Great is Thy Faithfulness

Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.

Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy Faithfulness, Lord unto me. 

Dear My Lovely Student (MAG),

~Happy Birthday 12nd~

Thank You for everything,

You are the best gift that I have

God is Able - Hillsong [Our Fave song]

[Verse 1]
God is able
He will never fail
He is almighty God
Greater than all we seek
Greater than all we ask
He has done great things

[Chorus]
Lifted up
He defeated the grave
Raised to life
Our God is able
In His name
We overcome
For the Lord
Our God is able

[Verse 2]
God is with us
God is on our side
He will make a way
Far above all we know
Far above all we hope
He has done great things

[Chorus]
Lifted up
He defeated the grave
Raised to life
Our God is able
In His name
We overcome
For the Lord
Our God is able

[Bridge]
God is with us
He will go before
He will never leave us
He will never leave us
God is for us
He has open arms
He will never fail us
He will never fail us

[Chorus (x2)]
Lifted up
He defeated the grave
Raised to life
Our God is able
In His name
We overcome
For the Lord
Our God is able

For the Lord
Our God is able
For the Lord
Our God is able
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 1 Corinthians 15:10, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me."

Happy Valentine's Day

Pensil

 Pembuat pensil  menaruh pensil yang baru seleai dibuatnya ke samping sebentar, sebelum ia memasukkannya ke dalam kotak. Ada 5 hal yang perlu kau ketahui, katanya kepada pensil, sebelum kau kukirim ke seluruh dunia. Hendaknya kau ingat selalu pesanku berikut ini, dan jangan sampai lupa. Yakinlah kau bakal berhasil menjadi pensil yang terhebat.

• SATU: Kau bakal bisa melakukan banyak hal besar, tetapi hanya bila kau mau membiarkan dirimu dipegang dalam tangan seseorang.
• DUA: Kau akan menderita tiap kali engkau diruncingkan, tapi kau butuh itu agar bisa menjadi pensil yang lebih baik.
• TIGA: Kau bakal bisa mengoreksi tiap kesalahan yang mungkin kau lakukan.
• EMPAT: Bagian terpenting dari dirimu adalah apa yang ada di dalam.
• dan LIMA: Pada tiap permukaan di mana kau dipakai, tinggalkanlah jejakmu. Apapun kondisinya, kau harus terus lanjutkan menulis.

Pensil itu angguk mengerti dan berjanji akan mengingat nasihat tersebut. Dan memasuki kotak yang akan dieksport itu dengan suatu tekad kuat dalam hatinya.

Bertukar tempatlah dengan pensil itu; ingatlah nasihat yang sama tadi dan yakinlah, kitapun pasti akan berhasil menjadi orang terbaik.

• SATU: Kita bakal bisa berbuat banyak hal besar, tetapi hanya apabila kita membiarkan diri kita berada dan dipegang dalam tanganNya, serta mengizinkan orang lain mengakses talenta yang kita miliki.
• DUA: Kitapun akan menderita saat diruncingkan, yaitu dalam proses melewati macam problema hidup, tapi kita butuh itu agar jadi lebih kuat.
• TIGA: Kita bakal mampu memperbaiki kesalahan apapun yang mungkin kita lakukan.
• EMPAT: Bagian terpenting dari diri kita adalah apa yang ada di dalam, yakni hati nurani kita.
• dan LIMA: Dalam setiap peristiwa dan lembaran hidup yang kita jalani, kita harus meninggalkan jejak kita . Tak peduli bagaimanapun situasinya, kita harus tetap melanjutkan tugas kita. Jadi terang dan garam dunia.

Good days give you HAPPINESS, bad days give you EXPERIENCE, but both are essential for life.

Source :
 http://artikel.sabda.org/book/export/html/21

Resolving to Persue a Clean Heart

The above quote is from Psalm 51:10. It is the psalmists plea for God to keep doing the work in him that enables a clean heart to exist. Christians all over the world still sing this and offer this prayer. An outsider looking into the church might wonder, why haven’t they got this right yet? Why do they keep asking for a clean heart over and over again? Doesn’t God answer?

Last Sunday, while these thoughts were running through my head after the praise band led us in this very song, my Pastor made a profound statement. She said, “We all struggle to live under the umbrella of God’s expectation.” Oh yes, we do struggle, and God’s definition of a clean heart surely has a more stringent qualification than anything I could dream up.

The human condition is a reflection of the great fall from grace in the Garden of Eden. Ever since that ancient example was set, all of mankind has shared the same experience in life from birth to physical death, physically, mentally, and spiritually, we fall down, we get up. The plea to God to create in us a clean heart is our cry for help, and I believe each time we ask, God answers yes, but after a while, we will get it all dirty again.

We must work at keeping a clean heart daily, sometimes even minute by minute.

The important thing to help a non believer understand is that we need God because we are not perfect. We don’t serve Him because we are perfect. Too many generations with a “holier than thou” attitude left the non Christian world with a grave misunderstanding of the Christian walk. We desire a clean heart, but it does not come easy. We resolve to maintain a clean heart, but it often does not last for long. We try very hard to achieve a clean heart, but it is something that we cannot do alone. A clean heart is gift from God that is precious, yet so fragile we are just not equipped to maintain it in a manner that would continue to meet His high standard of purity.

Is it hopeless? Will I ever have a clean heart?

No, it is not hopeless. Yes, you can have a clean heart, because God will continue to say yes, as long as we continue to ask for His help. Just as God gave Solomon unequaled wisdom in response to an earnest and selfless prayer, God will cleanse our hearts when we come before Him asking for a clean heart, not to please others, but rather to please Him, and as long as we keep our gaze firmly focused on Him, we will have a clean heart.

There in lies the catch my friends. How many of us will keep our gaze firmly focused on Him for long? That is why I resolve to pursue a clean heart. I know I will achieve it and lose it many times over, but as long as I remain in pursuit of this elusive connection to the heart of God, I am on the road to becoming the person He wants me to be.

Psalm 51:10-12 (NKJV)

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

Create in me a clean heart, O God!

Source :
http://onemonthofwisdom.com/wisdomblog/2012/01/clean-heart/

Destiny, By.Lao Tzu

The Parable of the Mustard Seed

Jesus told them another parable: . . 

 Matthew 13:31-32 [NIV], "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"

 

Lesson:

Have you ever seen a mustard seed? The mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. It is so small that if you were holding one in your hand and you dropped it you would have a very hard time finding it because it is so hard to see. Even though the mustard seed is so small when it is planted in the ground, it grows into a tree large enough for birds to stand on its branches and to make their nests in it.

When you look at this little mustard seed, before planting it in the ground, you might think it would be impossible for a seed so tiny to grow into a tree. But our God turns that tiny seed into a wonderful place for birds to come and rest and sing. 

When Jesus told this parable He compared it to loving God. When children, like you, or adults begin to love Jesus, their love is like a tiny mustard seed before it is planted in the ground. It starts out very small at first. Then when you keep on listening to what Jesus says and obeying Him, then the love grows bigger and bigger. Soon it will grow like the big mustard tree. 

 
You can also find this parable in :

Mark 4:30-32 [NIV], "Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we  use to describe it?  It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

 Luke 13:18-19 [NIV],  ^"A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”  Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone."

MEMORY VERSE

Matthew 17:20 [NIV], "I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you"

Source :

http://www.just4kidsmagazine.com/rainbowcastle/mustardseed.html