Yay!! finally i have the chance to blog once again! cause i got no hw!!!
Anws, today i want to focus on treasure and forgiveness...
It all has go to do with me and my sister, Athena.
Last Sat, i didn't go for judo because of various reasons...okok i admit i pon judo because i really really do not feel like going at all! somemore my mum is like bringing the whole family out for sushi tei and i don't want to miss it!
Anws, because i was sleeping from 11am plus to about 1pm, being reluctant to wake up, i continued sleeping despite several "nicole wake up!" calls from my mummy...
so at the end, because of me and my bro who doesn't want to do his hw, we drag for a long time.
Because of that, my sis doesn't want to go because she has piano lessons at bukit timah plaza and she doesn't want to rush through the eating part at holland v then rush back for her piano lessons..
It has been a long long time since we as a family go out and eat...because usually i am not around...bleah.
Anws, i really really wanted her to go..cause without her things will be different and i really wanted the whole family to be together..
So, i went up to her and said, "athena, go la..i really really want you to go...we very long never eat outside together ler...dunno when can we do this again...pls go.."
My heart was really eager and really really desired for her to go.
But at the end she said, "dun want la...i don wanna rush and i really don want to go. Next time confirm got chance de."
My heart sank and i just walked away and went to change my clothes and stuff...
when we are about to go out, like just when we are about to go out,she walked out with her wet hair saying "i am going"
I dunno why but my spirits lifted and i sense this great joy in my heart!! i was really really happy at that point of time!!
You must be wondering why i talk about this right?
From this the holy spirit reminded me about something...
And that is that We do not learn to really treasure something until we are losing it or have lost it.
For my story, if my sis were to be able to come like way before, i won't have the wanting for her to go and i will just take it for granted that she is going...
Alot of people in our lives, our friends, family, your neighbour, the sweeper, foodstall aunties, taxi drivers, many many insignificant ppl, people that you do not even notice...
People that we come into contact with every single day, we tend to take them for granted...
We just see it as 'they are just there' kind of mindset.
But have you ever treasured them? it will make a whole lot of difference if the people are not around...
So, learn to treasure them before it is too late and once you lost them, you will not have a chance to even say a simple "thank you" or just to smile and to treasure their presence already...
This doesn't only occur to people, it occurs to the things that you have too...
An example is a simple cup, it is a very insignificant thing amongst all the other things that you have...you can take it for granted and just use the cup every single day, not noticing its presence...lets just say one day, you broke the only cup you have. Drinking water and brushing your teeth at home becomes a difficult and inconvenient task...then one will start to think "how good it will be if i got just a cup."
It may not be a very good example...i am sorry...but i hope that you get the meaning across^^
So, why wait? start today!
Let me continue...
The Holy spirit also reminded me to something that i read..
I realised that alot of times God make himself seem hidden and quiet and invisible even though he is there is to allow us to learn to seek Him, yearn for Him, treasure Him and to thirst for Him...
Think about it, if He just appears to us just like that and talk to us the way He did before in the past, will we learn to seek for Him? Or will we just take it for granted that He is always there?
Think about it.
Oh! there is another story between me and my siblings..
It happened like just now, only just now...
I have to make this clear ah...he did something to disturb me first.hehehe
Anws, I admit i was playful and i started throwing lots and lots of maple used cards at my bro...
he was sitting on the sofa and i just kept on shooting him with it and of course some did hurt him, i realised it when he kept on saying, "ouch, ouch!"...and then he was trying to take the cards and throwing back at me...
But at the end, i always win but he ended up tearing and crying..
So, i stopped and i went to him and hug him and said, " sorry la...forgive me k?"
He was like, "go away, go away!" trying to shove me aside...
then my sis who was sitting quite close, seeing the whole incident, she said, "How can you expect him to forgive you? imagine i hit and wack you a million times, and then you ask me to stop ler but i still continue then afterthat i say sorry sorry and seek for forgiveness, will you forgive me? you won't right!"
Then she added on," you let him hit you back first then he will forgive you."
The Holy spirit again reminded me of something..
Yes, you guessed it! forgiveness...
Imagine our God as my bro, the one that is being hit many many times..(somemore for God it is like a large scale thing! because of the trillions of people in this world.)
We as his creation keeps on defying and hurting him is ways that we can never imagine!
We smoke, we drink, we steal, we lie, we commit crimes, we take sex as a norm, we turn away from Him, not acknowledging that He is there or that He even exist!
We do many many many many many many countless of things that hurt him and make him cry...
Even though he sends us reminders through people that we shouldn't be doing certain things, we just do not listen...
He knocks frequently and never-endingly knock on the doors of our heart...but did we open?
Alot of times, we are so caught up with our lives, in studies, entertainment, computer, work...etc. up to the point whereby we could no longer hear His constant knocking on our doors...
But, He never gives up...never until we die...
He do not need to hit us back or to cause the same amount of hurt inflicted on Him to be inflicted on us inorder to make Him feel better so that He can forgive...
We are sinners and we deserve to go to Hell and it is a fact.
But instead of wanting us to suffer just like how my sis wants my bro to hit me back, God provided us with an amazing thing called "GRACE" which means 'unmerited favour'
We do not deserve it, but God gave it to us...isn't it a beautiful thing?
How wonderful amazing is our creator, so perfect and so different from men like us.
Everytime when one come to Him and earnestly ask Him for forgiveness, He forgives even though we hurt Him time and time again!
I think forgiveness is not something that can be easily fulfilled...it is hard to forgive someone so many times when they hurt you time and time again repeatedly...
But, our God can do it...isn't He amazing?
God bless you!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
A PE LESSON!
Hey hey!! today i very free because it is the first day of school and i left my notes in school so i cannot study! i so smart right?! hahahaha^^
Today i wanna tell you all about my PE!
Cause as i was writing on a book between me and leng shan de then the holy spirit somehow linked my experience with God...which is kinda cool and encouraging..so i just wanna encourage you all with it!
Today, our class had issac lim (an odac cum pe teacher) he is like the super hiong and train ppl to be very tough kind you know..
Anws, today is our second time we had pe with him...
The first time was bad enough...we had to climb 32 GSTs!( grandstand torture) means going up and down the grandstand 32 times!! cause up and down is considered as 1, so we climbed a total of 64 grandstand flight of steps!
Anws, today's experience is really a once in a lifetime experience..
Without any warning, we had to go down to the big drains at the outside of CJC....
And you know the big drains will have like a slightly smaller circle tunnel at the end one?
Yupps, we had to walk and crawl through that!
i cannot even stand up straight kind..and it was so so dark! i cannot even see what i am stepping on!
There are spider webs (cause when we came out of the tunnel, some of us had spider webs stuck to our hair), and all the other gross stuff in the drain water...which i cannot see la..
Anws, we were all kinda shocked to find out that he wants us to crawl through the tunnel!!!! cause it is a mon! and most of us wore school shoes which are white in colour...
Anws, at the starting of the tunnel, i tried to keep myself dry by doing sort of like a split and using my hands and legs to crawl through..not touching the floor..but at the end, i got so tired and out of breathe, i gave up...also got kinda scared...
As we got deeper and deeper into the tunnel, the light source seems to disappear!
Finally, i couldn't see a thing! i couldn't see even my hands nor the person in front or at the back of me...
so freaky right?
ya..i was kinda scared..but i prayed and i dunno why the phrase "let God be my light" kept on appearing in my mind..
then my friend in front held my hand and lead me forward...i feel so so secure...
then right, finally i manage to complete it and get out into the light once again!
Phew...
but because there were alot of screaming and vulgarities and stuff, we had to do push ups across the big drain...
The last activity was to go up a steep slope...
Our teacher emphasise on the fact that we cannot help ppl and we cannot get helped by others...
So right, we all tried to chiong up with our wet and soggy shoes..we kept slipping as we climb...for me, it was a struggle and i grabbed the grass and soil and stuff...
At the end of everything, our teacher said the story behind our wet shoes.
It is that alot of people wants to be in our shoes...like our place in CJC is actually taking over somebody else who wants to be here..
If we complain about our wet shoes, we must be thankful that at least we've got shoes...whereas others out there do not have and want to have...they only got sandals..
If they complain about their sandals, they must be thankful that they have got sandals while others out there have to "grow their shoes" which also means growing a thick layer of skin at the soles of their feet as they walk barefooted around..
If they complain that they have to walk barefooted, they must be thankful that they have got legs to walk..
All in all, it is about how fortunate we actually are!
I dunno why, but when he said this sentence, i thought about hoe fortunate we are as we get to build churches openly, worship God openly and declaring His name out loud...however, in other countries like china, when you do all these, you will get killed and persecuted physically!
Then the lesson about the drain was that our teacher do not want to see all our hard work and efforts in terms of studies and cca trainings to go down to drain....
He says that we must put up a good fight and earn the respect from ppl even though we may be on the loosing end...
yupps! so now i am going to create the link..between my experience in the tunnel and God..
Rmb i said that there is one thought in my mind and it was "let God be my light?"
It shows that in times of depair and when we are at lost, not knowing what to do or where to go, as long as we look towards God, He will show us the way! He is never changing and His promises are always there yesterday, today or tomorrow, He is the same...and there is no one else on earth that you can place your faith and trust in besides Him..
Anws, as i travel from darkness to light, it reminded me that i once was blind, but now i see!
Because it was so dark in the tunnel, i felt like a blind person...it is like talking about my past (blinded) but now, i see^^
Also, the long, dark and scary tunnel represents the obstacles that we are facing, the tough christian life that we have to lead on earth...and even though it may be difficult, as long as we grab hold and work with the holy spirit (which is in this case my friend, serena), holding on to the promises of God, we will be able to perservere, sercure and succeed this long and tough journey and get out into the light (which is the kingdom of God)!
We may not be able to see it now but it doesn't mean that it is not there...(it doesn't mean there is no opening)
The tunnel is only travelling in one direction and there is no turning back!
just like how we cannot turn back time and go back to the past but to continually focus, move forward and continue to grow in the Lord as we take every single step in the tunnel...
Also, there is only 1 way to heaven and that is through Jesus christ=)
EXTRA: i thought about it and i decide to put it down...cause i scared the blog post too long then ppl lazy to read mahs..hahaha^^
Anws, as i was eating dinner with my family just now, my mum talked about my grandma complaining about her eldest son being the most loved one however as he grew up, he is unable to love his mother back as much as how much his mother loved him in the past...
I was reminded of how much God love us and we always do not love him the same way..just like how my uncle treat his mother...
and since his mother which is my grandmother will be so upset because of this lack of love, even though she got like 6 more other children, how much more will God be upset because of our lack of love for Him or even to forget all about Him?
God bless you!!
Today i wanna tell you all about my PE!
Cause as i was writing on a book between me and leng shan de then the holy spirit somehow linked my experience with God...which is kinda cool and encouraging..so i just wanna encourage you all with it!
Today, our class had issac lim (an odac cum pe teacher) he is like the super hiong and train ppl to be very tough kind you know..
Anws, today is our second time we had pe with him...
The first time was bad enough...we had to climb 32 GSTs!( grandstand torture) means going up and down the grandstand 32 times!! cause up and down is considered as 1, so we climbed a total of 64 grandstand flight of steps!
Anws, today's experience is really a once in a lifetime experience..
Without any warning, we had to go down to the big drains at the outside of CJC....
And you know the big drains will have like a slightly smaller circle tunnel at the end one?
Yupps, we had to walk and crawl through that!
i cannot even stand up straight kind..and it was so so dark! i cannot even see what i am stepping on!
There are spider webs (cause when we came out of the tunnel, some of us had spider webs stuck to our hair), and all the other gross stuff in the drain water...which i cannot see la..
Anws, we were all kinda shocked to find out that he wants us to crawl through the tunnel!!!! cause it is a mon! and most of us wore school shoes which are white in colour...
Anws, at the starting of the tunnel, i tried to keep myself dry by doing sort of like a split and using my hands and legs to crawl through..not touching the floor..but at the end, i got so tired and out of breathe, i gave up...also got kinda scared...
As we got deeper and deeper into the tunnel, the light source seems to disappear!
Finally, i couldn't see a thing! i couldn't see even my hands nor the person in front or at the back of me...
so freaky right?
ya..i was kinda scared..but i prayed and i dunno why the phrase "let God be my light" kept on appearing in my mind..
then my friend in front held my hand and lead me forward...i feel so so secure...
then right, finally i manage to complete it and get out into the light once again!
Phew...
but because there were alot of screaming and vulgarities and stuff, we had to do push ups across the big drain...
The last activity was to go up a steep slope...
Our teacher emphasise on the fact that we cannot help ppl and we cannot get helped by others...
So right, we all tried to chiong up with our wet and soggy shoes..we kept slipping as we climb...for me, it was a struggle and i grabbed the grass and soil and stuff...
At the end of everything, our teacher said the story behind our wet shoes.
It is that alot of people wants to be in our shoes...like our place in CJC is actually taking over somebody else who wants to be here..
If we complain about our wet shoes, we must be thankful that at least we've got shoes...whereas others out there do not have and want to have...they only got sandals..
If they complain about their sandals, they must be thankful that they have got sandals while others out there have to "grow their shoes" which also means growing a thick layer of skin at the soles of their feet as they walk barefooted around..
If they complain that they have to walk barefooted, they must be thankful that they have got legs to walk..
All in all, it is about how fortunate we actually are!
I dunno why, but when he said this sentence, i thought about hoe fortunate we are as we get to build churches openly, worship God openly and declaring His name out loud...however, in other countries like china, when you do all these, you will get killed and persecuted physically!
Then the lesson about the drain was that our teacher do not want to see all our hard work and efforts in terms of studies and cca trainings to go down to drain....
He says that we must put up a good fight and earn the respect from ppl even though we may be on the loosing end...
yupps! so now i am going to create the link..between my experience in the tunnel and God..
Rmb i said that there is one thought in my mind and it was "let God be my light?"
It shows that in times of depair and when we are at lost, not knowing what to do or where to go, as long as we look towards God, He will show us the way! He is never changing and His promises are always there yesterday, today or tomorrow, He is the same...and there is no one else on earth that you can place your faith and trust in besides Him..
Anws, as i travel from darkness to light, it reminded me that i once was blind, but now i see!
Because it was so dark in the tunnel, i felt like a blind person...it is like talking about my past (blinded) but now, i see^^
Also, the long, dark and scary tunnel represents the obstacles that we are facing, the tough christian life that we have to lead on earth...and even though it may be difficult, as long as we grab hold and work with the holy spirit (which is in this case my friend, serena), holding on to the promises of God, we will be able to perservere, sercure and succeed this long and tough journey and get out into the light (which is the kingdom of God)!
We may not be able to see it now but it doesn't mean that it is not there...(it doesn't mean there is no opening)
The tunnel is only travelling in one direction and there is no turning back!
just like how we cannot turn back time and go back to the past but to continually focus, move forward and continue to grow in the Lord as we take every single step in the tunnel...
Also, there is only 1 way to heaven and that is through Jesus christ=)
EXTRA: i thought about it and i decide to put it down...cause i scared the blog post too long then ppl lazy to read mahs..hahaha^^
Anws, as i was eating dinner with my family just now, my mum talked about my grandma complaining about her eldest son being the most loved one however as he grew up, he is unable to love his mother back as much as how much his mother loved him in the past...
I was reminded of how much God love us and we always do not love him the same way..just like how my uncle treat his mother...
and since his mother which is my grandmother will be so upset because of this lack of love, even though she got like 6 more other children, how much more will God be upset because of our lack of love for Him or even to forget all about Him?
God bless you!!
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Intentions
Heys!! tmr my school is like kinda starting again=(
So i wanna blog a post today!!
Today i just wanna share with you all some random stuff that God has reminded me with...
Today as i was on the bus on the way towards church like super early in the morn, there was this uncle who left his seat but as the bus moves, he has this plastic bag of things that were going to drop...
I look at the plastic bag and i was thinking whether i should help him...
Then at the end, i reached out my hand..and before i could even touch the bag, he took the bag...
He said thanks and gave me a smile^^
His smile really made my day cause i didn't expect it...
So right, never underestimate the power of your smile!
Anws, i started to wonder why he even say thx...then i realised that actually even though i didn't even help at all, it was the intention that counts..
It was the intention of me trying to help...
In the same way, God looks for the intentions of our heart!
I was reading bible stories to my bro and i started sharing about intentions..unknowingly...
The bible story was on david....about the King Belshazzar, son of King Nebuchadnezzar.
he knew about the laws of God but did not follow them...at the end, God was unhappy and He killed him...
I told my bro that it is just like us christians, we go to church or even sunday school and learn about God's word and stuff...we may have the head knowledge of all the bible contents and what God wants us to do and follow, but if we do not carry it out, we miss out the main point and God will not be pleased at all...
We will confirm fail because we are human beings...but God looks for the intentions..just like how the man thanked me for my intentions..
As long as we are willing to try, God will be pleased already...
But if we give up before even trying, we will not have the characteristics of the children of God..
I was reading this book named as "Disappointment with God" by Philip Yancey...
If there is a chance i would really advice you all to go and get this book from christian bookstores..because i feel that it is a really good book! and it answer the 3 questions on "is God unfair? Is He silent? Is He hidden?"
It really helped me grow alot on my spiritual walk...but the book is really suitable for christians and non-christians=)
I will tell you more about it when i finish reading it...
But it will be better if you were to read it yourself...
I tell you, it is really a really really good book! Go get it today! hahhaha^^ i feel like i am advertising...hahaha
okok i shall stop here...
Stay tune for more!
Here is something that i copied from Eloise's blog...i think it is real good...
I have come to you in search of Faith
Cos i cant see beyond this place
You are GOD and I am man
So i'll leave it in your hands.
God bless you!
So i wanna blog a post today!!
Today i just wanna share with you all some random stuff that God has reminded me with...
Today as i was on the bus on the way towards church like super early in the morn, there was this uncle who left his seat but as the bus moves, he has this plastic bag of things that were going to drop...
I look at the plastic bag and i was thinking whether i should help him...
Then at the end, i reached out my hand..and before i could even touch the bag, he took the bag...
He said thanks and gave me a smile^^
His smile really made my day cause i didn't expect it...
So right, never underestimate the power of your smile!
Anws, i started to wonder why he even say thx...then i realised that actually even though i didn't even help at all, it was the intention that counts..
It was the intention of me trying to help...
In the same way, God looks for the intentions of our heart!
I was reading bible stories to my bro and i started sharing about intentions..unknowingly...
The bible story was on david....about the King Belshazzar, son of King Nebuchadnezzar.
he knew about the laws of God but did not follow them...at the end, God was unhappy and He killed him...
I told my bro that it is just like us christians, we go to church or even sunday school and learn about God's word and stuff...we may have the head knowledge of all the bible contents and what God wants us to do and follow, but if we do not carry it out, we miss out the main point and God will not be pleased at all...
We will confirm fail because we are human beings...but God looks for the intentions..just like how the man thanked me for my intentions..
As long as we are willing to try, God will be pleased already...
But if we give up before even trying, we will not have the characteristics of the children of God..
I was reading this book named as "Disappointment with God" by Philip Yancey...
If there is a chance i would really advice you all to go and get this book from christian bookstores..because i feel that it is a really good book! and it answer the 3 questions on "is God unfair? Is He silent? Is He hidden?"
It really helped me grow alot on my spiritual walk...but the book is really suitable for christians and non-christians=)
I will tell you more about it when i finish reading it...
But it will be better if you were to read it yourself...
I tell you, it is really a really really good book! Go get it today! hahhaha^^ i feel like i am advertising...hahaha
okok i shall stop here...
Stay tune for more!
Here is something that i copied from Eloise's blog...i think it is real good...
I have come to you in search of Faith
Cos i cant see beyond this place
You are GOD and I am man
So i'll leave it in your hands.
God bless you!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Bestest friend
Alot of things have happened to me the past few days....but thank God it all started during the hols...i think if it happens during my school time, i may just break down...
Sometimes i do wish that the world was just black and white...everything so clear with no grey areas...
Sometimes i just don't understand how people can think so so much and so complex while i just cannot get into their deep thinking world..
Sometimes, i just wish i will never grow up and remain as a child...
I really do admire children...they can be so free, they are simple minded and they potray themselves to others just they way they are...just the way they are created..
If they are happy, they laugh...
If they are angry, they will show you that they are angry..
If they are sad, they cry...
Some of the basic emotions that God gave to us becomes hidden as we grow up..
What is so good about growing up?
The adult world is too complicated for me to handle and understand..it just overwealmes me...
Just like a shark that is going to swallow me...and i am trying my best to swim, trying my best to get away...but the shark is just too fast....
I have to be accountable to so many other ppl...i cannot behave like a child anymore..i cannot become my true self...i have to change because my age is on the rise...
i am no longer the happy pri school kid that i used to be...i need to grow up...i need to be mature...
Alot of people tell me so many different things about being mature...how can i ever be one? i am afraid that if i act mature, the true side of me will be gone forever...
somebody told me that changes are good...and we are bound to change...
is it really good? do i need to change to please others?
There was a friend of mine whom tried to change and change and change just to please others and to have more friends...until, he lost his true self...
I always tell him that just behave like yourself, your true self..because God made you just the way you are! and there is no need to please others...just to please God..
I dunno what to do..
i feel lost...like i am in a jungle with no way out...
i feel like running away and to live like the life i had before...
In the bus just now, i was wondering...
If i was dead, who are those friends who will cry...
Who are those who will weep..
Who are those who will be so sad because i leave them...
Out of the so many friends that i have, i realised that there are only a few...
I don't have many True friends...alot of them are in pretence...
What is deemed to be true by me seems to fade away as time passes...
True friends are friends that are there when you needed help..
They are there when you need a listening ear..
They are just there to comfort and encourage you in times of need and helplessness...
Even when you forget about them, they will still care for you and are always on a constant lookout for you...
They are not their just to share your joy, but also your pain..
Not many are like that...as we grow up, i find it harder and harder to find true friends...
Alot of them just come and go...
I wanna share with you all the one most important and bestest friend that one can ever have! and that is, God...
He fulfils every single criteria and characteristic that a true friend can ever have!
Even if at times, one may forget about this friend, He is always there...never giving up on this friendship that He wants to have with you..
He is the only one that is able to accept everything of you, no matter how screwed up your life is...
He is, my bestest friend.
God Bless you!
Sometimes i do wish that the world was just black and white...everything so clear with no grey areas...
Sometimes i just don't understand how people can think so so much and so complex while i just cannot get into their deep thinking world..
Sometimes, i just wish i will never grow up and remain as a child...
I really do admire children...they can be so free, they are simple minded and they potray themselves to others just they way they are...just the way they are created..
If they are happy, they laugh...
If they are angry, they will show you that they are angry..
If they are sad, they cry...
Some of the basic emotions that God gave to us becomes hidden as we grow up..
What is so good about growing up?
The adult world is too complicated for me to handle and understand..it just overwealmes me...
Just like a shark that is going to swallow me...and i am trying my best to swim, trying my best to get away...but the shark is just too fast....
I have to be accountable to so many other ppl...i cannot behave like a child anymore..i cannot become my true self...i have to change because my age is on the rise...
i am no longer the happy pri school kid that i used to be...i need to grow up...i need to be mature...
Alot of people tell me so many different things about being mature...how can i ever be one? i am afraid that if i act mature, the true side of me will be gone forever...
somebody told me that changes are good...and we are bound to change...
is it really good? do i need to change to please others?
There was a friend of mine whom tried to change and change and change just to please others and to have more friends...until, he lost his true self...
I always tell him that just behave like yourself, your true self..because God made you just the way you are! and there is no need to please others...just to please God..
I dunno what to do..
i feel lost...like i am in a jungle with no way out...
i feel like running away and to live like the life i had before...
In the bus just now, i was wondering...
If i was dead, who are those friends who will cry...
Who are those who will weep..
Who are those who will be so sad because i leave them...
Out of the so many friends that i have, i realised that there are only a few...
I don't have many True friends...alot of them are in pretence...
What is deemed to be true by me seems to fade away as time passes...
True friends are friends that are there when you needed help..
They are there when you need a listening ear..
They are just there to comfort and encourage you in times of need and helplessness...
Even when you forget about them, they will still care for you and are always on a constant lookout for you...
They are not their just to share your joy, but also your pain..
Not many are like that...as we grow up, i find it harder and harder to find true friends...
Alot of them just come and go...
I wanna share with you all the one most important and bestest friend that one can ever have! and that is, God...
He fulfils every single criteria and characteristic that a true friend can ever have!
Even if at times, one may forget about this friend, He is always there...never giving up on this friendship that He wants to have with you..
He is the only one that is able to accept everything of you, no matter how screwed up your life is...
He is, my bestest friend.
God Bless you!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Recognition
Sorry for not blogging for such a long long time!!
Was trying to seek for inspiration from the holy spirit...
Anws, i found one! today, i am going to talk about how amazing and how wonderful God is!
Please continue reading...
As i was like leading the life that i always lived, going to school, coming back, going out with my friends, studying, eating, sleeping and interacting,i found out something...
I realised that alot of times, people want to be recognise for what they do!
What do i mean by that?
Alot of people even us want to be complimented and rewarded for the things that we have done..
In schools, people work really hard and try to score the best they can, wanting to be recognise for their hard work and achievements by compliments by the teachers, affirmation by friends or in monetary form from their parents or even the govt...
Alot of times when we do things are others like our friends or family members, we want them to know how much we do and sacrifice for them in terms of time or acts of service...
As for me, i will feel very sad and uncomfortable when the other party do not know the things i have done for that person...so i will purposely go and tell so that the person will notice..
Not many people will stand behind the scenes and just do things secretly for the person without the person knowing...
We want to be affirmed of...we want to be praised and recognised^^
Thats why i always wonder about God...
Alot of times people around me be it christian or non-christian friends, they pray and ask God for help when they need them...they seek earnestly and even if God knows that afterthat they will not give Him the honour and the recognition that He deserves and will just forget about Him, He still provide so many blessings for them and to answer their prayers!
He loves even the unloved and every single one on earth, providing each and everyone with blessings like family members, air to breathe, water to drink, entertainment...etc..so many so many^^
Thats why sometimes i just don't understand the love that He has for us that He have to be treated so unjustifyably and not being recognised and thanked for...
Thats why i feel that my God is truely a sacrificial God who cares so so much for us! which God can you find that is the same as Jesus christ? is willing to free us from all our sins and bondage even if it costs Him to step down from kingship, to be a servant, to be tortured and to die...it is for us to find a reason to live...
There is something that i learnt from PNP!!
The pastor said that alot of times the devil gives us a thought...and this thought is for us to either entertain it or to forget about the lies...
The example that he gave was that he found out this lump on his stomach and the first thought that the devil gave him was that it was "cancer!" then he chose to entertain it and continued on with that thought which leads on to pretention whereby what may seem real is not real at all..
A pretention is just like how the people on stage does a full dress rehearsal...even though it may not be the real thing but they act out as if it was real!!
So it is like he got worried and feared for his lump...
After the pretention, it can lead to things like fears, which can be like bondages in your life that grip you down and cause you to lose your freedom that God wants to give to you...things like fear can control and take over your life instead...
Oh! anws, after like 6 weeks of fear, he went to see the doctor and found out that it was fats! he got a shock and told the doctor "you mean i fear for like 6 weeks just for a lump of fat?!"
What i learnt for this is that there are alot of times whereby your doubt or several thoughts of failure may come into your mind...but as long as you do not entertain it, it will not lead to pretention which will also not lead to bondage, holding you back from the freedom that God wants to give to you...
So, just have faith and work on the promises of God and block out all the lies that the devil tells you about yourself and your capabilities...
It is either you focus on God, or you listen to the lies...
It is your choice.
God bless you!
Was trying to seek for inspiration from the holy spirit...
Anws, i found one! today, i am going to talk about how amazing and how wonderful God is!
Please continue reading...
As i was like leading the life that i always lived, going to school, coming back, going out with my friends, studying, eating, sleeping and interacting,i found out something...
I realised that alot of times, people want to be recognise for what they do!
What do i mean by that?
Alot of people even us want to be complimented and rewarded for the things that we have done..
In schools, people work really hard and try to score the best they can, wanting to be recognise for their hard work and achievements by compliments by the teachers, affirmation by friends or in monetary form from their parents or even the govt...
Alot of times when we do things are others like our friends or family members, we want them to know how much we do and sacrifice for them in terms of time or acts of service...
As for me, i will feel very sad and uncomfortable when the other party do not know the things i have done for that person...so i will purposely go and tell so that the person will notice..
Not many people will stand behind the scenes and just do things secretly for the person without the person knowing...
We want to be affirmed of...we want to be praised and recognised^^
Thats why i always wonder about God...
Alot of times people around me be it christian or non-christian friends, they pray and ask God for help when they need them...they seek earnestly and even if God knows that afterthat they will not give Him the honour and the recognition that He deserves and will just forget about Him, He still provide so many blessings for them and to answer their prayers!
He loves even the unloved and every single one on earth, providing each and everyone with blessings like family members, air to breathe, water to drink, entertainment...etc..so many so many^^
Thats why sometimes i just don't understand the love that He has for us that He have to be treated so unjustifyably and not being recognised and thanked for...
Thats why i feel that my God is truely a sacrificial God who cares so so much for us! which God can you find that is the same as Jesus christ? is willing to free us from all our sins and bondage even if it costs Him to step down from kingship, to be a servant, to be tortured and to die...it is for us to find a reason to live...
There is something that i learnt from PNP!!
The pastor said that alot of times the devil gives us a thought...and this thought is for us to either entertain it or to forget about the lies...
The example that he gave was that he found out this lump on his stomach and the first thought that the devil gave him was that it was "cancer!" then he chose to entertain it and continued on with that thought which leads on to pretention whereby what may seem real is not real at all..
A pretention is just like how the people on stage does a full dress rehearsal...even though it may not be the real thing but they act out as if it was real!!
So it is like he got worried and feared for his lump...
After the pretention, it can lead to things like fears, which can be like bondages in your life that grip you down and cause you to lose your freedom that God wants to give to you...things like fear can control and take over your life instead...
Oh! anws, after like 6 weeks of fear, he went to see the doctor and found out that it was fats! he got a shock and told the doctor "you mean i fear for like 6 weeks just for a lump of fat?!"
What i learnt for this is that there are alot of times whereby your doubt or several thoughts of failure may come into your mind...but as long as you do not entertain it, it will not lead to pretention which will also not lead to bondage, holding you back from the freedom that God wants to give to you...
So, just have faith and work on the promises of God and block out all the lies that the devil tells you about yourself and your capabilities...
It is either you focus on God, or you listen to the lies...
It is your choice.
God bless you!
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Prayers!!!
Actually right, i got so many thousand things to write on my blog!! just that i always don't have much time...cause my CA is coming up like next week...so i will be like a mugger this week..
Anws, i just couldn't contain all the info that i wanna say on my blog any longer..so i decided to release some of them today!!
Today, i wanna talk about last fri!! we had our prayer group cell thingy in school and amos lead worship and taught a lesson on prayer!!! i just wanna share with you all what i learnt from him! cause i think it is really good^^
He asked us this question..."What is prayer to you? what is the purpose?" there are like thousands of answers! like to bond with God, to spend time with him, for healing, a form of worship, it is important..etc...
There are so many things that can be done in prayer...but what are things we shouldn't do regarding prayer? there are like only a few...one of them that he shared was that prayer is unlimited and shouldn't be confined...
If you still don't get what i mean, here is an example...(this is not to condemn like the catholics or anything..)
In luke chapter 11, "He said to them, 'when you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day your daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation." Because i am from like a catholic school, so everytime i hear this prayer in the morn, especially like in my sec school..
It is just like an everyday ritual...like it is so confined to this...but when Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, it is just an example..
For example, for the first line, it is praising God and asking for his will in our lives to start off a prayer...and the second one, asking God to forgive us of our sins when we love others and forgive them first...something like that la..
So it is not just confined within that prayer which will make prayer very limited!
Anws, he talked about "God is not a gene in the bottle" He is not someone who like when you need help then you go rub the bottle and find him and ask him for things and He will grant you kind...
He is a God that emphasize alot on your everyday relationship with Him...
What i heard from Leng shan is that at the end times, at the rapture, those which are able to go heaven will hear a ringing or trumpet sound first before they are being brought up to heaven...
So it is like if you didn't hear the trumpet or ringing sound, you won't be taken away but left behind...
Even though you may serve alot in the church ministry, being friends to church and manage to save many and stuff, all these things will not bring you to heaven..the one most important ingredient is your relationship with God!
So it is very important to place your emphasize on praying, reading His word and really spend time bonding with Him! cause you will never know when will He return...
Scary right?
Anws, as i was saying, "Prayer should no longer be a difficult duty, but a grateful delight!"
What this means is that prayer should not be a tiring thing and you really hate doing it and you do it because of your duty as a christian...
God always gives us choices so that He can recieve true love from us unlike robots..so it is the same when you do your qt or spend time with God for the sake of doing it...
Pastor Ronald previously gave a sermon example...he said, "There is a husband and wife...then the wife want her husband to give her a goodnight kiss for example...then she tells her husband...then her husband took out a pen and a note book...he wrote "goodnight kiss tonight at 12 pm. Then the wife wanted a hug...then the husband take out his notebook again and he wrote, "give hug after goodnight kiss." then whenever he finish doing what his wife wants him to do as a husband duty, he will tick done at the side.." will the wife ever experience true love? or it is merely just a duty of her husband to do all those things?
This story is just like our relationship with God...
Think about it^^
Oh! let me continue..
The one thing that drives prayer is FAITH.
It is FAITH that reaches your hand out to God!
Prayer is like putting a card into an ATM machine...
you can put in the card and press the no.s, you need the faith to believe that the money will come out..
If you wait a while and nothing comes out and you walk away, the money is not recieved by you...we must always be patient and wait for the money and stretch out your hand to reach out to God's just like reaching out to take the money...cause it is God timing you are looking at...and when we pray, God is working! so don't stop praying k!
Prayer is also very powderful!!
things like revival, miracles, healings are happening!
You may not see how powerful your prayers are right now...but as you pray, God's angels are sending and chasing the demons away in the spiritual realm!!
Also, prayer transcends time!!
An example is in a christian orphanage, there is this one time whereby they are in need for a bottle and they are quite poor...they need the bottle to contain milk...
Then there is this girl that said, "why not we pray and ask God for a bottle?"
The teacher, being an adult and don't have very strong faith, she just agreed but was quite doubtful...
The the girl kneel down, closed her eyes and hands and said, "Dear lord Jesus, i pray for a bottle. Amen"
Then, you know usually they will have this box of toys donated by organisations for the kids being sent,...and in the midst they found a glass bottle...(which is kinda weird cause usually they do not place the bottle in the box because it is to the orphanage and there are children there..so it is kinda dangerous.)
So cool right?
So, before that like weeks ago, this bottle was already placed inside! because God knows! and He can transcend time!!!
Lastly, i wanna tell you all that every single one of your prayers are very important!! and they are like treasures to God! so pray more!!
And Praying can be done anywhere, at any place at any time!! so convenient!
Just rmb that when you persist in your prayers and have faith that God will work, God will reveal His works to you! because even an unrighteous and sinful man, if you keep on asking and asking and persisting, he will give you what you want..
What more God right?
Jia you!
God loves you!!
Anws, i just couldn't contain all the info that i wanna say on my blog any longer..so i decided to release some of them today!!
Today, i wanna talk about last fri!! we had our prayer group cell thingy in school and amos lead worship and taught a lesson on prayer!!! i just wanna share with you all what i learnt from him! cause i think it is really good^^
He asked us this question..."What is prayer to you? what is the purpose?" there are like thousands of answers! like to bond with God, to spend time with him, for healing, a form of worship, it is important..etc...
There are so many things that can be done in prayer...but what are things we shouldn't do regarding prayer? there are like only a few...one of them that he shared was that prayer is unlimited and shouldn't be confined...
If you still don't get what i mean, here is an example...(this is not to condemn like the catholics or anything..)
In luke chapter 11, "He said to them, 'when you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day your daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation." Because i am from like a catholic school, so everytime i hear this prayer in the morn, especially like in my sec school..
It is just like an everyday ritual...like it is so confined to this...but when Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, it is just an example..
For example, for the first line, it is praising God and asking for his will in our lives to start off a prayer...and the second one, asking God to forgive us of our sins when we love others and forgive them first...something like that la..
So it is not just confined within that prayer which will make prayer very limited!
Anws, he talked about "God is not a gene in the bottle" He is not someone who like when you need help then you go rub the bottle and find him and ask him for things and He will grant you kind...
He is a God that emphasize alot on your everyday relationship with Him...
What i heard from Leng shan is that at the end times, at the rapture, those which are able to go heaven will hear a ringing or trumpet sound first before they are being brought up to heaven...
So it is like if you didn't hear the trumpet or ringing sound, you won't be taken away but left behind...
Even though you may serve alot in the church ministry, being friends to church and manage to save many and stuff, all these things will not bring you to heaven..the one most important ingredient is your relationship with God!
So it is very important to place your emphasize on praying, reading His word and really spend time bonding with Him! cause you will never know when will He return...
Scary right?
Anws, as i was saying, "Prayer should no longer be a difficult duty, but a grateful delight!"
What this means is that prayer should not be a tiring thing and you really hate doing it and you do it because of your duty as a christian...
God always gives us choices so that He can recieve true love from us unlike robots..so it is the same when you do your qt or spend time with God for the sake of doing it...
Pastor Ronald previously gave a sermon example...he said, "There is a husband and wife...then the wife want her husband to give her a goodnight kiss for example...then she tells her husband...then her husband took out a pen and a note book...he wrote "goodnight kiss tonight at 12 pm. Then the wife wanted a hug...then the husband take out his notebook again and he wrote, "give hug after goodnight kiss." then whenever he finish doing what his wife wants him to do as a husband duty, he will tick done at the side.." will the wife ever experience true love? or it is merely just a duty of her husband to do all those things?
This story is just like our relationship with God...
Think about it^^
Oh! let me continue..
The one thing that drives prayer is FAITH.
It is FAITH that reaches your hand out to God!
Prayer is like putting a card into an ATM machine...
you can put in the card and press the no.s, you need the faith to believe that the money will come out..
If you wait a while and nothing comes out and you walk away, the money is not recieved by you...we must always be patient and wait for the money and stretch out your hand to reach out to God's just like reaching out to take the money...cause it is God timing you are looking at...and when we pray, God is working! so don't stop praying k!
Prayer is also very powderful!!
things like revival, miracles, healings are happening!
You may not see how powerful your prayers are right now...but as you pray, God's angels are sending and chasing the demons away in the spiritual realm!!
Also, prayer transcends time!!
An example is in a christian orphanage, there is this one time whereby they are in need for a bottle and they are quite poor...they need the bottle to contain milk...
Then there is this girl that said, "why not we pray and ask God for a bottle?"
The teacher, being an adult and don't have very strong faith, she just agreed but was quite doubtful...
The the girl kneel down, closed her eyes and hands and said, "Dear lord Jesus, i pray for a bottle. Amen"
Then, you know usually they will have this box of toys donated by organisations for the kids being sent,...and in the midst they found a glass bottle...(which is kinda weird cause usually they do not place the bottle in the box because it is to the orphanage and there are children there..so it is kinda dangerous.)
So cool right?
So, before that like weeks ago, this bottle was already placed inside! because God knows! and He can transcend time!!!
Lastly, i wanna tell you all that every single one of your prayers are very important!! and they are like treasures to God! so pray more!!
And Praying can be done anywhere, at any place at any time!! so convenient!
Just rmb that when you persist in your prayers and have faith that God will work, God will reveal His works to you! because even an unrighteous and sinful man, if you keep on asking and asking and persisting, he will give you what you want..
What more God right?
Jia you!
God loves you!!
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