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event on 20 mar 10

2010-03-25T20:38:00.003+08:00

d: how do you feel today? Today's recruit highlights biomedical sciences ;)
n: Feeling so sad... I miss all of you.. Especially txxxx. Now raining so even worse :(
Ok, I ll go and buy it later

d: Miss you too. Anyway life has to go on.
n: Yeah. No choice. We still can keep in touch. Take care raining now.

d: Yes, raining for the whole morning...
It is not no choice. It's a choice we made, and this is the "consequence" ;), for some unknown changelles ahead, we each choose.
Take care, recharge then move on.
Yeah keep in touch, my dear n.
n: Yeah.. Its true. Its the choice tat we made. Keep in touch my dorame :d

what is God doing?

2009-10-24T23:38:00.002+08:00

There is nothing that perfect goodness coupled with absolute power should be doing that isn't being done - right now!

from Moving Through Your Problems Toward FINDING GOD by Dr. Larry Crabb
ISBN 981-00-6401-2

Supernatural Passion

2009-08-23T21:11:00.002+08:00

God's Spirit gives us a fuller experience of Christ to the degree that we are willing to face terrifying truths about ourselves and life, truths that will either destory us or drive us to trust in the Lord. To every Christian, the Holy Spirit reveals just enough about God to support the next level of personal honesty.

If we choose to face the difficult realities the Holy Spirit enables us to face, he then grants a fuller vision of God that permits the process to continue. If we turn from those realities, refusing to believe that God can keep us intact no matter what pain we feel, the Spirit is quenched. He reveals no more of God to us.

Part of our job then, if we are to find God, is to look honestly at those disturbing realities about ourselves and life - realities that could destory all our joy unless God gives us hope.

The Spirit will focus our blurred vision of God as we pursue an awareness of ourselves that immobilizes us into a state of spiritual alertness, in which we are eager to hear the voice of God.

from Moving Through Your Problems Toward FINDING GOD by Dr. Larry Crabb
ISBN 981-00-6401-2

coincidence?

2009-06-28T08:52:00.002+08:00

The Habit Of Enjoying The Disagreeable
. . . that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body —2 Corinthians 4:10

It is one thing to choose the disagreeable, and another thing to go into the disagreeable by God's engineering. If God puts you there, He is amply sufficient.
Keep your soul fit to manifest the life of the Son of God. Never live on memories; let the word of God be always living and active in you.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0514

The Habit Of Rising To The Occasion
“That ye may know what is the hope of His calling …”Ephesians 1:18

God is the Master Engineer, He allows the difficulties to come in order to see if you can vault over them properly - "By my God have I leaped over a wall." God will never shield you from any of the requirements of a son or daughter of His. Peter says - "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you." Rise to the occasion; do the thing. It does not matter how it hurts as long as it gives God the chance to manifest Him self in your mortal flesh.

May God not find the whine in us any more, but may He find us full of spiritual pluck and athleticism, ready to face anything He brings. We have to exercise ourselves in order that the Son of God may be manifested in our mortal flesh. God never has museums. The only aim of the life is that the Son of God may be manifested, and all dictation to God vanishes. Our Lord never dictated to His Father, and we are not here to dictate to God; we are here to submit to His will so that He may work through us what He wants. When we realize this, He will make us broken bread and poured out wine to feed and nourish others.

when i was about to give up...

2009-06-28T08:40:00.002+08:00

When the devil starts tampering with you, dare to resist him.... our God loves that kind of courage among His people. - A.W. Tozer

Long ago I learned from Treesa not to let circumstamces control me, but to control them. I learned that I could look adversity in the face and say - "Don't Do Dat!"

Prayer
God grant that I will be strong and not give in to circumstances. Grant me wisdom to resist the devil.

To meditate on
Stand your ground.... Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort (1 Corinthians 15:58 The Message)

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)

To ask myself
Under adverse circumstances do I give up? Or do I, like Treesa, look things squarely in the eye and with God's enabling take charge or the situation? Do I obey God's command to resist the enemy and experience him fleeing from me?

from Slice of Life, ch 5
ISBN 1-57658-200-0

when I am weak, then I am strong

2009-06-13T18:14:00.002+08:00

That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10

The secret of knowing God's complete sufficiency is in coming to the end of everything in ourselves and our circumstances. Once we reach this point, we will stop seeking sympathy for our difficult situation or ill treatment, because we will recognize these things as the neccessary conditions for blessings. We will then turn from our circumstances to God, realizing they are the evidence of Him working in our lives. A. B. Simpson

Apr 8 Streams in the Desert

faith

2009-05-30T17:16:00.005+08:00

Lift up your eyes from where you are and look north and south, east and west. All the land that you see I will give to you.
(Genesis 13:14-15)

No desire will ever be placed in you by the Holy Spirit unless He intends to fullfill it. So let your fatih rise up and soar away to claim all the land you can discover.

March 26 Streams in the Desert

Timor-Leste?

Today let us attempt great things for God, taking His faith to believe great things and taking His strength to accomplish them.

March 28 Streams in the Desert

Oceans will part

2009-05-17T18:14:00.004+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 shown.
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

Reponsed to altar call this morning. was it elder RW prayed for me?

Who Am I

2009-05-11T09:39:00.002+08:00

Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You're

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

really random

2009-05-03T16:18:00.008+08:00

I thought I have come to term with what is going on. To my surprise when we met up LJ for lunch the other day, there was still so much bitterness within when retelling the stories.

Was reminded this morning the purpose of men is to worship and enjoying Him... and during my way back reflecting this statement, relating to my current situation; worship as a lifestyle - home, work, etc. So this is the place You wants me to be. Suddenly a sense of peace and assurance come to me that have not felt for a long time. Was struggling with faith, trust...

Yes, You told me about it on 11 Jan, I cloud not accept it at that time. Then on 21 Feb You reminded me about it; and I have accepted it. But I didn't take it seriously; joked about it with colleagues...

Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom. Is 40:28

was awestrucked by the story of the Moabite and the Gatekeeper

The greatest enemy of faith is not unbelief. It's memory. (Ed Silvoso)

如鹰展翅上腾

2009-05-01T03:24:00.001+08:00

你为何说，道路向主隐藏？冤屈主不查问？岂不知道？岂不听见？永在的主他的智慧无法测度。疲乏的，他赐能力；软弱的，他加力量。就是少年也要疲乏困倦；强壮也必全然跌倒。但那等候耶和华的必从新得力。他们必如鹰展翅上腾；他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

2009-04-25T10:34:00.001+08:00

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame

And still I dream he'll come to me
That we will live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather

I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

2009-04-21T17:31:00.001+08:00

Be still and know that I am God.Psalm 46.10

Be still

2009-04-20T02:36:00.004+08:00

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; Psalm 37:7

"Wait for it patiently" Rom. 8:25

Patience eliminates worry.
The Lord said He would come, and His promise is equal to His presence.

Patience eliminates weeping.
Why feel sad and discouraged? He knows your needs better than you do, and His purpose in waiting is to receive more glory through it.

Patience eliminates self-works.
"The work of God is this: to believe" John 6:29, and once you believe, you may know all is well.

Patience eliminates want.
Perhaps your desire to receive what you want is stronger than your desire for the will of God to be fulfilled.

Patience eliminates all weakness.
Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, realize that God is preparing His resources and strengthening you as well.

Patience eliminates all wobbling.
"He touched me and raised me to my feet" Dan. 8:18. God's foundations are steady, and when we have His patience within, we are steady while we wait.

Patience yields worship.
Sometimes the best part of praiseful waiting is experiencing "great endurance and patience ... joyfully" Col. 1:11.

While you wait, "let patience have her perfect work" James 1:4, and you will be greatly enriched. C.H.P.

February 21 Streams in the Desert

How do you know it is really God speaking?

2009-04-19T12:14:00.003+08:00

Remember that any impression can come from one of only four sources: your own mind, the mind of others, the mind of God, and the mind of Satan. It's simple to silence any impressions coming from the devil: command him to be silent in Jesus' name. As it says in James 4:7, resisit him and he will run away from you.

And what of your own imagination? Is God telling you to do something, or do you want it so badly that you think it's God but it's really you? In order to hear God, ask Him to help you take every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Cor 10:5). He can cause your tumult of ideas - including those of other people, past and present - to gradually fade and be silent, and His own voice to be heard clearly in your mind. If you are committed to obeying Him, He will make it clear what you are to do.

Taken from
Daring to live on the edge The adventure of Faith and Finances by Loren Cunningham
ISBN 981-05-5878-3

faith again

2009-04-17T11:34:00.001+08:00

Loyalty to Jesus means I have to step out where I do not see anything (cf. Matt. 14:29); loyalty to my notions means that I clear the ground first by my intelligence. Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0328

How Can I Keep From Singing

2009-04-14T16:39:00.004+08:00

Verse 1:
There is an endless song,
echoes in my soul
I hear the music ring
And though the storms may come,
I am holding on,
and to the rock I cling.

Chorus:
How can I keep from singing Your praise?
How can I ever say enough?
how amazing is Your love?
How can I keep from shouting Your name?
I know I am loved by the King
and it makes my heart want to sing

Verse 2:
I will lift my eyes
in the darkest night
for I know my Savior lives
and I will walk with You
knowing You see me through
and sing the songs You give

Bridge:
I can sing in the troubled times,
sing when I win.
I can sing when I lose my step,
and I fall down again.
I can sing ’cause You pick me up,
sing ’cause You’re there
I can sing ’cause You hear me Lord,
when I call to You in prayer
I can sing with my last breath
sing for I know
that I’ll sing with the angels,
and the saints around the throne.

"when will this end?"

2009-04-11T02:53:00.004+08:00

Although I have afflicted you, ... I will afflict you no more. Nahum 1:12

Christ would not test us if He did not see the precious metal of faith mingled with the rocky core of our nature, and it is to refine us into purity and beauty that He forces us through the fiery ordeal.

February 16 Streams in the Desert

for the glory of Your Name

2009-04-09T01:48:00.002+08:00

Your heavenly Father knows. Matthew 6:32

Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. Matthew 11:26

Chance has not brought this ill to me;
It's God's own hand, so let it be,
For He sees what I cannot see.
There is a purpose for each pain,
And He one day will make it pain
That earthly loss is heavenly gain.
Like as as piece of tapestry
Viewed from the back appears to be
Only threads tangled hopelessly;
But in the front a picture fair
Rewards the worker for his care,
Proving his skill and patience rare.
You are the Workman, I the frame.
Lord, for the glory of Your Name,
Perfect Your image on the same.

February 12 Streams in the Desert

faith

2009-04-05T14:45:00.006+08:00

He went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8

Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. It is a life of Faith, not of intellect and reason, but a life of knowing Who makes us "go."

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0319

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As soon as the priests ... set foot in the Jordan, its waters ... will be cut off. Joshua 3:13

Faith that goes forward triumphs.

February 11 Streams in the Desert

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But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Corinthians 12:9

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I have been crucified with Christ. Galatians 2:20

"And the life which I now live in the flesh . . . ," not the life which I long to live and pray to live, but the life I now live in my mortal flesh, the life which men can see, "I live by the faith of the Son of God." This faith is not Paul's faith in Jesus Christ, but the faith that the Son of God has imparted to him - "the faith of the Son of God." It is no longer faith in faith, but faith which has overleapt all conscious bounds, the identical faith of the Son of God.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0321

Day 11

2009-03-28T08:53:00.002+08:00

During the bs, was reminded that...

I the LORD do not change. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. (Malachi 3:6)

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Do not take revenge, my friends. (Romans 12:19)

There are times when doing nothing demands much greater strength than taking action. Maintaining composure is often the best evidence of power.

Fear not, be strong.

The apostle Paul said, "None of these things move me" (Acts 20:24 KJV)

Februray 10 Streams in the Desert

Day 4

2009-03-20T13:56:00.004+08:00

Scripture
We love because He first loved us.1 John 4: 19, NIV

God’s Love

There was a time when I knew in my head that God loved me, but I really didn’t know it in my heart. It was just words to me. That was the reason why I first went to an Ellel Ministries weekend course (Love’s Healing Power) and soon afterwards to a longer 9-week training school.
It was on the 9-week school that the change happened and I began to feel in my heart that I was truly loved by God. There had been a block in the way and once that was removed, the difference was awesome. God’s love is warm, radiant and sustaining. However, it takes time for a major change like that to reach every part, and the awareness of being loved by God is still growing and enlarging, reaching new parts of me as I let Him have access to them.
One important aspect has been learning to receive God’s love and not to brush it off or dismiss it. I think we tend to do that because we’re afraid. We fear that we might believe we are loved when we aren’t and so we’ll be disappointed (again!).

I would hear words in my mind, which seemed as if they were from God. Loving, kind, approving words like “well done, I’m pleased with you.” I would be afraid to accept that it could possibly be God speaking. What if I was wrong? Could that be blasphemous in some way, to believe God was more pleased with me than he really was? Yet I came to see that He loves me (and you as well) far more than we can possibly imagine. It’s impossible for us to assume He loves us more than He really does!

Do you ever find yourself in church, and you just can’t join the worship in your heart? Perhaps the words of the song say how happy you are feeling (but you’re not) or how glowing your love for God is (when you know it isn’t today). I used to have times like that, until I allowed God to highlight a few of the words of the song and sing them to me!

It might be just one line or a whole section of a song. Perhaps words like “I love you so much” or “you are beautiful beyond description.” Can you imagine God singing that to you? He would like to. If you don’t really feel loved by God, why not allow him to sing to you sometimes?
We love because he first loved us.

Prayer: Father, thank You for your immense, unchanging love for me. Help me to trust You, that You really do love me personally, and that You love not just the nice parts of me, but the whole of me just as I am now. That’s so amazing. Please help me to accept that love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/devotionals/0212/god’s-love.php 20 March 2009

Day 3

2009-03-20T13:51:00.002+08:00

Day 3

The Relinquished Life

“I am crucified with Christ.”Galatians 2:20

No one is ever united with Jesus Christ until he is willing to relinquish not sin only, but his whole way of looking at things. To be born from above of the Spirit of God means that we must let go before we lay hold, and in the first stages it is the relinquishing of all pretence. What Our Lord wants us to present to Him is not goodness, nor honesty, nor endeavour, but real solid sin; that is all He can take from us. And what does He give in exchange for our sin? Real solid righteousness. But we must relinquish all pretence of being any thing, all claim of being worthy of God's consideration.

Then the Spirit of God will show us what further there is to relinquish. There will have to be the relinquishing of my claim to my right to myself in every phase. Am I willing to relinquish my hold on all I possess, my hold on my affections, and on everything, and to be identified with the death of Jesus Christ?

There is always a sharp painful disillusionment to go through before we do relinquish. When a man really sees himself as the Lord sees him, it is not the abominable sins of the flesh that shock him, but the awful nature of the pride of his own heart against Jesus Christ. When he sees himself in the light of the Lord, the shame and the horror and the desperate conviction come home.

If you are up against the question of relinquishing, go through the crisis, relinquish all, and God will make you fit for all that He requires of you.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0308 8 March

Day 2

2009-03-20T13:49:00.001+08:00

Day 2

Undaunted Radiance

“Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”Romans 8:37

Paul is speaking of the things that might seem likely to separate or wedge in between the saint and the love of God; but the remarkable thing is that nothing can wedge in between the love of God and the saint. These things can and do come in between the devotional exercises of the soul and God and separate individual life from God; but none of them is able to wedge in between the love of God and the soul of the saint. The bedrock of our Christian faith is the unmerited, fathomless marvel of the love of God exhibited on the Cross of Calvary, a love we never can and never shall merit. Paul says this is the reason we are more than conquerors in all these things, super-victors, with a joy we would not have but for the very things which look as if they are going to overwhelm us.

The surf that distresses the ordinary swimmer produces in the surf-rider the super-joy of going clean through it. Apply that to our own circumstances, these very things - tribulation, distress, persecution, produce in us the super-joy; they are not things to fight. We are more than conquerors through Him in all these things, not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. The saint never knows the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it - "I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation," says Paul.

Undaunted radiance is not built on anything passing, but on the love of God that nothing can alter. The experiences of life, terrible or monotonous, are impotent to touch the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0307 7 March

Day 1

2009-03-20T13:47:00.005+08:00

Day 1

Psalm 16:5-6
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

Great is Thy faithfulness
Complete
You raise me up
Blessed be Your Name
How great is our God

when i opened the bible gateway for Ps 16:5-6, this is the Verse of the day:
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

My Redeemer Lives
God will make a way - was reminded our time in Timor Leste when leaving SP
Jehovah Jireh

Amid A Crowd Of Paltry Things
“… in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses.”2 Corinthians 6:4

It takes Almighty grace to take the next step when there is no vision and no spectator - the next step in devotion, the next step in your study, in your reading, in your kitchen; the next step in your duty, when there is no vision from God, no enthusiasm and no spectator. It takes far more of the grace of God, far more conscious drawing upon God to take that step, than it does to preach the Gospel.

Every Christian has to partake of what was the essence of the Incarnation, he must bring the thing down into flesh and blood actualities and work it out through the finger tips. We flag when there is no vision, no uplift, but just the common round, the trivial task. The thing that tells in the long run for God and for men is the steady persevering work in the unseen, and the only way to keep the life uncrushed is to live looking to God. Ask God to keep the eyes of your spirit open to the Risen Christ, and it will be impossible for drudgery to damp you. Continually get away from pettiness and paltriness of mind and thought out into the thirteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel.

http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/my_utmost/utm.cgi?0306 6 March

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pre Day 1

洪水泛滥之时，耶和华坐着为王；耶和华坐着为王，直到永远。詩篇 29:10

when i look back, it seems that You prepared me for what was to come...

What difference does the Holy Spirit make?

2009-03-03T11:33:00.001+08:00

1. sudden brilliant consciousness of God being actually present
2. He gave them the joy of the Holy Ghost
3. the power of their words to penetrate and arrest
4. a clear sense of the reality of everything
5. a sharp separation between them and the world
6. they took a great delight in prayer
7. a passionate love the Scriptures

taken from Tozer: the mystery of the Holy Spirit

Sharing on 27th Feb

2009-03-01T15:15:00.002+08:00

was sharing the Shack during last friday at CG.

It is about a story of a man who daughter died under a tragic circumstance and how his world is changed forever during his greatest moment of sadness when God invited him back to the Shack.

The Shack "is a metaphor for the places you get hurt, you get stuck"

It is a cross between fiction & theology

I was stuck for sometimes, when the portray of God the Father is not what I have expected. Then I realized I had a mental image of God.
Which I shouldn’t as the 2nd Commandment: You shall not make for yourself an idol

Exodus 20:4
"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

You will enjoy the book even as a novel, but it will make you think about the nature and character of God even more.

Where tragedy meets eternity

Good
Involved

2009-02-21T01:11:00.005+08:00

When I was young, I was surprised by the israelites that they choosed to listen to Moses instead of hear from God directly.

And they said unto moses, speak thou with us and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. ex 20:19
imagine, how good is it to hear from God.
Didn't give much tought about it, until recently read from an article by oswald chambers

I quote"We show how little we love God by preferring to listen to His servants only. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we do not desire tht God Himself should speak to us. Why are we so terrified lest God should speak to us?because we know tht if God does speak, either the thing must be done or we must tell God we will not obey Him. If it is only the servant's voice we hear, we feel it is not imperative, we can say, "well, tht is simply your own idea, though I dont deny it is probably God's truth"
12th Feb My Utmost for His Highest

Daring to Live on the Edge by Loren Cunningham
hear, obey, trust

bible faith comes from:

-knowing what God wants you to do
-obeying whatever He shows you to do, then
-trusting Him to do what you cannot do, in His way and in His time

浪子

2009-02-13T16:44:00.004+08:00

浪子

我不想回頭

回頭已經沒有路

我不能回家

哪裡是我落腳的歸宿

自己的選擇

選擇心痛不在乎

自己的迷惑

再走下去前面是什麼

有誰在等我有誰還愛我

有誰的雙眼至今仍向我期待

有誰能夠告訴我人生還有一條路可以重來

天韻創作第十三輯飛翔 link

What are you called?

2009-01-31T21:29:00.002+08:00

Scripture
‘The Lord is with you, mighty warrior’Judges 6:12, NIV

When the Lord appeared to him, Gideon was busy threshing wheat, in fear of his enemies – an ordinary man, doing an ordinary job, with normal human emotions. When the Lord addressed him as ‘mighty warrior’, his reaction was to say, ‘Who, me? But I’m the least in my family and our clan is the weakest’. In other words, ‘You’ve got to be joking; you’ve got the wrong guy!’ But God knew exactly why He was addressing Gideon in that way.
The word for ‘call’ in the Bible is used partly to imply calling by name, as in Isaiah 61:3b: ‘They will be called oaks of righteousness,’ or Genesis 17:5 when God tells Abram that he would no longer be called Abram but Abraham, as he would be the father of many nations. Names signify something of the essence of who the person is and what they will be. But the word for call is also used to mean calling to a task. So when God calls Gideon ‘mighty warrior’, that is how He sees him and it also signifies what He is calling him to do.
What is God calling you? - My Son, My Daughter, My Beloved, My Precious One, Mighty Warrior, Leader, Teacher, Shepherd? Many of us feel so insignificant and unworthy that we are unable to believe that God would be calling us in that way, and our response is, ‘Who me? You’ve got to be joking!’ Let’s ask God today how He sees us and what He calls us, and let’s believe that that is what we are and what we are called to be.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, please forgive me for not always believing how You see me. Please show me today what You are calling me, and help me to believe that that is who I am and what I am called to be. Amen.

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 31 Jan 2009

on hearing God...

2009-01-22T00:49:00.003+08:00

That night the LORD appeared to [Isaac]. Gen 26:24

Slow the beating of your heart over concerns for your personal care. Place the storm of your individual troubles on God's altar of everyday trials, and the same night, the Lord will appear to you. His rainbow will extend across the subsiding flood, and in your stillness you will hear the everlasting music. George Matheson

January 15 Streams in the Desert

He Never Saw an Angel!

2009-01-20T10:53:00.002+08:00

Scripture
This is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. ‘Joseph, son of David,’ the angel said, ‘do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit’.
Matthew 1: 18-20 & 24, NLT

Christmas with all the joy and wonder has passed for another year. The story is pregnant with promise, possibilities and angels. Twenty- five verses tell us of Zacharias’ encounter with Gabriel giving him details not only of the birth of his son John but specific instructions on how to parent the boy. Thirteen verses describe Mary’s angelic encounter. Another thirteen detail the story of shepherds, angels and glorious events in the night sky. Twelve verses document a new star and the wise men who followed that star.
Here in the northern hemisphere we are in the season of deep winter; cold, grey days sprinkled occasionally with bright blue skies and trees that sparkle with frost. The frost gives an illusion of warmth.
Joseph, a pivotal figure in the birth of Jesus sees no angels. The best he got was a dream about an angel speaking to him. In my economy, a real angel outweighs a dream about an angel every day of the week.
Was it just illusion? Was it wishful thinking wanting Mary’s explanation for her pregnancy to be true? Do you hear his pain, his confusion, his grief at what could have been? Can you watch with him as he tries to make sense of this unbearable situation?
And yet, he believed and obeyed. He took Mary as his wife. He raised the little boy that wasn’t his. He probably faced criticism, rejection, maybe even mocking over the years because of these decisions of faith and obedience. Tradition tells us that Joseph died before Jesus began his public ministry. Joseph never knew for sure that the beliefs on which he staked his life were true but he lived consistently in simple faith and obedience.
For many of you Joseph’s story is your story. You have staked your lives on one dream God gave or a quiet word deep in your spirit. There have been no glory stories of visions, or angels or prophetic words from famous people. You like Joseph have lived a life of quiet faith and obedience. In Watching Your Life the Angels Rejoice!
Prayer: Help me Lord to be steadfast in doing those things you have shown me to do – and not to fear the thoughts or words of others, but to trust your Word and the encouragement of your inner voice. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 19 Jan 2009

The Eye of the Lord

2009-01-11T10:40:00.001+08:00

For the Lord your God moves about in your camp to protect you and to deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, so that he will not see among you anything indecent and turn away from you.Deuteronomy 23:14, NIV

Lord, I need your loving care and protection. I choose to not only walk in your ways but to seek after purity with all of my heart so that indecency will not cause you to turn your eye from me at any time. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 11 Jan 2009

2009-01-11T10:26:00.001+08:00

God, is that really you?

God of Justice(We Must Go)

2009-01-08T13:47:00.003+08:00

God of Justice, Saviour to all
Came to rescue the weak and the poor
Chose to serve and not be served

Jesus, You have called us Freely we've received
Now freely we will give

We must go live to feed the hungry
Stand beside the broken
We must go
Stepping forward keep us from just singing
Move us into action
We must go

To act justly everyday
Loving mercy in everyway
Walking humbly before You God

You have shown us, what You require
Freely we've received
Now freely we will give

Fill us up and send us out
Fill us up and send us out
Fill us up and send us out Lord

Complete

2009-01-07T01:01:00.005+08:00

Here I am O God
I bring this sacrifice
My open heart
I offer up my life
I look to You Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again

So I lift my eyes to You Lord
In Your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now let Your love fall down on me
I know Your love dispels all my fears

Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord
Then I'll see beyond my Calvary one day
And I will be complete in You

I look to You Lord
Your love that never ends
Restores me again

So I lift my eyes to You Lord
In Your strength will I break through Lord
Touch me now let Your love fall down on me
I know Your love dispels all my fears
Through the storm I will hold on Lord
And by faith I will walk on Lord
Then I'll see beyond my Calvary one day
And I will be complete
I will be complete
I will be complete in You

Come

2009-01-05T18:52:00.003+08:00

Scripture
‘Come, follow me’, Jesus said, ‘and I will make you fishers of men.’Matthew 4:19, NIV

The words of Jesus, to Simon Peter and his brother Andrew, were an invitation to leave what they were legitimately doing and follow Him.
As was their custom, they were going about their ordinary, every day business as fishermen, when they heard Jesus call them. He was inviting them to come and be with Him, so that He could teach them things about God and Himself, things they may never have considered.
As it was with these two men, the call of Jesus may also come to us in unexpected situations. It may be in a quiet time as we are reading a passage of Scripture, or, like Peter and Andrew, as we are going about our daily business. It could be as we are serving Him in a regular routine duty, or as we are walking along the street with our mind on other things. It often happens that when we’re not specifically thinking about how God might call us and use us in some future service that He drops a thought into our mind, a thought we can’t avoid.
For Simon Peter and Andrew it was firstly an invitation to come and listen to the teaching of Jesus and learn the message of the Kingdom. After they had responded to this call they realised they were meant to observe the way Jesus did things and learn from Him. At a later stage, they would be able to take the teaching and ministry of Jesus to others.

Prayer: Lord Jesus Christ, please enable me to hear and listen attentively when you call me. As I follow you, help me to learn those things of the Kingdom that will equip me to be a true and effective disciple. Amen.

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 5 Jan 2009

A Hero's Journey

2009-01-03T14:58:00.003+08:00

a documentary film about forgiveness with Xanana Gusmao of East Timor (Timor-Leste)
A Hero's Journey also known as Where the Sun Rises

1a 1b 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Hosanna

2009-01-02T23:50:00.002+08:00

Verse 1
I see the King of glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes
I see his love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing, the people sing

Chorus
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest

Verse 2
I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith, with selfless faith
I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees, we're on our knees

Bridge
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like you have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks yours
Everything I am for your kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

~All Of The Above

random...

2009-01-01T00:54:00.004+08:00

Come on...! We have seen that the land is very good. Aren't you going to do something? Don't hesitate to go there and take it over.... God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing whatever. (Judges 18:9-10)
-December 29 Streams in the Desert

There are active people, who go straight to the battle, and struggle till the setting of the sun. There are passive people, who stand in the middle and simply report the progress of the fight. Yet there are also neuter people - those who can neither fight nor be spectators of the fight but must simply lie down and wait.
Remember, it is Christ himself who says to you, "Sit here." Your place in the garden has also been set apart.
-December 26 Streams in the Desert

Many of your loved ones have been bound by Satan and imprisoned by him for years, and they are simply waiting for the gates to be opened. They will be set free in Christ when you pray fervently and persistently in faith to God.
Emergencies call for intense prayer. When the person himself becomes the prayer nothing can resist its touch. Elijah bowed to the ground on Mount Carmel with his face between his knees, and he became the prayer.
Spoken prayer is not always needed, for prayer can often be too intense for words.
...
"Groans that words cannot express" (Rom. 8:26) are often prayers that God cannot refuse. Charles H. Spurgeon
--December 30 Streams in the Desert

timor-leste

2008-12-31T20:54:00.022+08:00

Dili, looking across to Atauro island.

Maubisse

Hato Builico

Liquica

Saw the land...

The land you are ... to take possession of is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks rain from heaven. It is a land the LORD your God cares for; the eyes of the LORD your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end. Deut 11:11-12

a tais seller

Zito, our translator

one of our helpers... when our 4WD stucked in the mud.

The people...

faith

2008-12-05T18:00:00.001+08:00

"Faith never knows where it is being led,
But it knows and loves the One who is leading."

~Oswald Chambers

The Shack continues...

2008-11-23T12:01:00.003+08:00

"So why do I have so much fear in my life?"

"Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in my love. I am not talking about rational fears regarding legitimate dangers, but imagined fears, especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life, you neither believe I am good nor know deep in your heart that I love you. You sing about it; you talk about it, but you don't know it."

http://theshackbook.com/

The Shack

2008-11-08T14:40:00.003+08:00

Mackenzie,

It's been a while. I've missed you.

I'll be at the shack next weekend if you
want to get together.
-Papa

A Biblical Respond To The Economic Shaking

2008-11-08T14:28:00.000+08:00

some notes:

why Timor?

2008-11-08T14:05:00.002+08:00

was once asked by someone, why East Timor?
went to Timor Nite on 11th Sept 08 @ SJSM, and ...

Pastor Rick Seaward
1. The Singapore church is responsible for the transformation of East Timor (ET).
2. ET is our neighbour.
3. ET is the poorest nation in Asia.
4. ET is an orphan.
God loves and has compassion on the orphans.
5. God choose the weakest to confrond the strongest.
6. ET is to be a beacon of light in the mist of a muslim neighbour.
7. We are to be a part of the miracle.
8. This is a kairos moment to shape a nation from birth.
9. This is an historic prophetic movement.
10. To whom much is given, much is required.
11. Opportunity & challenge to transform a nation.
12. If not you & your church, then who?

Timor Nite

When God Ran

2008-09-16T00:28:00.000+08:00

Benny Hester

Almighty God, the great I am
Immovable rock, omnipotent, powerful awesome Lord
Victorious Warrior, commanding King of Kings
Mighty Conqueror, and the only time
The only time I ever saw Him run

Was when He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said "My son's come home again"
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said "Son, do you know I still love you?"
He caught me by surprise, when God ran

The day I left home I knew I'd broken His heart
And I wondered then if things could ever be the same
Then one night I remembered His love for me
And down that dusty road ahead I could see
It was the only time
It was the only time I ever saw Him run

And then He ran to me, took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said, "My son's come home again"
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said, "Son, do you know I still love you?"
He caught me by surprise and brought me to my knees
When God ran, I saw Him run to me.

I was so ashamed, all alone and so far away
But now I know He's been waiting for this day

I saw Him run to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
And said," My son's come home again"
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice I felt His love for me again
He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest
Said," My son's come home again"

Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice
He said, "Son"
He called me Son
He said ,"Son do you know I still love you?"
He ran to me
And then I ran to Him
When God ran

God's Deposit!

2008-09-15T15:01:00.001+08:00

Scripture
Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession - to the praise of his glory.Ephesians 1:13-14, NIV

I once bought a wonderful old car. It was exactly what I was looking for. I put down a deposit in order to secure the car for when I could collect it. Even though it wasn't fully paid for, it was now mine - the deposit was enough to ensure that when I went to collect the car it would still be there. People often put down a deposit on something they want to buy to secure it for when they can come and pay for it.
A few weeks ago the oldest member of our Ellel Grange prayer team went to be with the Lord. He had joined the team 23 years ago, right at the beginning of the work, just before his seventieth birthday! God had put a wonderful deposit of the Holy Spirit into his life and he served the Lord with great effectiveness all his days. As I was meditating on his fruitful life - and how much we will miss him - I was drawn to this scripture and I realised that God now had full possession of the life into which he had placed a deposit so many years earlier!
It is so encouraging to realise that when a saint passes into the glorious, immediate presence of the Lord, the fullness of what God had planned when he put the deposit into their life has now been realised. Full restoration has taken place, the shackles of the sinful nature have been left behind and the joys of eternity are now theirs. What a wonderful and glorious Gospel!
A friend with whom I was sharing the good news once said to me, "If I believed what you believe, I would be willing to crawl on my hands and knees across a field of broken glass to tell just one person about Jesus!" Praise God, all I had to do was sit with him at his hospital bedside and introduce him to the Saviour. On his last earthly bed he discovered the gateway to eternal life. A couple of days later he was discovering the blessings of God's deposit in his life. One day, I'm looking forward to sharing fellowship with him.

Prayer: Thank you Lord that the deposit you have placed in my life is a guarantee of your ownership and that one day I will know the fullness of sharing eternity with you. In Jesus, Amen

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 15 Sept 2008

When not enough equals enough!

2008-09-12T16:13:00.003+08:00

Scripture
Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God’s blessing on the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples to give to the people. Luke 9:16, NLT

The amazing story of how Jesus fed 5,000 people with just five loaves of bread and two fish is a personal favourite for many. It’s hard for us to truly understand how the disciples must have felt, when they looked out at the huge crowd, with the words of Jesus ringing in their ears, ‘You feed them!’ From both a physical and practical point of view it was totally impossible – Jesus was well aware of this. He wanted to show the disciples more of who His Father really was.
At the end of their searching for food they were a long, long way short of their target. Yet Jesus was not fazed by this at all. He didn’t complain to His Father about their seeming lack of provision, or tell the disciples to go back out and find some more food. He certainly didn’t look at the practical, realistic viewpoint and tell the people to go home and find their own food. He looked at the situation from God’s point of view, where nothing is impossible, and simply took the loaves and the fish, looked toward heaven and asked God’s blessing on what they did have. The rest was up to His Father. It was, without question, a dramatic miracle – and a giant learning curve for the disciples.
Maybe God is challenging you in your life or ministry. Maybe you’re being asked to do something ‘impossible’. You may not have enough provision. You may be a long, long way short. But, according to this Bible story, that’s not the point. Having done your part, take what you do have, look toward heaven and ask God’s blessing on it. He’s the One who will bring the increase and cause the miracle. Remember, we serve a God who loves to prove that He is who He says He is!

Prayer: Thank you Lord for your amazing provision for the people in this story. Help me to be trusting of you, even when things look impossible. In Jesus' name. Amen

http://www.seedsofthekingdom.com/ 12 sept 2008

God's smuggler to China

2008-09-02T12:41:00.003+08:00

Brother Andrew to Brother David
"Then let me remind you that Jesus told us to go into all the world. But where does he say we have to come back again?"

William Willis to Brother David
"Tell me lad, what does your prayer cost you?
The Bible says that when Jesus was in Jerusalem, he wept over it. It also says in Hebrews that Jesus offered up his prayers 'with strong crying and tears'. Is that the way you are going to pray over your mission field?"
"I'm not going to let you go without one more verse, David." It came from Jeremiah 13 - "My soul shall weep in secret places."
Mr Willis concluded: "You mark my words, lad, an intercessor is a man who prays and weeps in the secret place of prayer until God stoops down and dries his tears."

Homosexual

2008-09-02T12:26:00.005+08:00

"I have come to the conclusion that the sin of homosexuality - and it is a sin - is not a condition you are born with, but a choice. It is a temptation to people who have been rejected. They have sought for love and are finding it in a counterfeit way, which is lust. In a cruel paradox, rejection leads them to homosexuality, which in turn brings them further rejection from society. And the counterfeit love of homosexuality becomes bondage. Homosexuality is a powerful bondage, but it will never be broken if we as Christians are not able to offer its victims the love and acceptance they were seeking in the first place."

Making Jesus LORD - The dynamic power of laying down your rights -- Loren Cunningham

UPG

2008-08-22T14:20:00.003+08:00

"The people I've laid on your heart. I wanted you to see them in a moment of great tragedy when they were most human, most vulnerable, most lovable; when no Communist ideology, nothing on earth except My comforting can ease their pain." ~1976 earthquake Tangshan to brother David

an ad

2008-08-22T13:46:00.004+08:00

In the early part of this century, an ad appeared in a London newspaper:
Men wanted for hazardous journey; small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger. Safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success.

The ad was signed by Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer. And thousands responded to the call.

Making Jesus LORD - The dynamic power of laying down your rights -- Loren Cunningham

GoForth 2008

2008-08-20T17:30:00.007+08:00

went to GoForth conference on 18th July, Rev Dr Loren Cunningham was the speaker for the evening on Reaching Asia's Next Generation.

An interesting insight, always see Joseph as a faithful man.
... but when he was second in command in whole Egypt, he adopted the Egyptians world view. He bought lands, live stocks, Egyptians for the Pharaoh.

Eventually, Israelites becoming the slaves.

Then he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 3:6

God also said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.
Exodus 3:15

But never God of Joseph...

Blessed to be a blessing.

After ECCLESIASTES - Part 2 ...

2006-11-23T02:10:00.000+08:00

Didn't realise that i was so theological wrong all this while regarding work.
Work is God's command.
Work is a ministry.
and work is a meant of transformation!

I can only imagine

2006-11-20T20:15:00.000+08:00

(Can ) Father-son bond of Dick and Rick Hoyt.

With all I am

2006-11-12T22:55:00.000+08:00

Into your hands
I commit again
With all i am
For you lord
You hold my world
In the palm of your hand
And I am yours forever

CHORUS:

Jesus I believe in you
Jesus I belong to you
You're the reason that I live
The reason that I sing
With all I am

I'll walk with you
Wherever you go
Through tears and joy
I'll trust in you
And i will live
In all of your ways and
Your promises forever

REFRAIN:

I will worship
I will worship you
I will worship
I will worship you

Psalm 23

2006-11-03T15:12:00.000+08:00

The Lord is my Shepherd
That's Relationship!

I shall not want
That's Supply!

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures
That's Rest!

He leadeth me beside the still waters
That's Refreshment!

He restoreth my soul
That' s Healing!

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
That's Guidance!

For His name sake
That's Purpose!

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
That's Testing!

I will fear no evil
That's Protection!

For Thou art with me
That's Faithfulness!

Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me
That's Discipline!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
That's Hope!

Thou annointest my head with oil
That's Consecration!

My cup runneth over
That's Abundance!

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
That's Blessing!

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
That's Security!

Forever
That's Eternity!

Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Cross road

2006-11-03T14:50:00.000+08:00

Now, i'm at the cross road once again.
After the hnd, i read some books... victory over the darkness, inside out.
They kind of supplement the hnd materials. I must agree that reading inside out was a very painful experience, but necessary.

The message is
Feel the deepest longings in your soul that will never be fully satisfied till heaven. Don't be afraid of sadness. Face the hidden sin in your heart that makes it clear how thoroughly undelightful you are. Don't be afraid of brokenness. Let the pain of disappointed longings and the guilt of terrible sin drive you to consider the gospel of God's grace in a new way. Only then will Christ enter your life deeply and change you from the inside out, instilling in you a growing awareness of His relentless, unfailing love and a sustaining hope for a better day.

Sad news

2006-10-15T22:57:00.000+08:00

My 3rd uncle just passed away about 1 hour + ago...
can't really remember when was the last time i met him. Now he has gone home.

2006-10-15T22:12:00.000+08:00

Finding the next piece in my journey with God...

walk

event on 20 mar 10

what is God doing?

Supernatural Passion

coincidence?

when i was about to give up...

when I am weak, then I am strong

faith

Oceans will part

Who Am I

really random

如 鹰 展 翅 上 腾

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

Be still

How do you know it is really God speaking?

faith again

How Can I Keep From Singing

"when will this end?"

for the glory of Your Name

faith

Day 11

Day 4

Day 3

Day 2

Day 1

What difference does the Holy Spirit make?

Sharing on 27th Feb

浪子

What are you called?

on hearing God...

He Never Saw an Angel!

The Eye of the Lord

God of Justice(We Must Go)

Complete

Come

A Hero's Journey

Hosanna

random...

timor-leste

faith

The Shack continues...

The Shack

A Biblical Respond To The Economic Shaking

why Timor?

When God Ran

God's Deposit!

When not enough equals enough!

God's smuggler to China

Homosexual

UPG

an ad

GoForth 2008

After ECCLESIASTES - Part 2 ...

I can only imagine

With all I am

Psalm 23

Cross road

Sad news

如鹰展翅上腾