JANGAN MENYERAH - by D'Masiv

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FEEL THE CROSS

A BRAVE PRAYERS FOR ALL SERVANT OF GOD

My Lord, You have mercifully exchanged Jesus for me. 

I know, 

walk in HIS identity, 

HIS power, 

HIS will, 

HIS ressuraction and life. 

My I live worthy in that calling, 

praying HIS prayers, 

seeking HIS possessions, 

desiring HIS desires, 

dreaming HIS dreams, 

doing HIS work. 

I'm a fellow heir of YOUR kingdom, 

and I don't want to waste the privilage. 

Please give me Your wisdom. 

Please plant your desires deep within me. 

Let me see Jesus' miracles, 

HIS power, 

HIS compassion.

Yes, I know I will also feel HIS cross. 

But I gladly will, if I can only experience HIS life. 

Please let me live as JESUS in this world. 

Please !!!!. 

Amen

Walk daily with GOD - 

"To be in CHRIST is the source of the CHRISTIAN Life" - Charles Hodge

A Great Calling to Serve the Children

A GREAT CALLING TO SERVE CHILDREN

I am a minister.
I minister to the largest mission field in the world.
I minister to children.

By unknown writer

    My calling is sure; my challenge is big; my vision is clear; my desire is strong; my influence is eternal; my impact is critical; my values are solid; my faith is tough; my mission is urgent; my purpose is unmistakable; my direction is forward; my heart is genuine; my strength is supernatural; my reward is promised; and my God is real. In a world of cynicism, I offer hope. 

    In a world of confusion, I offer truth. In a world of immorality, I offer values. In a world of neglect, I offer attention. In a world of abuse, I offer safety. In a world of ridicule, I offer affirmation. In a world of division, I offer reconciliation. In a world of bitterness, I offer forgiveness. In a world of sin, I offer salvation. In a world of hate, I offer God’s love.

I refuse to be dismayed, disengaged, disgruntled, discouraged, or distracted. Neither will I look back, stand back, fall back, go back, or sit back. I do not need applause, flattery, adulation, prestige, stature, or veneration. 

I do not have time for business as usual, mediocre standards, small thinking, outdated methods, normal expectations, average results, ordinary ideas, petty disputes, or low vision. I will not give up, give in, bail out, lie down, turn over, quit or surrender. I will pray when things look bad. I will pray when things look good. I will move forward when others stand still. I will trust God when obstacles arise. I will work when the task is overwhelming. I will get up when I fall down.

    My calling is to reach boys and girls for God. It is too serious to be taken lightly, too urgent to be postponed, too vital to be ignored, too relevant to be overlooked, too significant to be trivialized, too eternal to be fleeting, and too passionate to be quenched.
I know my mission. I know my challenge. I also know my limitations, my weaknesses, my fears, and my problems. And I know my God. Let others get the praise. Let the church get the blessing. Let God get the glory.

I am a minister. I minister to children. This is who I am. This is what I do.
Author unknown, adapted to Children’s Ministry by Roger Fields.

Love Them Like Jesus - Casting Crowns

Love them like JESUS

"LOVE THEM LIKE JESUS"

CASTING CROWN - Lifesong live

 This is a great story song from Casting Crown. The title is love them like Jesus. The song tells us about how lost this world without God's love. So many broken heart of the little children and families. We need to put on Jesus' heart to our heart, to realize HIS broken heart for the unloved people. Just love them as Jesus loves them. No need to be the answers of all questions. Just share HIS love.... to the broken world. to the children in need. To the fatherless children. 

"Love Them Like Jesus"

The love of her life is drifting away
They're losing the fight for another day
The life that she's known is falling apart
A fatherless home, a child's broken heart

You're holding her hand, you're straining for words
You trying to make - sense of it all
She's desperate for hope, darkness clouding her view
She's looking to you

Just love her like Jesus, carry her to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves her and stay by her side
Love her like Jesus
Love her like Jesus

The gifts lie in wait, in a room painted blue
Little blessing from Heaven would be there soon
Hope fades in the night, blue skies turn to gray
As the little one slips away

You're holding her hand, you're straining for words
You're trying to make sense of it all
They're desperate for hope, darkness clouding their view
They're looking to you

Just love them like Jesus, carry them to Him
His yoke is easy, His burden is light
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus

Lord of all creation holds our lives in His hands
The God of all the nations holds our lives in His hands
The Rock of our salvation holds our lives in His hands
He cares for them just as He cares for you

So love them like Jesus, love them like Jesus
You don't need the answers to all of life's questions
Just know that He loves them and stay by their side
Love them like Jesus
Love them like Jesus

will you love somebody today, like Jesus ?

Doa bagi anak-anak dalam Krisis (Holly Folger, We Raise Them To You)

SEBUAH DOA BAGI ANAK-ANAK DALAM KRISIS

 Holly Folger - We Raise them to YOU

 

Tuhan, sungguh pedih melihat mereka. Sungguh menyakitkan untuk melihat kepada anak-anak ini. Setelah kami melihat gambar/foto mereka dan bertanya kepada kami sendiri hidup macam apakah yang mereka sebenarnya bisa miliki, reaksi kami adalah untuk segera mencari sesuatu yang lain yang bisa menarik perhatian kami. Kebutuhan mereka sungguh sangat besar. Kalau kami tidak berhati-hati, kami bakal mencampur-adukkan mereka di pikiran kami: anak-anak jalanan, anak-anak peperangan, anak-anak pelacuran, yatim AIDS -- Tuhan, tolonglah mereka semua!

Tuhan, tolonglah kami untuk tidak pernah melupakan bahwah Engkau tahu name dan hati setiap anak ini seintim Engkau mengenal kami. Janganlah biarkan kami tenggelam oleh semua kebutuhan ini sampai kami benar-benar tidak sanggup. Jangan biarkan hati kami, karena saking dipenuhinya oleh gambaran penderitaan mereka, sampai-sampai kami hanya merasa bersalah dan berdoa satu dua kali dan kembali kepada ketidak-pedulian. Kami ingin menuruti perintahMu di Yesaya 1:16-17: "... Berhentilah berbuat jahat, belajarlah berbuat baik; usahakanlah keadilan, kendalikanlah orang kejam; belalah hak anak-anak yatim, perjuangkanlah perkara janda-janda!"

Kami mau mengubah kepedihan kami -- kepedihanMu -- menjadi tindakan. Apakah yang paling menyedihkanMu? Kami tahu bahwa Kau cinta anak-anak ini. Setelah Engkau berkata, "Biarkanlah anak-anak itu, janganlah menghalang-halangi mereka datang kepada-Ku," Engkau mengambil mereka di tanganMu, menaruh tanganMu atas mereka dan memberkati mereka. Engkau mungkin rindu untuk melakukan hal yang sama kepada anak-anak jaman sekarang. Kami mendoakan untuk pengharapan. Mereka hidup setiap hari tanpa harapan. Seperti apakah rasanya melihat kehidupan yang tiada tujuan dihadapanmu, dibenci oleh sebagian orang dan diabaikan oleh semua orang lain? Seperti apakah rasanya melihat berbagai orang datang dan pergi dalam hidupmu, tetapi tahu bahwa mereka tidak pernah tinggal untuk jangka waktu yang lama? Apa yang terjadi bila setiap orang menghilang atau memungkiri kepercayaanmu? Setiap orang sekali-sekali mengalami hal yang seperti ini, tetapi bagaimana rasanya jika kau tidak pernah bisa mengharapkan yang lebih baik untuk terjadi?

Anak-anak ini perlu melihatMu, Tuhan Allah mereka. Bapa duniawi mereka mungkin telah memukuli mereka setiap malam, atau menyiksa mereka secara seksual sampai mereka melarikan diri ke jalanan. Mereka berhadapan dengan mucikari, orang-orang asing, petugas polisi yang kasar, dan banyak orang lagi yang mengekspoitasi mereka. Tiada satupun yang menunjukan kasih terhadap mereka, bahkan rekan-rekan sependeritaan merekapun tidak. Tuhan, tunjukanlah kepada mereka apa yang Kau tunjukan kepada kami: bahwa Engkau adalah penyedia yang terus menerus mengasihi, yang menghiraukan jati diri kami, yang rindu untuk bersama-sama dengan kami setiap hari, dan yang telah memberikan DiriNya supaya kami bisa hidup. Tunjukanlah DiriMu melalui hambaMu selagi mereka mengubah kasihMu menjadi tindakan nyata. Tunjukanlah kepada anak-anak ini rasa aman dan ketentraman dalam hubungan pribadi dengan Engkau. Mereka belum merasa aman ataupun tentram saat ini. Tunjukanlah bagi kami bagaimana kami dapat mencintai anak-anakMu. Dalam nama Kristus Yesus penebus kami dan penyayang anak-anak yang sejati. Amin. (sadur:RT2010)

Prayer for a children

 

A Prayer for the Children

by Amy Carmichael 

Father, hear us, we are praying,

Hear the words our hearts are saying,

We are praying for our children. 

Keep them from the powers of evil,

From the secret, hidden peril,

Father, hear us for our children. 

From the whirlpool that would suck them,

From the treacherous quicksand, pluck them,

Father, hear us for our children. 

From the worldling’s hollow gladness,

From the sting of faithless sadness,

Father, Father, keep our children.

Through life’s troubled waters steer them,

Through life’s bitter battles cheer them,

Father, Father, be Thou near them.

Read the language of our longing,

Read the wordless pleadings thronging,

Holy Father, for our children.

And wherever they may bide,

Lead them home at eventide.

Amy Carmichael Children in Crisis: A New Commitment, Phyllis Kilbourn Editor.