Reminiscence

This is a summary of Ps.Daniel Yunan's Sermon on Sunday, Sep.14th 2008. Ps. Daniel Yunan is our pastor in IFGF Nagoya and Osaka. He came to IFGF Tokyo and ministered us. He has been living in Japan since his student time, now he has got a family and two children, robably nearly 20 years. Kingdom of God. What do we usually have in a Kingdom? 1. King 2. Territory 3. Authority 4. Citizens Psalm 8: 3-4. How small we are, there is nothing to b e boast of/proud of. It is because of God. God has chosen us and given us His grace. It is up to us to respond to Him, so He may reveal Himself to us. james 2:5. So honor God and His calling and his grace to you. If we are th citizens of theKingdom of God, what should we do? We should .... 1. Worship Him (Psalm 99:5) 2. Submit to Him (Acts 5:25) 3. Give Him offering (Prov.3:9) Psalm 121: 1-3; Luke 10:17; John 10:10 As citizens of the Kingdom of God, what shall we receive? 1. We receive protection 2. receive authority 3. receive abundant blessings...

This is the summary of our Pastor's wife's sermon, Mrs. Lusi's Supratman, on Sunday, Aug.31st 2008 at Narimasu Chapel Church. Why is the word of God important? 1. The word of God is our shield of faith (Eph.6:16) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one . Two volunteers were asked to perform on the stage. One was bearing a shield made of paper which symbolizes advice from friends, gossips, news in newspapers, tips and tricks from the world. The other one was playing as the devil attacking us with his sword of lies, fears, stress, pressures, accusations, doubts and all bad things. Can the shield of human's advice stand the devil's sword? It is too fragile, brittle and thin to stand the devil's cunning schemes. The word of God is strong, never changes and it is the only firm shield that can protect us from the devil's attacks. Jesus said in John 10:10 The thief comes only to st...

It happened on Saturday - Sunday, Sept. 13-14, 2008. I want to tell an experience that I got last week. I need to change my conduct and my way of thinking and seeing things. Last week, my friend who used to translate our church newsletter and interpret our pastor's sermon, went back home to Indonesia for good with his future wife, so I had to ask another friend to replace his position. I can not do the tasks alone. Ing said that he was willing to help in the ministry. When we were online on yahoo messenger- I think it was Sunday evening or probably Monday, I asked Ing whether he wanted to translate the newsletter that week or the following week. He agreed to do it that week (Sept.14), so I gave him the templates and email and password of our church bulletin team. Saturday, I was free and I was tired, so all day I just took a rest, did the laundry and cleaned up my house. Then at 0.30 a.m., early sunday morning, he popped up in the yahoo messenger and I asked him whether he had f...

This is taken "from the pastor's heart", an article in our church newsletter. Tiga Hal Tiga hal dalam hidup yang sekali terlewatkan, tidak akan pernah kembali lagi: 1. waktu 2. kata-kata 3. Kesempatan Tida hal dalam hidup yang dapat menghancurkan seseorang: 1. Kemarahan 2. Tinggi hati 3. Tidak mau mengampuni Tiga hal dalam hidup yang jangan pernah engkau lepaskan: 1. Harapan 2. Damai Sejahtera 3. Kejujuran Tiga hal dalam hidup yang paling berharga: 1. Kasih 2. Keluarga dan teman-teman 3. Kebaikan Tiga hal dalam hidup yang tidak menentu: 1.Harta 2. Kesuksesan 3. Mimpi Tiga hal yang membentuk seseorang: 1. Komitmen 2. Ketulusan 3. Kerja keras Tiga hal yang tidak pernah berubah: BAPA, PUTRA, ROH KUDUS English Version: THREE THINGS Three things in life that, once gone, never come back 1. Time 2. Words 3. Opportunity Three things in life that can destroy a person 1. Anger 2. Pride 3. Un...

This is an email that I received from a mailing list. I do not fully agree, but somehow they have some truth and I think I have to be grateful with my life. I also put some comments in italic. Sorry, it is still in Indonesian, I'll translate it into English when I have time, probably I may not. Saya bersyukur ... untuk istri yang memberiku makanan yang sama dengan kemarin malam, karena istriku di rumah malam ini dan tidak bersama orang lain. Saya bersyukur ... untuk suami yang duduk bermalas-malasan di sofa sambil membaca koran dan nonton acara olah raga kesukaannya, karena do'i bersama aku di rumah dan tidak keluyuran, apalagi ke bar malam ini. Saya beryukur ... untuk anakku yang selalu protes di rumah karena artinya dia sedang di rumah dan tidak keluyuran di jalanan. Saya bersyukur ... untuk pajak yang saya bayar karena artinya saya bekerja dan punya penghasilan. Saya bersyukur ... untuk rumah yang berantakan ( karena anak-anak atau anggota keluarga yg lain yg bikin berantaka...

Tiga Hal Tiga hal dalam hidup yang sekali terlewatkan, tidak akan pernah kembali lagi: 1. waktu 2. Kata-kata 3. Kesempatan Tiga hal dalam hidup yang dapat menghancurkan seseorang: 1. Kemarahan 2. Tinggi hati 3. Tidak mau mengampuni Tiga hal dalam hidup yang jangan pernah engkau lepaskan: 1. harapan 2. Damai sejahtera 3. Kejujuran Tiga hal dalam hidup yang paling berharga: 1. kasih 2. keluarga dan teman-teman 3. kebaikan Tiga hal dalam hidup yang tidak menentu: 1. Rejeki 2. Kesuksesan 3. Mimpi (cita-cita) Tiga hal yang membentuk seseorang: 1. komitmen 2. Ketulusan 3. Kerja keras Tiga hal yang tidak pernah berubah: BAPA, PUTRA, ROH KUDUS English Version: THREE THINGS Three things in life that, once gone, never come back 1. Time 　 2. Words 3. Opportunity Three things in life that can destroy a person 1. Anger 2. Pride 3. Unforgiveness Three things in life that you should never ...

This is an email I got from a friend. Some of the contents are true but some are not because there are many "x" factors involved, so the premises below are somehow have some true values as we experience life. ~~*I BELIEVE*~~ A birth certificate shows that we were born; a death certificate shows that we died; pictures show that we lived! Have a seat . Relax. And read this slowly. I believe - That just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do. I believe - That we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I believe - That no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I believe - That true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love. I bel ieve - That you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache f...