Few weeks ago, there's this little puppy that was wandering around the condominium that is near my church. The Puppy is really really cute and it's golden brown in colour with "white socks". Some of us being so kind-hearted(or couldn't resist the puppy's charm) took him and put him under the wings of the youth group. We named the puppy Matty in remembrance of a youth intern that came for a year called Matthew McGee.
All of us loves that puppy a lot although some might deny that fact. Matty is just TOOO CUTTEEE! but it is really really a tough job taking care of it, it poops and pees in church and we have to clean it up. Besides that, we need to walk the dog quite frequently too. That's why we even have a "Matty Foundation" as a way to ease the pain of those taking care of Matty. However, I thank God for bringing Matty into our lives. I sincerely believe that there is always a purpose that God let things like that to happen.
I've been walking the dog quite some time, and i can tell you that Matty is one naughty dog. He doesn't follow where you go, he goes to dirty places and the worse is that it actually BITES AND EATS DEAD RAT! It sickens me to see him do that, there was once i got so angry that i pulled so hard that it actually did a somersault in the air. it breaks my heart to see Matty doing things that it shouldn't be doing because i know it isn't good for him. Everytime i drag him away from things that he isn't suppose to touch i know that he won't be happy with me, but everytime i let him go wherever he wants to go he'll end up in trouble. it's just a long long sigghhh..
I really wonder is that how God felt..sometimes.. He created us human beings and we are just like Matty. God knows what is good and bad for us, He is God, He knows it best. we have our own desires. Though God created these desires within us, but often we perverted all these desires. Satan tempts us, yes it is true.. but we are the ones that turn these cannons to the throne God is having and shoot at Him, rejecting God.. We are the ones that keep on rejecting God and eating all the dead rats on the road..
How good it is if we can realize what we are doing sometimes.. How good it is if Matty could understand what i say sometimes.. How good it is that we will follow God all the way and never follow our own lustful desires.. How good it is if Matty just keeps follow me and never runs away to eat rubbish.. God is the creator of the heavens and the earth. ALL things were created by Him and for Him.. God also promised us that all things works for good for those who loves Him and are called according to His purposes.. So don't follow your own desires if we know that it isn't for God's glory. For whether we eat or drink or whatever we do, we must do it for the glory of God.
For me, I would shout to Matty: "MATTY! NO NO NO! COME AND FOLLOW ME.. OBEY ME FOR I KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU.. DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT RUBBISH AND EAT DEAD RATS?? THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS BETTER FOR YOU? I HAVE FOOD FOR YOU AND CLEAN WATER TOO.. COME MATTY.. FOLLOW ME AND LISTEN TO ME.."
SO WHAT WOULD GOD SHOUT TO US? LET US THINK AND REFLECT ON IT OURSELVES...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Lessons from the egg and pan of the day:P
I've been reading Clayton King's blog for the pass few days. He is an evangelist if i am not mistaken and preached to many many many people on earth. I am really impressed sometimes that God can actually use such a young kid and groom him to be such a fine man of God. Anyways, a part of it inspires me to begin to look all around me every moment, and to think what is God trying to tell me through it.. So this morning i prayed that God would show me something. I pray that God would give me the right discernment to put in things i should and give me grace to do His will.
When i reach back home today, after getting settled down. I was asked to prepare my own lunch. Usually i do not fry omelet especially if i am just eating sandwiches. but i guess i just can't help it but to give in to my stomach and my desires. so i heat up this tinny little special frying pan. This frying pan is my favorite pan because it always gives me a perfect egg in a perfect circle shape. lol sounds kiddy but it is true.
So i heat the pan up and put in some oil, break the egg and as i try to put the egg onto the pan, i didn't know that it was too hot that i couldn't help it but to drop the whole egg on to the pan. I was like "OH NO!!" i hate it because i lost my perfect egg in a perfect shape and the yolk burst. I became so dissatisfied with it that as soon as i am done frying it, i decided to fry another one just because i am not satisfied not getting that perfect omelet that i was suppose to get by using this pan.
So i did the same thing again and make sure it wasn't too hot. so i break the egg again and put it into a bowl so i won't drop it. I was so sure that it will come out nicely this time. But guesss what? the pan drop from the stove this time and the whole egg spilled because the pan was too small to stable itself on the stand. I became so angry at that pan that i even just turn off the gas and throw the remaining egg on my plate and just throw the pan into the basin with my chopsticks angrily. Back of my mind thinking that, the frying pan is just so stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid and STUPID!(not a good attitude at all).. although everything should be blamed on me, but i was just very dissatisfied because it failed to fulfill it's purpose.. IT FAILED TO FULFILL IT'S PURPOSE..
And it was then, that I came to my own sense and asked myself. Did i fulfill my purpose here on earth?.. I was at school telling my friend that we should not just think about the "not-to-do list" but also the "to-do list"..now that as i think back..hmm..i wonder is it just my tummy or is it God that made me fry that omelet to make me realise or to remind me of something bigger.. How many times had we fail? How many times had we not fulfill our purpose? We are created for a purpose, and how many times we had failed fulfilling that purpose i wonder.. and most importantly.. How would God feel?
I couldn't help it but to feel broken-hearted because of who i am. Not just that i didn't fulfill my purpose here on earth, to do what God wants me to do. There are so many times where i lost my battles. I couldn't even keep myself from doing things God doesn't want me to do. So many time I do not dare to even lift my eyes to God, because i know that, I am failure, I failed to live a life that fulfills my whole purpose here on earth.
But thank God again and again. For His Grace, His Mercy, and HIS LOVE! HIS LOVE! Being a just God He can't just let sin slip away from His eyes. But YES THANK GOD that Jesus LOVE us so much that He WILLINGLY.. HE WILLINGLY came down to bring us hope. No greater love has there ever been. And through that sacrifice He made, we are made right with God. WE are forGIVEn.. And through Jesus, only am i able to live a life that He wants me to live..
We are created for a purpose, We are ALL created for a PURPOSE. Just as that frying pan was suppose to give me a perfect omelet. Just as the keyboard is suppose to let me type in these words. All things are created by Him and FOR Him. We are all created to fulfill a purpose, and i know that purpose is to glorify God. And we are not making God any bigger than He is when we say we glorify God. Who are we to make God any bigger anyways? We are like a telescope trying to see how big God is though we could never fully comprehend His beauty and majesty and glory. We are all CREATED for a PURPOSE. Let us strive to fulfill it. I thank God for His grace and mercy, I pray that we will all able to live a life that is worth the calling, I know that there will be times that we fall, but let us not stop ourselves from getting up again and again and fighting each of our battles even harder.
Lord Jesus, I just pray that You will forgive us when we fail You,.. Truly truly we thank You Lord, for your great love for us. And your grace and mercy too.. I pray that You will give us strength to do Your will.. I pray that we will start fulfilling our purpose here on earth even more as we grow closer to You.. Lord, Here we are, Made by You and FOR You and You alone.. Thank YOu Lord Jesus, In the name of Jesus that we pray.. AMEN
When i reach back home today, after getting settled down. I was asked to prepare my own lunch. Usually i do not fry omelet especially if i am just eating sandwiches. but i guess i just can't help it but to give in to my stomach and my desires. so i heat up this tinny little special frying pan. This frying pan is my favorite pan because it always gives me a perfect egg in a perfect circle shape. lol sounds kiddy but it is true.
So i heat the pan up and put in some oil, break the egg and as i try to put the egg onto the pan, i didn't know that it was too hot that i couldn't help it but to drop the whole egg on to the pan. I was like "OH NO!!" i hate it because i lost my perfect egg in a perfect shape and the yolk burst. I became so dissatisfied with it that as soon as i am done frying it, i decided to fry another one just because i am not satisfied not getting that perfect omelet that i was suppose to get by using this pan.
So i did the same thing again and make sure it wasn't too hot. so i break the egg again and put it into a bowl so i won't drop it. I was so sure that it will come out nicely this time. But guesss what? the pan drop from the stove this time and the whole egg spilled because the pan was too small to stable itself on the stand. I became so angry at that pan that i even just turn off the gas and throw the remaining egg on my plate and just throw the pan into the basin with my chopsticks angrily. Back of my mind thinking that, the frying pan is just so stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid and STUPID!(not a good attitude at all).. although everything should be blamed on me, but i was just very dissatisfied because it failed to fulfill it's purpose.. IT FAILED TO FULFILL IT'S PURPOSE..
And it was then, that I came to my own sense and asked myself. Did i fulfill my purpose here on earth?.. I was at school telling my friend that we should not just think about the "not-to-do list" but also the "to-do list"..now that as i think back..hmm..i wonder is it just my tummy or is it God that made me fry that omelet to make me realise or to remind me of something bigger.. How many times had we fail? How many times had we not fulfill our purpose? We are created for a purpose, and how many times we had failed fulfilling that purpose i wonder.. and most importantly.. How would God feel?
I couldn't help it but to feel broken-hearted because of who i am. Not just that i didn't fulfill my purpose here on earth, to do what God wants me to do. There are so many times where i lost my battles. I couldn't even keep myself from doing things God doesn't want me to do. So many time I do not dare to even lift my eyes to God, because i know that, I am failure, I failed to live a life that fulfills my whole purpose here on earth.
But thank God again and again. For His Grace, His Mercy, and HIS LOVE! HIS LOVE! Being a just God He can't just let sin slip away from His eyes. But YES THANK GOD that Jesus LOVE us so much that He WILLINGLY.. HE WILLINGLY came down to bring us hope. No greater love has there ever been. And through that sacrifice He made, we are made right with God. WE are forGIVEn.. And through Jesus, only am i able to live a life that He wants me to live..
We are created for a purpose, We are ALL created for a PURPOSE. Just as that frying pan was suppose to give me a perfect omelet. Just as the keyboard is suppose to let me type in these words. All things are created by Him and FOR Him. We are all created to fulfill a purpose, and i know that purpose is to glorify God. And we are not making God any bigger than He is when we say we glorify God. Who are we to make God any bigger anyways? We are like a telescope trying to see how big God is though we could never fully comprehend His beauty and majesty and glory. We are all CREATED for a PURPOSE. Let us strive to fulfill it. I thank God for His grace and mercy, I pray that we will all able to live a life that is worth the calling, I know that there will be times that we fall, but let us not stop ourselves from getting up again and again and fighting each of our battles even harder.
Lord Jesus, I just pray that You will forgive us when we fail You,.. Truly truly we thank You Lord, for your great love for us. And your grace and mercy too.. I pray that You will give us strength to do Your will.. I pray that we will start fulfilling our purpose here on earth even more as we grow closer to You.. Lord, Here we are, Made by You and FOR You and You alone.. Thank YOu Lord Jesus, In the name of Jesus that we pray.. AMEN
Thursday, December 20, 2007
God being selfish? Is He really?
It's late at night now, some of my friends were talking about what is trinity all about and stuff. My friend Ivan, asked one question like is God being selfish for creating everything for Himself? I think that God is not being selfish, there are a few reasons why i say that.
God is God Himself. what does selfish means? the definition i got from the web is....
Selfishness is, at base, the concept and/or practice of concern with one's own interests in some sort of priority to the interests of others; it is often used to refer to a self-interest that comes in a particular form, or above a certain level.
Is God being selfish just being concerned about Himself? Wel, you might think so. However, the reason i don't think so is because God is God, He is great and big and i do mean really really GRREATTTT and BBIIIIIGGGGGG. Human can be selfish when they try to do things for themself to glorify themselves so that they can enjoy themselves and make themselves look bigger than they really are. God is all-knowing and all-owning, everything was made by Him and for Him. If you feel that God is just using you just as a puppet and not being concerned of your own enjoyment and interest, it's not true. Well, but the first point is He created you and He has all the right to decide what you do, when you do, how you do it and etc..
But more importantly, is God really being selfish in doing that? I was kinda reminded, i don't know how but i remembered from the book "Don't waste your life" by Pastor John Piper. He once touched on this topic. Is God really loving us in making us serve Him and glorify Him? What is love? The world has a distorted view of love, love means makin someone feel good. but true love gives the person the best. And the greatest thing is God Himself, so in giving You the best is He being selfish? haha. You can think for yourself.
But this is what i would say, we will be most satisfied when God is most glorified.
God is God Himself. what does selfish means? the definition i got from the web is....
Selfishness is, at base, the concept and/or practice of concern with one's own interests in some sort of priority to the interests of others; it is often used to refer to a self-interest that comes in a particular form, or above a certain level.
Is God being selfish just being concerned about Himself? Wel, you might think so. However, the reason i don't think so is because God is God, He is great and big and i do mean really really GRREATTTT and BBIIIIIGGGGGG. Human can be selfish when they try to do things for themself to glorify themselves so that they can enjoy themselves and make themselves look bigger than they really are. God is all-knowing and all-owning, everything was made by Him and for Him. If you feel that God is just using you just as a puppet and not being concerned of your own enjoyment and interest, it's not true. Well, but the first point is He created you and He has all the right to decide what you do, when you do, how you do it and etc..
But more importantly, is God really being selfish in doing that? I was kinda reminded, i don't know how but i remembered from the book "Don't waste your life" by Pastor John Piper. He once touched on this topic. Is God really loving us in making us serve Him and glorify Him? What is love? The world has a distorted view of love, love means makin someone feel good. but true love gives the person the best. And the greatest thing is God Himself, so in giving You the best is He being selfish? haha. You can think for yourself.
But this is what i would say, we will be most satisfied when God is most glorified.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Christmas & to aviod the simple equation of SANTA=SATAN
Christmas is coming again. Christmas is a time of happy holidays, it's all about Santa giving gifts to little children. It's a happy season with snow and gifts and food and turkeys. Besides that, it's also a time for lovers and family to be together and have fun too. My point is, all you will see is people in red hat, and Mr. Santa as the big super star.
Almost all the time, everything i said up there probably is what is in the minds of people. I know that well, because before i know what was Christmas all about that was all i know about Christmas. For some of you, you would think what's wrong with that? Isn't Christmas a happy happy joy joy time? Well, i know it's true that it's a happy happy joy joy time. BUT, all of us would probably missed out something even greater, something even bigger, something even larger if that's all we know about Christmas.
Therefore, there are few truths about Christmas that i would want to tell you all, about what is Christmas all about.
1. Christmas is
CHRISTMAS. hmm.. let's take the words apart, CHRIST-MAS. and then cancel out the MAS.
You will get something like this -CHRIST which means Messiah.
Messiah,means the Anointed One, the Promised-One, The Holy One of God, Saviour of Jews.
So, the word Christmas actually tells us a little about what it's all about, it's about this Christ.
2. Christ is about
GIFTS
Christmas is all about Christ right? so what does gifts have to do with Christ? Long time ago, as a little child that i was, i would always long for a nice Christmas present, a really nice one. I even remembered that there was once i got a chocolate and i was so happy that i got a note from Santa Clause(which is my dad though i never thought of it last time) thought it was saying that i was naughty but wants me to be better next year. As a little boy, presents do mean alot to me. but even now, i would still be happy to recieve gifts. I don't really know why human tends to get so happy when they got presents from their friends and family.
But did we realise what is the greatest gift of our life? this greatest gift was born in a form of a baby, this greatest gift was wrapped, not with gift wrapping paper, but with splendour and majesty. A baby that was born to reconcile man to God. God manifested himself in a form of a human being. That we may forgiven and able to see the Holiness of Our King and glorify our Holy God and being able to enjoy Him, which is the greatest gift we could ever get. Christmas is all about this Gift.
3. Christmas is about
LOVE
Isn't love a wonderful feeling? it's also one of the most strongest feelings you would ever have. the person you are in love with will be very precious to you, sometimes love can even make someone do crazy stuff that you will never even be able to imagine. LOVE isn't all about just making someone feel good, making someone feel great, also not just about intimacy, like BGR/HusbandWife intimacy, more importantly, wanting the best for the person you love.
God loves us, He cares for us, He wants the best for us. Because of that, i don't think we could ever thought that a God, a GLORIOUS, a WONDERFUL POWERFUL ALMIGTY ALL-KNOWING, ALL-POWERFUL, ..., ..., ... GOD would ever send His one and only Son to die for us.
not an easy life and not an easy death. Because of this great love, Jesus came to bring us back to Him. Christmas was when this Jesus, who love us so much, born in a human form into the world. A Sinless Child to be our Sacrificial lamb. Christmas is all about this LOVE.
I guess this is enough for now. Christmas is all about this Jesus. Not Santa. Santa is good but not good enough. Jesus Christ is the Star in this "MOVIE", not Santa. if santa takes over it, santa would be used by his "evil twin"(in name i mean). A simple equation......
if santa takes over as the star in human eyes, Mr. SANTA= Mr. SATAN
Seeker of this Truth, Jesus loves you and wants you to know that and feel His love and accept Jesus, Gift, Love into your life. Knower if this truth, Believe it. Believer of this Truth, Tell people about it. Lover of this Truth, stand up and shine for Jesus.
AMEN
Almost all the time, everything i said up there probably is what is in the minds of people. I know that well, because before i know what was Christmas all about that was all i know about Christmas. For some of you, you would think what's wrong with that? Isn't Christmas a happy happy joy joy time? Well, i know it's true that it's a happy happy joy joy time. BUT, all of us would probably missed out something even greater, something even bigger, something even larger if that's all we know about Christmas.
Therefore, there are few truths about Christmas that i would want to tell you all, about what is Christmas all about.
1. Christmas is
CHRISTMAS. hmm.. let's take the words apart, CHRIST-MAS. and then cancel out the MAS.
You will get something like this -CHRIST which means Messiah.
Messiah,means the Anointed One, the Promised-One, The Holy One of God, Saviour of Jews.
So, the word Christmas actually tells us a little about what it's all about, it's about this Christ.
2. Christ is about
GIFTS
Christmas is all about Christ right? so what does gifts have to do with Christ? Long time ago, as a little child that i was, i would always long for a nice Christmas present, a really nice one. I even remembered that there was once i got a chocolate and i was so happy that i got a note from Santa Clause(which is my dad though i never thought of it last time) thought it was saying that i was naughty but wants me to be better next year. As a little boy, presents do mean alot to me. but even now, i would still be happy to recieve gifts. I don't really know why human tends to get so happy when they got presents from their friends and family.
But did we realise what is the greatest gift of our life? this greatest gift was born in a form of a baby, this greatest gift was wrapped, not with gift wrapping paper, but with splendour and majesty. A baby that was born to reconcile man to God. God manifested himself in a form of a human being. That we may forgiven and able to see the Holiness of Our King and glorify our Holy God and being able to enjoy Him, which is the greatest gift we could ever get. Christmas is all about this Gift.
3. Christmas is about
LOVE
Isn't love a wonderful feeling? it's also one of the most strongest feelings you would ever have. the person you are in love with will be very precious to you, sometimes love can even make someone do crazy stuff that you will never even be able to imagine. LOVE isn't all about just making someone feel good, making someone feel great, also not just about intimacy, like BGR/HusbandWife intimacy, more importantly, wanting the best for the person you love.
God loves us, He cares for us, He wants the best for us. Because of that, i don't think we could ever thought that a God, a GLORIOUS, a WONDERFUL POWERFUL ALMIGTY ALL-KNOWING, ALL-POWERFUL, ..., ..., ... GOD would ever send His one and only Son to die for us.
not an easy life and not an easy death. Because of this great love, Jesus came to bring us back to Him. Christmas was when this Jesus, who love us so much, born in a human form into the world. A Sinless Child to be our Sacrificial lamb. Christmas is all about this LOVE.
I guess this is enough for now. Christmas is all about this Jesus. Not Santa. Santa is good but not good enough. Jesus Christ is the Star in this "MOVIE", not Santa. if santa takes over it, santa would be used by his "evil twin"(in name i mean). A simple equation......
if santa takes over as the star in human eyes, Mr. SANTA= Mr. SATAN
Seeker of this Truth, Jesus loves you and wants you to know that and feel His love and accept Jesus, Gift, Love into your life. Knower if this truth, Believe it. Believer of this Truth, Tell people about it. Lover of this Truth, stand up and shine for Jesus.
AMEN
Monday, October 15, 2007
Tracing where God leads the WinGS..
This is a post that I'll be updating it as time goes by, I pray for a vision and voice from God.. to let me know what should we do.. for WinGS .. I'll be updating as i know what is next..
May God's awesome presence be felt and may Him and Him alone be glorifed..
AMEN
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date of post: 22 October 2007
No BIG movement so far but i can feel that God wants us..the youths to be bonded together..as in brothers and sister in a big big family..well that's what we are(in Christ)..and we should be reaching out too i guess..since there's goin to be a new UCSI building nearby..it could be that we are suppose to reach out there..who knows?and of course..the need of us to cling on to our bible mustn't be excluded or ignored..
above all, i personally(that means i don't know what the others think) feel that the youths should really be able to see that amazing truth..that God had died for us..of course i know that the youths all know about that and we had been told millions of times..but how often we always took that for granted(including myself)..1st, we have to know about it, not just know ABOUT it but to KNOW it personally..2nd, if we know it, we should be embracing that truth and live our lives around it..i mean there are many cases that you feel it personally and know it but yet you don't do anything about it..i think that we shouldn't take little things for granted..3rd, SPREAD the truth..
most importantly, i really pray and wish that the youths will live their lives for the glory of Christ..that their passion for Christ will grow and everything they do will be for the glory of Christ..i don't want this to be just a church thing, but rather it sinks deep into our lives..i really don't want them to feel like..(oh yes i heard that many times) or (yes la, stop it okay? i'm bored) or (who's this guy who thinks he knows alot and brag about it, whatever i want my life, boasting about christ? maybe later la,, i want to ENJOY my life first), or (get a life, that's boring)..because, the truth and the mystery of it is when God is most glorified our heart is most satisfied..when we live our life around it.. our heart is truly satisfied..i pray that the youths will be serious about their relationship with God..not just making it a Saturday Sunday thinggy..
Prayer: Lord Jesus, i just pray that You'll open up our eyes of our youths, that we may be able to see the truth that is in You.. We thank you Lord for dying for us on the cross.. indeed it is by your grace and mercy, by Your sacrifice that we may be able to even have each breathe we are having now..forgive us when we fail you, we confess to you that we are sinners O Lord, we thank You that even though we are failures and weak yet you still chose to love us..I just pray that Your hands will be upon the youths as we depend on You..heal each sickness we have for You are our healer..forgive me too..Lord i am not perfect and i sin too..but let me be Your servant..guide me..In the name that every knee shall bow, In the name that's above all name, it is in the name of JESUS i pray..
AMEN
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Date: 09 Dec07
It's been a while since i posted anything, reason remain hidden:P
anyways, Vacation Bible School just ended yesterday.. it was really awesome. The reason i said this was because it was a joy for all of us to serve and play and teach these kids about God and to spend time with them, really it was a joy for us.
Christmas is near and we are preparing for it, i hope the youths will find the true meaning of Christmas and what is these faith all about. This gift of love and how awesome it is to really be a servant of this one and only GREAT GOD. tat was one of my wishes as i gaze upon them up from the stage today and many other times. That the sacrifices i made would really bring them up and carry them to find the greatest treasure of our lives.
May God's awesome presence be felt and may Him and Him alone be glorifed..
AMEN
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date of post: 22 October 2007
No BIG movement so far but i can feel that God wants us..the youths to be bonded together..as in brothers and sister in a big big family..well that's what we are(in Christ)..and we should be reaching out too i guess..since there's goin to be a new UCSI building nearby..it could be that we are suppose to reach out there..who knows?and of course..the need of us to cling on to our bible mustn't be excluded or ignored..
above all, i personally(that means i don't know what the others think) feel that the youths should really be able to see that amazing truth..that God had died for us..of course i know that the youths all know about that and we had been told millions of times..but how often we always took that for granted(including myself)..1st, we have to know about it, not just know ABOUT it but to KNOW it personally..2nd, if we know it, we should be embracing that truth and live our lives around it..i mean there are many cases that you feel it personally and know it but yet you don't do anything about it..i think that we shouldn't take little things for granted..3rd, SPREAD the truth..
most importantly, i really pray and wish that the youths will live their lives for the glory of Christ..that their passion for Christ will grow and everything they do will be for the glory of Christ..i don't want this to be just a church thing, but rather it sinks deep into our lives..i really don't want them to feel like..(oh yes i heard that many times) or (yes la, stop it okay? i'm bored) or (who's this guy who thinks he knows alot and brag about it, whatever i want my life, boasting about christ? maybe later la,, i want to ENJOY my life first), or (get a life, that's boring)..because, the truth and the mystery of it is when God is most glorified our heart is most satisfied..when we live our life around it.. our heart is truly satisfied..i pray that the youths will be serious about their relationship with God..not just making it a Saturday Sunday thinggy..
Prayer: Lord Jesus, i just pray that You'll open up our eyes of our youths, that we may be able to see the truth that is in You.. We thank you Lord for dying for us on the cross.. indeed it is by your grace and mercy, by Your sacrifice that we may be able to even have each breathe we are having now..forgive us when we fail you, we confess to you that we are sinners O Lord, we thank You that even though we are failures and weak yet you still chose to love us..I just pray that Your hands will be upon the youths as we depend on You..heal each sickness we have for You are our healer..forgive me too..Lord i am not perfect and i sin too..but let me be Your servant..guide me..In the name that every knee shall bow, In the name that's above all name, it is in the name of JESUS i pray..
AMEN
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Date: 09 Dec07
It's been a while since i posted anything, reason remain hidden:P
anyways, Vacation Bible School just ended yesterday.. it was really awesome. The reason i said this was because it was a joy for all of us to serve and play and teach these kids about God and to spend time with them, really it was a joy for us.
Christmas is near and we are preparing for it, i hope the youths will find the true meaning of Christmas and what is these faith all about. This gift of love and how awesome it is to really be a servant of this one and only GREAT GOD. tat was one of my wishes as i gaze upon them up from the stage today and many other times. That the sacrifices i made would really bring them up and carry them to find the greatest treasure of our lives.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Tears
As i walk down the road of my life,
I realized that the road wasn't all dry
The paths that I've gone through sometimes
Was wet and damp
Filling every corner of this road..
As kept walking
The load that I have been carrying is heavier
And it's another day where i felt that pain again
What are these drops of water
that tried to held on to my cheeks
yet pulled down by gravity
slowly coming down to drop down to the ground
is this what that is known as tears?
Yet what is this heaviness that is in my heart?
As tears falls down my cheek
Even the rain starts falling from the skies
This weight, i could no longer bare..
I wish that i can find a place
Where i could be away from everyone
Wishing there will be peace and comfort as well
Yet hidden from the sight of man
Where is this place? is there one to be found?
I walked and walked..all alone..
I realized it wasn't a place that i am able to find
I kept on looking yet it's too heavy for me to carry it on
I feel my tears escaped from the flood gates that I've put on
As my heart could do nothing else but to cry out
I raise up my hands and lift them up
Opening them as if waiting for someone
I raise up my eyes and gaze at the skies
Hoping to hear the Voice of the Holy One
I cried out hoping
He would teach me what to do..
I cried out hoping that
He would stop this pain that's in my heart..
Yet as i turn back and looked upon the road that I've walked
I realized that the path that I've walk
Was a path that's so dark
A path that i wished I did not walked
I could do nothing else but to bow down my head
Feeling so unworthy of all things
I cried for forgiveness
Yet I realized that as if my knees are torn in two
Never ceasingly falling down
And just kept falling down
To the pit of darkness..
Again filled with unworthiness and shamefulness
I realized that the road wasn't all dry
The paths that I've gone through sometimes
Was wet and damp
Filling every corner of this road..
As kept walking
The load that I have been carrying is heavier
And it's another day where i felt that pain again
What are these drops of water
that tried to held on to my cheeks
yet pulled down by gravity
slowly coming down to drop down to the ground
is this what that is known as tears?
Yet what is this heaviness that is in my heart?
As tears falls down my cheek
Even the rain starts falling from the skies
This weight, i could no longer bare..
I wish that i can find a place
Where i could be away from everyone
Wishing there will be peace and comfort as well
Yet hidden from the sight of man
Where is this place? is there one to be found?
I walked and walked..all alone..
I realized it wasn't a place that i am able to find
I kept on looking yet it's too heavy for me to carry it on
I feel my tears escaped from the flood gates that I've put on
As my heart could do nothing else but to cry out
I raise up my hands and lift them up
Opening them as if waiting for someone
I raise up my eyes and gaze at the skies
Hoping to hear the Voice of the Holy One
I cried out hoping
He would teach me what to do..
I cried out hoping that
He would stop this pain that's in my heart..
Yet as i turn back and looked upon the road that I've walked
I realized that the path that I've walk
Was a path that's so dark
A path that i wished I did not walked
I could do nothing else but to bow down my head
Feeling so unworthy of all things
I cried for forgiveness
Yet I realized that as if my knees are torn in two
Never ceasingly falling down
And just kept falling down
To the pit of darkness..
Again filled with unworthiness and shamefulness
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Going through sufferings and pain..
Had you ever feel that sometimes you wished you could go back time, and wished you could do something to stop something you don't want from happening? Had you ever regretted that you did something wrong and wished you never done it? Had you ever wished that the very thing that's happening now would not had happen and you wish it's just a dream? Had you ever feel so useless and so angry at yourself for letting a certain things from happening? or.. Had you ever feel so bad and sad because of a certain things that happened?
i think all of us had that before, whether big or small.. things that we wished it wouldn't happen yet it happened.. And your heart it just feels so bad or sad or broken.. sometimes we may say it's alright but deep down our heart is hurting.. deeply hurting as if thousands of knife came piercing through your heart and crushing it and slicing it till bits and pieces.. that feeling of hurt that would come to everyone could be happening to you to me or to anyone around you..but no doubt..all of us will one day feel that pain.. It's just tough to handle this emotions sometimes, whether in or out.. it feels like crying.. either tears from your eyes.. or tears from your heart..
There are many many parts of my life that tasted like that too. it's hard to go through it..it really is tough..but let us stop here for a moment or two..cause there's something that's important for you..it may not be true for you..but it always helped me through:p..i think you would also wonder why that such things actually happens..and most importantly why did God let it happen? let's search for an answer for it...
Psalm 119:71
The suffering you sent to me was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles.
Psalm 119 was one of the longest psalms in the whole bible, it is written by an anonymous person though some suggested that it is the Ezra the priest who wrote it.. Priests and prophets who followed God faces a lot of troubles and sufferings.. Faithful and upright people of God are people who would stand up for God and hear God's voice and tell the people.. but very often they would be the ones who needs to speak something against the people's will especially when they sin and fall..Therefore, they not just have to face the enemies of Isreal, but also faces dangers and persecutions from their own people, and as well as the results of sin, whether cause by them or the people.. it must be tough for them..
So, the psalmist was saying that the sufferings that You, which means God, sent to me(the psalmist) was GOOD for it taught me to pay attention to your principles. What was the psalmist trying to say here? the suffering that God sent to him was good for him? can you say to yourself when you face suffering that this is actually good for me?i think it's gonna be real tough to say that..
So what does it mean by good? good in what way? God is a all-knowing God and he knows and plans everything that happened.. so why did God allowed sufferings in our lives? i think that in all things that happened, God has a reason and plan for it..
So what's this purpose of suffering that we need to go through? let's take for example..there's a kid who fell down and hurted himself.. the kid asked himself why do i have to go through all this pain and stuff? why? because he fell.. if you take that as a suffering, the psalmist would say it's good for him. why do you think that it is good? i think because of that fall, it could had saved his life.. imagine a child who never fell and never experience pain before, one day he just leaped off from a high place out of curiosity and fell to his death? the pain from a tiny fall actually teaches the kid alot of stuff and warns and lets him experience it, and making him be more careful to avoid from falling down again.. i think that, in a way that small fall the boy had, that "suffering", was good in a way. i think that's what the psalmist was trying to say.
There are many times we would face hardship and stuff..i wouldn't want to write much cause i know it's hard to read long long articles..but i just pray that as we go through sufferings and hardship..always remember that God is still here with us and He has plans to bring us back and bless us..
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
May God give you strength and comfort in your most difficult times as you depend on Him.. He will always be faithful and true.. He never promise us a life that will have no suffering and failures at all.. but He promises us to always be with us and to help us go through it..
AMEN
i think all of us had that before, whether big or small.. things that we wished it wouldn't happen yet it happened.. And your heart it just feels so bad or sad or broken.. sometimes we may say it's alright but deep down our heart is hurting.. deeply hurting as if thousands of knife came piercing through your heart and crushing it and slicing it till bits and pieces.. that feeling of hurt that would come to everyone could be happening to you to me or to anyone around you..but no doubt..all of us will one day feel that pain.. It's just tough to handle this emotions sometimes, whether in or out.. it feels like crying.. either tears from your eyes.. or tears from your heart..
There are many many parts of my life that tasted like that too. it's hard to go through it..it really is tough..but let us stop here for a moment or two..cause there's something that's important for you..it may not be true for you..but it always helped me through:p..i think you would also wonder why that such things actually happens..and most importantly why did God let it happen? let's search for an answer for it...
Psalm 119:71
The suffering you sent to me was good for me, for it taught me to pay attention to your principles.
Psalm 119 was one of the longest psalms in the whole bible, it is written by an anonymous person though some suggested that it is the Ezra the priest who wrote it.. Priests and prophets who followed God faces a lot of troubles and sufferings.. Faithful and upright people of God are people who would stand up for God and hear God's voice and tell the people.. but very often they would be the ones who needs to speak something against the people's will especially when they sin and fall..Therefore, they not just have to face the enemies of Isreal, but also faces dangers and persecutions from their own people, and as well as the results of sin, whether cause by them or the people.. it must be tough for them..
So, the psalmist was saying that the sufferings that You, which means God, sent to me(the psalmist) was GOOD for it taught me to pay attention to your principles. What was the psalmist trying to say here? the suffering that God sent to him was good for him? can you say to yourself when you face suffering that this is actually good for me?i think it's gonna be real tough to say that..
So what does it mean by good? good in what way? God is a all-knowing God and he knows and plans everything that happened.. so why did God allowed sufferings in our lives? i think that in all things that happened, God has a reason and plan for it..
So what's this purpose of suffering that we need to go through? let's take for example..there's a kid who fell down and hurted himself.. the kid asked himself why do i have to go through all this pain and stuff? why? because he fell.. if you take that as a suffering, the psalmist would say it's good for him. why do you think that it is good? i think because of that fall, it could had saved his life.. imagine a child who never fell and never experience pain before, one day he just leaped off from a high place out of curiosity and fell to his death? the pain from a tiny fall actually teaches the kid alot of stuff and warns and lets him experience it, and making him be more careful to avoid from falling down again.. i think that, in a way that small fall the boy had, that "suffering", was good in a way. i think that's what the psalmist was trying to say.
There are many times we would face hardship and stuff..i wouldn't want to write much cause i know it's hard to read long long articles..but i just pray that as we go through sufferings and hardship..always remember that God is still here with us and He has plans to bring us back and bless us..
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,
"Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you."
Deuteronomy 31:8
The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
Joshua 1:5
No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
May God give you strength and comfort in your most difficult times as you depend on Him.. He will always be faithful and true.. He never promise us a life that will have no suffering and failures at all.. but He promises us to always be with us and to help us go through it..
AMEN
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