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Being Aware to Self Enslavement

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And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 17:17 KJV) Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin . (John 8:34 NLT) When a human decided to do evil, he actually surrendered himself into slavery. While as a Christian, we usually not being aware of this simple truth. That's why most of the times, we Christians ended up in a vicious circle, going around and around in the same hole. So how do we break this chain of slavery? If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9) So basically, we need to make a confession before God. Ask for God's forgiveness, and also strength of the Holy Spirit so that we may be delivered from the bond to the sin. Confession and repentance is what Jesus taught at Mark 1:15, also...

A Teachable Heart

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Why teachable heart? Well, why not? 1 Samuel 15:23a "For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry." "Sebab pendurhakaan adalah sama seperti dosa bertenung dan kedegilan adalah sama seperti menyembah berhala dan terafim." The verse showed us that stubborness and presumption equals to idolatry, so we can conclude that God hates stubborness! And we shouldn't keep being stubborn against God.. Teachable heart means how our heart response to the Word of God, and The Parable of The Sower is a good practice of it. From the story, we can evaluate our heart into four levels of quality. So let's start, shall we? 1. Seed on the side way (Luke 8:12) "then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved." "kemudian datanglah Iblis lalu mengambil firman itu dari dalam hati mereka, supaya mereka jangan percaya dan diselamatkan." The verse tell...

New Year Means New "Family"

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Sebelumnya, sudah menjadi kewajiban saya untuk menyampaikan permintaan maaf sebesar-besarnya kepada seluruh pengunjung lapak saya ini.. dikarenakan saya sudah setahun lebih tidak memberikan update apapun kepada lapak ini. Bahkan sekedar blogwalking saja sudah jarang :( Memasuki tahun yang baru, dan juga sudah menjadi resolusi saya untuk tahun ini, bahwa saya akan terus menulis di sini. Dan sebagai permulaan, pada postingan kali ini saya akan memperkenalkan "keluarga" baru saya. Yap, postingan terakhir saya sebelumnya sudah kadaluarsa dan bahkan saya sudah "berpindah" dari Connect Group yang saya sebut pada postingan sebelumnya . Apabila sebelumnya saya terlibat dalam kegerakan "Army of God" by Mawar Sharon Youth, sekarang saya telah beralih ke wadah penggembalaan "Profesional Muda" yang biasa disebut "Pro-M". Profesional Muda by Mawar Sharon Sedikit intro mengenai pro-m, kami adalah komunitas yang kira-kira terdiri dari par...