Father We Commit to You

I first listened to this song at my cousin's wedding and I thought to myself... what a wonderful song this is. It is wonderful as it reminds me about how great and awesome God is. He is awesome because he is always with me and never leaves me alone, in happiness and in sadness, in pain and in joy, in suffering and in gladness, whatever situation im in, he is always with me.

Commiting life to something or someone is a big issue that needs to be think carefully. Why would I commit my life to God??

• because he knows whats best for me thus he wont make any poor decision regarding my life
• he gave himself up for me to pay for my sin

Why wouldnt I commit my life to someone who protects me and loves me so much till the point of death...

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." ( John 3:16)

In a relationship or stay single...

Seeing the picture on the right reminded me of a friend who happen to remind me about being single or dating, and I would like to share a bit with u here :D:D

A friend of mine reminded/ challenge me to think again whether what I wanted is according to God's plan (in terms of marriage and dating)... Society today influences me to think that singleness should be a BIG NO in my life dictionary and if im a single then i failed.How grateful i am to know God and he gives me a new purpose in life. Im not a failure anymore and if i dont happen to get married later on I know that God has a different plan for me and it is all for my best and since he created me, he knows what is best for me:D:D

The same friend of mine said " what matters is how you see life, the purpose of your life. As christians we live to be in a relationship with God, to worship and glorify God and that is what matters most."
That particular sentence is what strikes me and challenges as well as encourages me to change the way i think about life and see life and I hope it does the same to u :D:D




"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." (romans 8:28)

Good skit, I recommend u to watch it if u havent :D:D

Lifehouse Skit- "Everything"

Genuine relationship is not legally binding

Communication is the key thing in a relationship.
Good communication leads to good and healthy relationships while misscommunication leads to negative relationships and im sure that everyone wouldnt want to have negative relationships with people around them.

Im talking about 2 ways communication here not just oneway. Oneway relationship wouldnt results in good relationship either, because only one person talk and eventually that person will feel rejected and broken relationships will be resulted from that action.

Think about ur relationship with ur friends, family, boyfriend or girlfriend and think about what would happen if 2 ways convo happen compare to oneway convo...

God calls us to have a relationship with him. To be in a relationship with God means to be a christian. So being a christian is NOT about being legalistic in doing all the things that we do but having a 2 ways communication with God through praying and bible reading. We dont only talk to God through prayer (which is vital) but to listen to God too by reading God's word because God speaks to us through the scripture.

Lets think about bible reading and praying as having a 2 ways communication with God instead of thinking of it as something that we as christians should do in a daily basis. It is good to do it in a daily basis but dont feel guilty if u dont read it for a day or so because u wouldnt feel guilty if u dont talk to ur friends for a day right?? indeed you would want to talk to them.

It doesnt mean that we can have an excuse for not reading the bible because its okkie anyway if i dont talk to God today because I would want to talk to him more tomorrow (what normally happen is that once we tend to delay something, we'll delay it for even a longer period).

Pray instead of complaining

Complaining is part of everyone's day to day life. How many times do u complain in a daily basis??? small complain such as "i dont like the food" counts because they are still a complain...
why do u complain and what do u complain about??

Complaining doesn't do any good to anyone...it means that we are not thankful with what has been given to us (as christians, i believe it means that we are not thankful with God's gift).
How lovely would it be if someone say 'thank you' to u after the long hours and hard work u put in finding them a special present instead of complaining about it because they dont like the present we gave??

Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose"

God plan everything for us and he done that because it is for our good.What is bad in our eyes doesnt necessarily mean they are bad in God's eyes too. Remember human's standard are very different with God's standard.
Sometimes things doesnt go the way i wanted it to be, but knowing that God has a plan for us and it would be the best plan, it gives me a new hope that all the things that are happening to me are according to God's plan and it is for my good,as romans 8:28 says.

Lets keep reminding one another to value God's gift (whatever it is) with joy and thankfulness, not complaining as what we often do. I would definitely encourage you to pray instead of complaining because pray would show your dependece on God but complaining is just a totally different thing regarding showing our dependence. It doesnt showour dependence but rather showing our displeasing attitude in God's eyes.

Christians vs hypocrites

"Christians are just a bunch of hypocrites because they always say do this and do that but they themselves dont even do it!"

does that statement sounds familiar?? or perhaps we used to say that statement to other person (either with exact/similar words or ideas)??? or someone had encountered you before with that statement??
what is christian and what is hypocrite anywayyy?? are they different or the same???

a hypocrite is:

• a person who PRETEND to do good things (such as fast, pray and being generous to people) to be honoured by other people THUS they dont do it from the heart (matthew 6: 2,5,16) in this case they are pretending to be a christian.
  

a christian is:

• someone who is forgiven (romans 3:23-24)

Christian and hypocrite are NOT the same. They are totally 2 different groups. Bible believing christian would genuinely admit that they are bad people because they are bad people and would humbly and honestly asking God for help, and this is not hypocrisy.

Being a christian is not a matter of having a perfect life and not sinning at all because this is impossible as we still live in our sinful body (romans 7: 15-17). THUS a christian will still keep sinning and this is why we need our brothers and sisters in Christ. As brothers and sisters in Christ we should keep encouraging one another and rebuking one another so that we all will keep walking in God's way.

How can we do this?? Church is a place where we can build relationship with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Bible believing Christian goes to church NOT to be save but to keep encouraging and spurring one another in Christ (hebrews 10: 25)

Can i say a person is a christian by going to church and being involved in church activites??
No, because someone is regarded as a christian not by the things they do but because of what Jesus had done for them.

Can a christian be a hypocrite??
Bible believing christian would not a hypocrite.

Lets not let bad behaviour by certain people who consider themselves as a "christian" hinder us to think and respond the truths about Jesus.