He is My God

Blessed Be Your Name

2011-05-10T17:24:00.000-07:00

Psalm 3

¹ LORD, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
² Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”^[b]

³ But you, LORD, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
⁴ I call out to the LORD,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.

⁵ I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
⁶ I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.

⁷ Arise, LORD!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ From the LORD comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.

Genesis 15

“Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward.”

As can be seen in both Psalm and Genesis 15, God delivers us. He brings us through our daily problems. No matter how big or small the problem is. He gives us strength to go through those obstacles that are there to make us stronger or to mature us. The Lord is good. With Him by our side, we have nothing to be scared of. We can cast all our worries to Him and He will surely take care of us.

Be Prepared

2011-05-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

^{^{Psalm 1.}
¹ Blessed is the one}

who does not walk in step with the wicked

or stand in the way that sinners take

or sit in the company of mockers,

^{² but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,}

and who meditates on his law day and night.

^{³ That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,}

which yields its fruit in season

and whose leaf does not wither—

whatever they do prospers.

⁴ Not so the wicked!

They are like chaff

that the wind blows away.

^{⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement,}

nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

⁶ For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous,

but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.

We are wonderfully and fearfully created by God in his own image. When God first created Adam then Eve, God gave them the choice of life. They were created perfect and all God wanted in return of His creation is for them not to eat the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. However, after the temptation by the Serpent, Eve took a fruit from that tree and ate it. She gave some to Adam as well. It was a choice they made. It's the same thing for us. Everyday, we have a choice to live our day with God by our side or to live it without Him. We have a choice to follow His ways or to go to the way of the Serpent.

The ways of the Lord is always right. Follow in His past and you will never go wrong. For it is written in the psalm above, He watches over the righteous. If we live according to His words, we will prosper and He will bring us out of wickedness. God is with those who follows Him. It's the same way with man. We will not help friends that don't listen to us. If we do not listen to God, He can't and will not be with us.

2 Peter 3

¹⁰ But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.

¹¹ Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives ¹² as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. ¹³ But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

¹⁴ So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. ¹⁵ Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. ¹⁶ He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

¹⁷ Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. ¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.

Just like it is written in this scripture, God comes in the hour that we don't expect the most. So do not waste our days chasing for earthly things but prepare ourselves to the heaven above. Because we do not want to waste the opportunity when it comes. Just like Noah in Genesis 6, he did not expect the flood but because he is prepared all the time in serving the Lord, he was favoured by the Lord and was kept safe from the flood that swept away all living things on earth. Just like Noah, we ought to be prepared all the time. No matter what day or month or year it is, we ought to live it for the Lord.

2 Peter 1

2011-05-02T17:50:00.000-07:00

2 Peter 1:1-10

¹ Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

² Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

³ His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

⁵ For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; ⁷ and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. ⁸ For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

¹⁰ Therefore, my brothers and sisters,^[a] make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, ¹¹ and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Once we know the presence of God in our lives, we suddenly do not feel so restless trying to live life it our ways. Knowing the grace and goodness of God brings peace to me as I now know that I do not need to strive to live it according to my ways but according to His ways. He gives me everything in abundance and made everything just perfect for me.

He has also given to me His great and precious promises. All these can be known by reading His words. The bible tells me everything I need to know. It does not necessary tell me everything I want to know but it definitely tells me what God thinks I need to know. I might not understand all the times and I might still ask for the things of my heart, but God knows best. His ways and thoughts are higher than mine. So who I am to argue with Him, right? It is important to read the word as it reveals to us God’s mighty plans in our lives. It brings you through bad days knowing that God is still with us no matter what happens and deliver us from temptations as Jesus Himself was tempted when He was here in the form of man. God will never tempt us but He knows that we can go through every temptation we face.

With the goodness of God, we cannot complain about anything. We ought to read His words daily and be refresh daily so that we will never be blind again forgetting that He has cleansed us from our past sins.

Unlocked

2011-02-18T10:01:00.001-08:00

Dear Heavenly Father,

Father God, you know my situation right now oh God. Jeslyn and I had been stranded here in this computer pool for about 5 hours now oh God. I pray God, that you will lead us through out of this cage God. I've forgotten my key and that is definitely my bad God, but I just pray God that you will just help us find a way to get a key or to open the door to the apartment numbered 301. God, may it be Virginia or the receptionist God, I pray that you will show us a way God. I trust in You God. I shall leave everything onto Your mighty hands and let You do the work God.

I pray all this unto Jesus' name. AMEN!

Miracle

2010-11-11T23:05:00.000-08:00

The first miracle Jesus performed on Earth was turning water into wine as said in John 3. It was at a wedding ceremony of one of the resident in Cana of Galilee. Jesus can perform so many miracles and there are so many that is going to fill our life. One very simple example is the 60-80 beats of heartbeat we have every minute right now. There is nothing we can do to make it beat by itself but it did not stop even for one second. You know why? The answer is God. Isnt He Amazing? Well, atleast I think He is!

Love Life!

God is Good

2010-10-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

I just want to remind myself of today on how God has shown me His unfailing love, mercy and goodness. Had my counselling test today and the case I got was Headache. Simple. Straighforward. A case that I can finish counselling within 5 minutes. God never fails me. NEVER. But I do realize something, I fail him all the time. Times where I was supposed to pick up the cup. Times where I was supposed to step out. Times where I was supposed to confess. Times where I was supposed to declare. Times where I was supposed to read His word. I am Sorry God. But I thank God He NEVER give up on Me. He gives me chance all the time.

THANK YOU GOD!

Trust

2010-08-26T05:15:00.000-07:00

Proverbs 16:20- Whoever gives heed to instrustion prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

It pays to take life seriously; things work out when you trust in God.

The world is place where trust is highly valued and sought after; everyday we are bombarded by advertising, selling you 'products you can trust'or products with 'guaranteed results'. These companies understand that there is incredible power in trusting their product.

As one who has chosen to follow after Jesus, our lives are defined by the one in whom we trust. The circumstances of life can push us in a direction that seem opposite to where we feel we need to go, and through those times, all we can do is trust God. Our trust is continually being tested and although we walk through pain and hurt daily, we can look back on those days, months and years, and see that God is truly trustworthy.

In a world with so many 'guarantees'and advertising gimmicks, this scripture is a promise we can rest our lives on; things work out when you trust in God. We need to know every single day, that as we give ourselves completely to God, we can rely on Him to love us, lead us, and bring us to a place of great significance and blessing; this is a guarantee that you can depend on.

This song is really nice!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skXEwaYsI_A

Sinful Nature vs Holy Spirit

2010-05-30T02:57:00.000-07:00

Today's sermon was great thus I thought of writing down here. Ps. Jonathan thought us how to bear Fruit of the Spirit.

We are all human and the sinful nature is always there. It is always there to catch us and bring us down whereas the holy spirit would be there to bring us up again after the fall. The most important thing of the fall is what happens after that and not before that. We just have to make sure everytime we fall, we know how to get back up. That doesn't rely on our strength but on Jesus's strength through the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is really crucial to be able to feed the Spirit instead of other things.

The one and only way to feed our Spirit is by having daily time with God or in other words Devotion. Psalm 1 tells us that.

Plasm 1: 2 - But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.(NIV)

There are 7 ways of doing this :-
a) Pattern- Look at God's pattern through Jesus. The whole Bible is the pattern of God shown in the characteristic of Jesus Christ in the New Testament
b) Prioritize - Let our time with Jesus be our priority. Its like keeping the appointment so to do things together with God
c) Prepare - God speak to us and so be prepared for that. Write a journal to help us remind ourselves that God constantly answer us (1 Timothy 4:8)
d) Place - Choose a quiet place to come beefore God. Dont let anything rob that or distract you (Matthew 6:6)
e) Pray - Be intentional and proactive knowing that God does answer our prayers.
f) Persist - In doing God's will eventhough it sometimes might be difficult.
g) Person - We ourself should hold accountable or even as partners.

Devotions should be a lifestyle.

Forgive

2010-05-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

'Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with eaach other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.' Colossians 3:12-14 (NIV).

I guess it is part of human nature to hang onto something so tightly that sometimes we don't realise that we would be so much more relieved and at peace once we let go. Often we would say it is difficult to forgive him/her . Even if we do, we might not treat her the same way ever again. The relationship that we once share is shattered. I don't know if you have went through that phase but I can honestly tell you I do. We are so conformed into the earthly matter to say or even think of that. How can we say that when we are continuously forgiven by God? How can we say that when everytime we ask for forgiveness, we think we are even again and is pure again in God's eyes? How can we say that when we ask favors from God after a repentance prayer?

The answer is we cannot. Everytime we ask for forgiveness, the Lord forgives us. Everytime we pray, God listens to us no matter how many time we have fallen short of His glory. Everytime we repent, God bless us.

So why can't we do the same as what the Lord God has done for us? We are all His people and we ought to treat everyone the same. When they ask for forgiveness, shouldn't we just forgive them and take them back again? When we love God, the love will also outflow from within us and that would help us to forgive the other party no matter what he/she has done. Atleast for one thing for sure, what they have done will not be as bad as what we have done to cost Jesus's life on the cross. If we are forgiven for that, nothing in this world that we should/can say we cannot forgive.

It is our ego that we are not willing to forgive. It is not about the severity of their wrong doings.

Here Again

2010-03-14T00:08:00.000-08:00

just realized that I had abandoned this amazing blog for months and I do feel bad for that. But somehow, I just wanted to write here today. LOL.

Got the Edge Church - 2010 Year of Restoration paper two weeks ago and I did not look at it until now. It was a blank paper and only written.....
In 2010 I am believing for .....
We were supposed to fill that in and look at it again end of this year to see what has God done in our lives in 2010 which I believe is going to be another fantastic year. I wrote what I wanted and we'll see how my journey will paint in achieving this.

However, that is not what I wanted to share here in this post. There is a line of scripture at the end of the paper. It was...

In his kindness God called you to share in His eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, He will restore, support, and strengthen you, and He will place you on a firm foundation. 1 Peter 5:10 (NLT)

Don't you agree this line is powerful? Or atleast I think so.

Indeed it was by His perfect plan that I was made to land in Adelaide, a place where I did not intend in the beginning of SAM but now here somehow. If it wasnt for Adelaide and Jasmine, I guess I wouldn't have started this journey I am on right now. I am so blessed indeed.
Came back to Adelaide 2 weeks ago after a 2 and a half month holiday back in Malaysia. It was really hard in the beginning as I was so home-sick. I miss being at home so much. But, he restored, supported and strengthened me. And now, I am all alright surrounded by so many wonderful brothers and sisters in Christ. So amazing...

Thank God for everything...

Hillsongs Australia : Oceans Will Part Lyrics

2009-11-21T04:57:00.000-08:00

If my heart has grown cold
There Your love will unfold
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
When I’m blind to my way There Your Spirit will pray
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

Oceans will part nations come
At the whisper of Your call
Hope will rise glory shine
In my life Your will be done

Present suffering may pass
Lord Your mercy will last
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
And my heart will find praise
I’ll delight in Your way
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand
As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand

Another Down and someting unexpected

2009-11-21T04:37:00.000-08:00

Had Physiology exam today. I was actually quite nervous while I was on the way to the hall. I guessed I was supposed to take out my notes and at least revised abit cause I did not do much in the morning. The exam started at 2pm and I had plenty of time in the morning to do some last minute revision. Woke up at 8.50am and was supposed to study after breakfast. However, my eyes were very tired and I felt so restless. So I slept back again. For another 30 minutes or more. So when I woke up, it was already 11am and Ibathed and by the time I am done, it was already 11.30am. Browsed through everything and left house around 12.45pm to leave to the hall. In the bus, I felt I wasn't really prepared but I just spent that time talking to God. Just want to commit the paper into His hands.

The paper turned out to be already. I don't want to expect too much but I did my best and I will accept whatever that is given. I know, He bless me tremendously in this way or another.

Jasmine came into my room just now. I can see that she is really tired and restless. She asked if we could pray together cause she felt like giving up on her last paper which will be Anatomy and Biomehanics. I was actually quite hesitant in doing that. I don't know why. I have been avoiding this for months. And all that I was trying to avoid took place today. I actually did prayed out loud. It did not feel as bad as I thought it would be. Maybe it's just another challenge that I have to go through this year.

Every blessing you pour out, I will turn back to praise.

Thank You God for another paper that is handed in.

Love.

One Down

2009-11-19T00:59:00.000-08:00

Yes!!!!!! I am done with Pharmacy Practice exam.. It went not too bad I guess. I mean of course there are some questions where I am not sure about the answers but I still managed to write something down. No question was left blank. Yea!!! Thank God to that. Hopefully still can manage to get good grade. Aiming for a D but I believe God has HIS way. He has blessed me tremendously with focus and strength and wisdom. Lord God, I just uphold that paper into your hand and all the other 3 papers to you. No matter how the result turns out, it will be used to glorify your name as it is by your strength than I am able to do it.

In my life Your will be done..

Insomnia

2009-11-18T07:45:00.000-08:00

I am back in just a few hours after my previous posts. I have a big big problem right now. I am widely awake eventhough it is already 2.16am right now and I have one Final paper tomorrow. It's Pharmacy Practice and all I need now is for my body to feel tired so that I can sleep.

Help me Oh Lord to fall asleep. Father Lord, clear all the anxieties and nervousness as well as the alertness in my mind. May You let it settle in peace Oh Lord so that I can fall asleep as soon as possible. I know it's not enough time to get 8 hours of sleep. Not even 7/6 hours, but Lord God, I believe that tomorrow will still be a productive day because I gain strength from You Lord God. Help me to focus tomorrow even if my mind is tired when I am in the examination hall. Lord God, may you grant me sleepiness now God.

Thank you God as I am yawning now eventhough I doubt I can fall asleep. But Lord GOd, I will never doubt you in your capailities.

Amen

Exam vs God

2009-11-17T22:52:00.000-08:00

I don't know why am I feeling so restless right here right now. I can feel my heart pumping really fast and that I can barely breathe. Is it really because of the coffee in the tiramisu cake? I don't know. I really have no idea about it.

As what the title says, exam vs God. Am I putting my finals first before God or am I putting God above all things? I can't really say. I am devoted to Him just because I needed His help to bring me through this storm before ending my year? All I want to do now is to cry out to Him to ask Him to settle my heart. God, only You can do it. No one knows my heart better than you do. You know it even before You created the Heavens and the Earth and even before I was brought to this world by your Grace and Mercy. God, right here at this very moment Oh Lord, I want you in my life Oh Lord. Cleanse me Oh Lord. Purify me Oh Lord. Shape me Oh Lord to be more like You and less of myself Lord. I can't go on with my own strength anymore. I can't walk on this journey called life without Your Strength. Father God, let me not take exam above you Oh Lord. But God, I uphold this coming exam into your hands and Lord, no matter how it turns out Lord, it will be used to Glorify your name Lord. Because it is not by my wisdom and strength but it is by Yours.

Matthew 19:26 - With men nothing is possible but with GOD all things are possible.
You created the heavens and the earth and that nothing is too hard for you God. Not this coming exam or not the struggles that I will go through in my life Oh Lord. But God, I put my trust in you Lord that you will take care of all things. You will have Your plan for me Oh God.

I surrender my all to you GOD!!!!!

NO ONE COMPARES TO YOU!

A new blog

2009-11-17T22:50:00.000-08:00

The link of this blog itself is really interesting. I don't know how it was created but out of the blue, it is under my account. Amusing huh? It existed for a few months now but was left inactive until today, (18/11/2009). So I decided to write here as well. This will be a blog on my journey with You!