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Love woke me up this morning
With a memory
Love came and whispered a story
That awakened a dream

Imagine a beautiful castle
And a beautiful king
He left the comfort of his throne
To fight for victory

I am a dreamer
Take me higher
Open the sky up
Start a fire
I believe
Even if it's just a dream

Love woke me up this morning
And I ran to see
The king in the winners' circle
On the horse he won for me

Only a king would do anything
To protect the kingdom 



-Bethany Dillon-

the morning dew

It's lovely to see the morning dew falling down on the grass and the leaves... I feel refreshed if seeing that moment.

Two weeks ago... when I was in a prayer meeting, God gave me a vision when I was praying for someone... I saw the morning dew fell down on a leaf and made it refreshed again. 

I asked God what the meaning of that vision? And He told me about my friend whom I prayed for, that she wasn't in good feeling, many problems she had..include about her family. And God said that He wanted to refresh her at that moment.

I said to my friend as what God had told me. I prayed for her, and I saw tears falling down.

You know? I was very impressed by God... felt encouraged when my friend said, "it's true, Nov..."

It is great for me if when on my weakness I could still become a blessing for someone. 

Actually, for about 2 months I wasn't in a good situation. I felt in the deepest and lowest point of bored.

But God always knows when to comfort me. Hahahaha... ^^

Everytime I thank God for every circumstance He has allowed in my life.

I know God always knows the best for my life, and for all of you, too...

So... Let's enjoy our journeys!!!!

He's with you... ^^

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Where Can I Go ???

Two weeks ago I came to a Training for Cell Group in my church... I met someone whom I've known since I was a student of Senior High School. He is one of  brothers that I had in the cell community a few years ago. It's very long long time I haven't seen him... I knew that he got married with a woman from another church... he invited me to his wedding party, but I didn't come... then I've ever seen him last year in a Sunday Service of my church. But I couldn't talk with him.... And two weeks ago, the time was coming for me to meet him again... and we could speak each other... he introduced his wife, too...

As long as the training... I was thinking and thinking.... Something came to my heart saying that "How Great is our GOD!!!... His hand can pull the people whom He loves back to His side... I knew... that my friend had been lost for many years... I didn't know the reason why he ran away from the community... but one thing I know that God very very loves him and all his family...

I was reminded about another of my friend, too... Mario... he's younger than me... I met him at the wedding party of our friend a few months ago... the same story about Mario... but I heard that God's hand caught him, so he can stand and walk in God's ways.

When I saw and remembered these things, The verse of Songs of David was reminded in my heart.... 

"Where could I go to escape from You? Where could I get away from Your presence?"

The answer is.... WE COULDN'T !!!

His word never fails!!!

No matter how far we've run away from HIM... His hand's still upon us...

He's always ready to catch us when we fall...

He never leaves nor forsakes us alone and lonely...

He is JESUS... EMMANUEL...

Love in Action

Last year, God told me many times and taught me much about LOVE. To forgive and to give.

But if we talk about Love, it isn't about a nice word only... it's about an ACTION.

We're often trapped in a religious theory which thought in our minds and spoken in our mouths only.

We often forget to do it in action.

We're often trapped in complicated thinking...so it makes us forget the simple thing to do.

Actually, we can do "Love in Action" in a simple way... just with ONE Simple Word... It is "CARING"

We can start it in saying/asking : "How are you?"... and we can continue it deeper through question by question or motivational words which could encourage people that we meet (to whom we speak).

It's very easy, isn't it?

But, sometimes we are lazy to do it.

We've been tired with everything we face in everyday.

We just focus with ourselves.... We forget to be a blessing for other people...

I thank God for He has taught me to do it since last month... it's still the beginning of a new year... but it's so impressive for me. I could learn how to express my love to my friend, not just in listening of her story and struggle...but I thought how to express it in an action. Though it's very simple thing... and not much... but, I did it...

Beside that... I learned to express my love and burden for a social action in another city. I gave a little amount that I could give. Maybe it's little for others...but for me... it's much enough.

And there're still a few things I could do. But, both of the actions above are about Giving.

It's not caused and based on what much I had...but with all I had and could do... The other side, I'm still praying for what I need a month ahead... ^^ but, I learned to obey what God spoke to me.

Experience by Experience He allows in my life...

And I am Amazed in every opportunity He's given...

Friends, what experience that God allows in your life?

Let's enjoy it !!!

He'll teach you more and more...

Let's start "Love in Action" from a little thing.

Have a wonderful journeys...

He's with you.. ^^

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Be Joyful !!!

Let your hope keep you joyful,

be patient in your troubles,

and

pray at all times.

These weeks are running fastly... it's been the second month of 2011... many things happen in the beginning of this year... lovely, sad, sweet and so on...

If the good experience, it could make us happy and diligent to do something... but if it's sadly... sometimes we can't have a good response.

There's a lovely thing has happened at the beginning of this year... Lovely to do something good for others... to encourage for having enthusiastic passion in building relationship with God.

But at the other side, there's a sad story happened in my life... Again and again, it's about yielding my right... It happened last week... it's been more than one week right now, actually... When I was at a coffee shop, I did a careless thing that I'd never thought before, because in my mind I very trusted that place was a safety place.. so I left all my equipments for a while, except my wallet, to buy a cake at the bar of that cafe.

Maybe you can guess it fastly what had happened after...

I've lost something !!!

I've lost my beloved cell phones... both of them...

It's a terrible thing and I'd never thought or imagined it before... but it was a fact!!! hahaha...

But something different happened in me... it wasn't like me... I did a different response... I felt like I had been ready to face this thing... I wasn't angry with the man who has taken my cell phones... even I could bless that people and the family. Maybe they needed money, I thought... But I was sad because of the datas only...

I learn in practice about "Yielding my right"... I could release all my cell phones, and I said to some people... All of my stuffs are belong to GOD, they are from GOD, the money that I have to buy them is from GOD, too... so, if I lose them... the cheater doesn't have a business with me... but she/he has a business with GOD.

I learn to thank GOD... I learn to be joyful in everything...

I learn much through this matter.

I don't let the satan takes place of this matter...

I learn to keep my heart being joyful though it's sad thing for me.

I know that I have a Great God... A rich Heavenly Father...

HE can give me the new cell phones... hahaha... ^^

There's a power in giving HIM thanks... I've got a little support from my friend and my aunt to buy a new cell phone. That's a great thing for me... ^^

Thanks God for teaching me this valuable experience...

I learn to be more careful... ^^

And I pray for the people who has cheated my phones could know JESUS and becomes HIS disciple.

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A Confirmation

Friday, January 21th, 2011... there's a staff meeting on that day, where the elders shared the focus of this year. It wasn't like usual, the meeting was opened by one of the elders, Ps. Sofjan. I was surprised when he asked us to read a verse of Bible, 1 Cor 2:9...I said in my heart, "It's what I've got since my last birthday in November 2010"...then the second surprise came when he asked us to read Jer 33:3... again I said, "That's the second verse I've got before!!! at same moment, too...on my birthday.."

It's just the opening of the meeting... I felt how God so loves me, so He gave the confirmation through my pastor. For along the meeting I was amazed by His revelation by revelation He has given in my life. Many times He has spoken to me first before someone talked to me. Then after the sermon, when we worshipped and prayed, the third surprise came. Ps. Sofjan led the worship, then he got a vision to share.. he saw a bay where there were many people standing, but there were just a few who swimming.. whereas many things they could get from the inside of the water.

I said again in my heart... "God... It's almost same as what I've got before... a week ago... You showed me a vision about a seashore where I was sitting with You facing the sea in front of us... and You said that I had to sail... the new journey... with YOU..."

You know, friends? I was crying when the vision said... again I was overwhelmed by His love, grace and goodness in my life...

Those are the three things of confirmation that God has given to me.

• God will reveal His promises to me which I haven't seen, heard and thought before.
• God wants me to hear what He says for everything I do. He would tell me the wonderful and marvelous things that I know nothing about.
• The sailing I have to do with HIM.

Thanks God... the beautiful day with the beautiful confirmation.

Have Your ways in me, LORD... ^^

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...at the seashore...

A few days ago, I went to a meeting of ESC Team at the evening... I still didn't know the rundown of that meeting... Actually, I felt tired to attend that meeting, but I felt I had to go... beside that, I wanted to meet my friends in that team.. especially some of my best friends whom I didn't see for long time (a few months I think).

We talked about to hear what God wanted to say for our ministries this year. We had to have and to do what He wants, not just as a program. We needed to have prayer more than before for the revival in every camp. I confirmed with the sharing from the leader of Education Dept.

For along the sharing, I could see how good was my GOD... I'd been on those experiences before.

When the sharing's ended... we had prayer... when I closed my eyes, I saw Jesus directly on a vision. He was sitting on the rock at the seashore... He's robed in white...talking and smiling with me beside Him. He said that He so loved me.. I saw the sea and asked Him, "Father, should I go sailing to that wide sea?" and Jesus said that I should go sailing... He pointed to a boat near the seashore... He said that I should sail on that boat.. the small boat...

When I saw it, I just could think and think... how come?? and suddenly He said something to me, "Vi..don't be afraid, you will cross the sea with Me... I'll take you to have new experiences of journey... to a new place, too... I'm with you... I'm with you..."

How I couldn't hold the tears falling down that evening when I heard what God said to me... It's a new revelation for my life. He said that He was proud with my faithfulness to keep His promises in my heart, though I couldn't have an assurance for 1 thing I'd got since a few years ago.

He said that the time would come for me to harvest what i'd sowed. And I had to keep and walk by faith in Him. Just be still, He said.

Oh yes, I have had another vision before... it's in November 2010.. I saw that I was walking on a small path near the seashore...there's a trijunction and I should take and choose one of two ways... but Jesus said it's up to me what way I wanted to choose... left side or right side... because I would find the same ending point. You know, friends? The answer is right that I've arrived at the same seashore that God wanted me to stop to talk with Him before the Great Sailing.

Now, I still do not know how about the next journeys.. but 1 thing I know that God is with me... near by my side... to keep me safe on my great journeys of life.

Thanks Father... it's just what I can say...

Friends, how about your life? Still confuse at the trijunction to choose your way?

Let's come to Him... and hear what He wants you to choose.

He's with you all. so don't be afraid!!!

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