Because He Lives

I watched Pastor Ade Manuhutu sang this song in Youtube and it just stroke me right in my heart.

The original song was by the Gaither Family, a true grand and great song. But above all, our Lord is grand and great indeed... And life is worth a living just because He lives!

God sent His Son, they called Him Jesus

He came to love, heal and forgive

He gave His life to buy my pardon

An empty grave is there to proof, my Saviour lives!

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow

Because He lives, all fears are gone

Because I know He holds my future

And life is worth a living just because He lives!

Anak Allah, Yesus namaNya

Menyembuhkan, memulihkan

Bahkan mati tebus dosaku

Kubur kosong membukitkan Dia hidup!

S'bab Dia hidup, ada hari esok

S'bab Dia hidup, ku tak gentar

Dan aku tahu Dia pegang hari esok

Hidup jadi berarti s'bab Dia hidup!

Jesus is the Answer

I was so amazed with this song when yesterday Tammy asked us to sing this song during SWAT retreat. Trully, Jesus is the answer by Andrae Crouch.

Jesus is the answer

for the world today

Above Him there's no other

Jesus is the way

If you have some questions in the corners of your mind

And traces of discouragement, peace you cannot find

Reflections of the old past seem to face you everyday

but this one thing I know for sure: Jesus is the way!

Jesus is the answer

for the world today

Above Him there's no other

Jesus is the way

I know you've got mountains that you think you cannot climb

I know your skies are so dark, you think the sun won't shine

In case you don't know, The Word of God is true!

Everything He's promised, He will do it for you!

Jesus is the answer

for the world today

Above Him there's no other

Jesus is the way

Indonesian version:

Jesus is the answer

for the world today

Above Him there's no other

Jesus is the way

Banyak persoalan membebani hidupmu

Kau telusuri jalanmu tanpa kedamaian

Bayangan masa lalu sangat mengganggu dirimu

Datanglah pada Yesus, Dialah jawaban

Jesus is the answer

for the world today

Above Him there's no other

Jesus is the way

Bila Kau berjalan di dalam kegelapan

Bukit terjal, batu tajam menghadang di depan

Pandanglah pada Yesus, penolong yang setia

Apa yang Dia janjikan, takkan dilupakan!

Valuable Zeroes

When God called me, I was just a ZERO (0), and I respond it. I came to Jesus and I stood next to Him. At that moment I made a discovery of my life, because I discovered that Jesus is the Number One (1), and when I--as the zero (0) stood next to Him, we are already 10.

And the other zero here (you), come and stand next to me, and we are already one hundred (100). Any more zeroes? 1000, 10.000, 100.000, 1.000.000, 10.000.000... And then I realized... Jesus puts value into every zero!

I don't mind to be the last zero, because the last zero is the most valuable... 100.000.000 is more than a hundred (100). As long as the ONE (1) is in front, JESUS, we are all highly valuable! But take the ONE (1) away, and we are all but zeroes again.

This is how God calls, how HE chooses. It's a secret that needs to be understood, doesn't matter who you are, what you are... Jesus makes you valuable, highly valuable. HE calls you, He equips you, He sends you, and He will be with you all the way, right to the end of time and to the end of the earth.

--- Rev. Reinhard Bonnke.

Mentari Bersinar

"INDONESIA PENUH KEMULIAAN TUHAN."

Need any proof of this statement?

Here is a song composed and created by our very own President, Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Laut biru membentang luas

Dibatas suburnya daratan

Menggenggam harapan untuk masa depan

Tanahku yang indah permai

Di ujung Timur mentari bersinar

Seberkas harapan tanah Tuhan

Jangan biarkan dan siakan

Manisnya kehidupan di hadapan

Reff:

Ayo… Kawan langkahkan kaki

Tegar dan yakin diri

Janji Tuhan kita wujudkan

Impian jadi kenyataan

"Bangsa yang berjalan di dalam kegelapan telah melihat terang yang besar; mereka yang diam di negeri kekelaman, atasnya terang telah bersinar." - Yesaya 9:1

Ayo semangat semangat semangat doa buat Indonesia! Love your country! Love your nation!

Angkat tinggi panjiNya hingga lawatan tiba! Takhta Mulia Sang Raja atas Indonesia! =)

This is Home Truly

I know this song is a Singaporean song, but really the streets, families, friends, and love I find in Jakarta came to my mind so vividly when I heard this song.

This is home truly

Where I know I must be

Where my dreams wait for me

Where that river always flows

This is home surely

as my senses tell me

This is where I wont be alone

For this is where I know it's home

I miss u guys. I miss u Jakarta.

His Tender Smile

Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At dawn He came back to the temple, and all the people came to Him.

Just as He sat down to teach, the scribes and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught committing adultery.

They made her stand in the middle of everyone.

"Teacher," they said to Him, "This woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery. In the Law, Moses commanded to stone this kind of woman. What do You say?"...

But Jesus knelt and wrote down something on the ground.

As they continued questioning Him,

He straightened up and said to them,"The one among you who is without sin, let him throw the first stone at her."

Again, He knelt and wrote down something on the ground.

Those who heard left one at a time, beginning with the older ones first, leaving Jesus alone with the woman.

She was standing alone, shivering, in front of the man who was just getting to His feet.

"Where did everyone go?" He asked, smiling.

"Didn't anyone condemn you?"

"No," she whispered, looking down. "No one, Sir."

He took her chin in one of His hands.

"I don't condemn you either," He said with a tender smile.

Then He became serious.

He spoke as a parent disciplining a child.

"Now go, and stop sinning."

She began to weep, not from shame as before, but from relief.

He had saved her life. He had returned to her what the others... had stolen.

She was sorry, painfully sorry.

At last she had found Someone

who could bear her sorrow for her.

---- The Parable of Joy, Michael Card.

He did not condemn her, because He would be condemned for her.

When we come face to face with this perfect love, it takes our breath away. We deserve to die for what we have done. We should be stoned by an angry mob. Yet not only does Jesus save our life with His own blood, He washes us completely clean. When He looks at us, He doesn't see our failures and mistakes; He sees a new creating--a child of God.

If we allow Him full and complete access to our lives, He gives us the power to repent, walk a different direction, and be made new. When we repent and accept His forgiveness, He can take the sin our enemy meant to use to destroy us and instead use it for His glory. He can take a shattered heart and life and script a beautiful tale of His perfect love.

Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.

Come to the Father, broken hearts, broken hearts, He will take them all.

Everything was done so we would come.