All of us have our personal experience of priceless moments.
Let me humbly with the help of the Holy Spirit share mine….
My most priceless moments were during my days of emptiness…when I lost everything that is of this world in life. It is when I have nothing, I have everything! It is during these times that I discovered how much my Saviour Jesus loved me.
I never knew the value of true riches until I have nothing because through emptiness I beheld the abundance of my heavenly Father in Christ Jesus my Saviour.
I never understood meekness until I have nothing because when you have nothing, you have nothing to be arrogant of.
I never knew how to trust in God for anything until I have nothing because when I have nothing, I experience daily miracles of God’s provision and providence.
I could never fathom God’s amazing agape love until I have nothing because His daily miracles display His great love for me.
It is when I have nothing; I witness and sample the riches and richness of God. The riches that are of this world have blinded me of God’s awesome goodness. How could I ever thank my merciful Almighty God for what he has shown me through my days of emptiness? Each day of those days of emptiness were filled with days of priceless moments, experiencing the fullness of God’s goodness.
Lord, don't let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way. Psalm 119:37
Nullity is terrifying, scary and distressing; it sure is because it’s a deception planted in us by the evil one. When we place our trust in our Creator, Father who alone loves us then his peace will console us. God uses the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt in the Book of Exodus to demonstrate to us about severing relationships and dependence of the world to teach us to trust in him alone. It is only when I have nothing; when God empty my earthly life of my dependence of the world that He taught me to learn to trust Him for everything.
Ruminate the entire earthly life of God’s only begotten son, our Saviour Jesus who lived his earthly life totally dependant of the power of the Holy Spirit. Our Lord possesses nothing yet He gave us God’s richest gift to us- God’s unfailing love in our Saviour Jesus! Consider Jesus who has nothing feeding 5,000 mouths, healing the sick, teaches and preaches God’s law without asking for a fee and finally dying for us at the cross to reconcile us to our heavenly Father by paying our price of salvation with his blood. These are priceless moments!
Consider what Paul says in 2 Corinthians 6:10, We are sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; we are poor, yet making many rich; we have nothing, and yet possessing everything.
It’s impossible to comprehend the abundance of God’s richest; not until you live through emptiness. It’s beyond the wisdom of men to comprehend the foolishness of God that when you have nothing, you have everything!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
As human as you are, I, too, have my fair share of earthly life problems. I was repeatedly reminded that when I am confronted with problems, I should pray- and I did just that, which was only half right.
I spent about thirty minutes each morning performing this ritual of praying and I am convinced my Saviour Jesus is always present to hear me. Honestly, most of my prayers never received any answers. A whole lot of questions started heaping in my mind- Could it be that my Saviour is not responding because my Saviour Jesus never listen to what I told him. Maybe I was boring Him with my constant complain and unchanging request of the various blessings and my Lord dozed off? I scrutinized through a lot more questions and ended up dazed by it all without the slightest hint that the problem lies in me-each time after delivering my prayers, I never stay back to listen to Him instruct me!
My earthly life was chaotic and I seriously needed my Lord Saviour Jesus to instruct me.
“Lord Jesus! Please tell me how to live my life approved of you to honor you,” I pleaded as I felt my earthly life exposed and vulnerable without Christ’s protection.
Imagine my disbelief and shock when I heard my Saviour’s soft still voice booming in my ears, “I was always patient listening to you when you pour out your distress and misfortune to me each morning. It’s not true that your prayers were not answered. Each morning after listening to you, I am always ready to instruct you with my teachings to help you overcome your earthly life dilemma. But before I could open my mouth to speak to you, to instruct and teach you, you left. That’s why you were suspicious whether I responded even though you were convinced I heard you. I want you to remember my son- you, too, must sit patiently to listen to me after you have finished your part of talking. I am always ready with answers for you, but you must learn to sit patiently and listen. And it’s very rude to leave abruptly like you always did!”
I realized that my skepticism whether Jesus answers my prayers were not true. The problem with my problem is I prayed for hours but never stayed even a second to listen to my Lord’s answers.
Understand this story in Luke 10:38-42, As Jesus and the disciples continued on their journey to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed them into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, 'Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come to help me." But the Lord replied her, "My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her."
Nowadays, I pray for ten minutes but stay back thirty minutes to listen to my Lord’s instructions. Since then, my earthly life has escalated from earthly to almost heavenly!
Perhaps that's why we were created with a mouth and two ears and not vice versa!
Thank you, my Saviour Jesus who alone loves me.
I spent about thirty minutes each morning performing this ritual of praying and I am convinced my Saviour Jesus is always present to hear me. Honestly, most of my prayers never received any answers. A whole lot of questions started heaping in my mind- Could it be that my Saviour is not responding because my Saviour Jesus never listen to what I told him. Maybe I was boring Him with my constant complain and unchanging request of the various blessings and my Lord dozed off? I scrutinized through a lot more questions and ended up dazed by it all without the slightest hint that the problem lies in me-each time after delivering my prayers, I never stay back to listen to Him instruct me!
My earthly life was chaotic and I seriously needed my Lord Saviour Jesus to instruct me.
“Lord Jesus! Please tell me how to live my life approved of you to honor you,” I pleaded as I felt my earthly life exposed and vulnerable without Christ’s protection.
Imagine my disbelief and shock when I heard my Saviour’s soft still voice booming in my ears, “I was always patient listening to you when you pour out your distress and misfortune to me each morning. It’s not true that your prayers were not answered. Each morning after listening to you, I am always ready to instruct you with my teachings to help you overcome your earthly life dilemma. But before I could open my mouth to speak to you, to instruct and teach you, you left. That’s why you were suspicious whether I responded even though you were convinced I heard you. I want you to remember my son- you, too, must sit patiently to listen to me after you have finished your part of talking. I am always ready with answers for you, but you must learn to sit patiently and listen. And it’s very rude to leave abruptly like you always did!”
I realized that my skepticism whether Jesus answers my prayers were not true. The problem with my problem is I prayed for hours but never stayed even a second to listen to my Lord’s answers.
Understand this story in Luke 10:38-42, As Jesus and the disciples continued on their journey to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed them into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what he taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, 'Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come to help me." But the Lord replied her, "My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her."
Nowadays, I pray for ten minutes but stay back thirty minutes to listen to my Lord’s instructions. Since then, my earthly life has escalated from earthly to almost heavenly!
Perhaps that's why we were created with a mouth and two ears and not vice versa!
Thank you, my Saviour Jesus who alone loves me.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
DON'T PLAY GOD!
Human beings possess no expertise in sharing any ideas, plans or opinions, no matter how convincing it may be. We can be wrong when God decides otherwise in what we opinionated about our judgement in anything. Afterall we are but only dust.
We are praised when things turns out right or be accused when it goes sour. The Almighty God, the Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it, who see the end from the beginning, have the final influence in everything. The Almighty God alone adjudicates everything that revolves around us. He is the Judge!
Therefore be forewarned! Hold your tongue and be careful with your words! You are accountable to what you communicated!
A person can make plans about the things that he wants to do. But it is the Lord who decides what will happen. Proverbs 16:9
People get a lot of ideas, but only the Lord's plan will happen. Proverbs 19:21
There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it. Proverbs 21:30
Don't play God, you could be the Devil!
We are praised when things turns out right or be accused when it goes sour. The Almighty God, the Creator of heaven and earth and everything in it, who see the end from the beginning, have the final influence in everything. The Almighty God alone adjudicates everything that revolves around us. He is the Judge!
Therefore be forewarned! Hold your tongue and be careful with your words! You are accountable to what you communicated!
A person can make plans about the things that he wants to do. But it is the Lord who decides what will happen. Proverbs 16:9
People get a lot of ideas, but only the Lord's plan will happen. Proverbs 19:21
There is no person who is wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it. Proverbs 21:30
Don't play God, you could be the Devil!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
People do the craziest thing when they are in love. There is no act that is considered as stupid, asinine, foolish, senseless, absurd, silly or idiotic when displaying your love. As we celebrate Valentines Day, I am reminded of God’s love at the cross. I thank God in Christ Jesus today for what He did because at a time when I am an enemy of Jesus Christ, He came to die for me. It was surely the craziest idea! But then, God was crazy in love with me.
Thank you heavenly Father who is in Jesus Christ my Saviour! Your unconditional love overwhelms me. Your display of mercy and grace in your unfailing love at the cross never abandon nor leave me even when I was hurting you at the cross. You were faithful in your promise that by your love for me, you pray each day that I will repent from my wrongdoings, even when you were held up at the cross by the nails I drove into you. Thank you my Lord Saviour God Jesus!
God showed how much he loved us by sending his only begotten son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son, Jesus Christ, our Saviour as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 1 John 4:9-12
Thank you heavenly Father who is in Jesus Christ my Saviour! Your unconditional love overwhelms me. Your display of mercy and grace in your unfailing love at the cross never abandon nor leave me even when I was hurting you at the cross. You were faithful in your promise that by your love for me, you pray each day that I will repent from my wrongdoings, even when you were held up at the cross by the nails I drove into you. Thank you my Lord Saviour God Jesus!
God showed how much he loved us by sending his only begotten son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love-not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his son, Jesus Christ, our Saviour as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. 1 John 4:9-12
Saturday, February 09, 2008
ELUSIVE YET READILY AVAILABLE
All of us, at an interval of our life, long for love and ache to be loved but sadly and tragically most of us never get to experience true unconditional love.
For many, in our endless pursue for love, we encounter lust, a deceptive form of love instead. Lust is the exact contrast of love, not hate!
Where then can we find this elusive agape love?
Agape love can only be found at the cross where Jesus Christ, the son of the living God died 2000 years ago.
It was at the cross that the Almighty God, Creator displayed His love for us when we were still His enemies. It was at the cross that through His only begotten son, Jesus, God display His mercy, grace in His unfailing love for us to redeem us from destruction. It was at the cross, the Almighty God displayed to us what is love.
We love because God first loved us in his son, Jesus. 1 John 4:19
None of us will ever comprehend what is love, not until and unless we first tasted God's amazing love for us at the cross in his son, Jesus!
His love is so wonderful and amazing that it cannot be expressed in the best choices of words nor explained through the minds of man's greatest wisdom.
You have to experience God's amazing love from the son, the Saviour Jesus at the cross.
Honestly, don't take my word for it, rather believe in what God promised to those who desire and pursue for his love.
After all, without love, a person is insipid.
Make a right choice and choose with the gifted wisdom from God which is love and not lust; lust is evil and temporal while love is virtuous and eternal.
For many, in our endless pursue for love, we encounter lust, a deceptive form of love instead. Lust is the exact contrast of love, not hate!
Where then can we find this elusive agape love?
Agape love can only be found at the cross where Jesus Christ, the son of the living God died 2000 years ago.
It was at the cross that the Almighty God, Creator displayed His love for us when we were still His enemies. It was at the cross that through His only begotten son, Jesus, God display His mercy, grace in His unfailing love for us to redeem us from destruction. It was at the cross, the Almighty God displayed to us what is love.
We love because God first loved us in his son, Jesus. 1 John 4:19
None of us will ever comprehend what is love, not until and unless we first tasted God's amazing love for us at the cross in his son, Jesus!
His love is so wonderful and amazing that it cannot be expressed in the best choices of words nor explained through the minds of man's greatest wisdom.
You have to experience God's amazing love from the son, the Saviour Jesus at the cross.
Honestly, don't take my word for it, rather believe in what God promised to those who desire and pursue for his love.
After all, without love, a person is insipid.
Make a right choice and choose with the gifted wisdom from God which is love and not lust; lust is evil and temporal while love is virtuous and eternal.
Most important, those whose hearts are filled with Christ love at the cross and lived their earthly lives in love brings honor and glory to God Almighty who is in Christ Jesus.
Happy Valentines Day!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Free Gifts
The following gifts are free.......
Kindness
Generosity
Patience
Love
Forgiveness
Peace
Gentleness
Humility
Tenderhearted Mercy....
Source: Jesus Christ, the Saviour.
Terms and Conditions:
Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of the Living God, sent to die and forgive our sins at the cross and that He was resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit to bring those who hope in Him that someday very soon, Jesus will returned to bring us home safely to the Almighty Father.
Kindness
Generosity
Patience
Love
Forgiveness
Peace
Gentleness
Humility
Tenderhearted Mercy....
Source: Jesus Christ, the Saviour.
Terms and Conditions:
Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of the Living God, sent to die and forgive our sins at the cross and that He was resurrected by the power of the Holy Spirit to bring those who hope in Him that someday very soon, Jesus will returned to bring us home safely to the Almighty Father.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Lessons From A Vagrant
For reasons beyond my comprehension, I always wonder why it is human nature to endlessly pursue power and money. Perhaps with both, people can look up to us or maybe to some, it helps boost confidence or worse still, we could employ authority to our advantage.
What about the less fortunate, those who are homeless on the streets? What are their ambitions?
Through a lesson I believe God in Christ Jesus wanted me to experience to teach me, the lesson transform my entire perspective about being arrogant with intelligence, riches and power with authority.
I was waiting for my mum doing her shopping at the local marketplace.
Right from across the street was what society would label a beggar. I designate them as the less fortunate.
I am habitually generous towards such needy people. But today I don't feel generous and just don't want to be bothered. Perhaps it could be due to having to walk across the busy street, constantly with various vehicles streaming past.
"I hope he isn't hungry, not very hungry, hopefully" I prayed.
Then suddenly, guilt, like a sudden heavy downpour started flooding my conscience over my selfish reaction. "After all, it's not really that troublesome crossing the street" as I tried communicating with my inner being to console my guilt.
To fix my weakness, I quickly summoned for help- beseeching my Saviour Jesus to sent His Spirit, the Holy Spirit to strengthen my weaken and poor spirit to minister to this less fortunate brother.
Keeping the less fortunate brother in focus, I walked across the street, continually praying, asking my Saviour Jesus to partner me in this deed.
"Do you need any help?" I asked not realizing what a silly question that was.
When he answered me, I was convinced that was undeniable the words of my Saviour Jesus.
Today, foolishness humbled me. Today, an insignificant person the society at large regarded as nothing humiliated me. Today, my Saviour Jesus elucidate to me the truthful meaning behind the verses in 1 Corinthians 1: 27-28, Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
His answer was simple and unpretentious.
He responded with this answer, "I do need help but don't we all need help of some sort?"
At that moment, I hope the road would just opened up a big hole and gulped my pride and arrogance down, including my prideful wisdom.
Don't we all needed some form of help always? Have we forgotten that we were, but dust? The Almighty Creator remembers that we are dust in Psalms 103:14, For he understands how weak we are; he knows we are only dust. Every breath we take, we live by His abundance mercy and grace in His unfailing love.
God's still small voice boom loudly, shattering the pride in me. God demonstarted to me that His foolishness is greater than my wisdom.
For apart from Jesus, I can do nothing on my own.
I needed help. Maybe not for food or a roof over my head, but I needed help.
I dug into my pocket, pulled out a wad of notes in various denominations and gently shove the bundle into his hands, with his message of humility incessantly slamming hard into my arrogant wisdom trying to dislodge them from my brain and out my skull, squeezing through the passage way of my nose or ears.
It was as though Jesus my Saviour is nailing His message through this vagrant unto my heart, reminding me that it was His perfect grace sustaining my imperfect weakness all this time.
This lesson taught me that without God in his son, my Saviour Jesus, I am but only a sinner, created out of dust, made perfect and worthy by His blood in His unfailing love at the cross.
No matter who you are, a wealthy or a poor man, you can do the will of God, to feed, to loan, to assist in every way, because you have experienced God's mercy and grace in his unfailing love through his son, our Saviour Jesus at the cross. It is His love at the cross that filled our hearts to grow in us a passion to minister to the less fortunate.
Even if it's just a simple greeting or a compliment, you can give that.
You never know when you may see someone who appears to have it all. They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn broken world can see.
That person could be just a vagrant wandering the streets. Allow me to warn you, don't judge a person by their appearance, because it could be Jesus our Lord and Saviour at work.
Remember this, whoever we think we are, we fail when we chose to live apart from Jesus Christ, who alone loves us.
When we are undeserving, on our way to eternal doom, God in Christ Jesus came to save us at the cross because God, the Father, Saviour and Creator remembered that we are dust!
What about the less fortunate, those who are homeless on the streets? What are their ambitions?
Through a lesson I believe God in Christ Jesus wanted me to experience to teach me, the lesson transform my entire perspective about being arrogant with intelligence, riches and power with authority.
I was waiting for my mum doing her shopping at the local marketplace.
Right from across the street was what society would label a beggar. I designate them as the less fortunate.
I am habitually generous towards such needy people. But today I don't feel generous and just don't want to be bothered. Perhaps it could be due to having to walk across the busy street, constantly with various vehicles streaming past.
"I hope he isn't hungry, not very hungry, hopefully" I prayed.
Then suddenly, guilt, like a sudden heavy downpour started flooding my conscience over my selfish reaction. "After all, it's not really that troublesome crossing the street" as I tried communicating with my inner being to console my guilt.
To fix my weakness, I quickly summoned for help- beseeching my Saviour Jesus to sent His Spirit, the Holy Spirit to strengthen my weaken and poor spirit to minister to this less fortunate brother.
Keeping the less fortunate brother in focus, I walked across the street, continually praying, asking my Saviour Jesus to partner me in this deed.
"Do you need any help?" I asked not realizing what a silly question that was.
When he answered me, I was convinced that was undeniable the words of my Saviour Jesus.
Today, foolishness humbled me. Today, an insignificant person the society at large regarded as nothing humiliated me. Today, my Saviour Jesus elucidate to me the truthful meaning behind the verses in 1 Corinthians 1: 27-28, Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And He chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.
His answer was simple and unpretentious.
He responded with this answer, "I do need help but don't we all need help of some sort?"
At that moment, I hope the road would just opened up a big hole and gulped my pride and arrogance down, including my prideful wisdom.
Don't we all needed some form of help always? Have we forgotten that we were, but dust? The Almighty Creator remembers that we are dust in Psalms 103:14, For he understands how weak we are; he knows we are only dust. Every breath we take, we live by His abundance mercy and grace in His unfailing love.
God's still small voice boom loudly, shattering the pride in me. God demonstarted to me that His foolishness is greater than my wisdom.
For apart from Jesus, I can do nothing on my own.
I needed help. Maybe not for food or a roof over my head, but I needed help.
I dug into my pocket, pulled out a wad of notes in various denominations and gently shove the bundle into his hands, with his message of humility incessantly slamming hard into my arrogant wisdom trying to dislodge them from my brain and out my skull, squeezing through the passage way of my nose or ears.
It was as though Jesus my Saviour is nailing His message through this vagrant unto my heart, reminding me that it was His perfect grace sustaining my imperfect weakness all this time.
This lesson taught me that without God in his son, my Saviour Jesus, I am but only a sinner, created out of dust, made perfect and worthy by His blood in His unfailing love at the cross.
No matter who you are, a wealthy or a poor man, you can do the will of God, to feed, to loan, to assist in every way, because you have experienced God's mercy and grace in his unfailing love through his son, our Saviour Jesus at the cross. It is His love at the cross that filled our hearts to grow in us a passion to minister to the less fortunate.
Even if it's just a simple greeting or a compliment, you can give that.
You never know when you may see someone who appears to have it all. They are waiting on you to give them what they don't have. A different perspective on life, a glimpse at something beautiful, a respite from daily chaos, that only you through a torn broken world can see.
That person could be just a vagrant wandering the streets. Allow me to warn you, don't judge a person by their appearance, because it could be Jesus our Lord and Saviour at work.
Remember this, whoever we think we are, we fail when we chose to live apart from Jesus Christ, who alone loves us.
When we are undeserving, on our way to eternal doom, God in Christ Jesus came to save us at the cross because God, the Father, Saviour and Creator remembered that we are dust!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Mr Christmas!
Over the 2 weeks before Christmas, I've been inundated with this question each time I met a friend, "What are you doing this Christmas?"
My answer was simply this, "I'll do what Jesus would have done and that I believe is He will be spending time with His church!" He is the reason. He is the Church!
I am not going to church (the man made building), but I'll be spending time with the church (God's less fortunate children).
On every Christmas Day, I reminded myself to live righteously for the next 365 days because Jesus has been born into me and now dwell in my heart in the Spirit. The gifting of the Holy Spirit lives in me to help me live my earthly life for the honor and glory of the Father. My daily earthly life is a testimony of Jesus true being alive in me. People around me must be able to witness Jesus at work in my daily earthly life.
Christmas is about celebrating the miraculous spiritual birth of Jesus Christ, by God's mercy and grace, into our hearts. It's about God's unfailing love in his plan of salvation through his only begotten son, Jesus. In Christ Jesus, we are born into God's family. And because Christ lives in our hearts today, we will also live with him forever.
Jesus Christ is the Father's most awesome gift to mankind. This is the story of Christmas!
In our hearts is born to us a Saviour. His name is Immanuel. He is Jesus the Christ. Christmas ain't Christmas unless Christ lives in our hearts.
Merry Christmas!
My answer was simply this, "I'll do what Jesus would have done and that I believe is He will be spending time with His church!" He is the reason. He is the Church!
I am not going to church (the man made building), but I'll be spending time with the church (God's less fortunate children).
On every Christmas Day, I reminded myself to live righteously for the next 365 days because Jesus has been born into me and now dwell in my heart in the Spirit. The gifting of the Holy Spirit lives in me to help me live my earthly life for the honor and glory of the Father. My daily earthly life is a testimony of Jesus true being alive in me. People around me must be able to witness Jesus at work in my daily earthly life.
Christmas is about celebrating the miraculous spiritual birth of Jesus Christ, by God's mercy and grace, into our hearts. It's about God's unfailing love in his plan of salvation through his only begotten son, Jesus. In Christ Jesus, we are born into God's family. And because Christ lives in our hearts today, we will also live with him forever.
Jesus Christ is the Father's most awesome gift to mankind. This is the story of Christmas!
In our hearts is born to us a Saviour. His name is Immanuel. He is Jesus the Christ. Christmas ain't Christmas unless Christ lives in our hearts.
Merry Christmas!
Sunday, December 23, 2007
The Best Christmas Gift Ever!
God's Christmas gift put man's best Christmas gifts to shame.
Christmas is about God, the Father providing hope for us through one man, his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, the son of the Living God of Israel; the gift- to dwell forever with the Father!
Christmas is about being blessed with the one gift that the heavenly Father has wanted to gift us.
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the wonderful Christmas gift
I accepted your gift and
Believed that Jesus Christ is
The Son of the Living God
Who came to die and forgive me and
My sins at that cross and
That He was resurrected by your Spirit,
The Holy Spirit to bring to me
A hope, a hope because I have placed
My trust that someday
Jesus Christ, my Saviour
Will return to bring me home
Safely to you, my heavenly Father and
I shall lived happily with you
In your Kingdom forever.
But to all who believed that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, the son of the Living God, and accepted Him, God gave them the right to become children of God. John 1:12
A Blessed Merry Christmas 2007!
Christmas is about God, the Father providing hope for us through one man, his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, the son of the Living God of Israel; the gift- to dwell forever with the Father!
Christmas is about being blessed with the one gift that the heavenly Father has wanted to gift us.
Heavenly Father,
Thank you for the wonderful Christmas gift
I accepted your gift and
Believed that Jesus Christ is
The Son of the Living God
Who came to die and forgive me and
My sins at that cross and
That He was resurrected by your Spirit,
The Holy Spirit to bring to me
A hope, a hope because I have placed
My trust that someday
Jesus Christ, my Saviour
Will return to bring me home
Safely to you, my heavenly Father and
I shall lived happily with you
In your Kingdom forever.
But to all who believed that Jesus Christ is the Saviour, the son of the Living God, and accepted Him, God gave them the right to become children of God. John 1:12
A Blessed Merry Christmas 2007!
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
A Big Question!
I asked myself this question a few minutes ago....
Which will make me richer...
A lot of money in my bank
or
A heart filled with Jesus' love.....
If my answer is money, then I should be pursuing money otherwise I should be pursuing Jesus without end.
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. Matthew 6:21
I asked the Holy Spirit help me to choose Jesus, because when I have Jesus in my life, I have everything.
Which will make me richer...
A lot of money in my bank
or
A heart filled with Jesus' love.....
If my answer is money, then I should be pursuing money otherwise I should be pursuing Jesus without end.
Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be. Matthew 6:21
I asked the Holy Spirit help me to choose Jesus, because when I have Jesus in my life, I have everything.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Amazing Love!
Thank you Lord Jesus for loving me!
Thank you Jesus for coming to love the imperfect me perfectly at the cross.
Thank you Lord Jesus for your amazing love!
Thank you Jesus for coming to love the imperfect me perfectly at the cross.
Thank you Lord Jesus for your amazing love!
Thursday, November 29, 2007
A Godly Heart
When I became a Christian, I became a new person. Each day I am so worried about evil wanting to live in my heart. Each day I kept asking Jesus my Saviour in the power of the Holy Spirit to guard my heart and not allow evil to prosper in my heart.
I want to be holy just as my Saviour Almighty God is holy.
Whenever I am tempted to commit evil, I asked Jesus to help me run to seek refuge in Him. Jesus is my hiding place. Only in Him I am safe!
So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 1 Peter 1:14-15
I want to be holy just as my Saviour Almighty God is holy.
Whenever I am tempted to commit evil, I asked Jesus to help me run to seek refuge in Him. Jesus is my hiding place. Only in Him I am safe!
So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. 1 Peter 1:14-15
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Stand, Sit, Lie, Or Kneel?
How do you worship the Lord, our Saviour?
I kneel.
What about you?
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. Psalm 95:6-7
Every time I pray, I kneel before the Lord my Saviour Almighty God in Christ Jesus. When I kneel to pray, even though no words were spoken out of my mouth, my Saviour God heard my prayer. When I kneel, I revered Him as Lord, my Saviour God in Christ Jesus. Each time I kneel before my Almighty Maker, I remembered I am dust!
Therefore, God elevated Jesus to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11
Every time I kneel, I acknowledged that my Saviour Jesus is the son of the living God, who was sent to die for my sins and was resurrected by the Holy Spirit to bring me a hope because I have placed my trust in him to return someday very soon to bring me safely home to the Father.
I kneel.
What about you?
Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care. Psalm 95:6-7
Every time I pray, I kneel before the Lord my Saviour Almighty God in Christ Jesus. When I kneel to pray, even though no words were spoken out of my mouth, my Saviour God heard my prayer. When I kneel, I revered Him as Lord, my Saviour God in Christ Jesus. Each time I kneel before my Almighty Maker, I remembered I am dust!
Therefore, God elevated Jesus to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11
Every time I kneel, I acknowledged that my Saviour Jesus is the son of the living God, who was sent to die for my sins and was resurrected by the Holy Spirit to bring me a hope because I have placed my trust in him to return someday very soon to bring me safely home to the Father.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Great Sermon
A great sermon is one that you heard the Merciful and Gracious Shepherd speaking His teachings into a heart that was unlock by the Holy Spirit, the listener went home convicted and sought the Lord Jesus' help through the Holy Spirit to repent, resulting thereafter in a rich life that bore the fruits of the Holy Spirit, thus bringing honor and glory to the heavenly Father.
But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. James 1:22-25
For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are. Hebrews 4:12
It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. Isaiah 55:11
A great sermon is one that changes hearts and steer your hope towards Jesus, the Almighty Saviour.
But don't just listen to God's word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. For if you listen to the word and don't obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don't forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it. James 1:22-25
For the word of God is full of living power. It is sharper than the sharpest knife, cutting deep into our innermost thoughts and desires. It exposes us for what we really are. Hebrews 4:12
It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. Isaiah 55:11
A great sermon is one that changes hearts and steer your hope towards Jesus, the Almighty Saviour.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
How Christian Are You?
Are you a Christian only in the presence of men or do you still maintain being a Christian in the absence of men? Most Christians live dual lives. Are you?
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Philippians 2:5
You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Philippians 2:5
Monday, November 05, 2007
Miracles Without End
The person who pursue God's righteousness without end will be blessed with encounters of miracles without end.
Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33
Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and he will give you everything you need. Matthew 6:33
Sunday, November 04, 2007
The Teacher
If plans to eliminate poverty from our midst is successful, then I wonder who will teach us to perceive what is kindness, meekness and generosity?
God, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth and everythings in it, did not placed the poor in our midst so that we can be charitable, but that we can learn to prosper by His strength to be praiseworthy by living our earthly lives for His honor and glory. Because when we chose to live apart from Him, we can never accomplished anything by our own strength.
Each day is a day of learning obedience with the help of our Saviour's Spirit to please God, the Father. Deeds is our accountability that we belong to God, the Father in His son, our Saviour Jesus.
Christ taught us that by obedience to his teachings, we demonstrate our faith in him through our deeds that Jesus is a living God! Our deeds is a result of our learning from him and not by our own conception through our human wisdom to comprehend what is righteosness and benevolence.
We must not forget that we were once sinners made worthy by the blood of his begotten son, our Saviour Jesus. We are dust! We can never please God by ourselves!
In the absence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we can never produce deeds to please God, the Father of our Saviour Jesus. Without the Holy Spirit gifted to help us, we can never love our enemies.
Every triumph is a result of Jesus Himself in his Spirit working in us, bringing honor and glory to the Father, lest we boast that we are capable of doing God's will by ourselves.
Everything surrounding us is placed by God to teach us.
Remember Proverbs 6:6 that ask us to take a lesson from the ants understanding their ways? Do not allow pride to deceive us that we have enough knowledge to teach others.
Why do you keep calling me 'Lord! Lord!' when you don't do what I have taught you? (Luke 6:46) Jesus is always the Teacher!
God, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth and everythings in it, did not placed the poor in our midst so that we can be charitable, but that we can learn to prosper by His strength to be praiseworthy by living our earthly lives for His honor and glory. Because when we chose to live apart from Him, we can never accomplished anything by our own strength.
Each day is a day of learning obedience with the help of our Saviour's Spirit to please God, the Father. Deeds is our accountability that we belong to God, the Father in His son, our Saviour Jesus.
Christ taught us that by obedience to his teachings, we demonstrate our faith in him through our deeds that Jesus is a living God! Our deeds is a result of our learning from him and not by our own conception through our human wisdom to comprehend what is righteosness and benevolence.
We must not forget that we were once sinners made worthy by the blood of his begotten son, our Saviour Jesus. We are dust! We can never please God by ourselves!
In the absence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we can never produce deeds to please God, the Father of our Saviour Jesus. Without the Holy Spirit gifted to help us, we can never love our enemies.
Every triumph is a result of Jesus Himself in his Spirit working in us, bringing honor and glory to the Father, lest we boast that we are capable of doing God's will by ourselves.
Everything surrounding us is placed by God to teach us.
Remember Proverbs 6:6 that ask us to take a lesson from the ants understanding their ways? Do not allow pride to deceive us that we have enough knowledge to teach others.
Why do you keep calling me 'Lord! Lord!' when you don't do what I have taught you? (Luke 6:46) Jesus is always the Teacher!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I Am A Christian!
Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic? Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one heart and purpose.Don't be selfish; don't live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don't think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing. Your attitude should be the same that Christ Jesus had. Philippians 2:1-5
We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help – how can God's love be in that person? Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord. 1 John 3:16-19
We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help – how can God's love be in that person? Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions. It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord. 1 John 3:16-19
Monday, October 08, 2007
2 Fathers
If possible, most of us would love to have two spiritual fathers. Isn't that most ideal? Won't that be the quintessential of every human being's fantasy?
Yet in the Bible, we were told that we could only honor one father (Matthew 6:24).
One father promises us everything that is temporary and the other promises us everything that will last for all eternity.
Still we have to make a choice. Surprisingly, most of us would pick the offer that is temporary.
Perhaps money is a priority over God in Christ Jesus, our Saviour to survive! If we have money, we don't need God, Father of our Lord Saviour Jesus.
But when we have God, we have everything and beyond!
Still most of us argue that we need money to survive! "How can anyone lived or accomplished anything without money?" echo our exclaimation. Perhaps God's power is debilitating?
All of us at some time struggle juggling making a decision between the two. The worst are those who sat on the fence; those who would love having two fathers!
I undergo 7 painful and difficult years struggling each day to finally comprehend the truth. And the truth was never about money or the things that is of this world. The truth is God loved me so much that He came in Jesus Christ to redeem me so that I could have an everlasting fellowship with Him as Father and son.
But don't we all concur that it's impossible serving and pleasing two fathers? Furthermore why would anyone desire something that is only temporary? Why would anyone not desire something that is infinite?
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17
I chose Jesus Christ, the son of the living Almighty God of Israel who loved me and promises me timeless relationship with Him through his death on the cross and resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. I await you my Lord Saviour and Redeemer Jesus to come soon to take me home safely to be with the Father. Come Lord Jesus, Amen!
Yet in the Bible, we were told that we could only honor one father (Matthew 6:24).
One father promises us everything that is temporary and the other promises us everything that will last for all eternity.
Still we have to make a choice. Surprisingly, most of us would pick the offer that is temporary.
Perhaps money is a priority over God in Christ Jesus, our Saviour to survive! If we have money, we don't need God, Father of our Lord Saviour Jesus.
But when we have God, we have everything and beyond!
Still most of us argue that we need money to survive! "How can anyone lived or accomplished anything without money?" echo our exclaimation. Perhaps God's power is debilitating?
All of us at some time struggle juggling making a decision between the two. The worst are those who sat on the fence; those who would love having two fathers!
I undergo 7 painful and difficult years struggling each day to finally comprehend the truth. And the truth was never about money or the things that is of this world. The truth is God loved me so much that He came in Jesus Christ to redeem me so that I could have an everlasting fellowship with Him as Father and son.
But don't we all concur that it's impossible serving and pleasing two fathers? Furthermore why would anyone desire something that is only temporary? Why would anyone not desire something that is infinite?
Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17
I chose Jesus Christ, the son of the living Almighty God of Israel who loved me and promises me timeless relationship with Him through his death on the cross and resurrection by the power of the Holy Spirit. I await you my Lord Saviour and Redeemer Jesus to come soon to take me home safely to be with the Father. Come Lord Jesus, Amen!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
When Will I See You Again?
Read the Bible. Know Jesus. He is the Way, the Life and the Truth.
Spend time enjoying a fellowship with the one who alone loves you; He is Jesus Christ, God's beloved son, our Saviour whom God the Father sent to redeem us from a life that is deceiving us to eternal damnation.
Jesus Christ alone loves us because He died for me and you, so that in Him we have the promise of everlasting life with Him.
Spend time enjoying a fellowship with the one who alone loves you; He is Jesus Christ, God's beloved son, our Saviour whom God the Father sent to redeem us from a life that is deceiving us to eternal damnation.
Jesus Christ alone loves us because He died for me and you, so that in Him we have the promise of everlasting life with Him.
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