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I read a book titled “ Traveling Light” today and I actually came across something I feel it’s meaningful and it’s good to share this with people around me. I wish more people will know and it will benefit their life. I’m no one so great. But I can share what I have with you all.
Meets today’s problems with today’s strength. Don’t start tackling tomorrow’s problems until tomorrow. You do not have tomorrow’s strength yet. You simply have enough for today.
For I believe that each and every one of us has our own problems to tackle with, it can either be a major problem or a minor problem, in all its problems.
Life is full of doubt, full of challenges, full of obstacles. And we can’t escape from all doubt, challenges, obstacles because it’s a day-to-day basis. And for those who never thought of this, this is the time to think.
Even those who feel that life is smooth, happy, normal, I feel that it’s just what they choose to show to people or maybe to even deceive themselves that I’m happy with my life, deep in them, they do have their very own problem, which they don’t wish to think, but to avoid it so as not to worry.
Avoiding is not a good way of solving problems; you are just dragging the problems even longer, this may cause unknown depression that grew in your heart. This will only break out when you are really at the edge of giving up and breaking down.
My advices to this people are to accept that there’s a problem and face it rather than avoiding it. And I feel that it will be good if you are able to find someone to talk about it. Don’t keep it to yourself.
If you don’t wish to confide with anyone, there’s someone I can recommend to you and this person is Jesus Christ. You can talk to him, question him, and cry to him. He will hear you. He will be your listening ear. He will not forsake you when you are down.
However, if you think that how will God still bothered with me, after so much sin that I had done in my life, that I had disappoint Him, that I had rejected His love, I didn’t choose to believe and to accept Him and I don’t deserve His love, His forgiveness? Now, I will tell you. God open His door to all people.
For I sin too. Everyone is a sinner. No one is perfect, except God. I’m no one so great that I’m the only who had been given the privilege to be in the family of God. God loves everyone, this includes you who are reading. God will not forsake you because of what you have done, seek for forgiveness and repent. God will be there for you when you are broken, lonely, despair, suicide, do you want to believe? Why don’t you try praying to God? This will not do any harm.
For some Christians, or those who are going to be a Christian and still have doubt in your heart. You may have times when you feel that your prayers are not answered at all and you started to question if God had heard your prayers. I can tell you that, God had heard your prayer. However, God has His own timing; He knows when is the best time to give you the best thing. You just have to trust and have faith in God. Patience is what we, humans have to learn. Don’t doubt on God. If you believe that He will help you, He will. He will help those who believe that He will. Leave it all to God. He will know what to do. What we need to do is to say our requests and wait with patience.
Have you ever thought of, why Jesus Christ had to die on the cross, since I had said that He’s a perfect man once and now a perfect God? Now, I will tell you why. God is perfect, He did no sin and He was crucified on the cross, it’s for our sin that we are bearing in us. He’s to exchange His life for ours. Why we are still so ungrateful, didn’t thank God and didn’t want to accept His love, His unconditional love even He did such a great thing. Let me ask all of you. Would you lay your life for your friend’s life or even your enemies? The answer is definitely NO. However, God is willing to die in our place, even His enemies, enemies refers to people who hate Him, who rejected Him, who rejected His love. Can you be greater than Him? I doubt so.
I’m not saying that being a Christian, life will be better, life will be perfect, life will be smooth, there bounds to be troubles, obstacles, difficulties, problems but as Christian we should remember this: If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it. He will neither forget nor forsake you.
Do you want to accept His unconditional love? He will be there you needed Him most. Friends and family could be there for you, they can’t be there forever, and God can. He is forever. Do you want to know this Great God? Do you wish to have Him in Your life? Do you want to have another Great friend, greater than any friends you have now? Do you want to trust Him? Do you want to communicate with Him?
He’s greater than any celebrities, great man you have heard of, idols, friends, and father. He’s awesome. He lives with us. We can pray at anytime, anywhere. And he’s a good listening ear and good adviser. His words console our soul, give hopes to the despair situations. His words refer to the bible. God may use the bible to communicate with you.
Back to problems, everyday has challenges and obstacles to be faced. Why worry so much about tomorrow when you only have the strength for today and you do not know if you will be alive tomorrow. Don’t let anxiety and worries overwhelm your soul, take control of your life. Too much worry will cause to illness. Why don’t you try to leave your worries of tomorrow until you are sure that you are still alive? And why do you worry so much when you know that there’s someone who is willing to take your burden unto his shoulder (“God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the times come” – Matt 6:34) and He will lead the way for you. (Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. –Psalm 119:105)
God isn’t going to let you see the distant scene. So you should just quit looking for it. He promises a lamp onto our feet, but not a crystal ball of our future. We do not need to know what will happen tomorrow and we only need to know he lead us and “we will find grace to help us when we need it (Heb 4:16) –Max Lucado
So don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will have its own worries. Each day has enough trouble of its own (Matt 6:34).
"We Believe"
There's a woman crying out tonight
Her world has changed
She asks God why
Her only son has died
And now her daughter cries
She can't sleep at night
Downtown
Another day for all the suits and ties
Another war to fight
There's no regard for life
How do they sleep at night
How can we make things right?
Just wanna make this right
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
We are all the same
Human in all our ways and all our pain
(So let it be)
There's a love that could fall down like rain
(Let us see)
Let forgiveness wash away the pain
(What we need)
And no one really knows what they are searching for
(We believe)
This world is crying for so much more
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
So this world
Is too much
For you to take
Just lay it down and follow me
I'll be everything you need
In every way
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
We believe
In this love
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
We believe
(In this love)
Yesterday (Fri) night, I met up with the youth that attending Chinese Service these days and as well as Pastor Bai This is the first time we are gathering for a youth cell in Chinese Service. The 5 of us came. Eugene, Steven, Lawrence, Wan Ting, Pastor Bai and myself. This is the first time we sat together to know each other more and better, as Pastor Bai is rather new in my church.
The aim of this cell is not only to build our relationship with one another but also to build a closer relationship with Our Savior God. Our cell will have prayers, sharing, and testimonies, sing praise together, knowing God’s words. The purpose of this cell is that when anyone of us needs encouragement, we will be there for each other, rapport and support one another, pray for each other. This will help to bring us closer together, this cell will held once a month and usually will be on Fri night.
We talked about making choice. How come I will end up in NYP and in Engineering Informatics? It’s not much of my choice here. Now, I’ve you start saying from the time I had taken my results. I was taken a back, back then, I was unable to believe that the results that appeared before me is actually my results. It was real bad, but I try to hold back my tears from rolling down my cheeks. This incident had left me with a unfathomable impression. I was dreadfully depressed, despair, devastated, but I’ve to accept the fact rit was true.
That is the time for the time to make a choice for the next place to go after my 5 years of Secondary School. I had placed a lot of courses that I’ve desired. However, due to the increase of the number of students with the lower point than I had. I had left with no place to go, no vacancies to enroll me in, all schools rejected me. When I know about it, I felt totally lost and it’s like soon, I’ll be announce ‘HOMELESS’. Without a school, I felt depress. And so my friends and I decided to go from school to school to appeal for a place for me to study. However, the night before I went to appeal I prayed this prayer:” Heavenly Father, what should I do now? I was left with no schools. I desperately need your help, need your presence to quieter my heart, need your answer to help me in such helpless situation. I wan to believe that you will help me. You are my only hope and light in this darkness I’m standing in alone. We, humans are limited, there are much more things that is beyond our control, because we have no power over anything even our lives. I have faith in You. Thanks God for listening to my prayers. I prayed all this in Jesus’s Precious name. Amen.”
The next day, I felt totally different from when before I prayed. I felt relax, calm and peaceful. God knows this is all I needed. Therefore, we went to appeal. I entrusted my whole situation into God’s hand. I choose to believe that God will provide me somewhere that I can excel well in there. I believe that God’s has His reason for all the things that happened and the people who appear in our life. God will not do things without a reason. He has His own timing we just need to trust and have faith in Him. That’s all we need. He will do the job for us.
After the appeal, I have to wait for the schools to reply me if my appeal had pass. One day, I received a letter-mail, it’s from NYP and when I open up the mail, it’s the enrollment form, in other words, my appeal had succeeded and I was given a place in NYP. I’m really thankful. My heart was filled with happiness. I can’t express gratitude enough just by words. My darkness had gone and light has entered into my life. As I believe He will help me, and He really did. He didn’t forsake me when I was at my lowest point of my life. Thanks Lord for being there for me, not just being my listening ear but at the same time console and help me through this seems negative time. You are awesome. There’s no one who can compare with You. Lord, I wish I could share your greatness with all the people around me. I want more people to be in the same family as I am in. I want more people to come into Your Kingdom. You are Our Savior, Our Lord. No one is greater than You are! Lord Let your greatness shines to all people who had not experience Your love, Your greatness. Thanks Lord. I’m glad that I had made the choice I had in the beginning. I love You, Lord. I can’t thank you enough.
Back to about making choices. In Joshua 24:15, it tell us that God provide us with choices but what’s our choice going to be greatly depend on ourselves. We either follow God or choose our own way. There are consequences that we need to bear for our choice that we have made. God will not force us to walk in His given choice. He given us the best path, it depend on us if we want to walk this best path. We should follow God’s calling as God will let His will be fulfilled. How to know if our choice is right? It’s through prayers. God has fulfillment for each and every one of us. It’s our choice to follow Him or not. God has his plan and reason for he path that he had shown before us. God provide us with the best, we should choose wisely, if unsure about it, pray and ask God for better directions and choose the one that pleases God.
I got a inspiration of writing for today, after I watch one of the chapter of "One Litre Of Tears".
I got sadden by Aya situation, it's a true story of a 15 year old girl who diagnose a incurable illness that will deteriorate her health slowly, because her sickness is closely related to the nerves system. She will gradually unable to walk, unable to speak properly, unable to control her body. And what really sadden me is that she is only 15 when she was discovered with such incurable illness.
She was strong and optimistic about her life at first before it had deteriorated to the worst. She never gives up, she continue to live and wanting to help people who needed help. However, when her illness deteriorated,she felt useless because she find that she can't help others and needed people, family's help. It really broke my heart of all the words that she had spoken.
This actually inspired me alot. I find that in life, everything is unpredictable, especially when it comes to talk about life and death. All this is beyond human control. We are unable to choose how long we wanted to live, because we are not God. Only God knows it well. God knows everything about each and everyone of us.
I may be alive today and talk to you, but who knows about tomorrow? Maybe I'm not here anymore. This is possible. That's why life is so precious. I just don't understand why some people can take life lightly, do things that not only hurt themselves but at the same time hurt people who love them. There are people who are diagnose with incurable illness and you all know how much they wish they can have more days to live? They are so afraid to close their eyes, because they are so afraid that once they close their eyes, they will be gone forever. They wanted to live so much and yet people who are healthy, smoke, drink,being a ah beng/ah lian, go around bully people, do all sorts of things that not only hurt urself but affect your health. Does all this things and this kind of life is cool, meaningful? I can tell you, you are 100% wrong. This kind of life is totally meaningless, I don't see a point for you to be living in the world, you are not contributing to the society but also your family. You bring headache, shame, inferior to your family. You are doing nothing in this earth, you might as well end your life, because it's totally useless and pointless.
If you still want to continue to live this kind of useless life, it's up to you. You want to waste your life, it's your choice, I can't choose for you but I can remind you that, you should do things more meaningful, don't live a life you think everyday is fun, everyday is party, it's not going to help. We need obstacles to help us grow up and handle problems. Never too late to change, it's just a matter you want it a not? Think about what can you do to have a changed life, don't live a life that you feel that you are doing the same things again and again.
Do something that not only help yourself but help others. This is really important. Human are self-centred, selfish. I don't blame anyone for that. But i really hope in this world there will be even more people who needs help will be able to get help from those who can help. Then, this world will be extremely heart warming, instead of the war, political problems, or killing each other within the same country. I really don't understand what's up in the mind of the terrorist. I hope this world is filled with love. Why can't all of us live in peace? How can people heart be so vindictive?
Psalm 5
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my sighing.
2 Lisen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for to you I pray.
3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.
4 You are not a God who takes pleasure in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell.
5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presencel; you hate all who do wrong.
6 You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the LORD abhors.
7 But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down towards your holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies- make straight your way before me.
9 Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongue they speak deceit.
10 Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.
11 But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you.
12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Questions to ponder:
Question1: In what situation would you regard someone as a person to whom you owe a debt?
Question2: HOw do you view and respond to those to whom you owe a debt?
Debt could be :
1) MONEY
2) LIFE ( Korean Hostage)
3) FAVOUR
Relax your mind and humble your heart to focus on Christ. Allow God to be
the only person on your mind while you read this prayer. If we can take
the time to read long jokes, stories, etc., we should give the same
respect to this prayer. Friends, who pray together, stay together.
Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see
and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and
an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on
blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or
thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day
with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each
and every day to clear my mind so tha t I can hear from You.
Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things.
Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me
continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And
when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and
receive the forgiveness of God.
And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to
slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm
pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my
heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.
Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong
that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of
encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can't find
their way. I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray
for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who will delete
this without sharing it w ith others. I pray for those who don't believe.
But I thank you that I believe.
I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all
my sisters and brothers. For each and every family member in their
households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are
out of debt and all their needs are met.
I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem,
circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands
for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of
every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly..
This is my prayer.
In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now that I have take up the Challenge of joining the Youth Leadership Training, Lord, I Pray that you will grant me Wisdom and Confidence to continue.Lord, you know that i'm a rather shy and introvert person, I pray that through this training, i will be able to change into someone you can use to share your teaching! And I will be able to serve in the CG in mu church and encourage those younger youth to be more spirit-filled! Thanks Lord for hearing my prayer.
IN Jesus Precious Name I prayed,
Amen.
Another Godly advice
The four blessed looks:
Look back and thank God. Look forward and trust God. Look around and
serve God. Look within and find God!"
"I asked God, 'How do I get the best out of life?'
God said, 'Face your past without regrets. Handle your present with
confidence. And prepare for the future without fear!'"
"Without God, our week is: Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday,
Fightday, Shatterday and Sinday. So, allow Him to be with you every
day!"
"Life is short, so Forgive quickly. Believe slowly. Love truly. Laugh
uncontrollably. Never regret anything that makes you happy. And have
a wonderful journey!" !"
We Should never forget God when we already have everything.
Without God our life has no life, no happiness, nothing execpt sin!
Faithful had made things change and it may surprised you!
Bible verses to remind us of our FAITH:
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.- Proverbs 3:5,6
For with God nothing shall be impossible. - Luke 1:37
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. - Hebrews 11:1
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. - Ephesians 6:16
Fortune-Tellers can tell tall stories to make us happy or make us worry. However, how sure can we be that what they said is 100% true? Fortune-Tellers are human beings. Human beings have no power, only God has power. Fortune-Tellers can never foreseen the future. Some times, what they said appeared to be rather true but actually not necessary, because they judge us on our outlook. If they really can foreseen the future, they will be enjoying their life right now, will they ever fancy those pity money that those people paid for his fortune-telling? Why will they be so pitiful when they know what's to come in the future. If Fortune-Tellers can't foreseen their future so what make us believe that what they foreseen our future is true.? How true can they be speaking? The answer is 0%! So what's the point on believing in things that are untrue and it's a waste of money. I rather spend it on something else that is useful.
Bible verses to remind us of our God's words:
I haven been really blogging lately, because I've been thinking a lot of stuff. I've no mood to blog neither do i've any mood to do anything. I had a mild depression last week. I felt real tired of everything that is happening around me and all the things that i need to handle, my school work, exam, projects, relationship, and i wanted to slim down but it seems like I don't have the mood to do that too. Everything seems too much for me to take it. I was mentally tired. I felt like ending all up. I really keep it all up to myself. I wish nobody know about it. But now, I find that i'm feeling better so i feel like saying it all out so as to make myself feel much more better. Sometimes, i feel like sharing my stuff with my friends but they always seem to have no time to had a good chat wif me. I just don't want to keep myself alone, when i'm all alone, i tend to think alot. When i think alot, I'll get depressed. I'm not blaming my friends, i know everyone has their very down thing to do.
During this period of time, I realized how true God is to me. I talked to God since noone is there to listen to me, & i know that God is the only one that is willing to hear what she wanna share with Him. He's always with us! No matter where we are, He's there to keep watch and be with us! He's great! No God is greater than HE is! I can feel that He is really listening to me, listening to my prayer. I can feel the warm He had given me. I felt much console with His Presence. He's just like a heavenly father that had come and see His daughter who felt helpless, hopeless, loneliness. He had come to console, to encourage, to shower His love over me. I'm glad that i had this experience.. Thanks God.. You are so real that i cannot deny that you are true! I never felt this before. I wish to experience it everytime. I need God to make me feel whole. I wanna be closer to God. I wanna feel Your Presence.
I believe that He will answer to my prayer, it's just a matter of time.
I have found out that with God around there is nothing is impossible, especially when you have a mission to do God's word, God will bless you and give you all the Providence ( Where God guide, He will direct. Where God leads, He will provide.) There are many things that happened because of our prayer. Every prayer is heard by God, no matter is a long short one..Every prayer counts! I saw miracles happened when all of us pray together as a church and as well as individual. I will share this the next time.
Our life may seems to be nothing. Our everything seems to be useless. But in God's eyes, We've been useful and everything is possible. He can use us a tool to do His work. He's the potter.
When we relied in ourselves, things seems useless but when we feel that we are useless, it's time God to choose us and make us useful. When you feel that you are good in everything, you cant see how great God can be, because you only see yourself.
Take time to think. I had think it all thru this weeks! Everything i said is what i had experienced, seen it and feel it.