband.
Submit to your leader as if to your God. Submit not because the person is worthy but because it's God's command.
Before you judge others, Judge yourself first
Believe, Obedience and Submission
Leader needs to be submissive to leadership
Genesis 12:1 - The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you
Proverbs 5:6 - She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.
Thoughs are powerful.
From simple thoughts come greater things
Vision
1. Enable you to see tomorrow
2. Believes on God's abilities not yours
3. Needs action
4. Guide decision
5. Passion
To be certain in God's way is to be uncertain in all our ways
Deuteronomy 29:29 - The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
God knows something you don't. Even Prophets of God do not know.
Secret things will make you walk in faith and that is why you have to believe. If you don't believe, how can you make others to believe?
Genesis 18:1 - The LORD appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day.
1 person with vision = 99 person with interest
because VISION = PASSION
To make vision a reality:
1. See it clearly
2. Write it plainly
3. Say it continually
4. Show it creatively
Hebrew 13:17 - Obey your leaders and submit to their authority. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account. Obey them so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no advantage to you.
Leaders have to submit to leadership
Submit to your leaders because God has appointed them
If you say " i can't submit to that person because he/she is not worthy of my respect", you won't submit to anybody. Not even your husband.
Submit to your leader as if to your God. Submit not because the person is worthy but because it's God's command.
Before you judge others, Judge yourself first
Believe, Obedience and Submission
Leader needs to be submissive to leadership
We are Fearfully and Wonderfully made
By: Ko Pantro
Make yourself available and be faithful in little things.
Have big vision, but be faithful in little things.
Have big vision, but still live in reality
Luke 16:10 : "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."
- Little things determine the big things you'll get ( your future)
Matthew 13:31-34 : He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough." Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
Mustard seed : the largest of the garden plant but it started as the smallest of all seeds
1. Don't despise the small capabilities you have right now
Genesis 8:22 : "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
2. Once you stop sowing, you'll stop growing
Why mustard seed and not other seeds?
Because it can grow to be either a big tree or a small tree.
Depending on your faith -> you can be either big or small
God gives room for our faith. According to your faith, where do you want to bring your seed?
- - - Never despise your small beginning - - -
Phillippians 4:19 : And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Yeast : a tiny amount of it will either destroy or improve the dough.
Little thoughts building up to a big effect. It's our own choice to decide which one we want to go for, destroying or improving.
Maybe we have failed in the past but we are still the sons of God.
Whenever you fial, go back to God and repent
Romans 8:15 : For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba,Father."
3. Guard your heart, your eyes and your mind
- Yeast of Procrastination -> Prepare for the coming waves, do not procrastinate in your preparation.
Make yourself available and be faithful in little things.
Have big vision, but be faithful in little things.
Have big vision, but still live in reality
Luke 16:10 : "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much."
- Little things determine the big things you'll get ( your future)
Matthew 13:31-34 : He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough." Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.
Mustard seed : the largest of the garden plant but it started as the smallest of all seeds
1. Don't despise the small capabilities you have right now
Genesis 8:22 : "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease."
2. Once you stop sowing, you'll stop growing
Why mustard seed and not other seeds?
Because it can grow to be either a big tree or a small tree.
Depending on your faith -> you can be either big or small
God gives room for our faith. According to your faith, where do you want to bring your seed?
- - - Never despise your small beginning - - -
Phillippians 4:19 : And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Yeast : a tiny amount of it will either destroy or improve the dough.
Little thoughts building up to a big effect. It's our own choice to decide which one we want to go for, destroying or improving.
Maybe we have failed in the past but we are still the sons of God.
Whenever you fial, go back to God and repent
Romans 8:15 : For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba,Father."
3. Guard your heart, your eyes and your mind
- Yeast of Procrastination -> Prepare for the coming waves, do not procrastinate in your preparation.
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