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Kisah Cinta Sejati Di Balik Natal

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Kisah Cinta Sejati di Balik Natal  Meskipun Natal adalah hari yang paling dirayakan di dunia, hal ini dapat memiliki arti yang berbeda bagi setiap orang. Ini adalah musim liburan musim dingin yang indah bagi sebagian orang, ini adalah liburan sekolah yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh para siswa, ini adalah waktu SALE yang besar bagi para pembelanja, waktu untuk merayakan keluarga bersama Santa, waktu untuk pulang ke kampung halaman bagi para pekerja di luar negeri, waktu untuk merayakan kelahiran tentang Yesus bagi umat beragama, dan masih banyak lagi makna yang kita persepsikan tentang Natal.  Bagi saya semuanya bagus karena saya sangat menikmati semua makna Natal, selain itu saya menyukai suara Jazz & orkestra dari lagu-lagu Natal ke mana pun saya pergi, dan itu memberi saya alasan untuk memainkan semua lagu Natal yang saya tahu juga. Oh...dan jangan lupa meluangkan waktu untuk berjalan-jalan di Orchard Road untuk melihat dekorasi Natal, betapa hebatnya jalan yang kita miliki di Singapur
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The Real Love Story Behind Christmas

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The Real Love Story Behind Christmas While Christmas is the most celebrated day in the world it could mean differently to individual person. It is a wonderful winter holiday season to some, it's a long awaited school holiday for students, it's a big SALE time for shoppers, time to celebrate family with Santa, time to celebrate the birth of Jesus for the religious, and many more meanings that we perceive about Christmas. To me they all are good, I could enjoy all meanings of Christmas, on top of that I love the Jazz & orchestral sounding of Christmas Carols where ever I go, and that gives me reason to play all the Christmas songs I know. Oh...and don't forget to spend time to stroll at Orchard Road to see the Christmas decoration, what a great street we have here in Singapore. I feel like extending the season as long as I could, I totally agree with Andy William, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year". While I personally don't believe that Jesus was
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Makna di balik Joy To The World, Kesembuhan Ilahi Di Konser Ukulele - Daniel Purnomo, Mike Reyes

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Dalam Konser Ukulele Natal 2022 saya di Crane, Robertson Quay, Singapura, saya membagikan pesan yang menurut saya adalah pesan yang digambarkan "Joy To The World". Nada do tinggi (i) ke do biasa (1) mengibaratkan Tuhan yang dari sorga turun ke dunia. Natal adalah tentang kabar baik, Tuhan mengutus Anak-Nya untuk menebus kita (manusia) bahkan dari kesalahan dan keputusasaan kita sendiri. Natal dirayakan dalam banyak cara dan kita semua mungkin mendapat manfaat darinya dengan satu atau lain cara, ini adalah waktu terindah dalam setahun. Namun di luar BAGAIMANA kita merayakannya, kita juga bisa fokus pada SIAPA yang kita rayakan, yaitu Roh Natal itu sendiri. Bagaimanapun Natal adalah kisah cinta seperti yang tertulis dalam Yohanes 3:16 "Karena begitu besar kasih Allah akan dunia ini sehingga Ia mengaruniakan (gift/anugerah) Anak-Nya yang tunggal, agar barangsiapa yang percaya kepada-Nya tidak binasa melainkan memiliki hidup yang kekal." Artinya Putra Allah adalah anuge
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Joy To The World's Message, Divine Healings in a Ukulele Concert - Daniel Purnomo, Mike Reyes

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In my Christmas Ukulele Concert 2022 at Crane, Robertson Quay, Singapore I was sharing the message I feel "Joy To The World" is depicting. Christmas is all about good news, God send His Son to redeem us (human) even from our own mistakes and hopelessness. Christmas is celebrated in many ways and all of us might benefit from it in one way or another , it's the most wonderful time of the year. Nevertheless beyond HOW we celebrate, we also could focus on WHO we celebrate, which the Christmas Spirit Himself. After all Christmas is a story of love as it's written in John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." It means God's Son is the gift of Christmas. And the Gift is still giving, His divine gifts manifest as divine wisdom, favour, breakthroughs and healings. I was blessed to witness divine healings happened through Mike Reyes in the concert with no
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How do we agree with life and long life?

There are 2 contrasting remarks from 2 elderlies in the Bible An 85 years old Caleb said in Joshua 14:11 "As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me (when he was 40 years old); just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in." And let's read some conversation between Barzillai & King David in 2 Samuel 19:33-35 "The king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will provide for you at my side in Jerusalem.” But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king? I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?" Proverbs 18:21 New King James Version 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. Our gracious &
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Apakah Kita Menyembah Allah Yang Megalomania Yang Menuntut Kesetiaan Kita?

Apakah Kita Menyembah Allah Yang Megalomania Yang Menuntut Kesetiaan Kita? August 04, 2022 Ini hanya sharing pribadi, hanya sehari setelah Natal 2020....beberapa refleksi tentang apa yang dulu saya lihat/pikirkan/percaya. Saat saya remaja saya memiliki pemikiran religius bahwa ketika saya menyembah Tuhan maka Dia akan menyelamatkan saya selamanya dan saya akan ke surga suatu hari, dan sebaliknya berarti ketika saya tidak Dia akan mengirim saya ke neraka. Ini cukup menakutkan ... jadi saya menyembah Tuhan. Tapi jauh di lubuk hati saya, saya dengan tulus selalu berpikir bahwa Dia semacam mafia megalomania. Mengapa Dia membutuhkan orang untuk selalu memihak-Nya sementara Dia seharusnya cukup aman sebagai Yang Mahakuasa? Hidupku cukup baik, tapi mengapa "Pribadi berkuasa di atas sana" ini memberiku peringatan yang terdengar lebih seperti ancaman bagiku? Apakah itu terdengar seperti latihan gangster? Kita perlu membayar beberapa pembalasan kepada "Godfather" untuk kesela
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Are We Worshipping Megalomania God Who Demands Our Devotion?

It's just a personal sharing, just a day after Christmas 2020....some reflection about what I used to see/think/believe. When I was growing I had a religious thought that when I worship God then He'll save me eternally and I'm going to heaven one day, and the opposite means when I don't He'll send me to hell. It's pretty scary...so I worship God. But deep down in me I sincerely always thought that He's kind of a megalomania mafia. Why He needs people to always side Him while He's supposed to be secured enough as the Almighty one? My life was pretty decent, but why this "Guy up there" gave me warning that sounded more like a threat to me? Does it sound like a gangster's practice? We need to pay some retribution to the "godfather" for our own safety, or else he'll harm us. I thought, "Why He needs my praise & worship. Is he like a megalomania that indulge in others' appraisal?". Imagine, we as human ourselves..
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