Good Food, Good Health

"If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul if stuffed with small things, and there is no room for great. God did not create you for this. There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened."

"John Piper- A Hunger for God, p.23"

Nibbles often feel a lot better esp when they are junk food. I am too full from snacking junks to eat proper food. Missing out from good nutritions contain in good and proper food. What I need to do now is to stop nibbling/ snacking and start eating proper and healthy food. To stop desiring other things which lead to destruction and start desiring God who willingly run after me. Wanting to have a relationship with me and had done that through Jesus.

Remind Me Who I am- Jason Gray

When I lose my way,

And i forget my name,

Remind me who I am.

In the mirror I see,

Is who I don't wanna be,

Remind me who I am.

In the loneliest places,

When I can't remember what grace is.

Tell me once again who I am to You,

Who I am to you.

Tell me lest i forget who I am to You,

That I belong to You.

To you.

"This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us." ( 1 John 4:13-16)

-Picture taken from instagram-

Holding on is harder than letting go because it takes a lot more effort to hold on than to let go. Letting go is definitely the easy way out when the things we face are hard.

This would definitely be the case for Job who went from being the greatest man among those in the east (Job 1:3) to a man who is in poverty and pain because what he had was taken away that is his wealth and health. To let go of his faith to God was definitely the best option considering of what has happened to him and it seemed like God was absent. But this was Job's response

"Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart.

The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, may the name of the Lord be praised." ( Job 1:21)

"...Shall we accept good from God and not trouble?" (Job 2:10)

What would you do when life gets hard, painful and doesnt make sense??

Would you run to God and hold on, or would you let go??

My prayer is that you would remain in God and never let go. Continue in Him so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming. (1 John 2:28)

"You Carry me to the Cross"

When the path is daunting

and every step exhausting

im not alone

im not alone

no no

hallelujah

you carry me everyday

you carry me all the way

hallelujah

you carry me to

you carry me to the cross

For sample song and more lyrics, check out think link.

"Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed, for you will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow. Be exalted O Lord, in your strength, we will sing and praise your might." (Psalm 21: 11-13)

Kari Jobe- Saviour's Here

You are faithful, You are true
We can always run to

Love that never fails
Arms that never close
Blood that covers sin
Grace that never end

All I have is Christ

I once was lost in darkest night

Yet thought I knew the way

The sin that promised joy and life

Had led me to the grave

I had no hope that You would own

A rebel to Your will

And if You had not loved me first

I would refuse You still

-Sovereign Grace Ministries-

"But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!" (Romans 5:8, HCSB)

Prayer on Grace

Father god,


I am sorry for taking Jesus' sacrifices on the cross lightly. Not realising how hard and painful it was for him and you. Not realising the great outcome of the cross. I am deeply sorry as i often fail to obey and trust you with your plan and guidance.


Thank you for the super obedience and love of Jesus that he willingly and sacrificially took the punishment that was suppose to be for me. Thank you also for your super abundance love that was shown through Jesus on the cross.


Help me to ALWAYS be reminded of your grace that i would live my life according to your will not as a burden but as a privilege in light of everything that you had done for me.


In Jesus name i ask all these things not only for myself but also for my brothers and sisters in Christ, amen.




"Abba, father, he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." (Mark 14:36, NIV 84).

Our God

Water, You turned into wine
opened the eyes of the blind
there's no one like you
none like you


And if our God is for us
then who could ever stop us
and if our God is with us
then what could stand against

Our God- Chris Tomlin

Full lyrics and song sample can be listen here. This is a new song that we sang at church for the first time today and i was greatly encouraged by the words, so i thought i share it with you :D:D

Our God is so awesome that no one can be compared to him. Because he is that awesome, nothing will stop me from coming to him, not even sin, not even when my heart is telling me i am not worthy to come to him. Because he is for me.

A great reminder that i have an awesome father in heaven who is with me and as a result, i am secure and safe in his hands. Because nothing can stand against me, even my sinful acts and heart.

“Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:5-6, NIV 84)

Dream Job

Last night at bible study, each of us was given an opening question that are different from each other. The question that i got was something along the line of "what would be my dream job in 10 years time?"
I didnt really know what i wanted to do because i enjoy doing a few things like cooking and doing admin (just to name a couple now that i can think of more), but theyre not really my dream job. A friend of mine said "doing ministry" and i paused. Not because i dont really wanna do it but because i felt like theyre a bit odd to be a dream job.


Opening up proverbs 31 changed my mind about doing ministry as a dream job. Proverbs 31 esp verses 26-31 draws a beautiful picture of a wife with noble character. I am not exactly a wife and dont think i'll be one sometime soon but those godly traits are definitely ones that God's daughter should pursue whether or not theyre married. Of course how they look like on a daily basis would be different as each has different roles but you get the point ;);)


So in 10 years time, my dream job would either be "the wife of noble character" or "god's daughter of noble character" depending on whichever god has in plan. :D:D

Thank You, Dad

I went to a friend's baby shower yesterday and there was a sharing about what people had been telling the sharer about what to do and not to do during pregnancy.. what to do and what not to do after the birth and so on. She didnt share about tips on what to do and not do do though because she knew that a lot of people wouldve talked about it with my friend however at the end of her sharing about what her kids had been teaching her, she had one tip for my friend that was passed on when she was pregnant and i thought it was so sweet. Here is what she said:

" to make sure that the day when my friend and her husband bring home the new baby, they would start reading her (the newborn baby) God's word and do it daily, so that later on she (the daughter) will say 'I dont remember a time where my parents didnt read me from God's word.'  "

I thought that it was sweet and i wish i can say that but i cant because my parents dont believe in Jesus.

For a second i was jealous but then greatly reminded that it is not necessary to be able to say that because my parents has been such a great blessings regardless of whether or not they believe in Jesus.

Yes, they dont believe in Jesus like i do but the fact that my heavenly father had put me in this very family that is just as awesome, why should i envy and i have no reason to be jealous or complain but to be thankful INSTEAD :D:D

I am left with no reason to be jealous whatsoever but to be thankful because my heavenly father always give me good things and he has given me good things :D:D All i need to do is ask and he will give it to me if he thinks that theyre good for me. If he doesnt give it to me then it simply means that theyre not good for me even when i think theyre good!!

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (Luke 11:11-13, NIV 1984).

Community

A community of people in the church together encouraging and helping one another. Holding each others' hands and shoulders that noone can fall down. If one do fall, the rest are there to help him/her to get up again. A community that is not self centered but one that is doing all things for the benefit of the whole church.


What is then the point of doing all these if they are not marked by love?? No point rite?? I dont even think that we would do all those things if we dont have love. No love means no point. So brothers and sisters, let us build a community that is marked by LOVE in all things that we do :D:D


" A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another:  just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."   (John 13:34-35, ESV)

Hard love

For some reason that I dont even know, a thought of loving people when its hard came to mind. It got me thinking about unhelpful comments that people made. Those comments were made out of full ignorance which was what got me annoyed and kinda hurt!! Scary how a simple thought like that got me thinking and feeling the pain again, before i know it, i spent at least the last 30 minutes thinking about it and getting angry and annoyed at what happen.

As im walking down the valley of bitterness and hurt from those unhelpful comments, my heavenly dad is pulling me away that i may come back to the top and not reaching the bottom of the valley. By that i mean my heavenly dad is reminding me about his awesomeness and goodness towards me before i start to hate those people who hurt my feelings.

If my heavenly dad is able to forgive me who was not just making unhelpful comments but fully reject him inside out, i should be compelled to do the same to those who hurt me. I was such a big pain in my dad's eyes because of sin that i carry around with me, but regardless of that, he still loves me and forgive me.

What reason do I have now to complain and get angry at those who were just making unhelpful comments??  Surely  people unhelpful comments are are nothing in comparison to my sin!!

"For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again."  2 corinthians 5:14-15 (NIV, 1984)

Psalm 30

I will exalt you O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.


O Lord My God, I called to you for help
and you healed me


O Lord you brought me up from the grave
you spared me from going down into the pit.


What an awesome heavenly dad I have. If my dad in this world wouldnt even let me get hurt, how much more would my dad in heaven heal me from my wound!! Thanks2 dad!!


(v1-3, 1984 NIV)

Representative (reps)

I had a quite interesting today. Maybe not as interesting as you might think it is but a few verses from Exodus 19 was discussed twice, one briefly and one quite intensely at both uni christian group meeting and church bible study group. I went to uni public meeting today and the talk was taken from Exodus 19:1-6 and Exodus 20:1-21. At church bible study tonight, we touched on same verses taken from Exodus 19: 4-6. That coincidence is what i found interesting :D:D Let me highlight the point that I found most encouraging.

‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Exodus 19: 4-6

The fact that God chooses to use us (who used to not care about him and rejected him) to be his reps in this world that he created is a big and amazing fact. That same fact was what encouraged me today and reminded me that I am God's reps and therefore I need to act like one not out of obligation but out of love. I need to act like God's reps out of love because I have been loved in the first place and that is shown by his willingness in bringing me to himself (v4).

Christmas Gift

I know that this is late for a christmas post but I am going to write the post anywayy :D:D

Coming up to Christmas everything is about last minute shopping to buy christmas gifts and there were so many discounts around for the last minute shopping... (being an asian, i was excited about the discounts bit but the excitement stops there :D:D)

I dont grow up in a christian family so christmas is never about giving or receiving present from anyone, so i dont really think much about gift (s). I grew up knowing santa and gifts but because my parents dont know much about it either hence they didnt really talk much about it!! i only saw santa's decrations at shopping centre and thats pretty much it!! I never really see christmas as a season for presents.

But I was reminded from the christmas that just passed that christmas is all about Gift. It is about receving gift MORE than giving gift though, let me explain...

Christians get the ultimate gift for Christmas and that gift is JESUS... Jesus is the greatest gift because he is incomparable with any other thing that this world has to offer. God who give us the gift (Jesus) didnt just give us a normal and impersonal gift but he gave us HIMSELF in Jesus!! complicated?? i know, but this is the awesomeness of christmas for christians that our gift giver gave us the ultimate gift which is himself :D:D

Now that i have jesus in my christmas, christmas' excitement is not about big discounts and christmas shopping anymore but because i was given the ultimate gift which is JESUS :D:D

A gift that is better than any gifts i received and will receive because Jesus will last while other things will eventually fall!!

I hope that everyone had a meaningful christmas and not one that was just a tradition or a celebration without knowing or understanding the real meaning to it!!

Completely Done

Reflection of the song by sovereign Grace Ministries "Completely Done".

This song reminded me that Jesus did everything that is needed to be done to fix my broken relationship with God. I dont have to do anything else to fix it! I sometimes wonder whether Jesus is really all i need to be able to be safe and the answer is YES he is enough!!!
Romans 3 talks about how we all sin against God and we dont meet his standard (v 23). The punishment of sin is death (romans 5:12) and to show his justice and love, God poured out the punishment on Jesus thats why he died on the cross in our place. We dont have to do anything else to be safe from death because all that is needed to be done is completely done in Jesus on the cross. All we need to do is just to believe in Jesus and his death and resurrection! Does this sound too good to be true?? it certainly is and that is the beauty of grace.

Are you personally convinced that Jesus is really enough??


"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Romans 3: 23-24)

I Love Church because...

Joshua Harris posted a blog a few weeks ago about wrong reasons to love the church which i find interesting and something that is worthwhile to think about as a christian.
I personally agree with his point about if you love the church because of the human leaders, they will let you down and yet I dont think that it only applies to human leaders. I think it applies to humans in general, the fact that we cant rely on human to give us complete satisfaction.
 

Love is Not a Fight

If you have the time, go and check out Warren Barfield's song called "Love is not a Fight" which lyrics I used to shown in this page because I wasnt aware of the copyright issue.

Google it up and look into the lyrics because I think that they are sweet and great. The definition of love in this song is definitely different to what the world's definition.

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

Lifehouse Skit- "Everything"