Stand in the presence of the Holy Almighty God and answer this question truthfully- how many people do you love inside and outside your church?
God established his church, his family in Jesus Christ his son, our Saviour at the cross because God the Father loved us.
Throughout the Bible, God's Words constantly remind, teach and command us to love each other. God built his church, his family with love- today how are we building God's church? Do we love someone in our midst today? We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God and God lives in them. 1 John 4:16
If we are not loving anyone, then how can we be helping God build his family? It is easy to say I Love You and almost impossible to convert that faith to deeds in love!
Remember to love someone with the same love that God loves you in his son Jesus at the cross. You may like to read 1 Corinthians 13: 1-7 to fully comprehend how God define his love. Or to summarize in one sentence: We must love our neighbors like we love ourselves.
If God's love is not present in our assemblies and gatherings, then what is the purpose of church, if I may ask? When we address each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, how do we support that relationship? How do outsiders view and perceive the family of God if we don't endorse his love for us at the cross in our assemblies and gatherings?
Church means people can confidently walk into God's family and know that God is there for them. Church means worshipping God by totally trusting in his son Jesus Christ. A church is a representation of God's family living together in his love and this love is forever outpouring.
If love is absent in our hearts, how can we be knitted into the bigger body of love which is Christ?
The next time when you walk into the church, God's family, ask yourselves whether you have fulfilled Christ's commandment to love each other and if you have not, then maybe ask God in Jesus name in prayers to help you commit to truthfully love someone in the church. Love this person as you would have this person love you. If we care and love each other, then the church will grow on Christ love.
Unbelievers within us will witness this phenomenal relationship in our assemblies and will acknowledge that our Jesus is a gift expressing God's love to us when we were still sinners!
Perhaps we should consider God's promises concerning his love for us in Romans 8: 35-39, Can anything ever separate us from Christ's love? Does it mean Jesus no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threathened with death? as the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed everyday; we are being slaughtered like sheep." No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separates us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow- not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the heavens below- indeed , nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
May God the Father who is in Christ Jesus fill us with His love to fill this loveless world with his amazing unfailing love.
Saturday, August 01, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Which End Are You?
"It is more blessed to give than to receive," says the Lord Jesus in the book of Acts 20:35
Even though that's exactly what is contain in God's promises to us about giving, most of us still struggled to give- why?
The ability to give is the source of God's gifting in the power of the Holy Spirit. We cannot give just because we wanted to give. We must always remember to ask the Holy Spirit to help us to give- not only to give but to give with unconditional love- because that's how God wanted us to; to give with love.
We failed to give or give with resentment because each time when we are approached to care and provide for a need, we reacted with antipathy. We failed to pray and ask God to help us to accomplish the propose request. Afterall, the act of giving belongs to the Lord and it is His work to care and provide for everybody. We failed in our attempt to give because we made our own decisions to decline the request. The decisions to turn down a request to fulfill a need doesn't originate from the Lord who loves us at the cross
Our human ways, if independant and without the intervention of God is considered evil. The only way to give successfully and victoriously is to involve God in the giving because without God in His son, Jesus to aid us, we cannot give for the honor and glory of His Glorious Name.
Rememeber it is more blessed to give than to receive- if our Lord has blessed you to be a giver, give kindly and generously with love- God can change that destiny!
Even though that's exactly what is contain in God's promises to us about giving, most of us still struggled to give- why?
The ability to give is the source of God's gifting in the power of the Holy Spirit. We cannot give just because we wanted to give. We must always remember to ask the Holy Spirit to help us to give- not only to give but to give with unconditional love- because that's how God wanted us to; to give with love.
We failed to give or give with resentment because each time when we are approached to care and provide for a need, we reacted with antipathy. We failed to pray and ask God to help us to accomplish the propose request. Afterall, the act of giving belongs to the Lord and it is His work to care and provide for everybody. We failed in our attempt to give because we made our own decisions to decline the request. The decisions to turn down a request to fulfill a need doesn't originate from the Lord who loves us at the cross
Our human ways, if independant and without the intervention of God is considered evil. The only way to give successfully and victoriously is to involve God in the giving because without God in His son, Jesus to aid us, we cannot give for the honor and glory of His Glorious Name.
Rememeber it is more blessed to give than to receive- if our Lord has blessed you to be a giver, give kindly and generously with love- God can change that destiny!
Sunday, March 08, 2009
I Am Nothing!
It's almost impossible to start off with anything that is godly in nature and finishing it is almost as impossible as beginning it.
I am committed to helping out financially a few needy families for a period of six months. I kneel for months before I could actually find the strength to start off. Even that-the kneeling and the commitment- was almost impossible. But when I asked for my Saviour Christ to assist me by equipping me with the gifting of the Holy Spirit, God's Spirit, I managed to start. Each month is a struggle to accomplish the herculean task. I can't imagine how I could possibly finish what I set out to accomplish without the help from the Holy Spirit.
Each family received a specific amount provided by God that could sustain their needs for a month from my already impecunious account. Why would I want to do it. Firstly, God is teaching me about faith and trusting in my Saviour God to provide for our needs. Secondly, each month helps me to remember to be grateful for what my Saviour God is doing for us. Thirdly, by committing to accomplish His will, I will be reminded of what He has first accomplished for me at the cross. Fourthly, the act of giving reminded me of His great unfailing love that filled my heart, His blessings to my life and halted my heart from greed and other earthly desires that is evil. Lastly, I have learned not to be boastful, realizing my own weaknesses that I could never accomplish anything for God without His partnership and such acts of obedience and humility pleases Him, bringing Him honor and glory.
I am nothing if not for God's great mercy, grace and unfailing in His son, my Saviour Jesus' love at the cross.
So guard yourselves and God's people. Feed and shepherd God's flock- his church, purchased with his own blood- over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as shepherds. It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20: 28, 35
Care for the flock- God's church- that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly- not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own great example. 1 Peter 5:2-3
I am committed to helping out financially a few needy families for a period of six months. I kneel for months before I could actually find the strength to start off. Even that-the kneeling and the commitment- was almost impossible. But when I asked for my Saviour Christ to assist me by equipping me with the gifting of the Holy Spirit, God's Spirit, I managed to start. Each month is a struggle to accomplish the herculean task. I can't imagine how I could possibly finish what I set out to accomplish without the help from the Holy Spirit.
Each family received a specific amount provided by God that could sustain their needs for a month from my already impecunious account. Why would I want to do it. Firstly, God is teaching me about faith and trusting in my Saviour God to provide for our needs. Secondly, each month helps me to remember to be grateful for what my Saviour God is doing for us. Thirdly, by committing to accomplish His will, I will be reminded of what He has first accomplished for me at the cross. Fourthly, the act of giving reminded me of His great unfailing love that filled my heart, His blessings to my life and halted my heart from greed and other earthly desires that is evil. Lastly, I have learned not to be boastful, realizing my own weaknesses that I could never accomplish anything for God without His partnership and such acts of obedience and humility pleases Him, bringing Him honor and glory.
I am nothing if not for God's great mercy, grace and unfailing in His son, my Saviour Jesus' love at the cross.
So guard yourselves and God's people. Feed and shepherd God's flock- his church, purchased with his own blood- over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as shepherds. It is more blessed to give than to receive. Acts 20: 28, 35
Care for the flock- God's church- that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly- not for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own great example. 1 Peter 5:2-3
Friday, February 06, 2009
What Is A Prayer?
Prayers is not an outpouring of words from our mouth but an outpouring of words from our hearts!
God hears the prayers of those who pray to Him from their hearts and not those who pray to Him from their mouths.
God wants to hear from our hearts! God only listen to our hearts and not our mouths. The truth of us lies in our hearts and not in our mouth!
Serve the Living Saviour God, who alone loves us in His Son, Jesus Christ, with our hearts and not our mouths.
When our hearts are not right, then nothing is. That's why Jesus instructed us to first go sort out our personal problems and whatever grievances we have with people before we offer our prayers to Him. He will not listen to our prayers until our hearts had been aligned right.
People honour me with their lips but their hearts are far away from me. Matthew 15:8
God hears the prayers of those who pray to Him from their hearts and not those who pray to Him from their mouths.
God wants to hear from our hearts! God only listen to our hearts and not our mouths. The truth of us lies in our hearts and not in our mouth!
Serve the Living Saviour God, who alone loves us in His Son, Jesus Christ, with our hearts and not our mouths.
When our hearts are not right, then nothing is. That's why Jesus instructed us to first go sort out our personal problems and whatever grievances we have with people before we offer our prayers to Him. He will not listen to our prayers until our hearts had been aligned right.
People honour me with their lips but their hearts are far away from me. Matthew 15:8
Friday, January 09, 2009
Serving With The Right Attitude
The gifting of an ability to care, help and love others is most probably life's most awesome honor.
God has chosen to anoint certain people with the ability to serve Him by helping others. These 'gifted' people are constantly inundated with persons who are troublesome, annoying, rebellious and needy. Our Saviour God, Jesus was birth into the world to attend and minister to these helpless, weak and hopeless community.
Those who were specially chosen to serve God were equipped with the Holy Spirit to accomplish this task for God's honor and glory. The Holy Spirit who is filled with God's mercy, grace and unfailing love ministered to these 'poor' community through appointed servants who has volunteer to sacrifice their lives to serve God who alone loves us in His Son, our Savious Jesus.
The greatest hurdle in serving God is most probably discovering the joy in accomplishing the most demanding task rather than attempting to achieve them grudgingly. All of us need to learn to be a bridge and not a wall to understand that every need confronting us presents us with an opportunity to care, help and fulfil that need. When you offered to help someone, you will discover and experience an overwhelming and breathtaking joy.
Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God made this profound statement in the Bible: The greatest among you is a servant! The Son of the Living God is the greatest servant, who came to suffer humility and obedience in His suffering so that He can present His servanthood honoring and glorifying God, the Father.
I was recently introduced to a lesson about serving God. I shared and make unkind remarks of a certain customer who was obviously facing financial difficulty in executing his payment to me. Instead of spending time praying for this customer and offering words of encouragement, I shared and condemned his predicament to others. I unknowingly disappointed the Holy Spirit gifted to me to help others by failing to understand that the entire lesson was to reveal to me how much Christ loved me when I was a nuisance to Him.
I learned from the above experience that a servant must possess these qualities- integrity and rectitude. I must not share and condemn the predicaments of those I ministered to. How will those who hope in God placed their confidence in God's appointed servants and ministers when these same servants and ministers go about condemning them? All in all, God taught me to be an improved servant.
Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly- not because for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. 1 Peter 5:2-3
Unless I placed my hands inside the beehive, I could never take out the honey. What I need is not more intellectual power but more spiritual power. The reason why so little is accomplished is generally because so little is attempted.
Without God's amazing unconditional love filling our hearts, we cannot serve God.
May the Holy Spirit filled me with Christ humble, merciful, and affectionate attitude to serve His people who has hope in Him.
God has chosen to anoint certain people with the ability to serve Him by helping others. These 'gifted' people are constantly inundated with persons who are troublesome, annoying, rebellious and needy. Our Saviour God, Jesus was birth into the world to attend and minister to these helpless, weak and hopeless community.
Those who were specially chosen to serve God were equipped with the Holy Spirit to accomplish this task for God's honor and glory. The Holy Spirit who is filled with God's mercy, grace and unfailing love ministered to these 'poor' community through appointed servants who has volunteer to sacrifice their lives to serve God who alone loves us in His Son, our Savious Jesus.
The greatest hurdle in serving God is most probably discovering the joy in accomplishing the most demanding task rather than attempting to achieve them grudgingly. All of us need to learn to be a bridge and not a wall to understand that every need confronting us presents us with an opportunity to care, help and fulfil that need. When you offered to help someone, you will discover and experience an overwhelming and breathtaking joy.
Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God made this profound statement in the Bible: The greatest among you is a servant! The Son of the Living God is the greatest servant, who came to suffer humility and obedience in His suffering so that He can present His servanthood honoring and glorifying God, the Father.
I was recently introduced to a lesson about serving God. I shared and make unkind remarks of a certain customer who was obviously facing financial difficulty in executing his payment to me. Instead of spending time praying for this customer and offering words of encouragement, I shared and condemned his predicament to others. I unknowingly disappointed the Holy Spirit gifted to me to help others by failing to understand that the entire lesson was to reveal to me how much Christ loved me when I was a nuisance to Him.
I learned from the above experience that a servant must possess these qualities- integrity and rectitude. I must not share and condemn the predicaments of those I ministered to. How will those who hope in God placed their confidence in God's appointed servants and ministers when these same servants and ministers go about condemning them? All in all, God taught me to be an improved servant.
Care for the flock that God has entrusted to you. Watch over it willingly, not grudgingly- not because for what you will get out of it, but because you are eager to serve God. Don't lord it over the people assigned to your care, but lead them by your own good example. 1 Peter 5:2-3
Unless I placed my hands inside the beehive, I could never take out the honey. What I need is not more intellectual power but more spiritual power. The reason why so little is accomplished is generally because so little is attempted.
Without God's amazing unconditional love filling our hearts, we cannot serve God.
May the Holy Spirit filled me with Christ humble, merciful, and affectionate attitude to serve His people who has hope in Him.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Kick-Start With Blessings
Prayers may not change all things for me, but prayers will surely change me for everything.
The only time I prayed was when I am deeply in trouble. When my troubles are more severe, I knelt! Otherwise I don't bother myself with prayers and any form of communion with Jesus my Saviour God who alone loved me and died for me. I only contact Him when I need Him.
The truth is all this time, instead of honoring Jesus being the Master of my earthly life, I have made Him my servant, expecting Him to attend immediately to my call when I needed Him. That's most definitely why my life was so messed up. That was then.....
The time spent in prayers to Jesus is never wasted. The most important reason for prayers is not about expecting our prayers to change the circumstances surrounding us but that we will be transform with Christ strength and understanding in God's wisdom to manage those circumstances we confront.
It's always important to pray to prepare us to face the day ahead of us; the more stressful and mind-numbing, the more time we needed in prayers. It's like having a good nutritious breakfast and dressing in our best attire. A good prayer to Jesus fills us with confidence to prepare us for the day ahead of us because we know that our Master is with us in everything we accomplish.
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers. Philippians 4:6
Start your day with the most important task- talking with Jesus, our Saviour God who alone loved us. If Jesus is guiding you and you are obedient to His guidance, how can things go wrong?
The only time I prayed was when I am deeply in trouble. When my troubles are more severe, I knelt! Otherwise I don't bother myself with prayers and any form of communion with Jesus my Saviour God who alone loved me and died for me. I only contact Him when I need Him.
The truth is all this time, instead of honoring Jesus being the Master of my earthly life, I have made Him my servant, expecting Him to attend immediately to my call when I needed Him. That's most definitely why my life was so messed up. That was then.....
The time spent in prayers to Jesus is never wasted. The most important reason for prayers is not about expecting our prayers to change the circumstances surrounding us but that we will be transform with Christ strength and understanding in God's wisdom to manage those circumstances we confront.
It's always important to pray to prepare us to face the day ahead of us; the more stressful and mind-numbing, the more time we needed in prayers. It's like having a good nutritious breakfast and dressing in our best attire. A good prayer to Jesus fills us with confidence to prepare us for the day ahead of us because we know that our Master is with us in everything we accomplish.
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and don't forget to thank him for his answers. Philippians 4:6
Start your day with the most important task- talking with Jesus, our Saviour God who alone loved us. If Jesus is guiding you and you are obedient to His guidance, how can things go wrong?
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Greetings: A Blessed New Year 2009!
I am not taking time off from writing in my blog; neither I am abandoning it but merely allowing you to spend time reading God's words and fellowship with the One who alone loves you and gave His life for you at the cross.
I'll be back with more inspiring messages, sharing from my very own daily earthly life fully assisted by the Holy Spirit whom God, the Father of my Saviour Jesus gifted me.
While the entire world may be treading cautiously into 2009 because of the global depression, those who trust in Jesus Christ will step confidently into 2009.
May God's Spirit help us in everything we do for the year 2009 so that the life we live, we live it in Jesus name for the honor and glory of our heavenly Father.
A Blessed 2009!
I'll be back with more inspiring messages, sharing from my very own daily earthly life fully assisted by the Holy Spirit whom God, the Father of my Saviour Jesus gifted me.
While the entire world may be treading cautiously into 2009 because of the global depression, those who trust in Jesus Christ will step confidently into 2009.
May God's Spirit help us in everything we do for the year 2009 so that the life we live, we live it in Jesus name for the honor and glory of our heavenly Father.
A Blessed 2009!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Detestable Excess Baggage
God created us in His exact likeness; not only in physical features but also in character. If we maintain obedience to Him, then He can mould us to be like Him. Unfortunately at the Garden of Eden, man was deceived that we could be like God. Since then, we have been pursuing this desire to be like God, living our earthly lives apart from Him. During this time, pride birth in us.
What is pride? Pride is the undue confidence in and attention to one's own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position. It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should possess in relation to God. Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone.
Pride has develop into not only excess baggage to us, but a disgusted asset in our character detest by God. The pride in us has caused God to grow enmity towards us. Unless we shed pride from our character, it's impossible for us to find favor in God's presence.
To discard pride from our character is to acknowledge our weakness to God and confess our total dependence on Him by trusting our lives to Him alone who loves us and gave His life for us at the cross.
Not until we execute that decision to surrender pride, you and I will always be lugging that excess baggage detest by God because pride was never a part of God's true being. And God hated the pride in us.
When we surrender pride and acknowledged our weakness to God, then our journey back into God's heart will be painless, trouble free and effortless; for Jesus Christ our Saviour will be there to carry us home to the heart of our heavenly Father.
To revere God is to hate evil, pride, conceit and deceitful lies. Proverbs 8:13
What is pride? Pride is the undue confidence in and attention to one's own skills, accomplishments, state, possessions, or position. It is the opposite of humility, the proper attitude one should possess in relation to God. Pride is rebellion against God because it attributes to oneself the honor and glory due to God alone.
Pride has develop into not only excess baggage to us, but a disgusted asset in our character detest by God. The pride in us has caused God to grow enmity towards us. Unless we shed pride from our character, it's impossible for us to find favor in God's presence.
To discard pride from our character is to acknowledge our weakness to God and confess our total dependence on Him by trusting our lives to Him alone who loves us and gave His life for us at the cross.
Not until we execute that decision to surrender pride, you and I will always be lugging that excess baggage detest by God because pride was never a part of God's true being. And God hated the pride in us.
When we surrender pride and acknowledged our weakness to God, then our journey back into God's heart will be painless, trouble free and effortless; for Jesus Christ our Saviour will be there to carry us home to the heart of our heavenly Father.
To revere God is to hate evil, pride, conceit and deceitful lies. Proverbs 8:13
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Cornerstone Displace
When Jesus is not in control then everything will be out of control.
The reason most of our lives are messed up could be because we have not place Jesus in control. Honestly, when Jesus is not in place, then everything is out of place. That’s exactly what I discovered about my messed up life.
My life was at a dead end. My credit cards debt balloon by every second. My business fell out of favor with everyone. My family was falling apart. In fact everything was falling apart. Not even the most powerful glue can weld my fragmented life together. I was on the verge of suicide.
That’s when I discover that I am not Jesus-centered. I was money-centered. I was worldly-centered. That was the reason for all my disappointments and failures. My earthly life was revolving around money instead of Jesus who alone loves me and gave his life for me at the cross.
Each day together with my Saviour helping me, I struggle through to restore my Jesus back at the center of my life. There were days I slipped, but my Saviour Jesus was always there to support me, never abandoning me to guide me back to Himself. My Saviour Jesus patiently helps me slowly to re-establish and reinstate Him into my life.
Honestly, the task to have my Saviour Jesus build his home in my heart was never easy if He had not lent a hand. Jesus was ever ready and is always joyful to have his home in my heart so long I am enthusiastic. My Jesus helps me to draw strength and faith from Him to restore Him to my displace and disorder life.
With my Jesus dwelling in my heart, the Holy Spirit helps me to slowly empty my earth life of the things that is of this world. My life is now crucified with Christ. I no longer live, but my Saviour Jesus now live by His Spirit in my earthly life to help me to live by trusting in him alone who loves me and gave his life for me at the cross. Galatians 2:20
With my Saviour Jesus in control and in place, my life also was under control and well discipline. Through it all I learned obedience.
You must not have any other gods but Me. Exodus 20:3
Thank you Lord Jesus who alone loves me and gave his life for me at the cross.
The reason most of our lives are messed up could be because we have not place Jesus in control. Honestly, when Jesus is not in place, then everything is out of place. That’s exactly what I discovered about my messed up life.
My life was at a dead end. My credit cards debt balloon by every second. My business fell out of favor with everyone. My family was falling apart. In fact everything was falling apart. Not even the most powerful glue can weld my fragmented life together. I was on the verge of suicide.
That’s when I discover that I am not Jesus-centered. I was money-centered. I was worldly-centered. That was the reason for all my disappointments and failures. My earthly life was revolving around money instead of Jesus who alone loves me and gave his life for me at the cross.
Each day together with my Saviour helping me, I struggle through to restore my Jesus back at the center of my life. There were days I slipped, but my Saviour Jesus was always there to support me, never abandoning me to guide me back to Himself. My Saviour Jesus patiently helps me slowly to re-establish and reinstate Him into my life.
Honestly, the task to have my Saviour Jesus build his home in my heart was never easy if He had not lent a hand. Jesus was ever ready and is always joyful to have his home in my heart so long I am enthusiastic. My Jesus helps me to draw strength and faith from Him to restore Him to my displace and disorder life.
With my Jesus dwelling in my heart, the Holy Spirit helps me to slowly empty my earth life of the things that is of this world. My life is now crucified with Christ. I no longer live, but my Saviour Jesus now live by His Spirit in my earthly life to help me to live by trusting in him alone who loves me and gave his life for me at the cross. Galatians 2:20
With my Saviour Jesus in control and in place, my life also was under control and well discipline. Through it all I learned obedience.
You must not have any other gods but Me. Exodus 20:3
Thank you Lord Jesus who alone loves me and gave his life for me at the cross.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
That's All I Ask- Honestly!
A close friend pops me a question just 15 minutes ago.
“If God were to grant you a wish for anything in this whole wide world, what would you have asked?”
“Honestly and right out from the deepest and most truthful part of my heart- I want God to bless me with an obedient heart; a heart that will listen to His every instruction.”
“If God were to grant you a wish for anything in this whole wide world, what would you have asked?”
“Honestly and right out from the deepest and most truthful part of my heart- I want God to bless me with an obedient heart; a heart that will listen to His every instruction.”
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Loveless When Godless
A life that is loveless is godless.
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God live in them. 1 John 4:8, 16
Love is slowly diminishing in the world we live in. People are getting more selfish and self centered. No one truly understands the true meaning of love unless God who alone is love lives in them. And I know almost everyone will profess and claim they do understand the meaning of love; unfortunately most of us live in misconstrue love.
Love is an ability empowered by God to accept and forgive imperfections. When God’s love filled you, you are able to perform monumental task. When you administer in God’s love, no one can find fault in your accomplishments. When your accomplishments are fulfilled by love, then God is pleased.
Love is the ultimate authority from God to live our earthly life in perfection. To live in love is to live to please God, bringing Him honor and glory.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 elucidate the meaning of love unerringly, Love is patient and love is kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never losses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
You perceive the significance of love when love meets every criterion in your accomplishments. Without love, we live in vain. Without love we live in bitterness. Without love we cannot live to please God who is love.
When we live apart from love, we live apart from God.
Heavenly Father, fill my heart with Jesus Christ who is love that I may live in love because love live in me.
But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God live in them. 1 John 4:8, 16
Love is slowly diminishing in the world we live in. People are getting more selfish and self centered. No one truly understands the true meaning of love unless God who alone is love lives in them. And I know almost everyone will profess and claim they do understand the meaning of love; unfortunately most of us live in misconstrue love.
Love is an ability empowered by God to accept and forgive imperfections. When God’s love filled you, you are able to perform monumental task. When you administer in God’s love, no one can find fault in your accomplishments. When your accomplishments are fulfilled by love, then God is pleased.
Love is the ultimate authority from God to live our earthly life in perfection. To live in love is to live to please God, bringing Him honor and glory.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 elucidate the meaning of love unerringly, Love is patient and love is kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never losses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
You perceive the significance of love when love meets every criterion in your accomplishments. Without love, we live in vain. Without love we live in bitterness. Without love we cannot live to please God who is love.
When we live apart from love, we live apart from God.
Heavenly Father, fill my heart with Jesus Christ who is love that I may live in love because love live in me.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Mistakes Reforms Us
We all hate admitting to making mistakes. None of us wanted to accept, acknowledge and confess having made mistakes. We will try to blame someone for our mistakes. But mistakes are important. Mistakes are like a beacon of light that guide us out of wrongs. Without mistakes we may not know we are wrong. We must learn to accept mistakes because mistakes are healthy. Mistakes are like symptoms revealing a sickness. Without mistakes we cannot understand perfection. Without mistakes we cannot be perfect. Mistakes show us we are wrong so that we can trust the perfect God to guide us.
All of us make mistakes at some time of our life. Some make more than others. Then they are those who believe they are never wrong because they are confident they never make mistakes. The reason God ask us not to judge people is because we all make mistakes. When we make mistakes, we wanted people to understand us and forgive us of our wrong doings. Mistakes are God’s way to reveal our weakness and imperfections and our need for Him to help us.
Why do we deny making mistakes? I guess the reason we blame others for our mistakes is to impress upon others that we are never wrong. We wanted to defend our perfections which are in reality a deception.
Mistakes help us to learn to be better and wiser people. Concealing mistakes weakens us while exposing mistakes strengthens us. Sometimes we need to make many more mistakes to cover a conceal mistake. A conceal mistake not expose may derail and affect your everyday living for a long time. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. (Psalm 32:5). An exposed mistake receives forgiveness and is set free.
I admitted to my mistakes so that God can correct me. I could have make out a list of people I can blame to make myself look praiseworthy. I could have blamed everyone to wallow in the consolation that I was right all the time.
Did I lose everything in my mistakes? It looks that way. When I reminisce about what had happen, I realized how much I had benefitted from the lesson albeit all its sufferings. I did not lose anything in the entire process; on the contrary I gain an expanded wisdom on living life and develop a richer relationship with my Savior Jesus.
Admitting to having made mistakes humble us. Protecting and defending mistakes are prideful. Admitting mistakes reveal our imperfections and weakness, remembering that we were created out of dust and our need for God. Protecting and defending mistakes mask the true weakness in us making us liars because we claimed to be perfect. Pomposity induce us to decline our need for God to help us.
Accountability to mistakes reveals our weakness. Mistakes build us to be stronger people in facing tougher challenges that surrounds and confront us all the time. God allow us to make mistakes so that we can turn to trust him to guide us.
The first finger pointing episode dated all the way back to the Garden of Eden. The synopsis- at the Garden of Eden, God sternly warned Adam and Eve the deadly repercussions if they chose to eat from the tree of knowledge. The serpent cleverly convinced them that its okay to eat as the fruit of that tree will promote them to equality with God. And when God pursued to uncover who initiated disobedience to his earlier caution, the first ever account of finger pointing unfolded. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. Each of us is presented with an opportunity to make a right decision prior to making a mistake. Eve could have prevented herself making a mistake if she chose correctly and wisely by heeding God’s warning. Sometimes a single mistake can involve numerous people.
We make mistakes simply because we rejected God’s Spirit to reign in our hearts to help us make the right honorable decisions which will bring glory to God who alone loves us in Christ Jesus our Saviour Lord.
We can either be very sore losers or jubilant victors. And we need to make wise decisions. We can make right wise decisions if we ask Jesus to help us. And He will.
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is the opposite of what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Holy Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to accomplish your good intentions. Galatians 5:16-17
All of us make mistakes at some time of our life. Some make more than others. Then they are those who believe they are never wrong because they are confident they never make mistakes. The reason God ask us not to judge people is because we all make mistakes. When we make mistakes, we wanted people to understand us and forgive us of our wrong doings. Mistakes are God’s way to reveal our weakness and imperfections and our need for Him to help us.
Why do we deny making mistakes? I guess the reason we blame others for our mistakes is to impress upon others that we are never wrong. We wanted to defend our perfections which are in reality a deception.
Mistakes help us to learn to be better and wiser people. Concealing mistakes weakens us while exposing mistakes strengthens us. Sometimes we need to make many more mistakes to cover a conceal mistake. A conceal mistake not expose may derail and affect your everyday living for a long time. Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. (Psalm 32:5). An exposed mistake receives forgiveness and is set free.
I admitted to my mistakes so that God can correct me. I could have make out a list of people I can blame to make myself look praiseworthy. I could have blamed everyone to wallow in the consolation that I was right all the time.
Did I lose everything in my mistakes? It looks that way. When I reminisce about what had happen, I realized how much I had benefitted from the lesson albeit all its sufferings. I did not lose anything in the entire process; on the contrary I gain an expanded wisdom on living life and develop a richer relationship with my Savior Jesus.
Admitting to having made mistakes humble us. Protecting and defending mistakes are prideful. Admitting mistakes reveal our imperfections and weakness, remembering that we were created out of dust and our need for God. Protecting and defending mistakes mask the true weakness in us making us liars because we claimed to be perfect. Pomposity induce us to decline our need for God to help us.
Accountability to mistakes reveals our weakness. Mistakes build us to be stronger people in facing tougher challenges that surrounds and confront us all the time. God allow us to make mistakes so that we can turn to trust him to guide us.
The first finger pointing episode dated all the way back to the Garden of Eden. The synopsis- at the Garden of Eden, God sternly warned Adam and Eve the deadly repercussions if they chose to eat from the tree of knowledge. The serpent cleverly convinced them that its okay to eat as the fruit of that tree will promote them to equality with God. And when God pursued to uncover who initiated disobedience to his earlier caution, the first ever account of finger pointing unfolded. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. Each of us is presented with an opportunity to make a right decision prior to making a mistake. Eve could have prevented herself making a mistake if she chose correctly and wisely by heeding God’s warning. Sometimes a single mistake can involve numerous people.
We make mistakes simply because we rejected God’s Spirit to reign in our hearts to help us make the right honorable decisions which will bring glory to God who alone loves us in Christ Jesus our Saviour Lord.
We can either be very sore losers or jubilant victors. And we need to make wise decisions. We can make right wise decisions if we ask Jesus to help us. And He will.
So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is the opposite of what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Holy Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to accomplish your good intentions. Galatians 5:16-17
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I May Not Be A Crook, I Am No Better Anyway!
Prideful, I will always guard and defend my good name sake by rebutting that I am a crook, never been involved with anything nefarious. I was wrong! Upon an examination of my heart, performed by Dr Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit, I was shock with my discovery. I was in total shock when God reveal in detail the deceitful contents in my heart.
I was clearly a good man, impressing many with my devout lifestyle. But behind this façade dwell hidden the truthful me; lies, darkness and every form of evil. I possessed a personality disapprove of God. Even though I am not a crook in the presence of man, I was evil in the presence of the Holy Almighty God. I was but a dirty rag (used sanitary napkin ref Isaiah 64:6)!
I may not be a crook but in my heart exist every form of evil composed of lies, anger, sexual immorality, selfish ambition, jealousy, envy, idolatry, and a variation of lustful pleasures. While my visible personality is approved of man, my invisible personality is renounced by God. I could not hide my deceitfulness from the Awesome Almighty God!
The Lord doesn’t see things the way men see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
I constantly lie and boast in my conversation, I am filled with anger and jealousy of my friends over their more successful lives, I hid in my room watching pornography, I harbor selfish ambitions by plotting against any achievement by my colleagues, I condemn the less fortunate when eyes are not looking at me, I not only like and love money; I am obsessed with it! All these are treacherous and threaten my pursuit to be reconciled with my heavenly Father, my Saviour Jesus. My inner secret nature must be right to project a true outer nature. Unless I am approved of God, my approval of men is inconsequential.
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarrelling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21
Lord Jesus, examine and probe the deepest of my heart and reveal any hidden sins against you that you may cleanse me and forgive me and help me with my repentance.
I was clearly a good man, impressing many with my devout lifestyle. But behind this façade dwell hidden the truthful me; lies, darkness and every form of evil. I possessed a personality disapprove of God. Even though I am not a crook in the presence of man, I was evil in the presence of the Holy Almighty God. I was but a dirty rag (used sanitary napkin ref Isaiah 64:6)!
I may not be a crook but in my heart exist every form of evil composed of lies, anger, sexual immorality, selfish ambition, jealousy, envy, idolatry, and a variation of lustful pleasures. While my visible personality is approved of man, my invisible personality is renounced by God. I could not hide my deceitfulness from the Awesome Almighty God!
The Lord doesn’t see things the way men see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7
I constantly lie and boast in my conversation, I am filled with anger and jealousy of my friends over their more successful lives, I hid in my room watching pornography, I harbor selfish ambitions by plotting against any achievement by my colleagues, I condemn the less fortunate when eyes are not looking at me, I not only like and love money; I am obsessed with it! All these are treacherous and threaten my pursuit to be reconciled with my heavenly Father, my Saviour Jesus. My inner secret nature must be right to project a true outer nature. Unless I am approved of God, my approval of men is inconsequential.
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarrelling, jealousy, outburst of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21
Lord Jesus, examine and probe the deepest of my heart and reveal any hidden sins against you that you may cleanse me and forgive me and help me with my repentance.
Thursday, August 07, 2008
When A Tiny Deed Wins Thunderous Applause From Heaven
The smallest, most insignificant deed done with love away from the limelight of men may triumph over God’s heart. Every little deed done with love to mankind is a big step back to God’s heart. A deed done with love for an enemy is a giant leap back to God’s heart. A glass of water to someone you love or you hate win a big applause from God, Jesus and every angel in heaven.
When you learn to feed one need today, Jesus Christ will help you feed five thousand needs someday. All Jesus asks from you is start loving one person today and leave him to multiply your act of loving kindness.
A teeny weenie deed done with love translates to a giant leap back into God’s heart.
Perform your kind deeds in private and your heavenly Father who witnesses everything will be pleased and reward you. Matthew 6:4
When you learn to feed one need today, Jesus Christ will help you feed five thousand needs someday. All Jesus asks from you is start loving one person today and leave him to multiply your act of loving kindness.
A teeny weenie deed done with love translates to a giant leap back into God’s heart.
Perform your kind deeds in private and your heavenly Father who witnesses everything will be pleased and reward you. Matthew 6:4
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
My True Identity In God's Amazing Grace
Today’s behavioral culture of many is attempting to establish convincingly our character decency and innocence even though we are full of sh*t while condemning others who are truly flawless and squeaky-clean with their way of life. Usually the offenders are those who bear with them a mentality of guilty conscience of some past wrong doings. Perhaps by condemning others, they thought they could distract others from their own guilt.
It’s easy to censure someone’s imperfections but missed examining our own. It’s easy to condemn someone’s imperfections without realizing that we are imperfect ourselves. If not for the Almighty God’s mercies and grace in us through his son, our Saviour Jesus, we may be worse than those we disapprove. In another sense, we are the devil if not for Christ’s love in God’s mercies and grace.
We were caution never to judge a book by its cover.
The face and deeds of a person could never reveal the truth in a person’s heart. The actual truth of a person lies in the heart. That’s the marvelous masterpiece of God’s creation in us. Only God himself have access to the hidden truth and lies that lay deep in our hearts. That’s why only God himself could play the ultimate Sovereign Judge of us.
It’s also easy to condemn anyone when we possess an authoritative and influential status.
While many wrong doers celebrates their convincing escape from their earthly judgments, they easily forgets that it is not so on Judgment Day when God himself will reveal every deceit committed in our hearts.
It is easy to fabricate lies and plot for someone’s misfortunes and thought this malice is kept secretly in our heart never-to-be uncover but we will pay dearly someday because our Maker knows. We’ll be fortunate to get our comeuppance at the hands of man’s judgment and then repent from it, otherwise ‘it’ll be hell’ for us without mercy when God finally judge us!
If we learn not to judge and condemn others, then the seed of Christ's character slowly grow in us.
You may think you can condemn people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. Since you judge others for doing wrong, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things? Romans 2:1,3
It’s easy to censure someone’s imperfections but missed examining our own. It’s easy to condemn someone’s imperfections without realizing that we are imperfect ourselves. If not for the Almighty God’s mercies and grace in us through his son, our Saviour Jesus, we may be worse than those we disapprove. In another sense, we are the devil if not for Christ’s love in God’s mercies and grace.
We were caution never to judge a book by its cover.
The face and deeds of a person could never reveal the truth in a person’s heart. The actual truth of a person lies in the heart. That’s the marvelous masterpiece of God’s creation in us. Only God himself have access to the hidden truth and lies that lay deep in our hearts. That’s why only God himself could play the ultimate Sovereign Judge of us.
It’s also easy to condemn anyone when we possess an authoritative and influential status.
While many wrong doers celebrates their convincing escape from their earthly judgments, they easily forgets that it is not so on Judgment Day when God himself will reveal every deceit committed in our hearts.
It is easy to fabricate lies and plot for someone’s misfortunes and thought this malice is kept secretly in our heart never-to-be uncover but we will pay dearly someday because our Maker knows. We’ll be fortunate to get our comeuppance at the hands of man’s judgment and then repent from it, otherwise ‘it’ll be hell’ for us without mercy when God finally judge us!
If we learn not to judge and condemn others, then the seed of Christ's character slowly grow in us.
You may think you can condemn people, but you are just as bad, and you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do these very same things. Since you judge others for doing wrong, why do you think you can avoid God’s judgment when you do the same things? Romans 2:1,3
Saturday, August 02, 2008
When A Servant Is More Honorable Than A Leader
The greatest among men may be the least before God.
Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called friends of the people.” But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? Tho one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. Luke 22:25-27
I prided myself about doing God’s will. But how much do I truly understand what God’s will is?
I aspired to be a leader in God’s plan to lead God’s people. But how can I be a leader of God’s people? Only the Almighty Lord God of Abraham can truly be the leader of His people. I am chosen for Christ’s glory to be God’s servant to serve God’s people, His church.
Leadership projects an arrogant image because when I am a leader or when I believe I am a leader, I will lord over people. On the contrary, if I am a servant, I am humble that I can serve God by serving His people. I dare not lord over God’s people because I remember that I am merely His servant. My Maker decides what and who I am.
Let’s examine and study the leadership icon of the Bible, Moses. Moses took 40 years of negotiating with the Egyptian Pharaoh before God’s people were granted freedom from Egypt. And let’s not forget the plight Moses suffered causing displeasure to God for complaining for the Israelites in the desert resulting him missing out setting foot in God’s Promised Land. Next, we have a look at Jesus, the son of the living God. Being a servant of God’s will may require us to die for our worst enemies, getting spat at, washing feet, and being accused of wrong doing albeit innocent; and that’s just to mention a few. Or are we only interested in selective responsibilities like teaching people (where we can show off our knowledge and intelligence), supervising and controlling people (where we can be pompous over our gifted influence), always forgetting that it’s the Holy Spirit equipping us with power and abilities to accomplish God’s will.
I pondered over a few points- To be a servant means observing total obedience to God’s instructions which are mostly insensible sacrificing any opportunity of displaying my talent, knowledge and intelligence which I often thought are wise. Do I only want to lead in comfortable surroundings or serve with constant endurance of misfortunes? Am I prepared to walk and work where the Holy Spirit assigned me? Am I prepared to serve if there is no recognition from men? And am I prepared to serve without any form of monetary gains?
I have, through my discreet observance that those who carry the title leaders always flaunt their talents but those who are true servants of the gospel hide modestly their obedience in offering to serve, remembering that they are dust and their potentials are the work of the Holy Spirit. A servant serves with the knowledge that it is God, himself who does His own work in the power of the Holy Spirit. A servant serves honoring God with his obedience. A servant serves remembering that he is only dust, and a vessel in God’s salvation plan for His glory.
A leader is an honorable rank among men whereas a servant bears resemblance of Christ’s humble stature.
So why do we aspire to be leaders when there is more honor to be a servant.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was god, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a servant and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him a name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11
If you aspired to serve for the honor and glory of God, the Father, serve with the humility and love that Christ has filled you in the power of the Holy Spirit. And please do remember this, whether you are serving as a leader or a servant, it is Christ at work in you in the power of the Holy Spirit who equipped you and gifted you with the abilities, lest you boasted and robbed God of His glory. Do not be critical of who and what you are in God’s service for God will reward you for your obedience and faithfulness.
May God who is in Christ Jesus help me to serve Him with the same attitude as Jesus Christ who alone loves me at the cross. Teach and help me each day to offer a glass of water to the people you placed in my midst with the love and humility you have filled my heart. Teach me and grant me an understanding servant’s heart that I am always serving under a Great Leader who has set an example as a Great Servant. May my Lord Jesus help me to draw faith from Him to live my earthly life for His honor and glory?
Bless the reader of this message with a passionate and humble heart to serve you my Saviour Lord.
Jesus told them, “In this world the kings and great men lord it over their people, yet they are called friends of the people.” But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant. Who is more important, the one who sits at the table or the one who serves? Tho one who sits at the table, of course. But not here! For I am among you as one who serves. Luke 22:25-27
I prided myself about doing God’s will. But how much do I truly understand what God’s will is?
I aspired to be a leader in God’s plan to lead God’s people. But how can I be a leader of God’s people? Only the Almighty Lord God of Abraham can truly be the leader of His people. I am chosen for Christ’s glory to be God’s servant to serve God’s people, His church.
Leadership projects an arrogant image because when I am a leader or when I believe I am a leader, I will lord over people. On the contrary, if I am a servant, I am humble that I can serve God by serving His people. I dare not lord over God’s people because I remember that I am merely His servant. My Maker decides what and who I am.
Let’s examine and study the leadership icon of the Bible, Moses. Moses took 40 years of negotiating with the Egyptian Pharaoh before God’s people were granted freedom from Egypt. And let’s not forget the plight Moses suffered causing displeasure to God for complaining for the Israelites in the desert resulting him missing out setting foot in God’s Promised Land. Next, we have a look at Jesus, the son of the living God. Being a servant of God’s will may require us to die for our worst enemies, getting spat at, washing feet, and being accused of wrong doing albeit innocent; and that’s just to mention a few. Or are we only interested in selective responsibilities like teaching people (where we can show off our knowledge and intelligence), supervising and controlling people (where we can be pompous over our gifted influence), always forgetting that it’s the Holy Spirit equipping us with power and abilities to accomplish God’s will.
I pondered over a few points- To be a servant means observing total obedience to God’s instructions which are mostly insensible sacrificing any opportunity of displaying my talent, knowledge and intelligence which I often thought are wise. Do I only want to lead in comfortable surroundings or serve with constant endurance of misfortunes? Am I prepared to walk and work where the Holy Spirit assigned me? Am I prepared to serve if there is no recognition from men? And am I prepared to serve without any form of monetary gains?
I have, through my discreet observance that those who carry the title leaders always flaunt their talents but those who are true servants of the gospel hide modestly their obedience in offering to serve, remembering that they are dust and their potentials are the work of the Holy Spirit. A servant serves with the knowledge that it is God, himself who does His own work in the power of the Holy Spirit. A servant serves honoring God with his obedience. A servant serves remembering that he is only dust, and a vessel in God’s salvation plan for His glory.
A leader is an honorable rank among men whereas a servant bears resemblance of Christ’s humble stature.
So why do we aspire to be leaders when there is more honor to be a servant.
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was god, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a servant and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him a name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:5-11
If you aspired to serve for the honor and glory of God, the Father, serve with the humility and love that Christ has filled you in the power of the Holy Spirit. And please do remember this, whether you are serving as a leader or a servant, it is Christ at work in you in the power of the Holy Spirit who equipped you and gifted you with the abilities, lest you boasted and robbed God of His glory. Do not be critical of who and what you are in God’s service for God will reward you for your obedience and faithfulness.
May God who is in Christ Jesus help me to serve Him with the same attitude as Jesus Christ who alone loves me at the cross. Teach and help me each day to offer a glass of water to the people you placed in my midst with the love and humility you have filled my heart. Teach me and grant me an understanding servant’s heart that I am always serving under a Great Leader who has set an example as a Great Servant. May my Lord Jesus help me to draw faith from Him to live my earthly life for His honor and glory?
Bless the reader of this message with a passionate and humble heart to serve you my Saviour Lord.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Journey To The Center Of God's Heart
I have a problem I believed everyone else shared the same. I can’t seem to shake myself off from the authority and influence of money in my life. So, I thought I try getting some answers by praying and seeking the One Almighty God who alone loves me and have mercy on me in Christ Jesus, our Saviour Lord.
“Try trusting in Me a little bit everyday by giving up a little bit of the world. When you trust your earthly life by revolving around me instead of money, then you will experience my peace, security, and riches,” assured my Saviour God.
“Lord Jesus, you must help me with my obedience and provide me your strength to draw faith from you to trust in you. Help me each day as I journey my way back to your heart,” I knelt, prayed, and asked my Saviour.
Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money! Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. Psalm 119:36-37
In the book of 1 Samuel chapter 8, Israel asked for a king to rule them instead of the Creator God who is their king and Provider. Through the Prophet Samuel, the Almighty Lord God of Abraham portended and elucidated the consequences of their choice. Stubbornly, the Israelites ignored God’s caution.
Could our predicament today, being slave to money, a result of our rejection of God’s warning or was it our sins at the Garden of Eden? Honestly, I don’t have the answer.
I only know that Jesus Christ is God’s answer to all of mankind’s earthly problems.
Jesus Christ is the only way back to God’s heart!
“Try trusting in Me a little bit everyday by giving up a little bit of the world. When you trust your earthly life by revolving around me instead of money, then you will experience my peace, security, and riches,” assured my Saviour God.
“Lord Jesus, you must help me with my obedience and provide me your strength to draw faith from you to trust in you. Help me each day as I journey my way back to your heart,” I knelt, prayed, and asked my Saviour.
Give me an eagerness for your laws rather than a love for money! Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word. Psalm 119:36-37
In the book of 1 Samuel chapter 8, Israel asked for a king to rule them instead of the Creator God who is their king and Provider. Through the Prophet Samuel, the Almighty Lord God of Abraham portended and elucidated the consequences of their choice. Stubbornly, the Israelites ignored God’s caution.
Could our predicament today, being slave to money, a result of our rejection of God’s warning or was it our sins at the Garden of Eden? Honestly, I don’t have the answer.
I only know that Jesus Christ is God’s answer to all of mankind’s earthly problems.
Jesus Christ is the only way back to God’s heart!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Our Prayers Reveals The Truth In Us
When we pray, what do we pray? How do we pray? Who do we pray for? The characteristics of our prayers reflects our true Christian character to man and God, the Father, Saviour in Jesus Christ.
Without first establishing an intimate relationship with the One True God, it's difficult to pray. Are our hearts and lives right before God when we approach Him in prayers? All these are very important criteria because we must remember that God is holy. Pray because you acknowledged that Jesus Christ who lives in you is in control of you. Praying cement our relationship with the One True Living Christ. Praying bring honors and glory to God. Praying protect us from evil. Praying unite us to God through Christ who died and forgave us at the cross. Praying enrich our wisdom. Praying is learning to shed our pride and humble ourselves before the Almighty Living God and Creator.
How long you pray is not so important, but the contents of your prayers may be important because what and who you pray for indicate your true character. Do you pray for those who persecute you? Do you pray for those you hate to love? Do you pray for those who are considered condemn? Are you praying for your neighbors? What about the nation God places you in? Are you praying for the ruling government of your country? When you pray, are your prayers filled with Christ’s love and compassion? When we pray for each other and those who persecute us, we demonstrate Christ love and compassion alive in us.
Who you pray for unmask who you are to God. Our prayer life reveals who we are to God. When you pray, pray with Christ’s love and compassion that fills your heart. Pray with and in faith. Pray because you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. Pray and feel certain that your prayers are answered.
If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Praying is worshipping God in Jesus Christ, acknowledging that He is the Sovereign God in our lives.
Without first establishing an intimate relationship with the One True God, it's difficult to pray. Are our hearts and lives right before God when we approach Him in prayers? All these are very important criteria because we must remember that God is holy. Pray because you acknowledged that Jesus Christ who lives in you is in control of you. Praying cement our relationship with the One True Living Christ. Praying bring honors and glory to God. Praying protect us from evil. Praying unite us to God through Christ who died and forgave us at the cross. Praying enrich our wisdom. Praying is learning to shed our pride and humble ourselves before the Almighty Living God and Creator.
How long you pray is not so important, but the contents of your prayers may be important because what and who you pray for indicate your true character. Do you pray for those who persecute you? Do you pray for those you hate to love? Do you pray for those who are considered condemn? Are you praying for your neighbors? What about the nation God places you in? Are you praying for the ruling government of your country? When you pray, are your prayers filled with Christ’s love and compassion? When we pray for each other and those who persecute us, we demonstrate Christ love and compassion alive in us.
Who you pray for unmask who you are to God. Our prayer life reveals who we are to God. When you pray, pray with Christ’s love and compassion that fills your heart. Pray with and in faith. Pray because you believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. Pray and feel certain that your prayers are answered.
If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven. 2 Chronicles 7:14
Praying is worshipping God in Jesus Christ, acknowledging that He is the Sovereign God in our lives.
1 Kings 3:9-13
So I ask that you give me wisdom so that I can rule and judge the people in the right way. This will allow me to know the difference between right and wrong. Without this great wisdom, it is impossible to rule these great people." The Lord was happy that Solomon asked him for this. So God said to him, "You did not ask for long life for yourself. And you did not ask for riches for yourself. You did not ask for the death of your enemies. You asked for the wisdom to listen and make the right decisions. So, I will give you the thing you asked. I will make you wise and intelligent. I will make your wisdom so great, that there has never in the past been anyone like you. And in the future, there will never be anyone like you. Also, to reward you, I will give you those things that you did not ask for. All your life, you will have riches and honor. There will be no other king in the world as great as you.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Seek God, The Creator
Each nation has its own dilemma.
In Malaysia, our predicament brim over.
What's the solution?
Read 1 Kings 3:9-13
In Malaysia, our predicament brim over.
What's the solution?
Read 1 Kings 3:9-13
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