the conscious life of grace

Wanted All

Being selected for the clay formed by the potter is a gift. Because he might not use all the land on earth.
Become children of God also is grace, because not everyone can. Although grace is for everyone, but only certain people who can see, recognize and receive Him.

Even when the Lord Jesus, with all miracles, preaching the message of grace alone, most even reject Him, spit at Him and crucified him.

All we have is grace, and by His grace we can have it all.

The Prevail of God

Phanie, Nessa, Fanie, Jo, Liza, Lea
Photo by Sammy Palit

Give thanks and praise go hand in hand, because praise is often a reflection of thanksgiving. When Paul and Silas inprison, they chose to praise the Lord, and that's thanksgiving because God gave them their reward for suffering in his name.

Thanksgiving and praise when combined will produce power, and that experienced by Paul and Silas. Suddenlydisconnected chains, bondage broken and all the prison doors open.

When the chains and shackles of temptation binding, when issues such as the prison door closed roads, or whensickness comes like stripes former Roman whip, what will we do? Surely grumble and complain as our humanitarian response. But if we choose the way of Paul and Silas, then the miracle would happen.

Hearts full of thanksgiving and praise to God always exciting Him to continue to reigns there.

Give thanks

Surabaya, East Java Indonesia
Photo by Sammy Palit

Life is indeed very comfortable when everything is going according to our wishes. The face will always decorated by smiles and gratitude. But try once in a while down from there, take the crown and royal robes called comfort, and Live the life of a different one, when was we still smile?

If you're used up sedan with the driver a polite, tidy and calm try to ride Metromini or economic class train (in Jakarta), carriage is always smoky by ciggaret, with traders, which not just one kind, also the street singers, that sometimes, if lucky, can be entertaining because its mellow, but mostly just a headache anyway, when was we can still give thanks?

Thankful because a certain condition is human, always give thanks in all circumstances, it is divine


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The Chain of Life

Be thankful for today because tomorrow we will get a day that will make us morethankful again.

Life is like a chain interconnected and affect one another. When the chain of life today is good then the chain of tomorrow will be at least as good as today. And that makes the chain of life to be good or bad is our own.

They say that true happiness does not depend on external factors, we decide happy or not, will give thanks or to complain to arise from the failure or let themselves fall into despair.

Just like David, who always chose rejoice in praise, until he tapped his own chestand said, "praise the Lord O my soul."