Trust

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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..