Quotes: Dr. Samuel Koranteng Pipim

Among some of the memorable quotes from Pipim's sermons and lecture series are the following:

“To change the world, you must first be changed.”

“The complacency of success is the first step to mediocrity.”

“Excellence is a journey, not a destination.”

“There’s no alternative to excellence; without it we’re doomed.”

“Excellence is a winsome lifestyle. Therefore be nice to people.”

“Learn to think for yourself, otherwise somebody will do the thinking for you."

“Those who read are those who lead. But those who write keep the leaders right.”

“The pen of truth is the most effective weapon against the arrogance of power.”

“Lead by actions, not by directions.”

“Leaders think and act. Puppets blindly follow policies and polls.”

"Don't be flattered by your position. It is your character and accomplishments that count."

"Discouragement is my encouragement."

"A goal without a deadline is a dream."

"In a culture of theological pluralism, biblical teaching is controversial and divisive."

“The silent majority are not silent. Their voices of apathy are louder than the courage of their convictions.”

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My Dedication

Joshua 24:15 - "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." -KJV

Joshua 1:5-9 - "There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest. This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest." -KJV

Words of Encouragement

These quotes are dedicated to those that are going through life's un-expectancies. Especially college students. If you want to share these, or add to these, please do. And if you feel that I forgot to tag you, I'm so sorry, let me know and I'll tag you. If you want to, you can tag yourself or your friends on this. GB... :)

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

"Success is ninety-nine percent failure." Soichiro Honda

Keep Climbing

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Alva Edison

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." -Thomas Alva Edison

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." - Albert Einstein

"There are no gains without pains." - Benjamin Franklin

"It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker." - Helen Keller

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying." - Michael Jordan

"Judas fell once and gave up. Peter fell seven times and kept getting up." - David Asscherick

"What is failure? Other than another lesson in life that drives you forward toward success." -Assdhy F. Lolowang

"I can do thousands of things that I am capable of doing, but what is it worth when it does not bring challenge to life." - Assdhy F. Lolowang

"Never give up, never give up, never give up." - Dicky W. Lolowang

Reply to Max Lucado's infamous quote

"A man's heart should be so open to God that a woman would have to see Him just to find him." - A. F. Lolowang a reply to Max Lucado's quote.

Crowd or Cross...

Listen.
There are two voices.
Which is louder to you?
The crowd, or the cross?
The crowd says "Follow us."
The cross says "Follow me."
The crowd says "Rely on yourself."
The cross says "Rely on me."
The crowd says "Earn your worth."
The cross says "I am your worth."
The crowd says "Bear your burdens."
The cross says "Nail them to me."
The crowd says "Be happy."
The cross says "Be holy."
The crowd says "If it feels good, do it."
The cross says "For love's sake, endure it."
The crowd says "Honor yourself."
The cross says "Humble yourself."
The crowd says "Do."
The cross says "Done."

How do you know if God's telling you to GO!!!

      There are many people that influenced my life, but I strongly believe that God introduced these three young people in my life for a certain reason and that certain reason is to GO!!!...
      Jessica Salmon, a kind and gentle hearted young woman from Michigan, whom I encounter through facebook, does not only used words but uses action. She means it when she said that she wanted to be used for Christ. And yes, she uses her life only for Christ, leaving America apart from family, the people that she knows, and the language that she speaks, to a country on the other side of the pacific ocean only to serve God with all her heart. Why did God introduced her to me? I believe that she's an awesome example for me, to willingly surrender all of me to God and to GO!!!
      Daniel Brobst, a young vigorous man, a bible worker, who left his family in Saint Louis, Missouri, to gain a better understanding of Christ. This young man, through 3ABN, found Christ and decided to follow his heart to serve God. Although his family is yet within the same belief, he pursued his faith to serve God, far from his home, away from the city to a small town in the Heartland of western Kansas. He had spent his money to attend Amazing Facts, to be filled with the love and the understanding of Christ just to be used in His ministry. Why did God introduced him to me? This young man, with the same age as I, is another example to show that I too can be used and be changed. And yes, with the knowledge of Christ, I am responsible to share it with others the way Daniel has done through Christ's example.
      Marianela Osorio, in my opinion, is an ambitious young woman with an awesome intelligent and understanding that have also influenced my life. Leaving her comfort zone to be away from her family, to be tested and yet to test God and to have a closer relationship with Him. She chose to leave her friends after graduating with two degrees in business and biology to accept a job in a small town in Colorado. There, she attends a church of two members, managing two health care facilities, taught at a community college, and yet, has time to serve God in building His church there and with the future plan of prison ministry. Why did God introduced me to her? I strongly believe that God wanted to show His awesome grace for me through her life. I hate to be compared with a female, but I believe that her ambition surpasses mine, and if she can do it, I can too. And with God's grace, God, and God only, He can help to manage my time and strengthens me to serve Him.
      I am filled with amazement of how God worked in miraculous ways. God has given me talents, knowledge and strength, yet, I've not used them to serve Him. These three young people showed me that God did not placed me in this world to do nothing, but to GO!!! To go, and serve Him with all of my heart.
      To think about it, it is not my heart to serve Him, but it's His heart that He had given to me to serve Him. I just hope that through this simple blog entry, many of you can give your heart and be used for Christ. If He had touched your heart and have told you to go... You don't just sit there and do nothing... But GO!!!
      Before I end this, I'd like to share a common verse that we all may know, a powerful verse that came straight from the mouth of Jesus. "...All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." - Matthew 28:18-20 KJV

      Thank you guys for being an inspiration in my life.

Quotes

♦ "We serve a God who knows no failure." - Ellen G White/David Asscherick

♦ "Love is not something you want to fall into, love is something you want to step intelligently into. If your loved one doesn't love the Lord than don't set your heart to it. It's not worth it." - David Asscherick

♦ "A Tough life with God is better than a good life without Him" - David Asscherick

♦ "Atheists does not believe in God. God also does not believe in Atheists" - David Asscherick

♦ "Love is not something you want to fall into, love is something you want to step intelligently into. If your loved one doesn't love the Lord than don't set your heart to it. It's not worth it." - David Asscherick

♦ "Stop living in a dream and start living in reality." - AFL

♦ "Live life to its fullest. Not with the things of this world, but the things to come." - Holy Spirit to AFL

♦ Ecclesiastes 9:10, "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom." - Bible

♦ "You just have to cross that comfort line to get to know some one"... Like YOU!! :) - AFL

About Me

Name: Assdhy Frengky Lolowang
Name Origin: (A) Birth Month, (ss) Mother's Name, (dhy) Father's Name
A. K. A.: Adi, Dhy/Di, Frank.
Web Name: AzdhyXT, Azdhy, Ind0_B0y (long story)
Time of Birth: 2:15 AM, April 2, 1983
Birth City: Fakfak
Birth Province: Irian Jaya / West Papua
Birth Country: Indonesia
Ethnicity: Indonesian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese
Hometown: Heaven
Homeboy: Jesus (such a geek)
Present Residential: Littleton, Colorado, United States
Goal: Heaven bound
Main Interest: To see the One who created me and who watched over me at every steps that I take. I love You God.
Favorite Music: Anything that's good to the ear that brings my soul closer to God.
Favorite Books: BIBLE, Messages to Young People, and/or The Great Controversy.
Education:
- Taman Kanak-Kanak Fakfak, Fakfak, Papua Barat, Indonesia
- Sekolah Dasar Fakfak, Fakfak, Papua Barat, Indonesia
- Sekolah Dasar Advent Bitung, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
- Sekolah Dasar Advent 1 Tikala, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
- Sekolah Menengah Pertama Advent 1 Tikala, Manado, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
- Bryn Mawr Elementary School, Loma Linda, California, USA
- Cope Middle School, Redlands, California, USA
- Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Clifton, New Jersey, USA
- John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey, USA
- Aurora Central High School, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- William C. Hinkley High School, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Denver Community College, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Colby Community College, Colby, Kansas, USA

LEARNING ABOUT HIS WORD - I was born in an Adventist family, and I've been told of the Bible stories here and there. As I grew, along with my knowledge, I tend to wanting to tried God's promises. But as many times I've done so, God have been pulling me in closer in His arms. And with Him there, He gave me the passion of wanting to know Him more. There is more to learn about God, other than just a God of love. :)

NURSING - I love taking care of people and when I was younger, I had many tragic events where I needed God the most. So, after struggling with the question of what to do in life, I found that giving back to God is the best in life. So, hopefully, after I've finished my never-ending Nursing program, I can work for God by giving my time and my energy in the mission field. That's my goal since High School, and that is my goal now. I'll just pray that God can give me the strength to press on.

THEOLOGY - This is my new passion. I wish I can find someone that can help me to reveal the love of God and His just through His "love letter."

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Other than taking care of people, I've also have the passion of messing with technologies, seeing how it's done or even how it's put together. So, alongside the Nursing major, I'm working on my minor in Computer Science.
UPDATE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE - I think I'm giving up on computer science. I don't like too much competition and selfishness of life, so I'm backing out on it.

DRAWING - I love nature, and I love human beings, so in my free time, I enjoyed drawing nature, or a facial expression of a person. ONLY ON MY FREE TIME...

WRITING POEMS - I think there's a reason why God created a human heart and feelings. I used these gifts to create poems. I've written many poems, just because the heart have been through a lot. :) I wrote about love, loneliness, struggle, relationship with Christ, death, and many more. You can read them on my blogspot at AFLolowang.blogspot.com. :)

TAKING PICTURES - I am an ugly person. God created a beautiful being, but due to sin, I've became who I am now :). That's the reason why God helped an inventor to invent a camera, just so that I can be hid behind it to take beautiful pictures... Of nature of course. :) I'd prefer taking photos of nature rather than faces. I just don't know why. :p

FILMOGRAPHY - I love messing with Sony Vegas on my spare time. Check out AFLolowang and Azdhy on YouTube.

NATURE HIKING - In Colorado, if the weather is gorgeous, I'd love to spend the day hiking with friends. Just enjoying the beautiful creation of God. I'm sorry guys, if you can't see it yet, I'm a very outdoor type of person.

TENNIS - I love playing tennis. I'm very athletic in a tennis kind of way. But I'm not that athletic where I can be a professional tennis player. I can't even beat my friend Stevy yet. Sigh...

OTHER INTERESTS - I'd love to play Piano, Guitar and Flute. I have played with those instruments, but just on my own free time. I want to learn them to a point where I can play all the songs on the church hymnal. :) I also would love to learn other languages like Spanish and French. Korean and Japanese would be nice too.. :) Another interest of mine is to travel. I would love to do missionary work overseas and see the awesome work and wonders of God. Oh wait, I am overseas. :)

Recent Questions:
WHY AM I SINGLE? - This is another embarrassing question that parents always asked. All I can say is, look at Genesis 3 and you'll find the answer. Adam had to work for God, tilling His garden, until God can show him his need. Than, God put him to rest and provided him with his help-meet.

WHY DO I SMILE WITH MY MOUTH CLOSED? - Good question. When I was under the age of 10, five at the time, my brother and I fell off of a steep rocky hill. My brother's and my head were tore open. At the time, the only way for my wound to heal faster was to use an antibiotic called Tetracycline and our dad fell in love with the drug. So whenever I bumped and tore my skin, Tetracycline was the drug to use. Without knowing, Tetracycline has a side effect to children under the age of 10, and the side effect is the discoloration of our teeth. So if I refused to smile with my mouth open, that is the reason why.