No Sugar No Ants…

No Sugar No Ants…

August 16, 2010

God doesn’t punish someone without reasons. There always have reasons to do an action to someone. Today I angry with my employee because she was disobey me. I told her not to rinse the laundry but she rinsed the laundry even I have told her not to do that.

In the bible, book of Amos, God was angry with the Israelites and wanted to punish them. There are many reasons that make God punish them. The very reason was their disobedience to God.

When my employee makes something wrong, I just sad and gives her advice or sometime teaches her to do the right way. But when she disobeyed me, I become angry. Disobey is a very serious matter in human being. Bless from God only for obedience people.

Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

Amos 3:6 (KJV)

The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?

Amos 3:8 (KJV)

Amos 1-3

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Kos Yono

Let’s Deal with God

Let’s Deal with God…

August 15, 2010

God want me to have a great life. He also want his people to have a great life. But before that, he want to make deal with them. He give me and his people a great life and in return He want me and his people to do what he want us to do.

What he want me to do? - He want me to be holy. He want me to have no “stranger” in my heart. Stranger means something that can steal my relationship with God. What can steal my relationship with God? - My work, my family, my money, my hobby, etc can steal my relationship with god. How they can steal my relationship with God? - Everything that I do the most and put to the first of my priority can steal my relationship with God.

Like the story in the bible. God said via Joel that he wanted to restore the condition of the Israel and Judah as long as they wanted to do what God want them to do. God want them to be holy and pure.

So, if I want God restore my life, I need to be holy and pure in my heart and my life. God want me to put Him as the first priority in my life. God will restore me immediately.

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Joel 2:25 (KJV)

The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

Joel 3:16 (KJV)

Joel 1-3

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Kos Yono

God’s 2nd Chance…

God’s 2^nd Chance…

August 14, 2010

When I have done sin I was feeling so bad but God always give the 2^nd chance. Yes there are consequences for doing sins but God always forgive. We can not run away from the consequences. But after that God give us 2^nd chance to repent and to live a better life.

Being a Christian is not like an angle and everything like heaven. Being a Christian always has burdens and some times the burdens push us to make sin. Even burdens can make us a sinner; we can always fight and win.

We lose when we stop to fight. Like the Ephraim, they sin more and more because they stop to fight. When they stop to fight, they can not get the 2^nd chance from God anymore even God provided 2^nd chance for them.

I ever make sins in my Christian life. There are many kind of sins I have made. But I always fight and win. I seek advice from other Christian, I seek help from other Christian, I open my life to other Christians, I read the bible to find out what kind of sins I’ve made and how I can get through it and win. Yes, I received the consequences but I finally win. I’ve got the 2^nd chance.

When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Hosea 13:1-2 (KJV)

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Hosea 14:4 (KJV)

Hosea 12-14

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Kos Yono