Thursday, September 28, 2006
Why does God test us?He gives her dad Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.He makes her dad go through a heart op.He makes her go through a miscarriage, then gives her a child, only to make that child severely sick just after 1 month's joy.He makes Abraham agree to do the one act that causes the biggest hurt to a parent."Then God said, 'Take your son, your ownly song, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.'"Genesis 22:2"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."James 1:2-4"'Do not lay a hand on the boy,' he said. Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."Genesis 22:12"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him."James 1:12"I will surely bless ou and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take posession of the cities of their enemies, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."Genesis 22:17-18Why does God test us?He gives her dad cancer to heal the cancer of his soulHe makes her dad go through a heart op to open his heart up to JesusHe takes what is most precious from us so that we will never be in danger of losing what should be most precious to us: our relationship with HimHe breaks us apart so that He can piece us back betterHe cripples us so that He can give us wingsAnd then, we fly back to Him
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Life is full of stress before you know God and give Him your burdens...
Stress, even after i knew God, i still feel stressful at times..and to be honest, i havent really been able to cast my burdens on Him..which is sad because he wants us to rest and at times, i seemed to be carrying the world. If i were to tell some of you the burdens, you would think that i am crazy...because i dont reckon you guys know and understand them..but He does and He always understands. And i have to tell you, there is no end to this great love He has for us.This love is different, it is not like the love that boys harbour for girls and vice-versa. It is a Father and child love. Very similar to how your parents love you. But i cannot gurantee that your parents will and can always understand you as well as He does. He made you and He knows what you are thinking. He crippled us, so that He can give us wings and then we will fly back to Him...When will you fly back to Him? I guess, i havent flown back to Him..I am desperate for His touch and i believe that He is desperate to have me back in His arms once again..He ran to me, took me in His armsHeld my face to His chest and said, "My son's come hoem again."He lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyeswith forgiveness in His eyes, He said, "Son! Do you know that I still love you?"He caught me by surprise, when God ran...
Life is full of stress before you know God and give Him your burdens...
Stress, even after i knew God, i still feel stressful at times..and to be honest, i havent really been able to cast my burdens on Him..which is sad because he wants us to rest and at times, i seemed to be carrying the world. If i were to tell some of you the burdens, you would think that i am crazy...because i dont reckon you guys know and understand them..but He does and He always understands. And i have to tell you, there is no end to this great love He has for us.This love is different, it is not like the love that boys harbour for girls and vice-versa. It is a Father and child love. Very similar to how your parents love you. But i cannot gurantee that your parents will and can always understand you as well as He does. He made you and He knows what you are thinking. He crippled us, so that He can give us wings and then we will fly back to Him...When will you fly back to Him? I guess, i havent flown back to Him..I am desperate for His touch and i believe that He is desperate to have me back in His arms once again..He ran to me, took me in His armsHeld my face to His chest and said, "My son's come hoem again."He lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyeswith forgiveness in His eyes, He said, "Son! Do you know that I still love you?"He caught me by surprise, when God ran...
Monday, September 18, 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
New blogskin
Kay, my new blogskin looks weird...not that it looks weird, but i mean, it doesnt seems to fit. i still prefer my old one. maybe it will take sometime to adjust. lolokok, mugging time. cannot afford to fail fyes.
New blogskin
Kay, my new blogskin looks weird...not that it looks weird, but i mean, it doesnt seems to fit. i still prefer my old one. maybe it will take sometime to adjust. lolokok, mugging time. cannot afford to fail fyes.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Hi guys!Do you know Rick Warren? He is the author of "The Purpose Driven Life". Take a look at the conversation and be blessed.You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,"Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in CaliforniaPeople ask me, What is the purpose of life?And I respond:In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.Life is a series of problems:Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life.The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.I used to think that life was hills and valleys -you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,"which is my problem, my issues, my pain."But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before.I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence.He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back.It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.We need to ask ourselves:Am I going to live for possessions?Popularity?Am I going to be driven by pressures?Guilt?Bitterness?Materialism?Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You and love You better.God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list.He's more interested in what I am than what I do.That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.Painful moments, TRUST GOD.Every moment, THANK GOD.This is beautiful and food for the soul.A friend sent it to me, and I would like to share it with you.Its good, you have got to believe it. its all true and all good. God is good all the time. =)Second day of school, what was it like. Overwhelming. Busy. Tight. No rest. No peace. You are always hurrying here and there.The whole day. PACKED. from the first lesson to the last everyone working hard, concentrating real hard to catch the words the teacher was teaching in case they missed out anything. evertyhing had their heads burried, busy copying notes afraid that they would miss out anything.I was one of them too. Maybe for the first time i was finally paying attention to Maths. First time and i hope that it isnt the last. I want to do well. Maybe Mr Tan had helped me through talking to me lecturing about my maths standard. well, i had to hate him. i had to hate him to force the tears out of me. But what matters is what I do after that. I was pissed off, and i prayed and God strengthened me. He gave me the strength to force myself to practice and pratice until it was perfect. I dont want to win accademically. I want to win spiritually.Recess was rather bad. Rushed and all that. Lunch needless yo say was taken away by CCA. well partly, i was helping a girl. oh wells. i guess life isnt just all about you know, busying. ahhhi feel the exam stress and i am scared. ='( and before i knew it, i was wrapped around a large warm invisible hand of God. it helped me stop crying. It helped me take off my burdens and putting it onto Him. and before i knew it i was all peaceful and calm and smiling again. =)God loves us. and I love Him because He loves me.I never knew that i would do this but wangyue told me that you can loan past year papers from the library and photocopy them to do. my good friend was back again, but i guess it takes time to break the ice, maybe not break the ice melt the ice. We photocopied 1999-2003 papers. subjects: history, geography and maths. incredible. most of it is made up of maths and i know that i am going to do it.i want to be promoted to sec 2.=)P.S. Ally, maybe this is a real post =)
Hi guys!Do you know Rick Warren? He is the author of "The Purpose Driven Life". Take a look at the conversation and be blessed.You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having "wealth" from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,"Purpose Driven Life " author and pastor of Saddleback Church in CaliforniaPeople ask me, What is the purpose of life?And I respond:In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body--but not the end of me. I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal.God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.Life is a series of problems:Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort.God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life.The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.I used to think that life was hills and valleys -you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore. Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for.You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems.If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centeredness,"which is my problem, my issues, my pain."But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her.It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before.I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence.He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit. We made no major purchases. Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church. Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation. Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back.It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.We need to ask ourselves:Am I going to live for possessions?Popularity?Am I going to be driven by pressures?Guilt?Bitterness?Materialism?Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You and love You better.God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list.He's more interested in what I am than what I do.That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.Painful moments, TRUST GOD.Every moment, THANK GOD.This is beautiful and food for the soul.A friend sent it to me, and I would like to share it with you.Its good, you have got to believe it. its all true and all good. God is good all the time. =)Second day of school, what was it like. Overwhelming. Busy. Tight. No rest. No peace. You are always hurrying here and there.The whole day. PACKED. from the first lesson to the last everyone working hard, concentrating real hard to catch the words the teacher was teaching in case they missed out anything. evertyhing had their heads burried, busy copying notes afraid that they would miss out anything.I was one of them too. Maybe for the first time i was finally paying attention to Maths. First time and i hope that it isnt the last. I want to do well. Maybe Mr Tan had helped me through talking to me lecturing about my maths standard. well, i had to hate him. i had to hate him to force the tears out of me. But what matters is what I do after that. I was pissed off, and i prayed and God strengthened me. He gave me the strength to force myself to practice and pratice until it was perfect. I dont want to win accademically. I want to win spiritually.Recess was rather bad. Rushed and all that. Lunch needless yo say was taken away by CCA. well partly, i was helping a girl. oh wells. i guess life isnt just all about you know, busying. ahhhi feel the exam stress and i am scared. ='( and before i knew it, i was wrapped around a large warm invisible hand of God. it helped me stop crying. It helped me take off my burdens and putting it onto Him. and before i knew it i was all peaceful and calm and smiling again. =)God loves us. and I love Him because He loves me.I never knew that i would do this but wangyue told me that you can loan past year papers from the library and photocopy them to do. my good friend was back again, but i guess it takes time to break the ice, maybe not break the ice melt the ice. We photocopied 1999-2003 papers. subjects: history, geography and maths. incredible. most of it is made up of maths and i know that i am going to do it.i want to be promoted to sec 2.=)P.S. Ally, maybe this is a real post =)
Monday, September 11, 2006
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