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12/26/2011

Yaaaayyyyyyy......  :) Akhirnya setelah 5 tahun pencarian, saya temukan buku ini di Internet.
Kira-kira 5 tahun yang lalu saya adalah seorang Church-Nomade alias orang yang suka berpindah gereja. Banyak yang sudah menegur saya agar saya menetap di satu gereja agar bisa bertumbuh. Saya sebenarnya terdaftar di sebuah gereja lokal, namun karena saya merasa tidak bertumbuh di sana, akhirnya saya berkeliling gereja mencari contoh gereja yang bagi saya sempurna. Singkat cerita, pencarian saya berakhir di suatu siang ketika berkunjung ke toko buku terdekat di kota saya. Perhatian saya tertuju pada sebuah buku di rak buku Kristen. Buku itu berjudul "Berhentilah Mengencani Gereja". Karena kondisinya yang masih tertutup rapat, saya hanya bisa membaca synopsisnya di cover bagian belakang.
Di bawah ini saya tuliskan synopsis buku yang sangat mengagetkan saya, karena tokoh dalam buku itu bernama Jack (seperti nama saya). hehe.
semoga sinopsis ini pun bisa memberkati anda, dan jika anda berminat membeli buku ini, saya sertakan juga link nya.
Selamat membaca.


STOP DATING THE CHURCH
Menghentikan kebiasaan berpindah-pindah gereja dan menjadi jemaat yang berkomitmen.

Apakah Anda sedang berkencan dengan gereja?

Grace adalah tipe gadis idaman Jack. Ia cantik, supel, dan perhatian. Mereka berhubungan selama hampir tiga tahun. Jack merasa nyaman dan akrab bersama Grace, tetapi sekarang tidak. Kekurangan Grace semakin tampak jelas. Jack mulai membenci saat-saatnya bersama Grace. Suatu malam, ketika Grace meminta kejelasan hubungan mereka, amarah Jack meledak. "Bukankah kita selalu bersama-sama?" "Mengapa ini tidak cukup bagimu?" Jelas, Jack tak siap menghadapi komitmen. Pernahkah Anda mengalami hubungan seperti ini? Saat ini jutaan Jack berkeliaran di dunia. Dan, Grace bukanlah seorang gadis. Grace adalah sebuah gereja.

Kita adalah generasi yang konsumtif, mandiri, dan kritis. Kita pergi ke gereja, tetapi tidak ingin menetap dan mengembangkan diri di sana. Kita tidak ingin berkomitmen dan hanya ingin "mengencani" gereja. Padahal, gereja adalah tempat Allah menumbuhkan, menguatkan, dan memakai kita dengan maksimal. Lalu, bagaimana sikap kita yang tepat terhadap gereja?

Demikian Postingan saya kali ini.

Tuhan Yesus memberkati

~Jack Loloin~

12/17/2011


 


Mathew 21:22--"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

 

Yesterday I was reading this verse, and I got teary eyed. I know that we have all heard it a thousand times, but it just struck me differently this time. I was sitting there thinking, "Wow, God would give me anything I want (as long as it is according to His will, of course)?" I was awe-struck that He would do that for me...would want to do that for me. But I think what made me teary eyed was that I didn't even know what I'd want to ask for.

So often I think I hammer God with requests, "God, please tell me what You want me to do with my life," "Where should I go to school?" "I need a job, Lord," "blah blah blah....gimme gimme gimme!" But for about 1 minute in my life (an all time record) my mind and spirit were still and I just sat there knowing that I had already been granted what I wanted: 'Jesus.'

I know it sounds so corny, and probably fake. It sounds like the good little Sunday school kid answer...but honestly, if you are in love with Jesus, it is something that you, too, have already been granted.

We do not even realize the magnitude of who Jesus is, what He does for us, and how He loves us. He is incredible, and we cannot even come up with words to describe Him. He knows our needs and our desires more than we understand them...and He has plans to fulfill them before we even recognize these needs and wants exist. He is amazing.

Before I was born...or any of you were born, God recognized that we had a need for a deep and intimate relationship that no other being could fulfill, so He sent His son to earth to be with us, live with us, and ultimately die for us...another need that He fulfilled before we knew we had the need. We all have a need for relationship and for a savior, and ultimately, righteousness and redemption--things that only Christ can fulfill. It is awe-some to me that there is only ONE that can fulfill these things, and that He would want to do them for me! It is amazing that He is the only one who is capable of fulfilling my every need, and that He can do these things, and more! I am truly blessed.

We get so caught up in what we want or what we think we need (not that some of those things aren't legit, don't get me wrong), but sometimes...and I know for me it is a lot of the time...I forget that all my needs have already been taken care of. I do not need to worry about how I'm going to pay for gas and groceries, where I'm going to school, or where Jon and I will live when we get married, God has already taken care of everything.

I sometimes forget what God has already done for me, too. I get one of my requests, and like a check list, I'm off to asking God for the next thing before I really take time to praise Him for how He just blessed me. I need to take more time to just sit and be thankful for what an awesome King I serve...and serves me. I need to be thankful that He has already fulfilled every need I have through the gift of salvation and a relationship with Him. How could it possibly get any better than that? It can't people. There is nothing greater than knowing Him.

I'm reminded of this song....

In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
In the morning when I rise
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have ALL this world,
Give me Jesus.

That is all I want, and all I need. Everything else will fade away. Everything else will lose its appeal over time. Everything else will be forgotten...but Christ's love and the relationship I will build with Him will last for eternity. What an Awe-some God...and what an incredible gift. A gift that keeps giving...need after need, desire after desire

12/14/2011









12/08/2011


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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