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TRINITY UPDATE

Sent: Dec 8, 2011 5:54 PM
Trinity Becomes Popular at School

Its always exciting to be talking about what God has been doing so far in Trinity. Wow, I can't believe God trust me leading this revival that is taking place among these young people. I never dreamt of it before.
I remember that time when I was so legalistic even after I was born again. I tried to appear so spiritual but the more I tried the more I failed. In 2006 I got accepted in Nusa Cendana University, majoring Language and Art where I met many of those who later I call TRINITIANS (Members of Trinity Community). It wasn't easy though since I started by trying to be very spiritual that even if I have a good personality but not many people wanted to be near me as they thought they're sinners and they just can't be friend with me. There was a sort of gab between me and them.

For me its just impossible to reach out to them if they keep looking at me as a very spiritual person. So I approached them and treated them like friends. It was not necessarily to bring them to Jesus, but at least I showed them that I care about them. It worked.

I invited to join the youth exchange selection and then I invited them to take part as translators in a ministry with the Calvary Chapel Team from the US through which many of them came to Jesus personally. No one ever really cared about them this way, they said.

Ministries we did with the team from California really bring impact to the lives of my friends. They're no longer the persons they used to be. Revival had taken place in their lives. I still can't believe they're now with me doing ministry, coming to bible study and the most remarkable thing of all is that they are diligent. Some of them used to be very careless about God, ministry and everything dealing with Christianity. Not simply careless, they hated everything about Christianity.

Talking about God with them would never work then. But as they looked at the lives of some friends who have been transformed, they became curious and they kept asking "how could it be? . They just cant believe some of their friends became believers and how their lives transformed. Not only that they are transformed, they're success with their study at school, especially dealing with the translation subject.

I remember one day, a friend who was a punk kid at school came to me and asked how it feels to be a Christian and join the Trinity. I could see the desire in him to feel the transformation as well. So I invited him to join us in the bible study where he received Christ personally. Halleluyah!!!

Now most of my schoolmates have joined Trinity. The impact of transformation in their life is so amazing. It makes me smile everytime they got good achievement at school and people will say "They must be the Trinity kids". God is good. Trinity is now popular at School. Pray that God will keep us humble. Thank God now the members of Trinity are not only from my school but from some more schools and universities. God is really working in their lives.
Many times in suffering I feel like I just wanna give up but looking at their spiritual growth, man, it revives my spirit again. I really feel like a father in this community.

We can't wait for every meeting, discipleship, and hangout together. We meet everyday, eat food together, sharing with the accountability group and partner, study the word, watching movies and stuff. We thank God for having a great mentor like Brandon who is so faithful in serving the Lord, giving us advice and feed us with the word.

We are so thankful for the resources that we have; books, CD's, DVD's, Bibles and stuff, wow its more than what we expected.
The year is almost end and how I smile everytime I look back to the days and the fellowship that God has blessed us with.
We're looking forward to what God has in store for all of us. 

GOD BLESS YOU

-Jack Loloin-

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To all MEN

To all MEN out there doing the RIGHT thing:

Boys play house. Men build homes!!!

Boys shack up. Men get married!!!

Boys make babies. Men raise children!!!

A boy won't raise his own child. A man will raise his and someone Else's!!!

Boys invent excuses for failure. Men produce strategies for success!!!

Boys look for somebody to take care of them. Men look for someone to care for!!!

Boys seek popularity. Men demand respect and know how to give it!!!

Re-post in HONOR of all the men who do the right thing ♥

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TRINITY TESTIMONY

ONI

hmmmm.... for me trinity has big impact and influence in my life. Since i joined with this fellowship i saw that my spiritual life was really developed and my english became better and better day by day. Not only that in here also i really learned about friendship, be united in Christ as brother and sister, and be one body through accept and love one another no matter how they act, they look like, or what are their characters. i learn to love other and accept them just the way they are. and that really amazing thing that i can learned from trinity beside the word of God. in here also, my mind was really opened with the truth that we learned in bible trainning. before that i though that i knew better the word of God, but here i knew that what i knew before only just lil part from the un measurable knowledge and wisdom about God. and that was really amazing. not only stop there cuz i have so many things that i got from this fellowship and if i write here, it will not enough. but if i summarize the trinity's impact in my life, i just can say one sentence:

"through trinity i learn to live full lives".  

big smile,

oni ^_^   

SUSAN
Syalom:D,,
Trinity is a new community for me,, many testimonies that I have listened about trinity. Since I joined on oct until now I feel more enthusiastic to God and how the teaching changed my paradigm that with God is nothing is impossible,,

Thanks,,

MEY 

Trinity has been an answer to my prayer. During my study time in Java i prayed for my vision and future then God told me to go back to Kupang. I was really frustrated at that time because i knew the environment very well, i felt that my future wont be good in Kupang. So frustrated looking at the lack of knowledge, immorality, life's values and the behavior of the people. But i do believe those are the reasons why i should go back. I pray that God gives me partners, a youth community who is crazy in love with God and have passion to pursue God's vision in their young age. I gave up, i admitted that i would never find that kind of group of youth in Kupang, but finally God draw me to Trinity. The words of God that i learn every week help me to face this tough life day by day in my work and daily life, it also strengthen my vision. The friendship among the Trinitians help me to adjust again with Kupang life and also they make me feel like home. We share and encourage each other in spirit. I do love the teaching which only based on bible, with no speculation or talk about something unreal. I love Trinity!

CEASY
For me Trinity has been like my 2nd home. The same thing between Trinity n my "real" home is that it provides "good food" for me which is the truth of God. I learn so many things about God n His greatest plan of salvation through Jesus Christ. It changed me a lot. i used to b a worrier, i never really had strong believe about something even in God. i was born in Christian family but never really knew who Jesus Christ is, but then i was born again spiritually through JC in Trinity, have new brothers n sisters, have a closer relationship with God and the most important thing is that i know for sure that i'll b with God in heaven. what a great reward!!!

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Profil Seorang Pahlawan

Bacaan Hari ini :
1 Korintus 10:31 "Aku menjawab: Jika engkau makan atau jika engkau minum, atau jika engkau melakukan sesuatu yang lain, lakukanlah semuanya itu untuk kemuliaan Allah."
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Kita sering mendengar kata "pahlawan" diucapkan hari-hari ini.
Tapi apa sebenarnya yang dimaksud dengan kata pahlawan?
Saya pikir kita telah kehilangan arti kata ini di era modern sekarang ini.

Pahlawan adalah seseorang yang melakukan sesuatu tanpa pamrih dan penuh pengorbanan.
Pahlawan adalah seseorang yang menempatkan kebutuhan orang lain di atas dirinya sendiri.
Saya berpikir dalam budaya kita sekarang, kita memiliki banyak selebriti namun pahlawan sangat sedikit.

Kadang-kadang kita tidak tahu siapa yang layak mendapat sebutan pahlawan yang sebenarnya sampai beberapa waktu kemudian.
Kadang mereka mengambil sebuah posisi sebelum posisi tersebut menjadi terkenal atau melakukan sesuatu sebelum hal itu sepenuhnya dipahami.
Tetapi dengan berlalunya waktu, kita mengenal mereka sebagai pahlawan.

Berbeda dengan seorang pahlawan yang mungkin mendapatkan pengakuan yang layak, seorang pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa jarang mendapatkan pengakuan.
Mereka adalah orang-orang yang bekerja di belakang layar, mereka adalah yang melakukan banyak hal berat tapi jarang dihargai untuk itu.

Alkitab dipenuhi dengan pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa.
Salah satu orang yang muncul di pikiran saya adalah Andreas.
Ketika Andreas mulai mengikuti Yesus, hal pertama yang dilakukannya adalah mencari saudaranya dan mengatakan padanya, "Kami telah menemukan Mesias". (Yohanes 1:41)

Andreas adalah salah satu dari orang-orang yang memiliki kakak yang dominan, Simon Petrus.
Petrus adalah orang yang akan selalu memimpin orang lain.
Jadi Andreas bisa saja dengan mudah berkata, "Kamu tahu, aku bahkan tidak akan menceritakan kepadanya tentang hal ini. Aku ingin Yesus untuk diriku sendiri."
Tapi, Andreas pergi dan mencari saudaranya.

Bahkan, setiap kali kita membaca tentang Andreas di Alkitab, dia selalu membawa seseorang untuk datang pada Yesus.
Andreas selalu bekerja di balik layar.

Andreas adalah teladan untuk semua orang Kristen.
Betapa luar biasanya hal-hal yang bisa dicapai jika kita tidak berpikir tentang penghargaan terlebih dahulu, namun kita hanya fokus untuk mengerjakan yang bisa dilakukan, untuk membawa kemuliaan bagi Tuhan.
Para pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa akan mendapatkan tempat khusus di hati Tuhan.
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Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Daniel 4-6; Filemon 1
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Tuhan menghargai orang-orang yang mau bekerja di belakang layar demi kemuliaan-Nya meskipun tanpa menerima penghargaan pada awalnya.

(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotion by Greg Laurie)

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Panggilan yang tergenapi

Bacaan Hari ini :
Kisah Para Rasul 6:8 "Dan Stefanus, yang penuh dengan karunia dan kuasa, mengadakan mujizat-mujizat dan tanda-tanda di antara orang banyak."
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Stefanus, salah seorang pahlawan tanpa tanda jasa dari Gereja mula-mula adalah seorang pemuda dengan begitu banyak janji Tuhan dalam hidupnya.
Karena kesetiaannya, dia terpilih untuk menjadi diakon pada masa gereja mula-mula.

Banyak yang mengira pada saat itu Stefanus akan memiliki pelayanan yang besar didepannya, dikarenakan dia masih muda.
Namun karena khotbahnya, dia dipanggil oleh Mahkamah Agama Yahudi untuk memberi penjelasan.
Mahkamah Agama dapat dikatakan sebagai Mahkamah Agung pada jaman itu, yang beranggotakan orang-orang yang berkuasa.
Mereka tidak suka dengan khotbah Stefanus tentang Yesus Kristus sebagai Mesias dan mereka memanggilnya oleh karena hal itu.

Jika saja Stefanus berhati-hati, dia bisa pulang untuk kembali menikmati makan malam.
Tapi sebaliknya, pemuda ini melihat kemungkinan untuk menjangkau Mahkamah Agama Yahudi dengan Injil.
Alkitab mengatakan bahwa wajahnya bersinar seperti malaikat (lihat Kisah 6:15), dan dia mulai berkhotbah kepada mereka.
Segera setelah Stefanus berkhotbah mereka menjadi begitu marah dan mereka memutuskan untuk mengeksekusi Stefanus.
Jadi, mereka melemparinya dengan batu sampai mati.
Dan bahkan pada saat-saat terakhir hidupnya yang masih begitu muda, dia berteriak, "Tuhan, janganlah dosa ini ditanggungkan ke atas mereka!" (Kis 7:60)

Saya percaya kesaksian Stefanuslah yang membawa Saulus dari Tarsus (kemudian menjadi Paulus), di bawah keyakinan dari Roh Kudus.
Oleh karena tindakan martir yang dilakukan oleh Stefanus, Saulus pergi untuk memburu orang-orang Kristen, yang akhirnya berujung pada pertobatannya.

Hal inilah yang perlu kita ingat, kita tidak tahu berapa lama waktu kita di Bumi.
Kita semua mempunya tugas, sebuah panggilan untuk dipenuhi, dan lama waktu kita hidup tidak ditentukan oleh genetis dan statistik, tetapi ditentukan oleh Tuhan.
Jadi tujuan kita adalah untuk tetap berada di jalan Tuhan dan melakukan apa yang telah Tuhan tetapkan bagi kita.

Apakah Anda bertekad untuk tetap berjalan di jalan Tuhan?
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Bacaan Alkitab Setahun :
Daniel 7-9; Ibrani 1:1-14
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Ingatlah selalu untuk tetap berjalan di jalan Tuhan supaya panggilan-Nya tergenapi dalam hidup kita yang singkat di dunia ini.

(Diterjemahkan dari Daily Devotion by Greg Laurie)

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