Giving Thanks...

Christmas is just over... I did not spend money on gifts.. it is not all about gifts but sharing...
First of all, I wanna thank God for Fern's results..
Secondly, I wanna pray for my FIL who had been admitted to GH for the past few days...pray that he recovers soon...
Thirdly, I wanna thank God for Aaron who is flying home..
And also for my family members.. though things have not been going smoothly, it is alright... we siblings will continue to have faith in God no matter what happens and I know one day it will be alright for us all...
Thank God for all He has given and done for us... Praise God...

A Morning Incident...

This morning my father in law was admitted to the general hospital because he fell when he was there collecting his monthly medicine. Thank God there was nothing broken but he has to stay back for a day or two under observation. Hope he will be alright soon... and when he comes out, he will need to rest because he is already 80years old. He still drove around before this happened....

Anyway, hope he will recover soon....

He Is Good All The Time

Thank God for the lovely wonderful protected trip to Japan. The trip was smooth without any mishaps or sickness whatsoever and everything had been on schedule. My mum has been complaining about leg pain before we left for Japan and thank God that she could walk very well while we were there. Only those which needed climbing, we advised her not to climb up with us.. she willingly obliged... she could do her shopping at the foot of the hill... :)

All in all, I still praise God for making this trip possible for me and my girl.. really He is so kind to us... so Good... all the time!!

Light Of My Life...

Things all happen simultaneously prior to my trip. I couldnt sleep well for a week or two and I recognised the disturbance was an unwanted one. My visits to the doctor and my lack of faith in my Lord was very worrying. I was not focusing and laying my cares upon my Lord, instead negative thoughts kept pouring into my head and stressing me up...

Tolerating no more, I have no other options and the Lord knocked on my head, "Why r u worrying so much when u have Me?"

And as I read this verse in John 1, it says, "Through Him althings were made, without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was lfe and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darks, but the darkness has not understood it."

I was in that darkness, I have not understood it... I kept groping, worrying when God is there all the time in the light and I couldn't see it. Why? Cos I was too engrossed in my own worries, rather than seeing the light, I stayed in the dark....

I prayed fervently... now I can see Him... He showed me this verse... the booklet was lying there and I was prompted to flip over ... I did... I was not in the dark, there is Light now....

He is the LIGHT OF MY LIFE!

Am I Long Winded?

I have to confess that I do not know how to pray ... each night I repeat the same wordings and same subjects to my Father and I wonder whether He is getting fedup of my petitions or not.. It is supposed to start by giving thanks and praise...followed by my family, my loved ones, friends and lastly and not least, myself.. is that the proper way to pray?

But I feel whatever in line, it is supposed to be our own self, our interaction with our Father.. He knows our hearts even before we start praying.. He knows what we want, He is just waiting for us to tell Him directly....

Once, one of my cell group members told me that we do not need to repeat the same topic day in and day out.. like asking for protection, asking once is enough, no need repetition each night.. well, I totally disagree with him... I believe in thanking Him and asking him again and again.. God, will you say I am being "longwinded?"

What Shall I Ought To Do?

The movie I have been anticipated for has finally arrived and I went to watch it with my friend, Tam...Throughout the whole movie, she was rambling about the farce of the movie, about the hero and his family, why and how they could escape the wrath of the earthquake, the explosions, the tsunami-s and whatever befell upon others, they were not affected at all... in fact, our hero was still wearing his tie throughout of the whole phenomenon. Well, what I was concerned about was not the people acting but the wrath of the earth that may befall upon us one day.. we will never know when... nor we know how it will happen... this movie had one effect on me.. I need to be what God wants me to be... and I need to find out what and how.. prayers ... signs... I have to be more focused...

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 in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives. 2 Pet 3:10-11

Can I or Can I Not?

Something happened today that made me realize that I Must put God first in everything... no matter how I tried defying, He is there.. I struggled between HIm and my likes.. and I have to admit defeat... Lord, forgive me...

I love watching badminton on astro especially Malaysian players are involved.. today I thought I would have a nice time watching them but I didn't even though 2 pairs are playing for Malaysia, I didn't manage to watch them at all... what happened...

Game started at 12pm, I had a facial appointment at 11am, by the time my facial finished, the ladies double also finished playing... ok, fine, then I was thinking there is still men doubles going on. But I had a feeling I won't be able to watch that too..

4pm is my church worship practice, I was thinking surely the men's doubles will be before that.. well, i was wrong.. u believe it or not.. 10 minutes before 4pm, the men's doubles started and that was the time I had to leave for church... I didn't even glimspse the game.. I was very disappointed... I thought of not going to church.. hey, God.. can I not go? Hey, God said, can u not watch?

Yes, finally I didn't get to watch.... I went to church feeling very moody and disappointed.. OK, God, I go, I go.... please let my heart be happy again...

At church when practice started, I was still feeling down, still thinking of the game.. but once the songs were played, the wordings made me forget about the game... Hey, here I am, worshiping You, Lord... make me feel You....

Right... in no time, my disappointment vanished... at 5.20pm it ended and I left for home....
Ran through the Internet, yes, the Malaysian boys won the semi finals and tomorrow I will be watching them on TV for the finals... Can I, Lord?

I tell you tomorrow...

Evangelism, R U Comfortable?

The thought of talking to a non-Christian about God makes me "shake with fear." Why? I really don't know, is it lack of confidence in speaking or lack of knowledge for I believe God in faith, not by theological knowledge. I might end up mumbling incoherently and wish desperately for a safer place.

As I read this article, it says here "lets be honest, evangelism is tough for 99 percent of Christians, it can seem impossible! We can take the stress out of evangelism when we understand whatGod expects of us. He doesn't ask us to do something that's too difficult for us. Paul was teh master of evangelism, so let's learn from him. It's not easy, but it's not impossible."

Conversation Filled With Grace

Let us converse with Grace...

Words are powerful! They can cut deep and leave scars that will last a lifetime. Careless jabs can hurt een more than intentional attacks. Our world needs conversations filled with grace. Rather than practicing one-upmanship, offer a compliment. Instead of correcting every little mistake, offer grace and let teh mistake pass without correcting it. Consider dropping sarcasm in favor of encouragement. Anyone who offers grace is a breath of fresh air in the world!!

Discipleship

Growing To Be Like Jesus

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too that God may open a door for our message so that we mayproclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders, make the most of every opportunity.

Let our conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt so that you may know how to answer everyone. Colossians 4: 2-6

My Pastor Came...

Just came back from cell group meeting. Tonight Pastor came to our meeting for the first time, in the beginning we were quite conscious of him being with us. But praise God, as the discussions started off, most of us felt very at ease and comfortable and started to ask him questions we have never ask any other pastors before. Oh, that was what I felt, actually, but after having him in our group tonight, I look forward to him attending our next meeting again.

I posted a question to him tonight for this has been in my mind. I asked, "if i were to drop dead tonight, pastor, where would I "land?" Everyone was quiet, he looked at me... for a moment.. then he answered, "U will be in heaven." Wow.. that was a very reassuring answer and I love it! Then he continued on explaining that our souls/spirits will ascend up to heaven and WHEN Jesus comes again, our Bodies will be resurrected as well. But until then, first our souls... But if Jesus comes when we are still alive, then we will be resurrected in "one piece." Isn't that Great?

Serving Our Lord..

Joshua:24 : 15 says... Choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve... But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

In our lives, we often make our own choices instead of talking over to our Lord, we tend to decide there and then on important issues. I for one, do that all the time. I do things too fast at times, never really sitting down to ponder over, there and then, I do it and it brings negative feedbacks at times. I am trying to slow down before "jumping the gun" , I am learning how to and will do. Drastic actions will bring about consequences which might not please us... so why not sit back and talk to Him before we decide? As the Bible says, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.. serving the Lord means letting Him have a hand above all things...

Worship Practice

Just came back from church practice with my sister. It was a wonderful time getting together with my sis and the whole worship team, though it was just an hour of practice, the time of worship is always refreshing. OH... I forgot again... the hymns are my weakest point, yes, I dont know much about hymns and what I should do is to record it while singing so that I can practise them these few days before Sunday service. Next time I must remember to use my hp to record it.. Lord, help me to remember...

Last night sermon by Pastor Jeyakumar was another overwhelming one... my friend who is not a Christian yet, was touched by his sermon. In fact, it was very crowded and I believe God is moving in this church and ministering through our pastor. He spoke on families, God gave him a verse in Isiah 64, if i m not mistaken, to build the ruins and help the desolate. Pastor felt that IPOH has many broken families in need of God's intervension, marriages that fail is plentiful here. He seeks us to help those in dire need... seek some consultation from the church courses... there is a marriage course for married couples, happy or unhappy couples, all are welcome to attend this short 2 days course....

To God Be The Glory

I have not posting for many days in this blog.. realized I have indeed been neglecting this blog as well. It reminded me that Jesus said, no man can serve two masters, either we love one and hate the other. I have 3 blogs and having a difficult time managing them. Blogs are not human... but what happens if we humans have to love 2 or 3 persons at the same time? Either we end up loving one and neglecting the other.... oh, am I talking right?

I hope from today onwards, I will manage this blog as well, if not everyday, but at least each and every other day... giving and praising God all glory!

Honesty...

I received a tag given by Ladyviral and I have been putting it off for a few days already. Thank you, Ladyviral... this is an honest tag and I believe it is well suited here in this blog.

10 honest tips about myself.. i have to crack my head a bit... lol...

1) I love to blog immensely, sitting for hours and neglecting some housework.
2) I love to eat, but I dont eat much, that is the problem, I love to nib here and there, a bad habit.
3) I don't like to wait for others nor allow others to wait for me, if I can help it.
4) I worry unnecessarily at times which is not a good habit too.
5) I like to blog for money but I will end up stressing if I cannot finish them in time
6) I am a lazy lady, don't like housework nor exercising at all
7) I have 3 kids which I adore immensely...
8) I am lazy to go for cell group meetings
9) I like to watch tv till wee hours in the morning
10) I want to have more money to take my kids for a wonderful time overseas..

oh, are these honest tips about myself...doesnt sound too right, do they?

John 3:16

In John 3:16, the scripture says "For God so loved the world"... But what about His love for individuals? The reest of the verse reveals the central purpose behind God's sacrifice of His son, "That whoever believes in HIm should not perish but have everlasting life." Therefore, without exception, every person may interpret John 3:16 like this "For God so loved me!"

The above words were taken from my Daily Bread, excerpts which has a deep meaning in our lives. How much God love us, How deep, How wide.... His love for us is so deep that He sends His one and only Son, Jesus, to die for us on the Cross, to save us from our sins and granting us eternity through His death on the Cross... That is Father's Greatest Love!

Changing The World

Lately as most of us know that disasters are happening around our neighbourhood countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan.... with the tsunami, typhoons, earthquakes lurking nearby, it is indeed very distressing, especially for those who are strickened by these tragedies. It makes me wonder whether all these are human mistakes... due to man's advanced technology, changing the world, global warming, they are not phenomenoms, I believe man's fault is at hand.

While I was watching a program in Discovery Channel last week, it depicted about a country's aim to build 300 islands around the nation, the sand from the seabase was tragedically dug to achieve this man's dream. Billions of tonnes sand were dug from the seabase... creating man's dream to have the islands, to beautify his country, so to speak... it makes me sad....

Creation is by God, not by man.... perhaps those tragedies happened were the consequences of man's own greed of power over the world!

Give Grateful Thanks

I want to give my praise unto my Lord God...for His continuous supply of blessings upon me and my family. He is indeed my everlasting Father who takes care of us and loving us unconditionally. Though many time I have not done His will, I know I have not for many cases but whenever I need Him, He is always there to decide for me....what to do, where to go, how and when.... It will falls in nicely, though I tend to worry and stress unnecessarily.

God is great... God is loving.... God is good all the time... He is my stronghold in life on earth and through eternity! Thanks and praise unto God...

Prayers Are Needed...

Colossians2:4, 8,18 tells us about deception....it says here...

Without watchfulness, deception will win. Your prayers help guard your heart and mind against the deceptions of the world. Without thankfulness, prayers re worthless. The Heart of Worship to God is expressed with acknowledgment that "God is good" and the humble response of "thanks."

Paul also instructs the church to pray not only for themselves but also to pray for other believers, specifically for open doors of opportunity and the clear presentation of the gospel. If Paul needed prayer, then so do we!

Amazing Grace By ILDivo Men

I received this touching song Amazing Grace in my emails today. Would like to share with you this touching song sung by the group ILDivo... just on your speaker and enjoy this wonderful song... I thought of downloading this in my handphone after listening to their soothing voices of this century....

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1785324681?bclid=1338935106&bctid=1913313052

911 Last Voice Of Todd Beamer's Faith..

My Canadian fren, Yvonne emailed this to me... something I have not read before during the 911 tragedy... though it had happened for a couple of years now, I can still imagine the horror of it all, how the passengers reacted, how they felt during their moments up there, and now this news about Todd Beamer who spoke his last words to an operator, what he had to do to prevent the plane from crashing into the Capital or White House....

The LORD’S PRAYER on Sept. 11, 2001

Todd Beamer’s Faith (Sept. 11, 2001)

"I don't think we're going to get out of this thing. I'm going to have to go out on faith."

It was the voice of Todd Beamer, the passenger-and Wheaton College graduate-who said "Let's roll" as he led the charge against the terrorists who had hijacked United Flight 93, the one, you will remember, that crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside.

The whole world knows how brave Beamer and his fellow passengers were on September 11. But this week we learned more fully what buttressed that bravery: Faith in Jesus Christ. Todd died as he lived, a faithful evangelical believer.

In an article titled "The Real Story of Flight 93," Newsweek reveals gripping new details from the actual transcripts of the now-recovered cockpit voice recorder. "Todd had been afraid," Newsweek relates. "More than once, he cried out for his Savior."

After passengers were herded to the back of the jet, Beamer called the GTE Customer Center in Oakbrook , Illinois . He told supervisor Lisa Jefferson about the hijacking. The passengers were planning to jump the terrorists, he said. And then he asked her to pray with him.

As Newsweek relates, "Todd Beamer kept a Lord's Prayer bookmark in his Tom Clancy novel, but he didn't need any prompting. He began to recite the ancient litany, and Jefferson joined him: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name."

As they finished, Beamer added, "Jesus, help me." And then, Beamer and his fellow passengers prayed a prayer that has comforted millions down through the centuries-the prayer that David wrote in a time of great anguish: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want . . . Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

And then the famous last words: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll." We now know from the cockpit voice recorder that Beamer and other passengers wrestled with the hijackers and forced the plane to crash into the ground, killing themselves but foiling what was believed to have been the hijackers' plan to fly Flight 93 into the Capitol or the White House.

As Christians, we know that God can bring good out of evil. In Todd Beamer, the world witnesses a faith that held up in the extremity of fear. A faith that is even now, comforting his widow and two young sons.

Todd’s wife, Lisa Beamer, told NBC's Dateline, "You know, in the Lord's Prayer, it asks us to forgive our trespassers as we forgive those who trespass against us." As Todd prayed this prayer in the last moments of his life, in a way, Lisa said, "He was forgiving those people for what they were doing, the most horrible thing you could ever do to someone."

It wasn't Todd Beamer's job to fight terrorists. He was just a passenger who along with several others did what he didn't have to do but foiled a terrible evil that might have been done to his country.

As Flight 93 hurtled towards destruction, Todd Beamer could not have known that his quiet prayers would ultimately be heard by millions--that the story of his last acts on earth would be a witness to the Lord he loved and served and a lasting example of true heroism.

Todd Beamer's Call from United 93 Changed My Life Forever

Lisa Jefferson

Hello, my name is Mrs. Jefferson," I spoke calmly into the headset. "I understand your plane is being hijacked?"

I couldn't believe I was asking this question during what had started as a typical day on the job as a Verizon Airfone supervisor. Around 8:45 a.m. on September 11, 2001, I walked to the Call Center , where a representative stopped me, clearly traumatized. Apparently the caller on her headset had told her he was on United Airlines Flight 93 bound for San Francisco from Newark , NJ —and that their plane had been hijacked.

"I'll finish the call," I told her after I contacted the Airfone Operations Surveillance Center (AOSC) to inform officials a plane had been hijacked. Then I put on her headset.

Terror in the Air

"Can you tell me exactly what's taking place?" I asked the caller.

"Three people have hijacked the plane," he calmly replied. "Two have taken over the cockpit and are flying the plane."

At our office, I overheard someone say, "These are suicide attempts; they're intentionally taking those planes down!" Then I learned two planes had crashed into the World Trade Center Towers .

Fear rose in me. I prayed silently, not knowing what to ask God as I realized this hijacking was linked to the New York tragedy.

"I've notified all appropriate authorities," I told the caller, and finally asked his name.

"I'm Todd Beamer from Cranbury , New Jersey ," he said. As we exchanged small talk, the plane began flying erratically. Todd raised his voice, then I heard raw panic: "Oh my God, we're going down! Jesus help us!"

Spiritually, I remained calm; I knew God was with me and with Todd. But physically, I felt ill and powerless; I wanted to do more to help. I prayed silently as I heard profoundly disturbing sounds coming from the plane's cabin. I finally realized they were the bloodcurdling screams of the passengers aboard Flight 93 crying out for their lives. I'll carry those sounds to my grave.

When things calmed down, Todd returned to the phone. "I think we're OK now," he said. Then he asked me to say the Lord's Prayer with him.

Final Moments

"If I don't make it through this, would you tell my wife and family how much I love them?" Todd asked.

"Of course I'll do that for you, Todd," I replied, and offered to patch her through on another line.

"No," he replied. "She's expecting our third child in January, and I'd rather not upset her with any bad news."

Suddenly Todd blurted, "Oh my God, we're turning around!"

After some confusion, I told him, "I'm still here, Todd, and I'll be on this phone as long as you are."

After another silence, he said, "A few of us are going to jump the guy with the bomb." At this point, we both hoped the plane could land without incident.

I held the phone line open approximately 15 more minutes. I constantly called Todd's name, but there was no response. Then came the news: United Flight 93 had crashed in Pennsylvania . I felt unable to breathe. I knew that the brave man on the other side of the phone had perished.

The Aftermath

My husband, Warren, and I work in the same building. He'd been glued to the television in his third-floor office, unaware of my phone conversation. I was removing my headset when he arrived at my side. Tears welled in my eyes; I walked zombie-like into my office. Warren stayed with me, giving me silent support.

Soon after, FBI agents called. They asked scores of questions, and told me they were grateful for my vivid recollections. My husband and I went home from work early.

I knew Psalm 126:5, "They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing," but right then I couldn't imagine anything good coming from the suffering of the family members of those who perished aboard United 93.

I didn't go to work the next few days. I was bedridden, escaping my pain through sleep. When I wasn't sleeping, I couldn't stop crying. I was afraid of the phone, afraid of the doorbell ringing, afraid of Warren leaving the house.

An FBI agent, a U.S. attorney, and a representative from the New York Terrorist Task Force interviewed me at a local police station. They told me I'd eventually be called on to testify in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial. Talking to the authorities about homeland security issues was frightening in itself, but they were also concerned about our security in the fearful climate following 9-11. They advised us to install an alarm system, which we did.

Talking with Lisa Beamer (Todd’s widow)

A couple days after September 11, I wrote a letter informing Lisa Beamer I had a message for her from her husband. We faxed it to the United Airlines grief counselors working with her.

The next day, she called. "I understand you spoke to my husband?" she asked timidly, obviously crying.

I recounted the entire conversation. It had been four days since the tragedy. Talking about it was difficult but cathartic for us both.

I could hear her crying, and I wondered how I'd feel if I were bearing her pain. As we talked, I discovered Lisa's a Christian. I know without question God ordered our connection. I couldn't possibly console Lisa Beamer with anything other than hope from God's Word. Thankfully, because she's a believer, she was able to receive God's comfort.

"Thank you for being there for Todd. You're a pillar of strength," she said.

At Lisa's request, I spoke with a newspaper reporter from Pennsylvania . After that article ran, I received calls from reporters all over the world.

Finding Hope

I returned to work after several weeks, but life was far from normal. Seeing me in tears all the time, my husband and supervisors suggested I get some help. I went to therapy for six months. I grieved Todd Beamer's loss as if I were a family member. I was stressed about the media attention and the prospect of testifying at the Moussaoui trial. I hadn't asked for any of this!

In conjunction with my therapy sessions, my pastor also counseled me. We prayed together, and our church rallied around me. I slowly began to understand God used me in the midst of this tragedy. I came to see the strength I exhibited on the phone with Todd came from God, that he'd placed me in the Beamers' lives for such a time as this.

Though I was nervous at first to speak with reporters, with each subsequent interview I became bolder. I told journalists about my faith in God, how I believe he scheduled my "appointment" with Todd.

In October, producers from the Oprah Winfrey Show asked Lisa and me if we'd consent to a live television interview. So the two Lisas finally met face to face. We embraced and cried, neither of us able to speak.

Called

When I went through counseling with my pastor, I was moved when he said God is more concerned about our availability than our ability. He grants us skills and talents, but mostly he wants us to say, "Lord, here I am—ready!"

Through my availability on September 11, 2001, God transformed me. He showed me that if he has work for you to do, he'll equip you to carry it out. He used me to speak peace and comfort to Todd, even as he approached the end of his young life.

But beyond that, I saw God fulfill his promise: When we believe in him, he'll be with us to the very end—even in death. From my conversations with Todd that day, I believe God kept that promise to Todd. I know when my time comes, he'll keep that promise for me, too.

Lisa and I still try to keep in touch. She's busy raising her three babies, and I'm busy traveling around the country speaking about serving God and recognizing our significance—even as "ordinary" men and women.

God can use us in myriad ways—when we lift someone at her wit's end, when we feed those who are hungry, and sometimes, when we simply show up for work and let God encourage someone through our words and availability.

Adapted from Called. Used with permission from Moody Publishers. © 2006 by Lisa Jefferson and Felicia Middlebrooks.

Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Today's Christian Woman magazine.
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September/October 2006, Vol. 28, No. 5, Page 60

The Lord Is Our Comforter...

Thank God for another week.... though much has happened, I surrendered them unto my Lord, and I pray that whatever lies ahead, let it be according to His will.

I am still not breathing properly, stress or not stressful, i m not sure. I just surrender them to the Lord... He is the Healer and our Provider.

Just now during worship practice, there is this song.. He is our creator.. He is our healer.. He is our strength and our comforter... Jesus Lord and King, I worship You...

Ok, going to church now for the evening service. Tonight is the Holy Communion, once again, I want to thank our Lord for sacrificing His life for the gift of salvation through eternity to us all..

A Prayer To You...

Thanks and praise unto God for His journey mercies...
Lord, I need your healing touch again..
Only You know what I am having...
I pray that Your Healing Touch will be upon me...
You are the only one who Heals...
As You said, "I am the God that Healeth thee...."
So now, once again, I surrender my life unto You...
Thank You, Lord God...
All these I ask in Jesus Most Precious Name... Amen...

God's Greatest Love

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Everlasting love from God is shown by Him by sacrficing His own Son, Jesus Christ to die for us. He has been crucified on the cross while we were yet sinners.

Crown of thorns - free our mind from fears, guilt, stress, depression and anxieties.

Nailed pierced hands - Peace Be With us

Nail On Feet - free us from diseases, rejection, condemnation, death...

Blood and water - represents our hearts be filled with joy when His heart is pierced on our behalf.

The church is the bride, spotless, clean and pure. We have to live up to Christ, He has given us His everlasting love and passion for all mankind.

Believing is Seeing

Matthew 2:13 says As you have believed, so let it be done for you....

For Christians, believing is seeing God, to feel Him, to know that He is alwasy near us. When we believe, we know for sure God is for us, in us and with us all the time. We must have faith in Him, trust and belonging becomes more intensified. He is alive in us, in ou rthoughts, in our minds, in our daily walks.....

He takes care of us whatever happens, He will never leave nor forsake us....
God is magnificent, always and ever glorious in our lives...

Church MSF

Another MSF night in church last Monday... it was indeed a happy affair for all of us who attended, starting with praising God with worship, singing birthday song to those who are born in August and then followed by a medical talk on H1N1. A time to sing praises, to eat and to be filled with important information on health care. Isn't that a blessing...

getting ready for worship...

birthday cake for those born in August

tete a tete...

Key To Connection

Last night sermon was by Canon Rev. Fred Davis... he is 63 years old, he looks like 54 and talks like 24.... he introduced himself and everyone had a good laugh. He was so energetic, in fact, he was dancing to the worship songs and u will never guess he is of that age. His sermon was as dynamic as his actions and voice and we were put to stitches on and off.

Though his sermon was a bit longer than usual, we had a good time listening to God's words in the book of Revelations. He said we are the key...the key to salvation, we hold the key for others who have yet to know Christ... so why don't we use the key to open doors to people?
Somewhere in between, he said he likes Nokia... told us to buy nokia phones, dont use other brands...hahhaa.... we were wondering why...then he said the theme for Nokia is......
CONNECTING PEOPLE!!

So we people of God, we should start with connecting people, using our Key to Salvation!

Da Vinci Code

Did anyone of you here watch the movie DaVinci Code? I didn't... but I just borrowed a book called "A Quest For Answers" on this movie. I am still reading and most of the subjects they touched on, I am still blurry about it. Perhaps if I have watched the movie, I would have understand better. But for all I know, DaVinci Code is just a fiction, even the writer had said so himself. But when the movie got popular, he changed his version.... and thus the controversies after that. After knowing that, it made me think... greed is in our hearts.... when we achieve more than we expect, our temptations begin to flow into our lives...it needs a strong heart with integrity to overcome the sinful desire in us....

Our Stronghold & Comforter...

Praise The Lord for my friend... who in time of distress has turn to our Lord Jesus for comfort and peace upon her heart.

This morning she gave a good testimony of our Lord, she has been in distress lately over her family problems. Her tears and anguish continued for many months until lately, she turned her life to our Lord Jesus for His comfort. Now whenever she feels sad or deeply troubled, she quickly called upon our Lord for His strength, she talks to Him, how He must have felt when He was betrayed and she humbly asked before Him for His annointing of perseverance upon her as well. Then she added that, immediately after her prayer, she felt very much at peace again....

Jesus will continue to be in her life... she needs Him so much... that sets me thinking... yes, I do need Him as well.. Jesus is our stronghold and our comforter..

Why Go To Church?

One interesting email I read today and would like to share with all of you... after reading this, it makes me realise that many times I do take things for granted and never think of what I have now, complaints are always plenty, goodness I have neglected giving thanks for.... read on....

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday.. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went
on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:

"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals.. But I do know this ... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!" When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something!

Give Thanks Each Day

Thanks and Praise unto God for healing Fernie of her fever... she has recovered this morning after coming back from school... I am so relieved... didn't really sleep for the past few days, tonight hope I will be able to sleep with more peace.
God is really merciful.... I can only rely on Him for His Great Mercy and Grace...
I am still praying fervently for my brother...
When he is truly healed, I will sing praises and give a living testimony of God's grace upon us all!

August Tags

My Special Thanks to Tina for these lovely awards for this August month.... hope there are more to come for September...lol.... Though we have not meet up personally, reading from blogs can come up with a picture of how beautiful one can be.... Blogging has become a part of our lives and distance is not a matter anymore.... we can still communicate through the cyber world and friendships can be "bloomed" from here...

And now I would like to share these beautiful tags with the following:-
Cynthia - a brave young single mother
Miss Mathew - a young enterprising lecturer
Amy - my faithful blogger of all times
Weng - a wonderful blogger from sweden
Cecile - a great wife and mother too....

Lets Not Worry, Just Trust And Obey

So much happenings in the family in just a matter of weeks... it is a very trying week for me and my siblings this few months and the latest bad news that happened to my brother. A very stressful time for all of us, worrying for our brother who has just been diagnosed of having the most feared disease. All of us in the family were shaken by this news, never expected such to happen to our love ones and we are still traumatised with the news.

Thank God for my eldest brother who told us that we must not think negatively of what had happened. He reminded us to continue entrusting ourselves to our Lord Jesus. In this time of sadness, we must trust in Him, let not the news affect us in any way, didn't we always sing, Trust and Obey? We got to think positively as not to allow any leeway for the devil to seep into our minds and distracting us from our Lord... All we need to do is to pray and allow our Lord to intervene and have His way. Our lives on earth are just temporary... lets build our treasures in heaven!

Think About His Goodness

Last night I was chatting with my brother and he told me something important I should know and practise. I would like to share with all of you here too, especially Christians who is spiritually low at times, this is what we should know.

When we are befallen, when we are "attacked" spiritually, with sickness or with sad news, we should not give up hope. For example, if we are stricken with a deadly virus, we should not worry ourselves to to near disaster. Don't leave any leeway for the devil aka satan to come into our minds, sometimes we are not aware that we do that. We might tend to worry ourselves, thinking how long we have to live, medicine that might not work, no one to talk to, feeling lonely and alone, all the negative thoughts will come into our mind and make us give up very fast.

Do not feel that way... we must take trials as a testing of our faith to develop perseverance. When we are attacked, think of Lord Jesus, how He suffered on the cross and how He has sacrificed His life for us. We are in the fallen world but do remember we have our Lord with us.. so whatever happens, let us not think negative... THINK OF HIS GOODNESS!

My Childhood Memories

I got this from Cindy, Ipohian, same like me....Thanks Cindy... now I will start cracking my head to the questions below.

This I believe is the best time in our lives, childhood. Our deepest concern only is how we’re going to finish our meal or what we’re going to play today. The simplest of things makes us laugh, and everybody wants to kiss or cuddle us. And so let’s try to be the kid that we were even just for a few minutes:

1. Ever favorite nursery rhyme: Oh My Darling, Oh My Darling, Oh My Darling, Clementine..
2. Pet name: Labby & Jingle Bell
3. Favorite treat: Pringles
4. Milk in your bottle/Sippy cup you miss most: None that I can think of
5. Favorite TV show: Chinese series
6. Place you love your parents take you the most: Cinemas (long long time ago)
7. Adult thing you used to mimick: @#$%^&!!% (just joking)
8. Most embarrassing to recall: Forgot to zip up skirt
9. Game with a sib you reminisce most: One Legged (tan kwok)
10. Most unforgettable candy you used to take: coconut candy (I love them till now!)

We can call this “chain blog” and I am here tagging few friends who might enjoy passing this along. Just copy and edit in accordance to your corresponding personal experience and preference. Hope you tag me along in your post. Have fun remembering your not so distant past.

Passing this baton to Kiki, Carol, Florence, E-laine and Sarah

Methodist Senior Fellowship Dinner

A night of worship and songs with the Methodist Senior Citizens was fun, seeing them enjoying themselves was a comforting feeling to me... in a couple of years time, I will be joining their group as well. Meanwhile, I hope to be invited on and off as a "guest" to join their feast and worshiping to our Lord God....

first the worshiping

followed by the big feast...

then a "fan" performance

and the last is Karaoke time...

the professional guitarist

and our "singer" of the night....

Great Assurance

Psalms 91:14-16
Because he loves me, I will rescue him
I will protect him for he acknowledges my name
He will call upon Me and I will answer him
I will be with him in trouble
I will deliver him and honor him
With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation...

These wonderful verses are a consolation to us, a great reassurance that God has given us. He will rescue, takes care of us in times of trouble. He is always there for us for we acknowledges that He is our Father, our Lord in our lives. He wil lansser our prayers whether it be good or bad. He is always there for us. His deliverance and honor is truly gracious. Above all these, we are blessed with long life, eternity, everlasting life.

What a Great God We Have!

Its All About Prayers..

Pastor Jeyakumar was very emotional tonight... he broke down into tears few times, I was holding back mine, swallowing the "lump" at my throat but during the closing prayer, the tears fell. I cried not because he cried, many of us cried because what he said was quite true. We are from the middle aged income, we are at our comfort zone and we only pray for three persons, I, Me, Myself...

He was also telling us about a true life story, half way through his tears fell... It is about...

A girl named Hilda, who was sold to a child prostitution syndicate by her mum at the age of 4. She was into all kinds of acts at that age and by the time she reached her teens, she has become a mother to 2 kids. She love them very much but her own mother took them away, calling her that she is unfit to be their mother because she is a scum, filthy and dirty. Because of that reason, she worked doubly hard to earn money, she serviced 100 men per day to save money.
One day she was beaten by one of her clients and she had very serious injuries. She wanted to commit suicide in the hospital but before she did, she cried out to God.... and she saw a vision... it said "Rehad". With the help of the nurse, she managed to call to this "Rehad" which is a home for distress ladies. She was finally at peace with her life after that she stay in that home...

I may have left out something here but the main point of this story is not about her... it is about our Prayers.... we need to Pray.... not just pray about ourselves, pray for our friends, our church, our nation.... They need our prayers as well.... and most of all, God Answers.....

Agape

Do you know that the most powerful word for love is Agape? Agape means unconditional love, the love that surges in the heart of God. Everything God does is motivated by love. He can do nothing being the controlling factor. The fruit of the Spirit is expected to experience and demonstrate when we are indwelt by the Spirit is not a general kind of Love but love of a specific kind... the love which surges in the heart of God and is seen exemplified in Jesus.

We Love Blogging!

These two lovely tags were given by Cindy, a sweet young lady from IPOH, same town as me.. thanks, Cindy for your thoughts... It is indeed wonderful to come across your blog and to know we r from the same town, hope we will be able to meet one day...
and for those who comes by my blog, do not hesitate to take these tags too, all of us bloggers have one common thing in us... that is to share our views and information to anyone who passes by regardless of where we are from...

HAPPY BLOGGING TO ALL!!

Joy

Joy is one of the chief characteristics of a Christian, and yet sadly so many of us believers know nothing o fit. This is a great hindrance to our witness. Joy is not resignation of wearing a wan smile. The joy spoken of its exuberant and overflowing. The summons to rejoice is sounded no less than seventy times in the New Testament and this New Testament is really a book of joy.

Whatever the ingredients of Christian experience and in whatever proportions they are mixed together, joy is one of them.

The Fruits Of The Spirit

Every other fruits of the spirit proceeds from this first fruit of love. See the connection below:

Love is patient - patience
Love is kind - kindness
Love does not envy- goodness
Love does not boast and is not proud - gentleness
Love is not self-seeking and is not easily angered - self control and peace
Love rejoices with the truth - joy
Love always protects, always hopes, always perseveres - faithfulness

Once we have love, we have all the fruit of the Spirit. Without it, we are nothing.

First Fruit - Love

The first fruit of the Spirit is "Love." Love is the chief distinguishing mark of a child of God. Some regard the chief mark of a Christian as faith. But if we have faith that can move mountains but do not have love then we are nothing. Others say that truth is the greatest distinguishing mark of a Christan but Paul tells us that even if we can fathom all mysteries and understand the truth about everything yet do not have love then again we are nothing.

Helping One Another

One confession to make... there is one lady whom we love to avoid going out with during tea break or lunch break. We always end up like "hidden dragon, crouching tiger" to avoid being seen by her. This afternoon, while I was discussing this matter with another colleague, we reminded each other that it is not Christ-like to avoid going out with her. Due to unpopularity and attitude problem, we seem not to helping her but to leave her in deeper hole, so it seems. So my colleague and I made a pact that we should not avoid her so much. We should be befriending her to make her feel like one of us instead of leaving her behind. Perhaps this is God's calling to give us sign to help this lady out, perhaps by joining us, she can shed off her attitude problem and experience a brighter side of life. As written in the Bible, Jesus said "don't just love those who love u, anyone can do that, as Christians, we should love those who are our enemies"..... am i right?

Scriptures Applied to Our Everyday Life

Why should we memorize scriptures? As written here, Jesus used scripture as the sword of the Spirit against Satan, even when satan tried to misuse scripture as a part of the temptation. Memorizing scriptures helps you to gain victory over sin. It also helps you to answer when people have questions about your faith. Being able to recite scriptures by heart helps you to meditate on it and gives you direction for your daily life at any moment. Most of all, the greatest benefit of memorizing scriptures comes from obedience to doing what God commands...

"Deuteronomy 6:6...These commands that I give you today are to be upon your hearts"

Memorizing Words...

A deeper way to get the Word into our hearts is to memorize it. When we remember the word, it really lives in us, we live in it and God's promises become our possessions. It is like asking "how can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word... I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." (Psalm 119:9, 11)

When we memorize God's words, we make it applicable in our lives ... each day, we will not fear having to wonder "what to do or what should be done" .. God's words live in us, our hearts and minds focused on Him... when situation arises, we will know how to apply it to our lives and what to say to others.... this is the word of the Lord in us....

The Book Of Job

These few days I started to read the book of Job..... In the beginning, God and satan had a talk about the righteous and so on... and came upon Job... God said Job is a righteous man and nothing can make him change his mind on God. But satan thought otherwise and he wanted to test Job, with one condition, God said, "dont take his life."

So satan did all he could on Job, making his life miserable and sickness befell on Job that he complained bitterly to his friends, even his wife asked him to defy God... But throughtout his ordeal, Job never did defy God, he only asked why...why... but he didnt turn away from Him.

In the book of Job, it teaches us no matter how much we are inflicted with troubles and sickness, never never deny God.. only through troubles, He will make us strong and we just have to trust in Him only.... This is our God....

Our Goal In Life

Before my son entered college, I have surfed online for information and details as to how and what college he should go to. There are many colleges and universities that he could apply but to choose one, it really took a lot of time. That was when I came across Capella University. that offers

Briefly about Capella University, it is a fully online university that offers good accreditation, assuring the students and the public that it has meet or exceeds the standards in terms of quality of faculty, curriculum, learner services and fiscal stability. Besides that, it is also a school mba that provides Master's and PhD degrees for working adults at their own convenience to achieve their education to greater level. For preview on interviews with Capella students , faculty and staff sharing their online education experience, click on to their website for better understanding. I am sure many of us are interested in pursuing higher education to achieve our goals in life.

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The Journey To Five Disciplines

Let me share briefly about Jesus's habits were... It includes spending time in solitude and prayer, relying on the word of God, having confidence in His unconditional love relationship with His Father and benefiting from the comfort He found in fellowship with a small group of intimates. So it is important for us to encourage one another to begin or renew our journey to developing these five disciplines as key ingredients to leading like Jesus.
When we face a similar situation, let us ponder for awhile, "What would Jesus do?" And then we will know where to look for the answer, that is Jesus habits.
(some words are excerpts from the book)

Role Model In Jesus

For a role model for leadership in Jesus, there are 5 key habits that we should follow. There are solitude, prayer, study and application of Scripture, accepting and responding to God's unconditional love and involvement in supportive relationships. With all these 5 key habits, Jesus staed on track with His mission eventhough He was under constant pressure and tempation.

If we want to develop a character like Jesus, we have to look carefully at His habits.

Love One Another

Love One Another as in 1John 3:11

We must love each other and also those people who hated us because our love for each other proves that we have gone from death to life. But if you don't love one another, you are still under the power of death. If we hate each other, we are considered sinful and we won't have eternal life.
When we love each other, we know that we belong to the truth and fell at ease in the presence of God. God is greater than our feelings and He knows everything. He will give us whatever we ask because we obey Him and do what pleases Him. If we obey His commandments, He will stay with us and we in Him.

Loving Verses

I love taking girlie home from school actually, though I grumbled about the heat and the commitment at times, the joy of seeing my girl coming out from the school gate, watching her crossing the road to my car brings a bout of happiness for me....

Last week, when she got into my car, she sighed... "mum, on friday I have to lead in christian fellowship.... what bible verse shall I do?" oh oh... I told her, look into the gospel books, Matthew, John, Luke, Acts...there are so many parables there... just choose one and elaborate on it. Well, talking is easy, right?
During the night, we sat down together on the bed and discussed about it and finally we settled upon 1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud or rude...
Love isn't selfish or quick tempered
It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do...
Love recuices in the truth but not in evil..
Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful and trust...
LOVE NEVER FAILS...

Unconditional Love

The power of unconditional love is lived out in our relationships. For example, whenever we parents were to raise their hands if we love their kids, all hands will go up. When we were asked whether we parents love our kids only if they are successful, all the hands eventually go down. So that means we love our kids unconditionally, right?

If God's love for us was based on our performance to the standards that His righteousness requires, then we would never have another moment free from anxiety. We need to know that we have all the love there is through Jesus. That is most powerful.... Once we believe that we are perfectly, unconditionally loved, we wont get misled by earthly things.

Humility And Confidence

Our tendency is to be aware only of people around us and those who are watching us. When we recognise that God is our audience and judge, it affects everything we do. All of life becomes a worship experience if we are always aware of God's presence and do everything to His glory.

If God is the object of our worship, the source of our security and self-worth, and our only audience and authority, false pride and fear are replaced by humility and God-grounded confidence as well. This is a very true fact. Hope we can abide to this.....

True Worship

True worship means that your eyes are on God and not on others. He is your audience of One; everyone else is in the cast. Jesus was scathing in His judgement of the scribes and Pharisees, whom He called hypocrites because they did their good deeds to be seen by men.

Don't do your acts of worship for people. Instead, Jesus said acts of worship are to be done in secret for Him to see rather than made a public show.

Matthew 23:5-7 "Everything they do is for men to see....they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues, they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them "Rabbi."

EGO

The Bible has much to say on the subject of pride. Proverbs 13:10 says.."Pride only breeds quarrels." Proverbs 16:18 says, "Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall." And Proverbs 16:5 shows "The Lord detests all the proud of heart. Be sure they will not go unpunished."

How many of us read these words and say, "Not me, not me. I don't have false pride. I know that everything comes from God and is on loan to me." But often there is a more subtle way in which we Edge God Out - that is... FEAR!

In Times Of Difficulty...

God's word assures the believe that all pain is a process with a purpose. In fact, God guarantees thast the purpose will have a good outcome. Romans 8:28-29 says ...

And we know that in all things God workks for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose. For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of His Son that He might be the firstborn among many brothers...

The guarantee of Romans mentioned above contains three truths that fortify us in difficulty.

Good Morning Lord...

Thank God for another wonderful morning that He has granted us. Even though my body feels very tired after a late night sleep, I am thankful that I can wake up with a brain that still works, limbs that still move and a eyes that still see. Thank you Lord....
Great thanks to Him for giving me a car to drive, an office to go to, friends to meet up with, food that is provided...
Give thanks to Him for His protection upon my love ones, my family and my friends as well...
Praise Ye O God, for All That You Done for us....

Faith and Endurance

Faith and Endurance comes side by side at times. How? Let me share some excerpts here on endurance.....

When all kinds of trials and temptations crowd into your lives, don't resent them as intruders but welcome them as friends! (oh gosh..) Realize that they come to test your faith and to produce in you the quality of endurance. (that is pretty logic) But let the process go on until that endurance is fully developed and you will find you have become men of mature character with the right sort of independence.

And if, in the process, any of you does not know how to meet any particular problem, he has only to ask God who gives generously to all men without making them feel foolish or guilty and he may be quite sure that the necessary wisdom will be given him.

Four Leadership Domains

I have been reading this book for the past week and I would like to share some excerpts here in my blog. It is about Leading Like Jesus and I hope it can be refreshing to you as it is to me....

Leading like Jesus involves the alignment of four leadership domains: heart, head, hands and habits. The internal domains-the motivations of your heart and the leadership perspectives of your head are things you keep inside or even disguise if it suits your purpose. The external domains, that is your public leadership behavior, or hands and your habits as experienced by others will determine whether people will follow you.

When your heart, head, hands and habits are aligned, extraordinary levels of loyalty, turst, and productivity will result. When thre areas are out of alighnment, frustration, mistrust, and diminished long term productivity will result.

Servant Leadership

The journey of servant leadership starts in the heart with motivation and intent. Then it must travel through the head, which is the leader's belief system. All great leaders have a specific leadership point of view that defines how they see their role and their relationships to those they seek to influence and are willing to teach it to others.

Jesus's leadership point of view proclaimed that leadership was first an act of service. He spent three years teaching His leadership point of view to His disciples. When He washed the feet of the disciples and sent them out as His ambassadors, was He commissioning them to do anything the people wanted?

Of course, the answer is No... Jesus was completely focused on pleasing His Father as His audience of One. That meant proclaiming the gospel and bringing salvation to mankind!

Meditate on the Word

Another way you live in the Word and the Word lives in you is to think about it or meditate on it. "His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law, he meditates it day and night."(Psalm 1:2-3) When memorization puts God's Word in your head, meditation puts it in your heart. You meditate on God's word when you focus on a specific verse of Scripture, concentrating on one verse a week. Select a verse that has been a key verse in a passage you have just read. Ask the Holy Spirit For His revelation as you meditate.

Memorizing Scriptures

Do you know how to memorize scriptures? I have to admit I do find it difficult at times to memorize and meditate on it... but here are some ways that might help us to "embedd" the Bible verses into our head. Read on....

1. Choose a verse that speaks to your need or that the Lord points out to you. (meaning that particular verse is looking back at you)

2. Understand the verse. Read it in context and in diffrent translations.

3. Develop some memory aids to help you remember the verse...eg. record it on a MP3 or CD.

4. Locate and underline the verse in your Bible so that you can visualize it on the page.

5. White the verse on a notecard or put it in your electronic organizer.

7. Place the verse in prominent places, kitchen sink, bathroom mirror, on your desk, dashboard of your car (for me, stick it on to my pc)

8. Meditate on the verse, savoring each word. Say it over and over again.

Well, of all the verses, I will choose number 7. How about u?

Comforting Verses For The Grieving

Let me share about this excerpt I just read a couple of days ago...

When the doctor told Phyllis that her husband had passed away, somewhere in her head, Phyllis heard teh words of 2 Corinthians 5:8 "Absent from the body.... present with the Lord," which assured her that her husband was in teh presence of Jesus. Then she heard Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heard and lean not on your own understanding, in all ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight." And she was comforted by the words of Psalm 34:18: "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted."

These words will be an encouragement and comfort for those who are in grief and who seeks solace from our Lord....

Leading Like Jesus

As followers of Jesus, we must seek to lead like Jesus in this world. The spiritual reasons for leading like Jesus are as compelling as they are challenging in a world where EGO-driver striving for self-gratification, self-promotion, and self protection describe the way leadership is done at every level of human relationship.

As a philosophy of leadership, servant leadership may be considered one option among many otehrs, but as a theology of leadership, it is a mandate for all who call Jesus as Lord....

ACTS

Yesterday while I was reading this book recommended by son, these points came to my mind.. and I would like to share them in my blog here...
Normally how do you pray? The question was asked... and according to this writer, he said the easiest is to follow the ACTS....

A C T S

A is acknowledging God, praising him....
C is confessing our sins ....
T is thanksgiving, thanking God for His many blessings, our families, our love ones, our friends, our provisions, so on and so forth... endless...
then S is for supplication... what we need to tell Him, asking for His mercy and Grace for our needs.....

So nowadays, ACTS is what I do.....

Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:34 Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things...

Our lives are always filled with challenges and if we peer too far ahead of today, we might end up climbing "Mount Everest." They can appear impossible to handle if we think we have to be ready for the hill.

The Bible reminds us that today is all we need to tackle. We don't need to worry about tomorrow's tasks. Every hill in life is too high if we think we must climb it all at once. But no hill is insurmountable if we take it one step forward at a time - with God's help!

Grace, Mercy & Peace

Just came back from church... tonight is Holy Communion and sermon was by Pastor Jeyakumar. Tonight's topic is on 1Timothy verse 1-2. Short verses but big words used... the three big words by apostle Paul were Grace, Mercy and Peace...

These three Big Words were for Timothy during his time at a difficult church....

Pastor was speaking about these words and how they were applied to our lives today...

Grace is unconditional love from our God... can we give grace to others?
Mercy is forgiveness from God.... can we forgive others?
Peace comes from God... where the world can be in chaos, we who believe in God, are at peace... do you want that peace?

The Best and Lovely Blog Award

See the above beautiful tags images? Lovely and the best blog award! Wow... really... do I deserve those? lol... Well, Amy sent them to me and I am most honoured to receiving them from her. A big Thank You! Deserving them or not is another matter, the most important thing is Amy is one of my best overseas blogger, faithfully giving moral support by coming by daily and commenting. Ain't she great! Thank you once again, my dear Amy....

And now....the Rules....

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.

(I already done that part... I really love these awards.... who doesn't?....lol...)

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Ok, now to my 15 bloggers' blogs.... 15??? wow... so many... well, guy, gals... see what u can do, give me a bit of face... alright? lol....

1. Aaron and Gabriel
2. Wen Sher and Tienzee
3. Princess Breanna's mama
4. Miss Mathew
5. Miss Veta
6. Rose
7. Merryn
8. Chumsy mama
9. Serene
10. Yanz
11. Chris
12. Khor
13. Michelle
14. The Aminos
15. Eunice...

Have fun, guys..!!

The Meaning of Worship

If we are to lead like Jesus, then we need to worship like Jesus. Worship is a heart issue. All the forms of worship are empty and meaningless if our heart isn't in them. In the Bible, it is written that people worshiped when they saw God or some evidence of God's presence and power. So worship starts with God and ends with God.

Worship means to bow down or to serve. Worship is an act of reverence and has the root idea of trembling or fear-that is in awe of God....