The Story of My Life

Sea Of Faces

2008-08-27T11:18:00.003+10:00

Tears of joy, joy of the Lord ... Jesus, if my one heart is all you would gain from all it cost, I know you are still willing to offer your life for my heart, but you're more than big, because you offered your life for more than one heart of mine ...

I like this song very much, thank you Jesus for wonderful songs like these. Sea of Faces by KUTLESS

I see the city lights all around me
Everyone's obscure
Ten million people each with their problems
Why should anyone care
And in Your eyes I can see
I am not just a man, vastly lost in this world
Lost in a Sea of Faces
Your body's the bread, Your blood is the wine
Because you traded Your life for mine
Sometimes my life it feels so trivial
Immersed in the greatness of space
Yet somehow you still find the time for me
It's then You show me Your love
And In Your eyes I can see
And in Your arms I will be
I am not just a man, vastly lost in this world
Lost in a Sea of Faces
Your body's the bread, Your blood is the wine
Because you traded Your life for mine
If only my one heart
Was all you'd gain from all it cost
Well I know you would have still been a man
With a reason to willingly offer your life
I am not just a man, vastly lost in this world
Lost in a Sea of Faces
Your body's the bread, Your blood is the wine
Because you traded
Your life for mineJust one in a million faces

Lyrics: AZLyrics Link
Music Video: YouTube Link

Not Lacking

2008-08-21T14:45:00.004+10:00

I have simple things in life, but just sooo happy - such I get to live worry-free (maybe sometimes I get some attacked but boy how super is the recovery!) ... just eating simple food but food I really enjoy, even sweet potatos, steam fish, wow I don't know what to say but I feel as though I have everything! It's amazing, even when I dont have money in my bank .. I feel so rich ... its like - when the need arises, the funds will be there! Thank you Jesus!

Life Is Good

2008-08-20T12:41:00.004+10:00

Life is good ... I could stand praising God in the midst of troubles! Thank you Jesus for strenghtening me, keeeping the joy you have for me, having eyes to see the goodness in life .. how Your powerful words can energize my life! I am the happiest person alive!

I know I am going to rise higher, I can smell it! God is going to cause me to triumph! God will use the thorns in my flesh and turn it for the better! I am still standing, I am not moving from my position of faith! I will overcome all obstacles with God's help! :)

Joy Of Living

2008-07-29T18:58:00.002+10:00

On our way home earlier, I bought a piece of marble cake - but really enjoying it, thanking God. Did you know, I've never really appreciated food all my life? I eat because I have to, just so its enough to nourish my body, with no other meaning to it .. but since I got to know Jesus, a simple act of eating becomes such a miraculous thing, as though yes I am experiencing miracles every day, a few times a day! Yes, I've been in the wilderness for farrrrrrrrrr toooooooooo long! But I thank Jesus He found me and came for me! Even simple act of showering, I appreciate it so much .. I have sooo much to be thankful for, it gives me great joy to be alive!

Made Me Glad

2008-07-29T12:24:00.002+10:00

I will bless the Lord forever
I will trust Him at all timesHe has delivered me from all fear
He has set my feet upon a rock
I will not be moved
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Whom have I in heaven but You
There's none I desire beside You
You have made me glad
And I'll say of the Lord

You are my shield, my strength
My portion, deliverer
My shelter, strong tower
My very present help in time of need

Source: Lyrics Download
YouTube Music Video: Made Me Glad, Hillsong

Dalamnya Kasih-Mu Bapa

2008-07-29T12:18:00.003+10:00

So love this song and the anointing worship ... thank you Jesus ...

Music & Lyrics : Andre Hermanto
Music Arrangement : Steve Tabalujan
Album : TrueWorshippers “All Things New”

DALAMNYA KASIH-MU BAPA
TERLEBIH DARI S’GALANYA
PENGORBANAN YANG TERMULIA
S’LAMATKANKU

DENGAN DARAH YANG TERCURAH
AMPUNIKU ATAS DOSA
KUBERSUJUD KEPADA-MU
OH YESUSKU

ENGKAU KU SEMBAHKAU YANG TERINDAH
PULIHKANKU DENGAN DARAH-MU
ENGKAU KU SEMBAH
BAPA MULIA
SEUMUR HIDUPKU KU MAU MENYEMBAH-MU

Source: Candra Wijaya Blog
You Tube Music Video: Dalamnya Kasih-mu Bapa

Super Happy

2008-07-28T13:28:00.002+10:00

I am so so so so sooooooooooo happy ... just so happy I get to worship God every single day - when time is on my side, the Lord is gracious. Like a bird just released out from its cage, everyday I am flying in freedom ... freedom to love God and to be loved by God ... for He first gave His all for me ... free .. I am so free to love and be loved by God, I have to say it over and over again ... Thank you Jesus.

True Love

2008-07-08T18:02:00.002+10:00

From time to time, what happened (or did not happen) between me and KW still puzzles me .. everything seems OK, we seem to love each other alot, yet when people ask me, I am still abit stoned, yeah even after 5 years now sometimes I still question myself without any answer. But thanks to the Lord, since I have casted this upon Him, to His wisdom and in His arms .. rather than trying to deal with it in my lousy ways ... even from time to time as sweet memories overwhelmes me ..

Today, as I was talking to an old friend of mine, talking about the past: I came to this as the Lord helped put everything nicely in an understandable format .. all the while, I could only described what happened but didn't know what happened ... someone told me, well .. he didn't love you in the first place ... many times I hear about "not being ready", "its not that I dont love you", all kinds of answers but none satisfied my soul, except now that the Lord corrects me with His love as I understand that all the long He always had my best interest in mind .. infact, He gave me what was the best of the best ... So, going straight to the point, this is what happened, this is what I said to my friend ... "In a way I am also very selfish.. because I cannot wait .. infact if I can I wanted to get married at 21!!!! that was me ...... i think I was sooo self-centered to myself, my needs .. my wants...my timeline ..... i really didn't know what it means to truly love someone"

Yeah .. that was it, I didn't know what love is, until now that I have found true love, from the one Who is love Himself, the author and creator of love .....

God Is Good

2008-07-08T13:20:00.002+10:00

People are shying away from churches not because they are rebelling against Jesus but because they have not been introduced to the Jesus who gives the guilty sinner the gift of no condemnation. Too often, non-believers have only been introduced to a religion, a set of riles that only judges and condemns them .... (Destined to Reign, pg. 164) .. What makes things worst is, believer who call upon Jesus's name accepts these condemnations and live under the law or a mixture of law and grace, the old and new covenant and unable to bear good fruits in their lives in which manifest from their wrong believing, resulting in non-believers looking at them thinking "Such, hypocrites" .. They do not desire the life of these Christians because what manifested from their lives they could not witness the love of God .. yes even non-believers know what God is like .. and they expect God to be good ... and God is good.

Cool Fresh Morning

2008-07-01T10:59:00.003+10:00

I feel soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo blessed walking in the cool fresh real air. Makes me want to wake up earlier and earlier each day just to be out in the nature! Just came back from sending ANA to school - it's a priviledge! Then I get the chance to chat with CSK for a while, as he waits for his bus, sharing about what the Lord and I have been doing together, and he suggested we should wake up early every weekend now - how nice! Thank you Lord for giving me this position of influence, a place where I can be available to your precious ones! So happy too thinking about little little things - that I can scratch/scrub my back (and I do!), that I can smell the sun (and I do!) .. everyday is like a miracle ... life itself is so precious but the One who made all these possible is even more precious, altogether lovely! I really cherish each day, more than ever before, thank you Lord for helping me come to this point - that even to appreciate all you have done for me and for mankind you lifted your finger so I can be at greater heights seeing greater things from up above.

Wake Up Early

2008-06-28T07:16:00.002+10:00

Need to break my routine and get up earlier than 7am - otherwise rush rush. Today I got up abit way too early, 4.30am! But manage to sit down for breakfast at 5am, its nice though! Hope to adjust it to about 6am! Then I wont have to adjust so much for some of the early Sundays!

Coolness in the Heat

2008-06-27T23:10:00.002+10:00

I really enjoy each time looking out into the greens out our window, even looking into the sunlight, being in the sun ... feeling and experiencing it, I sense the glory of God shining upon us, not giving up on us .. When I sweat, I sweat happily .. as I walked in the sun, I can feel like I am walking in the coolness eventhough I am in the heat! It's been more than a year already but the sight God gave me since He found me, I found Him .. is still so vivid, the colors I see, it's so real now for I was so blinded before - the green seems greener, the blue seems bluer .. the shades of color seems so clear to me ... thank you Lord for giving me eyes to see all these beautiful things of yours ... I love you, for you have first loved me ..

Heaven on Earth

2008-06-27T22:49:00.002+10:00

Waking up in the joy of the Lord - as I walk through the lush greenary palms, sending ANA off to her school - it feels like heaven on earth! New every morning .. new every morning ... I thank God that He helped me experience the true joys of all He has made for us .. :)

We Want To Hear God

2008-06-23T12:57:00.003+10:00

Deep down inside each one of us, we want God to speak to us directly. We refuse to hear from others - even other Christians, or people who know God or we reject them when they want to tell us about God ... because deep down inside, even before we were born, we are created to have that personal relationship with God himself --- Yes, God wants to speak to you directly too, if you will only sit down, relax and listen with an open heart .... put away everything you have right now, everything you are going through right now ...

God Sees It All

2008-06-23T12:56:00.000+10:00

Man looks at people from the outside, but God see through all hearts ...

Finally - Jesus

2008-06-20T00:49:00.001+10:00

I've found the person I've been looking for all my life, his name is Jesus. I found Him because He first found me - I love Him because He first loved me. Through Jesus, I have the opportunity to know the One True Living God - Almighty God - the one who created Heavens and Earth, you and me ...

God Surpasses It All

2008-06-11T11:44:00.004+10:00

Ever wonder why "Christians" 'who are imperfect in your eyes' keep bugging you to go to church or always wanting to share with you about Jesus? That's the power of God. They know its something "good" (the good news) that eventhough they "are not yet there" they want to share it with you first.

Imagine if you have already tasted one of the best cookies in town, just so out of ordinary, super extrodinary! Then the next time you go get some, you make sure you have it yourself first before you go buy another box for your neighbor. Believe it or not, that's how we live our life today, for most people, 'as long as they are taken care of first', 'as long as I am happy, why bother about reaching out to others', 'as long as I am doing the right thing', 'as long as my conscience is clear' ... 'as long as I eat my own yummy cookie' ... while this is so powerful in the lives of so many people in the world today, the power of God surpasses all that. Even the one who is "not yet perfect in your eyes" cannot hold the good news to himself/herself! The Good News is not dependant on how good a person is first before it is given to you, it surpasses the imperfect, the imperfect professing 'Christian' .. it is so good that even the imperfect Christian would say when she receive her 2nd box of the yummy cookie, "Let me give it to my neighbor first' eventhough in the eyes of their neighbor, they are still filled with flaws and unrighteousness, they feel condemned, or not good enough. God's Good News is not depending on how good a Christian is, for God's work is not dependant on men alone but God himself who is all dependable.

Putting Money To The Test

2008-06-09T17:45:00.003+10:00

As I was washing the dishes, this came to me: For people like you and I today, can we really tell between the real and the fake money? Perhaps yes if we studied the flaws thoroughly, also not to forget to thoroughly know exactly all the details of the real money, granted .. but for the usual layman you and I, who's just moving on life day in day out, the best way is to put it to the test. Even if you don't want it, you can't really avoid it because when the time comes for you to use that money (in exchange for something that is of value to you - money is just a paper unless it returns something of value to you at that time) you will have to put it to the test. Use and see if it gets rejected. Sometimes, true yes people do get away with using fake money (although its not your intention) but do you think you can be using fake money all the days of your life if that's really all you have? Surely, one day you'll get bumped ... Dont look at someone who owns fake money and think that is real money. Your eyes may deceive you. Take that money and put it to the test yourself.

Put Aside Religion

2008-06-07T12:21:00.003+10:00

It's not about religion. If the Truth is spoken onto a person and religion keeps coming back to take the first place in heart, then people's heart will never be united. It's about God, the God who created you and I. The God who created all the wonderful things you are utilizing right now. If we have God in our heart as our target (not religion) we will be united under the Truth because God is Truth.

If we could just put religion aside, and say from this moment onwards, lets looks for the God who created us, and all these on Earth we can see, it doesnt matter what kinda God I have in me right now, what God you have in you right now, we will eventually be meeting the same God for He is One and Only - if we seek Him first with a heart that is willing to acccept the Truth when it is presented to us. My knowledge and understanding will be perfected and so will yours. By God's grace, we can continue to help each other get closer and closer to the Truth. If we think our knowledge and understand is already perfect than we are only fooling ourselves. If we do not have the desire to seek God, surely we want to continue to believe what we believe and practice what we've been practicing because that is the God of our life, the God we created in our hearts, not the God who created Heaven and Earth.

God gives His sunlight to both and evil and the good, and He sends rain on the just and the unjust too (Matthew 5:44) The one who does not know God, the one true living God receives from God too. How can one receive a gift from a friend and not acknowledge the giver but only the gift?

Religion may consist of things that are true but the Truth will always be the Truth. "The Truth can always change something that is true because it may be true or false, but what is true can never change the Truth because it is the Truth" (Ps Guest Speaker, NCC)

Who Am I To You?

2008-06-06T18:51:00.004+10:00

If we try to understand the things of God, or God Himself, using our human time-frame or human ability, its almost futile. It's like a fish trying to understand the human owner's time-frame, what he/she is up to, the fish can only see and hear so much!

To say God is not doing a good job just because we don't see those who believe in Him live a holy life is using our own time-frame to chit-chat with God and when God says something we cannot even hear Him, its like the fish trying to talk to the human owner and when the human owner tries to explain why He changes the fish tank once a week and sometimes a fornight, sometimes irregularly, the fish says - we think changing everyday is the best and hence our owner is not a good owner.

Christianity has been around and look at these people, how horrible they are. God become so small, we bring Him to our level just because we can only operate that much without our own human eyes. Fortunately, God does not operate in our time-frame eventhough we think of Him so and insist so. God does not need to depend on us. A year to us is a thousand years to God. We may look down on God and say what God's doing in churches is not good (again, we put all the blame on God, again using our own ability to see things failing to understand the laws of nature in which God himself operates in) because we cannot see the results we would say is good (again operating in our own human intepretation of what is good) but the truth is God has a bigger heart than you and I. Eventhough in the midst of all these misconception of God, misunderstanding of God, He still extends His big heart (slow to be angry, quick to forgive, mercy and grace to the undeserving) because He sees what we cannot see.

You may be concern only for your own life or your family, even your friends, but God is concern for all others. Every second everyday, souls are still coming to God, accepting His invitation to be reconciled with Him, receive eternal life- experience Heaven on Earth .. we may give up on God, but God has not given up on us. We may think we are smarter than God, kinder than God, more merciful than God, more a peacemaker than God following whatever religious system we have been following, protecting it like precious diamonds, cutting out from God, but God has a bigger heart than you and I. Just look at Creation and you will see God can do bigger and better things than you and I. Who is the God in your heart? God is asking, "Who am I to you?"

Tree Of Life

2008-06-06T16:53:00.008+10:00

Some people believe all religion is good (although not all - put aside cults extremes - cutting hands and such, but generally), no one is more superior than the other.

But that was not the case for me back then. In my heart, I believed Christianity was a religion less superior than the one I had, as a matter of fact, I believed Christians (whatever denomination they can call themselves, at that time I gathered all reported to the same God and called upon the same God) ... I believe they are one of the most selfish group of people in this world ever existed. I remember my Mom telling me, pointing to the TV that it is the religious people who's always fighting, if its not the Christians, its the Muslims, to me, it didn't come close to anything "good". I never wanted to be like them, not only selfish but one of the most hypocritical people because they go to church, some even everyday, they pray and proclaim aloud that God is the most important thing in their life, yet I wonder, what kinda God is that? Certainly not the God that I know! *proudly I proclaim in my heart, though I may not say it* People of other religion appeared so much better, much more peaceful than Christians. Infact they make alot of effort to live peacefully with others in harmony. I can hang out freely with Buddhist or free-thinker friends but I find it so restrictive and hard to hang out with Christians, they have all kinds of "rules" they are following, not rules that I would say good, but rules that were to their advantage most of the time (in my mind). I thought to myself, I am better off without their religion ...

Not until when God stopped me face to face, almost like Apostle Paul at Damascus! And He explained how I have looked at other Christians but He said "I did not say these Christians are the way, the truth and the life" instead He says, "I am the way, the truth and the life, Follow Me". Although I was not capturing people, and killing them like Paul did, but it was the same murder - murder at heart. I may not criticize the Christians outwardsly (as a matter of fact - try to "live in peace with them" in doing so I also appear a much better person, more righteous, following the right path..) my heart looked down on them, judging them and criticizing them. I may not use the swords and knives and what not weapons that Paul used but I used the modern day weapons to criticize them, no difference from Paul, persecuting them. I thank God my sins are forgiven ...

At that point, I find myself still trying to explain to God "But .. you see, this person ..... that person ... see how they ....why would they, how can they ...." but God was gracious, always steering my face towards Him and with His gentle voice telling me that He is actually talking to me, He is concern about me, I do not need to be concern over the others because it's not about others, its about Him and me. Once that is sorted out, everything else will be OK inc. understanding things of the world.

It is true that no one religion (Christianity without a relationship with Christ included) is more superior than the other because religion tells you what is good and what is bad, what to do and what not to do, that is from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which brings DEATH! All will come to the same ending (The wages of sin is death - Romans, who have not sinned?) but to those who receive Jesus, He came so we may have life, He came from the Tree of Life which gives us LIFE! (Ps JO - NCC). Halleluyah!

Perfect People, Need Not Apply

2008-06-06T16:14:00.003+10:00

Groucho Marx was famous for saying he wouldn't want to belong to any club that would let him in. If a church must be perfect to satisfy you, that same perfection will exclude you from membership, because you're not perfect! Every church could put out a sign "No perfect people need apply. This is a place only for those who admit they are sinners, need grace, and want to grow." - Rick Warren

I remember not quite long ago listening to one of Ps Tony Evans sermons describing the chuch as a hospital, hospital for the sick. As I further thought, its true those who think they are well, do not go to the hospital, those who think they are good enough in whatever they are doing that all they do doing their best is what matters most will not go to church because they do not need others, they do not need God, they only need themselves, they depend on themselves and whatever resources around them (that too they may not realize it is God who provides), certainly they dont think others need them too because if they knew the hospital is full of sick people and "they want to do good, want to help" they would show up! But they do not know.. and our childhood, media, family, friends, everything we have ever come across that we've been feeding on doesnt help us to know, and so we become dead to such things, let alone respond to it. Not only do people not respond to it, but they add on what they learn from the world to what they believe is what Christ is all about, is all what God is all about ... is what the church is all about. How dangerous can that be .. further taking us away from God, who desires to reconcile with us, giving us the abundant life with the one and only true living God. Another sermon on AM800 last year (LWF if not mistaken, Ps. Adrian Rogers) said something I remember vividly, that Jesus did not come so people can learn to be good but He came so the dead would be alive to God! If we look unto the church or other Christians, what an awful deal it is, almost short-changed - we rather forgo God having a relationship with us just because the sick acted like they were not sick (hypocrisy) or we expect the sick to not act like they are sick but act like they are well when they are sick (unrealistic expectations). That was me until the Lord spoke to me and said, "You're not looking at the right coordinate. Follow me and I'll show you the way" It was purely God's grace, certainly not something I could have caused, created, earned with my own mighty effort or smartness. After all I am nothing but dust from the ground, and if I have something, it was given to me in the first place, by God who loves not only me, but the world.

Source: Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren, pg. 163

7 Churches

2008-06-06T10:29:00.003+10:00

The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

To the church in Ephesus
"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

To the Church in Smyrna "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.

To the Church in Pergamum "To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives. Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it.

To the Church in Thyatira "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you): Only hold on to what you have until I come. To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— 'He will rule them with an iron scepter; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'— just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Sardis "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Philadelphia "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

To the Church in Laodicea "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Source: Revelation 1-3, NIV, Biblegateway

Sheeps & Goats

2008-06-06T00:34:00.002+10:00

The Sheep and the Goats

"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Source: Mattheew 25: 31-46, NIV, Biblegateway

My Job

2008-06-06T00:02:00.004+10:00

My job is not to be like Bao Ching Tien (Judge Bao) who decides who is real (faithful to God, saved, or true) and who is not for I cannot see through hearts, not even my own heart at times. That job rightfully belongs to God. As for me, my job is by the greatest commandments of our Lord Jesus (Matthew 22:37-40):

'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

What is love? The world gives many creative definitions (what we learn from childhood, through our own relationship with others, via the media etc) but what really matters is to know what love is from the one who is LOVE Himself, in today's understanding we call it, the one who created love. God is LOVE, what God thinks about what love is what matters, and He sent Jesus to demonstrate the unfailing love of God Almighty, a sacrificial love - one that does not depend on how deserving you are, one that gives you what you need without depending on how good you are or what you do, one that thinks in the interest of others continuously supplying that interest without exhausting the source, one that does not worry for our own interest have been taken care of abundantly through faith in Christ Jesus.

Do you really love me? Asked of our Lord Jesus - I do. Do you? I do .... Do you really? You know I do. Then Feed me sheep, feed my lambs, take care of my sheeps, tend to them ... (John 21:15-17) ... Gods desire have now become the desires of my heart by His grace. Above all, Jesus said, when we love our brethren, others will know you are my diciples (John 13:34- Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ("By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.").

Thank you Lord Jesus for being alive yesterday, today and tomorrow, continuously encouraging, guiding and comforting me, giving me such wonderful relationships with my brothers and sisters in Christ. It's a priviledge to be a part of God's family, I love you for it is you who love me first so I may have a chance to love you.

My Brothers & Sisters

2008-06-05T23:50:00.005+10:00

So who are our brothers and sisters? In Matthew and Mark:

"Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" .... For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." (Matthew 12:48-50) "Who are my mother and my brothers?" he asked ..."Here are my mother and my brothers! 35Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother." (Mark 3:33-35) in Luke 8:21 - He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice."

So who among my fellow church mates are the ones who put God's word into practice? Having to understand the Parable of Wheat and Weeds with the help of our Lord and consistently througout the Bible, I believe it is not our job to say who is true or not true, it is the Lord who sees all hearts. Honestly we cannot see through hearts, the quiet times, the private confessions, the deepest emotions of people. Even they themselves cannot see all there is in their heart. There are many many many very sincere Christians out there who's seeking God out but like sheeps who's so vulnerable to diseases and easily led astray become victim of the god of the world today. In a way, we can judge to an extent for the skill to judge is also given to us but before we judge anyone, lets ask ourselves, "Are we willing to help?" If not, there's really nothing we need to say or do, if we are, we will find out that once we start to put their best interest in our hearts, God will help us see through their fragile human heart. We are all on the same boat. We all fall short of the glory of God. Let's not go against each other but alongside each other, seeking the one true God. When it comes to who is true and who is not, it doesnt really matter what we think, it is what God thinks who judges fairly. Our job is to love God with all our heart and love our neighbor as Christ have set the example.

Wheat And Weeds

2008-06-05T23:47:00.002+10:00

Parable of the Wheat and Weeds

Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew.

“The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’ “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed.

“‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked. “‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”

Source: Matthew 13:24-29, NIV, Biblegateway

Parable Of The Sower

2008-06-05T23:31:00.002+10:00

The Parable of the Sower in Matthew, Mark and Luke.

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying:

"A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear."

The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?" He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:" 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

Source: Matthew 13:1-23 NIV, Biblegateway

Whatabout Me?

2008-06-05T23:27:00.003+10:00

(Whatabout me? Have I been faithful? Well it matters very little what you or anyone else thinks) As for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. I don’t even trust my own judgment on this point. My conscience is clear, but (that isn't what matters) that doesn’t prove I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.

So (be very careful not to jump into conclusions before the Lord returns as to whether or not someone is faithful) don’t make judgments about anyone ahead of time—before the Lord returns. For he will bring our darkest secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due.

Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I’ve been saying. If you pay attention to what I have quoted from the Scriptures, you won’t (brag about) be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another. For (what makes you better than anyone else?) what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though (you have accomplished something of your own?) it were not a gift?

Sources: 1 Corinthians 4:2-7

Not Up To Us

2008-06-05T23:08:00.003+10:00

Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not!

For God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.” So it is God who decides to show mercy (receiving God's promise is not up to us). We can neither choose it nor work for it. For the Scriptures say that God told Pharaoh, “I have appointed you for the very purpose of displaying my power in you and to spread my fame throughout the earth.” So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

Well then, you might say, “Why does God blame people for not responding? Haven’t they simply done what he makes them do?”

No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?” When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into? In the same way, even though God has the right to show his anger and his power, he is very patient with those on whom his anger falls, who are destined for destruction. He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory. And we are among those whom he selected, both from the Jews and from the Gentiles.

Source: Romans 9:14-24 NLT

Dream Come True

2008-05-16T18:45:00.003+10:00

So much sweating today! So happpppppppppppppy! I actually have "time" to clean our wooden chairs, sofa and furnitures! Amazingggggggg! Believe it or not, its a dream come true! It's an honor and great pleasure to be able to serve the family! Like last week, I enjoyed cleaning the bathroom very much hehe ... its somehow very easy and best of all, we enjoy the fruit! *sparkly clean, ding!* Thank you Lord for helping me be in where I am today where you have reinstated me to the position you originally created me for, to nurture the family, and certainly time is an asset! Not to mention good health! Thank you Lord Jesus! (As I was cleaning, I meditated on Samuel's attitute doing all the little little things at the Tabernacle) it's amazing when God helps you put His words into your life, bearing fruit you have no control! Good, juicy, fresh fruits! "Whatever you do, do your work for the Lord" Halleluyah!

Sweet Sweat Jesus!

2008-05-09T15:37:00.003+10:00

Sweat, sweat and more sweat, I love it! So much joy, I feel so alive! Didn't realize how dead I was prior to knowing Lord Jesus, praise God! Changed all the bedsheet today, planning on a weekly cleaning (dust, vacumn, mop, sweat, wipe, wash), and fortnight change bedsheet and ensure everything looks good and smell clean and nice! Nothing beats this full time job! Occasionally I must say, there are times due to lack of support from love ones, temptation kicks in to feel guilty-for staying home, people thinking its a waste of time, not good use of talent (believe it or not no one really wants to say good job for me doing this, instead if I go out and work, climb the career ladder, people praise you, how capable you are doing everything at one go!) and I must say, being a human, I am subject to these temptations too!

But somehow the Lord has been gracious, esp kind to me, just covering me with His angels wings, comforting me and encouraging me in His own language, patting my back and saying "Good job girl!", and most improtantly that the Lord is in control of the entire situation, for all good things work for those who love Him! So I can be cleaning the pooo, just so called "accompanying" my girl or earning big bucks out there, whatever it is, it is not the type of job one does or decide to do that makes him or her so brilliant, but it is the joy of the Lord that gives strengh and true happiness to everyday living, a relationship with Him, where He is in you, you are in Him. Thank you Lord Jesus for your presence in my life!

Bathroom Cleaning

2008-05-06T12:18:00.002+10:00

Its odd to say this but I really enjoy cleaning the bathroom too! Somehow everything is so easy and happy to do here, now, whatever you call it! Everything is put together nicely for me for the Lord loves to see me happy! On the logistic side, yeah somehow I could use the shower hose to clean the whole bathroom, very easy, clean and clean! Don't know how to explain but definitely alot of joy and happy to see the results and being in a position that I can get things done for the family in a happy ending way!

Executive @ JPR

2008-05-05T23:53:00.003+10:00

Finally, submitted an application for operations/admin executive at JPR, online - fast and easy, after many weeks of delay. I have 2 more applications already prepared but did not send out for the longest time, week after week! Still, the same is, I don't know what's best, but I know the Lord knows! He'll open the doors wide open for me for those He thinks is best for me and our family, and close real tight for those which He thinks ain't the best! Maybe this is not the right time, maybe its OK, I honestly don't know! But the Lord knows my heart desires for it is He who planted it there in the first place and I know He has good and great plans for little ANA too .. The Lord is in control, who am I to interfere? Thank you Lord for helping me submitting to your plans, trusting you and knowing you know whats best for all of us because with my eyes only, I can't see property but with yours, you can see everything across time and space! Halleluyah!

Meantime, wherever the Lord has placed me, I will do my best to serve all the accounts (sheeps and fish) around me! "Whatever you do, do your work for the Lord" Yay!

Real Estate Agent

2008-05-05T23:49:00.003+10:00

So, CSK suggested this and he's very pro for it, asked me to take up a course this month. Personally I think its interesting but more so for CSK as he may want to consider venturing into this area sometime later, something I think he will enjoy and do well too! Anyways (viewing it in light of being Christ's helper) this can be a great encouragement to the family, will just consider all options and honestly I don't know what's best, but I know the Lord knows! He'll open the doors wide open for me for those He thinks is best for me and our family, and close real tight for those which He thinks ain't the best! Praise the Lord! As for me, whatever I do, I will do my best for the Lord, even so not because I can do it (honestly I can't really always keep up the momentum) but because Christ in me, it can be done! Halleluyah!

My FairPrice Plus Card

2008-05-05T23:37:00.002+10:00

Just got my FairPricePlus card - simple, easy and debt-free kind! It's a combo of Savings, Debit Card and VISA, yay - didn't have to (dont have anyway) any documentation except for my IC and get to enjoy the convenience of VISA without the chance to get into debt, Praise the Lord! Have a chance to start savings too - and all other features of a ATM card. If the Son therefore shall set you free, you shall be free! The Lord says, "The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none" (Deuteronomy 28:12) Now is already the best of the best but the best is yet to come! Thank you Lord Jesus!

Pool Online

2008-05-02T19:33:00.003+10:00

Soooo nice (and cool) being able to be out here in the pool and online! Uploading some long overdue family photos on our online album and get to accompany ANA while she tries her stunt "diving"! So happy for her and me, now she's more independant, able to play around with minimum supervision .... I remember having to run around everywhere by her, watch her closely because she's still young and don't know much yet - I remember not able to play tennis and the Lord was kind to me, giving me patience to wait without any frustration - giving me love during the wait time, and be happy in other things .. its just great to be able to sit here, relax, and be with my girl, while getting some work done! Praise the Lord!

Hope Has Arrived!

2008-05-02T15:32:00.002+10:00

Pretty heavy groceries for me today! Last week was quite a tough walk too, not to mention taking a bus with all the groceries! This time I've decided instead of buying bit by bit (which is still heavy - milk and such) I am planning to do groceries on Friday morning like today. Then take a cab home! Still, pretty heavy stuffs to get up the apartment! But I am going to stay confidence in the Lord that He sees it all and will provide solutions! Yes a car would be nice hehe, mean time, as I was helping out another friend to purchase some yummy paste (buy and ship over) but bumped into free SG delivery options and even international deliver! And just about a minute ago I ran into FairPrice online! Hope they have some of those delivery to our doorstep option! Let's go see!

Flowing Milk & Honey

2008-05-02T14:57:00.002+10:00

Loads of chance to sweat, so happy! Even in the house, daily chores, sometimes yes it does get hot but I am not bothered somehow, infact I love it! Loads of fresh fruits - sooo yummy, oranges, apples, pears, nothing fancy though sometimes we get those juicy mangos too, what else, wow the seedless graps super duper! Loads of fresh fish, vege and all kinds of fishcake make! What else, so much more - nestum 3-in-1 drinks, plain biscuits or even marie, yummy MILO, freshly squeezed orange juice, all kinds of nutritious milk options! Thank you Lord for making everything happen in the most happy way - bringing us into the land of flowing milk and honey!

Love The Chores

2008-04-28T13:07:00.004+10:00

What a beautiful day! And it has been since many many weeks ago, but it keeps getting better and better! Thank you Lord Jesus for everything for all good things come from you. I enjoyed doing laundry, really happy that the clothes are all in good shape, properly cleaned and folded but more importantly, we have the sun! The Son! Even unbelievers get to enjoy, how big a heart our God is, the God who created you and I. I managed to clean the house thoroughly last weekend and realllllllllllly enjoyed it! Infact, the Lord was me the entire time and that was the best part! No words can describe a life filled w the presence of our Lord Jesus - making every little thing in life so beautiful for He is beautiful, like a diamond - brilliant from all angles... Thank you Lord for helping me receive you with open arms and living a Holy-Spirit directed life, not one that is religious for the law only proves to us how unable we are in doing it perfect instead it is through your perfect work on the cross that allows us the chance to be perfect, only through your grace!

I Am An Overcomer!

2008-04-21T15:10:00.002+10:00

Overcame voices of the dos and donts, living under the law, how religious people may intepret God's words too lurking within my own realm, instead God helped me focus on the needs of the people around me ... Very much like when Jesus healed the lame on Sabbath Day. We heard the stories but what do we receive from there? The Pharasees were so focused on the law (they themselves have set based on God's words!) and would rather not heal anyone simple because of the religious law. When healing was performed, they proved their belief by their words and actions.

Very much like in todays world, when another Christian do or dont do something, if not careful, we may persecute them even in our own minds, judging or criticizing them, leaving them feel so condemned for what they are doing (we're not talking about sins the Bible clearly talks about, things that clearly God doesnt want us to do) but these are things such as, watching a movie, drinking wine, getting a job, sending your child to school, working in a non-Christian organization la la la ..... I remember one day not too long ago, when I have already started working on being a good help-meet to hubby, looking at our situation, I didn't mind taking up jobs, and do it cheerfully, trusting that the Lord has already given us the peace to live each day happily - but because I was going to work, hence a busy schedule, a friend said to me, "I dont envy you" .. Although I have never thought of wanting her to envy me but I must admit for a moment it had me feeling bad, feeling as though what I was doing is wrong, feeling condemned because I am not home with my girl eventhough deep inside I know my goal is to help hubby and the family and this is just an interim thing, yet this remark left me feeling bad and certainly condemned. Very much the same, we may use words in our very home leaving our family members feel bad, even little children.

But the Lord's been gracious, through powerful preaching by our own Ps and others, He has helped me see to all these situations that our tongue and words are so powerful it can kill the Spirit of another ... or if you like, cripple them. The Lord has also been very gracious helping me see beyond people who leave me feeling bad and certainly I don't resent them .. after all, even myself have said things that have left others feeling bad, we all fall short of the glory of God, but instead by God's grace, I love them as Christ love them because I have experienced Christ love for me and He has encouraged me always "Whatever you receive freely, give it freely"... At the same time, the Lord actively helps me also stay focus on my own tongue! How great it is that I am using it to bless others instead of crippling them! Thank you Lord Jesus.

So the key is to set our eyes focus on the Lord, what is important to do Lord .. and I believe with all my heart that the Lord loves people from the bottom of His heart, which means, what they need is important to Him and it is His will to provide to them. So, my job is to stay focus on the needs of the people whom God places in my life, on-going, 24 x 7, wearing on Jesus glasses, the Lord will help me identify these needs and I serve them because the Lord serves them. Not because I am good or I am worthy or my ability or even my love for people, because if its not because of the Lord's grace upon me, I dont even have the ability to love others.

Right now, our family needs financial help and I will do my best to help, the Lord will be the one who works out the plan but my job is to open up my heart, let the Lord soften my heart, free it from religious beliefs, but live by God's grace and abundant love each new day! Starting to look for a job now, something that will certain help hubby and family here, and surely it is also God's will to bless ANA with a safe and wonderful God-loving home and up-bringing, so I will trust in that too!

Double Steamer

2008-04-21T14:45:00.002+10:00

Soooooooooo very happy with my double steamer, almost every weekday just using this will do our lunch and dinner, healthy and happy food too! Thank Lord for helping me to not be wasteful, thrifty, cherish and appreciate everything old and new, otherwise I wouldn't have brought this back all the way from KL, or even know how to learn to wait, and would just quickly buy a new one, if no cash, just swipe my card and get one right away! You have trained me to learn to wait and live a happy life because at the end of the day, we are so much more better off! Thank you for your promise that we may not only live but live abundantly!

Oh! Buy One Here

2008-04-20T14:59:00.002+10:00

Ever since sold the unit, have had so many challenging thoughts in response to requests and needs from the surrounding (thanks to Lord's grace, its all just on the surfaces, I guess human inclination to wonder and analyze, no deep negative thoughts) and told the Lord, He is the one who knows best, I just said, "Lord, lord, so how, what should I do" and live each day believing that the Lord will provide the answer for He is the one who sees everything from birds eye view! This morning got it and wonder why ... hey it didn't occur to me, we could buy a small flat for us to live here, buy it for ANA (which was also the original intention why I had bought the SH apt, and puzzling how we can return to her the edu funds originally given to her too! among many other things) but viola! Since our lease is expiring and our rent is pretty high, its also wise to move to a more affordable place, not to mention purchasing it for ANA! Yay! Committing everything to the Lord, inc. this purchase, for if it is the Lord who's safeguarding everything who can take it away before asking Him!? Thank you Lord! Off we went looking around today's papers, made some calls, do some preliminary viewing and get some basic information ...

Follow Me

2008-04-20T07:51:00.003+10:00

I realize many do believe God exist, some of which do believe in God. This helps me understand why God has not call us quits inspite of all our wrong-doings. It helps me see how loving our God is because while we cannot see so much with our human eyes, God sees it all and He sees that there are still so many to whom belongs to Him, wants to return home ... which is why I also understand and appreciate this time that we're living in: last call, last call - there's still chance for each one of us to abandon our idoltry Gods and say, "Forgive me Father, now I realize the Truth". Many I could see through Jesus eyes are innocent children (refering to adults) for real children have a humble heart, willing to learn and faithful to accept the truth ... but these adults are in many ways very innocent. It's becoming so clear to me now that I am back in Asia, I can see it all around me, my friends and relatives ... deep inside their heart they know God exist, in many ways searching for God, yet because of the culture and up-bringing (clearly described in the Bible), they "do as Romans do" ... carrying the legacy their parents and other role models in their life has left behind.

Why do we perform all the fancy rituals to all the fancy gods? Because our parents did it, our grandparents did it, our brothers and sisters, family members ... but do we really know these gods? There's no personal relationship with these gods for if we do have, we will find that they don't exist. For one to know the one true and living God, they just have to face God Himself and spend time with Him, get to know, communicate and get a response. Surely, if we put a piece of wood in front of us and speak to the wood, it cannot smile to us in return, but the one true and living God can! Try it for yourself, don't have to believe me.

Then there are those who also "do as Romans do" going to Church and calling for Almighty God and the Lord Jesus name but inside do not have a personal relationship with God, very much like those who pray to all those other gods. It's like a culture thing too, go to Church, be part of a religious family ..... but have not accepted Jesus as Personal Lord and Savior. However, since it is the Lord they are calling out too, it is also between the Lord and them because only God can see through their hearts, not me, in many ways very similar to how God sees through hearts of unbelievers too.

Whatabout those who do not perform anymore fancy rituals but believe in themselves or still their other modern day gods? Even believing in our ownself is a religion! But know the one true living God is not a religion, but a relationship. Those who believe in themselves do in many ways still believe there's a God! Take for instance, ask a person who claims they do not believe in God to curse themselves dead or striked by all kinds of great misfortune. I think they wouldn't dare! Some who's still in denial would say, ohhh, its about the law of cause and effect la la la, but who created these laws? God is God or order, without these laws of nature, the Earth wouldn't be able to function in an orderly manner. You dont have to believe me but just spend time watching nature documentaries or observe the way living things work .. soon you will notice, everything in nature evolves around a system in an orderly fashion. Its quite predictable! Even earthquakes which we cannot really predict occurs in a manner of cause and effect! And then there are some who's also in denial would refuse to thank God. It's like we receive a gift from a friend and say, I am so thankful (to ourselves) and ignores the person who hands over the gift or refuse to write a thank you card. "We are so blessed" but who blessed us? No need to thank the blessor .... for "I" have achieved these myself. But we do not have to look far to realize that many things we did not create it ourselves. For instance, if I ask you the formula of how we can create this wonderful vegetable that you like, or your favourite fruit, or even your lovely child ... we are far from knowing the how to create the end product let alone the seed! We are not even the designer, merely the user. Many things we have today is also a result of copy-ing what God has created, how can we claim there's no Creator - that's copyright infringement! Have you ever plagarized? Plagarism isn't only about copying the sentence as it is, but even if you modify the sentence to disguise your act, but the meaning and content was taken from a particular source, you are plagarizing!

We may not know all the answers to everything (for if we do, we are God) and if we claim we do, then we must be aspiring to be God .. but I have learned through God's grace by being thankful to Almighty God. It's a starting point, and from there through His grace, He will draw us near, give us more understanding, never wanting us to go astray ... He knows we are so innocent "blur" that we just follow whatever our culture, media, people around tell us - so many blind leading the blind, yet He is not counting on our poor choice to do so, instead sent His Son to die on the cross so that through Christ, we may know the one true living God - the Truth itself. Jesus didn't say, "Christianity is the way the truth and the life", He didn't say, "Your Christian friends are the way, the truth and the life", "Your Church is the way the truth and the life", "Professing Christians around the way is the truth, the way and the life", instead He said, "Follow me ... I am the way, the truth and the life"....

Harvest Time - Start Work

2008-04-20T07:37:00.004+10:00

Today I will also start to re-align my priorities. With the move and settling down, its easy to lose focus and get lost in the maze! Fortunately though, working with Jesus as your boss isn't quite like a maze for those are just illusions! It's actually a clear open space, direct open access to Almighty God! Plus, loads and loads of grace, so every new day is a fresh beautiful day! No need to feel guilty or condemned whatsoever, instead by the power of what our Lord has already accomplish, we bear fruits! We can't help but the bear fruit that is! It's harvest time!

Back to my full-time job, now that the printer is in place, I should start putting together again the portfolios of the accounts Boss has assigned to me. What are their needs, feed feed feed for our Company has plenty of resources, subsidized by the Government. All they need to do is receive, very much like how people receive grants. But surely if you notice, there will be grant administrators, putting together all the necessary paperwork for the people to receive these grants! Yes, they have all made it to qualify, not through their own creditials or effort but through the finished work of Christ Jesus!

PS Thank you Lord for giving me a 1 mth break to settle down a little, giving me the chance to be my own-boss, the 'American Dream'! Without getting into debts for you have paid it all!

5 AM Routine

2008-04-20T07:33:00.002+10:00

OK so its been about a month since I got here, starting a new routine from today! No more waking up at about 7-7.30pm, but going for 5am! Still vividly remember my parents waking up early during my early school days. I think its a good habit to start the day early! Let's do it!

Love MRT

2008-04-20T01:52:00.002+10:00

I actually do love travelling on the MRT, bus and such - public transport here in SG, very much like in HK. Clean, neat, efficient, can do quite abit while travelling unlike if I am driving. Plus loads of walking, like it too! Infact very thankful to the Lord for bringing us through the red sea over to the land of flowing milk and honey! Although we may not necessarily see the honey and milk now, but thanks to God's grace, we are now depending on Him entirely, trusting and entrusting to the Lord all there is! Thanks to God's grace too, we have guidance from His words, not to complain, fret instead learn to trust and obey through the power of Christ! Thank you Lord for sustaining us through the journey, keeping us away from disbelief :)

House In Order

2008-04-17T18:05:00.002+10:00

So happy, I have time to keep the house in order! What a joy! I love to do things for my 2-kids at home! Gonna work on a clean and tidy guestroom, as well as our long-overdue family photo album!

Worry-Free Life

2008-04-16T11:50:00.003+10:00

So nice waking up every morning care-free! Worry-free and stress-free! Thank you Lord Jesus - for your grace taking me through one step at a time, a speedy one too! Every new morning, a new wonderful one - the Lord has taken care of me so I may also be fit to take care of others, those around me. Thank you Lord for giving me a serving heart. Started playing the piano - not professionally, but indeed professionally for the Lord! My first song to learn is "Give Thanks", it's so revolutionary, almost as if God's love falling down upon us like gentle pure white snow fall ...

So happy to be able to attend to CSK and ANA's needs each day, with smiles and joy! Not tired but full of joy and strengh of the Lord to serve them! Indeed, its my pleasure to serve! Thank you Lord for giving me the desires of my heart for it is you who have planted these good desires in the first place ...

Only Good Things

2008-04-15T19:34:00.003+10:00

The Lord said to me today, that "I will only give you things that are good, things that are no good I will not give you, all you have to do is trust me. You may not see it now but trust me"... Convicting words I have spoken to my little girl flashes back to bless me - surely, if we sinful human parents won't give bad things to our children, what more our Heavenly Father who are in Heaven? Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your presence and providence, every new day, under your grace.

I had a dream a little earlier just now, and once again had been reminded about DD and MM's salvation. The Lord has been gracious, I once dreamt about MM many mths ago, and then DD - somehow they both will be in the Lord's presence. It is my hope that Jesus will take them home when its dark and lonely, for Jesus is the only true light of the world ... It is my hope that every soul is saved too - and I hope to be able to contribute directly to saving lost souls. Thank you Lord Jesus for giving me the desires and the hope, the solution to what this life is all about.

Fun Loving Trip

2008-04-12T11:56:00.002+10:00

Returning to SG today, what a great trip last week - spend time with DD and MM, meet up with WG and family, no special events planned but just loving my family members! So, care-free and purely goodness! Thank you Lord for all the big and small provisions along the way, esp. the yummy mangoes too!

Sold!

2008-04-07T14:51:00.001+10:00

So! Finally sold our SH apt. First thing I visited the unit though, stayed over w/end and very thankful to the Lord for providing me the chance to do so and able to enjoy and experience the surrounding. Whatever the plan is, Lord I know you're in control!

Life Is Full Of Goodness

2008-01-11T09:46:00.000+10:00

For the past few many months (almost a year now), God took me through and around, opening up my eyes to so many wonderful things that's happening on earth its almost as though heaven on earth! From smallest to the biggest things, what God created was so good, I truly understand now to some extent why our Lord Jesus Christ has not return, for many still are accepting the good news. Apart from that, even the non-believers and believers alike, simply by just looking at them, they way they are living their live, all the joy and love receive through relationships, work, things in life, wonders of the world - food, places, events, hobbies ... gosh, God created all these wonderful things is soooo good no words can contain! Even marriage itself is so good if only we put on Jesus glasses to see all things, those things God had created were intended to be soooooooo good, if only you could taste it! Yes, only if we let it function the way God intended it to be ...... Isn't such a wonderful thing you can get into a car and drive from one place to another, safely?? This day-to-day act is already so good itself, yes only if you operate the car the way it was designed, and follow traffic rules! But if you wish to take the car on the water, or through the hills, would you be surprised if it wont turn out a good ride? There's no surprise!

Life is full of goodness even words cannot contain the goodness of it, if we live it the way God intended it to be. What is God's way then? Call upon him and seek Him, he will reveal himself, for if sinful parents know how to respond to a child when they call upon them for help/questions and answers, what more our Heavenly Father would do if we call upon him?

Speak To Your Mountain

2008-01-11T09:36:00.002+10:00

SPEAK TO YOUR MOUNTAINS
Read 1 Samuel 17:31-54

Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, "Be taken up and cast into the sea," and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you (Mark 11:23-24)

If you're in a tough situation today, now more than ever you need to guard what you say and not allow any negative, destructive words to come out of your mouth. Scripture says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and you will eat the fruit thereof" (see Proverbs 18:21). In other words, you create an environment for either good or evil with your words, and you are going to have to live in that world you've created. If you're always murmuring, complaining, and talking about how bad life is treatening you, you're going to live in a pretty miserable, depressing world. You will always be tempted to use your words to describe negative situations, but God wants us to use our words to change our negative situations. Don't talk about the program, talk about the solution.

The Bible instructs us to speak to our mountains (see Mark 11:23-24). Maybe your mountain is a sickness; perhaps it is a troubled relationship; maybe your mountain is a floundering business. Whatever your mountain is, you must do more than think about it, more than pray about itl you must speak to that obstacle. The Bible says, "Let the weak say I'm strong, let the oppressed say I'm free. Let the sick say I'm healed. Let the poor say I'm well off" (see Joel 3:10)
Start calling yourself healed, happy, whole, blessed and prosperous. Stop talk to God about how big your mountains are, and start talking to your mountains about how big your God is!
When David faced the giant Goliath, he didn't murmur and complain and say, "God, why do I always have these huge problems?" He didn't dwell on the fact that Goliath was three times his size. Nor did he dwell on the fact that Goliath was a skilled warrior and he was just a shepherd boy. He didn't focus on the magnitude of the obstacle before him. He chose instead to focus on the greatness of his God. He changed his whole atmosphere through the words that came out of his mouth.

David looked at Goliath right in the eyes, and with great determination, he said "Listen, Goliath, you come against me with a sword and a shield, but i come against you in the name of the Lord God of Israel"

Now, those are words of faith! Notice, too that he spoke the words aloud, He didn't merely think them; he didn't simple pray them. he spoke directly to the mountain of a man in front of him, and said, "I will defeat you and feed your flest to the birds of the air this very day" And with God's help, he did exactly that!

When you are faving obstacles in your path, you must boldly say, "Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world (see 1 John 4:4). No weapon formed against me is going to prosper (see Isaiah 54:17). God always causes me to triumph." Quit complaining about poverty and lack and start declaring, "God supplies all my needs in abundance.: Quit nagging that friend or family member who is not serving God and start declaring, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD" (Joshua 24:15. Quit complaining that nothing good ever happens to you and start declaring, "Everything I touch prospers and succeeds." We must stop cursing the darkness. Let's start commanding the light to come.

Friend, there is a mirable in your mouth. If you want to change your world, start today by changing your words.

Source: Joel Osteen 90 days Devotionals

Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for your encouragement and many others. Thank you for meeting our needs, even the very basic and the most non-tangible, non-visible needs, you see it all and you feed us, we just have to open our mouth and be filled. Thank you for providing the solution and not let us suffer in silence and in misery at times of difficulties. Thank you for all the wonderful Pastors all around the world who works hard to serve you, though they may not be perfect, but your grace is sufficient and you can bring even the smallest message to be delivered to the person who needs it most at the right time and right place! Just as I have been blessed with those messages, thank you Lord.

My God Is So Big

2008-01-11T09:36:00.001+10:00

My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There's nothing my God cannot do.
[clap clap]

My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There's nothing my God cannot do.
[clap clap]

The mountains are His,
The valleys are His,
The stars are His handiwork too.

My God is so big,
So strong and so mighty,
There's nothing my God cannot do.
[clap clap]
[Repeat, going faster and faster each time.]

One of my fav fav songs, Analina would come home singing and bless us!

Baguio, PI Trip

2007-12-26T02:09:00.002+10:00

Another trip! Thanks to our boss's generosity, we can all go to PI for company Christmas party. Though, fortunately and unfortunately I have fallen sick with bad stomach (probably the strawberries), but I must say the Lord had shown me so much what's out there. Truly, the end is near, so little time to waste. I thought about the orphans and elders .... though I did not see these needy in Baguio City, it was more like the slumps and unclean places that started these thoughts, but we were also kinda stuck up in the mountains, having to catch a flight only to know it cannot land and then have to get a van back to the city. Thoughts of children not having a loving mom and/or dad bothers me alot. Yet, in my heart I know, the only most effective way to help them is that Jesus has the solution. We can feed a person food but how much can you feed? How many can you feed? Would he or she grow up knowing the truth? Walking in the light? We can cloth a person, but how many days can you provide? How many can you cloth? We do a little here and there and feel good about it, telling ourselves our burden have been lifted. Telling ourselves we have visited the prisoner. Yet, its not the best solution. Instead, only the Good News can provide a new life to a dead person, give them the living water they cannot be thirsty again .... only through the redemption of Almighty God through Christ Jesus can one be secured Heaven on Earth. The Good News and a simple acceptance in the heart and the Lord will take care of that person's life from there on. Only Almighty God has this solution to the world's suffering. The Lord has put this desire in my heart, I am thankful for that and I know He will help it come to pass - whether its through a ministry of my own, through our Church, through our family, but definitely through the Body of Christ! Life-long spiritually matured- Christians for each orphan ... elders, the weak and oppressed.

We Are The Reason

2007-12-22T09:01:00.000+10:00

I feel so hard in my heart as the Christmas season approaches when I see people crossing out Jesus during Christmas. To an extent I don't know how to respond especially when others wish me Merry Xmas. I don't blame them because I know they don't realize the truth and certainly do not mean it. Of course there are many things they could have known better but who am I to judge, I am a sinner myself - I was on the exact pathroad myself.... And in today's world, I find it abit of a struggle to correct others esp with increasing people who defend and insist about respect and privacy, they have put up those defences whereby it is disrespectful of their own beliefs if we talk about religion .. A few other important points about Christmas today marked me speechless when it is about Christ yet human rules, rules out Christ - such as do not include the word 'Christ' in wishes, change it to "Happy Holidays" and yet so many unbelievers celebrate this occasion. I do not agree but I know I cannot expect them to agree either so I find myself at a struggling point, unable to reach out, not quite sure how to lovingly express my own concerns to them so they may understand me and the truth better.

I also find myself dragged into a world of unbelievers celebrating Christmas but refuse Christ himself or even acknowledge Christ! While I do not condemn them for Jesus doesnt, I find it so hard to respond or celebrate with unbelievers (or believers who do not believe) because I dont want to pretend to be like them for I do not believe Christmas is about our holidays, our gifts to each other .... if I am to celebrate Christmas I just want to celebrate Christmas for what it is about, what that Christ had done for us - that God gave his one and only Son so we may live, that he is the Santa people's been looking for ...

I hope more and more people will realize Christmas is not about them but to take this opportunity to find out what the true Christmas message is all about - that God first loved us, He gave .... and start thanking God for all the wonderful things given to us in life, eventhough we did not ask for it. It really doesnt matter which religion you now believe, it can be A,B,C, D or even yourself whom you believe, but the truth stands firm in existence irregardless of your own belief system. If you truly seek, truth will reveal itself to you for it knows your heart that you genuinely interested to follow the truth once you find it. You can believe in this and that but that doesnt change the fact that your Creator created you - a claypot does not tell the claypot maker to shape it any other way for it does not have the power but the power to receive itself as a claypot useful for its purpose.

Because He first gave, we have the power to receive ... It is my hope that my daugther will not grow up knowing Christmas as Santa or holidays/gifts but the real meaning of Christmas ..

As little children
We would dream of Christmas morning
Of all the gifts and toys
We knew we'd findBut we never realized
A baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives
We were the reason
That He gave His lifeWe were the reason
That He suffered and died
To a world that was lost
He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live
As the years went by
We learned more about gifts
The giving of ourselves
And what that means
On a dark and cloudy day
A man hung crying in the rain

All because of love, all because of love
I've finally found the reason for living
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do every word that I say
I'll be giving my all just for Him, for HimHe is my reason to live

~ David Meece, We Are The Reason

Sweet Jesus

2007-12-22T08:49:00.001+10:00

I was searching nearly all my life for something I could feel inside ... Walking through a world of pain and then I called His name And I heard a voice inside my heart. One I never heard before. Then His spirit opened up my eyes. Down on bended knees I cried AndI thank God He found me. Now Heaven’s all around me!

Sweet Jesus, gave His love to me. My Lord and personal savior Jesus Christ, died and set me free. Once I was lost and in doubt of it all. But now I believe in Jesus. Like a sparrow on a windy day I was trying to fly in vain didn’t know if I could make it home Not until I saw Him calm the storm, he calmed my life down.... Now my shelter is His endless love standing on the rock of blood Now my life is living proof Of what the Son of God can do. They gathered at the gravesite Just to find an opened stone And they all rushed in to see But He was risen and gone! Now He’s living on and on!

~ Sweet Jesus by True Vibe speaks my heart out, thank you Lord for opening up my eyes to see and ears to hear the truth.

SG Short Trip

2007-12-06T02:01:00.002+10:00

Almost about 1 week trip to SG. Thank you Jesus! It was quite a last minute one but no words can explain how God has helped me return to Guam safely. Indeed, I was so inexperienced when purchasing my return ticket I thought it was OK with a 75 mins transit time, unaware of the possible complications. But the Lord has been gracious, inspite of my inefficiencies, took me through all checkpoints with the help of angels! Thank you Lord for helping me see your goodness and for paying attention to what's going on in my life, for who else can really do the supernatural but you. Will be missing ANA alot and looking forward to seeing her soon, trusting that she is in good hands. We also got DD and MM to go to SG to help us out until about Christmas, and if our earthly parents willing to help us out when needed, what more our Heavenly Father who are in Heaven, definitely Abba Daddy will send His army of angels for all round protection eventhough we may not have made the best decisions. Thank you Lord Jesus for watching over us.

People Need The Lord

2007-11-22T08:50:00.000+10:00

I heard this song by Steve Green a few month back - someone sang at the Church with utmost simple voice, it has touched my heart and soul deep down ... thank you Lord Jesus for giving me the heart and soul like yours, opening a way for me to be able to love others they way you love them, and most of all, revealed the ultimate solution to all the problems existing today - starting with my repentance and that all others do have hope too, thank you Lord for the everlasting hope you have given, I receive.

Everyday they pass me by,
I can see it in their eyes.
Empty people filled with care,
Headed who knows where?
On they go through private pain,
Living fear to fear.
Laughter hides their silent cries,
Only Jesus hears.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize -- people need the Lord?
We are called to take His light
To a world where wrong seems right.
What would be too great a cost
For sharing Life with one who's lost?
Through His love our hearts can feel
All the grief they bear.
They must hear the Words of Life
Only we can share.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord
At the end of broken dreams, He's the open door.
People need the Lord, people need the Lord.
When will we realize that we must give our lives,
For people need the Lord.
People need the Lord.

Earthquake News

2007-10-01T00:19:00.000+10:00

NEWS UPDATE 4:20 p.m. - Guam earthquake downgraded to magnitude 6.8

Pacific Daily News news@guampdn.com
4:20 p.m., Sept. 30 — This afternoon's earthquake has been downgraded to a magnitude 6.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake could be felt by residents in high-rise buildings. Some residents also reported feeling the quake during the Sunday Mass at their churches.The earthquake was initially reported as a magnitude 7.0 quake.No injuries or damage has been reported.The quake was recorded just before 12:09 p.m. It occurred about 215 miles south-southeast of Hagåtña. It had a depth of about 6.2 miles beneath the sea floor, according to the USGS.The quake didn't pose a tsunami threat to the island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii."It's very unlikely any destructive tsunami was created by this earthquake," said Stuart Weinstein, assistant director of the Hawaii center. "It would have reached Guam by now."

BREAKING NEWS 12:13 p.m. - 7.0 quake shakes Guam, no injuries or damage reported

Pacific Daily Newsnews@guampdn.com
12:13 p.m., Sept. 30 — A quake registering a magnitude of 7 shook Guam just minutes ago.
The temblor occured at just before 12:09 p.m. It's center was located at 215 miles south southeast of Hagåtña and 6.2 miles deep according to the U.S. Geological Survey Web site.Aftershocks are possible, said geophysicist Paul Hattori with the U.S. Geological Survey.The quake could be felt in high-rise buildings, according to island residents.Reports of any injuries are unknown at this hour.

Aspire To Be Proverbs 31 Women!

2007-09-26T12:42:00.000+10:00

I posted this on 7/8 this year and have since been thinking in my heart, if God would give me/us another chance to do it right, could it be Proverbs 31 women?! Yeah, deep inside, I have this aspiration to be one! God helped me get started by aspiring to be a good wife, a good mom - created to be "his" HELP-MEET, something I never aspire to be (not from that perspective for sure!), though I would tell myself, as long as I did this, as long as I did that - but these were measures and building blocks set by mere human mixed with worldly values.... Lord Jesus would never put us to walk through waters we cannot cross - and I believe the HELP-MEET session was the preliminary course, and soon to move on to another higher level (deeper waters) - before this, its almost impossible because of the working thing - same time helper (financially) too and learning to submit, learning to appeal, but most of all, Jesus is helping shape our marriage is the most miraculous ways! Now I see new signs and new hope, that we may be uprooted from the current conditions and thereby paving a way, removing barriers so God can help me be that person God wants me to be (or women for that matter!).

Thank you Lord for giving me hope that I can be the women you intended me to be! No matter how off-course I may be, you do not count all my mistakes but instead focus on building me up towards the right course. Thank you Lord for your grace!

A Women Gift From God
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1. Her Character As A Wife - The heart of her husband trust in her .... complete trust, integrity and full confidence in her ... Knows that she will not do anyting that will cause him pain ... she is absolutely trust worthy...... This leads to the fact that she is in-charge and be a steward of all his resources .... she helps him to profit, not loss ... because she cares about him, seeks his good. You want a women who's always seeking to build the husband up in all areas .. all the days of her lives is devoted to the well-being and success of her husband ... she never fluctuates, serves him ... she is committed to him, her love is so deep that never changes. His comfort, his reputation, his joy is her delight .... His highess good is her highest desire. Never unkind, always submissive but eager to be sure he walks with God. Desiring for him all that he should be.

2. Her Devotion As A Homemaker - She is the ruler of the house. She is full of energy for the dutiness of the home, no laziness .... She loves the people for whom she does it. Her hands are active after the pleasure of her heart .. She loves the people she serves, she loves the work because she loves her husband, loves her children .. willingly denies herself for the purpose of those whom she serves. She walks long distance to find something her family will enjoy ..... she takes a journey. She finds complete joy in serving the best for her family. She rises while it is still night and gives food to her household and portions to her maiden ... get up before dawn, pour oil before midnight. She's up long before her husband and children ... Eventhough she is a queen, she is still working, wake up early passing out tasks for the day. She manages the house. She's entrepreneur... she considers the field, makes the purchase! She purchases from her earnings and decides to plant a vineyard - good for her family - she starts her own little business always in the view that it will benefit for everybody. She makes wise investments... She makes her arms strong .. she's not soft, she's strong and become strong as a result of her efforts exerted in her daily tasks. She knows that all her efforts benefits everybody ... not motivated by self-fullfillment, self-indulgence. She makes sure her clothing is of fine linen ... she makes sure she looks elegant, takes care of herself in a way that impresses her husband. After all the hardwork, still make time to beautify herself for her husband.

3. Her Generosity As A Neighbor - She extends her hand to the poor and stretches out her hand of the needy. She demonstrates not only a special devotion to her own home but to those who are not in her home. She provides what they need. She goes to those with needs, not wait for others to come to her.

4. Her Influence As A Teacher - She is clothed with spiritual character. She has spiritual strengh and dignity - she is elevated above trivial things. She has true class, true virtue, she is spiritually strong .. she smiles at the future. She has no fear. Why? She knows her life is right with God and the promise of God is unfolding blessing. She knows in whom she trust.. she is faithful she is pure. She is delighted what is ahead .... Those who are afraid of the future are those who are guilty at the present. She opens her mouth in wisdom and literally the law of kindness is on her tongue .. she opens her mouth, she speaks wisdom and that wisdom comes with kindness. Her home is her classroom ... informal classroom, she is the teacher. The teaching of kindness, the law of God, the law of kindness ...... (mercy, grace) She teaches with grace. Behind the teaching of the law is the tempering of mercy .. the noble excellent women.

5. Her Effectiveness/Blessedness As A Mother - She gives her lives to her children. She exercises carefully survaillence over everything, she is not lazy .... they rise up and bless her and praise her. They hold her in high esteem, they reverance her .... she receives from her husband his supreme blessing.

6. Her Excellence As A Saint - Charm is deceitful, beauty is vain but a women who fears the Lord, she shall be blessed.

Source: The Proverbs 31 Women - Part 1, Grace To You

Real Hope, Real World

2007-09-24T06:15:00.001+10:00

Had this horrible dream - not a big one but one which reminds me of the wickedness of the world, how cruel human can be. Sad and afraid, I really do feel it sometimes esp when I open up my eyes to some of the cruel things of the world (imagine so much more than I have not seen) .. I told Lord Jesus this morning, that I am thankful that He came for us, He came to give us hope and more importantly He came to tell us the truth and that He is the truth, for in Him, we have hope and knowledge that God never intended the world to function in wicked ways... and thank you God for putting inside us this empty vacumn where we will always be looking for you, that we can never be forever lost, for deep in my bottom bottom bottom-est heart, I honestly do not believe we were designed to live the sort of terror we live in today's world. With Jesus's death and the Bible, I am so very thankful to the Lord for His provision that we may all be saved from all these wickedness. Honestly, I am really happy that God is a God of dicipline, eventhough He may seem so tough in the Old Testaments, but dig deep and you can see it is all out of love, real love. Imagine if He keep letting us do things our own way, sooner or later, we become worst and worst, not only that but affecting our community, our nation and all generations! Even our own kids we dont want them to grow up the wrong way, let alone God who created us with love.

I think about the time when I met Jesus face to face, I am so grateful that He had given me the chance, revealing Himself to me. The moment I met Him, I knew He has been what I've been looking for all this time, nothing else matters anymore. I hope everyone will have that chance and that they may saved from the cruelness of this world. Thank you Lord Jesus for your providence, revelation and protection.

Epicenter DVD

2007-09-19T12:44:00.000+10:00

Just heard a short talk over the radio by Joel R. about the Epicenter DVD and clips. Looked around abit his website but abit too much info. My question is, what does he hope to achieve out of this documentary? In the talk I heard just now, leading to "What we need to do now? .. sort of after realizing how real all these enemies are, these threats..." and he said a few things.. such as "learn, pray....." but I was waiting for the word REPENT ... I somehow strongly feel, based on my own personal experience, God wants us to repent and turn away from our wicked ways. Infact, often nowadays God helped me realized that when something negative happens, whether it is my husband who's offended me or the company or the world or anything for that matter, I am struggling with Lord our God .... with all these happening (eventhough I have not watched the DVD), I really think God wants America to REPENT ..... turn away from their current wickedways, even professing Christians or Churches....

Back to the DVD, my next question is, how does this DVD bring glory to Lord our God ultimately? The Bible says, whatever we do, we do to bring glory to our Lord, thats the reason why we exist. Was this DVD made to bring glory to our Lord Jesus - Almighty God?

Impact Of A True Believer

2007-09-19T10:49:00.000+10:00

Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. 1 Tim 4:16 NIV ~ Scripture for September by Singapore Baptist Convention
Thank you Lord Jesus for your Words that not only we profess your name but walk the talk - carve your words in our hearts so our body may reflect our true believe in You. Thank you for your Words in 1 Timothy, that it is our new Christian life and our new Christian heart which matches that will save both ourselves and those around us. Let us not fool ourselves thinking its OK to just say we love you but do not mean it from the bottom of our hearts. Our own choices will lead us to salvation or damnation - thank you for providing us the way to a "true living"... the way you intended it to be from the very beginning.

Computer Free

2007-09-19T08:18:00.000+10:00

If the Son therefore shall set you free, you shall be free! Thank you Lord Jesus for helping me finally, a clean clean up on my computer! Yesterday was the last few bits (replaced with GIMP and some other programs available) which I thought I could hold on to after replacing all the Office applications about more than a year ago but as far as you're concerened - to do what is just and what is right, to turn away from wickedways and clothe ourselves with your righteousness, thank you for your constant pounding in my head and giving me the strengh to eradicate all illegal programs! Infact, I dont think I even did it with my strengh, I could not - but I chose to surrender my arms to you, let your arms be my arms, let your mind be my mind, let your mouth be my mouth, let your legs be my legs, that way I do not have control over my flesh but you do. There's definitely many other sinful areas to work on but I want to thank you for helping to show me the way the truth and the life moving towards a sin less life, though not sinless completely for we all for short under the glory of God. One event after another, you have graciously led me towards walking a clean road... Thank you for your kindness and mercy Lord!

Jesus Christ, Inc.

2007-09-14T08:37:00.000+10:00

As I rely on the Lord to keep momentum up for the 2-jobs schedule while patiently waiting on Him, I arrived early before class and as I walk towards the center, thinking about people owning their own businesses - thoughts about financial freedom, financial independence, and all those earthly talk stem from human insecurity... I have since gone far from there! Looking back to what I have in my heart today, I have gone far!

I talked to myself ... It doesnt matter anymore whether I work for another persons business, a corporate or own my own business because these are my projects assigned to me as I work at the corporate branch - Jesus, Inc. employed by Lord Jesus an equal opportunity employer, with regional and local branches around the world (the Church - Body of Christ consisting of true believers - my co-workers!). My employment contract is with Jesus, Inc. and He pays me with monetary and non-monetary benefits - He is not only my provider, but my greatest encourager, He also diciplines me when I am off track but He will never fire me because He is a promise keeper. Jesus Inc (school of faith) provides tremendous training day in day out while on the job! The kinda organization I've always been looking for! Jesus is in the people business, and my job is to support His business - it really doesnt matter which part of the world I am at, or from earthly point of view - which company do I work for/if I own my own business, wherever Jesus assign me to work on, there I will be. I have to be on time, have good work ethics and let the light shine! Thank you Lord for all your training and ultimately your unfailing love.

Psalm 116:1-2

2007-08-25T10:37:00.000+10:00

Dear Lord Jesus, I dedicate this verse to you for it is from the bottom of my heart “I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.” (Psalm 116:1-2)

Thank you Lord Jesus for all you do, time and time again - you showed mercy to those who cry out to you.

Eggs In The Basket

2007-08-01T08:51:00.000+10:00

The world says dont put all eggs into one basket! What I found is far from truth! It depends on whose basket you are putting all those eggs into!

Am I Childish or Child-Like?

2007-08-01T08:50:00.000+10:00

We know from scripture that without faith it is impossible to please God. And the kind of faith that pleases God is child-like faith. Frequently our faith is more childish than it is child-like. Our challenge is to nurture child-like faith and eliminate childish faith.

There are many examples in Scripture of child-like faith. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego demonstrated child-like faith when they were facing that fiery furnace. They told King Nebuchadnezzar, If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up (Daniel 3:16-18).

In child-likeness, these grown men, who were among the most intellectual and educated men of their time, chose not to concern themselves with the great matter of how God would deliver them from the furnace. They neither went into panic mode, nor into denial about the furnace in front of them.

They recognized the reality of their predicament, and then, without questioning or complaining or worrying, they chose to trust God in an uncomplicated, simple way. That is child-like faith.
Think of the centurion who approached Jesus about healing his servant. Think about Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, who asked Jesus to come heal his daughter. Think about Peter stepping out on the water to walk to Jesus. Their faith was child-like. They had no regard for what others thought about them nor did they worry about looking foolish.

In Luke 7 we read about the Roman Centurion who asked Jesus to heal his sick servant. Here was a Roman soldier who demonstrated great faith in Jesus, believing that He could heal his servant by just speaking a word, without even seeing the servant.

And when Jesus heard this, He said, I tell you, I have not found such great faith, even in Israel. Jesus was amazed at his faith. It was a child-like faith, unconcerned about what others would think and willing to humbly ask Jesus to do what he could not do.Ask yourself: Is my faith child-like or childish?

Source: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Childlike Faith vs. Childish Faith, Christian Working Women

Does That Describe You?

2007-07-30T09:01:00.000+10:00

Is your faith child-like or childish? Jesus called a little child to Him one day, and then said to His disciples: I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:3). But the Apostle Paul wrote: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me (1 Corinthians 13:11).

As I was reading Philip Yancey’s book, Reaching for the Invisible God, I was struck by his thoughts on child-like faith versus childish faith. He writes, “Somehow we must learn to distinguish between appropriate child-like behavior, a prerequisite for the kingdom of heaven, and inappropriate childish behavior, a mark of stunted growth” (page 214).

David gives us some insight into this in Psalm 131. He says, I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me (vs. 1b-2).

And so, a child-like faith is one that does not complicate issues. One that takes God at His word, even when failing to comprehend it. A child-like faith is unconcerned with all the details that are God’s responsibility, and rests in the assurance that the Heavenly Father has promised to supply all our needs.

For those of us who have raised children, we can easily distinguish child-like behavior from childish behavior. When our children are doing child-like things, we find them endearing, lovable. Those are the things we put in the baby book and tell Grandma and Grandpa. Child-like behavior is a beautiful part of the maturing process.

Childish behavior, on the other hand, is not so attractive. Those are the traits and characteristics we dutifully try to eliminate through teaching and correction. We want to develop a child-like faith and eliminate a childish faith. Our Lord is looking for grown-up people with child-like faith. Does that describe you?

Source: Monday, July 30, 2007 - Childlike Faith vs. Childish Faith, Christian Working Women

Child-Like Faith

2007-07-25T18:27:00.000+10:00

All my life I have heard that in order to come to Jesus one must have a "childlike faith." I had a difficult time with that concept for many years, for it usually meant that one must have the "naiveté," "simplicity," or even the "blind resolve" of a child. This did not reconcile with what I saw in the rest of the Scripture regarding how we are to think of God. Solomon obviously did not hold this view when he wrote, "How blessed is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding"(Prov 3:13). David says to "Taste and see that the Lord is good" (Ps. 34:8). Furthermore, when I looked up the meaning of "faith" in the original language, I found that it involved having confidence in something that was trustworthy (or faithful). It did not imply anything associated with acting blindly.

I recently received a letter from a lady expressing the tension she was finding in her own life. On one side she wrestled with some of the more difficult doctrines and truths of Scripture. But on the other side she continued to hear she should have a 'childlike faith.' This was an impossible reconciliation for her and left her somewhat spiritually paralyzed.

Where did we get this idea of "childlike faith"? I searched through nearly a dozen different English translations to find the phrase. I could not find it. Rather, the only reference that emerged was the familiar passage of Jesus in Matthew 18:3, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."

It is easy to take verses like this out of context. If it were true that Jesus wanted us to make an endless list of metaphors for children, he would have certainly left us with an interesting picture. The picture that usually comes to the modern mind is one of "simplicity." Children accept everything you tell them, whether you are a parent or a sinister bully on the playground. "Never talk to strangers," responsible parents tell their kids for good reason.

But other metaphors come to mind that would certainly not apply. Children love to wear their ice cream as well as eat it. Does God want us to become like little children and smear hot fudge across our faces? Children love to chew on their fingers in public. Is Jesus asking us to do the same? How are we to know which metaphors we are to use? Simplicity? Hot fudge? Fingers in the mouth?

If we look at the context of the verse, Jesus spells out what he means in using the metaphor of becoming like a child. It has nothing to do with the popular meaning we attribute to "childlike faith." In fact, the verse does not even use the word "faith." Rather, Jesus says, "Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:4).

Read in context, we see that Jesus is referring to one particular attribute of children that is naturally lost in grown-ups. When he speaks of becoming like a child, Jesus means this: humility.

Brennan Manning spells it out this way, "For the disciple of Jesus 'becoming like a little child' means the willingness to accept oneself as being of little account and to be regarded as unimportant," and may I add—that God is of great account and of utmost importance.

When I look across the landscape of the New Testament I see a church that believed in a Christ who was bodily raised from the dead. They believed it because they had adequate evidence and testimony for it. And when Paul says, "The just shall live by faith," it is because God's character and "faithfulness" is such that we can bank on his promises. When we cry out to Him in humility, He will hear us. Mature Christians believe in Christ because he is true and is an explanation on which all of life and reality can be based.

Let us do away with this cultural misconception that "childlike faith" equals "intellectual simplicity"; and let us walk boldly forward as humble children of God into the wisdom and greatness the Kingdom of God affords.

© 2007 Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. All Rights Reserved.

Source: Dale Fincher, Child-like Faith

Seek And Ye Shall Find

2007-07-25T18:12:00.001+10:00

Jesus promised if we seek we shall find, if we knock the door will open ... do we really want to know the truth or are we just asking but not prepared to humbly accept the truth when we find it? Honestly, some is not even interested in the truth .. I truly believe if we sincerely ask God to reveal the truth to us, He will reveal Himself to us. As we seek the truth, we will find that the most invaluable resources God has ever given to us is the Holy Spirit who will counsel, and guide us to the truth, correcting us if we live IN the Spirit. The Holy Spirit can help us cross check resources and materials (or even advice from Christian friends - baby or matured, true or not so true believers) we receive day in day out. In order to validate the real meaning and content of a book for example, where else is it better to look than to check with the author Himself!!! But that does not mean we bar resources and materials from anyone other than God Himself, for today, He has given us more tools than ever, in order to have the abundance life He offers. And for the many blessings we already received, we are to bless others with all that we have received so we may bring glory to the Lord because He is worthy of it.

Faith Of A Child

2007-07-25T16:52:00.000+10:00

The Bible says we must be like a child to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 18:2-4). Just what does that mean?! I've heard people say this means we must have the faith of a child, but what does that mean? Here's the straight scoop, through a little story from my past:
I remember my daughter when she began toddling, then walking. She was a little bundle of energy! Our house was her whole world. She didn't know what was outside it, at least not past her yard. She didn't understand the vastness and complexity of what was beyond her own little world.

Well, she and I began going for walks around the neighborhood, ranging far and wide. Once the house was out of sight, she could not return on her own. She was lost. She had no idea where to go or what to do, or even if she was safe.

Yet as we crossed one street after another, she held my hand and knew deep in her heart that she was safe. She knew her father loved her and would always do what was best for her. She knew her father would protect her from all harm and guide her in the best way to go, every single time. All she had to do was hold his hand and do what he told her to do and she would have fun along the way, whether she knew where she was going or not!

She didn't get scared or hesitate. She embraced the trip down strange new streets as an adventure, with full confidence in her father. That's how Jesus said we should be; like a child. It's called faith.

Source: Jon's Place

Growing Up

2007-07-24T10:38:00.000+10:00

Three Stages In The Christian Life (John 2:12-14)
Infant, Youth and Maturity - see Executable Outlines, Mark Capeland

Love - Giving The Needy

2007-07-24T07:50:00.001+10:00

When we are willing to do Gods will, we will realize that serving others gives us the best joy in the world! And guess who can we serve??? Our neighbor! Yes, who is our neighbor? Who is closest to you, who do you see when you wake up .... for married couples, we are to serve each other with humility. Receiving love is a result of our servant attitude, not a pre-condition to serving. If you find arguments lingering around within your marriage (or even your relationships with other people) - we can approach it from here with a servant mentality. That means meeting the other persons need - that is love, giving them what they need, not what they deserve, or what we think we should give, or what we think others think. That is the love God gives us - what we need and not what we deserve, because if we were to justify we are not worthy of it, we have sin so much, the entire nation, over decades and centuries! Even if you do not see yourself as unworthy.... thinking you deserve to be loved, think about God's love for so many more people who are undeserving. Weather we realize it or not, we think others deserves our attention, our love and our respect more than some. That is not love ...... because love is not giving what others deserve, but what they need.

I am practicing to be good to my closest neighbor, my hubby! I will be his greatest fan, and serve his needs, not give him only when I think he deserves it .. sacrificial love, loving him the same way Jesus loves me. My next closes neighbor is my little girl! She's is so much fun to be with, so much I can even learn from her child-like attitude, and I thank God for putting her in my life to remind me of the child-like attitude we need as I grow up a baby Christian.

Where Is Our Heart?

2007-07-24T07:30:00.000+10:00

My friend asked me ... do we honestly enjoy life here? Honestly everywhere is the same -it is where our "heart" is that matters. Msia can be the best place to live, the US can be the best place to live, every place is filled with God's greatness - His creation and goodness, if we are standing on God's side ... when we start to see things from God's perspective and live the original lifestyle designed for us, we will be able to claim the promises that God originally intended for us - for His plans is to prosper us not to harm us. Our key to true happiness (joy in life) lies in our hearts. One can be far and near at heart or one can be near and yet far at heart .... where is our heart??? Where have we placed our heart???? Our heart is where our treasure is. If money is our treasure that is where our heart is. If career is our treasure that is where our heart is. If children is our treasure, that is where our heart is.. If a care-free, my way lifestyle is our treasure, that it is where our heart is ..... do we have a heart for God Almighty?

Our true heart is meant for God and living the life He originally intended us to live because He gave us our hearts. With His grace and mercy, He will be able to open our eyes to see, ears to hear and we will experience God's love through an intimate relationship with Him - but only if we treasure God - because if we do, that is where our heart is.

Prayer Life

2007-07-23T06:29:00.001+10:00

Thank you Lord for providing what I need and not having to worry about things of the world. I was in this deep deep dream but managed to hear the phone ring (phew!) and headed towards the airport to pick up JT and family. It was very nice seeing them again and thank you Lord for giving me the opportunity to serve them. I also told JLT that I would have to think all night about either the goldish batik or blue-ish songket to use as the bed runner and never really got to it, but saw that she left the former in my car! What a pick Lord! Thanks and I'll do with that, and I think we still have to try and make a blueish small throw pillow, hows that? As I was driving home, Allister Begg was on radio speaking of obedience, and Jonah the prophet. The Lord has reminded me to work on my prayer life ..... somehow, events of which the Lord has helped me help other people in the last couple of many weeks kept flashing through my mind and I do need to work on my prayer life, consistent and truthful from the heart, going after God's heart. If you are available to help me work on this area such as like an accountability partner, please leave me a note, I am thankful for you too! Mean time, have a great week and may God bless you!

God's True Children

2007-07-21T21:12:00.000+10:00

"... there's no room in your heart for my message ... anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God. But you don't listen because you don't belong to God" John 8:31-47

Jesus does not give us freedom to do what we want, but freedom to follow God ... are we living our life doing what we want or do we seek God first in all we do? Jesus made a distinction between illegitimate children and true children. The religious leaders, descendent of Abraham claimed to be children of God. But their actions showed them to be true children of Satan for they lived under Satan's guidance. True children of Abraham (faithful followers of God) will not act as they did. Your church membership and family connections will not make you a true child of God. Your true father is the one you imitate and obey. ~ Life Application Bible.

This is true for many of us Christians today as we think of ourselves as child of God because we do certain things, or even say certain things. Anyone can say they know Jesus, but what they really mean is, they have heard of Jesus - read about Jesus, not necesarily know him. In order for one to know Jesus, one has to have a personal relationship with Him. For example, I may say I know Sarah whom I've met a few times, but I may not know her personally. Think about some people whom we know by name but do not spend quality time with them, or some whom we do go out in a group with them once a while but do not take the time to care about what they care about, do we know them personally? Certainly not. God's thumbprint is all over us, if we pray for the Lord to help open our eyes to see and ears to hear the truth, His grace and mercy upon us will help us learn the truth and gain understanding - if we earnestly seek Him. Knowing Jesus personally means knowing what is important to him, what He values, what He doesnt not like and all that list goes on just as you know your own friend personally. Loving Jesus means more than that ... as we may know many friends in a personal way but we may not truly love them the way we love others ... if we truly love Jesus, it means we do what is important to him, we value what He values, we hate what He hates, we do His will, not our will.

To accept Jesus as our Lord Personal Saviour means to know Him personally and to love Him. When He is the Lord of our life, that means He is above us, He is worthy of our love, He is worthy of our respect, He is worthy of our obedience ... we seek Him in all areas of our life, in our everyday life, we believe (words and heart) and trust (words and heart) in Him. Because we accept Him as our Lord, he is worthy of all we do for him and because we accept him as our saviour, that means we go to him with humility, submit to Him the bad sides of us, we surrender in obedience to His will. We die to our old self and we are now a new person - yielding to the Holy Spirit and bearing the fruits of the Spirit, let Jesus correct us, transform us and well equipped in all areas doing His will.

Some may accept Jesus as Saviour but do not accept Him as Lord. Some may accept Him as Lord but do not accept Him as their Saviour. Some may know Him in a personal way but do not accept Him as Lord and/or Saviour. Some may claim they know Jesus but in reality they are only acquainted to Jesus or might have just heard or read about Jesus but because they go to Church, and do certain things that other true Christian do, they think they know Jesus. Last but not least, some may even accept Jesus as Personal Lord and Saviour but do not love Him as their Personal Lord and Saviour. I am saying this not to condemn anyone because we all fall short of the glory of God, but our human heart is evil and our flesh is weak, we have a tendency to create our own little religion whether or not we think or say we know Jesus. I am definitely no better than anyone out there. There's no way we can get right with God, unless we (truly) accept and love Jesus as our Personal Lord and Saviour. If we claim we know Jesus and use His name day in day out, let's lift each other up, encourage each other, help each other as Body of Christ (the Church) and give Jesus a good name and not misrepresent Him. We can never claim that we know enough and we need to approach each day with humilty for Jesus says, "..unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven. So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 18:2) - We are to be child-like (not childish) with humble and sincere hearts just like children .. if you are not sure, you might want to work with children for a longer period of time, live with them and learn from them. Children are always very willing to learn - they may disobey, but they are very responsive towards teaching. The last thing we want to do is to shut off this responsive attitude to learning. When we do so, we set ourselves further and further away from the Lord.

Dear Lord Jesus, I want to get right with you, I want to know you and love you - to truly accept you as my personal Lord and Saviour. Thank you for your grace and mercy that I shall live yet another day, giving me the opportunity to repent and be the person you want me to be. I know that it is your will too that we love those around us, I also know it is your will that we take care of those who truly love you, I want to get right with you Lord and that means to get right with those around me too, love them truly the way you love me truly. With my own might and weak human flesh, I cannot do it, but Lord I am willing to let you take charge, let you be in control of my everyday life, nevermind my old ways and my own ways, and I know, with your grace and the help of the Holy Spirit, you will setup all the necessary resource for me to know and love you because this is your Will that we desire to know and love you. This can be done! In Jesus name, Amen.

Philippians 4:6

2007-07-20T21:54:00.000+10:00

Dont worry about anything, instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Thank you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (NLT)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Biblegateway)

"Imagine never worrying about anything! It seems like an impossibility, we all have worries on the job, in our homes, at school. But Paul's advise is to turn our worries into prayers. Do you want to worry less? Then pray more. Whenever you start to worry, stop and pray"

Clean Up

2007-07-18T20:20:00.000+10:00

The Cleanup ImperativeTranscript
#1404 Isaiah 52:11; 2 Timothy 2:20-21

If you don't like to wash your hands, don't become a doctor or a nurse. They have to wash their hands a lot! Avoiding infection is at the heart of a hospital's insistence that healers and caregivers get really clean before they touch you. If they carry infection, they can do a lot of damage.

It's not just doctors and nurses that have to be clean for what they do. It's a requirement God makes of anyone who's doing His work on earth, including teaching, working in ministry, or raising a family in His ways.

The Bible says, "...be pure, you who carry the vessels of the Lord." When you're doing anything for God, you'd better not be handling the holy with dirty hands, a dirty mind, dirty motives, or a dirty attitude. The Apostle Paul said, "If a man cleanses himself ... he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master, and prepared to do any good work." No one serving God should dare to do it without first "scrubbing up."

Bow before your Savior and let Him forgive you, let Him cleanse you, and let Him purify you. He has great work for you to do; many lives for you to touch with His healing love. But only if you're clean!

Source: July 18th 2007 - Call for Greatness, Ron Hutchcraft Ministries

Self-Esteem

2007-07-15T08:44:00.000+10:00

If we think abit more about self-esteem.. have we ever asked ourselves if we are worth being known? What is someone were to give you a chance to be known to the world right now? Would you say, 'Yes, I am worthy of it, and because I am, I would love others to know me, I would love the world to know me!' ... do you have that kind of self-esteem? Most of the time, we don't ....because we see the mirror image of ourself - our own self esteem tells it all.

God Almighty is confident and worthy of all praise. Thats why we praise and serve the Lord, for he is worthy of it. Thats why I praise and serve the Lord, for he is worthy of it ... being the Creator of all things, I am nobody but He is somebody. That's the beginning of my journey towards joy in life, starting from the joy in the Lord.

God desires us to know him. He knows he is worthy of the world knowing Him ... for someone to be in that position, can you imagine how much self-esteem that is? It's huge! I am thankful for the big person God is, to always know that He is in control because He is big. Because He is big, He can do all things (but this doesnt mean He will do all things we think He should do) - also, "It is not what you do for God but it's what you acquire and let God work in your heart" ~ Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries.

Creation Options

2007-07-11T19:48:00.000+10:00

Coming home tuning into AM800, excellent messages everyday without fail .... as my wonder wonders to thank the Lord for giving me eyes to see what's in the house and ears to hear the sounds - I cant imagine how it would be like if I cant hear and cant listen, there would be so much darkness and silence ....... yet, God did not create us just our bodies and say, Ahem OK now let's see if you deserve this super tool called "eyes" or "ears" - prove to me first that you deserve it, then I'll put it in... or earn it first, then you can have it ... We get those (and thousands and many more wonderful things in this world ... relationships, parents, siblings, nature, air, salt, food... love, friends) without even asking or begging or earning for it ... Thank you Lord for giving us even when we don't deserve it, yet you know what we need.

Mango Beauty

2007-07-11T19:44:00.000+10:00

Gosh the mangoes are soooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooood!!! It is so super delicious!!! Thank you Lord for the wonderfully complex world you've created for us!

Happy To Be Alive Today!

2007-07-08T14:27:00.000+10:00

I am so happy to be alive today! It seems every day I am alive, life itself is so wonderful... so wonderfully complex amidst all the hussle bussle, plainness, or what not of the world, yet the world that God has created is soo good ... realizing the fact that every new day being alive in this world is God's grace, is God's will, is a remarkable truth that is not only life changing but breathtaking! God's so creative, thought of so many wonderful things in advance for us: food, relationships, beauty of the world, creation itself - think about the many thousands of species in this world!!!!!!!!! Think about the many types of different plants in this world, gosh, its an amazing world! Thank you Lord for providing all these wonderful things even to those who do not know you, or heard of you but do not acknowledge you or not prepared to, or those who reject you, inc those who despise you - you still allow them to be alive on this planet, have access to so many wonderful things of the world. Thank you Lord for your big heart to all humanity.

If We Know The Truth ...

2007-06-26T09:37:00.000+10:00

Whether we believe we're born from our mother's womb does not change the fact that we were born from our mother's womb - but of course we believe because they tell us so as we live under the same roof, growing up calling Mommy n Daddy, under the wings of the angels we call Mom and Dad, in this case we believe not because of pure faith but because of what we hear and see physically .... the same of which, whether we believe God created us or not does not change the truth about God who created us. We didn't have a video clip of the time God created the world and all the wonderful things in it, but that doesnt mean it didn't happen ... we couldnt remember crying when we're a baby or when we're 1 or 2 or 3 or even did certain things we could not remember does not mean it didn't happen.

Rejecting God, putting God out of our lives, hiding from God, running from God, all kinds of many things we do does not change the truth about God being the creator of the world. The only way you can find this "truth" is to seek for yourself, make an appointment with God, have a little chat and He can help open your eyes to see and ears to hear, all about what He has done (not just for you but for humanity) .... What is the truth? Truth is, God created all the wonderful things of the world because He loved us. Everything belongs to God and in good faith He has lend to us use all these wonderful resources - air, water, environment, skills, knowledge, relationships ... Once we realize this wonderful truth, we begin to be thankful about every little thing God had created (even for non-believers!!) and realize how gracious God has been... We then start to appreciate these things (from co-workers, our jobs, our friends, our family, even people who are mean to us! yummy food, beautiful beach, sophisticated sky-scrapers, anything that ever existed!) and not just appreciate but to be good stewart of all these resources that does not belong to us, we begin to care for all of these things ...... our slowly, you become smaller and smaller and the world becomes larger and larger because God is good and God is big. We begin to see big things, and think big ................ because thats when we take our focus off our small 'self'/fish desires.

Have you ever heard of friends telling you, I dont care what others think .. I dont care what they do ... I dont really care if God existed as long as I am doing good things, as long as I have my family... as long as I stay clear from people's business, as long as I do my own things I am happy ........ It's really not my business .. I am happy as long as I get to do what I want, I don't really care about religion, I don't really care if my friend believes in the truth .. it's really up to him or her ... Maybe your friends wont tell you, but in their hearts they feel this way ... the heart can speak even if we do not utter words ....

If we have the Truth ...... we will care ... we will care for the environment, we will care for what's going on with our friends lives, we will care for our enemies welfare, we will care for our husband's needs, we will care for our parents needs, we will care for our granny's needs, we will care for our next door neighbour, we will care for our boss's happiness, we will care for pple who does not share the same faith, we will care for people we dont know, we will care about what we eat, we will care about the cleaniness of our home, we will care to do smoething that will not benefit us in return, we will care to go the extra miles for those in need, we will look for opportunities to help people, we will care for everything that we come in contact with .. everything that God has graciously put in our lives... we will care about everything that we do not want to care about .. if we know the Truth ....

Thank You Lord, For Others

2007-06-24T23:33:00.000+10:00

Sooooooooo gooooooooood to be out there in the nature with the Lord, seeing all the mighty things and the little little things, from the tiny sand to the great big blue sea and the sunshine that help plants grow! As I walked along the beach, I see so many people enjoying what the Lord had graciously created for all human beings - and one look I can see, many on the beach did not believe Him, many would have rejected Him too ... some may believe but did not love Him truly.. yet.. He blessed them with all the things He had created so they may use them (in our words - enjoy them) ..... I thank the Lord for Hig big big big big heart for all human kind!

At night, I came across this verse: "May the Lord richly bless both you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth. The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all humanity" (Psalms 115:14-16)

Indeed, whether or not they believed in Him, whether or not they are thankful to Him, whether or not they loved Him, whether or not they wanted to please Him .. He allowed them to use the Earth freely ....

My 31st Birthday

2007-06-15T12:41:00.000+10:00

For the first time in my worklife, I do not need to think or plan or take a day off on my birthday and do or need something special, for everyday now life is filled with so much treasures from God, I am so busy fixing my bad habits, wrong thinking and excited to apply new skills and virtues in which God has graciously given to me eventhough I do not deserve it. Thank you Lord!

But there is soemthing I want to do for my birthday, that is from now on I will start a daily prayer for Jesus based on the Lords prayer.

"But seek first thy Kingdom of God, and all these shall be added to you" (Matthew 6:33)

Say Thanks To God

2007-06-09T09:02:00.001+10:00

God is not nature, but is revealed by nature ... dont ignore God .. even if you don't know Him personally - some part of you arleady knew He existed... at least say thanks to Him for all that you've received from the second you're born into this world ... you did not have to earn it but you have already received so much goodness from the day you're conceived. Be thankful to your Creator .... and learn His ways for He has much to say ....

Romans 1:18-23: But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who push the truth away from themselves. For the truth about God is known to them instinctively. God has put this knowledge in their hearts. From the time the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky and all that God made. They can clearly see his invisible qualities - his external power and divine nature. So they have no excuse whatsoever for not knowing God. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. The result was that their minds become dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they became utter folls instead. And instead of worshipping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people, or birds and animals and snakes...

Self Reminder - Priorities

2007-05-31T13:21:00.000+10:00

So its end of May! I find myself no time to complain about things in life! Yes indeed, I was pretty shock when I realized how the last 2 to 3 mths dissapeared from my blog, the story of my life! But of course not, yes I have been blogging but blogging about God - walk with the Lord, strengtening prayer life, and most recently learn to pray and bless others! Just so I dont get too carried away, I need to list down some of the things I recently said I was going to do:
1. Some sort of revised calendar/time management/timesheet reflecting serving God and God's people (inc. spend time fixing my own weaknesses!) and non-believers - I gota break this down into more details as such includes Bible time w God, small group time w Jesus, family time w Jesus, individual time w Jesus, Church time w God/Jesus and time with those who does not know Jesus personally, things I do to throw away my old bad habits/thoughts and personality and follow Jesus's words - so we may walk in the light and not in darkness ..
2. New prayer format - the Lord's prayer

I want to be able to bear fruits and not just wash ourselves with God's words and never got cleaner. I dont want to be one of those Christians who say they believe and not do what Jesus taught us to do .. but I also undersstand that we need God's grace to do all that, alongside with our obedience... so I will not create excuses for myself, and infact, I would encourage anyone out there to check on me (perhaps even study the Bible together), for I know then you are not quick to judge but truly want to help me grow! Ask me questions anytime, and if my actions are not consistent with what Jesus wants me to be, please alarm me, I am most grateful and I am thankful if there's someone out there who takes the time out for the best of others. I thank you first if you are that person! God bless you!

Learning To Love

2007-05-16T08:29:00.000+10:00

Its been about 2 mths now, I didn't do the Sunday morning walk since but found many other ways to spend time with God on a daily basis. Perhaps this is indeed what it means by, the heart that counts not the religious routines! Having said that, I would like to caution believers not to take advantage of this wonderful faith-method God has made provision for us, by saying, its the heart that counts, not the works so we can be lazy and do it our way!

According to Dr. Adrian Rogers (Love Worth Finding),faith without legs is not faith! If we say we love God, we have to put in action - whatever that may be, they certainly require time and effort i.e. sacrificial love! I am planning to improvise my time management schedule to reflect this - more specifically my daily TO-DO calander and perhaps a timesheet submitted to Jesus! I know its not going to look that great at the beginning but I am positive that it will look better and better! Showing off by works? I don't think thats the issue at all - what if we say we love but we've got nothing to show? Someone once said, love is only love when it is given away. Such simple truth and yet we often like to intepret love our own way - accumulating it all our lives and for ourselves! So from now on, I will learn to give love to all those around me ... by sacrificing something of my own :) Life is good! Dear Lord, thank you for showing me the way to live a righteous life because you are a righteous God.

God Is Good!

2007-05-16T07:47:00.000+10:00

I cannot explain what you've said but I've heard your explanation - thank you Lord for loving me! Your response and presence is like a good friend whom I can count on 24 x 7. Time and time again you've revealed yourself through the hotwire communication method you've established for us in this modern day esp Jesus and the Holy Spirit and all of those who are your faithful servants allowing themselves for you to speak through them. Whatever it is that time has changed, you did not change and your love for what you've created certainly did not change. As a matter of fact, you take the time to even think of things I did not think of, but I know you only have our best interest in mind ... So many things have happened for the past many weeks and months, there are so many stories I can tell but all my stories lead to one thing - Lord, our God is good and I hope others may find their way to you Lord. I make myself available to those who really want to seek the truth because this is good news and if I say I love you Lord, I love the things you love too, and you love the people and so I must share the good news with them too. My love for all things that God love - "God loves you, so do I!"

Creation

2007-02-25T15:49:00.000+10:00

Feels good to be back on track for morning walk at the beach overlooking from outside the real wonders of God's creation. Missed last 2 Sundays! It occured to me that we all do look out somewhere outthere - indeed built within us this inner most feeling to search for that missing something - no wonder none of the hotels were built looking inside the town instead looking outwards the big blue ocean and sky high sky! Even if we do not know Jesus (and I hope you do not reject him because you haven't gotten to know him yet) and do not believe in Christianity what-so-ever, at least acknowledge God (or the Creator's) creations ... his work is everywhere, if only you uncover the blindness of your eyes as I had before. Look at the sky, the ocean, big things of the world, small things of the world, the food you eat, the friends you have, the trees, the insects, the animals, all the wonders of the world ... you may look far or near, you will see God's creation right in front of you. If you are a mother or a father, you may want to ask yourself if you created your kids .. if you answer yes, I would ask you for the formula and you would know the ingridients of it, mechanics, and all issue surrounding the birth of a child from conception onwards. If you're truly honest with yourself, you would realize that you're only a vehicle of which God gave you your child and you did not create or invented your child but He did. So, the least please acknowledge God's creations and say thank you to Him for all that He has provided to you .. look around and ask Him to help you open up your eyes to see and ears to hear.

Moms, Don't Be Foolish

2007-02-02T13:12:00.000+10:00

Can't believe how ignorant, arrogant and ungrateful I've been all these years about our very own human existence. Of course God exists, or if you like to say it, the Creator exists whatever name you may want to use. "In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence"~Sir Isaac Newton ... God is everywhere around us ... if we just look at His creation ... its just plentiful. As a mother, I have witness one of God's greatest creation - us as humans.. I remember my journey when tiny ANA was just 1 or 2 weeks old. I had subscribed to a free pregancy email bulletin where they would send me weeks and weeks of pretty detail update/growth of my little unborn .. every week, I was just soooo awed by the degree or details and the power of non-stop growth which eventually would lead to a full term baby girl ..

As mothers, we should realize that we did not create babies (simple truth yet many would think its MY BABY, I GAVE BIRTH TO HIM/HER, it was ME ME ME and so focused on the joy and all the parenthood activities that we will be experiencing for ourselves...) ... surely I did not create babies.. because if I did, I would be able to tell you everything behind my creation .. every detail of how and why it works or not work a certain way, the methods behind it, everything!!!! But if you asked me today what do I know about creating babies, I surely cannot tell you much but just the act of it. I definitely do not have the recepi to it! If you agree with me that you did not create babies, then who did? Yes, someone else or something else ... but you don't know who or what ... you sure can call it, the Creator. Acknowledging this fact alone is so important to our every day living .. because if you believe there's a Creator, it's foolish to ignore the Creator, let alone, not send a 'Thank You' note to the Creator for creating you. I hope you will make a point to seek the Creator, say Hi, and Thanks and make friends with Him for He wants a relationship with you - otherwise He wouldn't have created you. Let's not be arrogant about our very own existence irregardless of our spiritual faith .. To say you don't believe in God (or the Creator) is to say you believe in yourself ... but you did not create yourself nor did you create your babies or any other thing in this world .... we're just borrowing the things of the world that God has graciously lend to us, and we should be thankful to God by telling him so.

If you now realize now you've been foolish, ignorant and arrogant about your very own existence... admit to God now and tell Him you love him because He loves you. Seek forgiveness and start a new life starting from looking at your very own operational manual (which you did not write, the Creator wrote it because He created it ahem) instead of looking within yourself or your surroundings.

Created To Be His Help Meet - Gift Of Wisdom

2007-01-19T13:13:00.000+10:00

Chapter 5 - The Gift Of Wisdom - do you have enough fear of God not to question his Word?

1. It doesn't take a good man, or even a saved man, for a women to have a heavanly marriage, but it takes a women wiling to honor God by being the kind of wife God intended - It takes one women, willing to be a help meet - a suitable helper. You serve Christ by serving your husband, whether your husband deserves it or not - Hit it right on the spot -- whether he deserves it or not ... now I realize, women often put a condition on her man's love and somewhat look down upon him, therefore trying to put up alternatives and refuse to submit ... you see alot of working women out there .. of course, many have many reasons to work and at the end of the day fall short in fulfilling her main role as a good help-meet at home .. but one can also reason out the insecurity in women thinking perhaps if they work, they could save some extra money for rainy days, they could use a little extra for some of the things they like (that their husband may not like or approve of 100%) .. all these somewhat stem from not truly submitting and not truly believing in their other half .. if you really think about it .... and I am guilty as charged, which is why I am happy to learn that its time to change my mindset .. trust in LG 100% of his capabilities and submit (listen, obey and honor) his will (wishes) eventhough often I may not agree to it (have better ideas), and not trying to find (and execute!) private alternatives to my own worries.

2. You will need to take God at his word and become a help meet for his sake, knowing you are fulfilling your mission here on earth - you are being God's helper on earth - what a wonderful truth to know!! I really honestly never think of life this way .. not so much from God's perspective but I am so ever grateful to learn about my purpose here on earth, and same time discover the joy of a happy marriage!

3. You need the precious gift of wisdom to be able to hold your tongue and be thankful when your flest would strike back in anger - how true .. esp with women, not thinking that much before opening our mouths and next thing you know, saying things we don't mean during those bitter mouth battles!

Married Vs. Couple Life

2007-01-16T11:55:00.000+10:00

A friend popped up on my MSN and asked me about the difference between married life and couple's life. I put some thoughts and gathered them -- it's interesting to think about it and how much I've learned so far. Here's my response:

"The difference is as a married person you declare your faith and loyalty publicly to the world 365 days 24 x 7 days.. not ashamed to be recognized as you give 100% commitment and obedience to the other half. It also means you will be subject to a higher standard and level of expectations (loyalty, commitment) the way you live your life .. and you are expected to live up to that standard. So the wedding ring/ceremony is a visible reminder of an inward commitment made in your heart - but the real commitment lies in the married days to come" He asked more specifically about the difference in lifestyle... and its interesting to think about it, so I said: "My lifestyle now - TRULY 100% loyal and committed with unconditional love, no other options .. before... I BELIEVE that I am 100% loyal and committed with unconditional love, with several options to consider" When it comes to habits .. yeah definitely big change! But I wont say it's all alot gota do with marriage ... they were associated with my decision to change and God's grace .. and when he heard that I mentioned God, he asked to stop the conversation there.

In today's world, people don't like to talk about God .. yet God had given so much to us. We are using so many of God's things everyday .. yet from the big picture, I reckon very few (compared to the entire population) pay attention to what God had done, let alone praise Him and be appreciative, and have a personal relationship for him --- just like how our parents would yearn a personal relationship with us ... after all they have done for us .. but anyway, as we moved on the conversation ... he asked specifically about different in work lifestyle, and my response was: "yeah, before I will just work and mix work and rest etc, then at the begining of marriage, work is work, after work is family .. try to keep my work a simple and less demanding one .. (but it s tough, you will always tend to excel), but now, work is not so important till I sell my soul to it kind anymore, family is first in everything ... and he expected the kid to be the major factor in those changes, but I told him, its not my girl who caused that change, but because I've sinced learned that God expects that of me .. to be a good help-meet to my husband and to watch over the well-being of my girl, not to let money/(work) get in the way... in order words, temptations of the worldly world!

Best Of Life!

2007-01-16T11:27:00.001+10:00

Came home from teaching class this morning - had a good time with my little students, they were all great! When I got home, I took out the mee-hoon leftover yesterday and stir fry it with added vege, mushroom and chicken fr ANA's lunch I've prepared this morning - threw in an egg too! It's yummy lunch, I love home cook and thinking how thankful I am to have such flexible hours and work arrangement, although right now, it's not like the business is blooming since I've decided not to sell my soul to it!, but I get time for myself and the family, friends, as well as for God ... which is the best of life! Also taught in the morning yest and it was a holiday for most places. I took the afternoon off and spent time with LG somewhat, it's good decision and I feel so rich in joy and blessing being able to make myself availble for my family. Joy to the world and its overwhelming how much beauty there is in this world!

Beautiful Earth

2007-01-14T08:57:00.000+10:00

What a wonderful day! Back on my beach walk/jog routine but changing it to 6.30am instead because its pretty dark at 6am - might not be such a good idea! But I have little ANA with me this morning, she's always looking for me and when I got up early this morning, she wanted to go too! So I figured, hey why not, would love to have her so I can spend time with her too. I gota take baby steps though, after all I dont want to exhaust her, she's only 3! But it was good, I walked backwards and she was my eyes, felt pretty good for the feet! Today I was actually planning the time as my appointment time with God but that's OK - we can do it together! We can get to write Jesus's name on the sandy beach too! You know, before, I never liked and never really bother to look at nature but am loving it! The beach, the trees, the mountain, the sky, everything in it -- looked so amazing, just so beautiful. Can't wait to get out there and breathe the air - thank you Lord for all that you've provided.

Close Call - Tsunami Alert

2007-01-13T11:36:00.000+10:00

4 p.m. - Tsunami watch issued for GuamPacific Daily News
4 p.m. Jan. 13 - The National Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii has issued a tsunami watch for Guam following a powerful earthquake in Japan, according to the governor's office.
Acting Gov. Mike Cruz, who is also the acting Guam Homeland Security advisor, has activated the Guam Homeland Security/Civil Defense Office.Mayors and the media are being notifed at this time.If a tsunami were to strike Guam, the waves are expected at 7:02 p.m., according to the governor's office.The quake struck around 1:24 p.m. about 310 miles east of Etorofu, the largest of a disputed four-island chain known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril islands in Russia, according to an Associated Press report.

5 p.m. - Tsunami watch for Guam upgraded to tsunami warningPacific Daily News
5 p.m. Jan. 13 - The tsunami warning for Guam and the Marianas has been upgraded to a tsunami warning as of 4:44 p.m., according to Office of Civil Defense Warnings are issued when a potentially tsunami-producing earthquake over the threshold magnitude (7.0 in the Pacific) occurs in the region.Residents are not advised to panic and to await further instructions from local authorities, stated a Guam Homeland Security release.An 8.3-magnitude quake struck around 1:24 p.m. about 310 miles east of Etorofu, the largest of a disputed four-island chain known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril islands in Russia, according to an Associated Press report.

5:55 p.m. - Tsunami warning canceled
5:55 p.m., Jan. 13 — As of 5:45 this afternoon, a tsunami watch issued earlier has been canceled, according to the National Weather Service. A tsunami watch was first issued around 4 p.m. and then upgraded to a tsunami warning at 4:44 p.m as the result of a quake that shook part of Japan.An 8.3-magnitude quake struck around 1:24 p.m. about 310 miles east of Etorofu, the largest of a disputed four-island chain known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Kuril islands in Russia, according to an Associated Press report.

Source: Guam PDN

No Time To Complain

2007-01-13T09:11:00.000+10:00

KM (Kai-Ma) made soup for me today, so nice! So blessed to have loving family around - just their presence makes you fill how good life is and I am so very thankful. There's just so much more to thank for, no time to even complain about anything .....