Faith and Action

Hongkong Apartment
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Real faith in action, and action has its strength in faith

Faith without action is empty, that's for sure. But what happens if on the contrary, works without faith? Well, the things that are humane and limited is going to happen.

Analogues such as this, without any heavy equipment we could split a mountain to build a highway, but certainly noteffective, and until when?

Without faith we can even pray, giving tithe, serve and worship, but it is definitely not effective until we add the faith there.

Conviction, deed and faith

The Flower City, Cianjur West Java, Indonesia
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We exist because of the conviction, we are remembered for deeds, and we are blessed by faith

Good job and that we walk right now, if done with conviction, will take us to a great future.

While good works that illuminate many people will be remembered and make our name like Mahatma Gandhi is remembered for example. But we will be blessed with all blessings through faith.

the power of faith

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When your heart filled with faith, then any activity lived must be met by faith. And in fact, a woman experienced a miracle whenholding the robe of Jesus, because in his heart there is no room for doubt at all.

Heart should be the center of faith, not the mind, because the heart is controller of all life. So if the true faith reigns there then the whole activity of life will be, automatically, to adjust.

Life always adjust to the heart.

The test of perseverance

Tanah Lot Bali
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Perseverance is one of God's nature that ever He was show when He was faced a lot of rejection, persecution and even crucifixion. And there is not a complaint out of His mouth.

Without the perseverance many great things in the world that surely will never happen. Due perseverance is only possessed by the steel-hearted person, the mind as bright as the sun, and mentally so tough rock, which is thousands of times hit by the waves remain standing.

The test of perseverance is the time and the test of faith is perseverance that will produce power.

Changing the world

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Matthew 5:13 "Ye are the salt of the earth. If the salt has become tasteless, how can it be salted? No more pointlessthan thrown out and trampled people.

What we have created on this earth? What is our contribution to world peace, at least the family, at least his ownheart. If our own hearts are always chaotic, how can it contribute to world peace. What is our contribution to human welfare, or that there is only self-interest.

In his book, Joel Osteen once wrote about one of his congregation who live in misery because widowed wife. His heart gave a grim grim impacts to the whole life. Joel Osteen only give one advice only, "go out, comfort those whoare gloomy and sad as you." And he changed. And the result, a lot of people who recovered from his grief. And theministry continues to greater things in a big church.

What should we make to this world that is changing. And this is Mission Impossible, we do not have the power tochange the world, no matter how small until we changing ourselves.

Repentance is a change in priorities, of prioritizing the world to the spiritual, of prioritizing things temporarily to things that are eternal, from the priority logic to faith.

Faith & Hasitate

Bank Indonesia, Bandung
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Psalm 126:2 At that time our mouths filled with laughter and our tongue with singing. At that time people saidamong the nations: "The Lord has made a big deal to these people!"

Psalm 126:3 the LORD has made a big deal to us, then we rejoice.

Doubt, that's experienced by Peter, as it walked on water. The result he was drowned, if not call the name of the Lord. Doubts can not join hands with faith. Both are choice.

When Noah was commanded by God to build the ark, he must choose between faith and doubt. On that one, he didnot have the expertise to make, Never the ark, a boat he could not. But he chose the faith, because to know the Lord will never leave. Likewise with Moses, Joshua, Gideon and David even. The result is a winner.

Take every opportunity God has given to us by faith, never miss it because we hesitate. Know that with God we willdo great matters.

Faith has eyes that can see opportunities like stairs that lead to the top

Emotion, Logic and Faith

Suramadu Bridge, Indonesia
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Emotion, logic and faith, three perfect unity that can bring us growing in the knowledge of God

Without emotions we would not be able to enjoy God, but without logic we would get lost, because emotions can only reach the dimensions of sense, that's why we're going to crying, laughing and rejoice when worship. While thelogic without faith, will result in a very shallow level of spirituality.

Logic stands above on human limited strength, while the faith built on the strength of almighty God. Logic can only understand a small part of the Bible is the word of God, while faith, able to recognize truth by completely.

Sowing the faith

Cikuray Mount, Garut, West Java, Indonesia
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Yesterday is history, tomorrow is the future and today a gift of grace.

Only three things that we must live in life, first the past, we've lived, and the result islife at this time. If in the past, live in hard work, diligent, patient and creative, so now of course the circumstances have been ten or even a thousand times greater. If the pastwe live our lives in faith and hope, then it must have reached the life that God hasprepared in advance.

Secondly, today we live, whatever the case, is the grace of God alone. When wemade ​​it through the past, with various trials, may not even just once or twice, livingalmost drowned, because of the storm, but each time the hand of God has alwayssaved.

Third, the future is a place where we walk. What kind of shape is dependent uponwhat we sow today.

Sows the wind reaps the storm, sowing faith reap miracles.

faith and reason

Faith and God's promises always go together. But when we put the mind above all, the promise of God was manifested delayed.

There are two things that contrasts distinguish the two. Faith dependent on God'sstrength, while mind depends on one's own power. Faith runs with spiritual vision,while mind with the physical eye. Faith is believing in things unseen, while mind must first look and trust.

That's why when mind says, is not possible, it is time to use the faith, which has always claimed that everything is possible and nothing is impossible that those who believe.

Actually a lot of things we can accomplish, if we do not see it as something that is impossible to achieve