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My ClusterMaps

Halloween VS Christian

Should Christians participate in Halloween?

What does the Bible say ?

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 (“Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil.
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James 1:27 (“keep oneself from being polluted by the world”)

3 John 1:11 (“do not imitate what is evil”)

Romans 12:9 (“abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
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Deuteronomy 18:9-14 (do not learn to imitate detestable ways, including spiritists, sorcerers and witchcraft)

Ephesians 5:11-12 (“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness” / “live as children of light”)

1 Timothy 4:1 (don’t “follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons”)

1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17 (“what fellowship can light have with darkness?”)

Philippians 4:8 (think about pure, lovely, noble things)

1 Corinthians 11:1 (“follow the example of Christ”)

1 Corinthians 10:31 (“whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God”)

James 4:7-8 (submit yourselves to God / resist the devil / purify your hearts)

Ezekiel 44:23 (“…teach my people… to distinguish between the unclean and the clean.
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Proverbs 22:6 (“train a child in the way he should go”)

Matthew 18:6 (“if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin…”)

Hosea 4:6 (“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
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John 3:19-20 (people love darkness instead of light)

Romans 13:12 (“put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
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Ephesians 6:11-18 (“take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
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1 John 5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Business Card

This business card offended me… at first!

Posted: 28 Sep 2008 12:41 PM CDT

I want to pass on to you something a fellow shared with me after a seminar one time.

He gave me a business card that said:

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

At first, I read it as…

Opportunity is nowhere.

How gloomy? Who would pass out a business card saying opportunity is nowhere? Someone’s had some tough experiences… lol.

But then, I took another look at the card and I saw something different this time.

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

It didn’t say, “Opportunity is nowhere.”

In fact, it said quite the opposite.

It said, “Opportunity is NOW here.”

How could I have missed that?

Well, the truth is that many people can look at the same situation and perceive two different things!

One person can see opportunity… another person can see despair.

One person can notice all the positive things about a situation, where the other person may notice all the shortcomings.

It’s called perception.

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE

How do you see things?

Do you see the glass as half empty or half full?

Perception is everything!

I’ll leave you with a quote by Wayne Dyer…

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Until next time —

pemulung Agung

Pemulung Agung

Suatu hari, di sekolah minggu seorang guru bertanya kepada anak-anak, seperti apa ayah mereka.

Ibu guru : Anaka-anak, coba sekarang kalian bandingkan antara papa kalian dengan Tuhan Yesus! Mulai dari kamu andre!

Andre : Papaku adalah seorang dokter,jadi aku yakin Tuhan Yesus pasti Dokter yang lebih hebat..

Johny : Papaku seorang guru. Tapi kata orang sih Yesus itu lebih hebat adri semua guru, termasuk papaku.

Bobby : Kalau aku lain lagi. Bapakku seorang pengacara, tapi aku yakin seyakin-yakinnya Tuhan Yesus itu pengacara yang lebih hebat. Seluruh bumi aja bisa Dia bela, hebat nggak tuh..

Ibu guru : Bagus, bagus. Ada yang lain?

Tomi : Saya bu! Papa saya seorang hakim yang adil banget lho bu.. kemarin aja abru nanganin kasus korupsi. Tapi Yesus pasti dong jauh lebih hebat.

Setelah dengan bangga bercerita tentang ayah-ayah mereka, tinggal seorang anak lagi yang harus bercerita.

Semua anak : Daniel, bagaimana denganmu? Ceritakan tentang ayahmu!

Daniel : (sambil tertunduk malu dengan mata berkaca-kaca dan suara tertahan) bapakku seorang pemulung…

Tiba-tiba seisi kelas menjadi ribut dengan suara ejekan kepada Daniel “huuu, anak pmulung nih yee..”

Ibu guru : Tenang,,semuanya tenang! Biarkan Daniel melanjutkan ceritanya.! Daniel, teruskan..!

Daniel : Bapakku hanya seorang pemulung, tapi aku banggadan bersyukur untuk hal itu ,karena jika tidak demikian dia tak akan pernah menemukan aku waktu aku lahir dan dibuang oleh orang tua kandungku di tempat pembuangan sampah yang kotor dan bau. Karena dia maka aku bisa ada sebagaimana aku saat ini. Jadi aku yakin Tuhan Yesus adalah lebih dari sekedar pemulung. Dia adalah seorang Pemulung Agung yang rela turun ke dalam tempat yang paling kotor dan bau sekalipun (dosa-red) hanya untuk memungut dan menjadikan kita indah. Sekalipun kita tertolak dan dibuang oleh dunia, Dia rindu untuk mengubah kita. Terima kasih Papa Yesus..!!!

Semua anak : Daniel, maafkan kami. Sekarang kami mengerti, sehebat apapun ayah kami, tanpa Yesus semuanya sia-sia.

Diceritakan ulang oleh : Jack Loloin

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