Hi everyone! back with me...and yeah im on holidays atm....
my holidays have been quite busy because im helping my brother preparing His wedding and sending out invitations.... my house are quite loud atm, very contrast to last week's atmosphere, if you want to meet my whole big family, it's the perfect time to visit my house! hahah
having said that, i will also go back to Indonesia for summer holidays....it's in 2 weeks! i really can't wait for it!
Although, it means more temptations to actually become materialistic, and somehow because i have too much free time i tend to forget to equip myself with the word of God and just enjoy the freedom..
Thank God though, there are some people that keep supporting me in prayers and encourage me to keep reading the Bible throughout the holidays..
On the other hand, i am also excited to catch up with my highschool friends...there's many of them that i would like to catch up with! it's been ages since we laughed, went to school together and joked around! time really flies....
Christmas are coming really soon too! i always like Christmas, it's a great time to reflect on my life throughout the year, praying to God and thanking him for what have been happening....another great joy to actually being reminded that we as a Christian can rejoice because of Jesus! praying to God though, that people around the world can have a true meaning of Christmas and not being deceived by the materialism of the world (*especially during Christmas there's a lot of discounts and sales in many shopping centres) and people tend to lose the focus of Christmas itself.
This year, i am thankful that i will be also going to visit Japan for about a week! i'm sure it will be a great time for me to spend more time with my family (*although my brother wont join us anymore coz he's going for his honeymoon) yeah i am looking forward to it because Japan is one of the countries that i really want to visit...Hopefully my parents will enjoy their time and rest as well as me and my sister.
Then i will be back to jakarta and this year, Pelita will held another mission in Jakarta....i think it's gonna be a week...this is actually going to be my first time doing mission in Jakarta...pray that it will be a good time and opportunity to share our faith in Christ to our friends in Jakarta...all for the glory of HIM. praying to God though that we can be humble and loving in serving others....also understanding their struggles in Christian life because indeed it's even harder to be a Godly Christian in Indonesia....(indonesia is a muslim country btw)
i always love holidays, even though sometimes i get frustrated if things don't seem right and maybe debate might be happening over stuffs...i thank God because it's the time for me to practice my patience towards others especially people who are hard to be loved....*it does not mean that i never complain...as a sinful human, offcourse i often complain about it too! thank God though that i am comforted and strengthen because of what i have in Jesus!
Yeah hopefully, you will also enjoy your holidays (*if you have one) and if you're not, spend a little bit of time to reflect on this year, what has been happening, what can we thank God for, things we want to achieve next
year and offcourse to have rest because it's very important especially in our relationship with God and His people.
God bless!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
weekends updates, uncertainties in life, great reminder from the Bible, and prayer points!
Hello peeps! it's monday night...ooh actually Tuesday morning (12.39 am) and i am still awake...entah kenapa semenjak liburan mulai, pola tidur nya jadi ngawur hehe
my weekends were great! i enjoyed getting to know with music team people and meeting God's people at church on Sunday, then we had sushi dinner! it was so much fun making heaps of sushi(s) with different fillings =)
Here are some of the pictures:
my weekends were great! i enjoyed getting to know with music team people and meeting God's people at church on Sunday, then we had sushi dinner! it was so much fun making heaps of sushi(s) with different fillings =)
Here are some of the pictures:
Andrias, James, Chopin, Cika,Yenli and me making funny faces
The fillings and the sushi(s) in the middle
Me and Tofuuuu =D
Yeay it was great....Thank God for great weather, great fellowship and most importantly for clear Bible teachings from the book of Romans! i always love my weekends and you know why ;)
Despite all of these great things, last week i've been having so much to think..(lgi bnyak pikiran) and somehow i feel there's so many uncertainties living in this world...but then i realized that these uncertainties actually came from the expectations of the worlds that i try to achieve...like hoping to get into good course at uni, hoping that the course that i take will be good for career etc etc....(*it wont stop if we continue to think this way) until i come to the realization of how selfish i am!
Last Sunday's talk was a great GREAT reminder and rebuke for me personally, i realized that we as God's people who have been crowned with Grace too often forget the purpose of our lives in this world. We often put God aside and instead we try to satisfy the world's expectations! when we know that the purpose of our lives, our sins and salvation and everything that happen in this world is really for the GLORY of God.
The talk can be found at www.pelita.org
This website will tell you about my church, what we're doing and the podcast of past talks! Hope it will be helpful and encouraging for you...
Prayer points for this week:
-Pray that i will be reminded to be a God centered person
-Pray so that i can continually to be thankful with what i have and be Godly
-Pray for people who are travelling so that they can keep safe *another problem with Qantas plane :(
-Pray for Christians around the world so that they will be reminded the purpose of their lives is for God's glory only
-Pray for people in general who are having their exams, working, uni, and even holidays =)
Have a great week people!
much love,
FL
Monday, November 1, 2010
BUSY period
Hi all!
me again after few weeks hasn't been blogging...I've been quite busy with uni works and overwhelming exams...i am somehow feel so anxious especially for my accounting exams...the first exam i had was quite ok...i am quite pleased with what I've done and all the efforts i've put in...thank God for perseverance =) hehe
i have my accounting exam in 3 days and i know i am still NOT ready...I've been staying up late to study and wake up early so that i can get a good spot at UNSW library and study effectively...(eventhough i still dont get why uni is quite full already even at 8am in the morning!) which means i have to wake up even earlier tomorrow =P
God has been good though...during this busy, stressful period, people around me are just being so thoughtful and encouraging...thanks people for the prayers =)
Another thing to thank God for is the time I can spend with others to dig into the Bible, and it's great to be reminded again from God's words....
Last Friday, during Pelita Bible Study we looked at the book of Malachi, we're up to the last chapter of this book and it's been great! The book tells us about Israelites and how they treated God unpolitely and disrespectfully.. and shows that God is instead should be feared! While on the other hand we know that He is good and JUST =)
In chapter 3, it shows the contrast between the people who feared the Lord and people who are evil...it shows the characteristics of each. From this, the book of Malachi then shows the rewards
"16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him."
we as His creation should fear him, it's a great rebuke for me personally of how sometimes i think do small sin is not a big deal...while it does show how rebellion we are as His creations. We too often not fearing the Lord and put Him aside...while in this book, we canclearly see how the wicked will be cursed and in the other hand, there is encouragement for doing the right thing..because God will remember us and we will become HIS treasure possession. isn't it a great encouragement, especially for us who believe in God's promise?
For our God is good and He never change!
me again after few weeks hasn't been blogging...I've been quite busy with uni works and overwhelming exams...i am somehow feel so anxious especially for my accounting exams...the first exam i had was quite ok...i am quite pleased with what I've done and all the efforts i've put in...thank God for perseverance =) hehe
i have my accounting exam in 3 days and i know i am still NOT ready...I've been staying up late to study and wake up early so that i can get a good spot at UNSW library and study effectively...(eventhough i still dont get why uni is quite full already even at 8am in the morning!) which means i have to wake up even earlier tomorrow =P
God has been good though...during this busy, stressful period, people around me are just being so thoughtful and encouraging...thanks people for the prayers =)
Another thing to thank God for is the time I can spend with others to dig into the Bible, and it's great to be reminded again from God's words....
Last Friday, during Pelita Bible Study we looked at the book of Malachi, we're up to the last chapter of this book and it's been great! The book tells us about Israelites and how they treated God unpolitely and disrespectfully.. and shows that God is instead should be feared! While on the other hand we know that He is good and JUST =)
In chapter 3, it shows the contrast between the people who feared the Lord and people who are evil...it shows the characteristics of each. From this, the book of Malachi then shows the rewards
"16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. 17 “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. 18 Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him."
we as His creation should fear him, it's a great rebuke for me personally of how sometimes i think do small sin is not a big deal...while it does show how rebellion we are as His creations. We too often not fearing the Lord and put Him aside...while in this book, we canclearly see how the wicked will be cursed and in the other hand, there is encouragement for doing the right thing..because God will remember us and we will become HIS treasure possession. isn't it a great encouragement, especially for us who believe in God's promise?
For our God is good and He never change!
Sunday, October 10, 2010
How can this be?
1. How can this be?
Creator in creation.
The King of Kings
Upon the earth he made.
He spoke a word
Creation stopped and listened to his voice
O man of men,
The perfect life you gave.
2. O sight of sights!
A hill outside a city.
The Lord of Lords
Is hung upon a tree.
The world is dark,
The light of lights is dying on a cross
Jesus my Lord
Sinless made sin for me.
3. There in the tomb
His body lay in waiting.
The Lord of Lords
Is silent in the grave.
Then joy of joys!
The news that he is risen from the dead
The death of death,
He lives until this day.
4. O hope of hopes!
Our bodies raised eternal.
Transformed, renewed
The night of sin has passed.
To this we’ll wake
With hearts now pure and thankful evermore
And our dear Lord
We’ll see him face to face.
Lyrics: © 2005 Simone Richardson. Music: © 2005 Philip Percival
Administered worldwide by Emu Music Australia Inc.
Link to listen to the song:
https://store.emumusic.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=113&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=15
This song tells us how great is God since the creation... All the creation are made by one Man, the King of Kings who spoke through words and we're given life.
In the second verse, the song introduces Jesus, who made sin because of us...
In the third verse, it tells us the victory that jesus has risen and he lives until this day
Last but not least, the song encourages us about hope that we have in Jesus...how the risen Jesus make our body to be renewed and transformed. Sin has no longer be our slaves, we are thankful and look forward till Jesus' coming back !
Creator in creation.
The King of Kings
Upon the earth he made.
He spoke a word
Creation stopped and listened to his voice
O man of men,
The perfect life you gave.
2. O sight of sights!
A hill outside a city.
The Lord of Lords
Is hung upon a tree.
The world is dark,
The light of lights is dying on a cross
Jesus my Lord
Sinless made sin for me.
3. There in the tomb
His body lay in waiting.
The Lord of Lords
Is silent in the grave.
Then joy of joys!
The news that he is risen from the dead
The death of death,
He lives until this day.
4. O hope of hopes!
Our bodies raised eternal.
Transformed, renewed
The night of sin has passed.
To this we’ll wake
With hearts now pure and thankful evermore
And our dear Lord
We’ll see him face to face.
Lyrics: © 2005 Simone Richardson. Music: © 2005 Philip Percival
Administered worldwide by Emu Music Australia Inc.
Link to listen to the song:
https://store.emumusic.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=113&category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=15
This song tells us how great is God since the creation... All the creation are made by one Man, the King of Kings who spoke through words and we're given life.
In the second verse, the song introduces Jesus, who made sin because of us...
In the third verse, it tells us the victory that jesus has risen and he lives until this day
Last but not least, the song encourages us about hope that we have in Jesus...how the risen Jesus make our body to be renewed and transformed. Sin has no longer be our slaves, we are thankful and look forward till Jesus' coming back !
Weekends update
Hi semua,
lgi bosen bgt kerjain assignment, so im just updating my blog =)
hri ini panas bgt ! even di rumah berasa nya panas *maklum gk ada AC =P
Thank God for awesome weekends! I got to go to Floriade (flowers Festival in Canberra) with my church friends! The scenery was wonderful, the fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ were one of the highlights!
there were 35 people going, jdi kita pake 7 mobil confoy gituu...sekita 3,5 jam kita akhirnya sampe di Canberra =)
disana, we walked around, giggling, chatting, enjoy one another, photo2, dan gk ketinggalan we really enjoyed God's great creation...
Here are some of the photos:
after Floriade, we had lunch together and went to science museum called 'Questacon'. We also enjoyed the cool things in there, banyak interesting stuffs yang bisa dimainin, dipelajarin, dan juga dinikmati =P Pelitans really enjoyed the 'Free falls", kyk gravitasi experinment gituu...i was too scared to try ! =P hehe
but me, Aheng, and Diana had the funniest highlight in Questacon... we were just too silly...*memalukan hehehe
Finally, we had to go back to Sydney! but we were all really enjoying our trip together =)
Sunday Morning as usual, i had to wake up early (not burdening though! ) yeah it's in fact exciting, it's the time when i got to meet my family in Christ... we sang, learnt more about God through the Bible and talked with each other over lunch =) it's such a great encouragement and joy to have them...
on Sunday Night, i then out for dinner with my brother (he came from Melbourne)
Things to thank God for:
- Better feeling after been mellowing for few days
-Thank God for great weekends, safety throughout the trip, great fellowship and nice chats in the car
Things to pray:
- Ask God for again facing these weekdays with Godliness
- keep thanking God eventhough the situations are sometimes hard
- Effective time management
with love,
FL
lgi bosen bgt kerjain assignment, so im just updating my blog =)
hri ini panas bgt ! even di rumah berasa nya panas *maklum gk ada AC =P
Thank God for awesome weekends! I got to go to Floriade (flowers Festival in Canberra) with my church friends! The scenery was wonderful, the fellowship with brothers and sisters in Christ were one of the highlights!
there were 35 people going, jdi kita pake 7 mobil confoy gituu...sekita 3,5 jam kita akhirnya sampe di Canberra =)
disana, we walked around, giggling, chatting, enjoy one another, photo2, dan gk ketinggalan we really enjoyed God's great creation...
Here are some of the photos:
after Floriade, we had lunch together and went to science museum called 'Questacon'. We also enjoyed the cool things in there, banyak interesting stuffs yang bisa dimainin, dipelajarin, dan juga dinikmati =P Pelitans really enjoyed the 'Free falls", kyk gravitasi experinment gituu...i was too scared to try ! =P hehe
but me, Aheng, and Diana had the funniest highlight in Questacon... we were just too silly...*memalukan hehehe
Finally, we had to go back to Sydney! but we were all really enjoying our trip together =)
Sunday Morning as usual, i had to wake up early (not burdening though! ) yeah it's in fact exciting, it's the time when i got to meet my family in Christ... we sang, learnt more about God through the Bible and talked with each other over lunch =) it's such a great encouragement and joy to have them...
on Sunday Night, i then out for dinner with my brother (he came from Melbourne)
Things to thank God for:
- Better feeling after been mellowing for few days
-Thank God for great weekends, safety throughout the trip, great fellowship and nice chats in the car
Things to pray:
- Ask God for again facing these weekdays with Godliness
- keep thanking God eventhough the situations are sometimes hard
- Effective time management
with love,
FL
Thursday, October 7, 2010
it's been sooo long!
Hi everyone,
it's been soo long since i write blog and story...
I just deleted the old published posts...and thinking of starting this new series of Felicia's life heheh =P
weather update: cuaca mendung, entah berapa derajat, ampir ujan tpi belom ujan...
me update: just woke up...with blue teddy bear pyjamas(*not important! =p)...had really bad nightmare last night :( hopefully it wont happen in reality
song played: Jesus, i will look to you by Morrow (a really good song to buy on itunes! ;) )
life lately: i've been 'mellowing' this week, iya lgi mellow :( entah karna cuaca, ato apa...i never been this mellow in my whole life...kemrin lgi ngobrol2 with a good friend of mine, dan dia jg lgi mellow! (a friend of mine is a girl btw)
We were talking about how we can be annoyed (or maybe we are annoyed) when too many of our friends telling us that they are 'in a relationship' with someone now...trus whether we realize it or not, we want to be like them, especially during these mellow days where we just need to talk to someone.... (but anyhow im thankful, when i just finished praying before i slept , then my phone vibrated, i got an email from a friend of mine who shares the same experience!)
tpi once again, God is good, even during this time, im reminded to only find contentment in Jesus...i remembered what Joshua Harris says in his book "i Kissed Dating Goodbye" how we should use our singleness to concentrate in serving God...mungkin sering kita sebagai 'mahluk sosial' berasa kesepian dan perlu seseorang yg bener2 cinta Tuhan buat jdi pedamping kita, tpi di satu sisi lain kita tau kalo Tuhan kayak gini to make us use our time fully to serve Him....
praying to God to wait for a potential patiently, pray to God so that i can be content with singleness, pray to God not to worry about the future...and pray to God for me and my friend to use this time of singleness to faithfully serve you...Amen
it's been soo long since i write blog and story...
I just deleted the old published posts...and thinking of starting this new series of Felicia's life heheh =P
weather update: cuaca mendung, entah berapa derajat, ampir ujan tpi belom ujan...
me update: just woke up...with blue teddy bear pyjamas(*not important! =p)...had really bad nightmare last night :( hopefully it wont happen in reality
song played: Jesus, i will look to you by Morrow (a really good song to buy on itunes! ;) )
life lately: i've been 'mellowing' this week, iya lgi mellow :( entah karna cuaca, ato apa...i never been this mellow in my whole life...kemrin lgi ngobrol2 with a good friend of mine, dan dia jg lgi mellow! (a friend of mine is a girl btw)
We were talking about how we can be annoyed (or maybe we are annoyed) when too many of our friends telling us that they are 'in a relationship' with someone now...trus whether we realize it or not, we want to be like them, especially during these mellow days where we just need to talk to someone.... (but anyhow im thankful, when i just finished praying before i slept , then my phone vibrated, i got an email from a friend of mine who shares the same experience!)
tpi once again, God is good, even during this time, im reminded to only find contentment in Jesus...i remembered what Joshua Harris says in his book "i Kissed Dating Goodbye" how we should use our singleness to concentrate in serving God...mungkin sering kita sebagai 'mahluk sosial' berasa kesepian dan perlu seseorang yg bener2 cinta Tuhan buat jdi pedamping kita, tpi di satu sisi lain kita tau kalo Tuhan kayak gini to make us use our time fully to serve Him....
praying to God to wait for a potential patiently, pray to God so that i can be content with singleness, pray to God not to worry about the future...and pray to God for me and my friend to use this time of singleness to faithfully serve you...Amen
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