From the desk of National President Shalom .... Mitra Tuhan di marketplace,
ICCC (INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) ADALAH MIMBAR DIMANA PESAN KRISTUS BAGI KITA DI ZAMAN INI DIJABARKAN, DIBAGIKAN DAN DINYATAKAN TERHADAP DUNIA BISNIS
NEW NATIONAL BOARD National President Umbu Pekuwali Vice Presidents: Admin/Secretary Tonny Soetjoadi
Finance/Treasurer: Johanis S. Najoan
Membership/Mentoring/ Network Simon Aditan
Teaching / Training Benjamin B. Juwono
Business Development/ Micro-Enterprise Efendi Sitorus
Young Professional Maria Ellis Sitorus
BOARD OF ADVISORS Manimbul Luhut Sitorus
Intercessors Eliezer H. Hardjo
Kantor Nasional ICCC Indonesia: Website: www.iccc-indonesia.com Pertokoan Pulo Mas Blok B I / 8, Jalan Perintis Kemerdekaan. Jakarta 13260 Telp (021) 4890211, fax: (021) 4722274. E-mail: iccc.indonesia@yahoo.com
Selamat berjumpa kembali. Kita memasuki bulan Desember, bulan akhir dari perjalanan tahun 2016 yang luar biasa ini. Sebagian besar dari kita mungkin melalui tahun ini tidak seperti tahun sebelumnya, laju pertumbuhan usaha dan bisnis anda mungkin tidak seperti biasanya atau malah sebaliknya, apapun itu, mari kita tetap bersyukur karena semuanya mendatangkan kebaikan bagi setiap kita yang terpanggil menurut rencanaNYA yang mulia. Bukan hanya dari segi ekonomi bangsa kita mengalami tantangan tahun ini, namun juga secara politik, isu-isu penuh kontroversi begitu kuat mennguncang kebhinekaan bangsa kita, sepertinya ini tahun yang menantang setiap kita dalam dunia usaha secara pribadi maupun sebagai bangsa terhadap ideologi bangsa kita. Sahabatku yang terkasih didalam Tuhan, tetaplah usahakan kesejahteraan bangsa kita, karena disinilah Tuhan menempatkan kita. Dalam kesempatan ini, mewakili segenap National Board, saya mengucap syukur dan terimakasih atas terselenggaranya acara TWL (Transformed Working Life ) Seminar di Resto Talk Talk Jl. Pemuda no.24 Jakarta Timur. Dalam acara tersebut juga kita belajar bersama bagaimana website kita bisa berada di halaman depan mesin pencari Internet, sehingga penjualan usaha anda bisa maksimal tanpa Anda perlu mengeluarkan biaya. Ini waktu yang tepat tentunya bagi National Board untuk mengucapkan terimakasih untuk kesetiaan anda membaca edisi Newsletter ICCC Indonesia setiap bulan, mengikuti acara-acara yang diselenggarakan oleh ICCC-Indonesia dan juga mengucapkan selamat atas terpilihnya Pak Bambang Juwono sebagai Asian Regional Director of ICCC Segenap National mengucapkan :
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Sampai jumpa di edisi Tahun depan. Tuhan Yesus memberkati Anda sekeluarga. Umbu Pekuwali National President ICCC Indonesia www.iccc-indonesia.com
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ICCC-Indonesia,
MEMBERSHIP FEE
Bagi anda yang ingin bergabung dan member yang akan memperpanjang kartu keanggotaan anda untuk tahun 2017 agar segera menghubung Simon Aditan – V.P. Membership Domain (HP: +62816974647 atau email: simonaditan@yahoo.com
ICCC Indonesia telah menyelenggarakan seminar Transformed Working Life (TWL) series terbuka untuk Umum di Restoran Talk Talk, dengan alamat Jalan Pemuda Raya No. 23, Rawamangun,
Annual Membership Fee untuk tahun 2017 kategori Developing Nation menjadi Rp. 800.000 (delapan ratus ribu rupiah) dimana US$ 50 dikirim ke Kantor Pusat di Swedia sebagai syarat dan kewajiban International Membership
Seminar perdana diadakan pada hari Sabtu, tanggal 19 Nopember 2016, pkl. 09.00 – 12.00 dihadiri oleh sekitar 20 peserta training.
Jakarta Timur, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 13220
Membership Fee dapat ditransfer ke rekening ICCC Indonesia atau FORUKIN dibawah ini, dan mengirimkan bukti transfernya dengan fax ke alamat yang tercantum pada halaman pertama kiri bawah dari Newsletter ini: Rekening Bank: CIMB NIAGA BANK Cabang Senen - Jakarta No. 200-01-00012-00-0 a/n : Forum Komunikasi Usahawan Kristen Indonesia (FORUKIN).
Berikut laporan pandangan mata event tersebut yang cukup memberikan wawasana baru yang berguna dalam konteks bisnis praktis dan perspektip Alkitabiah:
Umbu Pekuwali National President ICCC Indonesia: Welcoming Speech & Sharing Visi and Purpose of the ICCC
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Johanis S. Najoan menyampaikan kesaksian Walking in Biblical Integrity in Business
Opening Prayer
Peserta Seminar nampak serius mendengarkan para pembicara dan pembawa kesaksian
Maria E. Sitorus worship leader
Benjamin N. Juwono Membawakan makalah Market Calling – Seri pertama Transformed Working Life (TWL)
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Efendi Sitorus dalam berbagai gaya menarik menyampaikan makalah “ Horw to place your company name and brand in the first page of Google” – free of charge – yang sangat menarik perhatian peserta
morning. At the end of the year, the business broke even. “In everything we do, faith is central to our decisions,” Grant affirmed.
Successful Christian Businessman Says Faith is Central in all His Business Decisions A Christian businessman who owns a successful toy chain in the U.K. says he strives to honor God in his business. The Christian Institute reports that Gary Grant, founder of the multi-million pound toy chain The Entertainer, lives out his faith in the business decisions he makes. Grant became a Christian in 1991, after attending a men’s breakfast at his local church. Since that time, he has strived to incorporate Christian principles into his business. For example, all 110 U.K. and four overseas stores are not open on Sunday. The company is also part of the Keep Sunday Special campaign. Grant has said that he is “accountable to God” above shareholders. In addition to this, Grant does not allow his stories to sell questionable content, such as Halloween merchandise or realistic weapons. “We just want to be comfortable with what we’re selling,” Grant said. The Entertainer’s website states that the company “only sell toys we believe have real play value, represent good value for money and are suitable for the children they’re made for”. Grant has also been in the habit of praying with his staff. In 2008, amidst the financial crisis, Grant prayed with his staff every Page 4
By Adrian Rogers In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. (Proverbs 14:23) I've heard people say, I sure would like to be in a Christian company and be surrounded by Christians. The only time I hear God's name mentioned where I work now is when people are cursing. And you just cannot believe the obscene jokes, gossip, greed, back-stabbing, throatcutting, and all of the materialism! Oh if God would only get me out of this place so I could serve Him! Do you know how I would respond? I would tell them, God put you in that place so you could serve Him. We are to let our light shine in every place where God has places us! Matthew 5:14-16 says: “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." Your job is the lampstand that God has ordained where you let your light shine!
You have been saved out of the world and then sent back into the world to witness to the world, and that's the only business in the world you have in the world, till you're taken out of the world! Now, let me give you four rules for witnessing to those with whom you work. 1. Don't Brag The Bible says let your light shine. It doesn't say make it shine. Your light is to glow, not glare. Also, people are to see the light, not the source of the light. If you go to work with an air of selfrighteousness, you're going to make your coworkers sick and not want to even be around you. 1 Corinthians 1:30-31 says: “It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord." 2. Don't Nag If you’re always thumping a Bible or nagging somebody when he gambles, smokes, or curses, you're not going to win that person to Christ. You may think that you're doing a good job, but that person is not going to take a step closer to Jesus Christ through that kind of witness. You see, his behavior is not his problem. You would be just like that person if you didn't know the Lord Jesus Christ. He needs Jesus Christ. So let's see how we are to respond from Colossians 4:5-6: “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” Page 5
3. Don't Lag If you're a lazy Christian—not getting to work on time, doing personal stuff on company time, procrastinating on work that you ought to do, then you're a disgrace to grace. It is a sin for a Christian to do less than his best. Let's revisit Colossians 3:23-24 says: “And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” Don't see if the boss is looking before you work hard. I don't care how dull or boring, it may seem. It's not that way…if you're working to the glory of God. Do your job to the best of your ability. 4. Don't Sag I want to tell you something about those people with whom you work. Most of them are not all that interested in going to heaven or hell. They just want to know how to hack it on Monday. And when they see you come in the office without a hangover and with the joy of the Lord Jesus on your face, they're going to ask you, "What makes you so happy?" And at that moment, you're going to be able to share the Lord Jesus with him because you will have sanctified the Lord God in your heart. 1 Peter 3:15 says: “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”
Maka kamu akan melihat kembali perbedaan antara orang benar dan orang fasik, antara orang yang beribadah kepada TUHAN dan orang yang tidak beribadah kepadaNya.” (Maleakhi 3: 17-18) International Christian Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) lahir dari kepatuhan terhadap visi yang diberikan selama kurun waktu enam tahun kepada seorang usahawan Swedia J. Gunnar Olson, yang diteguhkan dengan nubuatan dan terbukanya pintu kesempatan disekitarnya yang sebelumnya tertutup. ICCC merupakan panggilan yang serius dan menantang bagi pengusaha Kristen untuk mengenali jaman yang sedang kita masuki dan dengan terang dari pengenalan itu memasuki dimensi iman yang baru yang disediakan bagi mereka yang …” takut akan TUHAN … berbicara satu sama lain … dan menghormati namaNya.” (Maleakhi 3: 16) Visi ini memanggil para pengusaha dan kaum profesi di seluruh dunia yang terbeban untuk saling berhubungan, bertukar pendapat, memperdagang-kan barang dan menyediakan jasa, saling mendukung dan menguatkan secara rohani dan materi. Berdasarkan eksistensi dari visi itu sendiri memproklamirkan otoritas Kristus yang mutlak diseluruh dunia. Pada intinya ICCC adalah kehendak TUHAN untuk memperluas tali kasih-Nya, melalui gereja-Nya, didalam dunia usaha. Hal ini menuntut para pelaku bisnis mencari terlebih dahulu Kerajaan-Nya dan segala Kebenaran-Nya. Urapan tersedia bagi mereka yang dengan mata melihat dan telinga mendengar panggilan jaman. Sebagaimana halnya Raja Daud yang menerima urapan untuk menjadi raja, jauh sebelum dia menjadi Raja, yang keadaan pada saat urapan diberikan sama sekali tidak mungkin bagi Daud untuk menjadi Raja, demikianlah ICCC memanggil para pengusaha Kristen sebelum peristiwanya terjadi untuk mengalami kebebasan masuk ke dalam dimensi baru, dimana sasaran, strategi dan perencanaan bersama-sma diwujud-nyatakan sesuai dengan iman di dalam Kristus. ICCC mencanangkan panggilan itu sejalan dengan rencana TUHAN bagi jaman ini sebagai kunci memperoleh berkat dan pertumbuhan dan agar dapat bangkit berkemenangan diatas gelombang ombak yang mengancam. Panggilan ICCC: “Mereka akan menjadi milik kesayanganKu sendiri, firman TUHAN semesta Alam pada hari yang Kusiapkan. Aku akan mengasihi mereka sama seperti seseorang menyayangi anaknya yang melayani dia.
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KEYAKINAN IMAN ICCC:
Satu-satunya TUHAN pencipta segala sesuatu dalam kesatuan Trinitas: Bapa, Anak, dan Roh Kudus.
Keilahian TUHAN Yesus Kristus. Kelahiran-Nya dari rahim seorang Perawan. Karya penebusan dosa manusia melalui kematian-Nya diatas kayu salib. Kebangkitan-Nya. Hak otoriatas diri-Nya atas dunia dan Kedatangan-Nya yang kedua kali dalam Kuasa dan Kemuliaan-Nya.
Alkitab, sepenuhnya sebagai Firman TUHAN yang memberikan inspirasi dan berbagai peraturan bagi kehidupan yang dilandasi iman.
Keselamatan pribadi orang berdosa dan kebutuhannya untuk mengalami proses regenerasi melalui8 karya Roh Kudus dalam menuju menjadikannya sebagai manusia yang dikehendaki oleh TUHAN, seutuhnya.
Transformed Working Life (TWL) adalah Pelatihan resmi dari Kantor Internasional bagi anggota ICCC dalam memperlengkapi anggota dengan pengetahuan dan pemahaman latar belakang, tujuan dan penerapan prinsip-prinsip Kerajaan TUHAN bagi dunia bisnis dan profesi. TWL diperuntukkan bagi anggota dan dapat diikuti secara cuma-cuma, namun terbuka juga bagi siapa saja yang berminat untuk mengikutinya. TWL diselenggarakan dalam bahasa Indonesia dan dilengkapi dengan buku panduannya, yang telah diterjemahkan kedalam Bahasa Indonesia juga, sehingga para peserta betul-betul akan memperoleh manfa’at yang besar dan mengalami transformasi dalam kehidupan pribadi maupun bisnisnya.
TWL difasilitasi oleh anggota National Board yang terlatih dan dikoordinir oleh V.P. Teaching: Benjamin B. Juwono bersama dengan Teaching Team: Johanis S. Najoan dan Eliezer H. Hardjo Transformed Working Life (TWL) akan ditayangkan dalam salah satu channel di Indonesia agar dapat dimanfaatkan oleh para pebisnis & profesional Kristiani di Indonesia bagaimana menerapkan prinsip-prinsip Kerajaan Tuhan dalam kehidupan berbisnis dan bekerja mereka. TWL bagi members secara rutin diadakan pada hari Sabtu ke 2 setiap bulan dan terbuka dan dianjurkan bagi semua member untuk mengikutinya sebagai pembekalan wajib.
21 Ways to Build a
Stronger Spiritual Life Because we live in a culture that increasingly leans toward commercialism, materialism, and secularism, it is not always easy to keep the soul nourished. The challenge of these days, when times are not hospitable to spiritual growth, is how to nuture, feed, heal, restore, and renew the soul. Here are 21 practical suggestions for building a stronger spiritual life. 1. Be a river, not a swamp. The Bible says: “Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of those who believe in me” (John 7:38, margin).* Remember, it is the mountain stream that carries fresh, life-giving water because it flows out. However, the swamp is stagnant and life-devouring. A swamp collects and retains water that comes its way. Don’t be the kind of Page 7
person who seeks to accumulate much before allowing a little to flow through. As Christians we are to let blessings flow through us and on to others. When we hoard and dam the blessings in our lives we are in danger of becoming spiritually stagnant, emotionally detached, and intellectually cynical. Resolve to break up the dam and let blessings flow like a river. The freshness is in the flow. 2. Identify blessings. Too often we go through life oblivious to the good that comes flowing into our lives. Try this spiritual exercise for one week: At the end of the first day, identify a blessing that came to you from a family member. At the end of the second day, a blessing from a neighbor. Third day, from a friend. Fourth day, from a work colleague. Fifth day, from a stranger. Sixth day, from a child. On the seventh day, a blessing that came from an “enemy.” 3. Be like Moses-speak words of blessing. One of the most beautiful and compassionate passages in the Bible contains these words of blessing pronounced by Moses: May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace (Numbers 6:24-26). Get creative with language, and speak words that will uplift, encourage, hearten, and bless other people. As you build them up, your own spirit will get stronger. 4. Nurture a shared prayer life. Increase the amount of time you spend in prayer by sharing in prayer with others. Some ways to do this include: Letting friends know you are always available for prayer. Attending regularly held prayer groups. Participating in a prayer chain.
5. Take a step of faith. Spiritual growth means taking a leap of faith from time to time. Rather than trying to get everything in place before you start something important, why not follow God’s leading and allow the plan to evolve? This means taking a step of faith and trusting God to provide what may be needed for success.
11. Fast and pray. Prayer linked with fasting was often done by people in the Bible. Ezra 8:23 reports: “So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.” The next time you are asked to pray urgently for someone in difficulty, consider combining your praying with some fasting.
6. Restore someone’s faith. Today, make time to heal a wounded heart, to extend kindness to someone who really needs a friend, or to help gather up pieces of a broken dream. Today, do whatever you can to radiate God’s unconditional love.
12. Turn worries over to God. This is a clear teaching of Scripture: “Give your burdens to the Lord, and he will take care of you” (Psalm 55:22). Do this each time a worry crops up.
7. Be a grateful person. Start every day with a morning prayer of gratitude to God for the gift of a new day. Do this even if the day ahead appears ominous. Conclude every day with an evening prayer of gratitude to God for the gift of the preceding hours. Do this even if you’ve had a very tough day.
13. Spread love wherever you go. That is the advice of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who advised: “Spread love everywhere you go: First of all in your own house. . . . Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting.”
8. Share the journey. Hook up with one other person who is seeking to grow spiritually. Agree to meet once a week for a period of time to study and reflect on spiritual matters. A friend of mine, who is a busy executive in Toronto, Ontario, met for six months with another man to do Bible study. “No matter how hectic our schedules, we always met each week during our lunch hour at a downtown church that kindly provided us with a room for our meeting. Those were good months when a lot of spiritual growth took place,” he says. 9. Serve. Look for ways to serve the community, especially tasks that promise no reward, such as picking up litter on the streets. Read and reflect on the action of Jesus in John 13:1-5. 10. Cultivate a little solitude. “Solitude makes us tougher toward ourselves and tenderer toward others; in both ways it improves our character,” noted philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Spend some time away from the crowd and the noise of life. Set aside a few minutes to be alone-just you and God. In quietness we turn our minds away from the problems of life and fix our thoughts on the mind of God. Page 8
14. Keep your priorities straight. Know what is ultimately important and what is not. Consider the words of former President George Bush: “I am blessed with a close and wonderful family, and I want to spend the rest of my life letting them know how much I love them and appreciate them,” he said. “One of my most important accomplishments, one I am still working on, is to be a huge success in the grandfather business. I would like to be remembered for integrity, service, and family.” 15. Strive for excellence. The Bible tells us: “Whatever you do, do well” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). Be the best that you can be at whatever station in life God has placed you. 16. Use it or lose it. God has generously endowed each of us with unique gifts and talents. Make use of them or you will run the risk of losing them. “Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge,” noted ninteenth-century poet Sir Edwin Arnold.
17. Meditate on Scripture. The Bible is loaded with verses of comfort, encouragement, and wisdom. Make it a habit to read and study your Bible in a regular, disciplined way. Highlight verses that speak to you. Meditate on those words. Memorize some of the passages so you can recall them from memory at a future time.
* Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
18. Be reliable. Do what you say you will do-whether it’s convenient or not. Follow through on all of your commitments, large and small. By your actions, show others you are a person who can be trusted and counted upon. 19. Ask God to make you a blessing today. A great way to grow in wonder and amazement is by asking God to turn your life into a blessing. Do this each morning before resuming your daily activities. Offer a short, simple prayer like this one: “Dear God, on this day make my life a blessing to someone, somewhere.” Then pay close attention to every person you encounter during the day, as God will honor your prayer, sometimes in surprising ways. 20. Spend time in nature. This was something done by the psalm writers, and they gleaned spiri-tual lessons from their time in nature. “The heavens tell of the glory of God. The skies display his marvelous craftsmanship” (Psalm 19:1). “When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers-the moon and the stars you have set in place-what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that you should care for us?” (Psalm 8:3,4). “Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth” (Psalm 104:8, 9). 21. Exercise your power of choice. No matter what happens to you, you always have the freedom to choose. You can select joy over despair. You can select love over hate. You can select forgiveness over revenge. You can select growth over stagnation. Remember that a crisis can evoke the best in us or the worst in us. The choice is ours!
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