ICCC newsletter January 2015

From the desk of National President Shalom,

Welcome to the New Year 2015, a year of full hope and opportunity.

ICCC (INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE) ADALAH MIMBAR DIMANA PESAN KRISTUS BAGI KITA DI ZAMAN INI DIJABARKAN, DIBAGIKAN DAN DINYATAKAN TERHADAP DUNIA BISNIS

NATIONAL BOARD National President Tonny Soetjoadi Vice Presidents:  Admin/Secretary Abraham Setiabudi 

Finance/Treasurer: Johanis S. Najoan

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Membership/Mentoring/ Network Simon Aditan

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Teaching / Training Juwono

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Business Development/ Micro-Enterprise Umbu Pekuwali

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Intercessors Mohan U. Vasandani (Mrs.) Josephine S. Sitorus

BOARD OF ADVISORS  Bunan Djambek  Eliezer H. Hardjo  Manimbul L. Sitorus

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

Betapapun keadaan yang berada di sekeliling kita dan berbagai tanda-tanya yang terbentang di hadapan kita ketika kita menginjakkan kaki di tahun yang baru ini, kita harus tetap memiliki keyakinan dan ketetapan hati bahwa Tuhan akan membawa kita seperti IA menuntun Abraham ke Tanah Kanaan dan menjadikannya sebagai Bapa orang percaya atau orang beriman.

Tuhan mengikat perjanjian kekal yang tidak dapat dibatalkan bahwa Abraham dan keturunannya akan menjadi berkat bagi bangsabangsa. Dlam klausul Perjanjian tersebut dinyatakan bahwa barangsiapa yang memberkati akan diberkati dan barangsiapa yang mengutuk akan dikutuk. Firman Tuhan Ya dan Amin, maka apa yng dijanjikan-Nya digenapi. Kita adalah keturunan ilahi dari Abraham yang berhak mewarisi dan menerima janji-janji yang Tuhan berikan kepada Abraham.

“Dan jikalau kamu adalah milik Kristus, maka kamu juga adalah keturunan Abraham dan berhak menerima janji Allah.” (Galatia 3: 29). Kita patut bersyukur sebagai para pewaris dalam Kristus.

Janji Tuhan yang lain yang juga menjadi pegangan kita adalah: “Sebab Aku ini mengetahui rancangan-rancangan apa yang ada pada-Ku mengenai kamu, demikianlah firman TUHAN, yaitu rancangan damai sejahtera dan bukan rancangan kecelakaan, untuk memberikan kepadamu hari depan yang penuh harapan.”(Yesaya 29: 11) Kami mohon dukungan dari Anda sekalian atas rencana mengadakan Annual Members Gathering (AMG) di Bali sekitar bulan Maret 2015 sekaligus untuk meneguhkan ICCC Bali Sub-Chamber dan pemilihan Kepemimpinan ICCC Indonesia yang baru.

Mari kita juga dukung dalam doa rencana kunjungan ke Timor Leste untuk membantu pembukaan ICCC Chamber disana sesuai dengan penugasan yang berikan oleh International Office.

Sehubungan dengan gangguan kesehatan yang memerlukan perawatan intensif, maka National President saat ini dibantu oleh tiga orang senior member ICCC Indonesia: Johanis S. Najoan, Manimbul Luhut Sitorus dan Eliezer H. Hardjo, sebagai care-taker sampai waktu Pemilihan yang baru pada bulan Maret 2015 tersebut.

Dalam kesempatan ini juga saatnya kami mengingatkan para pengurus dan anggota untuk memperpanjang keanggotaan ICCC International tahun 2015, sesuai dengan ketentuan berlaku dan bagi yang belum bergabung kami undang dan ajak bergabung dalam wadah pelayanan luar biasa ini yang sangat fokus terhadap dunia usaha, pekerjaan dan bisnis, dengan menerapkan prinsip-prinsip Kerajaan Allah.

Sampai jumpa di edisi yang akan datang. Tuhan Yesus Memberkati.

Tonny Soetjoadi National President ICCC Indonesia www.iccc-indonesia.com

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6 Characteristics of Leaders Who Finish Well “Time flies!”

Membership Fee dapat ditransfer ke rekening ICCC Indonesia atau FORUKIN dibawah ini, dan mengirimkan bukti transfernya dengan fax ke alamat yang tercantum pada halamn 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).

Paul Sohn • December 19, 2014

With only two weeks left of 2014, these two words seem to be the most popular expressions around this season.

Now, let’s do a post-mortem for this year.

How was 2014 for you? To be more precise, how did you fare in relation to your New Years Goals you set earlier in the year?

If you’re like me, you may be an enthusiastic self-start but a lousy finisher. You may have succumbed to the forces of status quo. You have fallen victim to your habits. This is no surprise. In fact, neuroscience shows that 88% of New Year’s Resolutions fail. If you’re in the 12%, congratulations! (Comment below so I can learn your secret) However, if you’re like me, we have some work to do.

Bobby Clinton who has studied biblical leaders makes a poignant observation that Page 2

few leaders finish well. There are around 800 or so leaders mentioned in the Bible. There are about 100 who have data that helps you interpret their leadership. About 50 of these have enough data for evaluation of their finish. About 1 in 3 finished well. Anecdotal evidence from today indicates that this ratio is probably generous. Probably less than 1 in 3 are finishing well today.

Bobby Clinton, professor of leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary, shares six characteristics of individuals who finished well.

1. They maintain a personal vibrant relationship with God right up to the end.

Daniel is the classic O.T. leader who exemplifies this. In the N.T., Peter, Paul and John all demonstrate this. See their last writings—the tone, the touch with God, the revelation from God, their trust in enabling grace for their lives.

2. They maintain a learning posture and can learn from various kinds of sources— life especially.

Daniel is the classic O.T. leader who exemplifies this. See Daniel chapter nine for a late in life illustration of one who continues to study and learn from the Scriptures. Paul and Peter are the classic N.T. leaders with a learning posture (see 2Pe 3:18 and 2Ti 4:13).

3. They manifest Christ-likeness in character as evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit in their lives.

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transformation in Paul’s life (2Ti 2:24 and an illustration of it—the book of Phm). These were men who over a lifetime moved from strong 4. Truth is lived out in their lives so that convictions and promises of God are seen to be real.

Joshua’s statement about God’s promises never having failed him in his closing speech demonstrate this characteristic of someone believing God and staking his life on God’s truth (Jos 23:14). See the many aside truth statements that Paul weaves into his two letters to Timothy. See his famous stirring convictions echoed in Ac 27:22-25.

5. They leave behind one or more ultimate contributions.

In a study on legacies left behind by effective leaders who finished well I have identified the following categories: saint, practitioners, mentors, public rhetoricians, pioneers, crusaders, artists, founder, stabilizer, researchers, writers, promoters.

Examples: Daniel’s ultimate contributions include: saint, (mentor), writer, stabilizer.

Paul’s ultimate contributions include: saint, mentor, pioneer, crusader, writer, promoter.

Of course, in addition to these standard categories there are also unique legacies that leaders also leave behind. These have to be described individually for each leader.

6. They walk with a growing awareness of a sense of destiny and see some or all of it fulfilled.

A sense of destiny is an inner conviction arising from an experience or a series of experiences in which there is a growing sense

of awareness that God has His hand on a leader in a special way for special purposes.

Over a lifetime a leader is prepared by God for a destiny, receives guidance toward that destiny, and increasingly completes that destiny. No Biblical leader who accomplished much for God failed to have a sense of destiny, one that usually grew over his/her lifetime.

Examples: Joseph’s dreams and his saving of the embryonic nation; Moses’ saving of the nation; Paul’s vision to take the Gospel to the Gentiles.

Question: What needs to change in your life to finish well?

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.

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)

VISI DAN TUJUAN ICCC

KEYAKINAN IMAN ICCC:

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.

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Satu-satunya TUHAN pencipta segala sesuatu dalam kesatuan Trinitas: Bapa, Anak, dan Roh Kudus.

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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.

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Alkitab, sepenuhnya sebagai Firman TUHAN yang mem8berikan inspirasi dan berbagai peraturan bagi kehidupan yang dilandasi iman.

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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 prinsipprinsip Kerajaan TUHAN bagi dunia bisnis dan profesi.

12 Keys to a More Powerful Prayer Life

TWL diperuntukkan bagi anggota dan dapat diikuti secara Cuma-Cuma, namun terbuka juga bagi siap2a saja yang berminat untuk mengikutinya.

By Pastor Rick Warren

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.

Years ago, an old saint shared with me twelve prayer principles from the life of Jesus Christ. It made such a difference in my personal prayer life. There are only 17 references to Jesus praying and most of them are in the book of Luke.

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

1. The principle of ILLUMINATION. Luke 3:21-22 says, “When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, ‘You are My Son whom I love. With You I am well pleased.” The setting here was Jesus’ baptism and this is the first recorded example of Jesus’ praying and we see in the book of Luke three results of His praying.

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.   

Heaven opened up.

The Holy Spirit came down.

The Father spoke.

These are three results when we make contact with God in our prayers. Symbolically,

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heaven opens up and we receive God’s blessing. The Holy Spirit fills our lives afresh.

And the Father speaks to us. If you’d like to know the Spirit’s power in your life, if you’d like God to speak to you, you must practice the prayer life of Jesus.

2. The principle of ISOLATION.

situation that protects them from the hustle and bustle around them. Sometimes I find as a pastor I just can’t get alone, but I can have an attitude of isolation or insulation and I can be silent even in the middle of a traffic jam.

My prayer can overcome the interruptions when I put myself in an attitude of insulation.

Luke 5:16 says, “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” “Often” means it was His habit. He did it in places where He was all by Himself. I believe this is absolutely essential. We need to spend time alone with God everyday. Jesus returned again and again to a lonely place. Find that place where you can get alone with God, where you can be isolated and pray aloud and let God speak to you.

5. The principle of TRANSFORMATION.

3. The principle of CONCENTRATION.

2 Corinthians 3:18 says, “We all with unveiled faces behold the glory of the Lord.” As we look on Him “We are transformed from one degree to another.” The word in that passage is the word katoptrizo. It’s the only time that word is used in the entire Bible. It means, ”to seriously look at, to contemplate, to meditate, to gaze on like somebody gazing in a mirror.” As we gaze on the word, as we reflect on the word, like a mirror reflects, we become more and more like Christ. And we’re transformed.

Luke 6:12 says, “In those days Jesus went out on the mountainside to pray and He spent the night praying to God.” Notice it says, “He spent the night…” Some of the greatest lessons of my prayer life have been nights that I have spent in prayer. My decision to marry my wife was made in a prayer meeting all night with one other person. Sometimes when I pray it takes just a few minutes for me to get my thoughts collected. Sometimes it takes a long time for me to even get in the mood. I’ve found that it’s important to spend extended blocks of time with God so that you can concentrate on what He wants you to do and His will for your life.

4. The principle of INSULATION. The Bible says, “Once when Jesus was praying in private, the disciples were with Him.” Notice that the disciples were with him but He still found time for personal prayer.

This is an important principle because there’s not always time to get alone by yourself.

There are times when you can’t be isolated. I think of this as kind of an incubator verse.

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We find this in Luke 9:28-29. “He took Peter, John and James with Him and went up on a mountain to prayer. As He was praying the appearance of His face changed and His clothes became as bright as a flash of lightening.” Prayer changes you. Do you think it’s possible to spend so much time with God that when you come away your face shows it?

6. The principle of EXEMPLIFICATION. Luke 11:1 says, “One day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when He finished one of His disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.’” Notice it does not say, “Teach us how to pray,” which is often misquoted. It says “Teach us to pray.” I would suggest that this is a dangerous prayer to pray. We should not pray this request unless we really mean it, because God will often use trials and hardships and difficulties to teach us to pray.

7. The principle of PRESERVATION.

In Luke 22:31-32 Jesus says, “Simon, Simon.

Satan has asked to sift you as wheat but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” This is a prayer of protection. We don’t just believe in prayer, we believe in God. Jesus not only saves you but He prays for you. Robert Murray McCheyne once said, “If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.” God is praying for us right now. Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for us.

8. The principle of PREPARATION. In Luke 22:42 Jesus prays “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will but Yours be done.” Notice the change in this prayer. First, He said, take it away from Me. Then He said, “Lord, leave it.” He prayed earnestly. Why? Because He knew He would be facing in the next few hours the greatest trial of His life and He didn’t want to approach it prayerlessly.

9. The principle of REVELATION. This is the prayer that Jesus prayed on the cross. One of the seven last words of Christ was, “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they’re doing.” We can really learn a lot about Christ’s character here because He’s in agony. He’s in pain, yet He’s praying for other people. When you watch what other people say and do and pray when their back is up against the wall, it reveals what’s really inside of them. Prayer, like nothing else, is revelation of a person. It shows what’s inside the heart.

10. The principle of SATISFACTION. In Luke 22:46, “Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Father, into Thy hands I commit My Spirit.’ When He said this, He breathed His last.” Jesus satisfied God the Father because He did what He was supposed to do. But more than just that, Jesus was satisfied Himself with what He had done. Because of Page 7

that – that He had satisfied the Father and He was satisfied with Himself – He can satisfy every need that you will ever have. He said, “I’ve finished it all. It’s all complete.”

11. The principle of GRATIFICATION. Jesus expressed His gratitude for what God had done in His life. It says that when He was at the table with the twelve, He broke bread, He gave thanks and He broke it and began to give it to them. He gave thanks. This is probably the one sin that is the root of so many other sins – ingratitude.I believe our prayers should be filled with thanksgiving. In Philippians it says, “Make your requests with thanksgiving.” When we ask, we should also be grateful at the same time.

12. The principle of BENEDICTION. Luke 24:50 says, “When He had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, He lifted up His hands and He blessed them.” It’s interesting to me that the very last thing Jesus did was hold His hands out and He blessed them. He holds His hands out so they would see the scars that are in His palms. It is no wonder that when He went to bless them and held out His scarred hands that they went from there immediately and left to spend ten days in prayer.

Terimakasih anda telah meluangkan waktu membaca Berita ICCC Indonesia ini dan silahkan mem-forwardnya ke rekan bisnis anda agar memperoleh berkat rohani yang sama.

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