Yesterday, 15th Feb. 2012, I was teaching 3-2 class with Mrs. Sakurai as the homeroom teacher, a student said that Cinderella was Japanese. After the 5 little monkey story, we had a culture sharing time. During that time, I showed them a picture of Hans Christian Andersen and I told them some stories he wrote and collected. Some children said that the picture was Bach or Mozart. In their music room, there are pictures of old famous world musicians, such as Mozart, Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Schubert, etc. So they thought that H.C. Andersen as one of those classical composers. Then, I asked them to mention Japanese Folk tales. Some of them could mention the stories correctly, such as Momotaro, Kintaro, Urashimataro, Isshinboshi, Kaguyahime, etc. Some of them mentioned Disney's stories. The kids could not distinguish between the folktales and new made stories such as Disney's and Manga (Japanese comics). One of the students said Cinderella. The homeroom teacher replied that it was not from Japan, but the kid insisted that Cinderella was Japanese.
Today, 16th Feb. 2012, I had another fun time with the 5th grade. This month lessons were about Story book. So, for the 5th graders, we had "The Enormous Turnip." Today was the 3rd week, according to the guidebook, the students should have a performance, a drama, a skit of the story. So, I assigned the students in groups and they should practice in 10 minutes. The main sentences they should say are
1. The man's got a seed.
2. He plans the seed in the garden
3. The seed grows and grows
4. It's big
5. It's a turnip
6. The man's hungry.
7. The man pulls the turnip. Pull....pull...
8. The turnip doesn't move
9. He sees a woman. Come and help.
10.The woman pulls the man, the man pulls the turnip.
etc.
So, the funniest and the most creative one was from class 5-2 with Mr.Kashiwasaki as their homeroom teacher. The group consisted of energetic and creative kids: Takumi and Arai Yuki. They are fun, energetic, smart and have many ideas. So, instead of the man, they said the strong man. Instead of the turnip, they used the earth, but their pronunciation was unclear so I heard that as "ass"
I heard "The man pulls the ass" After finished, I checked it with them, they said it was "chikyuu". Oh, I said I thought it was "ass", in Japanese it was "oshiri". We laughed.
Last week, when I taught them, the same class 5-2, we had a culture sharing time. During that time, I told them about how we washed our clothes in Indonesia. Most people in Indonesia do not have a washing machine. So, we use several buckets and fill them with water. The first bucket, we fill it with water and detergent. We soak the clothes into the detergent water and wait for 10 minutes. After that, we brushed the clothes with cloth brushes. We put those clothes on the washing board with some grids. I drew a picture of the board. Some of the kids said that they knew it and saw it on the books or TV. Some of them commented that it was the old Japan and it was during the world war. Sensou jidai da. They are correct. It was old Japan but it is still like that in Indonesia. After the lesson, the homeroom teacher came to me and asked if I washed my clothes like that when I went home to Indonesia. I said yes. Then, I was thinking about this again, and I feel amused about it. The kids comments were right. In another school, Suka Elementary, the kids had different comments. But I forgot... let me remember it. When I remember, I will continue this writing. Hope I can remember.
When we had a sports topic, at Suka Elementary, the HRT made an obvious and funny mistake. It was the 3rd grade with a funny and kind homeroom teacher. We had a jintori game. It was satsuke's turn. He was holding the fly swatter and he arrived at a certain picture that he could not say, so he asked the HRT to help. The picture was Baseball, but The HRT said Rice ball. Satsuke felt something wrong with it, he knew riceball, but he wanted to be quick in order to save the time, so he just repeated what the HRT said.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Hari kedua, 3 Jan. 2012, APA Hall, Tokyo Bay Hotel, Kaihin Makuhari
Selasa, 3 Januari 2012, APA Hall, Tokyo Bay Hotel, Kaihin Makuhari.
Jam 6:30 - 9:00 malam
Paginya rombongan pergi ke Gunung Fuji dan mereka dapat naik sampai level 5. Mereka berdoa bagi Jepang dan memngucapkan berkat dan mengklaim janji-janji Tuhan untuk Jepang. Setelah itu mereka melihat ada rainbow, hal ini merupakan konfirmasi dari Allah untuk pemulihan dan keselamatan Jepang.
Pembicara Kedua: Ibu Naniek Susanti
Kej. 9:12-17
Pelangi adalah perjanjian Allah dengan segala makhluk di bumi.
Kej.6:9 Noah was a righteous man, blameless. Kita semua dibenarkan Tuhan dalam Yesus.
Karena Nuh bergaul akrab dengan Tuhan, maka perbuatannya ada ketepatan dan ketaatan.
Kita pun harus akrab dengan Tuhan sehingga perbuatan kita tepat mengenai sasaran da n memberkati orang lain.
KOTBAH KETIGA DARI Pdt. Petrus Hadi
Mat.17 Yesus dimuliakan di gunung
Gunung berbicara mengenai tempat kemuliaan Tuhan.
Banyak cerita2 di alkitab memakai tempat gunung.
Murid Yesus ada 70 orang, dari 70 tersebut, yg khusus adalah 12 orang, dari 12 orang , hanya ada 3 orang yang sangat khusus, yaitu Petrus, Yakobus dan Yohanes. Kasih Tuhan sama terhadap murid-muridnya, hanya response mereka yang berbeda. Begitu pula kasih Tuhan untuk kita sama, hanya response kita yang berbeda (sehingga hasilnya juga beda).
Tuhan suka dengan gunung.
Tetapi, di gunung banyak pula penyembahan berhala, bukannya untuk menyembah Tuhan. Seharusnya gunung dipakai untuk tempat memuliakan Allah. Seharusnya di gunung, saya menemukan Tuhan, ada sinar kemuliaan Allah (lihat Mat.17). Melihat gunung maka saya melihat kemuliaan Tuhan. Di gunung Fuji banyak tempat penyembahan berhala dan banyak roh jahat yang mempengaruhi orang supaya bunuh diri.
Gereja dibangun supaya alam mau tidak menguasai. Maka tugas gereja adalah menarik jiwa-jiwa supaya tidak binasa, supaya tidak dikuasai alam maut.
Ay.3 Elia berbicara mengenai kuasa.
Musa adalah gambar kemurahan Tuhan.
Berdoa, maka kita akan melihat penuaian. Menang di alam roh, maka di alam nyata kita akan menuai.
Jika peperangan tuntas, maka ada tanda, tanda dari Allah kepada rombongan Indonesia yang berdoa bagi Jepang adalah adanya pelangi, ketika mereka selesai berdoa. Kemudian tanda lain juga adalah suka cita.
"Don't be afraid"
Dengarlah kata Tuhan bukan kata orang lain ay.5
Jam 6:30 - 9:00 malam
Paginya rombongan pergi ke Gunung Fuji dan mereka dapat naik sampai level 5. Mereka berdoa bagi Jepang dan memngucapkan berkat dan mengklaim janji-janji Tuhan untuk Jepang. Setelah itu mereka melihat ada rainbow, hal ini merupakan konfirmasi dari Allah untuk pemulihan dan keselamatan Jepang.
Pembicara Kedua: Ibu Naniek Susanti
Kej. 9:12-17
Pelangi adalah perjanjian Allah dengan segala makhluk di bumi.
Kej.6:9 Noah was a righteous man, blameless. Kita semua dibenarkan Tuhan dalam Yesus.
Karena Nuh bergaul akrab dengan Tuhan, maka perbuatannya ada ketepatan dan ketaatan.
Kita pun harus akrab dengan Tuhan sehingga perbuatan kita tepat mengenai sasaran da n memberkati orang lain.
KOTBAH KETIGA DARI Pdt. Petrus Hadi
Mat.17 Yesus dimuliakan di gunung
Gunung berbicara mengenai tempat kemuliaan Tuhan.
Banyak cerita2 di alkitab memakai tempat gunung.
Murid Yesus ada 70 orang, dari 70 tersebut, yg khusus adalah 12 orang, dari 12 orang , hanya ada 3 orang yang sangat khusus, yaitu Petrus, Yakobus dan Yohanes. Kasih Tuhan sama terhadap murid-muridnya, hanya response mereka yang berbeda. Begitu pula kasih Tuhan untuk kita sama, hanya response kita yang berbeda (sehingga hasilnya juga beda).
Tuhan suka dengan gunung.
Tetapi, di gunung banyak pula penyembahan berhala, bukannya untuk menyembah Tuhan. Seharusnya gunung dipakai untuk tempat memuliakan Allah. Seharusnya di gunung, saya menemukan Tuhan, ada sinar kemuliaan Allah (lihat Mat.17). Melihat gunung maka saya melihat kemuliaan Tuhan. Di gunung Fuji banyak tempat penyembahan berhala dan banyak roh jahat yang mempengaruhi orang supaya bunuh diri.
Gereja dibangun supaya alam mau tidak menguasai. Maka tugas gereja adalah menarik jiwa-jiwa supaya tidak binasa, supaya tidak dikuasai alam maut.
Ay.3 Elia berbicara mengenai kuasa.
Musa adalah gambar kemurahan Tuhan.
Berdoa, maka kita akan melihat penuaian. Menang di alam roh, maka di alam nyata kita akan menuai.
Jika peperangan tuntas, maka ada tanda, tanda dari Allah kepada rombongan Indonesia yang berdoa bagi Jepang adalah adanya pelangi, ketika mereka selesai berdoa. Kemudian tanda lain juga adalah suka cita.
"Don't be afraid"
Dengarlah kata Tuhan bukan kata orang lain ay.5
Kebaktian APA Hall, Tokyo Bay Hotel, Kaihin Makuhari, Senin, 2 Jan.2012
Senin, 2 Januari 2012, dari jam 6:30 sampai 9:00 malam.
APA Hall, Tokyo Bay, Kaihin Makuhari.
Pembicara: Pdt. Petrus Agung
Intinya:
1. Firman Tuhan & kesaksian2 pekerjaan Tuhan, yang memberikan petunjuk bahwa bahwa kalau orang percaya dapat "melihat apa yang sedang dikerjakan oleh Tuhan maka Ia akan segera melaksanakan janji firmanNya "
2. Berdoa dan memberkati bangsa Jepang
Jer 1:11 Sesudah itu firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya: "Apakah yang kaulihat, hai Yeremia?" Jawabku: "Aku melihat sebatang dahan pohon badam."
Jer 1:12 Lalu firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Baik penglihatanmu, sebab Aku siap sedia untuk melaksanakan firman-Ku."
Mungkin sesuatu yang kita minta "sukar" (melihat kondisi jasmani , situasi sekeliling , kekurangan yang sedang kita hadapi, dsb. sehingga hal yang kita minta terlihat sukar ), tapi yang "sukar" itu belum tentu tak mungkin / tak bisa . Inilah yang dikatakan oleh nabi Elia kepada Elisa ketika Elisa meminta sesuatu yang sukar.
2Kings 2:9 Dan sesudah mereka sampai di seberang, berkatalah Elia kepada Elisa: "Mintalah apa yang hendak kulakukan kepadamu, sebelum aku terangkat dari padamu." Jawab Elisa: "Biarlah kiranya aku mendapat dua bagian dari rohmu."
2Kings 2:10 Berkatalah Elia: "Yang kauminta itu adalah sukar. Tetapi jika engkau dapat melihat aku terangkat dari padamu, akan terjadilah kepadamu seperti yang demikian, dan jika tidak, tidak akan terjadi."
2 Kings 2:9-11
1. Permintaan yg sukar bukan berarti tidak mungkin.
2. Kalau engkau bisa melihat, maka itu bisa terjadi. Apakah saya bisa melihat? Apa yg dikerjakan Tuhan, maka itu bisa terjadi. Cara melihat yg salah/keliru menyebabkan kita tidak bisa menerima apa yg Tuhan sediakan
3. Karena itu sebaiknya kita minta diajari bagaimana cara melihat sesuai dengan kehendak Tuhan.
Yer.1:11-12
11 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
What do you see? I see.....
You have seen correctly.... Melihat apa yg Tuhan sedang kerjakan.
Bisakah saya melihat?
2 Sam. 6:13-23 Apa problemnya kita tidak bisa melihat?
Michal hanya melihat, menjenguk dari jendela. Jendela itu kecil, terbatas, jadi pandangan pun terbatas. Tembok istana itu tinggi dan tebal. Maka apa yg sebenarnya terjadi, hanya sebatas jendela saja Michal dapat melihat. Yang dilihatnya adalah raja menari dengan perempuan-perempuan, Michal ada rasa cemburu. Yang dilihatnya hanya sepotong. Michal tidak melihat adanya tabut Allah, korban, imam-imam yang ikut dalam posesi tabut Allah tersebut.
Ada orang-orang yang sangat kecil melihatnya (pandangannya), tergantung dari kemampuan seseorang. Apakah bingkaimu besar atau kecil? Jendelamu besar atau kecil? Michal melihat Daud masih sebagai bawahan ayahnya, suruhan bapaknya. Dia tidak melihat Daud sebagai raja.
Hanya menjenguk dari jendela berbeda dengan bersama-sama menari, turun dari istana dan melakukan penyembahan, menari bagi Tuhan.
Jangan biarkan apa pun atau siapa pun membatasi hal yg besar yang Tuhan sediakan untuk saya. Jangan mau dibutakan oleh tradisi, kebiasaan, cara berpikir yg salah.
Apa yg saya harapkan, minta, kalau saya bisa melihat, maka itu akan terjadi.
Kotbah kedua dari Pdt. Iin Tjipto
Mzm. 121:1-8
Aku melayangkan pandanganku ke gunung-gunung.
Gunung berbicara mengenai tantangan, problems.
2012 ada hal-hal besar yang Tuhan sediakan.
Tuhan berkata, "Aku tunggu engkau di gunung-gunung yg tinggi"
Tuhan menunggu saya di gunung-gunung yg tinggi, di saat saya mengalami tantangan. Begitu saya naik, maka Tuhan memberikan sayap iman, doa, dan kekuatan.
Cerita pelari sea games, usia 15 tahun yg meraih 5 medali emas pada Sea Games 2011 di palembang.
Pada saat sulit, banyak orang Kristen mengeluh dan marah.
Ingat Mzm 121
APA Hall, Tokyo Bay, Kaihin Makuhari.
Pembicara: Pdt. Petrus Agung
Intinya:
1. Firman Tuhan & kesaksian2 pekerjaan Tuhan, yang memberikan petunjuk bahwa bahwa kalau orang percaya dapat "melihat apa yang sedang dikerjakan oleh Tuhan maka Ia akan segera melaksanakan janji firmanNya "
2. Berdoa dan memberkati bangsa Jepang
Jer 1:11 Sesudah itu firman TUHAN datang kepadaku, bunyinya: "Apakah yang kaulihat, hai Yeremia?" Jawabku: "Aku melihat sebatang dahan pohon badam."
Jer 1:12 Lalu firman TUHAN kepadaku: "Baik penglihatanmu, sebab Aku siap sedia untuk melaksanakan firman-Ku."
Mungkin sesuatu yang kita minta "sukar" (melihat kondisi jasmani , situasi sekeliling , kekurangan yang sedang kita hadapi, dsb. sehingga hal yang kita minta terlihat sukar ), tapi yang "sukar" itu belum tentu tak mungkin / tak bisa . Inilah yang dikatakan oleh nabi Elia kepada Elisa ketika Elisa meminta sesuatu yang sukar.
2Kings 2:9 Dan sesudah mereka sampai di seberang, berkatalah Elia kepada Elisa: "Mintalah apa yang hendak kulakukan kepadamu, sebelum aku terangkat dari padamu." Jawab Elisa: "Biarlah kiranya aku mendapat dua bagian dari rohmu."
2Kings 2:10 Berkatalah Elia: "Yang kauminta itu adalah sukar. Tetapi jika engkau dapat melihat aku terangkat dari padamu, akan terjadilah kepadamu seperti yang demikian, dan jika tidak, tidak akan terjadi."
2 Kings 2:9-11
1. Permintaan yg sukar bukan berarti tidak mungkin.
2. Kalau engkau bisa melihat, maka itu bisa terjadi. Apakah saya bisa melihat? Apa yg dikerjakan Tuhan, maka itu bisa terjadi. Cara melihat yg salah/keliru menyebabkan kita tidak bisa menerima apa yg Tuhan sediakan
3. Karena itu sebaiknya kita minta diajari bagaimana cara melihat sesuai dengan kehendak Tuhan.
Yer.1:11-12
11 The word of the LORD came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
“I see the branch of an almond tree,” I replied.
12 The LORD said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled.”
What do you see? I see.....
You have seen correctly.... Melihat apa yg Tuhan sedang kerjakan.
Bisakah saya melihat?
2 Sam. 6:13-23 Apa problemnya kita tidak bisa melihat?
Michal hanya melihat, menjenguk dari jendela. Jendela itu kecil, terbatas, jadi pandangan pun terbatas. Tembok istana itu tinggi dan tebal. Maka apa yg sebenarnya terjadi, hanya sebatas jendela saja Michal dapat melihat. Yang dilihatnya adalah raja menari dengan perempuan-perempuan, Michal ada rasa cemburu. Yang dilihatnya hanya sepotong. Michal tidak melihat adanya tabut Allah, korban, imam-imam yang ikut dalam posesi tabut Allah tersebut.
Ada orang-orang yang sangat kecil melihatnya (pandangannya), tergantung dari kemampuan seseorang. Apakah bingkaimu besar atau kecil? Jendelamu besar atau kecil? Michal melihat Daud masih sebagai bawahan ayahnya, suruhan bapaknya. Dia tidak melihat Daud sebagai raja.
Hanya menjenguk dari jendela berbeda dengan bersama-sama menari, turun dari istana dan melakukan penyembahan, menari bagi Tuhan.
Jangan biarkan apa pun atau siapa pun membatasi hal yg besar yang Tuhan sediakan untuk saya. Jangan mau dibutakan oleh tradisi, kebiasaan, cara berpikir yg salah.
Apa yg saya harapkan, minta, kalau saya bisa melihat, maka itu akan terjadi.
Kotbah kedua dari Pdt. Iin Tjipto
Mzm. 121:1-8
Aku melayangkan pandanganku ke gunung-gunung.
Gunung berbicara mengenai tantangan, problems.
2012 ada hal-hal besar yang Tuhan sediakan.
Tuhan berkata, "Aku tunggu engkau di gunung-gunung yg tinggi"
Tuhan menunggu saya di gunung-gunung yg tinggi, di saat saya mengalami tantangan. Begitu saya naik, maka Tuhan memberikan sayap iman, doa, dan kekuatan.
Cerita pelari sea games, usia 15 tahun yg meraih 5 medali emas pada Sea Games 2011 di palembang.
Pada saat sulit, banyak orang Kristen mengeluh dan marah.
Ingat Mzm 121
Friday, December 30, 2011
Christmas message on Dec.25th, 2011
This is the message of Ps. Jacob Nahuway on Sunday, Dec.25th 2011 at GBI Mawar Saron, Kelapa Gading. The message spoke to me and freshened my heart and mind.
Full and complete preparation is needed for delivering God's message. As a pastor, he/she should prepare it well. What message should we deliver for the people? Pastors should deliver the message that speaks God's truth, based on God's truth (according to the bible), motivates people, gives guidance and answers people's needs. Personally, it speaks to me that I must prepare myself and the message well before I deliver it to people; therefore, I need to discipline myself to allot time for the preparation.
There are 3 people that are involved in our blessings. In other words, we need to share our blessings with these 3 kinds of people. Who are they?
1. We and our descendants (children, grandchildren, family)
2. Levites (God's servants: our pastors, reverends, missionaries)
3. Foreigners/outsiders (pauper, poor people, orphans)
God gives the same facilities for us all. Success depends on yourself. It depends on how you think, how you see yourself. What are God's facilities for us?
1. 2 Sam.22:7
1 raj.4:29 Allah memberikan hikmat dan pengertian kepada Salomo yg amat besar.
Akal yg luas seperti dataran pasir. Setiap orang diberikan waktu yg sama, 365 hari dalam setahun. Jangan malas.
Yes.54:2 lapangkan ....
harus rela berkorban
Paulus menasihat jemaat korintus 1 :10
kearifan kekuatan kemuliaan
dengan kasih setia
2. anugrah Tuhan pemberian yg melimpah
2kor.9:8
3. Ada supply dari Tuhan
Fil.4:19
Full and complete preparation is needed for delivering God's message. As a pastor, he/she should prepare it well. What message should we deliver for the people? Pastors should deliver the message that speaks God's truth, based on God's truth (according to the bible), motivates people, gives guidance and answers people's needs. Personally, it speaks to me that I must prepare myself and the message well before I deliver it to people; therefore, I need to discipline myself to allot time for the preparation.
There are 3 people that are involved in our blessings. In other words, we need to share our blessings with these 3 kinds of people. Who are they?
1. We and our descendants (children, grandchildren, family)
2. Levites (God's servants: our pastors, reverends, missionaries)
3. Foreigners/outsiders (pauper, poor people, orphans)
God gives the same facilities for us all. Success depends on yourself. It depends on how you think, how you see yourself. What are God's facilities for us?
1. 2 Sam.22:7
1 raj.4:29 Allah memberikan hikmat dan pengertian kepada Salomo yg amat besar.
Akal yg luas seperti dataran pasir. Setiap orang diberikan waktu yg sama, 365 hari dalam setahun. Jangan malas.
Yes.54:2 lapangkan ....
harus rela berkorban
Paulus menasihat jemaat korintus 1 :10
kearifan kekuatan kemuliaan
dengan kasih setia
2. anugrah Tuhan pemberian yg melimpah
2kor.9:8
3. Ada supply dari Tuhan
Fil.4:19
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Making of Wayang (A Traditional Javanese Shadow Puppet Show)
The making of shadow puppets is a long and painstaking process. Skin of a female buffalo of about four years of age, the ideal type for texture and strength, is dried, scraped and cured for up to 10 years to achieve stiffness and eliminate warping and splitting. On maturity, skins are carved and perched to fashion the required character. This technique involves extensive knowledge of iconography and physiognomy, since all lines, angles of the head, slant of the eyes and mouth, profile of the body are specific to the character. When carving is completed, the traditional pigments including powdered burnt bone for white, lampblack, indigo, yellow ochre and cinnabar for red in a gelatinous medium mixed from dried egg-white. Gold leaf and pigment are applied in a medium of protein glue derived from fish bones. The cempurit or manipulating rods are made of buffalo horn, while the studs attaching the jointed arms t othe torso are of metal (sometimes gold), bone, and bamboo or in rare courtly examples, gold studded with diamond.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Sermon on Sept.26th 2010: An Act of Worship from Abraham
Genesis 22
Abraham Tested
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
Some time later means that several years after Isaac was born. So, some time later after Isaac was born, Abraham heard God's voice again. Abraham knew it was God's voice, he recognized it was HIS voice. This means that Abraham had a deep and intimate relationship with God. Think, do you still recognize your best friend's voice after 10 years absence? Probably not. However, Abraham could still recognize God's voice although He did not speak to him for 10 or 11 years.
2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and saddled his donkey, so he did not linger. He did not tardy. He did not question God. He did not protest to God nor he doubted His voice. He did not wait for about two days or a week. He got up early in the morning not late in the afternoon. Abraham did what God wanted, Abraham obeyed God. It was not written whether that night he could sleep or not. Probably not, as a father who loved his son, his heart must have been aching so much that he could not sleep. Just like our heavenly father's heart aching to sacrifice his beloved son, Jesus, for us. Abraham himself cut the wood. Think about this fact, Abraham, advanced in years, more than 100 years old, had to cut the wood for sacrificing his son. That must be tough. You may probably think it is horrible and torturing. Making tools to kill your own beloved child. The child that was promised by God Himself. Could God contradict His own word? However, Abraham obeyed God. Abraham did not order his servants to do these things (woke up early, cut the wood, saddled the donkey). He did them himself. That shows his heart for God. His devoted heart to God's command.
Abraham told his servants to stay while he and Isaac went up to the mountain. Abraham left behind all that might have hindered him from doing God's command. The servants might stop Abraham from piercing the knife to his son. They might say something that would jeopardize his faith in God. What things that hinder us from obeying God? We must leave those things behind.
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
Abraham said positive things. He did not tell Isaac what God has said to him a night before. Abraham did not blame anyone. He did not blame God either. He did not broke into tears in front of Isaac nor in front of his servants.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram [a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring [b] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."
We know the happy ending of the story. But how about if we were in that kind of situation. Can we obey God? Can we stay strong and get through it?
Another important thing about worship. Pay attention to verse 5
5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
To sacrifice is also an act of worship. Abraham wanted to sacrifice his son, Isaac, he said to his servants that we would go to the mountain to worship God.
Revelation 4:1-2
1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it
Rev. 4:6-8
4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a] of God. 6Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
Rev.4:10
10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
All the elders bowed their heads, they took off their crowns and worshipped HIM. An act of worship, we should humble ourselves, take off our crowns, pride, etc. to exalt GOD.
Romans 12:1 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship.
Worshipping God should be done by ourselves. We can not ask other people to do it for us, or to do it on our behalf. We ourselves offer our body as a living sacrifice. We can not ask other people to offer his/her body for our worship. We need to purify our body, to live in holiness, because our body is a living sacrifice for God. We can not offer a stained offering. Therefore we need to watch out our deeds, our words, our way of living. Hebrew 13:15-16 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name. 16And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Our offering may not be only money, but also time, prayer, body, way of life, all.
Think:
what needs to be released from our life that may hinder us from God?
what things may hinder us from worshipping God?
what hinders God blessing to come to us?
Abraham Tested
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
Some time later means that several years after Isaac was born. So, some time later after Isaac was born, Abraham heard God's voice again. Abraham knew it was God's voice, he recognized it was HIS voice. This means that Abraham had a deep and intimate relationship with God. Think, do you still recognize your best friend's voice after 10 years absence? Probably not. However, Abraham could still recognize God's voice although He did not speak to him for 10 or 11 years.
2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."
3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and saddled his donkey, so he did not linger. He did not tardy. He did not question God. He did not protest to God nor he doubted His voice. He did not wait for about two days or a week. He got up early in the morning not late in the afternoon. Abraham did what God wanted, Abraham obeyed God. It was not written whether that night he could sleep or not. Probably not, as a father who loved his son, his heart must have been aching so much that he could not sleep. Just like our heavenly father's heart aching to sacrifice his beloved son, Jesus, for us. Abraham himself cut the wood. Think about this fact, Abraham, advanced in years, more than 100 years old, had to cut the wood for sacrificing his son. That must be tough. You may probably think it is horrible and torturing. Making tools to kill your own beloved child. The child that was promised by God Himself. Could God contradict His own word? However, Abraham obeyed God. Abraham did not order his servants to do these things (woke up early, cut the wood, saddled the donkey). He did them himself. That shows his heart for God. His devoted heart to God's command.
Abraham told his servants to stay while he and Isaac went up to the mountain. Abraham left behind all that might have hindered him from doing God's command. The servants might stop Abraham from piercing the knife to his son. They might say something that would jeopardize his faith in God. What things that hinder us from obeying God? We must leave those things behind.
6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together,
7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"
"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.
"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"
8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.
Abraham said positive things. He did not tell Isaac what God has said to him a night before. Abraham did not blame anyone. He did not blame God either. He did not broke into tears in front of Isaac nor in front of his servants.
9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.
12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."
13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram [a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."
15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring [b] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."
We know the happy ending of the story. But how about if we were in that kind of situation. Can we obey God? Can we stay strong and get through it?
Another important thing about worship. Pay attention to verse 5
5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."
To sacrifice is also an act of worship. Abraham wanted to sacrifice his son, Isaac, he said to his servants that we would go to the mountain to worship God.
Revelation 4:1-2
1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." 2At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it
Rev. 4:6-8
4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a] of God. 6Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
Rev.4:10
10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
All the elders bowed their heads, they took off their crowns and worshipped HIM. An act of worship, we should humble ourselves, take off our crowns, pride, etc. to exalt GOD.
Romans 12:1 1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship.
Worshipping God should be done by ourselves. We can not ask other people to do it for us, or to do it on our behalf. We ourselves offer our body as a living sacrifice. We can not ask other people to offer his/her body for our worship. We need to purify our body, to live in holiness, because our body is a living sacrifice for God. We can not offer a stained offering. Therefore we need to watch out our deeds, our words, our way of living. Hebrew 13:15-16 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name. 16And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Our offering may not be only money, but also time, prayer, body, way of life, all.
Think:
what needs to be released from our life that may hinder us from God?
what things may hinder us from worshipping God?
what hinders God blessing to come to us?
Total Increase
Apakah anda ingin mengalami pertambahan dalam segala aspek yang baik dari kehidupan anda? Siapa yang tidak mau mengalami pertambahan tersebut? Pastinya kita semua mau mengalami pertambahan dalam aspek yang baik dari kehidupan kita.
Pertambahan dalam berkat-berkat
Pertambahan dalam keuangan
Pertambahan dalam kemampuan/ketrampilan/ keahlian
Pertambahan dalam kesehatan
Pertambahan dalam visi
Pertambahan dalam pengaruh
Pertambahan dalam kasih karunia
Pertambahan dalam teman/ pergaulan
Pertambahan dalam iman
Pertambahan dalam hubungan dengan Tuhan
Pertambahan dalam buah roh
Pertambahan dalam hikmat
Pertambahan dalam upah dari Tuhan
Pertambahan dalam setiap aspek yg baik dalam kehidupan kita
This sharing was inspired by Pastor Berin Hilfigan's sermon. He is the head of ISOM (International School Of Ministry). ISOM is a school where people are trained and equipped with curriculum for ministry. He came in August with his wife to make a movie about suicide in Japan and to attend ISOM graduation in a Japanese church in Kumamoto. Praise the Lord we can be a blessing to Japanese people.
Bagaimana caranya untuk mengalami total increase?
1. Berdoa dan percaya
Tidak ada seorang pun tokoh dalam alkitab yg hidupnya mengalami pertambahan, terobosan tanpa doa. Yesus sebelum memulai pelayanannya, dia berdoa puasa selama 40 hari (Mat.4). Yesus senantiasa berdoa kepada Bapa. Luk.5:16 Luk.11. Para Rasul sebelum memulai pelayanan mereka memberitakan Injil, para rasul berdoa dan Roh Kudus turun (Kis. 1-2). Raja Daud berdoa sebelum berperang mencari kehendak Tuhan. Daniel berdoa tiga kali sehari (Dan. 6:10) Demi didengar Daniel, bahwa surat perintah itu telah dibuat, pergilah ia ke rumahnya. Dalam kamar atasnya ada tingkap-tingkap yang terbuka ke arah Yerusalem; tiga kali sehari ia berlutut, berdoa serta memuji Allahnya, seperti yang biasa dilakukannya. Esther dan bangsa Israel mengalami terobosan, yaitu kelepasan dari pembunuhan masal, ketika mereka berdoa puasa.
Jemaat mendoakan Petrus (Kis.12:5), Petrus dilepaskan dari penjara oleh seorang malaikat. Tidak ada seorang pun yg sukses tanpa doa.
Doa Yabes I Taw.4:9
Yabes lebih dimuliakan dari pada saudara-saudaranya;
nama Yabes itu diberi ibunya kepadanya sebab katanya:
"Aku telah melahirkan dia dengan kesakitan.“
Yabes berseru kepada Allah Israel, katanya: "Kiranya
Engkau memberkati aku berlimpah-limpah dan memperluas
daerahku, dan kiranya tangan-Mu menyertai aku, dan
melindungi aku dari pada malapetaka, sehingga kesakitan
tidak menimpa aku!" Dan Allah mengabulkan permintaannya itu.
2. Mempersiapkan diri untuk penambahan
II Raja 4:1-7 Salah seorang dari isteri-isteri para nabi mengadukan halnya kepada Elisa, sambil berseru: "Hambamu, suamiku, sudah mati dan engkau ini tahu, bahwa hambamu itu takut akan TUHAN. Tetapi sekarang, penagih hutang sudah datang untuk mengambil kedua orang anakku menjadi budaknya."
4:2 Jawab Elisa kepadanya: "Apakah yang dapat kuperbuat bagimu? Beritahukanlah kepadaku apa-apa yang kaupunya di rumah." Berkatalah perempuan itu: "Hambamu ini tidak punya sesuatu apapun di rumah, kecuali sebuah buli-buli berisi minyak."
4:3 Lalu berkatalah Elisa: "Pergilah, mintalah bejana-bejana dari luar, dari pada segala tetanggamu, bejana-bejana kosong, tetapi jangan terlalu sedikit.
4:4 Kemudian masuklah, tutuplah pintu sesudah engkau dan anak-anakmu masuk, lalu tuanglah minyak itu ke dalam segala bejana. Mana yang penuh, angkatlah!"
4:5 Pergilah perempuan itu dari padanya; ditutupnyalah pintu sesudah ia dan anak-anaknya masuk; dan anak-anaknya mendekatkan bejana-bejana kepadanya, sedang ia terus menuang.
4:6 Ketika bejana-bejana itu sudah penuh, berkatalah perempuan itu kepada anaknya: "Dekatkanlah kepadaku sebuah bejana lagi," tetapi jawabnya kepada ibunya: "Tidak ada lagi bejana." Lalu berhentilah minyak itu mengalir.
4:7 Kemudian pergilah perempuan itu memberitahukannya kepada abdi Allah, dan orang ini berkata: "Pergilah, juallah minyak itu, bayarlah hutangmu, dan hiduplah dari lebihnya, engkau serta anak-anakmu.“
Minyak berhenti mengalir sebanyak bejana yang dipersiapkan. Begitu pula pertambahan yang diberikan Allah pada kita sebanyak persiapan yg kita lakukan.
3. Bertanya kepada Tuhan
Daud bertanya kepada Tuhan 1 Samuel 23
(1)Diberitahukanlah kepada Daud, begini: "Ketahuilah, orang Filistin berperang melawan kota Kehila dan menjarah tempat-tempat pengirikan." (2) Lalu bertanyalah Daud kepada TUHAN: "Apakah aku akan pergi mengalahkan orang Filistin itu?" Jawab TUHAN kepada Daud: "Pergilah, kalahkanlah orang Filistin itu dan selamatkanlah Kehila." (3)Tetapi orang-orang Daud berkata kepadanya: "Ingatlah, sedangkan di sini di Yehuda kita sudah dalam ketakutan, apalagi kalau kita pergi ke Kehila, melawan barisan perang orang Filistin.“ (4) Lalu bertanya pulalah Daud kepada TUHAN, maka TUHAN menjawab dia, firman-Nya: "Bersiaplah, pergilah ke Kehila, sebab Aku akan menyerahkan orang Filistin itu ke dalam tanganmu." I Samuel 30:7-8
Daud berulang kali bertanya kepada Tuhan sebelum melakukan penyerangan.
Begitu pula dengan kita, kita perlu untuk bertanya kepada Tuhan dan mendengarkan apa rencana dan kehendak Tuhan.
4. Pantang menyerah
Gal. 6 :9 Janganlah kita jemu-jemu berbuat baik, karena apabila sudah datang waktunya, kita akan menuai, jika kita tidak menjadi lemah.
Pertambahan dalam berkat-berkat
Pertambahan dalam keuangan
Pertambahan dalam kemampuan/ketrampilan/ keahlian
Pertambahan dalam kesehatan
Pertambahan dalam visi
Pertambahan dalam pengaruh
Pertambahan dalam kasih karunia
Pertambahan dalam teman/ pergaulan
Pertambahan dalam iman
Pertambahan dalam hubungan dengan Tuhan
Pertambahan dalam buah roh
Pertambahan dalam hikmat
Pertambahan dalam upah dari Tuhan
Pertambahan dalam setiap aspek yg baik dalam kehidupan kita
This sharing was inspired by Pastor Berin Hilfigan's sermon. He is the head of ISOM (International School Of Ministry). ISOM is a school where people are trained and equipped with curriculum for ministry. He came in August with his wife to make a movie about suicide in Japan and to attend ISOM graduation in a Japanese church in Kumamoto. Praise the Lord we can be a blessing to Japanese people.
Bagaimana caranya untuk mengalami total increase?
1. Berdoa dan percaya
Tidak ada seorang pun tokoh dalam alkitab yg hidupnya mengalami pertambahan, terobosan tanpa doa. Yesus sebelum memulai pelayanannya, dia berdoa puasa selama 40 hari (Mat.4). Yesus senantiasa berdoa kepada Bapa. Luk.5:16 Luk.11. Para Rasul sebelum memulai pelayanan mereka memberitakan Injil, para rasul berdoa dan Roh Kudus turun (Kis. 1-2). Raja Daud berdoa sebelum berperang mencari kehendak Tuhan. Daniel berdoa tiga kali sehari (Dan. 6:10) Demi didengar Daniel, bahwa surat perintah itu telah dibuat, pergilah ia ke rumahnya. Dalam kamar atasnya ada tingkap-tingkap yang terbuka ke arah Yerusalem; tiga kali sehari ia berlutut, berdoa serta memuji Allahnya, seperti yang biasa dilakukannya. Esther dan bangsa Israel mengalami terobosan, yaitu kelepasan dari pembunuhan masal, ketika mereka berdoa puasa.
Jemaat mendoakan Petrus (Kis.12:5), Petrus dilepaskan dari penjara oleh seorang malaikat. Tidak ada seorang pun yg sukses tanpa doa.
Doa Yabes I Taw.4:9
Yabes lebih dimuliakan dari pada saudara-saudaranya;
nama Yabes itu diberi ibunya kepadanya sebab katanya:
"Aku telah melahirkan dia dengan kesakitan.“
Yabes berseru kepada Allah Israel, katanya: "Kiranya
Engkau memberkati aku berlimpah-limpah dan memperluas
daerahku, dan kiranya tangan-Mu menyertai aku, dan
melindungi aku dari pada malapetaka, sehingga kesakitan
tidak menimpa aku!" Dan Allah mengabulkan permintaannya itu.
2. Mempersiapkan diri untuk penambahan
II Raja 4:1-7 Salah seorang dari isteri-isteri para nabi mengadukan halnya kepada Elisa, sambil berseru: "Hambamu, suamiku, sudah mati dan engkau ini tahu, bahwa hambamu itu takut akan TUHAN. Tetapi sekarang, penagih hutang sudah datang untuk mengambil kedua orang anakku menjadi budaknya."
4:2 Jawab Elisa kepadanya: "Apakah yang dapat kuperbuat bagimu? Beritahukanlah kepadaku apa-apa yang kaupunya di rumah." Berkatalah perempuan itu: "Hambamu ini tidak punya sesuatu apapun di rumah, kecuali sebuah buli-buli berisi minyak."
4:3 Lalu berkatalah Elisa: "Pergilah, mintalah bejana-bejana dari luar, dari pada segala tetanggamu, bejana-bejana kosong, tetapi jangan terlalu sedikit.
4:4 Kemudian masuklah, tutuplah pintu sesudah engkau dan anak-anakmu masuk, lalu tuanglah minyak itu ke dalam segala bejana. Mana yang penuh, angkatlah!"
4:5 Pergilah perempuan itu dari padanya; ditutupnyalah pintu sesudah ia dan anak-anaknya masuk; dan anak-anaknya mendekatkan bejana-bejana kepadanya, sedang ia terus menuang.
4:6 Ketika bejana-bejana itu sudah penuh, berkatalah perempuan itu kepada anaknya: "Dekatkanlah kepadaku sebuah bejana lagi," tetapi jawabnya kepada ibunya: "Tidak ada lagi bejana." Lalu berhentilah minyak itu mengalir.
4:7 Kemudian pergilah perempuan itu memberitahukannya kepada abdi Allah, dan orang ini berkata: "Pergilah, juallah minyak itu, bayarlah hutangmu, dan hiduplah dari lebihnya, engkau serta anak-anakmu.“
Minyak berhenti mengalir sebanyak bejana yang dipersiapkan. Begitu pula pertambahan yang diberikan Allah pada kita sebanyak persiapan yg kita lakukan.
3. Bertanya kepada Tuhan
Daud bertanya kepada Tuhan 1 Samuel 23
(1)Diberitahukanlah kepada Daud, begini: "Ketahuilah, orang Filistin berperang melawan kota Kehila dan menjarah tempat-tempat pengirikan." (2) Lalu bertanyalah Daud kepada TUHAN: "Apakah aku akan pergi mengalahkan orang Filistin itu?" Jawab TUHAN kepada Daud: "Pergilah, kalahkanlah orang Filistin itu dan selamatkanlah Kehila." (3)Tetapi orang-orang Daud berkata kepadanya: "Ingatlah, sedangkan di sini di Yehuda kita sudah dalam ketakutan, apalagi kalau kita pergi ke Kehila, melawan barisan perang orang Filistin.“ (4) Lalu bertanya pulalah Daud kepada TUHAN, maka TUHAN menjawab dia, firman-Nya: "Bersiaplah, pergilah ke Kehila, sebab Aku akan menyerahkan orang Filistin itu ke dalam tanganmu." I Samuel 30:7-8
Daud berulang kali bertanya kepada Tuhan sebelum melakukan penyerangan.
Begitu pula dengan kita, kita perlu untuk bertanya kepada Tuhan dan mendengarkan apa rencana dan kehendak Tuhan.
4. Pantang menyerah
Gal. 6 :9 Janganlah kita jemu-jemu berbuat baik, karena apabila sudah datang waktunya, kita akan menuai, jika kita tidak menjadi lemah.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Sunday, July 18th 2010
Ps. Caleb's sermon on July 18th 2010
Ezekiel 37 Valley of Dry Bones.
This is God's revelation to Ezekiel.
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath [a] enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' "
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11 Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.' 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.' "
V.3 God's question: can these bones live?
Ezekiel's answer: "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
It shows his humility, he did not try to show off nor to pretend to know it.
We also need to stay humble when we come to the Lord. Do not boast, do not pretend that we know everything, do not teach God what He is supposed to do, do not manipulate God to do things we want.
V. 11 Those dry bones are the Israelites whose hopes were gone. These dry bones depict believers whose hopes are gone. However, God can change them to be His army. Army means strong men, strong people and well-trained.
So, how to change the dry situation to life?
God teaches us how to do it.
V.4 Prophesy
V.9 "Prophesy to ... and say to it, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says..."
So we should do it like that. Whenever there are dryness, difficulties, challenges, problems in our life, we should say the word of God. Mark 11:33-23 says 22"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
To prophesy is to say to something or situation about what God wants.
How do we know what God wants? We know what God wants by reading His Word. His word is in the bible. Therefore, we need to read the bible. PROPHESY! Prophesy what God wants to your difficulties, your challenges, your dryness! Although the change, the answer has not arrived yet, do not feel disappointed. Wait and look for God more. It is so with Ezekiel. Verse 8, after the first stage Ezekiel did what God told him to do, tendons and skin came to those bones. However, they were not alive. So it was not finished. God told Ezekiel to prophesy again. So, we shall not stop, we shall continue until God's plan done. If God has started his plan, He will carry it out to the end. God can change those dry bones to God's soldiers, so we may be changed to be God's soldiers too.
Ezekiel 37 Valley of Dry Bones.
This is God's revelation to Ezekiel.
The Valley of Dry Bones
1 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. 3 He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
4 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath [a] enter you, and you will come to life. 6 I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' "
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11 Then he said to me: "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.' 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: O my people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.' "
V.3 God's question: can these bones live?
Ezekiel's answer: "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."
It shows his humility, he did not try to show off nor to pretend to know it.
We also need to stay humble when we come to the Lord. Do not boast, do not pretend that we know everything, do not teach God what He is supposed to do, do not manipulate God to do things we want.
V. 11 Those dry bones are the Israelites whose hopes were gone. These dry bones depict believers whose hopes are gone. However, God can change them to be His army. Army means strong men, strong people and well-trained.
So, how to change the dry situation to life?
God teaches us how to do it.
V.4 Prophesy
V.9 "Prophesy to ... and say to it, "This is what the Sovereign LORD says..."
So we should do it like that. Whenever there are dryness, difficulties, challenges, problems in our life, we should say the word of God. Mark 11:33-23 says 22"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
To prophesy is to say to something or situation about what God wants.
How do we know what God wants? We know what God wants by reading His Word. His word is in the bible. Therefore, we need to read the bible. PROPHESY! Prophesy what God wants to your difficulties, your challenges, your dryness! Although the change, the answer has not arrived yet, do not feel disappointed. Wait and look for God more. It is so with Ezekiel. Verse 8, after the first stage Ezekiel did what God told him to do, tendons and skin came to those bones. However, they were not alive. So it was not finished. God told Ezekiel to prophesy again. So, we shall not stop, we shall continue until God's plan done. If God has started his plan, He will carry it out to the end. God can change those dry bones to God's soldiers, so we may be changed to be God's soldiers too.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Tokyo Anime Fair 2010 (Indonesian language)
I wrote this in English and in Indonesian for 3 full days and tried to submit it to an English and Indonesian newspaper. Writing is not an easy job. I have to think about the genre, the word choice, vocabulary, coherence, cohesion, etc. But, Rejection was the result. Well, no wonder people prefer to write blog than submit it to media, though their writings are good and have an insight. Makanya banyak orang yang lebih senang menulis blog dibandingkan menerbitkan atau memasukkan karya mereka ke media publikasi walaupun tulisan mereka juga berbobot dan mempunyai insight. Daripada mottainai, mendingan aku masukin di blog aja deh. Isi tulisannya sendiri basically sama, tapi beberapa agak lain. The contents are a bit different.
Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) yang ke-9 diadakan dari tanggal 25 sampai 28 Maret 2010 bertempat di Tokyo Big Sight daerah Odaiba di teluk Tokyo dengan 244 peserta baik dari bisnis, perusahaan software anime, universitas, sekolah kejuruan, stasiun TV, maupun organisasi nirlaba dan 615 gerai pameran. Selama empat hari pameran tersebut, TAF menarik lebih dari 130.000 pengunjung. Walaupun pintu menuju ruang pameran baru dibuka pukul 10 pagi dan angin akhir musim dingin menerpa, para otaku, istilah untuk penggemar anime, komik dan video games Jepang, tetap bersemangat untuk mengunjungi pameran anime yang berlangsung hanya sekali dalam setahun. Antrian panjang pengunjung diatur oleh pihak penyelenggara dalam 3 rombongan barisan yang menunggu giliran dipersilahkan masuk ke dalam gedung.
Pertunjukan pertama yang menarik penonton adalah sajian dari Toei Animation, yaitu tarian dari 17 orang yang memakai kostum anime Purikuri, kependekan dari “Pretty Cure“ dan seluruh tim dinamakan Pretty Cure All Stars bak layaknya NBA All Stars. Ketika mereka menari dan menyanyi, para staff bersiap-siap dengan tali untuk membentuk pagar betis dan melarang penonton supaya tidak mengambil foto, walaupun ada beberapa orang yang masih menjepret sana sini. Peraturan TAF mencantumkan bahwa siapa saja yang ketahuan mengambil foto yang tidak diizinkan akan dilaporkan pada pihak kepolisian wilayah Kanda. Memang, setelah diteriaki tidak boleh mengambil foto, para fotografer pun mematikan kameranya sambil mengucapkan kata gomenasai yang artinya maaf. Anak-anak muda dan orang dewasa melompat-lompat dan berjoged mengikuti dinamisnya lagu Puri Kuri. Beberapa dari orang-orang yang berjoged tersebut adalah para staff Toei Animation yang berpakaian kaos polo hitam dan celana jeans, mereka yang bersorak-sorak dan bertepuk tangan sehingga penonton lain juga meniru mereka.
Di panggung ADK, nama sebuah perusahaan animasi, pembawa acara menyapa anak-anak yang sudah duduk manis menantikan artis kesayangannya. Ketika Doraemon muncul dari samping panggung, Anak-anak tersebut bertepuk tangan meriah. “Adik-adik yang manis, siapa yang tahu, tahun ini Doraemon merayakan ulang tahunnya yang ke berapa? Pilihannya, satu, yang ke-10; dua, yang ke-20; tiga, yang ke-30. Siapa yang bisa menjawab?” Seorang anak kecil maju ke depan dan memilih jawaban yang ketiga. Pembawa acara memuji jawabannya and sebuah souvenir Doraemon dihadiahkan pada anak tersebut dan semua penonton bertepuk tangan.
Di gerai lain, Goku naik ke pentas dan memperagakan gerakan jurus pamungkasnya untuk menghancurkan musuhnya. Lalu MC menanyakan nama jurus pamungkas tersebut. Banyak penonton mengangkat tangan, termasuk orang dewasa. Tetapi event ini memang disajikan untuk anak-anak, sehingga MC mempersilahkan seorang bocah kecil bernama Ryouta untuk naik ke atas panggung dan menjawab pertanyaan tersebut. “Kamehameha” dan sebuah hadiah Dragon Ballz diberikan kepadanya. Kamehameha sebenarnya adalah nama seorang raja di Hawaii yang menaklukkan kepulauan Hawaii dan menjadikannya sebuah kerajaan dibawah kekuasaannya. Akira Toriyama, penulis komik Dragon Ball, mendapatkan ilham dari istrinya, ketika dia bertanya nama apa yang cocok bagi pukulan maut Goku yang waktu itu hanya mendapat sebutan “kame” artinya binatang kura-kura
Gadis-gadis cantik dengan kostum anime membagikan brosur iklan dan souvenir gratis seperti berbagai tas kertas promosi yang penuh dengan gambar-gambar tokoh komik yang menarik, kipas kertas, folder plastic, balon dan macam-macam souvenir promosi lainnya. Para pengunjung tentu saja suka dengan barang-barang gratis tersebut. Bahkan beberapa orang tua mengambil berbagai macam tas kertas tersebut dan balon-balon, walaupun mereka tidak datang bersama anak-anak
Nonton gratis 5 menit trailer film “Garo – Red Requiem” garapan Tokushinsha Film Corporation dengan memakai kaca mata 3D membuat para pengunjung bersedia mengantri selama 20 sampai 30 menit. Film ini memakai efek 3 dimensi sehingga pecahan kaca, tetesan air dan bunga api kelihatan seperti melompat dari layar. Ketika Kouga Saejima, tokoh utama, menendang lawannya, seolah-olah kakinya berada di depan wajah penonton dan penonton dapat melihat jelas lekuk-lekuk sol sepatunya. Film Garo berfokus pada kehidupan Kouga Saejima yang mewarisi Golden Garo dari ayahnya, Taiga Saejima yang mati terbunuh saat pertarungan dengan Horror. Kematian sang ayah terjadi ketika Kouga masih kecil. Suatu malam ia terbangun dan diam-diam mengikuti ayahnya ke hutan. Di sana dia melihat ayahnya sedang bertempur dengan makhluk horror. Makhluk horor tersebut mengetahui keberadaan Kouga kecil dan hendak menghabisinya. Di saat itulah Golden Garo mengambil pukulan tersebut untuk membela anaknya yang mengakibatkan kematiannya. Kouga dilatih oleh para pandita Makai untuk meneruskan tugas mulia Ksatria Garo, yaitu melindungi manusia dari horror yang hendak menghancurkan umat manusia. Horror yang berasal dari neraka muncul ke dunia karena “dipanggil”oleh sisi gelap hati manusia. Setelah makhluk-makhluk horror itu keluar, mereka akan menggerogoti manusia tersebut atau menguasainya sehingga manusia tersebut berubah menjadi makhluk jahat. Akting para pemain dalam film ini berkesan dingin dan datar karena yang diutamakan adalah aksi pertarungan, efek animasi, makhluk-makhluk menyeramkan dan efek 3 dimensi. Tabuhan gendang jepang, Taiko, yang mengiringi film Garo – Red Requiem memberikan nuansa barisan laskar yang menuju medan perang.
Apakah anda berminat untuk melanjutkan kuliah di bidang animasi? Pada pameran ini, beberapa sekolah kejuruan, akademi dan universitas turut mempromosikan program studi animasi mereka serta memamerkan hasil karya para anak didiknya yang mengundang kekaguman para pengunjung. Di gerai Toho Gakuen Institute, empat orang siswanya mengisi suara film kartun yang ditayangkan di layar lebar secara live. Tokyo dan Osaka Animation College memamerkan karya lukisan dan gambar dua dimensi. Asagaya College of Art and Design mempromosikan program studi seni dan disain serta membagi-bagikan gantungan anime untuk telepon genggam secara gratis. Beberapa gerai lain juga menyediakan tempat bagi para pengunjung yang hendak mencoba mengisi suara film atau bermain musik dengan dipandu oleh para siswa dari sekolah-sekolah kejuruan tersebut. Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto Seika University, Kobe Design university, Trident College of Information Technology dan Nihon Kogakuin College adalah beberapa sekolah yang ikut serta dalam pameran Anime 2010.
Peserta dari luar negara Jepang seperti Thailand, Cina, Korea, Perancis dan United Arab Emirates juga mengambil bagian dalam Pameran Anime 2010 ini. Thailand mempromosikan “Character and Licensing Expo Asia” yang akan diselenggarakan di Bangkok pada bulan Mei. Expo serupa akan diadakan di Dubai pada akhir November, bertempat di Dubai International Convention and exhibition Centre. Dua negara terdekat dengan Jepang, yaitu Cina dan Korea, mempunyai lebih banyak booth dibandingkan dengan peserta luar negeri lainnya. Cina, negara yang mempunyai volume ekspor terbesar ke Jepang, menyewa booth khusus untuk perwakilan dari departemen kebudayaan dan Biro Urusan Perdagangan Chengdu. Di stand China, para pengunjung dapat duduk di bangku kerajaan dengan diapit 2 gadis cantik berpakaian tradisional cheongsam untuk berfoto. Beberapa perusahaan anime Cina juga mempromosikan film-film animasi dan produk mainan mereka. Korea dengan 12 perusahaanya menampilkan berbagai produk animasi, berupa film, online games dan film pendidikan untuk anak. Pameran sejenis ini tidak hanya diadakan di Jepang saja, tetapi juga di Amerika, Perancis dan Korea. Otakorp dari Amerika mempromosikan Otakon kependekan dari Otaku Convention yang akan diadakan di Baltimore, negara bagian Maryland. Tahun ini adalah tahun ke-17 Otakon mengadakan pameran. Di Korea, “Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival” yang ke-14 akan diadakan di bulan Juli. Di bulan yang sama, Japan Expo yang menampilkan berbagai kebudayaan dan hiburan dari Jepang akan diadakan di Perancis
Bagian Tokyo International Anime Fair yang mendapat banyak pengunjung adalah ”Anime Bazaar”. Barang-barang souvenir anime seperti, poster, handuk, kaos, kipas, gantungan telepon genggam, boneka, miniatur tokoh-tokoh anime, CD, alat-alat tulis, bahkan sampai pakaian dalam pria.
Pameran ini dapat mengakomodasi para pengunjung dari berbagai usia dan keterbatasan fisik. Arena bermain, permainan DS gratis, permainan dengan telepon genggam, permainan kartu dan berfoto bersama boneka-boneka animasi membuat anak-anak betah bermain. Saat pertunjukan tarian dan nyanyian di panggung, orang-orang yang berkursi roda dapat dengan tenang menonton dekat panggung, tanpa ada orang yang menyelak di depan mereka. Untuk para remaja, TAF menyelenggarakan lomba menggambar animasi. Penggemar automotif dapat melihat modifikasi mobil yang dicat dengan gambar anime. Para pengunjung yang ingin belajar mengenai pembuatan anime disediakan workshop dengan para pembuat anime.
Penyelenggaraan TAF tahun ini dinilai berhasil. Salah satunya ditandai dengan kenaikan jumlah pengunjung yang berjumlah sekitar tiga ribu orang walaupun jumlah eksibitor berkurang jika dibandingkan dengan tahun sebelumnya. Kenaikan jumlah pengunjung menunjukkan pertambahan kegemaran masyarakat pada dunia animasi yang berarti pangsa pasar di bidang ini juga besar. Selain di bidang bisnis, pertukaran budaya antar negara dapat dilakuan melalui produk-produk animasi. Semoga di tahun mendatang, lebih banyak karya-karya animasi dari negara asia tenggara yang dapat berpartisipasi dalam Tokyo International Anime Fair
Tokyo Anime Fair 2010
After failed to publish this to an English and Indonesian newspaper, I decided to put it on my blog. Mottainaidakarasa.
Goku came into the stage and performed his famous movement to expel a powerful beam of energy. Then, a cute MC asked the children who were attending the show to answer what movement it was. A boy came to the stage and answered, “It was Kamehameha” and he got a souvenir of Dragon Ballz.
Doraemon booth staged
a similar quiz for kids. How old is Doraemon? There were 3 choices. First was 10 years, second was 20 years and the third was 30 years. A boy chose the third answer and he got a Doraemon souvenir. Another stage of Toei Animation, there were 17 “pretty cure all stars” dancing. Too bad, no picture taking was allowed. They would report it to Kanda police station if someone was caught taking pictures.
Tokushinsha film Corporation showed 3D of “Garo – Red Requiem” which had breathtaking creatures with powerful strength and frightening extended limbs. Fresh, good-looking actors an
d sexy actresses were the cast members of this movie. The acting ability is not important of this movie. It emphasizes more on the fantasy, animation, action and 3D effect. The war-like march drum-beat music added the movie’s dynamic excitement. Garo 3D movie trailer lasted for 5 minutes with magnificent splinters of breaking glasses, water drops, clash fire from swords and weapons. When Garo kicked his enemies, we may see his boot’s sole as if it was in front of our face. The 3D effect makes the sword look longer, sharp and protruding.
Pierrot Co., Ltd. gave out Naruto’s shopping bags for free. Other companies did so with colorful shopping bags, paper fans, balloons, posters, and plastic document folders. People collected those gimmicks because they were free of charge and had beautiful, vivid anime pictures. Some mature adults showed their childish side by collecting many of them and some gas balloons although they did not bring kids with them. During the stage shows, some middle-aged men sa
t at front near the stage that blocked the view of little children sitting behind them only to get a better view of the performances on the stages.
Anime vocational scho
ols, colleges and universities also participated in the Fair. Besides promoting their curriculum programs, they showed many works of arts from their students, such as paintings, drawings, pictures and animated videos. The west side of the exhibition hall was set for shops and stalls which sold varieties of anime goods from characters collectibles, dolls, toys, CDs, towels, T-shirts, cell-phone straps, folders, pictures, cards, stuffed bread in cans, glasses, stationery and so on.
Pretty girls with anime costumes were handing out the brochures, gimmicks and posing for pictures. These picture takings were allowed because they were not famous celebrities. One alluring girl with black police hat and shorts whose face resembles to Ayase Haruka, a cute and sexy Japanese actress, posed for pictures and handed out brochures of Zebraman 2 that will be screened on May 1st. She intentionally fixed her upper bra in front of male photographers only to get their attention. Of course, many of them came flocking and took photos of her. Next to her booth, there were some samurai men (ojiisan - middle aged man), wearing full costumes of samurai. Because of her, no one wanted to take those ojiisan pictures. Some blond white faces also posed as anime characters in this exhibition. One cute girl with long blond hair was approached by a nearly bold, middle-aged man. He gave her his name card and talked to her. She seemed uninterested but she had to be polite to people as she was hired by NTT.
Perhaps the second biggest income after
Tokyo International Anime Fair that was held in Tokyo Big Sight from March 25th to 26th at East Exhibition Hall presented 244 exhibitors with 615 booths, mostly from Japan and a few representatives from other countries such as Thailand, China, Korea and UAE to promote their animations, cultures and next anime exhibitions in their countries.
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