Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent Lent is the most important time of the year to nurture our inner life. It is the time during which we not only prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, but also the death and resurrection that constantly takes place within us. Life is a continuing process of the death of the old and the familiar, and being reborn again into a new hope, a new trust, and a new love. The death and resurrection of Jesus therefore is not just an historical event that took place a long time ago, but an inner event that takes place in our heart when we are willing to be attentive to it. Lent offers a beautiful opportunity to discover the mystery of Christ within us. It is a gentle but also demanding time. It is a time of solitude but also community, it is a time of listening to the voice within, but also a time of paying attention to other people's needs. It is a time to continuously make the passage to new inner life as well as to life with those around us. When we live Lent attentively and gently, then Easter can truly be a celebration during which the full proclamation of the risen Christ will reverberate into the deepest place of our being. -- Henri Nouwen, Called to Life, Called to Love: Lenten Reflections from the Works of Henri J.M. Nouwen The Inner Voice of Love A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom

Apakah yang dapat kita katakan tentang hal-hal ini? Jika Allah ada di pihak kita, siapa yang akan melawan kita? Roma 8:31 FAYH https://bible.com/bible/2727/rom.8.31.FAYH

Pr. Matthew Singh

Janji Tuhan Yesus adalah Ya dan Amin.. Pasti Dia menggenapinya tepat waktu.. Percayalah dan bersabarlah menantikan janji-Nya itu..

Menikmati jamahan hadirat Tuhan Yesus adalah waktu yang sangat istimewa.. Gunakan kesempatan yang istimewa bersama Dia sebaik-baiknya..

Kekhuatiran memberatkan hati, tetapi kata-kata yang baik menggembirakannya. ‭‭

Yesus berkata kepada murid-murid-Nya, "Biarkan kanak-kanak kecil itu datang kepada-Ku; jangan larang mereka, kerana orang seperti itulah yang empunya kerajaan syurga." ‭‭

Segala yang kamu katakan dan lakukan haruslah dengan nama Tuhan Yesus sambil mengucap syukur kepada Bapa kita Allah melalui-Nya. Kolose 3:17 AVB https://bible.com/bible/2271/col.3.17.AVB

Hendaklah Saudara selalu mengucap syukur kepada Allah dan Bapa kita dalam nama Tuhan kita Yesus Kristus. Efesus 5:20 FAYH https://bible.com/bible/2727/eph.5.20.FAYH

Saya akhiri surat ini dengan kata-kata: Berbahagialah. Tumbuhlah di dalam Kristus. Camkanlah apa yang telah saya katakan. Hiduplah dengan rukun dan damai. Kiranya Allah, sumber kasih dan sejahtera, menyertai Saudara. 2 Korintus 13:11 FAYH https://bible.com/bible/2727/2co.13.11.FAYH

Aku yakin bahawa Allah yang telah memulakan suatu pekerjaan yang baik dalam dirimu akan menyudahkannya hingga hari Yesus Kristus.

Namun demikian, anak-anakku, kamu milik Allah. Kamu telah menewaskan nabi-nabi palsu itu, kerana roh yang ada padamu lebih berkuasa daripada roh yang ada di dalam dunia.