Kerja Dan Spiritualitas

 

Kisah Para Rasul 9:39

"...sambil menangis mereka menunjukkan kepadanya semua baju dan pakaian, yang dibuat Dorkas waktu ia masih hidup"

Sadarkah kita jika ternyata ada hubungan antara kualitas kerja dan kehidupan spiritualitas kita?

"Aku melakukan yang terbaik dari yang aku tahu, terbaik dari yang aku bisa, dan aku tetap akan melakukannya sampai akhir. Jika akhirnya ternyata aku benar, apa pun yang dikatakan lawan tentang aku tidak akan berarti apa-apa. Jika akhirnya ternyata aku salah, meskipun sepuluh malaikat bersumpah mengatakan aku benar pun tidak ada artinya," ucap Abraham Lincoln.

Kualitas kerja kita mencerminkan kualitas hidup spiritualitas kita. Artinya, pekerjaan yang kacau tidak mempermuliakan Allah. Kredibilitas kita sebagai orang Kristen ditunjukkan oleh bagaimana kita bertingkah laku dalam pekerjaan dan dalam keseharian kita.

Sebagai orang Kristen, kita tidak dipanggil untuk  sekadar menjadi lebih baik dari  orang lain, tetapimemberikan yang terbaik bagi Allah. Itulah yang mendorong kita untuk bekerja giat dan berprestasi. Dengan demikian, ketika kita berprestasi atau sukses, kita tidak menjadi sombong. Kita lebih menghayatinya semata-mata sebagai karunia Allah. Sebaliknya, jika kita tidak menonjol di tempat kerja, kita tetap dapat bersyukur karena telah memberikan yang terbaik.

Marilah kita menunjukkan kualitas kita yang terbaik agar nama Allah semakin dipermuliakan!

Orang yang bermalas-malas dalam pekerjaannya sudah menjadi saudara si perusak. ~Amsal 18:9~

Source : Tanahperjanjian.com

Condemnation Is The Root Cause

Romans 8:1, NASB

Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

When you have a plant with sickly leaves, it would be foolish to just treat the leaves without knowing the root cause of the problem. Similarly, when “leaves” of sickness, poverty and destructive habits start sprouting in your life, you need to know what the root cause is.

Experts will tell you that it is stress. They may go a little deeper and say that it is fear — fear of the future, of rejection, of loss, of death and so on. But is fear really the root? Or is there something deeper than fear?

The Bible shows us that the most fundamental cause of problems in our lives is condemnation. With condemnation comes fear. Fear then induces stress which brings about the symptoms of the curse.  

This is what happened to Adam. Long before he faced poverty, sickness and eventually death, he had stress. Because of his sin, God told him, “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground.” (Genesis 3:19) Sweat speaks of stress. But before there was stress, there was fear because Adam told God, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” (Genesis 3:10)

But what made Adam fearful? Adam only feared when, seeing his nakedness, he realized that he had sinned against God. He felt so ashamed and condemned that he hid himself. God then asked him, “Who told you that you were naked?” (Genesis 3:11) There was no one else in the garden other than Adam and Eve, so we know that it was probably the devil who told Adam that he was naked.

My friend, condemnation is the root cause of the symptoms of the curse manifesting in your life. That is why you need to know that at the cross, God took all your sins, put them on Jesus and unleashed the full fury of His wrath against them until Jesus cried out, “It is finished!

All your sins have been completely punished in the body of Christ who was condemned for you. The root cause of all your problems has been dealt with. This means that the devil cannot enforce the curse in your life apart from your receiving condemnation. So come to the place of no condemnation and no sick leaves will sprout in your life!

By: Joseph Prince

Nokia Lumia 900

 Ponsel Nokia Lumia 900 yang menyabet selusin penghargaan sebagai ponsel favorit tiba di Indonesia.

Ponsel berbasis Windows Phone ini tampil dengan layar jenis clear black AMOLED selebar 4,3 inci dengan resolusi 3264 × 2448 piksel. Kamera utama pada ponsel cerdas tersebut dilengkapi optik Carl Zeiss.

Lensa Carl Zeiss diklaim mampu menangkap gambar dengan baik kendati dalam kondisi gelap dan fokus yang lebar. Nokia Lumia 900 yang tersedia dalam pilihan warna putih, hitam, dan cyan ini dibanderol seharga Rp. 5,750 juta.

Jika Anda membeli ponsel ini dalam gelaran Indonesia Cellular Show yang berlangsung di Jakarta Convention Center sampai Minggu, 10 Juni besok, Nokia akan memberikan penawaran sehingga konsumen bisa mendapatkan purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster dengan harga Rp 1,6 juta.

Nokia Lumia 900 merupakan ponsel windows phone pertama yang mampu berjalan di jaringan kecepatan tinggi alias long term evolution (4G LTE). Kecepatan unduhnya sampai 50 megabita per detik (Mbps) dan unggah sebesar 25 Mbps.

Di dalamnya bersemayam prosesor Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8055 berkecepatan 1,4 GHz dan kartu grafis Adreno 205. Baterainya terbuat dari bahan lithium ion berkapasitas 1.830 mAh. Baterai ini diklaim mampu bertahan dalam posisi siaga selama lebih dari 300 jam, waktu bicara tujuh jam, dan memutar lagu hingga lebih dari 60 jam.

Sumber: Tempo, Jakarta ~ RINI K

Hibrida Motor-Mobil

Just checked my email, and i saw a nice pic,,,yeaahhh...itu adalah mobil setengah motor, ga tau mau bilang nee barang namanya apa, yg pasti yahoo bilang itu Hibrida Motor-Mobil, mobil roda dua...ga habis pikir gue gimana nee mobil bisa berdiri tegak dan tetap seimbang,,,tapi yahhh, mari liat ajj foto-fotonya dibawah ini, mudahan salah satu dari kita yang baca bisa memilikinya dikemudian hari, Amen :) ato paling ga liatin nyatanya :).

  Keren bukan? :)
Pengen Rasanya merasakan nyetir nee mobil seharian sajaaaaaaa....LOL =D

AIRE, bisa mengisi batterai Iphone kita dengan nafass kita sendiri

Konsep teknologi tepat guna plus ramah lingkungan menjadi dambaan saat ini. Hal ini berlaku untuk semua produk komersial maupun non komersial, guna menciptakan lingkungan yang sehat. Sebut saja aktifitas pengisian daya batrei menggunakan listrik, yang tampaknya lambat laun bakal mulai ditinggalkan berganti dengan tenaga solar (sinar matahari). Bahkan baru-baru ini ada penemuan baru, yakni mencatu daya ponsel hanya menggunakan masker, dimana sumber energinya berasal dari hela nafas Anda.

Adalah AIRE, yang mampu melakukan hal tersebut, dimana merubah hembusan nafas menjadi pembangkit listrik. Prinsip kerjanya sederhana, yakni di dalam masker memiliki kipas turbin kecil, yang akan berputar saat Anda menghembuskan nafas. Lalu, turbin ini akan mengkonversikannya menjadi daya listrik untuk mengechaz perangkat iPhone Anda.

Ide alat unik ini dicetuskan oleh seorang ilmuwan bernama Joao Paulo Lammoglia. Dan menariknya AIRE tercatat menyabet penghargaan prestisius "Red Dot Design Award: Best of the best 2011". Alhasil, berbekal masker AIRE nantinya pengguna iPhone tak perlu risau saat kesulitan mencari tenaga listrik, kala ingin mengisi daya baterai yang drop. Cukup dengan memasang masker yang menutupi bagian hidung dan mulut, kemudian menghubungkan kabel yang dimiliki AIRE ke perangkat iDevice Anda seperti iPhone,iPad atau iPod touch. Tiap hembusan nafas Anda dengan sendirinya akan membuat turbin berputar sehingga mengalirkan listrik ke perangkat yang terhubung.

AIRE bisa digunakan dimana saja. Sambil berjalan atau pun sembari berolah raga pun bisa dilakukan proses pengisian daya batrei perangkat iOS Anda. Dan, layaknya masker pada umumnya, AIRE pun mampu berfungsi melindungi kita dari polusi-polusi jalanan. (Dina)

Source: Pulsa

Letters from Dad

My friend, Mark Shriver, has a new book coming out on Tuesday called, A Good Man. The book is about his father, Sargent Shriver, who was an American statesman and activist. Among his many accomplishments, he was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, the Job Corps, Head Start and other programs. The book is about Mark’s journey to discover what made his father so impactful and admired on this earth. What was the foundation for his faith, hope and love?

One thing that Mark recounts is how his father would write him letters on a regular basis. He’d slip the letter under Mark’s bedroom door sometime during the night so that when Mark woke in the morning, it would be the first thing that he would see and read.

On graduation day, his father wrote:

"Happy Graduation Day, Mark, and Congratulations! Always remember, numero uno, that you are a unique, infinitely valuable person—your mother and I love you—so do your brothers and sisters and friends—but all our love and interest put together cannot compare to the passionate interest and love God himself showers on you. You are His! He wants you! And He will make you the perfect Man you are to be. Love, Dad"

Mark writes this about the letter he rediscovered many years later:

"I don’t remember what I did or thought when I got it on that day in May 1982. Nor do I remember putting it in my scrapbook.

Rereading the note all these years later, I smiled at Him calling me “numero uno.” I know he’d said the same thing to my three brothers, my sister, and my mother—to all six of us, almost every day. But he meant it, to each of us.

He’d believed that I was a unique person. Yes, he’d thought every person was unique and “infinitely valuable,” but to an eighteen-year-old kid trying to figure out who he was, that must have been reassuring. Indeed, I find those four words reassuring today.

Dad didn’t write to me on graduation day to tell me that if I worked hard, all my dreams would come true. No, he told me that I was loved by my mom and dad, my siblings and friends, and most importantly, God—and that love was far more important than any other advice or gift he could possibly give."

Today, maybe your earthly father didn’t write you letters, but your heavenly Father has an entire book of letters written to you! And, He invites you to read them each and every morning. He says, “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is My love for you.” He says, “Come to Me if you are weary and burdened down and I will give you rest.” He says, “Let Me fill you with everlasting joy which is strength. Let Me give you peace that passes understanding. Let Me restore your soul and renew your mind.” Best of all, no matter how many people are on this earth, you are always His “numero uno!” He sees you as unique and infinitely valuable, and He invites you to receive His love.

God loves you so much, and He wants to have a close, personal relationship with you. That’s why He sent His Son, Jesus, into this world to pay the price for our sins so that we could live in eternity with Him. (See Romans 10:9-10.) If you’ve never received this love, if you’ve never received Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, I invite you to click this link for more information. Receive His love today and let it empower you with confidence to overcome in every area of your life!

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 

(Romans 8:15, NIV)

Power for a Reason

Scripture tells us that our words contain the power of life and death. You have the power to speak life into your home and into the people around you, and you were given that power for a reason. The people around you need to hear your words of encouragement. Your words are more meaningful to them than anyone else’s words!

Sometimes we compliment strangers or people we barely know more than we compliment our own family members. Many times, a person will tell a co-worker what a great job they did, but when their own spouse excels, they don’t say a word. We should always make it a priority to compliment and encourage our own family members first.

As a spouse or a family member, recognize your words carry greater weight in the lives of your loved ones. People often compliment Joel after he speaks saying, “Joel, that message was really great. You’ve helped change my life.” Those are meaningful words of encouragement for him, but I have learned that they don’t have as much impact on him as my words of affirmation simply because I’m his spouse. Sometimes, I’ll look over at Joel on a Sunday evening and say, “Joel, you’re always good, but that message was especially great today.”

I know how important it is to recognize his hard work and dedication, so I will often mention a specific point I liked in his message. I can see how that encourages him and lets him know I appreciate his gifts and talents. Even though he may have heard numerous compliments from other people that day, my words take deeper root because God designed it that way.

It’s easy to take the people closest to us for granted. “I don’t need to say anything to them,” you might say. “They know I love them. She knows I think she is beautiful. He knows I think he is a great.” Maybe so, but a blessing is not a blessing until it is spoken. When you release those positive, faith-filled words of affirmation, they will have a positive effect in the lives of the people you love. I am convinced that when we put family first, when we take the time and make the effort to be good to our family members and give them our best, then all the other relationships in our lives will improve as well.

Remember, the people in your inner circle not only want your approval—they need it. Life and death is in the power of your tongue, and the seed you sow will produce a harvest for your own future. Speak words of faith and victory into your loved ones and set yourself up for a harvest of victory in your own future.

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. 

 (Proverbs 18:21, NIV)

By : Victoria Osteen

You Are Next!

Psalm 50:10
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Suppose you have just heard of someone whose financial debts have been miraculously cleared. Or your elated friend has just told you that despite being an average student in school, he scored straight As in all his subjects. Perhaps on Sunday, you heard a couple share about how they had become proud owners of a condominium which was the grand prize in a supermarket lucky draw, or how a once-childless couple is now expecting their miracle child.

When you see or hear of others being blessed, do you ever wonder when it will be your turn? Or do you even find yourself saying, “Oh, he got blessed with the very thing that I have been praying for. There goes my blessing.”

Now, just because man’s economy operates on the principle of shortage, it does not mean that God operates in the same manner. So the next time somebody gets blessed, tell yourself, “I won’t be disheartened. I won’t be jealous. I am the next one to be blessed!”

Always remember that God does not have to bless anyone at your expense. Nor does He have to bless you at anyone’s expense. We don’t have to be jealous of each other. There is a portion that God gives to you which no man can touch because it has your name on it — “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven”. (John 3:27)

Our God is a rich God. He owns the whole universe. He has contacts and blessings you do not know of and which are reserved just for you! There is more than enough for everybody with plenty of leftovers. In fact, you will not be able to take it all because when the blessings start coming in, they will come in a net-breaking, boat-sinking style. You will have to call for your friends in the other boats to come and help you! (Luke 5:1–7) That is the kind of blessings that our God gives. So get ready for your blessings and overflowing abundance!

Source: Daily Grace Inspirations From Joseph Prince Ministries

See Your Situation Through God’s Eyes

Psalm 1:3
He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

When darkness covered the face of the earth, God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. (Genesis 1:3) When a certain man paralyzed for 38 years lay helpless at the pool of Bethesda, Jesus said, “Rise, take up your bed and walk,” and immediately, the man was healed, took up his bed and walked. (John 5:8–9)

You don’t say such words unless you see something others don’t. God does not see the way man sees. Man, however, must see the way God sees. We must see the vision of the Almighty.

The prophet Balaam saw the vision of the Almighty when the Spirit of God fell on him. As he looked down from a mountain at the camp of the Israelites, he found himself saying, “How lovely are your tents, O Jacob! Your dwellings, O Israel! Like valleys that stretch out, like gardens by the riverside, like aloes planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters.” (Numbers 24:5–6)

Balaam would not have said this unless he saw Israel not in the natural, but as God saw it. At that time, the Israelites were a discontented lot, always murmuring and complaining in the wilderness. But when God looked at them, He saw them like flourishing gardens planted by the rivers — fruitful and prosperous.

Beloved, God wants you to see yourself the way He sees you — “like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper”. So see yourself like a tree planted by the rivers of water, bringing forth fruit in your season. See yourself as one who will not wither, whose health will not fail. See whatever you do prospering!

See the vision of the Almighty. That vision is always a good vision. Whenever you see your situation through God’s eyes, you will find that your situation will change because when you see as He sees, you allow Him to work as the Almighty in your life!

Source : Daily Grace Inspirations From Joseph Prince Ministries

Don’t Put Your Faith In Diets And Exercise

Psalm 118:8
It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

Alot of people think that the way to get health is to watch what they eat. For example, many people say that the Mediterranean diet is a very healthy one. I agree, generally. But do you know that the people whom Jesus healed were also on a Mediterranean diet? They did not eat pork and prawns, for example, because they were Jews and these things are not kosher for them.

I know that you want to walk in divine health. But God does not want your focus to be on food — what to eat, what not to eat — or even exercise — how to exercise, when to exercise. All these are natural means which the people of the world trust in. It is better to trust in the Lord and His finished work, than to put your confidence in the latest man-made diet plans and exercise regimes.

At the cross, Jesus took your sicknesses and carried your pains, and by His stripes you were healed. (Isaiah 53:4–5) The Bible even tells us how to escape sickness and premature death — by discerning the Lord’s body when we partake of the Lord’s Supper. (1 Corinthians 11:29–30) But instead of focusing on these truths, many of us prefer to focus on dieting and exercising

Now, I am not against eating well or exercising. I myself exercise and I do watch what I eat. For example, I don’t like to eat oily stuff because it makes me feel uncomfortable. And when I have to preach, I do my best not to eat foods that make me burp!

But I eat generally healthy stuff not because I trust dieting to make me healthy. I exercise not because I trust exercising to make me healthy. No, I trust the finished work of Christ to make me healthy. I eat well because I like to feel good and I exercise because I enjoy the rush, the sweat!

God wants you to be free when it comes to eating and exercising. Don’t make laws for eating and exercising, and then trust these laws to give you “divine” health. Trust in the finished work of Christ. Discern His body when you partake of the Holy Communion. And just enjoy your food and workout!

Source :  Daily Grace Inspirations From Joseph Prince Ministries