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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
Membership/Mentoring/ Network Simon Aditan
Teaching / Training Juwono
Business Development/ Micro-Enterprise Umbu Pekuwali
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: [email protected]
From the desk of National President
Salam jumpa di Newsletter ICCC edisi bulan April
2015.
Para anggota, pemerhati, dan pembaca Newsletter ICCC
yang budiman, saat saya menulis kata pengantar ini di
hari Minggu yang cerah dan sunyi dengan diiringi lagu-
lagu pujian dari stasiun radio favorit saya dan dengung
AC, saya teringat bahwa kita juga akan segera
memperingati wafat Yesus Kristus dan kemudian Paskah
pada hari Minggu yad sebagai tanda sukacita atas kebangkitan-Nya yang
mengalahkan maut.
Mungkin ini juga saat yang baik untuk kita merenungkan kembali apakah kita
juga sudah cukup berani berkorban demi kasih terhadap sesama kita seperti
Allah Bapa yang telah mengasihi kita, khususnya kepada mereka yang kita
cintai, dan meletakkan pengharapan kita atas segala tantangan yang
menghadang kita selama ini di bawah salib Yesus Kristus karena kita juga
percaya bahwa kebangkitan dan kemenangan juga akan hadir bagi mereka yang
percaya kepada-Nya.
ICCC Bali 2015 Gathering
Seperti yang telah saya sampaikan bulan lalu bahwa pada hari Jumat, 17-19
April ini, ICCC Indonesia akan mengadakan ICCC Bali 2015 Gathering yang
akan diadakan di Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa, Bali dengan pembicara dari
ICCC Regional Asia dan ICCC Internasional, yaitu: Allan Currie, Stanley
Kee, James Lockett, Johanis S.Najoan, dan Benjamin B. Juwono.
Adalah harapan kami agar anda dapat bergabung bersama kami dalam acara
tersebut, khususnya mereka yang berada di Jawa Timur, Bali, dan propinsi-
propinsi di Indonesia bagian Timur.
Untuk Registrasi: Hubungi Nona Roa @ HP. 0813-1688-5001 atau E.
Sehubungan dengan acara Gathering ini, National Board ICCC Indonesia juga
akan mengadakan Board Meeting dengan agenda:
Evaluasi pembentukan Bali Sub-Chamber
Pemilihan National President
Mari kita semua dukung dalam doa agar acara ICCC Bali 2015 Gathering dan
benih usaha pembentukan ICCC Bali Sub-Chamber ini dapat tumbuh sehingga
dapat diresmikan pada acara ICCC Bali 2015 Gathering yad ini serta kita
dorong agar generasi muda untuk tampil sebagai pemimpin nasional ICCC
Indonesia.
Sampai jumpa di edisi bulan depan, dan Tuhan Yesus memberkati anda
sekeluarga.
Tonny Soetjoadi
National President
ICCC Indonesia
www.iccc-indonesia.com
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FOR INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES
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FOR LOCAL DELEGATES
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FORUM ANGGOTA
MEMBERSHIP FEE
Bagi anda yang ingin bergabung dan member yang akan memperpanjang kartu keanggotaan anda untuk tahun 2015 agar segera menghubung Simon Aditan – V.P. Membership Domain (HP: +62816974647 atau email: [email protected] Annual Membership Fee untuk tahun 2015 kategori Developing Nation menjadi Rp. 750.000 (tujuh ratus limapuluh ribu rupiah) dimana US$ 50 dikirim ke Kantor Pusat di Swedia sebagai syarat dan kewajiban International Membership 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).
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How to Invest
Money
According to
the Bible
The Bible offers us direction in almost every
facet of life, from raising children to treating
other people with dignity. But what if the Bible
also taught us a code for investing our money
safely and ethically? What if those teachings
had helped thousands of people amass
wealth in a way that Jesus would respect?
The truth is that you can invest money
according to God's will as is written in the
bible. And you can succeed doing so.
1 Recognize God's will.
Recognize that God wants to make you rich
(3 John 2, Proverbs 10:22).
Recognize that Jesus died to make you rich
(2 Corinthians 8:9).
Recognize that God will supply your needs
(Philippians 4:19).
2 Recognize that the number one way to
prosperity is that God will lead you so that
you must follow your conscience
(Proverbs 4:23, Romans 8:14-17,
Deuteronomy 28:1-2, Genesis 12:4 and
Genesis 13:2). You have fantastic talents
and abilities, and God can show you exactly
what you must do. You might be laid off but
get a raise in your new job. On these
occasions God's Spirit gives a witness in your
spirit on what career to pursue -- and you can
prosper by following your conscience (and
leadership of the Holy Spirit). In the times that
you have such a witness, get alone and pray
seriously each day, for several days before,
to be sure that God was witnessing to your
conscience. Notice that Abraham obeyed the
leading of God in Genesis 12:4. Proverbs
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4:23, "Above all things keep your heart [listen
to the "small still voice" within you] for out of it
are the issues of life." Read Galatians 3:13-
14 and Romans 8:16-17.
3 Be a specialist in your career: Manage the
money you make and learn theinvestment
cycles. Now for the three types of money in
the Bible and the three secrets to prosperity:
after Abraham followed God (Genesis 12:4),
God prospered Abraham in Genesis 13:2 with
cattle (his career), silver (the money he
made) and gold (investments).
The cattle represents your career and notice
that this comes first in The Bible. The secret
to your career is to become a specialist.
Proverbs 13:15 says that "good
understanding gives favor". You must get
your college degree and stick with the same
career to become a specialist. Proverbs 12:8
says that a man shall be commended for his
prudence, not for his hard work. You must
learn to "work smarter, not just harder."
Notice that in Proverbs 24:27, God wants you
to establish your career before you get
married. 54% of the divorce in America is
over lack of money. Deuteronomy 8:18, "But
remember the Lord your God, for it is he who
gives you the ability to produce wealth, and
so confirms his covenant, which he swore to
your ancestors, as it is today."
The silver represents managing the money
you make and the Bible secret is to live on a
budget. Proverbs 21:17 says that "he who
loves pleasure will be poor". You must
balance your bills with your income. Also use
credit wisely because proverbs 22:7 says that
"the borrower is slave to the lender".
Next is the gold and this represents an
investment. The Bible has a lot to say about
investment cycles. Forty years in the Bible is
considered to be a generation. Every 40
years a terrible recession hits America and
home prices collapse as in the 1890's,
1930's, 1970's and 2010's. These collapses
are all caused by the government lowering
interest rates, causing cheap money, easy
loans and a housing bubble. We see this in
Genesis 41 where Joseph told Pharaoh that
they would have 7 lean years. The 7 lean
years, called the "winter recession" in the
Bible, happens every 40 years in America.
There is another type of recession in the
Bible, such as when the government is
aggressively lowering interest rates, or
recessions that are mild like the "aerospace
recession" and the "dot com bubble". Once
again there are other influences in the Bible --
for Elijah prayed, and it did not rain for 3.5
years.
4
Associate with people that inspire you and
teach you to prosper (Proverbs 13:20). It is
important to note that Lot who traveled with
Abraham also prospered in his career due to
the law of association. Lot did not manage
the money he made; all of his workers were
drunk and fought with Abraham's men, and
the two had to go different paths. Lot lost
everything in Genesis 19 because Lot did not
learn to follow his conscience, be a specialist,
manage the money he made nor learn
investment cycles. This goes to show that
you can be blessed by the law of association
but unless one matures spiritually, one will
always be driven with circumstances
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(Abraham ignored circumstances Romans
4:19).
5 Major verses that show economic and
housing cycles in the Bible are Genesis
41, Proverbs 22:2-3, Ecclesiastes 3:2,6
and the Early Church that sold their
homes before a huge recession under
Claudius Caesar.
Proverbs 22:2-3,
"Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.
The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the
penalty".
Ecclesiastes 3:1,3,6,
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under the
heavens:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away".
Besides the economic cycles, the Bible also
talks about housing as being theinheritance
of fathers in Proverbs 19:14. One could apply
the 7 years up and 7 years down economic
cycle in Genesis 41 to real estate (8 is
completion) and find out that real estate was
8 years up from 82 to 90, 8 years depressed
from 90 to 98 and 8 years up from 98 to
2006. Bingo, when foreclosures rose in 2006
one might have sold a home at the top and
have been waiting until approximately
(2006+8=2014) to get back in.
By the way in 2014, the last of the foreclosed
homes that wouldn't sell may be almost given
away by the banks with $1,000 down. At the
end of the last cycle in 1997-98, that is what
the banks did to get rid of the homes that
wouldn't sell.
Another suggestion, when at the 40 year
recession, the real estate depression tends to
last another 2 years so be sure to buy a
home before 2016 (2006 + 8 + 2 = 2016).
From 2016 onward, home prices may soar.
2010-2019 might be an entire decade of
recession, this happens every 40 years. Real
estate might be depressed the first half of the
decade 2010-2015, but Soar the second half.
The reason that the economy will struggle
even after the construction recovers is that
the government will raise interest rates (to
slow the inflation in housing prices), but
airlines, auto manufacturers and retail will be
struggling with higher interest/and debt
payments. That would be if it is a repeat of
the 1970's (remember major cycle are
generational change conjectured to be 40
years: 1850's, 1890's, 1930's, 1970's, 2010's,
and the 2050's).
6 Review: The three types of money in
Abraham's life was the cattle, the silver and
the gold. They represent your career,
managing the money you make including
investments. The ideals are to become a
specialist in your career, live on a budget
(plan) and investment cycles.
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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.
Maka kamu akan melihat kembali perbedaan antara orang
benar dan orang fasik, antara orang yang beribadah
kepada TUHAN dan orang yang tidak beribadah kepada-
Nya.” (Maleakhi 3: 17-18)
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
mem8berikan 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 siap2a 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.
VISI DAN TUJUAN
ICCC
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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.
Trustworthy - able to be relied on as honest,
truthful, or reliable1; dependable, secure, tried
and true.2
“But you should select from all the people
able men, God-fearing, trustworthy, and
hating bribes. Place them over the people as
commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties,
and tens.” (Exodus 18:21)
“You must not be unfair in measurements of
length, weight, or volume. You are to have
honest balances, honest weights, an honest
dry measure, and an honest liquid measure; I
am Yahweh your God, who brought you out
of the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:35–36)
“The instruction of the LORD is perfect,
renewing one's life; the testimony of the
LORD is trustworthy, making the
inexperienced wise.” (Psalm 19:7)
“The works of His hands are truth and justice;
all His instructions are trustworthy.” (Psalm
111:7)
“A gossip goes around revealing a secret, but
a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.”
(Proverbs 11:13)
“Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but
who can find a trustworthy man?” (Proverbs
20:6)
“Moreover, it is required of stewards that they
be found trustworthy.” (1 Corinthians 4:2)
A little boy walked down the beach, and as he
did, he spied a matronly woman sitting under
a beach umbrella on the sand. He walked up
to her and asked, “Are you a Christian.”
“Yes.” “Do you read your Bible every day?”
She nodded her head, “Yes.” “Do you pray
often?” the boy asked next, and again she
answered, “Yes." With that he asked his final
question, “Will you hold my quarter while I go
swimming?”3
“People will trust a person who has a
reputation of being honest, reliable and
responsible. Dishonesty can easily tarnish
that reputation, such that others consider you
untrustworthy... Being considered trustworthy
provides benefits from the way people deal
with you, as well as your own self-esteem. If
you are caught lying or deceiving people,
they will consider you an untrustworthy
character. It is then very easy for that bad
reputation to spread. Once others consider a
person as untrustworthy, they will tend to be
cautious in dealing with that person or may
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avoid him or her all together. People like to
deal with those they can trust. You like to
shop at a store where you know that the
owner or sales clerk will deal with you
honestly. Supervisors like to have workers
they know will be reliable and show up on
time each day. They also like workers who
they can trust to take responsibility.”4
Discussion Questions:
1. Does your life demonstrate that you count
God's Word to be wholly trustworthy? If so,
prove it!
2. Would your clients testify in court that you
are trustworthy in all your business
dealings? Ask them!
3. What do you need to work on most in
becoming more trustworthy in word and in
deed?
Terimakasih anda telah meluangkan waktu
membaca Berita ICCC Indonesia ini dan silahkan
mem-forward-nya ke rekan bisnis anda agar
memperoleh berkat rohani yang sama.
Redaksi
BALI