INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER BUKALAH HATI DAN PIKIRAN ANDA UNTK MENDENGAR PESAN-NYA OPEN KEPADA ANDA HARI INI SAAT ANDA MENGHADAPI KEPUTUSAN YANG PERLU ANDA BUAT CERITA 1 DIA CANTIK, MUDA, BELUM MENIKAH. DIA TIDAK PUNYA IDE KARENA ORANG INI, HARI INI, HIDUPNYA AKAN BERUBAH SELAMA-LAMANYA. PERNAHKAH ANDA BERADA DALAM SITUASI DI MANA
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KEPUTUSAN DENGAN DECISION CEPAT, DAN KEPUTUSAN ITU AKAN MENGUBAH HIDUP ANDA SEPENUHNYA? JADI MEREKA MEMANGGIL RIBKA DAN BERTANYA PADANYA, “MAUKAH KAMU PERGI DENGAN PRIA INI?” “AKU AKAN PERGI,” KATANYA. —KEJADIAN 24:58. CERITA 2 DIA MENERIMA PESAN YANG JELAS DARI TUHAN DIA HARUS MELEWATKAN PESANNYA TAPI TIDAK MENGHARAPKAN THE RECEIVER WOULD NOT BE EXCITED—NOT EVEN INTERESTED. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION …WHERE DEMANDS SOMETHING HAPPENS
CHANGE THAT DEMANDS YOU
COMPLETELY CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS? “VERY WELL,” DEBORAH SAID, “I WILL GO WITH YOU.” —JUDGES 4:9, NLT STORY 3 SHE STOOD OUT BECAUSE SHE MARRIED A FOREIGNER. WHAT WAS TO HAPPEN TO HER? WHAT FUTURE WAS THERE FOR HER IN BEING THE FOREIGNER? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION DECISIONS YOU MUST MAKE DIFFICULT IN GRIEF DECISIONS WHEN LOVED ONES DIE AND YOU ARE GRIEVING? STORY 3
BUT RUTH REPLIED,
“DON’T URGE ME TO LEAVE YOU OR TURN BACK FROM YOU. WHERE YOU GO, “I WILL GO.” —RUTH 1:16, NIVUK STORY 4 HE’S DOING WHAT?” SHE WAS SHOCKED! SHE COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED HOW BAD THE NEWS WOULD BE. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A POSITION OF LEADERSHIP WHERE YOU SPEAK NEEDED TO MAKE A FOR OTHERS DIFFICULT DECISION OR NEEDED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF SOMEONE ELSE? “GO GATHER ALL THE JEWS WHO ARE IN SUSA AND FAST FOR ME. DO NOT EAT OR DRINK FOR THREE DAYS, NIGHT OR DAY. I AND MY MAIDS WILL FAST AS YOU DO. WHEN THIS IS DONE, I WILL GO.” —ESTHER 4:16, NIVUK STORY 5 HE COULD SEE THE FUTURE. HE WAS A VISIONARY LEADER. FOR MONTHS, IF NOT YEARS, HE HAD BEEN TRYING TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE FOR THE NEXT FEW DEVASTATING DAYS. STORY 5
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN
A SITUATION WHEN YOU
JUST NEEDED TO SAY
SOMETHING IMPORTANT SAY IT TO SOMEONE AT THE CROSSROADS OF LIFE? THEN JESUS TOLD THEM . . . “BUT AFTER I HAVE RISEN, I WILL GO AHEAD OF YOU TO GALILEE. —MATTHEW 26:31, 32, NIVUK AT THE CRUCIAL TIME IT AFFECTED THEM PERSONALLY OR THEIR WHOLE NATION, AND ONE THAT IMPACTED THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE, THEY NEEDED TO DECIDE ON A LIFE-CHANGING SITUATION. THEY MADE LIFE- CHANGING LIFE- DECISIONS THAT CAN CHANGING BE SUMMARIZED IN THESE THREE WORDS. GOD IS CALLING YOU. WHAT WILL YOU ANSWER? “I WILL GO!”