Friday, November 23, 2007
Persevere
James1:4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
I know sometimes people always give up halfway-whatever God put them in. But Why?! We Shouldn't!
WElll Because JEsus NEver gave up As well. Why? Because He set His eyes on something Better! He set His Eyes on the throne in Heaven,And while we were all staring at the little things on the ground, He had His eyes to the Sky.
and in doing so, He has become Complete-to be a saviour of us, and taker of our sins.
If Jesus had given up, Heaven Forbid, then the work in Him wouldn't be completed!
And so if we too pray so diligently for God to move us to another level, then we have to be ready to set our Eyes on the Crown of Life! And not on the things that God throws at us! Because we have to persevere to the very end for it to finish the work it started!!! To mature and grow-else, we'll just go back to being the same ol person we were yesterday!
O_o And God is into Growth!
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~Jovial =) praised Jesus at 4:09 PM
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Temptation
Temptation... Have you heard ppl say yes i can stay away from it, yes i can control myself from it, I will be fine, i am strong enough to stay away from it, my self control is good...
well the thing is... yes we can control but not all the time, yes we can self control but not all the time, yes we can stay away from it but not all the time... you see we are not as strong as mentally as we think... I mean definetly we can say no to it at times but at times we can't...
I have learned the lesson that the more we grow further away from God, the more we grow distant from his words, the more we would live like the world, the more the things that God strongly doesn't want us to fall to, the more those things becomes principles and not things that God wants us not to do because we have grown far from God.
People may ask questions like... so what? there is nothing wrong with living worldly...
Well there is nothing wrong now but there will be later... well it's not technically wrong.. I mean there is nothing wrong with clubbing itself... nothing wrong with drinking alcohol itself BUT ... the more we grow worldly, the more sin is able to come through. PICTURE THIS... SAY there is a circle filled up with God's words, love and etc...but the moment we grow far from God's word, the circle now has a hole in it and it slowly empties the the circle that is filled with God's words, love and etc. The more we live wordly... the bigger hole it grows and normally a hole is black so the circle becomes black. So the bigger the hole gets, the more space that sin can enter. The things we once believe we shouldn't do, now becomes things that is I don't mind to do because we are distant from God, and things can now easily tempt us because the sword of God's word is now blunt. Well you see... when we are far from God, it's very easy to drift from God, and our self control cannot be realiable... It's God who we should rely on...We can't rely on ourselves because we are human... and humans are not strong... we are only mentally strong to a certain limit... the more we live Godly... the more we are able to stay from temptation and the more the purpose of why we do it will stand strongly...
We can nver do it alone... we can never live Life the way God wants to in our own control OR our own strength... BUT we can Live life God wants us to IN God's strength and wisdom.
We are just human who sin. but God is the God who created this world and who loves us and sent his son to die for us. He gave us grace, love, guidance, strength and wisdom and much more.
God is awesome
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Bernie Tan praised Jesus at 7:52 PM
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Dry Ground
Joshua 3:17 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.
I'm Gonna Go straight to the situation. Who has been on Dry Ground?
Everyone!
i Hope!
Because there's A Significance to Dry GRound. It's not just a season where you don't experience God. It's a time to Move on!
There's two people involved here.
1.The priest.
2.The israelites.
Both Crossed on Dry ground. So what is Dry Ground? It's the place you tread on to Cross Over!
It's a path to another level.
It's the Dead Sea Being Drawn away FOR YOU to cross BEfore it falls back down on You!
So it's a test as well. All you can do is just move forward!
So i asked God, are We-leaders and believers alike, the nation, or the priests?
Both Cross on dry ground rite. Both get over. But who walks first.
And God told me that no no no, you are the israelites, the nation.
The Church, is the priest. Who takes their first step into the Dead Sea and Lets Us Cross Over-Why do you think People Go into Dry seasons when the Church Moves Up another Level?
O_o
OH My Golly.
this is a fraction of what i got from this chapter-Read it and meditate on it if u can!
Because Dry Ground is not pLayGround. its Hot, it's Dusty, and it looks aimless. But the only aim we should have in our heart is the eyes set on Jesus.
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~Jovial =) praised Jesus at 10:21 PM
Saturday, November 10, 2007
POWER -chapter 2 =)
Hey Guyss!! So Sowyyy!! NO Internet! NO Civilization! it's just study!!! 12 hours! O_o
But you have to read this! Although it's LOng, but u know how i barely do a long message. SO Read it till your eyes Gauge out. And can i just Change some MIndsets Here!!?! O_o YOu guys and GIrls are great! =)
Because it's a Word For yoU.
JOshua 1:"2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
I just LOve Love Love ...John Bevere!! OMgoshh!! It's soooo Fantas!!! =)I'm so honoured t0 have heard such a great man of God speak to me!!! =)
Anyway.
Joshua..is the most fantastic person ever. i love Joshua, Because he's just so Ready. caN WE just cultivate some Joshuas around ere? A person who's just so ready and faithful in God's promises. a person who's ready to move oN everytime! Wow. And the first line, God says my servant is dead. Now THen, Yea...NOW THEn...'MOVE'!
See God doesn't stick around and say Oh nooo now that he's Dead you're Doomed, helo, u know my sevant moses how great is he anot? the timid man that i called on the mountain that led millions out of egypt, that parted the red sea,that wrote the law bla bla. he was the one who listened to me...blablabla..
Well GOd has news for the new people, The next generation is always called to follow up, to receive the Baton of the Race. it's time for us to run. What next God, what Next,
3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses EVerywhere we tread upon, is ours.
See this world may be in darkness, but we have the light of Jesus, and the reason He says every place we tread is ours is because everywhere there's light it's ours, and we bring light into places. We bring the Light of Jesus, and so He says everywhere you set your foot upon, i will give you.
WHEN we go to Uni and want to see our classmates saved- God says because you tread upon this place, i will give it to you.
If we go to a Room of non believers and everyone's a skeptic, God says because I have sent you here to bring light-i will give it to you. AS He has Promised.
5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
This is So revolutionising,GOd, the maker of HeaVEN AND earth says that He'll be with Us!I mean, cmon who is God? If tHe PM or the KIng even walked through our front door and said he'll be with us for one day, we'll be like WOW!I feel so...mighty. i feel so...hmmm-protected?
Powerful?
Like nothing can stand in my way. because i know the moment i open my mouth and tell ol PM or the King next to me, all his bodyguards will spring on those bad ppl. Chase them away.
yea
What MOre the SAVIOUR KInG.
WHO IS God?! The MAKer Of Heaven aND eARTH. The maker of the land u can't even see across, is walking with you. And Not just one day. But Everyday!And what does that Bring? Who is Jesus? Jesus is the Word( as i said prreviously) And the Word brings..Power.We Have POwer.not just one day, not just one month, but eternal. And power to do what? To not only walk with my head held above situations, but with Power of protection, of Love, of Faith, of Hope.
WHne people see the Saviour King next to me, they tremble in fear. they think The PM is powerful, wait till they see MY GOD! Wait till they see when He opens His mouth, the fiercest oceans become still, when He stands tall trees and mountains bow! Wait till they See! Boy i'm so Fired Up About this! BEcause I think EVeryoNe who's a christian has to understand the authority that Walks Alongside them EVERYDAy of their lives.
If i gave a Bazuka to you, and you just walked around it slinged behind you, yea it's powerful, but you don't USE IT! Then WHO CAReS? Communist all can come attack and you will still go Down,WHY? Because you dunno the POWER iN What you Have!
The Power that we Should KNOw And Use. And this is not just for us, because i don't want the others to think that this power is for the higher ones, oh maybe it hasn't developed yet or whateva-HELOO GOD Doesn;'t change! HE's not MORE POWerful TOMORROW than He Is Today!!!! He's As POwerful as since the time He made heaven and EARTH, and still was at the time He MADE US!
What is THIS?!HELoooo!!!I think a wake up call by a Loud blast is IN da HOuse! =)
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~Jovial =) praised Jesus at 4:33 PM
Sunday, November 4, 2007
POwer!
1John 1:5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
God is Light, if all the christians thaT BEcame Christians Understood that God is Light, we wouldn't have to walk to darkness any longer.
John1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning
John1: 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus is the Word! He's the Walking living word that Says we are healed, we are set free, we are conquerors. And if we even got the grasp of this Power that God has placed on us, every place we tread upon will have light. Because God is Light, and He lives in us!And So, We Don't Have to Live in darkness! =)
We don't have to wake up every morning thinking that ...hmm..will i find some part of my salvation today?
Because EveryDay will be filled with Love,Favour,Hope,Peace, Opportunities...Light! and that's why we don't Have to Live in Sickness! The Word says that He Heals us, and when we just let the Power of God flow through, there's light.
Living in Sickness and depression eventhough we're christians is Wrong! Because God has Already sent Us Dear MrHolySpirit to give us Power!
What power?! What did Jesus have? The Power to Heal. The power to set people free. The power to love! The power to cast out demons and bring down the works of the enemy!
When Electricity was discovered, people were so Excited! Houses now all have electricity!
When there's a blackout, out come the candles-but we wait and wait and wait HOping that Electricity will come on again!That's Our lives! A Christian living without the Power of God is Not a christian At all!
Acts1:7 ...you shall receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you..
We have to live by the Spirit to be a victorious christian!
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~Jovial =) praised Jesus at 12:55 PM
