In the beginning, human life began, decorated, and blessed with beauty, goodness, and glory (Genesis 1). The desire to have a life beyond blessed satisfaction given by the Creator is fatal to the entire life order of the human race. It can be concluded that because of the rebellion against...
God’s house of prayer is a global body doing a global mission. My house will be called a house of prayer. MATTHEW 21:13 As Jesus is invalided the money-changing tables in the Temple, He quotes Isaiah 56:7, a verse from a passage about Sabbath-keeping and God’s global mission–“a house of...
By Gamas Chang Several years ago my contract employment job was terminated prematurely. It was supposed to be a three year contract but it was terminated only after 1.5 years instead. My family and I immediately prayed about this situation and asked for God’s help and providence. As weeks...
By: Junina and Rachel Atmadja The seriousness of sin has become a rare concept in this present time. In a culture that has all but eliminated the word sin from its vocabulary; Christians are also losing sensitivity to sin. A Christian who is sensitive to sin recognizes sin for what it is: missing God’s standard...
Yosua 24: 14-15 “Oleh sebab itu, takutlah akan TUHAN dan beribadahlah kepada-Nya dengan tulus ikhlas dan setia. Jauhkanlah allah yang kepadanya nenek moyangmu telah beribadah di seberang sungai Efrat dan di Mesir, dan beribadahlah kepada TUHAN. Tetapi jika kamu anggap tidak baik untuk beribadah kepada TUHAN, pilihlah pada hari ini...
By: Pastor Wilson Suwanto Psalm 19:9 ~ “The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever” The force of nature like tsunami, typhoon, hurricane, earthquake, can be frightening, and we are all afraid of them. We pray and hope that they never strike us. Just imagine the destruction they cause,...
By: Rev. Wilson Suwanto “Besar Imanmu.” Itulah perkataan yang Yesus ucapkan kepada seorang perempuan non-Yahudi. Sebelumnya, Yesus mengucapkan perkataan yang seolah-olah “memojokkan” perempuan itu (untuk lengkapnya silahkan baca Matius 15:21-28). Tetapi dia tidak putus asa dan tetap memohon Yesus untuk menyembuhkan anak perempuannya. Sikap demikian membuat Yesus takjub dan memuji iman...
