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Problems and Difficulties We Face Everyday

When we are facing the problems of life, the first thing we usually do is blaming others. However, we must realize that whether there is a problem that occurs because of our personal mistakes or disregard of others, God still has a wonderful plan for our lives through all these problems. Even when we perform various actions stupid and embarrassing decision making, God still can make our mistakes into something beautiful in accordance with His plan. Although someone intentionally hurt us, God can still make it beautiful for our lives. Even when the Devil plans evil things in our lives, God can make all these things for our good.

God's plan is much greater than the issues and hurts that we are experiencing and feeling. God has a wonderful plan for our lives! We must try to forget the wounds of the heart that is temporary and looking far into the future, looking at a perfect God's plan and goodness and blessings that He has in store for us after we finished passing through all the issues and events.

Romans 5: 3-4 says :

"And not only that. We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, and perseverance lead to resilient and resilient produces hope. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. "

 So, what is the purpose of life problems and difficulties we face? God wants us to learn something from all of these problems. Every storm of life that we face is like a school of life for us. Every temptation that challenges us as a teacher who taught us about certain subjects. Every experience we have is an educational tool for our lives. Every problem we face exist for the development and growth of our faith and character.

Did you know that most of us, including those that are slow to learn? Therefore, when we do not learn something from every problem we face, then the Lord will create similar problems reappeared in our lives. Why? Because God prefers to pay attention and care about our character than to see we are in a secure zone of our lives. He rather wanted to see us grow and have a Christ-like character that he gave problems that seem to complicate our lives but in the end makes us grow in accordance with His will.

Probably most of us are currently facing a very big problem and weight. Perhaps in the form of severe illness, committing sin and are in a deep sense of guilt, feeling accused, financial problems or relationship that is not in harmony with the spouse. Does God care about and say something that can strengthen us when we are struggling with all these problems? Of course he cares and is always there for us. God says to each of us, "Do not give up, my child, grew in faith and become adults."

Let us learn to surrender to God and face all the problems, challenges and difficulties of our lives to its conclusion with the strength of his personal and grew into line with His plan from the beginning when He created each one of us. GBU!

"And we know that God causes all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

Apa Yang Memikat Hati Tuhan dan Kunci Mengalami Mujizat - Pdt. Hence, Purwakarta

Tahun 2015 adalah Tahun Pelipatgandaan Mujizat

Maksudnya apa?

Tuhan taruh dalam hati saya, bahwa supaya mujizat ini menjadi hal yang "normal" dalam kehidupan anak-anak Tuhan.

Billy Graham berkata kalau kita minta dengan Iman dan kita tahu status kita adalah anak-anak Tuhan, maka mujizat itu sebetulnya bukan sesuatu yang sulit, tapi sesuatu yang normal. Seperti seorang anak ketika meminta sesuatu kepada orangtuanya, anak itu dalam tanggung jawab pemeliharaan orangtuanya.

Ketika kita mengalami Mujizat, kita juga akan mengalami Kasih Tuhan yang luar biasa bersamaan, sehingga banyak yang menjadi semakin mengasihi Tuhan.

Kalau kita ingin sesuatu dari seseorang, apa yang harus kita lakukan? 

= mengambil hati orang itu.

Seni mengambil hati orang.

Tapi, Tuhan tidak bisa diambil hatinya dengan cara manipulasi, tapi dengan cara-cara tertentu.

Lukas 19:1-10, tentang Zakheus, seorang penarik cukai / pajak yang sering mengambil lebih dari seharusnya, tapi koq bisa dia mengambil hati Tuhan?

Siapa disini yang memiliki latar belakang hidup yang buruk? Zakheus pun demikian.

Apa yang dilakukan Zakheus sehingga Tuhan begitu bersukacita dan mau datang ke rumahnya?

1. Tuhan Melihat Gairah Zakheus untuk Bertemu dengan-Nya

Lukas 19:3, "Ia berusaha untuk melihat orang apakah Yesus itu, tetapi ia tidak berhasil karena orang banyak, sebab badannya pendek." 

Tapi, ia tidak menyerah dan berhenti, tapi menjadi semakin bergairah dan kreatif.

Ia berpikir rute kemana Tuhan Yesus akan lewat, ia harus berjalan lebih cepat 500 meter setidaknya di depan-Nya, dan naik ke atas pohon yang tinggi untuk dapat melihat Tuhan Yesus, ia menjadi kreatif. 

Begitu juga kita yang bergairah dengan Tuhan akan kreatif, tidak pantang menyerah, kesibukan tidak menjadi alasan, ia akan selalu cari-cari cara untuk bersekutu dengan Tuhan kalau kita bergairah dengan Tuhan.

Contoh ada yang berkomitmen untuk membaca Alkitab sampai selesai dalam 1 tahun, tapi berat sekali rasanya setelah baca dari Kejadian sampai Tawarikh, cari cara gimana caranya, kreatif, seperti Pdt. Reinhard Bonke, diakali baca setiap hari dari Kejadian, lalu Tawarikh, Mazmur, Matius, Kolose, diseling hingga dengan cara ini dalam 1 tahun bisa selesai bahkan 2-3 kali. 

Penghalang apapun justru menjadi bahan bakar untuk lebih lagi cari cara untuk mencari Tuhan, mengejar apa yang dia rindukan dari Tuhan, kekecewaan tidak akan menghalangi dia,  kalo kita kecewa, kita akan game over (tamat).

Contoh orang yang sedang jatuh Cinta, akan menjadi begitu kreatif untuk bisa selalu bertemu dan dekat dengan kekasih hatinya.

Apakah hari-hari ini kita masih punya gairah seperti itu kepada Tuhan? 

Kalau kita ingin selalu memiliki kegairahan untuk bersekutu secara luar biasa dengan Tuhan, maka bersekutulah dengan orang-orang yang juga bergairah dengan Tuhan. Karena ini menular. Jangan pernah membiarkan kekecewaan menghalangi.

2. Zakheus bertobat

Mengaku dosa belum tentu bertobat,

Mengaku dosa berarti anda setuju dengan Tuhan dan FirmanNya dan mengakui bahwa saya bersalah,

Tapi bertobat itu berbeda, bertobat berarti mengakui dosa, tidak akan melakukan lagi, dan menjauhi dosa. Bertobat berhenti di satu titik, dan berbalik ke arah Tuhan.

Berjaga-jaga, agar kita tidak melenceng, ini tahun peperangan rohani.

Ada perumpamaan tentang monyet dan angin selatan, angin selatan mau menjatuhkan monyet dari atas pohon dengan kecepatan angin 500km/jam, monyet bertahan kencang sekali dan berhasil, lalu angin selatan mendapat ide, ketika monyet itu merasa sudah menang, ia merasa sudah mengalami mujizat, monyet berpikir dan merasa kalau ia boleh tidur sebentar, saat itu angin selatan memberi angin sepoi-sepoi kepada monyet itu, sang monyet tidak sadar dan tertidur, lalu tiba-tiba ia diterjang angin 500km/jam langsung terlempar 1000mtr monyet itu. Demikianlah angin selatan menang karena kelalaian monyet itu. 

Hati-hati, dalam berkat Tuhan yang melimpah, dalam tahun pelipatgandaan mujizat, jangan sampai malah jatuh karena tidak dapat menahan.

Lukas 19:8, "Tetapi Zakheus berdiri dan berkata kepada Tuhan: "Tuhan, setengah dari milikku akan kuberikan kepada orang miskin dan sekiranya ada sesuatu yang kuperas dari seseorang akan kukembalikan empat kali lipat."

Inilah pertobatan sungguh-sungguh dari Zakheus. Bukan hanya minta ampun tapi ada perubahan hidup yang nyata. 

Ingatlah selalu 4 hal ini : Percayalah kuasa Mujizat Tuhan, Intim sama Tuhan, Bergairah sama Tuhan, Bertobat sungguh-sungguh.

Hamba Tuhan Morris Cerulo suatu waktu berkata dalam KKRnya di PRJ, yang menyebabkan terjadinya Terobosan adalah Urapan, yang menyebabkan Urapan itu salah satunya Taburan. Beri yang Terbaik untuk Tuhan.

Mujizat Tuhan semuanya adalah untuk anda dan saya.  

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Original of King

king

[king]

• Examples
• Word Origin

noun

1.

a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.

2.

(initial capital letter) God or Christ.

3.

a person or thing preeminent in its class:

a king of actors.

4.

a playing card bearing a picture of a king.

5.

Chess. the chief piece of each color, whose checkmating is the object of the game; moved one square at a time in any direction.

6.

Checkers. a piece that has been moved entirely across the board and has been crowned, thus allowing it to be moved in any direction.

7.

Entomology. a fertile male termite.

verb (used with object)

9.

to make a king of; cause to be or become a king; crown.

10.

Informal. to design or make (a product) king-size :

The tobacco company is going to king its cigarettes.

verb (used without object)

11.

to reign as king.

adjective

12.

Informal. king-size.

Verb phrases

13.

king it, to play the king; behave in an imperious or pretentious manner:

He kinged it over all the other kids on the block.

My Recent Picture with my lovely wife.

Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child – a bit of nostalgia or “blast from the past,” as we say.

But it is not a distant childhood memory. The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago. Here is an example:

I had not heard this song in years. But when a deejay played it recently at a children’s birthday party, I sang it word for word.

“A noun’s a special kind of word. It’s any name you’ve ever heard. I find it quite interesting – a noun’s a person, place or thing.”

This is the Schoolhouse Rock song that taught me what nouns are and I never forgot it.

It seems there is a scientific reason for this.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages.

The Hungarian experiment

Here is what they did.

Researchers took 60 adults and randomly split them into three groups of 20. Then they gave the groups three different types of “listen-and-repeat” learning conditions.

Researchers had one group simply speak the words. They had the second group speak the words to a rhythm, or beat. And they asked the third group to sing the words.

All three groups studied words from the Hungarian language for 15 minutes. Then they took part in a series of language tests to see what they remembered.

Why Hungarian, you ask? Researchers said they chose Hungarian because not many people know the language. It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages, such as Italian or Spanish.

After the tests were over, the singers came out on top.

The people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall performance. They did the best in four out of five of the tests. They also performed two times better than those who simply learned the words by speaking them.

Dr. Katie Overy supervised the study at the university’s Reid School of Music. She says singing could lead to new ways to learning a foreign language. The brain, it seems, likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy, or memorable, tune.

Dr. Overy worked with Dr. Karen Ludke and Professor Fernanda Ferreira on this study. Their findings are published in the journal Memory and Cognition.  

Dr. Ludke said the findings could help those who struggle to learn foreign languages. On the University of Edinburgh’s website Dr. Ludke writes, “This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning, and opens the door for future research in this area.”

Language teachers know using music works

Language teachers already know the value of using music and singing.

A teacher at a Chinese language school in Washington, D.C. relies heavily on songs and chants to teach Chinese. Hua Zhu Ying teaches students who most likely have never spoken Chinese before coming to the school. Ms. Hua says she uses music all the time to teach children Chinese.

 “For example, for little kids usually we will use English songs but we are teaching them the Chinese lyrics. So it’s easy for them to start because they know the music. They just need to translate into Chinese words. ” 

She adds that not only does it work, but it is fun for the kids.

“So, I think they are really having fun learning Chinese songs using English music. Sometimes, I think if I were taught English like that way maybe I would speak much better English than now.”

I’m Anna Matteo.

Do you use songs to learn or teach English? Is there a song from your childhood that you remember to this day? Let us know in the comments section.

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