Proverbs 1
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
21She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Proverbs 2
1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Proverbs 3
1My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
LOVE
John 21:15-19
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”
This is a well-known passage: When Jesus had to ask Peter 3 times if Peter loved Him. However, many of us do not understand the whole meaning of it! The reason is because this Bible is TRANSLATED.
The actual words that Jesus used each time are AGAPE, AGAPE and finally, PHILIAS- there IS a difference in these words!
Jesus asks Peter twice if he AGAPEs Him, and Peter twice replies that he PHILIASes Him. The third time, Jesus then lowers Himself to Peter's standard by asking Peter if he PHILIASes Him..and thus Peter is grieved because the third time, Jesus had to lower himself to what Peter could offer Him.
This illustrates how Jesus also lowered Himself to take on human form (i.e. our standards), and shows that He lowers himself to what we can offer Him when we cannot reach His level!
This was a humbling experience for Peter (note that Jesus asks Peter this question 3 times- which is the same number of times Peter denied Him when He was crucified.) However, after He did that, Peter became His most effective servant! -Note:In 1 & 2 Peter, Peter never uses 'PHILIAS' anymore , but the love words shown there are all 'AGAPE'. Surely, pride comes before a downfall.
Are we willing to surrender our lives to Christ? Many might unwittingly say 'Yes!' but yet know not how great a scope this covers. If we are not faithful in little things, how can we be faithful in great things? (Read the parable of Talents):
Matthew 25
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Yup. If we cant give ourselves for hours or days, how will we give ourselves for a Lifetime!
The Lord does not do things without a reason- he provided you with your job / school so that we can Feed God's Sheep and Plead for Christ's Cause!
If you are going to be a bridge for God- expect to be WALKED UPON.
Meditate upon this (:
15 So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” 16 He said to him again a second time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” He said to Him, “Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Tend My sheep.” 17 He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep. 18 Most assuredly, I say to you, when you were younger, you girded yourself and walked where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish.” 19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”
This is a well-known passage: When Jesus had to ask Peter 3 times if Peter loved Him. However, many of us do not understand the whole meaning of it! The reason is because this Bible is TRANSLATED.
The actual words that Jesus used each time are AGAPE, AGAPE and finally, PHILIAS- there IS a difference in these words!
Jesus asks Peter twice if he AGAPEs Him, and Peter twice replies that he PHILIASes Him. The third time, Jesus then lowers Himself to Peter's standard by asking Peter if he PHILIASes Him..and thus Peter is grieved because the third time, Jesus had to lower himself to what Peter could offer Him.
This illustrates how Jesus also lowered Himself to take on human form (i.e. our standards), and shows that He lowers himself to what we can offer Him when we cannot reach His level!
This was a humbling experience for Peter (note that Jesus asks Peter this question 3 times- which is the same number of times Peter denied Him when He was crucified.) However, after He did that, Peter became His most effective servant! -Note:In 1 & 2 Peter, Peter never uses 'PHILIAS' anymore , but the love words shown there are all 'AGAPE'. Surely, pride comes before a downfall.
Are we willing to surrender our lives to Christ? Many might unwittingly say 'Yes!' but yet know not how great a scope this covers. If we are not faithful in little things, how can we be faithful in great things? (Read the parable of Talents):
Matthew 25
14 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.
15 And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
16 Then he who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.
17 And likewise he who had received two gained two more also.
18 But he who had received one went and dug in the ground, and hid his lord’s money.
19 After a long time the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them.
20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
22 He also who had received two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents; look, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
23 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’
24 “Then he who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground. Look, there you have what is yours.’
26 “But his lord answered and said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
27 So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
28 So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has ten talents.
29 ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
30 And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Yup. If we cant give ourselves for hours or days, how will we give ourselves for a Lifetime!
The Lord does not do things without a reason- he provided you with your job / school so that we can Feed God's Sheep and Plead for Christ's Cause!
If you are going to be a bridge for God- expect to be WALKED UPON.
Meditate upon this (:
"Ye Have Not, Because..."
Because, YE ASK NOT!
That is a big problem with christians today. Many conveniently think that since God knows everything,
"Then we don't need to pray and ask for anything, what. Since He knows everything, and since He has already laid out the best path, then why do we need to pray and ask Him for it?"
And then, when 'bad' things happen to us, we then cry to God : "WHY!"
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Well, the thing is, God sometimes does not give us the 'best' because He is waiting for us to ASK.
Take Moses at the mountain-top with God, when He wanted to destroy the nation of Israel and start a whole new Chosen Nation from Moses:
7 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.'
9 "I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."
11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. "O LORD," he said, "why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.' " 14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on His people the disaster He had threatened.
If Moses had not asked, the Lord would have indeed have killed the whole nation of Israel, and athough He had promised Abraham that his offspring would become a Great Nation "numerous as the stars in the shy", God would be justified in doing so!
However, because Moses pleaded, the Lord RELENTED and thus the Israelites were not killed.
Is that not enough to convince anyone that prayer is so very important?
More verses (NIV):
Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
2 Samuel 21:14They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.
2 Samuel 24:25David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
1 Kings 9:3The LORD said to him: "I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.
2 Chronicles 30:27The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, His holy dwelling place.
Ezra 8:23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
Psalm 17:1[ A prayer of David. ] Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
Psalm 80:4O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
Psalm 102:17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
Proverbs 15:8The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable.
Lamentations 3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
Matthew 6:5[ Prayer ] "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Mark 9:29He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer. "
Acts 10:5The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.
Acts 10:31and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
2 Corinthians 1:11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Colossians 4:2[ Further Instructions ] Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Etc etc. For more verses on Prayer, check out Bible Gateway (type 'Prayer').
Hope this has managed to convince to all the importance of prayer!
That is a big problem with christians today. Many conveniently think that since God knows everything,
"Then we don't need to pray and ask for anything, what. Since He knows everything, and since He has already laid out the best path, then why do we need to pray and ask Him for it?"
And then, when 'bad' things happen to us, we then cry to God : "WHY!"
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Well, the thing is, God sometimes does not give us the 'best' because He is waiting for us to ASK.
Take Moses at the mountain-top with God, when He wanted to destroy the nation of Israel and start a whole new Chosen Nation from Moses:
7 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.'
9 "I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."
11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. "O LORD," he said, "why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth'? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: 'I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.' " 14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on His people the disaster He had threatened.
If Moses had not asked, the Lord would have indeed have killed the whole nation of Israel, and athough He had promised Abraham that his offspring would become a Great Nation "numerous as the stars in the shy", God would be justified in doing so!
However, because Moses pleaded, the Lord RELENTED and thus the Israelites were not killed.
Is that not enough to convince anyone that prayer is so very important?
More verses (NIV):
Genesis 25:21Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
2 Samuel 21:14They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.
2 Samuel 24:25David built an altar to the LORD there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. Then the LORD answered prayer in behalf of the land, and the plague on Israel was stopped.
1 Kings 9:3The LORD said to him: "I have heard the prayer and plea you have made before me; I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting my Name there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.
2 Chronicles 30:27The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, His holy dwelling place.
Ezra 8:23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job's prayer.
Psalm 17:1[ A prayer of David. ] Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it does not rise from deceitful lips.
Psalm 80:4O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people?
Psalm 102:17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
Proverbs 15:8The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
Proverbs 15:29The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable.
Lamentations 3:44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
Matthew 6:5[ Prayer ] "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Matthew 21:22If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Mark 9:29He replied, "This kind can come out only by prayer. "
Acts 10:5The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter.
Acts 10:31and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
2 Corinthians 1:11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
Philippians 4:6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Colossians 4:2[ Further Instructions ] Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.
Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.
Etc etc. For more verses on Prayer, check out Bible Gateway (type 'Prayer').
Hope this has managed to convince to all the importance of prayer!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Desires Of The Heart
Strangely, this desire of my heart- although many a time being doused with water.. has never died out. And while i cannot believe that the Lord would use me in such a way because of my total, utter unworthiness.. this has never failed to quench that spiritual fire. Although my flesh may fail and i may fall- Still, it burns.
Yet, i do not know what i am struggling against- my mind says "Madness! You are much too unworthy and would only fail"
But my heart says "That is exactly why the Lord wants to use you"
From external sources come disbelief..and even the firm belief that i have been too 'imaginative' and a little deluded.
Yes, when i look at myself i see the utter stupidity of my 'desires'- but yet this small voice doth continually speak to me- what can this mean?
I dare not even utter it out for fear of the common disbelief and mockery (although playful) from brethren who are no doubt very kind-heartedly trying to dissaude me from the task.
Ah, Lord, that you guide me!
For all that is Mine i want to give to You- Only show me Your Way.
O, but You have taught me to abide in You and Wait on You; not to worry but cast all my cares unto You with prayer and supplication- and so i shall continue.
But if You have granted me this strange desire only You can have placed in my heart -for i know not any means otherwise which might cause me to have such a strange desire- then i Rejoice and am Glad at being counted Worthy to toil for Your Sake!
O, let the Holy Spirit always guide my steps; Teach me to be faithful in small things that i might be faithful in greater things!
Yet, i do not know what i am struggling against- my mind says "Madness! You are much too unworthy and would only fail"
But my heart says "That is exactly why the Lord wants to use you"
From external sources come disbelief..and even the firm belief that i have been too 'imaginative' and a little deluded.
Yes, when i look at myself i see the utter stupidity of my 'desires'- but yet this small voice doth continually speak to me- what can this mean?
I dare not even utter it out for fear of the common disbelief and mockery (although playful) from brethren who are no doubt very kind-heartedly trying to dissaude me from the task.
Ah, Lord, that you guide me!
For all that is Mine i want to give to You- Only show me Your Way.
O, but You have taught me to abide in You and Wait on You; not to worry but cast all my cares unto You with prayer and supplication- and so i shall continue.
But if You have granted me this strange desire only You can have placed in my heart -for i know not any means otherwise which might cause me to have such a strange desire- then i Rejoice and am Glad at being counted Worthy to toil for Your Sake!
O, let the Holy Spirit always guide my steps; Teach me to be faithful in small things that i might be faithful in greater things!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Faith
It takes more faith to be an Atheist than to be a Christian!
Yes, it does, doesn't it?
If i were to tell you...
"Hey I got this watch! And boy oh boy, is it amazing how it happened! There was this abandoned factory somewhere which had some transistors, batteries, and plastic. Suddenly, there was an EXPLOSION! And i happened to be walking by and suddenly this.. thing.. fell into my hands."
You would already be thinking i was mad. Obviously, a WATCH has to have a WATCH-MAKER who completed EVERY TINY DETAIL! But this is EXACTLY what many believe, even though a human being is definitely more complicated than a watch. They come up with amazing theories about "Oh, there were all things floating about and suddenly an explosion- then a strange plant opened and out came a two-legged creature we call Humans..."
Wow. That would Really take a whole load of faith and i am really proud of you. However, you can be Sincerely Wrong! Yet, there are more and more self-proclaimed Atheists in this world.
This is a short post- but do think about it- this analogy IS indeed apt.
As for Christians, let me tell you a story...
A Church was moving, and the bandwagon with all their things was going up a hill, so the Pastor went to pull it and everyone else got out to push from the back. However, the Pastor began to feel extremely tired and weary, and it seemed as if the Bandwagon was getting extremely HARD to push. Finally, he heard talking and looked back and, LO AND BEHOLD!
Everyone else had stopped pushing and were now sitting on the bandwagon- COMPLAINING!
"Hey, why is the pastor so slow?"
"Maybe we should get a new, stronger pastor..."
NO, that is NOT the problem! The problem is that NONE OF YOU got down to Push! And that is also how so many churches 'die out' after a few generations- because everyone in church gets so comfortable that they start just sitting and looking at the Pastor slave away.
In Exodus 17, an analogy of the church is given in Israel's Battle with the Amalekites-
1. Moses parallels the Pastor.
2. Raising his hands parallels the prayers offered.
3. The army fighting below parallels the CHURCH MEMBERS.
4. Note that the Pastor is not the one fighting, but the one PRAYING, and the army is fighting for him!
5. Note that it is not the strength of the army which helped win or lose- only when Moses' hands went down (i.e. Pastor stops praying) then Israel lost.
6. Note that when Moses' hands grow tired, Joshua & Aaron help him hold his hands up! Added Prayer Warriors...
Does not this really show how IMPORTANT prayer is? Do not underestimate prayer!
Yes, it does, doesn't it?
If i were to tell you...
"Hey I got this watch! And boy oh boy, is it amazing how it happened! There was this abandoned factory somewhere which had some transistors, batteries, and plastic. Suddenly, there was an EXPLOSION! And i happened to be walking by and suddenly this.. thing.. fell into my hands."
You would already be thinking i was mad. Obviously, a WATCH has to have a WATCH-MAKER who completed EVERY TINY DETAIL! But this is EXACTLY what many believe, even though a human being is definitely more complicated than a watch. They come up with amazing theories about "Oh, there were all things floating about and suddenly an explosion- then a strange plant opened and out came a two-legged creature we call Humans..."
Wow. That would Really take a whole load of faith and i am really proud of you. However, you can be Sincerely Wrong! Yet, there are more and more self-proclaimed Atheists in this world.
This is a short post- but do think about it- this analogy IS indeed apt.
As for Christians, let me tell you a story...
A Church was moving, and the bandwagon with all their things was going up a hill, so the Pastor went to pull it and everyone else got out to push from the back. However, the Pastor began to feel extremely tired and weary, and it seemed as if the Bandwagon was getting extremely HARD to push. Finally, he heard talking and looked back and, LO AND BEHOLD!
Everyone else had stopped pushing and were now sitting on the bandwagon- COMPLAINING!
"Hey, why is the pastor so slow?"
"Maybe we should get a new, stronger pastor..."
NO, that is NOT the problem! The problem is that NONE OF YOU got down to Push! And that is also how so many churches 'die out' after a few generations- because everyone in church gets so comfortable that they start just sitting and looking at the Pastor slave away.
In Exodus 17, an analogy of the church is given in Israel's Battle with the Amalekites-
1. Moses parallels the Pastor.
2. Raising his hands parallels the prayers offered.
3. The army fighting below parallels the CHURCH MEMBERS.
4. Note that the Pastor is not the one fighting, but the one PRAYING, and the army is fighting for him!
5. Note that it is not the strength of the army which helped win or lose- only when Moses' hands went down (i.e. Pastor stops praying) then Israel lost.
6. Note that when Moses' hands grow tired, Joshua & Aaron help him hold his hands up! Added Prayer Warriors...
Does not this really show how IMPORTANT prayer is? Do not underestimate prayer!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Praise The Lord!
Praise the Lord! He has surely, truly answered prayers.
In my second post (2 Timothy 4:1-4), i mentioned the need to reach out to the lost in every way.
And, my church is starting a Tract Ministry!
O, the Lord my God really has taught me that everything will be done In His Time, and that He Hears & Answers Prayer.
I did not blog this, but i was looking through a book on The Power Of Prayer / the Praying Teen early this year, and i was convicted that my faith was so little. Thus i prayed and asked the Lord to teach me that He Answers Prayer- when i commit everything to Him by prayer and supplication.
And.. HE DID!
The Power of prayer is a miracle in itself- it is so amazing. And this shall be my prayer- that He would show many others the Power of Prayer (:
In my second post (2 Timothy 4:1-4), i mentioned the need to reach out to the lost in every way.
And, my church is starting a Tract Ministry!
O, the Lord my God really has taught me that everything will be done In His Time, and that He Hears & Answers Prayer.
I did not blog this, but i was looking through a book on The Power Of Prayer / the Praying Teen early this year, and i was convicted that my faith was so little. Thus i prayed and asked the Lord to teach me that He Answers Prayer- when i commit everything to Him by prayer and supplication.
And.. HE DID!
The Power of prayer is a miracle in itself- it is so amazing. And this shall be my prayer- that He would show many others the Power of Prayer (:
Monday, October 15, 2007
A United Church
I have not-so-recently beeen burdened to pray for Revival, for my church. But i know this has to be a prayer of faith, and so i pray also for the continual refreshing of the Spirit, and plead with my Lord for the granting of His Will even though not all the members of the church might be unified in this decision, whether by lack of faith or else.
I also committed my thoughts only to my Great Lord, pouring out this need for a revival to Him- not to anyone else, for i feel this is for the Lord to convict.
O, and what fruits have i begun to see!
Not an immediate, great revival of course- but i then began to realise during prayer (in prayer meetings) that other members of our church have also begun to have the need to pray for Revival: and My Heart is so blessed and i am assured that the Lord does want to grant us this revival.
And yet i cannot slacken from fervently beseeching the Lord regarding this issue, for i know that the devil is earnestly seeking for ways to thwart this revival- or to dampen its effects as much as he can.
Yea, i take comfort in knowing that the devil can not hear the utterances of our souls- Only our Creator God knows All! Amen to that.
Another thing i have truly learnt-
But that will have to be covered another day, hopefully some time soon.
I also committed my thoughts only to my Great Lord, pouring out this need for a revival to Him- not to anyone else, for i feel this is for the Lord to convict.
O, and what fruits have i begun to see!
Not an immediate, great revival of course- but i then began to realise during prayer (in prayer meetings) that other members of our church have also begun to have the need to pray for Revival: and My Heart is so blessed and i am assured that the Lord does want to grant us this revival.
And yet i cannot slacken from fervently beseeching the Lord regarding this issue, for i know that the devil is earnestly seeking for ways to thwart this revival- or to dampen its effects as much as he can.
Yea, i take comfort in knowing that the devil can not hear the utterances of our souls- Only our Creator God knows All! Amen to that.
Another thing i have truly learnt-
ALL THE MEMBERS OF A CHURCH ARE IMPORTANT, AS ALL THE PARTS OF A BODY ARE VITAL TO LIVE.
But that will have to be covered another day, hopefully some time soon.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Christ Living In Us
Christ In Us- All christians have the Spirit in us, but how many actually let Christ LIVE in us?
Oh, if only we could only learn to fully, wholly accept the Lord into our whole life: There would never be a struggling, frustrated, sad, depressed christian- for it is through Christ that we have the Victory!
Many christians struggle because they try to live their life 'with God's help'. This is not wrong, but only partially correct: we should let Christ shine through us!
For example, when you have guests in your home, a common phrase used is "Make yourselves at home". However, how many of us truly mean that? Do we actually wish for our guests to go around exploring the house, rummaging through your fridge, lying on your bed, trying on your clothes...? When most people say that, they say it out of courtesy- What they mean is " Stay in this room, and don't touch anything".
Likewise, do we give our Lord free rein of our 'Temple' (body)? Or, do we shut Him in one room and say: "Stay, Don't Touch!" ? When we learn to surrender our all to our Heavenly Father, we will KNOW we have the victory over sin, because the Lord says so in His Word!
Note that this does not mean "Let Go, Let God", an oft-heard phrase that might be used without truly understanding the meaning. Think about the forces of Nature: One of the most basic would be the Gravitational Pull of the Earth- Everything (which has matter) that goes up, will come down. Have you been in an airplane, or a helicopter? These flying machines do not "come down"; they stay up! The Law of Aerodynamics thus overcomes the Law of Gravity.
However, the very second that you take a step out of these flying machines... you will plummet down to Earth - the Law of Gravity has gotten hold of you, now that you are out of the 'protection' of the Law of Aerodynamics! It doesn't matter if you stay 1min, 30min or 1000min in these flying machines: the Instant you step out, you will fall.
For those who haven't guessed, the 'Law of Gravity' is the Law of Sin- Everyone has sin, and are sinners. The 'Law of Aerodynamics' is then the Plan of God's Salvation where He sent His Son to Die for us! Therefore, no matter how long you have let the Lord have control of your life: the moment you let the flesh take control of it again, you will fall as deeply into sin as any other person can. Do not 'Let Go, Let God'! Instead, let us always be faithful, working, running, serving christians in this race to Eternity.
I am running out of time, but here's another illustration:
An illustration of a christian praying "Lord, i know You want me to read the Bible, so please, Lord, give me the desire to read my Bible".. Again, it is not wrong to pray for a desire to read God's Word, but the desire would more likely come when you take the remote, switch the TV off, and pick up your bible. Afterall, no one actually expects the Lord to bring the bible to you and make you read it.
Chew on it (:
Oh, if only we could only learn to fully, wholly accept the Lord into our whole life: There would never be a struggling, frustrated, sad, depressed christian- for it is through Christ that we have the Victory!
Many christians struggle because they try to live their life 'with God's help'. This is not wrong, but only partially correct: we should let Christ shine through us!
For example, when you have guests in your home, a common phrase used is "Make yourselves at home". However, how many of us truly mean that? Do we actually wish for our guests to go around exploring the house, rummaging through your fridge, lying on your bed, trying on your clothes...? When most people say that, they say it out of courtesy- What they mean is " Stay in this room, and don't touch anything".
Likewise, do we give our Lord free rein of our 'Temple' (body)? Or, do we shut Him in one room and say: "Stay, Don't Touch!" ? When we learn to surrender our all to our Heavenly Father, we will KNOW we have the victory over sin, because the Lord says so in His Word!
Note that this does not mean "Let Go, Let God", an oft-heard phrase that might be used without truly understanding the meaning. Think about the forces of Nature: One of the most basic would be the Gravitational Pull of the Earth- Everything (which has matter) that goes up, will come down. Have you been in an airplane, or a helicopter? These flying machines do not "come down"; they stay up! The Law of Aerodynamics thus overcomes the Law of Gravity.
However, the very second that you take a step out of these flying machines... you will plummet down to Earth - the Law of Gravity has gotten hold of you, now that you are out of the 'protection' of the Law of Aerodynamics! It doesn't matter if you stay 1min, 30min or 1000min in these flying machines: the Instant you step out, you will fall.
For those who haven't guessed, the 'Law of Gravity' is the Law of Sin- Everyone has sin, and are sinners. The 'Law of Aerodynamics' is then the Plan of God's Salvation where He sent His Son to Die for us! Therefore, no matter how long you have let the Lord have control of your life: the moment you let the flesh take control of it again, you will fall as deeply into sin as any other person can. Do not 'Let Go, Let God'! Instead, let us always be faithful, working, running, serving christians in this race to Eternity.
I am running out of time, but here's another illustration:
An illustration of a christian praying "Lord, i know You want me to read the Bible, so please, Lord, give me the desire to read my Bible".. Again, it is not wrong to pray for a desire to read God's Word, but the desire would more likely come when you take the remote, switch the TV off, and pick up your bible. Afterall, no one actually expects the Lord to bring the bible to you and make you read it.
Chew on it (:
Friday, September 14, 2007
"May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing in Your Sight, O Lord"
Just uploaded this song. Hope it is as much of a blessing to you as it is to me. Don't really have much time to blog as i did, as my exams are coming up.
Hope whoever (if any) reading this blog will be encouraged and convicted by this song. Take heart! (:
Just uploaded this song. Hope it is as much of a blessing to you as it is to me. Don't really have much time to blog as i did, as my exams are coming up.
Hope whoever (if any) reading this blog will be encouraged and convicted by this song. Take heart! (:
Monday, September 10, 2007
2 Timothy 4:1-4
If you would scroll down to the bottom of the page, you would realise that the verse is there- it happens to be a verse i live by; a verse i learnt to memorise, then to love; during a youth camp in my church.
After listening to a lesson from Faith Bible Institute, whereby John Yates (the speaker) emphasised on "CHARGE" in another verse- i suddenly thought of my theme verse and i realised the whole emphasis God places on this verse!
We all know that the Lord wants us to share the gospel with people around us, ec etc.
BUT. Do we really KNOW?
The Lord has CHARGED US to go forth and preach the Word!
Very recently, i struggled to understand the dfference between fear and love- i always felt that i loved God, but i did not Fear Him with an actual Fear that is a magnificent manifestation stemmed from such great awe and respect. (Note: this is not the same fear as the lonesome fear of the dark; or the awful, stomach lurching fear of heights,etc). Likewise, i longed to share the gospel with my family and friends- BUT because i feared for their souls, and i loved God..not because i feared Him!
However, when John Yates emphasised on CHARGE, as an Outright Command, i truly, finally understood the fear that we are supposed to have! The fear comes from fear of DISOBEYING God's outright commands. You see, Man cannot trust his own emotions and feelings, for they are deceitful..at least, i know mine are. Ah, many a time where my anger would get the better of me and i would lash out hurtful words to my parents! Although fear is also a feeling, it (more often than not) stops us from doing something out of spite or anger.
Let me elaborate. I personally think i was born to be a 'spitfire', as some call it. My emotions have always been an immense difficulty to me- i can swing from one end right to the other in a matter of seconds. ( Thank God for granting me the will to control my emotions so i could be a better example to my siblings-in-Christ-- although, of course, i am still struggling) However, i did not DARE to hurl those sarcastic, hurtful words to my parents when i was angry with them, because i was afraid of THE CANE. (which could very well bring me to another sharing about "Sparing the rod, Spoiling the child", but i shan't go into it as of yet.)
Then..i simply grew up. And now that i am not afraid of the cane (i am a "swingin' seventeen" now), i realise it has become so terribly hard for me to control my emotions! And why is that? Because, i lost the FEAR that was in me. i did not lose the LOVE for my parents- in fact i think my love for them grew by leaps and bounds- but i simply lost the Fear of them. And that alone makes it so difficult for me to control my anger when it comes in such a rush..
Thus, i have come to the same conclusion regarding this matter. Many of us, no doubt, long to "Preach the Word" to our dear loved ones, but we probably face the same problems:
1. "I Don't know what to say! What if i offend, or say the wrong things, or they ask me a question i dont know how to answer?"
Well, i DO feel the same way too. But you then must understand that sharing the gospel is also borne from a spiritual aspect- God has to be involved in this! Precisely because God knows that often, Man are so full of such doubts.. that is why He chooses to use us! (Remember, God chose a donkey -an "Ass"- to ride through he streets where everyone was welcoming Him). 'Sharing the gospel' does not in any way mean 'using your own strength to preach the Word'.
Prayerfully, my sharing has helped overcome yr doubts. But when i first heard it, it did not really quell my huge doubts about this. For that, then, there is another way out. As C.H. Spurgeon said.. i quote a long paragraph from his sermon you can find here (this is the back part of his sermon) :
The peculiar form of usefulness which the Religious Tract Society lays hold upon, is admirably adapted to those persons who have but little power and little ability, but nevertheless, wish to do something for Christ. They have not the tongue of the eloquent, but they may have the hand of the diligent. They cannot stand and preach, but they can stand and distribute here and there these silent preachers. They do not feel that they could subscribe their guinea, but they may buy their thousand tracts, and these they can distribute broadcast. How many a little one in Zion has spent his life in doing this good, when he could not perhaps have found any other good within his reach.
Is not that such a great relief for those who earnestly seek and yearn to be able to pluck up the courage and witness? (: Even if you lack the eloquence of speech (no doubt, it might be a talent given, but to touch other's hearts with that eloquence is a gift), this does not mean you give up and dont do anything! As he also states:
the very earnestness in the Christian will cause confusion, unless you lead forth that earnestness to its proper field of development. I have always found that where there is a quarrelsome Church, it is sure to be an idle Church, and where men are always “at it,” they have very little time to find fault with one another. When we fuse iron, the two pieces will soon weld, bring two cold pieces together, and the stoutest arm and the heaviest hammer can never weld them. Let our Churches be united and they will be earnest; let them be cold, and they will be dashed to a thousand shivers.
I urge you, brethren, that you do not think this "giving out of tracts" as such a simple matter! For many others have started out that way- why, i would not be surprised if CH Spurgeon himself started out giving tracts. For he says:
Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing. Let us do that and attempt something else by-and-bye. Are we, on the other hand, diligently engaged already in some higher service for Christ, let us not despise those steps which helped us up, but let us now assist others with these steps that they too may rise from the grade of service which is theirs to a higher and a greater one. Let us in fact encourage this society at all times with our contributions and with our prayers.
Yup! I have been greatly encouraged by his wonderful sermon and would wish you all to read through his sermon.
On a lighter note, (for those who very kindly read through the end), do pray for me as i seek the Lord's will in my life! (:
After listening to a lesson from Faith Bible Institute, whereby John Yates (the speaker) emphasised on "CHARGE" in another verse- i suddenly thought of my theme verse and i realised the whole emphasis God places on this verse!
We all know that the Lord wants us to share the gospel with people around us, ec etc.
BUT. Do we really KNOW?
The Lord has CHARGED US to go forth and preach the Word!
Very recently, i struggled to understand the dfference between fear and love- i always felt that i loved God, but i did not Fear Him with an actual Fear that is a magnificent manifestation stemmed from such great awe and respect. (Note: this is not the same fear as the lonesome fear of the dark; or the awful, stomach lurching fear of heights,etc). Likewise, i longed to share the gospel with my family and friends- BUT because i feared for their souls, and i loved God..not because i feared Him!
However, when John Yates emphasised on CHARGE, as an Outright Command, i truly, finally understood the fear that we are supposed to have! The fear comes from fear of DISOBEYING God's outright commands. You see, Man cannot trust his own emotions and feelings, for they are deceitful..at least, i know mine are. Ah, many a time where my anger would get the better of me and i would lash out hurtful words to my parents! Although fear is also a feeling, it (more often than not) stops us from doing something out of spite or anger.
Let me elaborate. I personally think i was born to be a 'spitfire', as some call it. My emotions have always been an immense difficulty to me- i can swing from one end right to the other in a matter of seconds. ( Thank God for granting me the will to control my emotions so i could be a better example to my siblings-in-Christ-- although, of course, i am still struggling) However, i did not DARE to hurl those sarcastic, hurtful words to my parents when i was angry with them, because i was afraid of THE CANE. (which could very well bring me to another sharing about "Sparing the rod, Spoiling the child", but i shan't go into it as of yet.)
Then..i simply grew up. And now that i am not afraid of the cane (i am a "swingin' seventeen" now), i realise it has become so terribly hard for me to control my emotions! And why is that? Because, i lost the FEAR that was in me. i did not lose the LOVE for my parents- in fact i think my love for them grew by leaps and bounds- but i simply lost the Fear of them. And that alone makes it so difficult for me to control my anger when it comes in such a rush..
Thus, i have come to the same conclusion regarding this matter. Many of us, no doubt, long to "Preach the Word" to our dear loved ones, but we probably face the same problems:
1. "I Don't know what to say! What if i offend, or say the wrong things, or they ask me a question i dont know how to answer?"
Well, i DO feel the same way too. But you then must understand that sharing the gospel is also borne from a spiritual aspect- God has to be involved in this! Precisely because God knows that often, Man are so full of such doubts.. that is why He chooses to use us! (Remember, God chose a donkey -an "Ass"- to ride through he streets where everyone was welcoming Him). 'Sharing the gospel' does not in any way mean 'using your own strength to preach the Word'.
Prayerfully, my sharing has helped overcome yr doubts. But when i first heard it, it did not really quell my huge doubts about this. For that, then, there is another way out. As C.H. Spurgeon said.. i quote a long paragraph from his sermon you can find here (this is the back part of his sermon) :
The peculiar form of usefulness which the Religious Tract Society lays hold upon, is admirably adapted to those persons who have but little power and little ability, but nevertheless, wish to do something for Christ. They have not the tongue of the eloquent, but they may have the hand of the diligent. They cannot stand and preach, but they can stand and distribute here and there these silent preachers. They do not feel that they could subscribe their guinea, but they may buy their thousand tracts, and these they can distribute broadcast. How many a little one in Zion has spent his life in doing this good, when he could not perhaps have found any other good within his reach.
Is not that such a great relief for those who earnestly seek and yearn to be able to pluck up the courage and witness? (: Even if you lack the eloquence of speech (no doubt, it might be a talent given, but to touch other's hearts with that eloquence is a gift), this does not mean you give up and dont do anything! As he also states:
the very earnestness in the Christian will cause confusion, unless you lead forth that earnestness to its proper field of development. I have always found that where there is a quarrelsome Church, it is sure to be an idle Church, and where men are always “at it,” they have very little time to find fault with one another. When we fuse iron, the two pieces will soon weld, bring two cold pieces together, and the stoutest arm and the heaviest hammer can never weld them. Let our Churches be united and they will be earnest; let them be cold, and they will be dashed to a thousand shivers.
I urge you, brethren, that you do not think this "giving out of tracts" as such a simple matter! For many others have started out that way- why, i would not be surprised if CH Spurgeon himself started out giving tracts. For he says:
Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing. Let us do that and attempt something else by-and-bye. Are we, on the other hand, diligently engaged already in some higher service for Christ, let us not despise those steps which helped us up, but let us now assist others with these steps that they too may rise from the grade of service which is theirs to a higher and a greater one. Let us in fact encourage this society at all times with our contributions and with our prayers.
Yup! I have been greatly encouraged by his wonderful sermon and would wish you all to read through his sermon.
On a lighter note, (for those who very kindly read through the end), do pray for me as i seek the Lord's will in my life! (:
First Post
Hmm. Hey there, world. i kinda wonder who (of my friends) will ever find this blog..heh.
Anyway, this shall be a different blog. Different in what way- i am not sure myself yet, but it shall only concern spiritual things. Perhaps, when my heart is ready and filled totally with the Invisible Realm of the 'heavenlies', this blog shall naturally become my one and only blog as my heart is completely filled with the One and Only God, whom i pray and hope, with all my heart, that my dear family members and friends will get to know Him.
"The harvest is ripe, but the labourers are few.." Who will be a Gideon? Lord, i do- teach me and guide me in Your wonderful Ways.
Anyway, this shall be a different blog. Different in what way- i am not sure myself yet, but it shall only concern spiritual things. Perhaps, when my heart is ready and filled totally with the Invisible Realm of the 'heavenlies', this blog shall naturally become my one and only blog as my heart is completely filled with the One and Only God, whom i pray and hope, with all my heart, that my dear family members and friends will get to know Him.
"The harvest is ripe, but the labourers are few.." Who will be a Gideon? Lord, i do- teach me and guide me in Your wonderful Ways.
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