July 10,2014
Kis 16:23-25
Setelah mereka berkali-kali didera, mereka dilemparkan ke dalam penjara. Kepala penjara diperintahkan untuk menjaga mereka dengan sungguh-sungguh.
Sesuai dengan perintah itu, kepala penjara memasukkan mereka ke ruang penjara yang paling tengah dan membelenggu kaki mereka dalam pasungan yang kuat.
Tetapi kira-kira tengah malam Paulus dan Silas berdoa dan menyanyikan puji-pujian kepada Allah dan orang-orang hukuman lain mendengarkan mereka.
Paulus yg dahulunya menganiaya Pengikut Tuhan Yesus bertobat setlh mengalami perjumpaan pribadi dng Tuhan Yesus semkn bertumbuh imannya & melayani Tuhan dng mengabarkan berita keselamatan kekota2 yg Roh Kudus perintahkan utk Paulus pergi. Dlm kehdpnnya setlh menerima Tuhan Yesus Paulus juga mengalami penderitaan akibat pemberitaan nya bahkan smp didera & dimasukan kedlm penjara krn Tuhan Yesus akan ttp respon Paulus dlm menghdpi masa2 sulit sungguh luar biasa krn dlm kesakitannya Paulus ttp dpt berdoa & memuji Tuhan.
Shalom sahabatku selamat pagi, brp banyak dr kita ketika mengalami masalah justru membuat kita tdk dpt berdoa apalagi memuji muji Tuhan, kita cenderung terjebak dng kondisi mengasihani diri sendiri serta bertanya2 kenapa aku hrs mengalami semua ini blm lg tudingan dr pihak diluar kita yg dng mudah menghakimi dng mengatakan kemungkinan2 yg menyebabkan kita mengalami masalah shg membuat diri kita semkn terpuruk & bahkan membuat kita lama kelamaan menyalahkan Tuhan. Reaksinyg dmkn lah yg diingini iblis utk kita lakukan, ttp jika kita sepenuhnya meletakan kepercayaan kita sepenuhnya kpd Tuhan mk Tuhan akan menjaga kita utk ttp mengalami damai sejahtera ditengah badai kehdpn (Yes 26:3) & ini yg membangkitkan kekuatan kita utk trs berharap kpd Tuhan serta melihat mujizat Tuhan lakukan dlm hdp ini. Spt Paulus yg tetap berdoa & memuji Tuhan mk itulah yg dpt kita lakukan & itulah yg membuat Tuhan bekerja dlm hdp kita, knp banyak kita tdk mengalami mujizat Tuhan? Krn kita tdk pernah percaya akan Kuasa & Kebesaran Tuhan. He is our great & Awesome God, kpd Nya lah kita hrs mempercayakan seluruh kehdpn kita. GBU
Have a blessed day, God bless you
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Now more than ever before we need to press into hearing what the Spirit of the Lord is saying today. We need to know Him. This manual will help you in your journey of intimacy with the Lord and bring you to greater understanding of the commands in Scripture to encourage one another. I often will say as I instruct ones in the prophetic that all of the gifts of the Spirit flow through the prophetic. Being a prophetic person is one who is able to hear from God. We all hear from God to a certain extent. The sons of Issachar had understanding of the times and they knew what to do. Having understanding of the times is equal to having words of wisdom, words of knowledge, and discernment flowing through you. If we can hear God's voice then we can hear words of wisdom. If we can hear God's voice then we can hear words of knowledge. If we can hear God's voice we can have discernment. If we can hear God's voice we can have faith to declare those things that are not as though they are. If we can hear God's voice then all of the Gifts of the Spirit will flow through us. More than ever before we need to understand that in the last days, as prophesied by Joel and repeated by Peter, there will be widespread revelations from God. We will not receive revelations from God if we do not hear His voice. God speaks in a variety of ways. The most basic avenues God speaks to us are through the Bible, prayer, people, nature, dreams, and an inner sense of knowing something. Certainly and most definitely we have entered such an occasion. God is speaking today. It behooves all believers to embark on this most exciting journey of learning to hear God?s voice in as many possible ways as God is speaking.