Deeply in love...

Halo semua, aku mau sharing satu lagu : "Deeply in Love" by Youth Alive...saat aku nyanyin lagu ini, aku teringat kembali akan masa2 aku pertama kali KENAL dengan Tuhan. 8 taon yg lalu, aku terima Tuhan waktu ikut bible camp di singapore--namanya "Spread the Fire" (I believe hehehe...) 29 mei 2000 aku ketemu Tuhan secara pribadi (encounter, not see God). That day was the MOST beautiful day of my life... i felt God hugging me in his embrace--i can never forget the warmth, peace, love---the feeling of Him touching my heart.





Lyrics

aku inget hari itu aku nggak bisa berhenti ngobrol dng Tuhan---He was there... i could literally feel him there. He revealed himself as a father to me that day, and as a friend--took me off all the bondages, anger, pain, terrible memories. i wish i can describe that experience better--but it's really hard. for 3 hours, i sang, wept, talked, shouted in God's presence--i did not want to leave that place that night, but life had to go on...


Don't Wanna Go

Waktu aku di bible camp, semua yang aku takutin, kuatirin hilang--instd, Tuhan gantiin dengan sukcaita (i mean real joy)... to this day, i've never come across any event more joyful than this. It's true what Benny Hinn always says "His Presence makes me whole"... the night I met God, I felt so light inside. My heart was fully open for him to come in and he changed my life on that night!!!! he turned my life upside down--what used to be darkness, he brought it to light; what used to be hurting me, he replaced it with a surpassing love that kills all pain...

the following day, i was baptised-- and that completes my full surrender to God: gave my life to Christ from that day on, vowed to stay faithful till the end no matter how difficult it might get along the way. sometimes when i feel helpless, when i can no longer pray, i look back on what he has done-- and there is no way i can hold myself from weeping. He has done way too much for me to ignore/forget. i'm so grateful to him...

reflecting on my 8-year journey, it's not been easy following Christ: many challenges, temptations to overcome, pain to swallow, sacrifices to be made. but through it all, God sustains me--gave me visions after visions... to affirm His plans for my life.

Strength

I couldn't have done it without God's strengthe: be it through spiritual renewal, friends, girlfriend and family.

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.


....bener banget apa yang alkitab sering bilang: "I can do all things through with Christ" ... "nothing is impossible with Christ".


Fulfillment of God's Vision

In 2006 God gave me a prophecy that one day He would use me to raise a young generation of faithful Christians--to be one who leads them to worship God. He also promised that the times will get tougher for me (it's true..); that he will also provide a group of friends who will support me in those days (true again...)... He also revealed that I've a practical heart (i didn't know it until today...)

See, back then wow who would've guessed it'll come to pass... took 2 years for that happen... in 2007 i received another prophecy that i'm still holding on to =) I'll share it with y'all when it's fulfilled heheh...


Final words

May billions of people be blessed by this post ;) finally i'd like to share this quote my girlfriend's dad wrote on my graduation message board:

Live when you stop dreaming; Hope when you stop believing.(and i'd like to add) Have faith in God when all else fails...


God bless ya,

ROy

***Ps: pardon me for all the grammatical errors--don have da time to correct them hhehehehe...ciaooo

what time is it?

hey all, i just wanna share my reflections for the day. i am grateful that Veli shared what he did yest. about time management.

I looked at the way i have been spending my time over the past few weeks and i realized that i have been wasting time instead of investing it. i realized that surfing the web, sleeping just because i was feeling lazy and watching television were taking up majority of my time, leaving me with little time to study, read the Bible and do other important things. now, my work is piling up and all that unneeded pressure's on me to complete them. this wouldn't have happened had i not been so poor in managing my time.

what veli said was true. leaving a question in each of us is a good way to remind ourselves of our commitment. since yesterday, i always get reminded of my promise not to spend too much time doing mindless surfing and instead focus on the task at hand.

nevertheless, i thank God for the timing of His hand in my life and for the way He used Veli to convey such an important message.


*thank you to those of you who have taken over the PDL responsibilities as i don't think i'll would have been able to cope with it myself. sorry for screwing up.

Reputation vs Character

Reputation is what you are supposed to be..Character is what you are..

Reputation is a photograph
Character is the face..

Reputation comes over one from without
Character grows up from within..

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community
Character is what you have when you go away..

Your reputation is made in a moment
Your character is built in a lifetime..

Your reputation is learned in an hour
Your character does not come to light for a year..

Reputation grows like mushroom'
Character lasts like eternity..

Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor
Character makes you happy or makes you miserable..

Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone
Character is what the angels say about you before the throne of God!!

taken from: John C. Maxwell again..