Hm…. Christmas taon ini enak nya ngapain ya? Balik indo? Em… jangan d. Ntar sincia aja baru balik. Jadi ngapain donk? Pokok nya harus do something yang memorable…. 
Eit………jangan takut en ga usah pusing pusing mikirin mau ngapain. Karena taon ini ada TOY STORY….. Yeah…… di mana kita mau bless anak anak dari low income family.
Emang ngapain aja? Pokok nya banyak d. Kalian semua sangat, sangat, dan sangat dibutuhkan. So don’t miss it……
Welcome…. welcome….. and welcome… to Didik…..
Last Saturday he rededicated his life to God……….. So happy……..!!!!!!!! ^-^
Tau ga yang satu mana orang nya???? heuhehuee….. Ini ni dia nya….. :p
Siapa suka nonton…….?????????? Asik d……. apalagi kalo tiket nya gratis, terus dapet free pop corn and coke juga. Wah…. kalo bisa tiap hari nonton d ke sono
Pada udah bosen belom nonton di Golden Village? Cathay? Bosen kali ye…… Gimana kalo Le Meridien 21? heuheuhuee….. Ini bioskop yang akan dibuka tanggal 3 November 2007 jam 4pm. Tiket nya gratis…. maka nya ajak temen temen semua nya. Grab the person next to you and invite them to watch together. Biar seru gitu lo…….. So kalo ada adegan serem nya bisa teriak bareng bareng.hauhahuaa……….
Ini adalah film perdana Hope Indo Church. Yeah………. siapa pemain nya? Kita saksikan aja tanggal main nya oke? Pokok e datang en datang……… Ada tiket, ga ada tiket….. datang aja ke Le Meridien Hotel Lantai 3 Garden Room.
Mau info lebih lanjut… kalian bisa contact Ming Ming at 90281960
God never fail to provide the people to join membership class every quarter. Praise the Lord……….. And this quarter we have Hadi, Suharto, Handy, George, and Cynthia. Selamat ya buat step of commitment yang sudah kalian ambil…………. to commit your life to local church……… ^-^ We are in same race for God………
Suharto – On December 2006, I came to Singapore alone with one reason : to study. During the first week in Singapore, I told myself that I need to find a church so I can go for service. My friend told me to go to City Harvest at expo and I started to go for Sunday service every week as a regular visitor. Few weeks later, I got to know one Indonesian guy in the school and we started to go to Sunday service together. After one month attending service in City Harvest, my schoolmate asked me to go to Indonesian service in OPC. From that week we became regular visitors in OPC. Every week me and my friend went to OPC to attend the service without involving in any activities. We just go there, sit down quietly, listening the preaching, and go home. That’s all we do every Sunday. On one particular day, I felt that even though I never miss the Sunday service but I didn’t grow in my spiritual life and yet I felt that my spiritual life was dropping. Then, I prayed to God that I want to have the right church where I can grow and serve Him. I made a promise to God that if He really wants me to grow and serve in OPC, I will settle down in OPC. Few weeks later, God answered my prayer through one divide appointment. On one particular afternoon, after having lunch with my friends at ayam penyet at lucky plaza, one of my friends saw a book fair on level 1 and then she asked me and the other friend to wait for her. While waiting, I talked with my friend in bahasa and suddenly 3 people came to me and asked whether I am Indonesian. They said that two of them are also Indonesian and the other one is Malaysian. Then we started to have a short chit-chat and they asked me to come to Hope Indonesian service. From this, I saw how God answered my prayer by arranging a divide appointment for me to come to know Hope church. I am really believes that God want me to grow and serve in Hope church. This is the main reason for me to stay in Hope church and to commit myself to become the member of Hope church. In addition, I also learned that Hope church is a church with a great vision. Now, as I join the membership I want to see myself grow in the Lord more and to become a vessel for the Lord in “touching people and changing lives”.
Cynthia – When I came to Singapore 4 months ago, I was not intended to join Indo Service at all. It was simply because the church I attended regularly backed in Jakarta also have branch here. On my 1st Sunday here, I tried to come to this church, but somehow I could not find it. Then the next Saturday my cousin brought me to Indo Service. Even though I was still unsure whether I want to join this service or not, I really like the fellowships among the members. So when Fiona asked me to join the karaoke session the next day, I said yes. I thought it will be great to know these people and about Hope Indo service more. One event leads to another and finally I become a regular attendee of the CG and Saturday service. And I will say it is really a blessing for me to have this church. God really use the fellowships to bring joy and strength into my life. Throughout good and bad times, I know that I have them. It is like my 2nd family. Through my CG, my spiritual life also has grown a lot. God shows me of how to pray, encourage, serve and remind one accord. I feel closer to God like never before. This is something I have never experienced in my previous church. Every Sunday service is like just come, listen to the sermon and go home. No fellowships and my spiritual life were dull. The more I involve in this church, the more I feel this is where God wants me to be. I want to grow and serve God more in this family. But I was still stubborn enough not to join the membership, even though my CL and CG members have already asked me (don’t know how many times) to join membership class. Then 2 weeks ago, last day of registration, my CL asked me again about this and somehow I said yes. I thought OK la let’s see how it goes. I was still not that certain about being a member. Anyway, I prayed to God, if He wants me to join the church membership, He has to shown me that it is indeed the right church and I will be able to do more for Him as a member. Finally, I attended the membership class last Sunday. I got a clearer view about this church, its vision and mission, etc. I found the main principles are biblical and I understand God use this church to bless so many people in many different nations. Hence, I made decision to join Hope membership because I want God to use me more. Through this church, I want to grow more in Him so I can outreach many lives. After this, I am ready to take more responsibility to serve others more. I know whatever role God gives me, it is only a beginning to prepare me for His bigger plan.
Kemaren ada 2 brothers and 2 sisters kita lagi yang dibaptis. Congratulation ya…… Great step…….:) This family becomes bigger and bigger…. Praise God….. ^-^
Kenapa mereka mau take this step of faith? Hm…. kenapa ya? Kenapa? Kenapa? Why….?????
Hadi – I was converted in early June 2007. Since I have become the child of God, I was urged to learn more about God’s word (even tough now sometimes still miss 1 to 3 days ^^). I was told to start reading the book of John since it is easier to understand. As I read John 1:29-34, it tells about Jesus being baptized by John. At that moment I realized that God ask me to be baptized. Since that time I am looking forward for the next water baptism in church, and join water baptism as an act of obedience. Finally on 7 Oct 2007 I got a chance to be baptized. The days before baptism I was quite confused what to prepare for the water baptism and what will happen after water baptism. Then on one shepherding session, my shepherd told me that I just need to prepare my heart as I already have an obedience heart to follow what God asked me to do which is baptized. What will happen next after water baptism just leave it to Him because He already has the best plan for me. On the day of water baptism, there is a time where the Pastor share about water baptism. At that time my heart was pounding feels excited and at the same time feels nervous about the water baptism. I also felt very happy because of Jesus I can be here and baptized (I almost cried that time ^^). Now I really thank God that I can obey and been baptized. It is really a blessing for me. After the water baptism, I was also asked whether I wanted to be prayed for holy spirit baptism. Actually I was quite shock by the question ^^ and almost say NO because I don’t think I am ready. But at that time I just say YES. Before this I was already prayed for Holy Spirit baptism, but still can’t speak in tongue. When they pray for me, actually I really don’t know what to do. I was told to ask God for Holy Spirit to come. After minutes of praying I didn’t feel anything because in my mind I was afraid that after I received HS, I can’t maintain it by do sins, or live a life that is bad in the eyes of God, or if I started to be away from God. Then I was told that God will give if I truly asked for it, and what has been given by God won’t be taken away and it will still be given. As I start to pray again, I ask God to give me Holy Spirit to guide my life and suddenly my body start to shake very hard until I can’t feel my hands were shaking very hard. Something was bursting out from inside me and I started to cry. I feel the HS in me exploding and after the shaking started to stop, my mouth start to speak in a new language. I started to speak in tongue even though I don’t understand the language. I am very amazed by God. I never expected to receive HS in this way. Really thank God for He has done in me and encounter many things in one day.
Dixy – Dulu sebelum saya mengenal Tuhan, saya anak yang nakal, suka bolos sekolah, dan keras kepala. Tapi setelah saya datang ke Singapore, saya di ajak koko ke gereja. Di gereja ini lah saya menerima Tuhan Yesus. Setelah saya menerima Tuhan Yesus, saya melihat ada perubahan dalam diri saya. Saya jadi lebih ramah, lebih rajin, dan gak bolos lagi. Kenapa saya mau dibaptis? Waktu itu saya dikasih tau kalo tgl 7 October bakal ada water baptism. Terus saya ditanya mau gak dibaptis. Semua nya karena saya ingin mengenal Tuhan Yesus lebih lagi, dan saya ingin mengenal Firman Tuhan deeper. Waktu mau diceburin di kolam renang… rasa nya deg deg kan. Tetapi sesudah di baptis dan didoakan, saya merasa senang karena bisa dibaptis dan dapat hidup baru, yaitu hidup sesuai jalan nya Tuhan. Setelah itu saya ditantangin untuk Holy Spirit baptism. Karena saya ingin bisa berdoa mengunakan bahasa roh, dan karena saya ingin lebih lagi untuk bisa mengungkapkan perasaan dan mendekatkan diri pada Tuhan, saya menerima challenge ini. Pertama tama saya di doain dan disuruh ucapin halleluya. Jadi saya focus ke kata kata nya dan lama kelamaan saya mulai bisa berbahasa roh. Saya yakin bahwa itu dari Tuhan karena saya tau bukan saya yang mengeluarkan kata kata itu. Melainkan kata kata itu mengalir dari mulut saya dengan sendiri nya. Saya senang bisa menerima Tuhan Yesus, dibaptis air dan roh kudus. Saya rindu untuk bertumbuh lebih lagi dalam pengenalan akan Tuhan, dan juga bertumbuh dalam karakter. Terima kasih.
diceburin di kolam??? siapa takut :p
waduh…. ntar lagi basah smua d ^-*
i surrender my life to Jesus… ^-^
great moment….
yah…. basah d…. tapi asik…. boleh sekali lagi gak? heuehue…..
new hadi
new jeppy
new nita
new dixy
hehehe… our group become bigger and bigger……… ^-*
Wow…. rame d sabtu kemaren. Bener bener great……………. and lovely…… Di mana semua nya really feel warm as one family. Thank all to become sweet brothers and sisters in Christ….. ^-^
Pas diumumin bakal ada competition among the 4 CG few weeks ago, wah…. semua nya pada excited banget and mau present their best. Latian dimulai sana sini, plan ini and itu, buat ini dan itu. Wakakakaka…… semua talent dikerakan untuk indo fiesta ini. Kecapean??? No….. no….. no….. still have extra energy to do another indo fiesta. Correct… correct…??? heuheuhee………….. Waduh…. ini bener bener pengalaman yang tidak akan dilupakan
Pas sabtu kemarin, tidak seperti sabtu sabtu biasa nya. Sabtu kemarin menjadi sabtu yang luar biasa. Orang orang pada datang awal untuk siapin makanan, dandan, en latian. Pake sembunyi sembunyi lagi latian nya. Soal nya surprise……………..
4 dynamite yang bertanding : Rainbow vs M.A.D for God vs Metamorphosis vs Everything Can. Dan dynamite yang meledak nya paling kenceng jatuh pada Everything Can Group (INDO B2). Congratulation ya……….. Btw Ben and Jerry coupon nya bagi bagi donk. Kan kata nya brother and sister….. so must love and share each other k? :p Thank you ^-*
Thank God for this lovely family…………
Rainbow……..
M.A.D people….. :p Make A Different for God………..
metamorphosis…. kupu kupu cantik……. ^-^
everything can……. hahahaha……
wow….. look elegant… ^-*
sosis…. sosis…. sosis…… smua nya sosis……. :p
butterfly jelly…. yummy…
gado gado spore-msia-indo
Do you think your life semua nya baek baek dan lancar lancar aja? Pasti kalian semua pernah ngalami yang nama nya kesedihan, kepahitan, kekecewaan, dan kesusahan. Tapi ingat kita punya Bapa yang selalu care dan bekerja secara secara dasyat. Seperti yang Tuhan janjiin di Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”. God works beyond our strength….. pray continually………… (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Di sini ada satu brother yang mau share his testimony. Gimana dia really bawa semua struggle dia di hadapan Tuhan, dan gimana dia bisa tetap strong and courageous.
Ufong – On 14th May 2007, I went home after my bible study and my mom called me. She told me that my dad has been caught by the police. I asked my mom, WHEN?? WHY??? WHAT HAPPEN??? TELL ME THE STORY……. But at that time, my mom never gave me the answer. Next day, I could not work, I was in the office, but my mind keep thinking about that problem. Since that day, I keep calling my mom every day just to ask about my family condition. My sister told me that my mom ate nothing since my dad was caught and the cops keep kicking my dad and hitting my dad’s eyes. I was very worry about my mom and my dad. But i can do nothing here in Singapore. 1 month later, my mom still hide the truth from me. This month I really hesitated, I want to go for church camp and go back to Indo as well. I pray then I ask my mom, do I need to go back to Indo, I can leave everything here and go back to Indo to help her. But my mom said, “No need, you can go for your camp. Just pray for your dad”. After the camp, I talked with my sister and asked how were the conditions. My sister said, there is 1 relative from my dad came to help my mom. He is a lawyer. In my mind, wow…. there is someone help my mom now, I do not need to worry as much as before. But I was wrong. That person only want to get some money from my mom when my dad not around. All my dad and mom family stay away, and no one want to help my mom. And then the police asked for Rp. 80,000,000 to release my dad. My mom doesn’t want to bribe the cops. While I was still in Indo, my mom would ask me to deposit the money from the business into the bank. Now that I am in Singapore, and on one day she was busy and she asked my relative to help to deposit the money but he was robbed, and Rp. 30,000,000 was gone. Beside that, in business my mom lost Rp. 60,000,000 cheated by her old customer. Every bad things happened to my family at the same time. When my sister told me, I feel really frustrated. I want to go back to Indo and help my mom. I want to see my mom. Even though I don’t know what can I do to help her, but at least I can give my mom moral support. My mom said…. “No need to come back to INDO, just PRAY”. This time I even can’t pray for myself, then I asked my CG, my shepherd, and Yin San to pray for me and my family…. Thanks God for my CG. He put me in this CG and He used His people, my CG to support me when I am down. August 2007, in this month I pray to God. “God this month is my birthday. Can I ask something for my birthday gift? I want to see my mom. It has been 3 months since my dad has been caught. “Once again God was really a good God, a faithful God. Last month my mom and my sister come to Singapore 1 week before my birthday. I never asked my mom to come. But in fact she came here and we can met each other. Thanks God for my birthday present….. ^^ This time I asked my mom to tell the truth. Finally I know what exactly happened to my family. We pray together for my dad. Pray for God protection, pray for my dad salvation…. and you know 19 Sept 2007, my dad message me and said “He received Christ. He pray everyday.” He also told me to “Pray everyday, involved in ministry.” Really THANKS GOD for my dad salvation. Through the things that have happened, I have reminded a few things. Firstly, Gos is a faithful GOD. He is faithful to His words and He will not let His people down. He will works for good in all of our circumstances. Like what is written in Deuteronomy 7:9 “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, He is the faithful God, keeping His covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep His commands.” Secondly, only God can do everything. We as a human do what we can do. We do the best that we can do, and God will do the rest for us. Therefore, in the midst of your problem… trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your understanding (Proverbs 3:5). Lastly, nothing impossible for God. So I want to encourage the brothers and sisters to continue to put our trust in the Lord despite the circumstances. And God will honor you when you want to follow His will. Amen!!! Thank you.
Ini dia kelanjutan bible conference dari yang minggu lalu. Yeah…….^-* Topic yang dibahas gak kalah seru nya lo…… heuhue…..^-^
Topic pertama tentang “Blessings due to being word-centred people and curses due to disobeying the word.” Wow…. serem juga ya. Not only blessing but curses. This curses not because God does not love us, but this is an act of tough love Kalo kita being a word-centered people, God will blessed us prosperity, stability, eternal life, possessing the land, victory, protection, wisdom, and understanding. Nah…. kenapa orang Kristen juga bisa di curse??? Karena mereka disobey God’s word. Contoh contoh curse nya punishment, failure, shame, unfruitfulness, barrenness, poverty, diseases, even death. Ih…. ngeri kan???? Maka nya obey God oce?
Topic kedua mengenai “Meaning of word centeredness”. Maksud nya we need to do, obey the word, keep and seek the word, walk and live by the word, understand and read it, study and examine the word, meditate, store it up, take hold, be equipped, apply, suffer for it, memorize, respond, and stand firm on the word. Ga boleh pilih salah satu nya doank. Tapi harus semua nya di laksanakan. Easy??? Hard??? Are you a word centered people? :0)
So….. what must we do to be word centered? Ini lah topic ketiga yang dibahas dalam minggu ini. Kita perlu teach God’s word dalam arti kata passing God’s word to others and seize every opportunity to impart. Beside of that, kita juga perlu showing the way to live according to the bible, talking about God’s word, and writing the word. Cukup menantang gak??? :p
Lastly we learnt about “The early church was a word centered church”. Early church menjadi contoh untuk kita di mana mereka obey, respond, and use God’s word as their direction. Hasil nya mereka grew in numbers just because they procalimed God’s word. Amazing rite? So powerful……….
This round gak ketinggalan ada 3 temen kita lagi yang mau share their testimony.
Ufong – Wah.. bible conference? Datang kaga ya?? Jujur aja pertama bingung mau dateng ato kagak. Tapi sekarang bisa nyesel kalo waktu itu kagak datang…^^ Apa yang aq dapat dari lesson 5-8?? Hhmm…. selain memberikan blessing buat orang orang yang taat pada Nya, Tuhan juga meng curse orang orang yang tidak taat dan tidak setia. Ini bener bener real dan nyata in my life.. Tuhan itu bener bener Allah yang setia, semua nya terjadi indah sesuai dengan waktu Nya. Mungkin kadang kita merasa kita dapat curse, tapi bukan berarti selama nya curse itu akan ada pada kita, asal kita bener bener kembali ke Tuhan, curse itu pasti akan diganti dengan blessing. Next… WOG itu bukan cuma di dengar tapi harus kita lakuin dalam semua aspek kehidupan kita, baik itu action, attitude, dll. Selain kita lakuin, kita juga harus share WOG. Menurut aq yang paling penting kita sebagai Christians, harus punya integrity sebagai seorang christians. Jangan terpengaruh lingkungan. Wah…. lagi ama temen temen greja harus baik baik, tapi begitu di office, cuma kristen sendirian di office jadi malu. Tapi harus sebalik nya. Melalui gaya hidup kita sehari hari… kita bawa pengaruh ke lingkungan sekitar kita. Kagak nyesel deh dateng ke Bible Conference….. ^0^
Vero – Pertama tama seneng banget gereja bisa ngadain district bible conference ini and bisa join, apalagi temanya itu “word centered church”. Pas banget… soal e salah satu vision gue itu be a word centered person. Sebenernya uda dari sejak church camp gue bertekad buat baca bible dengan konsisten, and mengetahui lebih dalem lagi tentang firman Tuhan. Tapi setelah 3 bulan jadi agak mundur hehe….. And setelah attend conference kemaren jadi belajar banyak klo baca bible itu bener bener penting and we must appreciate every word hehe…. Kaya baca surat cinta gitu cuma dari Tuhan jadi musti dihayati and klo bisa diafal juga biar pas kalo kita lagi ada masalah ato mo ngambil keputusan yang penting dalam hidup kita, kita tau ayat mana yg bisa kita claim dari Tuhan (apa yang Tuhan bilang and janji janji Tuhan). And yang paling penting dari semuanya apapun yang Tuhan bilang kita musti obey (100%), karena klo kita obey Dia fully, blessings will be poured upon us (Psalms 1:1-3). Selain itu kita juga harus teach the word of God fully, outreach to our friends, and set an example to other people by showing the way we live as a word-centered person. So mari kita sama sama belajar and melengkapi diri kita dengan firman Tuhan mulai hari ini. hehe….. Sekarang gue uda mulai baca alkitab mulai dari depan lagi and hopefully bisa selese baca 1 alkitab taon depan. And gue juga mo encourage brothers and sisters to start reading bible. Thank you and God bless.
Velly – At the beginning gua gak expect banyak dari bible conference. But at the first day, ada satu hal yang mengejutkan gua. Waktu itu saat Yin San ask you to tell someone next to you that “I will obey God’s word 100%”. Sebener nya kata kata ini udah gak asing bagi gua and seinget gua tuh kata kata ini udah pernah keluar dari mulut gua. Tapi saat itu kok rasa nya it is very hard to say it out ya…… This thing make me ponder for a while, and things that come into my thought is that I am willing to obey 100% of God’s word, but without realizing that it might be obeying in my bias. Something like I thought I am obeying, but actually I am not. Really thanks God for this as I can be more aware on this and really believe that when we have God’s word in us, we surely live a joyful life.
