Sunday, March 30, 2008
giftings!
haha i saw yingjie posting her spiritual giftings on her blog and i was motivated to do my gifting test as well haha. i was supposed to do this alot earlier tho =x due to alot of procrastination i haven done so in around 1 yr i think. unless i rmb-ed wrongly. because tt time i was going for mission trip so had to do the test, have no impression of doing the test since then.anyway. if u noe me, u can try to guess my giftings.1) Knowledge2) Creative Comm. / Encouraging3) Leadership.they dun have much points in difference. jus a lacking of 1 point between them haha. i have other gifts that are in the high 30s as well. discernment, prophecy/perceiving, pastor/shepherd and teaching.those are the gifts that used to be the one of the top few giftings i think. i had gift of serving a lonnngggg time ago. somehw its no longer in the list anymore hahaha. but after doing the test and reading up on what the gifts are about and what happens if we overuse it and also the ultimate goal of using the gift. like for encouraging would be to apply truths and not create expectations. think what it means would be not to give false hope to ppl by encouraging them with incorrect usage or interpretation of God's word.was really useful, not jus knowing what gifts we have, but how to use it to its fullest as well. and the purpose of having those gifts, to advance the God's kingdom!if u haven done spiritual gifting test before or haven done so in a long time (more than 3 months or so i think) start looking for test to do ! whether frm ur leader or how ever u r intending to get it. God help me to lead and bring my life to the max! this is definitely not the max yet! this can't be! help me to grow closer to You even more. In Jesus' name. amen!
aloy; 2:12 AM
Friday, March 28, 2008
hahaha=)
well the reason why i haven posted anything for the past few days.i fall aslp while trying to post=x so its all under draft and its accumulating like nv before! so i'll try to summarize all the blessings God has blessed me with!1) Matt 6:3333But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.-God blessed me and Yiqin with the ivic job. we were able to start by just going for the 2 on job training. and according to gock, its really a miracle! cos its realli rare to have such things. i was telling God to hlp us find favour with our employers so that we can glorify Him right to the end. and He really helped us alot! because we postponed our classroom training to serve God and God blessed us with hlping not needing to attend it at all! PRAISE GOD!!=)-i chose to do QT with God instead of slping altho tt wud means im missing arnd half an hr or more of slp when i alrd onli have arnd 3hrs to slp haha. and God changed my heart and showed me a new perspective tt saved me frm falling into satan's trap! woah close shave, thanks God!Seeking God's kingdom first, and God will certainly take care of the rest for us=) 2) Phil 4:13, 1 Thess 5:18one way to have strength and victory in whatever we do, especially when its not easy. do it with God! that was smth God reminded me. several times i have to face situations esp in work and there are just a couple of customers that irritates ppl right to the very brim. bt God reminded me of how close i should be listening to His voice and His heartbeat every single moment, so that even when im in such a situation im able to get out of the situation God's way and become even stronger.and also most importantly to really give thanks in all circumstance! thank God that the situations din get worser than it alrd was, and of course hlping us to solve the problem somehow or rather!=)a victorious life = living a focused life on God and living a life that God wants us to lead!=)God has really blessed me with strength and energy to last thru the days when i dun really have enough slp haha. its quite taxing nw since we have to adapt to the working hrs and stuff. but God really pulled me thru! i pray the nx time i try to post something i wudnt fall aslp again! haha=x3) Gal 6:99Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.yes its true! if you guys do not noe, the guys grp, ED1. we had a do or shave campaign whereby if we dun hit the amount of ppl we want to share to, we shave our hairs! for the wk before easter, we really evaxed like never before, invite like never before and had our burden and desires increased like never before! our motivation did not just come frm the shaving of hairs!(tho it does affect just a LITTLE.) but really thank God as i could see and feel the burden and desire of the whole ED1 harvestors being increased by God and our hearts changed to have a heartbeat of God as well!right to the very moment, when we haven't hit our goals on friday. we went down on saturday morning to evax so that we can hit our goal and fulfill our promise to God because we made a pact with God that if we hit 86 ppl in sharing Christ, we commit a tithe of 10%, 8 ppl to Him!tho we didnt hit our goal, but God really honoured us by blessing us with 6 converts later on that service! praise God!! amazing isnt it? when we really give in our best, and at the end of it u can take a rest and really say. wow that was really my all to God. it really satisfies u on top of everything else and wadsmore God honours that very much!the result of the fruits we bear are not so much of what we do or how we do it. but more of what we do CONSISTENTLY. which is faithfulness! God i pray that You would grow faithfulness in us so that we can retain our new believers and the not so new non-retained believers! please! in Your name. amen!God has been really great, and He is great ALL the time! to me, to you and everyone else! if u feel that there hasnt been much movement in ur grp yet despite giving ur best. you need to continue to give ur best! because at the right timing the harvest WILL COME! that IS God's PROMISE!! Gal 6:9. God's word is true, and so are His promises. jiayou to all those who are discouraged! and jiayou to all who are encouraged! lets serve God tgt even stronger and even more! =)Christianity is never about serving God, its about loving God. and the outflow of it would be everything else that we do. never ever get that wrong.=)God i pray that at the very end of this holidays and the end of my fast, i would come out as the man You wanted me to become. Help me to rmb that it is always about You and nothing else. help me to grow closer to You everyday! thanks! in Your name i pray, Amen!
aloy; 1:41 PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
power of seeds.
previous post was for last sat and the whole wk.today i listened to this podcast : Seeds by pastor wayne cordeiro.really re-learned the importance of the words! of how it can plant different seeds into different ppl as we speak, whether carelessly or carefully.there were 3 seeds being spoken of. the bad seeds, the better seeds and the best seeds.a story that really struck into my heart of hw bad seeds can harm ppl. definition of bad seeds means words that contain the potential to injure someone. it can be sown by the words of others OR when we have certain enmity with someone. and how some ppl survives after having bad seed sown and how some ppl falls when the bad seed is sown.the story of Judas Iscariot. of how just over a bottle of perfume, he betrayed Jesus. in Mark 14. the disciples were upset about how the bottle of expensive bottle wasted by anointing Jesus with it, as it can be sold and be given to the poor and so they just kept speaking of that, unhappy with the fact tt it was used on Jesus. until Jesus told them what the woman has really done which is worthy of respect. and 11 disciples understood that and recovered from that upset, the bad seed that was sown, but 1 disciple did not. his name, Judas Iscariot. he did not survive that. and after that incident he went to the chief priests to betray Jesus.the power to life and death lies in the word we speak, the power to sow a bad seed and we dont know who it will affect as we just speak of it and who will survive it. and i was really strucked by God on how to use my tongue wisely than hw im using it right nw.better seed is about putting hope into ppl's life, mainly encouraging ppl! shan't talk much about it but this is what the family of God should be about! putting hope into each other's life, so that we would NOT grow weary of doing good. because when a person keeps doing good and ders no affirmation whatsoever, it is natural to grow weary and tired. bt tt doesnt mean u shud seek for affirmation ! haha.well about this last seed called the best seed. it sows a seed of eternal life. and yes, its about sharing Christ to others! i start to realise the power and importance of sharing Christ. lets say among u shared to 4 ppl, and the 4th ppl u share to receive Christ. that would be a 25% return profit in a sense. so its not really worth it rite? but now God says, for that 4th person that we've shared to, He will multiply the impact more than a 30, 60 or a 100 times! God promises that in the Mark 4. that as long as it falls on good soil God will multiply that! we don't know who the 4th person would be, we don't where the 4th seed will fall onto but any child of God, we are the 4th seed, the 4th person. i bet the person who sowed a seed into us did not have any idea of how much impact they would make, if u r someone who committed to God, look at the impact u can make, that is what exactly the 4th seed that fell on the good soil can become!this really encouraged me to share Christ like never before! because i know the fruits of what we are doing, is so much more worth it for the work that we put in.the amount of power our words hold is just so great, jus a slight difference of how we use our words and it can make a huge difference of impact. man.. i will do my best to cut down on the bad seeds(words tt contain potential to harm) or improve on sowing more better seeds(encouragements) and best seeds(sharing Christ).God thank You for teaching me on the importance of speech once again. thank=)i pray tt if u r reading this, God will stir in ur heart the importance of speaking the right way, the way God wants it to be. in Jesus' name. amen=)
aloy; 12:02 AM
Monday, March 24, 2008
welcome back home
last wk was a "welcome back home" week for many! it simply means welcoming the back into the family of God or welcoming them back to the original family that God has planned them to be in, His family.last wk was a do or shave week for ED1, im super proud to be serving with the harvestors' of ED1! all of us really gave our best, and made that pact with God of hitting our goals or we'll shave our hairs OUT of our personal conviction that we want to share to that amount of ppl for God! you will be able to sense the desire of our hearts for the whole wk as we gave our best and prayed with all our might throughout the wk. always constantly on the lookout to share God's love whenever possible.and when friday came, most of us have not yet hit our goal. yes on one hand it would mean that we would need to shave our hairs. but we were really discontented that we did not hit our goals that we have promised to God!!! and so some of us went down to evax in the interchange right in the morning before we meet our ppl for breakfast at 10am. some of us reached at 8.30am and some at 9am. but we did our best right til the end! giving our best shot til the very end and not giving up! thank God for those who went down and gave their best!and the pact we made on 22/03/08( last saturday) were that we commit the goal of sharing to 86 people in total as ED1 to God, and commit a tithe of 10% of 86 which is 8 ppl to God to move and their hearts greatly and to see them come into the family of God! and God indeed honours and bless our promise to Him! tho we did not hit 86 ppl but God blessed us with 6 ppl who received Christ! praise God for tt! there are quite a few incidents of blessings for the whole wk. ask me if u wish to noe more details=) and tts for last last saturday and the whole of its wk.i bet God is super proud of us as well because we really gave our best for the whole wk!=) im proud to have Jesus as my God! we had a super great time spending time with God while serving Him=) its super great to have done ur best for God=D
aloy; 11:28 PM
Friday, March 21, 2008
comforting presence
i was listening to Gideon: Trusting God Against All Odds by pastor elwin, new hope.as i listened to the life of Gideon, i was laughing literally. God is mad! He called someone that was already timid to gather people to go against 135,000. and he finally gathered courage to take up God's calling and fixed some stuffs in his life and he gathers 32,000 men to fight the 135,000 which was tho already is not alot, its enough for God's miracle to take place!or so.. we thought. but God told Gideon that 32,000 men was too big an amount! and so He told Gideon to tell the ppl that if they are fearful its ok to leave. and 22,000 men left. leaving just 10,000 men! and now Gideon turn back to God and told God, "there i've gt 10,000 men nw im ready to go for war".(nt exactly wad Gideon said in judges but roughly is like this.) but God told Gideon again, there was too many people still! and told Gideon to bring the 10,000 to the river and to ask those who kneel down and drink water from the river to go back home.and guess what was the remaining amount? it was 300! JUST 300 men against 135,000?! it is like around 1 youth service fighting against stadiums of people. tt is around 450:1 ratio. 1man has to kill at least 450 to win the war. and ok nx what Gideon does is that, he gives all his 300 men a trumpet and 1 pitcher with a torch in it. they werent even given a sword! they were supposed to blow the trumpet when Gideon blows the trumpet and they will win the war with God!ok haha, isnt this just pure madness? this is totally senseless and hilarious. but Gideon trusted God for who God is and obeyed God instead of what the situation is. and what happened? they won the war. when they blew the trumpet, all 135,000 men started killing one another and the remaining men ran away. they won the war just like that! without a single weapon in their hands.what struck me in the podcast was this sentence. what the midianites(the enemy) ran away from wasnt the 300 men. but what they ran away from was the awe-mighty presence of God!this is what exactly happens when we choose to take up God's calling and trust it into God's hands! the problems and what we are called to do that seems big, isnt as big anymore when its in God's hands as God settles the hard part for us. the parts where we cant control or handle, in CG08 it would be the heart conditions of our non-believer friends and contacts. God says that when we trust our events and situations onto His hands, He settles all of these for us.im really amazed at what God has in store for us when we trust God with what we are doing.and i realised the reason why i really enjoy listening to podcasts. other than being able to learn from the word of God. its cos im able to just put away everything for around 45mins and just sit down and listen to God speak into my life. its so enjoyable to be in God's presence.. so comfortable.. so peaceful.. and really. i would never trade 45mins of doing anything else for that 45mins of being in God's presence. you should take some time to do the same if you haven tried it before or haven tried it for a long time. to spend some quality and quiet time with God in the midst of a busy day. haha tts hw i spend quality and quiet time when im out of my house, you may have ur own style tho =)God thank You for ur overflowing love in my life, that at every end of my day i experience and realised the amount of love You have put into my life, the infinite amount of love that is always overflowing in me. God help me to be more like You and help me to take up Your challenges and to face the challenges with You. all this i pray in Your Name. Amen.[Easter service is 1 day away, and today is the last day. im going to take up the challenge of bringing people to God in a new perspective=) praise God!=)]
aloy; 3:19 AM
Thursday, March 20, 2008
true identity
today i listened to Peter : A P.O.W Speaks on Identity by pastor wayne.(P.O.W means prisoner of war just incase u duno)basically talks about how we should choose we will be, our identity for short. and our real identity would be a child of God! living our lives and being who we are made to be, more like God.and it talks about 3 steps on sliding away from God and how u can prevent them!=) which is to be firm of our identity in Christ, not denying Christ by being proud of being a Christian and not afraid of ppl knowing tt! at the same time to be constantly pursuing / following God as close as possible! one thing from the podcast tt realli struck me was, God does not mind using people who have sinned / done things they shouldn't have done. but God is more mindful on using people who are honest! when u've done smth wrong or sinned, there will be times whereby we are ashamed to be a Christian and when someone asks us about it, sometimes we deny being Christians! which is the part where God wants us to be honest, as its ok to have sinned but as long as you repent and turn back to God, God will welcome you back home as usual! there is this part of the bible which says smth like, when one person turn back to God, the whole heavens rejoice! this is the part where God says, its ok. you can always come back home, to where you belong. and you are forgiven and accepted.its really great relief to know that we have such a great God. to know that He is like the prodigal son's father that will always welcome us back with great willingness. tho i tink most of us wud do this but still i wanna encourage some of us here to jus welcome some of the lost out der this wk home. if they have backslided before and came back, please welcome them like how God does it. and if they have jus received Christ, welcome them to their new home=)wanna thank God for providing for alot of us. and specifically for me and yiqin today cos there was supposed to be classroom training tmr but we want to put God's kingdom as priority cos theres cg and street-e so we told them we wouldnt be able to make it and tt would mean that we won't be able to sign the contract and start work we thought.but at the end of today's training, they approached us to sign the contract! tho it is kinda normal to have sign the contract first before proceeding with other training according to ppl who worked der but still wanna thank God! because we have been scheduled to go for training on saturday nite! and also have signed on the contract with them!! and throughout the training both of us got trainers who were really patient and friendly haha! yeah! really thank God for providing us with such a good job which is flexible in timing to a certain extent that it won't affect our ministries much! and many more things that are good about this job, that is to advantage for us! and yeah! come back for much more testimonies of how God is blessing us! =)God thank You for the whole day, for waking me up, for being my source of strength, for being my friend, for being everything i need and everything that You've brought me through today. thanks!=)
aloy; 2:34 AM
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
back to the relationship.
today i listen to this podcast titled. Missing the Miracles, by pastor elwin also from new hope.it talks about hw ppl often misses out the real miracle that God is trying to show us. first of all, miracle is something that only God could have brought about or made happen. and so the story of the 10 lepers(ppl who suffered frm leprosy) were shared in the podcast. bout how only 1 leper out of the 10 went back to thank Jesus in awe of Jesus! and wads more, he was someone that a samaritan and someone that does not know God. compared to the other 9 who knows God.in the midst of God healing them, the real miracle was supposed to be in the ppl's heart where they realise God's goodness and return to God to build a relationship with Him. and so as you can see only 1 man experienced the true miracle and the other 9 tho they were healed of leprosy but they missed the miracle just by a little bit as they went on to do other things other than finding and building the relationship with God. in luke 17:11-17.the podcast reminds me of hw we get so caught up with situations and the things that we do that we forget the purpose of our life each day. which is to know God and grow closer to God every single moment! we get caught up of how God has blessed us, but we forget the One who blessed us, missing the miracle of drawing nearer to God thru the miracle.and hw God yearns to see the change within us rather than just passing thru the miracle. and i've nv realised hw intimate we can get to God during holy comm til i heard the pastor talked about it. holy comm the time whereby we put everything we need to do on hold for that few minutes and concentrate on just communing and getting together with God once again. its just that few minutes but when we appreciate it and make full use of it, its more than just refreshing, its simply great! yeah tts what i've realli learnt and caught today in listening to the podcast.1st day of job training in mac delivery. ( there is really alot of hope ppl in mac d!!)it wasnt too bad, in fact was quite fun haha. especially since we've got super patient and friendly mentors haha. me and yiqin had 3 different trainers haha! cos had to change when the current trainer's shift is over. we managed to take some orders today haha! was funny at first lah. forgetting the opening or closing script =x and lots more. eg. i put my microphone away because me and my trainer were taking turns to take orders. so whn it reached my turn i forgot to put my microphone down and i jus spoke hahaha! yeahh actualli tts basically wad happened briefly. and oh yeah! we can bring books to read while waiting for calls! yes!! our time can be fruitful even in times of working. praise God!! thank You God for everything and everyday!=)
aloy; 1:03 AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
jus another short post!
okok just another short one before i leave cos its interesting and hilarious haha!i went to have supper with star(we ate at the other prata shop the usual shop din have enough seats), we ordered nasi pattaya (basically seafood fried rice wrapped in egg ! woo!) and there was prawn. and i was reminded of chua and flo peeling the prawn skin by just putting it into their mouths! soooooooo... hahahaha i went to try it! tgt with star hahahaa! tho i tink it wasnt a very successful attempt but i tried haha!i was keeping track of time and it was about time for the last bus to come, and then this last 291 bus came turning into the lane before turning again to the bus stop. so when it was near the curve then i started to run off haha! then star was saying tt i wudnt be able to board the bus on time which i din tink much also other than just whack! so i jus ran and halfway at the curve the bus slowed down and stopped! and the doors opened hahahaha!!!! that means the bus driver stopped in the middle of the road for me if u haven yet realise!!i was super happy hahaha. its like God stopping the bus for me, just for me! hey its not very normal for bus drivers to stop in the middle of the road also lorh!(tho i've seen a few. but tts nt the point!) God blessed me and im happy! haha! yeah tts all. =D
aloy; 2:25 AM
Monday, March 17, 2008
just. some things=)
share some things i've learnt on sunday when i listened to the podcast on Abraham and Joseph on Promises and Hope by pastor wayne.PS: i really enjoy listening to their podcasts! hahaha!anyway.. there was alot of which in the podcast that struck me. but one ultimate strike by God's word was this.God's promises are always there for us to claim, but if u notice God's promises definitely requires some effort given from man. its always when you do this, God will bless you with this. as long as you do this, God will bless you with wad you do etc.Galatians 6:9Let's not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.IF only we do not give up, then will we be able to reap the harvest that God has promised us! the fruits that God promises us when we do His work.so sometimes we cling onto God's promises alot which is good! but however, somehow here and der we complain of how God's promises are not coming to past yet. without knowing that we have not fulfilled the human part in God's promise! if you give up halfway, hw will God be able to let you reap the harvest that you are supposed to get from God!and many other verses as well, such as..Phil 4:13 i can do all things through Him who strengthens me.only when you do things with God as your source of strength and reliance THEN will you be able to do all things !so yeah God's promises are real and is forever there for us to claim! so we need to fulfill OUR part of the promise so God's part of the promise can kick in into our lives!and today i listened to Noah: The man who believed Godthis sermon is about obedience! obedience to God, His Word and what He calls us to do.Agreeing VS Obeyingagreeing with God is doing the things that God calls us to do that we DON'T mind doing because its convenient for usbut obeying God is doing the things that God calls us to do that we MIND doing because its nt convenientobedience is sooo important because this is the only way by which God is able to teach us on how to live life to the maximum and to the very full! making thoughts obedient to God's ways and many other ways! basically a whole life that is obedient to God in every possible way! heh yeah. listen to this podcast to find out more=)lastly today we went to church office to listen to sermon tapes! a whole series of virtual speaking church! really a great time listening to it though the points were being gone thru super quickly tt we have to pause the tape for quite a few times to catch up hhahahaha. and.... we had a super great time being entertained! well.. now we are equipped with the skills of.. saying what other ppl says is nonsense, gossip, mockery, slander hahaha. (nw tts nonsense LOL!)senseless talk / nonsense = any talk that does not advance / extend the KOG in any way. even saying Hi to new people can be better compared to talking nonsense! well tts basically what i've been learning haha!PS: i started typing this post at 10pm+ and its 2am nw haha! i fell aslp and woke up again=xbut once again im really inspired to apply what i've learnt mainly of holding my thoughts captives and making it obedient to Christ and nt just plain holding on of God's promise but fulfilling the human part of it that i need to fulfill. nites everyone! (daily qt is important! random haha! =D)
aloy; 10:22 PM
Sunday, March 16, 2008
how to keep our focus right.
i've been thinking on why is it so easy to misfocus for ppl, but focusing is always not easy.when we don't fill up the voids of our heart with God, we fill it with something else without knowing it conciously. its either God or not God. its pretty obvious eh? so how to keep our focus right? leave no chance of misfocusing, by filling every single void up with God.the podcast of how Enoch walked with God really inspired me to walk alot more with God. a life that walks with God = investing in relationships between God and us OR relationships between us and people.then what about enjoying our entertainment? watching tv etc. at first it seemed to me that these are redundant cos it doesnt seem to invest much in relationships especially if you watch it alone. but i later found it to be not true as it could be spend as a time with God and enjoying what we like to do with God.but of course not doing it excessively. enjoying what we do is a form of rest for ourselves.if you rest and rest but you never work. that is not resting, thats slacking! go to the ends of the earth you sluggard! hah.. just joking..so i've managed to get a clear idea of how to live a focused life and a life that is walking with God. what we always hear of from people.and the basic fundamental of Christianity. Daily QT! without daily QT, certain voids of our heart will certainly be lacking God and will certainly be filled up with something else. a focused and consistent life with God is one that God will be pleased and use greatly. God draw me so much nearer for the rest of my life! especially during this holidays! God i thank You in advance and all this i pray in Your Name! AMEN!Walking with God daily = Investing in relationships daily. whether with God or with peopleTo be focused on God = allowing God into all the areas of our life + spending time with God daily.(QT)yep, thats what i've got out of my today. i want to live a powerful Christian life starting from today! 16/03/08 1.04am - refocused, refreshed, recommitted. things should never be and will never be the same again. thank you God, for going these distance for me.=)Labels: 16/03/08 changed life.
aloy; 12:06 AM
Friday, March 14, 2008
oh and my results!
there my results i was scared of getting it but it wasnt so bad i guess haha. GPA was pulled up since last sem i had 2.2+ or 2.4+ i forgot. so combined is what i've shown.
haha nah! i was viewing benjamin's blog and saw this. its like his hobby eh? haha. but i made it slightly more convincing cos he always put all As. so yeah that wasnt my real result! only 2 of it inside the picture is real haha.
my real results arent that good tho heh. tho i dun have great results but i really thank God for no supp!
God really knows hw to make us happy haha. tho i din get gd results but God did 2 things to my results that made me really happy and satisfied to a certain extent haha! i had 1 A, 1 B, 2c, 1d+, 1d. this time its no joke! i have every single grade in my result slip from A to D! hahaha. its really funny looking at my grades. praise God for my results! i was really scared on viewing my results online(cos i forgot to register for the sms thingy! =x), i prayed before i view it haha. cos i really din wan to take any supp papers and the situations looked bleak, therefore a high possibility of supp! even looking at results can rely on God. woooo! thank God for tt!
we cant determine how situations or things would happen in life, but we can determine how respond to things God placed into our lives. a thankful heart that follows what God says in 1Thess 5:18? which says to give thanks in all circumstance or otherwise, start blaming God and things arnd u for the lousy results or situations. thankful heart = joyful heart! praise God!=D
this is the real results i've got haha =) cya!
aloy; 10:17 PM
initiating is needed!
since last week's thursday i think i've been listening to at least 1 podcast a day.the podcast's i listened to.-Seeing and Hearing Again (Listen to it to know how to revive / to live correctly spiritually)
-What fuels your action (Listen it to find out on what is the right way to do things, talks about motives etc)
-Five things God wants you to have (This teaching is quite short, but it talks about joy and peace that God wants us to have! )
-Loving out Loud : Turn up the volume (Just as the title says, it teaches YOU how to love God and ppl out LOUD!!! a really good teaching that helped me to change the perspective on how to love people=) and hw doing that can help to change eternities of others)
-Understanding True Love (Think BGR is the right way of loving? listen to this podcast and find out the right way of loving people. and also on how to deal with relationships between genders correctly)
-Enoch: The man who walked with God(Want to know how you can walk with God all the days of ur life like Enoch? who walked everyday with God for 300 YEARS of his life! learn on how to do that frm him=D )
-Teach us to number our days(Learn on how to live a life that is filled with urgency. not with franticness and hurriednes but urgency=) know what it means frm this podcast too. so that your life can be maximized to the max! )
haha all of the above are from new hope fellowship. u can get onto itunes and go to itunes store, search for New Hope Christian Fellowship O'ahu and subcribe to their podcasts. its free=)i've really learnt alot from the ppl of the past few days. ppl like David, Enoch, Paul etc etc. if you are interested in the podcast but dunno hw to download frm itunes, u can get me on my msn to get the teachings frm me if u want=)alot has happened for the last weekend especially, motives purified by God, decisions to change my life etc.something i was reminded of today, change needs to be initiated! it doesnt come by even if u dun do anything. and so on metamorphosis day not only my sheep's life was changed. i've decided to take my life for a change as well!=) im going on a fast til the end of my holidays.im fasting on-Any computer games-Anime-Manga(comics)this is the ultimate sacrifice i call it haha. why? because these are the only things i enjoy doing at home! however these are also the only things that hinder me serving and living my life fully for God! so yes with this, i expect my life to change even more by focusing my life back on God and allowing God to be my pilot while i be the co-pilot. it was definitely painful when i decided on this and told some of the brothers that are closer to me.(its like putting a chop and signing a garantee slip with God that i would not break the fast! haha!)two days of the fast have passed and it seems to be good so far. the reason why i've not blogged is cos.. i played games overtime haha!=x i repent! so i shud be blogging more often and frequently now haha.share something that i've gained today frm Enoch and how he walked with God. i really salute him man! he actually walked with God everyday for 300 YEARS!! and the era he was living in was not an era that is holy or whatsoever. but an era with wickedness and everything arnd him by right wud corrupt him and cause him to not follow God. but he was one man that followed God and one of the two man that God did not let him experience death. because God was sooooo pleased with how Enoch lived his life!man. when i heard this podcast, i told myself i must live with God so much more that God wud be that pleased with me as he was with Enoch. that is the ultimate joy man! to see God that pleased!and smth while waiting for the bus to come so i can reach safra. i was meeting some of the grads to go to the mac delivery office building at safra and i was late. sry guys! then while i was waiting for bus 23(i thought this bus was the only bus to safra frm that bus stop) an old man approached me to ask what bus no. was it and told me to tell him when bus 31 or 67 came. when he asked that question bus 23 was infront of my eyes! the bus that would render me less later than i was already. but i chose to help that uncle and told the rest to go ahead first. his bus came right after my bus left haha! meaning i have to wait for quite some time for bus 23 jus because his bus came a lil later. but it din bother me much lah haha, went to look at the board and realised that there were alot more buses that goes to the safra bus stop. around 4-5 more buses! man, i must have be blind at that moment to miss those buses when i checked at first. bt anyway praise God man! cos the bus i needed came right after that as well! managed to catch up with the rest.God reminded of me how we live our life, are we going to live our life with Him, doing what He has called us to do or living our life just doing the things that is not according to what God has called us to do. because i could have chose to board the bus as i was in a hurry instead of helping or blessing the uncle with the help he needs that God has placed me there so i could help him out. if u r reading this, take some time out to evaluate ur week or how u've used ur life and whether the things u've done are according to God's will. living a life with God = investing either in a relationship between u and God. OR between u and someone else. are u living a life with God?=) im going to change my lifestyle to one that is one more and more according to God's will! yeah jiayou if u r going to do the same=) remember if u dun initiate the change, change will nv come because change never initiates.
aloy; 4:10 PM
Friday, March 07, 2008
im back!
yeah! im back!! after a long time of mia-ing frm my blog haha! anw today i've listened to this podcast during my travelling time, Seeing And Hearing Again by pastor wayne!so basically wanna share some interesting things that i've learnt or heard from the podcast.-slipping away from God is never intentional(means u dun plan beforehand to slip away frm God or smth lidat.) but drawing back to God is definitely intentional!!! big AMEN to this!-what we look out for / expect would be what we find! for example you look for faults everywhere u go or u expect problems, then u would definitely find those throughout the whole day! therefore, if you look out / expect for God's work in ur life. u wud definitely be able to see more of God's work! its obvious rite? heh=)-we really make alot of stupid deals on wanting to be the person who claims their privellege to be correct. e.g. risk the chance of breaking out into a quarrel with a friend, just because we want to be right, whether or not u r in the right or wrong. we sometimes refuse to give way jus for the sake of wanting to be in the right so the cost would a sour-ed friendship or smth lidat. aint worth it at all haha.-without a heart of thanksgiving that give thanks to God in all circumstance. sooner or later, we won't be able to detect / recognize God's blessings in our lives.-it doesnt take intentionality to slip out of a heart of gratitude or thanksgiving. but it definitely takes intentionality to get it back!-when God is silent in our situations, He is not drifting away from us. but He is building something in us called commitment, which can only be built without the "feel-good" stuffs in our life. and its only when we face problems and struggles and decide that we still want to follow God and not give up then God is able to build commitment in us-commitment: following / doing something that is worth doing even after the emotions and feelings have died down.i definitely want a heart thats always soft to God's word! never want a hardened heart that will rob so many blessings from me! living everyday knowing God even more is definitely a life i want heh.prayer realli works more than just wonders! a few of us had gathered at church office for the past few days to pray for our groups and our ppl. and God is definitely moving as we prayed! and there were testimonies of hw God has moved in our grp and our ppl. amazing! when u pray more often, u get even more convicted the next time u pray again. and each time u pray, u grow in faith as well! man! praying has really nth to lose but much to gain! yeah! yep tts all for this post haha. cya!
aloy; 12:13 AM
