Ayah Steven adalah seorang yang keras dan kasar kepada anaknya. Apapun yang Steven lakukan, kalau ia berbuat salah, ayahnya tidak akan segan-segan untuk memukulnya. Hal itu menimbulkan dendam yang sangat dalam di hati Steven. Steven benar-benar benci kepada ayahnya. Hati Steven pedih dan penuh dengan luka akibat perbuatan ayahnya. Bagi Steven, narkoba adalah jawaban atas segala kebencian dan kepedihan terhadap ayahnya. Karena keinginan hatinya untuk menyenangkan dirinya begitu besar, Steven pun mulai terikat dengan narkoba. Sang ibu, Henny, sempat menemukan obat-obatan miliknya. Henny tidak pernah mengetahui bentuk narkoba itu seperti apa. Barang haram itu pun hanya disangka vitamin oleh Henny.
Narkoba yang dipikirnya bisa memberikan kesenangan dalam hidupnya, malah membuat Steven menuju ke ambang kehancuran. Saat memakai narkoba Steven memang merasa hatinya tenang dan dirinya adalah seorang yang lebih hebat daripada yang lain. Sewaktu masih bersekolah di STM, Steven adalah siswa yang suka tawuran. Dia adalah kepala geng bagi anak-anak di sekolahnya.
Pada suatu ketika, anjing piaraan Steven hamil. Steven ketakutan setengah mati, dia takut kalau anak anjing itu adalah hasil hubungannya dengan anjing piaraannya. Dalam kepanikannya, Steven menendang dan memukul anjingnya sampai mati. Hidup Steven telah hancur gara-gara narkoba. Bagi sang ibu, hanya doa yang bisa dilakukan untuk kesembuhan anak tercintanya. Henny senantiasa berdoa dan bergumul khusus untuk Steven.
Dalam sebuah ibadah, Steven menemani Henny, sang ibu yang tengah berbicara di tengah orang banyak. Saat itu Henny menjadi pembicara sedangkan Steven menjadi pemain gitarnya. Steven tidak menyangka bahwa ibunya akan mengucapkan kata-kata yang sangat menusuk hatinya. Dengan jelas Steven mengingat setiap perkataan ibunya, "Saya berdoa untuk anak saya. Saya bersyukur, doa saya dijawab Tuhan. Saat ini anak saya, Steven, sudah bisa melayani Tuhan."
"Tuhan terima kasih, ada orang tua yang berdoa meskipun sudah saya kibulin, namanya tercemar karena saya, dan mami bilang anak saya seorang pecandu. Saat itu mami buka semua aib saya. Tapi mami tidak malu. Dia tetap menghargai saya sebagai anaknya," ucap Steven mengungkapkan kekagumannya akan sosok Henny, ibunya. Steven akhirnya terlepas dari narkoba dan dari semua kebiasaan buruk yang telah membelenggu hidupnya. Bahkan hubungannya dengan sang ayah pun telah dipulihkan. Ayah Steven mulai dipulihkan saat ia menyaksikan sendiri bagaimana Steven masuk di dalam pelayanan.
"Saya berterima kasih sama Tuhan. Karena kalau Steven tidak berubah, mungkin kita tidak bisa mengubah hidup orang lain. Saya juga terjun di pelayanan sebenarnya karena diajak Steven," kisah Efraim, adik Steven. "Tidak ada orang yang mengatakan sedemikian luar biasa kepada saya selain Yesus ketika Dia mengatakan, ‘Steven, Aku cinta kamu.' Itu sudah cukup bagi saya. Saya tahu bawa Dia mencintai saya," ujar Steven penuh haru sambil menutup kesaksiannya. (Kisah ini sudah ditayangkan 17 Desember 2007 dalam acara Solusi di SCTV). Sumber Kesaksian :Steven Imanuel Bawole![]() | |
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Tuhan Yesus, aku menyadari bahwa aku seorang berdosa yang tidak bisa menyelamatkan diriku sendiri. Aku membutuhkan Engkau. Aku mengakui bahwa aku telah berdosa terhadap Engkau. Saat ini aku minta agar darah-Mu menghapuskan segala kesalahanku. Hari ini aku mengundang Engkau, Tuhan Yesus, mari masuk ke dalam hatiku. Aku menerima Engkau sebagai Tuhan dan Juru Selamat satu-satunya dalam hidupku. Aku percaya bahwa Engkau Yesus adalah Tuhan yang telah mati dan bangkit untuk menyelamatkan dan memulihkanku. Terima kasih Tuhan, di dalam nama Tuhan Yesus Kristus aku berdoa. Amin! | |
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Sabtu, 02 Agustus 2008

DILEPASKAN DARI NARKOBA, BESTIALITAS (Hubungan seksual antara manusia dan hewan), DAN ONANI - Kesaksian Steven Imanuel Bawole
Jumat, 01 Agustus 2008

Freedom

I am suppose to speak to a group of women at my church in a few weeks. Not knowing exactly what to speak about, I have been in prayer. But, I saw an email that went out to the women leaders of this group that said I would be speaking on being peculiar and doing a inner healing on the entire group of listeners.
So, there you have it. Prayer answered.
I started thinking, how do these two things relate. I sat down and started writing and realized the connection is great.
Most of the Christian people are not peculiar. They appear to be like everyone else. It is very hard, in a crowd, to pick out the Christian from anyone else. Why?
So, here is the focus of my speech. We are not peculiar because we have unresolved issues that lie inside of us that hold us back. These issues have to do with perception. This perception includes how we see our selves and worry about how others will see us.
Fear of man and fear of self. We fear of making a fool of ourselves. Finding the issues inside of ourselves that creates this fear will have to be the next step.
What kind of issues are there that create such fear? To name a few:
I was told to not make a fool out of myself.
As a child, I was hurt, emotionally, every time I tried to express myself.
Told, "what will the neighbors think" when I look different.
Came to believe all the above.
All these words and deeds not only keep us from being peculiar, they also, keep us from pure worship. We stifle the desire to fall to our knees, bow before the Lord or dance with the joy of the Lord.
We are called peculiar seven time in the Bible.
Exodus 19:5
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Deuteronomy 14:2
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy 26:18
And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
Psalm 135:4
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light
Even though God calls us peculiar we ignore that call. We concentrate on other things that God has called us and leave this one alone. We, has Christians, need to find a place of freedom inside of ourselves, that brings freedom to be a peculiar people.
Rabu, 30 Juli 2008
Claim You Winnings
Life is full of winning and losing. It would seem that every aspect of our lives is about one or the other. I suppose I have always seen life as a game because, I have always said "I am not as survivor, I am a victor".
The word survivor has always, seemed to me, to have a negative connotation. It is good to survive....don't get me wrong. But, it is wrong to always see ones self as a survivor instead of changing that thinking, eventually too, I live in victory. If I am continually surviving, I have not conquered my ordeal.
Salvation is a gift from God. Not one to believe, once saved always saved, I see keeping my salvation as being a winner.
Someone whispered to me the other day, in their moment of torment, that they were going to lose their salvation. Life is never simple, but we must pick sides. To either be on the winning side or the losing side. Black or white, right or wrong, truth or the lie.
I have a brother, whom once was on the winning side. He praised God. Was born again and now walks around losing the game. He has chose to change sides. He sees my side as losing.
It is, at times, harder to be on the winning side. Victory never comes easy. One must keep the mentality of striving. You can see this thinking in any game. In baseball for example. The side that is winning has an attitude of security. But, the challenger keeps up the pressure and one false move on the part of the winning team and all can be lose. So, the pressure is always on.
Staying on the winning side of life, brings challenges. The losing side is always after the winning side. The winners must stay alert and cautious. Salvation is not to be toyed with. Satan and the world views are always waiting for a mis-step so they can have the victory. Like baseball, there is a winner and a loser. Like war, which is what we are in, there is a victor and a loser. What is your mentality? Are you a victor? Or do you survive?
Living in victory bring joy and a assurity of the outcome of the game. A victor knows that they will win where a survivor has no such assurance. As Christians we should know that victory is ours and that each battle we fight is ours. It is already won. But, if I am in survival mode, then I am lazy in my thinking, tired and stuck. Walk out of survival and claim victory over life and the games that tear you down. Life is to short to just survive. Find the attitude of victory and claim you winnings.
Senin, 28 Juli 2008

Fall from Grace

Sometimes it feels as if you can only watch as Satan grabs and destroys. He sneaks up on people and steals their joy, love and their very life. His tactics are subtle at times and we can be in the arms of his evil before it is recognized and then we have to start to fight our way back to the security of God.
Why do good people, people who love God and worship Him with their lives, succumb to his evil plans? Are we not alert enough? Are we not truly following the plans that God has for us? Where does it all go wrong?
The temptations of the world, I suppose, can come upon us and we lose our grip on God. But, that seems such an easy answer. You could say, that people who fall into sin were truly never saved. But, that would be a way of alleviating the chance of my own fall from grace. We have all heard the excuses and causes of believers falling from grace, but, right now, for me, it is all just that, an excuse. Where in lies the truth? Why do God's beloved children turn from His very presence and instead choose to do evil?
It seems to me, to be such a foreign thing, turning from God. To deliberately create a situation in my life where I fall into the arms of hell. But, I have learned this weekend, that thinking that one could never choose evil over God, after knowing Him in an intimate way, is an unsafe way of thinking. I have seen the righteous fall from grace and I find it all to much of a slippery slope.
How easy it can be to move closer to Satan and further from God? Pretty easy. It does not even take much thinking. Suddenly, their you are following the one who destroys life and leaving the one who gives life. Does not matter the years of knowing God, nor the depth nor intensity of that relationship disaster can come. As day turns to night, the light of God begins to fade. The call into a life of darkness begins to control our every thought and soon the voice of God fades into the darkness of that long cold night.
I struggle with the whys in life. I see the righteous fall into the darkness and I weep, I wail, I feel the pain of God and I scream, I intercede, I fall on my face. My tears dry up and I feel lost. Not understanding how a life so abundant in the Lord can suddenly be controlled by the dark. Are we really so vulnerable to the evil of this world? Can all our lives be, in the twinkling of an eye, swallowed up by the schemes of Satan?
But, why? Where is our strength? Why do we walk away from our refuge? What is it in us that would choose to leave glory and walk into doom? I break inside whenever I think of our vulnerability. Do not delude yourself and think "I could never walk into darkness". The dark is only one thought away.
Minggu, 27 Juli 2008

RAHASIA bagian - bagian dari MANUSIA (Roh, Jiwa, dan Tubuh)
Seringkali kita mengatakan “tubuh, jiwa, dan roh”, padahal cara pengucapan Rasul Paulus berbeda, Paulus mengatakan “roh, jiwa, dan tubuh” (I Tes 5:23), karena memang bagian yang terpenting dari manusia pertama-tama adalah rohnya, baru kemudian jiwa, dan sesudah itu tubuh.
Marilah kita belajar membiasakan untuk mengucapkan: roh, jiwa, dan tubuh; karena dengan demikian akan menimbulkan kesadaran dalam hati kita bahwa kehidupan rohani manusia itulah yang paling diperhatikan oleh Tuhan.
1. ROH, di dalam roh manusia terdapat ruang-ruang:
1. Suara Hati – kemampuan untuk membedakan mana yang baik dan yang buruk.
2. Intuisi – kemampuan untuk merasakan / melihat kehadiran mahkluk roh.
3. Penyembahan – kemampuan untuk menyembah Allah dalam roh dan kebenaran.
2. JIWA, terdapat dari 6 ruang:
1. Pikiran
2. Kehendak
3. Emosi
(nomor 4,5,6 yang mengaitkan tubuh dan roh)
4. Alam Sadar
5. Alam Bawah Sadar
6. Alam Tidak Sadar
3. TUBUH, terdapat organ-organ tubuh yang penting:
· Otak, Jantung, Kelamin, dll.