Sabtu, 25 Agustus 2012

Pemulihan Diri Kitab MIkha

Mikha  nabi yang bertugas untuk menyampaikan berita kepada Yehuda mengenai becana Nasional yang akan terjadi pada bangsa Israel:  yaitu kehancuran tempat ibadah, kekalahan politik,kehancuran kota ,kehancuran ekonomis.
tema kitab mikha adalah ibadah yang holistik  bukan ritual yang dibatasi, ritual tidak akan ada artinya jika hidup kita tidak mencerminkan hati Allah. Konsep yehuda dengan memberi persembahan meredakan amarah Tuhan. (Mikha 6:7)
Namun ditengah-tengah penghukuman dari Tuhan ada harapan yang besar jika Yehuda memulihkan diri. harapan tidak akan diserahkan Yehuda kepada Asyur dan kelahiran Kristus yang menyelamatkan umat manusia.
Pemulihan diri terajadi:
1. Allah mengampuni dosa  (mikha 7:18) arti dari mengampuni disini adalah mengangkat dosa kita  Bnd Yesaya 43:25 . dan ayat 19  .. Melemparkan dosa ketubir tubir laut.
2. Allah tidak bertahan dalam murka  seterusnya  (mikha 7:18) Allah tidak selamanya menghukum Allah akan karena Allah berkenan kepada kasih setia (kasih Karunia) . Anugerah dari Allah yang menyelamatkan kita dari murka Allah . terimalah anugerah Allah
3. Allah  memperhatikan dengan perhatian Tulus kepada umatnya (Mikha 7:19)
4. Allah menjadikan kita Special possesion (MIkha 7:20) Yehuda  adalah spesial dihati Allah .... demikian gereja Tuhan saat ini .
5 Allah memelihara umatnya (Mikha 7:14)  Allah memelihara dombanya dipadang rumput yang subur ...Basan dan Gilead hal ini pernah dialami oleh Israel namun jika bangsa israel dipulihkan Allah akan memelihara mereka seperti dulu.

Minggu, 19 Agustus 2012

the secret of successful living


Daniel 6:3 (KJV)Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Daniel 6:3New International Version (NIV)3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
Daniel 6:4New International Version (NIV)At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trust worthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
Daniel 6: 10,11King James Version (KJV)
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime
11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
23 Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
1. secret of successful living is to have excellent spirit .. 2. Secret of successful living is to have qualification 3. Secret of successful living is to have trust worthy4. Secret of succesful Living is no corruption 5. Secret of succesful living as always pray6. Secret of succesful living trusting God (a successful life is trusting God).