I must give credit where it belongs ... this message is from a sermon I heard from Grace Assembly of God church in Tanglin Road Singapore yesterday, by Pastor David Lim.
Misconception:
God's will is a smooth, blessed path.
Reality:
God's will may involve bearing a cross.
Misconception:
A coincidence, an emotion (feeling), a prophecy.
Reality:
Do not oversimplify God's will.
Misconception:
Find THE mate and you will be complete.
Reality:
1 is a whole number. THE mate, 1 in 3.5billion people?
Rigidity hinders openness to possibilities.
Marriage is not a magic formula to happiness, it takes patience, work and grace.
Misconception:
Find THE job and you will be fulfilled.
Reality:
Many have 3 - 10 vocations in their lifetime. Be flexible.
Finding out the Will of God is important. LIVING OUT the will of God is more crucial.
I. It is more important to know Him (Relationship) Than to Know What is the will of God
We are made in the image of Christ, we are His masterpiece, our lives should reflect Him to others and to ourselves. God's will for us is to be Christ-like.
Commit your ways to the Lord, trusting Him releases our faith! (Ps37:5-6)
II. Grow by Your Choices
God may not reveal destinations or persons. God may not reveal where you will land up eventually or the persons you should choose in certain junctures in your life.
In life we make choices, right choices or wrong choices.
Right choices through good decisions - Glorify God!
Wrong choices. - well, we can trust God, God is sovereign and God can work in these situations and turn them around for our good.
Choices build character: integrity, patience, Christ-likeness.
III. Life Changes, Prepare for it! (Flexibility)
a. Spiritual quotient - renew the spirit daily (2Cor4:16)
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
b. Emotional Quotient - Relationships, maturity, communication (1Cor12, 1Cor13)
c. Intellectual Quotient - Renew my mind (Romans 12:2) R u a victim or a victor in life?
Romans 12:2
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
d. Financial Quotient - defeat debts, greed, wrong values
Matthew 6:24
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
When your blessing comes, your spirit man must be mature enough to handle the blessing, otherwise the blessing handles you.
When we see some people receiving the blessings from the Lord, they are too pre-occupied with their blessings and they stop serving the Lord sometimes altogether.
Eg. becoming wealthier and busier growing the wealth (greed?), got married and hence no time for God, have children and even lesser time to serve the Lord, etc.
e. Physical Quotient - Train the body (1Cor9:27)
No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
Take care of our body, the temple of God. Exercise to keep fit. Be disciplined to stay healthy. So that we can serve the Lord longer.
IV. Bloom where you are planted. (Claim the Now!)
a. Flourish now. Don't long for the far away. Claim the NOW!
Don't always say when I become a worldclass musician then I would ... enjoy the now!
Ps1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
Ps92
12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
13 planted in the house of the LORD,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
15 proclaiming, "The LORD is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."
b. ALL of life is a holy calling.
Being an employee, an employer, a businessman, an entreprenuer, a son, a daugther, a sister, a brother, a daddy, a mommy, a hubby, a wife,a son-in-law, a daughter-in-law, a ministry worker, an usher, a singer in church, a pastor, etc ... and the responsiblities and chores that comes with it ... IS A HOLY CALLING. Yes, even washing dishes is a holy calling!
c. Minister in your anointing
Serve the Lord in whatever areas you are good at. Be it visitation, prayer, sharing the Word with others, encouraging others, giving money, blessing others with a good meal, making cakes and pastries for others, giving to missions, to ministries, church buildings, administration, holy communion elements preparation, etc.
I must say that even the most manual tasks are ministries. Especially the manual mundane tasks. In the eyes of the Lord, the eyes, the mouth, the skin, the hairs, the sole of the feet, all the parts of the body form the whole body! No task is unimportant in the Body of Christ. and we share THE SAME reward!
Romans 12:
3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.
4Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
5so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
6We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith.
7If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
8if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.
Col 3
23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,
24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
25Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
d. Your ministry will make a way for you.
If God closes a door, He opens a window.
and What a Window!
Don't let set backs set you back in the Lord.
God specialises in using set backs to spur us on to greater works in HIM and for His glory!
I must confess that as I type, I have fresh insights from the Spirit and verses, these fresh insights and verses that are not in the sermons are included in the above.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Let's fulfil some Singaporeans' Christmas Wishes today!
The Boys' Brigade Singapore is helping many Singaporeans fulfil their wishes this Christmas.
Check this website out http://www.bbsgb.org.sg/fulfill.html for gifts you may want to buy to bless them.
Deadline was 20 Dec, just read about their story from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20071220/tap-318427-231650b.html .
But there are still quite a number of unfulfilled wishes.
I am sure we can make a difference this Christmas ...
Categories: Children, Elderly and Family
Give and it would be given unto you, a good measure, pressed down and running over ...
Check this website out http://www.bbsgb.org.sg/fulfill.html for gifts you may want to buy to bless them.
Deadline was 20 Dec, just read about their story from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/cna/20071220/tap-318427-231650b.html .
But there are still quite a number of unfulfilled wishes.
I am sure we can make a difference this Christmas ...
Categories: Children, Elderly and Family
Give and it would be given unto you, a good measure, pressed down and running over ...
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Sons of God live by the Spirit
Gal5
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves
be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;
rather, serve one another in love.
16 So I say, live by the Spirit,
and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Romans 8
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,
you will live,
14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15For you did not receive a spirit
that makes you a slave again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of sonship.
And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Looks like there is still a choice we need to make everyday to live by the Spirit and not to let ourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery.
The yoke of slavery comes into effect if we choose to subject ourselves to acts of the sinful nature, the flesh, and there is law against such things.
But there is hope in that we can chooose not to indulge in acts of the sinful nature or acts of the flesh.
We can only choose to overcome this by the spirit and not by the flesh. Perhaps in constant communication with our Abba Father (the Father of our spirit).
If our troubled heart has not found the peace yet, or we run out of words to pray, or do not know how best to pray for our situations, we may engage the Holy Spirit in our prayer by praying in tongues.
For when we pray in tongues, our spirit prays and the hindrance of our canal mind and limited understanding and experience is removed.
When we pray in tongues, we engage the supernatural, we engage our Abba.
When do we stop praying? Perhaps until we feel the peace that surpasses all understanding filling and guarding our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus steps in.
Notice not in Lord Jesus but in Christ Jesus, means in the Anointed Jesus, in the Messiah Jesus.
Notice only when we are IN Christ Jesus that our hearts and minds are guarded by the peace of God, not in our will power, not in our bank accounts, not in our education, not in our jobs, not in our parents, not in our spouse, not in our children, not in our ability, not in anything or anyone else physical which we put our security in but in Christ Jesus and in Christ Jesus alone.
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:7
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. (NIV)
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. (Amplified Bible)
Notice it is spirit not flesh.
Therefore I can conclude that if we live by the spirit, we can put to death the misdeeds of the body by the spirit and only by the spirit. We cannot put the death the misdeeds of the body by the flesh or our own will power, we can only do this by the spirit with the help of the Holy Spirit within us.
Sometimes, don't we hate the words discipline and self-control, perhaps we don't have such traits in us, but praise Jesus, He has, He will put these inside of us, we can rest easy in Him. Then we can see the power to live a victorious, prosperous and peaceful life flowing in our lives everyday.
Yes, we only have the here and now, live in it. Enjoy Jesus.
Our prayer for everyday could be ...
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves
be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;
rather, serve one another in love.
16 So I say, live by the Spirit,
and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions
21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Romans 8
13For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die;
but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body,
you will live,
14because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15For you did not receive a spirit
that makes you a slave again to fear,
but you received the Spirit of sonship.
And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."
Looks like there is still a choice we need to make everyday to live by the Spirit and not to let ourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery.
The yoke of slavery comes into effect if we choose to subject ourselves to acts of the sinful nature, the flesh, and there is law against such things.
But there is hope in that we can chooose not to indulge in acts of the sinful nature or acts of the flesh.
We can only choose to overcome this by the spirit and not by the flesh. Perhaps in constant communication with our Abba Father (the Father of our spirit).
If our troubled heart has not found the peace yet, or we run out of words to pray, or do not know how best to pray for our situations, we may engage the Holy Spirit in our prayer by praying in tongues.
For when we pray in tongues, our spirit prays and the hindrance of our canal mind and limited understanding and experience is removed.
When we pray in tongues, we engage the supernatural, we engage our Abba.
When do we stop praying? Perhaps until we feel the peace that surpasses all understanding filling and guarding our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus steps in.
Notice not in Lord Jesus but in Christ Jesus, means in the Anointed Jesus, in the Messiah Jesus.
Notice only when we are IN Christ Jesus that our hearts and minds are guarded by the peace of God, not in our will power, not in our bank accounts, not in our education, not in our jobs, not in our parents, not in our spouse, not in our children, not in our ability, not in anything or anyone else physical which we put our security in but in Christ Jesus and in Christ Jesus alone.
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 1:7
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. (NIV)
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. (Amplified Bible)
Notice it is spirit not flesh.
Therefore I can conclude that if we live by the spirit, we can put to death the misdeeds of the body by the spirit and only by the spirit. We cannot put the death the misdeeds of the body by the flesh or our own will power, we can only do this by the spirit with the help of the Holy Spirit within us.
Sometimes, don't we hate the words discipline and self-control, perhaps we don't have such traits in us, but praise Jesus, He has, He will put these inside of us, we can rest easy in Him. Then we can see the power to live a victorious, prosperous and peaceful life flowing in our lives everyday.
Yes, we only have the here and now, live in it. Enjoy Jesus.
Our prayer for everyday could be ...
Ephesians 1:17
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
Monday, December 17, 2007
Keeping Ourselves in the Lord
On Keeping Ourselves in the Lord
Hebrews13
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have,
because God has said, "Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.
Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
The Lord has been talking to me about the prodigal son ... the younger brother
who went away squandering his inheritance and came back to the Father empty handed
well, thank God he came to his senses and came back to the Father's house
under the protection of the Rich Daddy
having all his needs taken care of
and his rights and power of sonship fully restored
not a word of condemnation from the Daddy
only kisses after kisses, hugs after hugs
the lost son is now found!
and there is such celebrations in the household ...
what a celebration that the older brother could hear the sound of dancing
even in the distant ...
people only refer to non Christians coming to the Lord when they narrate this story
but this is also for Christians ... esp Christians who think they are godly
and think they have it all ... but yet they are still so fruitless and unsuccessful ...
doing things their way ... without depending on God to help them at all ...
in our age and culture, we like the word independance
this is not so in the Father's business and economy
He wants us to be totally dependant on Him
His wisdom, His lordship and His guidance and His provisions
most of all His favours, His grace, His lovingkindness and His gently mercies
they are ours to enjoy here and NOW ... not tomorrow, not another day ...
not when we were just new Christians ... but now ...
keeping ourselves in the Lord also means keeping ourselves in the Lord's house ...
not straying away on our own ...
for there can be no protection unless we are in Christ and in Christ alone ...
only those who are conscious of the fact that we are IN CHRIST reigns in life ...
6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
like my friend said just now, he told another brother who is in business,
"if you need business, why don't you ask the Lord to bring you?"
HE is the One who brings us the business, not us.
The people of the world cannot because they don't have Him ...
we can ... we have Him on our side as our Helper.
So blessed we are!
Hebrews13
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money
and be content with what you have,
because God has said, "Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you."
6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you.
Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
The Lord has been talking to me about the prodigal son ... the younger brother
who went away squandering his inheritance and came back to the Father empty handed
well, thank God he came to his senses and came back to the Father's house
under the protection of the Rich Daddy
having all his needs taken care of
and his rights and power of sonship fully restored
not a word of condemnation from the Daddy
only kisses after kisses, hugs after hugs
the lost son is now found!
and there is such celebrations in the household ...
what a celebration that the older brother could hear the sound of dancing
even in the distant ...
people only refer to non Christians coming to the Lord when they narrate this story
but this is also for Christians ... esp Christians who think they are godly
and think they have it all ... but yet they are still so fruitless and unsuccessful ...
doing things their way ... without depending on God to help them at all ...
in our age and culture, we like the word independance
this is not so in the Father's business and economy
He wants us to be totally dependant on Him
His wisdom, His lordship and His guidance and His provisions
most of all His favours, His grace, His lovingkindness and His gently mercies
they are ours to enjoy here and NOW ... not tomorrow, not another day ...
not when we were just new Christians ... but now ...
keeping ourselves in the Lord also means keeping ourselves in the Lord's house ...
not straying away on our own ...
for there can be no protection unless we are in Christ and in Christ alone ...
only those who are conscious of the fact that we are IN CHRIST reigns in life ...
6 So we say with confidence,
"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?"
like my friend said just now, he told another brother who is in business,
"if you need business, why don't you ask the Lord to bring you?"
HE is the One who brings us the business, not us.
The people of the world cannot because they don't have Him ...
we can ... we have Him on our side as our Helper.
So blessed we are!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Feeling subject to bondage anyone?
If anyone is feeling under the water these days, there is hope for us.
Every hope is found in the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Hebrews 2
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death
He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 and release those who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For indeed He does not give aid to angels,
but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.
1John 5
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God,
that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may continue to believe
in the name of the Son of God.
4 because every one who is begotten of God
doth overcome the world,
and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;
4 誰一人一人は、神のひとり子であるため、
世界を克服しておられる、
これは世界を克服した勝利である - 私たちの信仰;
5 who is he who is overcoming the world,
if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
世界を克服している彼は、誰が
そうでない場合、彼はイエスが神の御子であると信じるている人？
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin;
but he who has been born of God keeps himself,
and the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world
lies under the sway of the wicked one.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
1 Chronicles 4
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,
“Oh, that You would
bless me indeed, and
enlarge my territory, that
Your hand would be with me, and that
You would keep me from evil, that
I may not cause pain!”
So God granted him what he requested.
John 22
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it,
and gave it to them, saying,
“This is My body which is given for you;
do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper,
saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you.
1 Cor 11
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
why remember Him when we part-take of the bread ...
why proclaim his death ...
Hebrews 2
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death
He might destroy him who had the power of death,
that is, the devil,
15 and release those who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
The Lord bless the sharing of His Holy Word.
Every hope is found in the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
Hebrews 2
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death
He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,
15 and release those who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
16 For indeed He does not give aid to angels,
but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham.
1John 5
11 And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in His Son.
12 He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
13 These things I have written to you
who believe in the name of the Son of God,
that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may continue to believe
in the name of the Son of God.
4 because every one who is begotten of God
doth overcome the world,
and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;
4 誰一人一人は、神のひとり子であるため、
世界を克服しておられる、
これは世界を克服した勝利である - 私たちの信仰;
5 who is he who is overcoming the world,
if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?
世界を克服している彼は、誰が
そうでない場合、彼はイエスが神の御子であると信じるている人？
18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin;
but he who has been born of God keeps himself,
and the wicked one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world
lies under the sway of the wicked one.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
1 Chronicles 4
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,
“Oh, that You would
bless me indeed, and
enlarge my territory, that
Your hand would be with me, and that
You would keep me from evil, that
I may not cause pain!”
So God granted him what he requested.
John 22
19 And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it,
and gave it to them, saying,
“This is My body which is given for you;
do this in remembrance of Me.”
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper,
saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood,
which is shed for you.
1 Cor 11
26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,
you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.
why remember Him when we part-take of the bread ...
why proclaim his death ...
Hebrews 2
14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death
He might destroy him who had the power of death,
that is, the devil,
15 and release those who through fear of death
were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
The Lord bless the sharing of His Holy Word.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Food that endures to eternal life
John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
Each person has been given a gift or gifts from the Lord to do something well.
Find out your talents and serve the Lord with these your talents.
This is one of the areas where we find food endures to eternal life.
I had always wondered why the painting Mona Lisa was so famous other than
it was done by Leonardo Da Vinci ... until one day I saw a documentary depicting
the artist's working on another very important painting. It was the Last Supper.
And I suddenly realised that Leonardo Da Vinci's legacy lived on even till today
and even the in today's terms oversized lady Mona Lisa is still captivating audiences
at the Louve Museum in Paris.
Yes, whatever you do for the Lord lasts and lasts forever ...
and sometimes if we do not even realise it ... it has become a legacy.
My gift maybe in the area of writing, what about yours?
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
Each person has been given a gift or gifts from the Lord to do something well.
Find out your talents and serve the Lord with these your talents.
This is one of the areas where we find food endures to eternal life.
I had always wondered why the painting Mona Lisa was so famous other than
it was done by Leonardo Da Vinci ... until one day I saw a documentary depicting
the artist's working on another very important painting. It was the Last Supper.
And I suddenly realised that Leonardo Da Vinci's legacy lived on even till today
and even the in today's terms oversized lady Mona Lisa is still captivating audiences
at the Louve Museum in Paris.
Yes, whatever you do for the Lord lasts and lasts forever ...
and sometimes if we do not even realise it ... it has become a legacy.
My gift maybe in the area of writing, what about yours?
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Direct Line with our Father Anytime!
Today in Yahoo's AP Videos, we see Jenna Bush calling her dad George Bush on Ellen Degeneres' show.
By the way, Ellen Degeneres Show is one of my favourites!
Jenna reminded me of how easy we can call our Father in heaven and we can get access to Him anytime of the day and He would never be mad at us calling Him.
So sweet of hear President Bush's greetings to his daughter
you should watch the video for yourself.
and imagine our Father in heaven telling us too ...
here is the link :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_en_tv/people_degeneres_jenna_bush_3
Merry Christmas everyone!
P.S. position, position, position, it is all about our position in Christ! Praise the Lord!
1 Cor 1
30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
By the way, Ellen Degeneres Show is one of my favourites!
Jenna reminded me of how easy we can call our Father in heaven and we can get access to Him anytime of the day and He would never be mad at us calling Him.
So sweet of hear President Bush's greetings to his daughter
you should watch the video for yourself.
and imagine our Father in heaven telling us too ...
here is the link :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071205/ap_on_en_tv/people_degeneres_jenna_bush_3
Merry Christmas everyone!
P.S. position, position, position, it is all about our position in Christ! Praise the Lord!
1 Cor 1
30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
31That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Year of the Lord, Jubilee
Year of the Lord, Jubilee
In Aug 4th, 2004 a friend of ours requested me to pray for supernatural cancellation of his housing loans. I told him I would pray for him.
And that night the Lord gave me this scriptures in Leviticus 25 on the supernatural cancellation of debts in the year of Jubilee, the acceptable year of the Lord.
I was overjoyed and told him about it. It was also because I too am in line for such blessings as I prayed for him. I am also a recipient of this wonderful Jubilee year blessings.
Three years have passed, one night in September this year the Lord reminded me of this passage through our pastor’s Bible study (yes, Pastor Joseph Prince).
September 12 2007 that night happened to be the Jewish Rosh Hashanah … their New Year … the Jewish day starts at 6pm in the evening … and in our church here we had the ram’s horn blown! What a blessing, what a joy, what a privilege, what a wonderful Saviour we have in our Lord Jesus Christ! What an accomplishment of our Great Lord … Lord we love You very much!
My heart leapt joyously when pastor said that this is 5768 in the year of the Jewish calendar and the Name of God Yahweh (YHWH) also has numerical value that adds up to 26, as the numerical value of this year 5768=26 … this is indeed the year of the Lord!
In that case, if 5768 is 2007 Sep 12 - 2008 Sep 11,
then
Sep 2004 - Sep 2005 was actually the 6th year where the bumper crops comes at the end of the 6th year … 3yrs supply of bumper crops … and
“THE ANSWER IS, ‘I WILL BLESS YOU WITH BUMPER CROPS THE SIXTH YEAR THAT WILL LAST YOU UNTIL THE CROPS OFTHE EIGHTH YEAR ARE HARVESTED!’
that means end of 6th year we get bumper crops
7th year : Sep 2005 - Sep 2006 was the year of rest … feed on the bumper crops
and
8th year Sep 2006-Sep 2007, Year of New Beginnings
feed on bumper crops at the same time start sowing again … a year of new beginnings … the bumper crops from the 6th year is enough to last till the new harvest is ready …
Aug 2007 - Aug 2008 year of The Lord … Year of Jubilee …
year of harvesting the new crops as well as sowing …
Lev25:13
YES, DURING THE YEAR OF JUBILEE EVERYONE SHALL RETURN HOME TO HIS ORIGINAL FAMILY POSSESSION; IF HE HAS SOLD IT, IT SHALL BE HIS AGAIN!
Our Lord Jesus has proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord, in the here and now … not another year, not another time, not past, nor future but NOW!
He has set ALL prisoners free, all people free from all bondages of any kind …
illness, poverty, depression, torment, slavery, debts, pornography, gambling, etc …
Jesus has restored us back to our original family possession what Adam had before the fall!
Now GET READY for THIS …
LEV26:9,10
I WILL LOOK AFTER YOU, AND MULTIPLY YOU, AND FULFIL MY COVENANT WITH YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE SUCH A SURPLUS OF CROPS THAT YOU WON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THE NEW HARVEST IS READY!
LEV26:11
AND I WILL LIVE AMONG YOU AND NOT DESPISE YOU.
LEV26:12
I WILL WALK AMONG YOU AND BE YOUR GOD, AND YOU SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
(In the New Covenant He is already our God, Living within us always since Day One!!!)
LEV26:13
FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,
SO THAT YOU WOULD BE SLAVES NO LONGER; I HAVE BROKEN YOUR CHAINS SO THAT YOU CAN WALK WITH DIGNITY.
Egypt : land of bondage for the children of Israel in the past …
At the cross, Jesus has broken the chains so that we can walk with dignity.
Isn’t He beautiful? My Saviour Jesus …
Don’t we just love Him?
We are greatly blessed, highly favoured and deeply loved in the Beloved!
Come to think of it, does this mean that our flat and all other loans would be fully paid in the year of Jubilee too? Wow! Thank you Abba Father!
Yes, it is a gift from You and if it is a gift then it should be paid in full by You! Thank You!
I can't wait to get back to this blog and tell the whole world when these events come to pass, yes, it is a matter of time ... His Word is true.
Thank You Lord for supernatural cancellation of debts, debts free lifestyle and in the words of someone "financial independence" with plenting growing, ever-increasing and overflowing and plenty spill over, nourishing and blessing the people, and nations who are in need around us!
In Aug 4th, 2004 a friend of ours requested me to pray for supernatural cancellation of his housing loans. I told him I would pray for him.
And that night the Lord gave me this scriptures in Leviticus 25 on the supernatural cancellation of debts in the year of Jubilee, the acceptable year of the Lord.
I was overjoyed and told him about it. It was also because I too am in line for such blessings as I prayed for him. I am also a recipient of this wonderful Jubilee year blessings.
Three years have passed, one night in September this year the Lord reminded me of this passage through our pastor’s Bible study (yes, Pastor Joseph Prince).
September 12 2007 that night happened to be the Jewish Rosh Hashanah … their New Year … the Jewish day starts at 6pm in the evening … and in our church here we had the ram’s horn blown! What a blessing, what a joy, what a privilege, what a wonderful Saviour we have in our Lord Jesus Christ! What an accomplishment of our Great Lord … Lord we love You very much!
My heart leapt joyously when pastor said that this is 5768 in the year of the Jewish calendar and the Name of God Yahweh (YHWH) also has numerical value that adds up to 26, as the numerical value of this year 5768=26 … this is indeed the year of the Lord!
In that case, if 5768 is 2007 Sep 12 - 2008 Sep 11,
then
Sep 2004 - Sep 2005 was actually the 6th year where the bumper crops comes at the end of the 6th year … 3yrs supply of bumper crops … and
“THE ANSWER IS, ‘I WILL BLESS YOU WITH BUMPER CROPS THE SIXTH YEAR THAT WILL LAST YOU UNTIL THE CROPS OFTHE EIGHTH YEAR ARE HARVESTED!’
that means end of 6th year we get bumper crops
7th year : Sep 2005 - Sep 2006 was the year of rest … feed on the bumper crops
and
8th year Sep 2006-Sep 2007, Year of New Beginnings
feed on bumper crops at the same time start sowing again … a year of new beginnings … the bumper crops from the 6th year is enough to last till the new harvest is ready …
Aug 2007 - Aug 2008 year of The Lord … Year of Jubilee …
year of harvesting the new crops as well as sowing …
Lev25:13
YES, DURING THE YEAR OF JUBILEE EVERYONE SHALL RETURN HOME TO HIS ORIGINAL FAMILY POSSESSION; IF HE HAS SOLD IT, IT SHALL BE HIS AGAIN!
Our Lord Jesus has proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord, in the here and now … not another year, not another time, not past, nor future but NOW!
He has set ALL prisoners free, all people free from all bondages of any kind …
illness, poverty, depression, torment, slavery, debts, pornography, gambling, etc …
Jesus has restored us back to our original family possession what Adam had before the fall!
Now GET READY for THIS …
LEV26:9,10
I WILL LOOK AFTER YOU, AND MULTIPLY YOU, AND FULFIL MY COVENANT WITH YOU.
YOU WILL HAVE SUCH A SURPLUS OF CROPS THAT YOU WON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN THE NEW HARVEST IS READY!
LEV26:11
AND I WILL LIVE AMONG YOU AND NOT DESPISE YOU.
LEV26:12
I WILL WALK AMONG YOU AND BE YOUR GOD, AND YOU SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
(In the New Covenant He is already our God, Living within us always since Day One!!!)
LEV26:13
FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD WHO BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,
SO THAT YOU WOULD BE SLAVES NO LONGER; I HAVE BROKEN YOUR CHAINS SO THAT YOU CAN WALK WITH DIGNITY.
Egypt : land of bondage for the children of Israel in the past …
At the cross, Jesus has broken the chains so that we can walk with dignity.
Isn’t He beautiful? My Saviour Jesus …
Don’t we just love Him?
We are greatly blessed, highly favoured and deeply loved in the Beloved!
Come to think of it, does this mean that our flat and all other loans would be fully paid in the year of Jubilee too? Wow! Thank you Abba Father!
Yes, it is a gift from You and if it is a gift then it should be paid in full by You! Thank You!
I can't wait to get back to this blog and tell the whole world when these events come to pass, yes, it is a matter of time ... His Word is true.
Thank You Lord for supernatural cancellation of debts, debts free lifestyle and in the words of someone "financial independence" with plenting growing, ever-increasing and overflowing and plenty spill over, nourishing and blessing the people, and nations who are in need around us!
Friday, November 30, 2007
This is My Father's World
2 Cor 8:9
For you know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich,
yet for your sakes
he became poor,
so that you
through his poverty
might become rich.
Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works,
then it is no more grace:
otherwise work is no more work.
2 Cor 9:7-10
7Each man should give what he has decided
in his heart to give, not reluctantly or
under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make
all grace abound to you,
so that in all things at all times,
having all that you need,
you will abound in every good work.
9As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."
10Now he who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food will also
supply and increase
your store of seed and will
enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11You will be made rich in every way
so that you can be generous
on every occasion,
and through us your generosity
will result in thanksgiving to God.
That day, I was telling some friends when I wanted something
which I cannot afford or I don't want to pay for it,
I would normally ask for it ...
and it would be given to me ... it usually comes ...
just a matter of time ... either by then I can afford it ... or
it comes FOC ... or as gift for me ...
then I cited my flat and my car ...
it was to their amazement ... these are bigger tickets items
yes, indeed our first flat for fully paid almost without much effort
for one thing the deductions from our cpf accounts were not noticeable at all
for we did not even take a second look at it ...
and one day, we received a letter and our flat's titledeed with it
saying that our flat was fully paid ... how we thanked the Lord for
His faithfulness!
It was just in a matter of 4yrs and 4yrs seemed so fast!
If I am not wrong it was more than SGD100K then!
It was more than 10years ago already ... looking back I really see grace ...
truely, pure grace ... we did not even cast our eyes on the loan repayment
of the flat at all ...
the other item was our first car ... which cost equally much ...
when we bought it, it was SGD81K then not inclusive of instalment interest yet
(more than 10years ago cars were that expensive)
paid the deposit of SGD20k and the balance on monthly instalment
hubby received 2 pay rise in that year ... one before the car's arrival
another after taking the ownership of the car ...
which just about covered the
monthly instalment for the car
if I am not wrong, we chose a 7yr instalment plan ...
but within one year,
we had a huge profit from one of our transactions
and the car was paid in full a total of SGD91k (with instalment interest)
and we had the car for free (sort of) without any worries of monthly instalment
I really see grace in the purchase of these 2 items ...
Abba Father provided us with the favours, the increments and
the profits in transactions ...
now we are into our 2nd car and our 2nd flat
the second car costs less than our first car and the 2nd flat which costs more than five times our former flat
and we are servicing the car instalment and housing loans ...
wait ... wait a minute ...
are not these 2 items also gifts in answer to my prayers from Abba?
hello Abba ... since these 2 are gifts from You too ...
I don't think we should be paying for them as in
literally working our sweat out
to service them ...
I think the instalments will be done pretty soon by His grace ...
but still ... a gift is a gift ...
I am now going to take the "Take no care",
"no worries" approach as before
take my hands off these gifts
and see the provision of my Abba
by His grace these items are indeed gifts from the Almighty
just like we handled the first 2 gifts earlier ...
enjoying life, working, travelling and having fun ...
never even think about the financial commitments
we were in
as in the words of my pastor
"God does not know how to give small gifts to His children,
He always supercedes what we ask of Him"
from the above scriptures, God also gives us grace
to give and to bless others
and He will indeed enlarge the harvest of our righteousness
righteousness attracts all the blessings of God and this world
whatever we need perhaps we sow a seed in that area
by His grace this little seed sown in prayer and in love
will indeed produce a huge oversized harvest both in quality and
in quantity
I am writing to parents also, if children are
a gift and a blessing from the Lord
then it is His duty to provide us the means, wisdom and ability to raise them up
and to enjoy them as well
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth,
and he adds no trouble to it.
The blessing of the LORD,
it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth.
All our works add nothing to it.
I choose to receive His blessings by grace, how about you?
I choose to continuously thank Him for His faithfulness in our lives
and all our gifts from Him are fully paid by Him
we need not have to fret over them or quarrel over them
especially when they arrived in answer to our prayers
or our declarations
how about you?
show God our faith by simply letting go
and not worrying about it
and He will show us our miracle!
sometimes faith is just simply not worrying over the things
that we might have been worrying over for a long time ... even money ...
wake up, smell the flowers He has created for us ...
this is our Father's world!
His children get to enjoy it free ...
Jesus has paid the price for it too ...
this earth is twice owned by Him ...
anddddd we areeeee innnnnn Himmmmmmmm
If the greatest gift, salvation, to mankind is given to us
is free by His grace
how much more the other lesser gifts?
Think think ... it just occurred to me to rethink about His goodness ...
hee hee
my thanksgiving list
1. my flats,
(now I am asking for a real good property,
complete with swimming pool and other games that I like,
I have already named them (even the name of the property) to Him,
I dun mind listing here when He gives I will update you,
don't any of you give me,
He will give me supernaturally
a close fren or relative is claiming an island asset for herself and for me
well, I said amen to that too!)
2. my cars, (He ever said He is able to give me
the most expensive one in one worship service.
in another service much earlier
He actually showed me a sports car when I kneeled in church
and demanded from Him a car for the family)
3. my handphone last year was abt SGD400plus
when I just saw it and I asked the Lord to give it to me free ...
and ... it became zero dollar in a couple of months with two-year subscription!
I think I am going to have another free mobile phone in December ...
someone upgrading his and giving me free, he likes my handphone in exchange ...
4. my fans (I only wanted to get one additional fan at that time a wall fan for my room,
and I received two - one wall fan and one floor fan and
one more recently, so many that I had to give one away)
5. my computer (always free from my relative when
he upgrades his every year almost)
maybe Abba knows I like to blog ...
or share His word with others ... I think I only spent
my money on a computer monitor ...
okay maybe on ink cartridges as well sometimes ...
even the internet line is greatly subsidised ...
6. many holidays which He gave us back the money
we spent plus some extra in forms of bonuses
even in odd months where we don't usually expect to receive bonuses ...
the most recent one was SGD XX,XXX ...
that is why we published the book to celebrate His goodness unto us!
I am a child of the Most High, my Father's name is El Shaddai ... not El Cheapo ..
so blessed!
God is no respector of persons,
if God can do for us, He can also do for you!
Just claim it ... no need to be jealous ...
that is my reaction when I see others very blessed of God
I rejoice with them ...
and I just tell Him if I ever wanted such blessing
no need to covet what others have ...
just ask and it shall be given ... if we really desire...
He will indeed give us the desires of our hearts ... really
He is that good!
Shortly posting this yesterday,
we went for breakfast
when we came back
we saw a Sports version of a Mercedes Benz
entering the carpark in front of our car
it was a cool 2-seater
and we took a peep at the driver
it was an older lady in her mid 60s in makeup and wearing sunglasses
there was another such lady waiting for her to stop the car
and she got into the car
it was such a lovely sight
we seldom see older ladies driving here, far less one driving a sports car
my heart rejoices for her and her friend (or relative?)
lovely car and lovely companion ... what a pleasant combination ... what a lovely sight!
I stumbled across these verses
Luke 11
34 YOUR EYES LIGHT UP YOUR INWARD BEING.
A PURE EYE LETS SUNSHINE INTO YOUR SOUL.
A LUSTFUL EYE SHUTS OUT THE LIGHT
AND PLUNGES YOU INTO DARKNESS.
35 SO WATCH OUT THAT THE SUNSHINE ISN'T BLOTTED OUT.
36 IF YOU ARE FILLED WITH LIGHT WITHIN, WITH NO DARK CORNERS,
THEN YOUR FACE WILL BE RADIANT TOO,
AS THOUGH A FLOODLIGHT IS BEAMED ON YOU."
I checked out the meaning of "lust" in the greek translation ... it means "evil"
not a craving after things that are good ...
lustful means evil ...
Eg. David lusted after Bathesheba (when she was somebody's wife) ... this is evil
When the Lord reprimanded David, He said to David that David could ask Him for more
"wives or concubines" and He would give to him ...
David need not have to lust after another man's wife ... now that is evil ...
there is a difference between wanting what belongs to the Jones
and asking Abba Father for things that seemed good to us ... that the Jones have ...
not asking Abba Father to get those Jones' stuff for us but get us brand new ones ...
lusting after what the Jones' have is likened to wanting their golden retreiver dog Boxer
but asking Abba Father for a golden retreiver dog for our own is not lusting ...
I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit for helping me shed some light into this truth.
After all being said and done, our eyes should be fixed on Jesus, the One
who made all things possible for us.
HE took all the curses away from our lives
so that we only gets the blessings ... and blessings after blessings manifest in our lives
as we focus on Him the Giver of Life, the Blesser ... we are the Blessed Ones
because we are in the Beloved of the Father
and the Father revealed to me ... that the heavens were opened unto Jesus ...
when Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist ...
and the heavens are always opened unto Jesus until now
and WE are in HIM JESUS , halleluYAH!
so the heavens are opened unto us!
do you know what it means to have heavens opened unto you?
that means you prosper in WHATEVER YOU DO
that means you are a delightsome land
that means you are ever so joyful and delightful to be around with too
that means you are also so happy to be yourself
that means you can indeed be a blessing to those you love ...
not just physical presence only
by materially blessing them, financially blessing them,
emotionally blessing them ...
remember we are IN CHRIST THE BELOVED OF THE FATHER ...
the heavens are opened unto CHRIST JESUS ...
and so unto us because we are IN HIM!
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
therefore Christ has redeemed us from sickness, from poverty, from bondages, from confusion
therefore I am healthy, rich, free and of sound mind!
Thank you Jesus!
For you know
the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that though he was rich,
yet for your sakes
he became poor,
so that you
through his poverty
might become rich.
Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works:
otherwise grace is no more grace.
But if it be of works,
then it is no more grace:
otherwise work is no more work.
2 Cor 9:7-10
7Each man should give what he has decided
in his heart to give, not reluctantly or
under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
8And God is able to make
all grace abound to you,
so that in all things at all times,
having all that you need,
you will abound in every good work.
9As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."
10Now he who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food will also
supply and increase
your store of seed and will
enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11You will be made rich in every way
so that you can be generous
on every occasion,
and through us your generosity
will result in thanksgiving to God.
That day, I was telling some friends when I wanted something
which I cannot afford or I don't want to pay for it,
I would normally ask for it ...
and it would be given to me ... it usually comes ...
just a matter of time ... either by then I can afford it ... or
it comes FOC ... or as gift for me ...
then I cited my flat and my car ...
it was to their amazement ... these are bigger tickets items
yes, indeed our first flat for fully paid almost without much effort
for one thing the deductions from our cpf accounts were not noticeable at all
for we did not even take a second look at it ...
and one day, we received a letter and our flat's titledeed with it
saying that our flat was fully paid ... how we thanked the Lord for
His faithfulness!
It was just in a matter of 4yrs and 4yrs seemed so fast!
If I am not wrong it was more than SGD100K then!
It was more than 10years ago already ... looking back I really see grace ...
truely, pure grace ... we did not even cast our eyes on the loan repayment
of the flat at all ...
the other item was our first car ... which cost equally much ...
when we bought it, it was SGD81K then not inclusive of instalment interest yet
(more than 10years ago cars were that expensive)
paid the deposit of SGD20k and the balance on monthly instalment
hubby received 2 pay rise in that year ... one before the car's arrival
another after taking the ownership of the car ...
which just about covered the
monthly instalment for the car
if I am not wrong, we chose a 7yr instalment plan ...
but within one year,
we had a huge profit from one of our transactions
and the car was paid in full a total of SGD91k (with instalment interest)
and we had the car for free (sort of) without any worries of monthly instalment
I really see grace in the purchase of these 2 items ...
Abba Father provided us with the favours, the increments and
the profits in transactions ...
now we are into our 2nd car and our 2nd flat
the second car costs less than our first car and the 2nd flat which costs more than five times our former flat
and we are servicing the car instalment and housing loans ...
wait ... wait a minute ...
are not these 2 items also gifts in answer to my prayers from Abba?
hello Abba ... since these 2 are gifts from You too ...
I don't think we should be paying for them as in
literally working our sweat out
to service them ...
I think the instalments will be done pretty soon by His grace ...
but still ... a gift is a gift ...
I am now going to take the "Take no care",
"no worries" approach as before
take my hands off these gifts
and see the provision of my Abba
by His grace these items are indeed gifts from the Almighty
just like we handled the first 2 gifts earlier ...
enjoying life, working, travelling and having fun ...
never even think about the financial commitments
we were in
as in the words of my pastor
"God does not know how to give small gifts to His children,
He always supercedes what we ask of Him"
from the above scriptures, God also gives us grace
to give and to bless others
and He will indeed enlarge the harvest of our righteousness
righteousness attracts all the blessings of God and this world
whatever we need perhaps we sow a seed in that area
by His grace this little seed sown in prayer and in love
will indeed produce a huge oversized harvest both in quality and
in quantity
I am writing to parents also, if children are
a gift and a blessing from the Lord
then it is His duty to provide us the means, wisdom and ability to raise them up
and to enjoy them as well
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD brings wealth,
and he adds no trouble to it.
The blessing of the LORD,
it maketh rich,
and he addeth no sorrow with it.
The Lord's blessing is our greatest wealth.
All our works add nothing to it.
I choose to receive His blessings by grace, how about you?
I choose to continuously thank Him for His faithfulness in our lives
and all our gifts from Him are fully paid by Him
we need not have to fret over them or quarrel over them
especially when they arrived in answer to our prayers
or our declarations
how about you?
show God our faith by simply letting go
and not worrying about it
and He will show us our miracle!
sometimes faith is just simply not worrying over the things
that we might have been worrying over for a long time ... even money ...
wake up, smell the flowers He has created for us ...
this is our Father's world!
His children get to enjoy it free ...
Jesus has paid the price for it too ...
this earth is twice owned by Him ...
anddddd we areeeee innnnnn Himmmmmmmm
If the greatest gift, salvation, to mankind is given to us
is free by His grace
how much more the other lesser gifts?
Think think ... it just occurred to me to rethink about His goodness ...
hee hee
my thanksgiving list
1. my flats,
(now I am asking for a real good property,
complete with swimming pool and other games that I like,
I have already named them (even the name of the property) to Him,
I dun mind listing here when He gives I will update you,
don't any of you give me,
He will give me supernaturally
a close fren or relative is claiming an island asset for herself and for me
well, I said amen to that too!)
2. my cars, (He ever said He is able to give me
the most expensive one in one worship service.
in another service much earlier
He actually showed me a sports car when I kneeled in church
and demanded from Him a car for the family)
3. my handphone last year was abt SGD400plus
when I just saw it and I asked the Lord to give it to me free ...
and ... it became zero dollar in a couple of months with two-year subscription!
I think I am going to have another free mobile phone in December ...
someone upgrading his and giving me free, he likes my handphone in exchange ...
4. my fans (I only wanted to get one additional fan at that time a wall fan for my room,
and I received two - one wall fan and one floor fan and
one more recently, so many that I had to give one away)
5. my computer (always free from my relative when
he upgrades his every year almost)
maybe Abba knows I like to blog ...
or share His word with others ... I think I only spent
my money on a computer monitor ...
okay maybe on ink cartridges as well sometimes ...
even the internet line is greatly subsidised ...
6. many holidays which He gave us back the money
we spent plus some extra in forms of bonuses
even in odd months where we don't usually expect to receive bonuses ...
the most recent one was SGD XX,XXX ...
that is why we published the book to celebrate His goodness unto us!
I am a child of the Most High, my Father's name is El Shaddai ... not El Cheapo ..
so blessed!
God is no respector of persons,
if God can do for us, He can also do for you!
Just claim it ... no need to be jealous ...
that is my reaction when I see others very blessed of God
I rejoice with them ...
and I just tell Him if I ever wanted such blessing
no need to covet what others have ...
just ask and it shall be given ... if we really desire...
He will indeed give us the desires of our hearts ... really
He is that good!
Shortly posting this yesterday,
we went for breakfast
when we came back
we saw a Sports version of a Mercedes Benz
entering the carpark in front of our car
it was a cool 2-seater
and we took a peep at the driver
it was an older lady in her mid 60s in makeup and wearing sunglasses
there was another such lady waiting for her to stop the car
and she got into the car
it was such a lovely sight
we seldom see older ladies driving here, far less one driving a sports car
my heart rejoices for her and her friend (or relative?)
lovely car and lovely companion ... what a pleasant combination ... what a lovely sight!
I stumbled across these verses
Luke 11
34 YOUR EYES LIGHT UP YOUR INWARD BEING.
A PURE EYE LETS SUNSHINE INTO YOUR SOUL.
A LUSTFUL EYE SHUTS OUT THE LIGHT
AND PLUNGES YOU INTO DARKNESS.
35 SO WATCH OUT THAT THE SUNSHINE ISN'T BLOTTED OUT.
36 IF YOU ARE FILLED WITH LIGHT WITHIN, WITH NO DARK CORNERS,
THEN YOUR FACE WILL BE RADIANT TOO,
AS THOUGH A FLOODLIGHT IS BEAMED ON YOU."
I checked out the meaning of "lust" in the greek translation ... it means "evil"
not a craving after things that are good ...
lustful means evil ...
Eg. David lusted after Bathesheba (when she was somebody's wife) ... this is evil
When the Lord reprimanded David, He said to David that David could ask Him for more
"wives or concubines" and He would give to him ...
David need not have to lust after another man's wife ... now that is evil ...
there is a difference between wanting what belongs to the Jones
and asking Abba Father for things that seemed good to us ... that the Jones have ...
not asking Abba Father to get those Jones' stuff for us but get us brand new ones ...
lusting after what the Jones' have is likened to wanting their golden retreiver dog Boxer
but asking Abba Father for a golden retreiver dog for our own is not lusting ...
I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit for helping me shed some light into this truth.
After all being said and done, our eyes should be fixed on Jesus, the One
who made all things possible for us.
HE took all the curses away from our lives
so that we only gets the blessings ... and blessings after blessings manifest in our lives
as we focus on Him the Giver of Life, the Blesser ... we are the Blessed Ones
because we are in the Beloved of the Father
and the Father revealed to me ... that the heavens were opened unto Jesus ...
when Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist ...
and the heavens are always opened unto Jesus until now
and WE are in HIM JESUS , halleluYAH!
so the heavens are opened unto us!
do you know what it means to have heavens opened unto you?
that means you prosper in WHATEVER YOU DO
that means you are a delightsome land
that means you are ever so joyful and delightful to be around with too
that means you are also so happy to be yourself
that means you can indeed be a blessing to those you love ...
not just physical presence only
by materially blessing them, financially blessing them,
emotionally blessing them ...
remember we are IN CHRIST THE BELOVED OF THE FATHER ...
the heavens are opened unto CHRIST JESUS ...
and so unto us because we are IN HIM!
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
therefore Christ has redeemed us from sickness, from poverty, from bondages, from confusion
therefore I am healthy, rich, free and of sound mind!
Thank you Jesus!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
I will Iook after you, multiply you and fulfil My covenant with you
Leviticus 26
9 “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.
10 You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest!
and our part is : Let Him
Praise the Lord!
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9 “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you.
10 You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest!
and our part is : Let Him
Praise the Lord!
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
U and I are very close
Yesterday Nov20,2007, I heard the Lord talking to me
in Singapore English (Singlish), it was very interesting how He talked
and what He said:
“dun let others talk 2 u as if u dunno how to find Me.
U and I are very close one …
wat u must do tis u must do tat???
wat u must say tis u must say tat???
u and I are in relationship…
closer than any other relationships becos I AM in u …
u tink I dunno abt u and wat u need meh?
Dun let your heart believe
that I am very far away from you K?”
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
My father-in-law is even better …
when I asked him to pray
asking God for such and such …
he would tell me, 'Jesus is in my heart
I dun even need to pray …
He knows all my needs and even knows what I think …
when my spectacles' lens got loosed from the frame
in a worship service...
in my heart I said :
“there is no point adjusting the transparency
making clearer the wordings on the screen …
as I can’t even see clearly … "
He heard me and restored my eyesight back to me.
Now I don’t need to wear spectacles when I go
to church to worship Him'
in Singapore English (Singlish), it was very interesting how He talked
and what He said:
“dun let others talk 2 u as if u dunno how to find Me.
U and I are very close one …
wat u must do tis u must do tat???
wat u must say tis u must say tat???
u and I are in relationship…
closer than any other relationships becos I AM in u …
u tink I dunno abt u and wat u need meh?
Dun let your heart believe
that I am very far away from you K?”
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
My father-in-law is even better …
when I asked him to pray
asking God for such and such …
he would tell me, 'Jesus is in my heart
I dun even need to pray …
He knows all my needs and even knows what I think …
when my spectacles' lens got loosed from the frame
in a worship service...
in my heart I said :
“there is no point adjusting the transparency
making clearer the wordings on the screen …
as I can’t even see clearly … "
He heard me and restored my eyesight back to me.
Now I don’t need to wear spectacles when I go
to church to worship Him'
Monday, November 19, 2007
One Thousand Dollar Note
Genesis 1
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 8
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
so I asked the Lord after I heard someone comparing us to a thousand dollar note and thereafter to a piece of white paper ...
He told me: "I have never said you are worthless ... in fact, you are likened to the pearl of great price, when the merchant (my Son) found it, he sold everything just to buy you ... "
My Breath is in you, and what's more? My Spirit is now in you, the new creation ... my beloved child ... how can you be worthless?
we are precious in God's sight so precious that He is willing to send Heaven's best
His very own Son Jesus to die for us and to give us His kind of life!
we are twice as precious ... one His breath is in us ... two His Spirit is in our heart ...
Thank you Jesus!
Thank you Abba God!
26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 2
7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Romans 8
9You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
so I asked the Lord after I heard someone comparing us to a thousand dollar note and thereafter to a piece of white paper ...
He told me: "I have never said you are worthless ... in fact, you are likened to the pearl of great price, when the merchant (my Son) found it, he sold everything just to buy you ... "
My Breath is in you, and what's more? My Spirit is now in you, the new creation ... my beloved child ... how can you be worthless?
we are precious in God's sight so precious that He is willing to send Heaven's best
His very own Son Jesus to die for us and to give us His kind of life!
we are twice as precious ... one His breath is in us ... two His Spirit is in our heart ...
Thank you Jesus!
Thank you Abba God!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
with Him Freely give us All Things
Romans 8
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
say to these things : " If God be for us, who can be against us? "
these things : our defeat, our enemies, our despair, our discouragement, our pains, our sicknesses, our losses, our failures....
say to these things
" If God be for us, who can be against us? "
this is His Word.
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
29For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
say to these things : " If God be for us, who can be against us? "
these things : our defeat, our enemies, our despair, our discouragement, our pains, our sicknesses, our losses, our failures....
say to these things
" If God be for us, who can be against us? "
freely give :
1) to do something pleasant or agreeable (to one), to do a favour to, gratify
a) to show one's self gracious, kind, benevolent
b) to grant forgiveness, to pardon
c) to give graciously, give freely, bestow
1) to forgive
2) graciously to restore one to another
3) to preserve for one a person in peril
freely give us all things ... graciously give us all things ...
freely freely freelythis is His Word.
how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Friday, November 16, 2007
You shall go out with joy
Song
You shall go out with joy and be lead forth with peace
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you
there'll be shouts of joy
and all the trees of the fields
will clap will clap their hands ...
You shall go out with joy and be lead forth with peace
the mountains and the hills (problems, obstacles, enemies)
shall break forth (flee from) before you
there'll be shouts of joy
and all the trees (children of God) of the fields
will clap will clap their hands ...
You shall go out with joy and be lead forth with peace
the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you
there'll be shouts of joy
and all the trees of the fields
will clap will clap their hands ...
You shall go out with joy and be lead forth with peace
the mountains and the hills (problems, obstacles, enemies)
shall break forth (flee from) before you
there'll be shouts of joy
and all the trees (children of God) of the fields
will clap will clap their hands ...
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Know the Grace ...You ...might become Rich
2 Cor 8:9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
Close your eyes and see our loving saviour on the Cross dying just for you.
This is how much Jesus loves us.
May grace flow in every area of our lives ... worry-free ... just trusting Him for the very very best.
For God has put everything in subjection under Jesus' feet.
We too should do likewise, PUT EVERYTHING UNDER JESUS' FEET,
our cares, our sorrows, our children's success, our lack and our finances, our sickness and our health, our friends and our enemies, our colleagues, our relatives, our life and ministries, our hopes and our disappointments.
EVERYTHING! in subjection under His feet ...
it is almost impossible to live a Christian life without a life of submission unto the Saviour who loves us, it is almost impossible to live a victorious Christian life except in submission to the Lamb of God.
Listen for and to His voice everyday, He is the good shepherd of the sheep. A good shepherd guides the sheep daily, each and every fresh new day, may we walk with our shepherd in His guidance and His leading.
1 Corinthians 15
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Let the Lord be magnified who delights in the prosperity of His servant.
Psalm 35:27
Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the LORD be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
Yes! Let the LORD be magnified, magnified, magnified.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
Close your eyes and see our loving saviour on the Cross dying just for you.
This is how much Jesus loves us.
May grace flow in every area of our lives ... worry-free ... just trusting Him for the very very best.
For God has put everything in subjection under Jesus' feet.
We too should do likewise, PUT EVERYTHING UNDER JESUS' FEET,
our cares, our sorrows, our children's success, our lack and our finances, our sickness and our health, our friends and our enemies, our colleagues, our relatives, our life and ministries, our hopes and our disappointments.
EVERYTHING! in subjection under His feet ...
it is almost impossible to live a Christian life without a life of submission unto the Saviour who loves us, it is almost impossible to live a victorious Christian life except in submission to the Lamb of God.
Listen for and to His voice everyday, He is the good shepherd of the sheep. A good shepherd guides the sheep daily, each and every fresh new day, may we walk with our shepherd in His guidance and His leading.
1 Corinthians 15
24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.
25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
27 For “He has put all things under His feet.” But when He says “all things are put under Him,” it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted.
28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
Let the Lord be magnified who delights in the prosperity of His servant.
Psalm 35:27
Let them shout for joy and be glad,
Who favor my righteous cause;
And let them say continually,
“Let the LORD be magnified,
Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.”
Yes! Let the LORD be magnified, magnified, magnified.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The blessing of Abraham, Father of Nations, the blessing of Sarah, Mother of Nations
Gen 17:2-4a,5-6
I WILL PREPARE A CONTRACT BETWEEN US, GUARANTEEING TO MAKE YOU INTO A MIGHTY NATION. IN FACT YOU SHALL BE THE FATHER OF NOT ONLY ONE NATION, BUT A MULTITUDE OF NATIONS!" .... 'ABRAHAM' (Father of Nations') - FOR THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL BE, I HAVE DECLARED IT. I WILL GIVE YOU MILLIONS OF DESCENDANTS WHO WILL FORM MANY NATIONS! KINGS SHALL BE AMONG YOUR DESCENDANTS!
Gen 17:15b,16
'SARAH' ('Princess') AND I WILL BLESS HER AND GIVE YOU A SON FROM HER! YES, I WILL BLESS HER RICHLY, AND MAKE HER THE MOTHER OF NATIONS! MANY KINGS SHALL BE AMONG YOUR POSTERITY."
Gen17:17a
Then Abraham threw himself down in worship before the Lord, but inside he was laughing in disbelief! (italics implied) "Me, a father?" he said in amusement. "Me --100years old?" And Sarah to have a baby at 90?"
Get ready all we Abraham's seeds ... whatever blessings they have, we have ... in convenant relationship with the Almighty God!
Whether we laugh in disbelief or not, God is going to fulfil His part of the CONTRACT.
Surely blessing He will bless us, multiply, He will multiply us.
No need to wait for the manifestation, we can see it in His Words now!
Not just the man is blessed, but the woman also ... God richly blesses both ABRAHAM AND SARAH, TOGETHER AS A COUPLE AND INDIVIDUALLY.
I WILL PREPARE A CONTRACT BETWEEN US, GUARANTEEING TO MAKE YOU INTO A MIGHTY NATION. IN FACT YOU SHALL BE THE FATHER OF NOT ONLY ONE NATION, BUT A MULTITUDE OF NATIONS!" .... 'ABRAHAM' (Father of Nations') - FOR THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL BE, I HAVE DECLARED IT. I WILL GIVE YOU MILLIONS OF DESCENDANTS WHO WILL FORM MANY NATIONS! KINGS SHALL BE AMONG YOUR DESCENDANTS!
Gen 17:15b,16
'SARAH' ('Princess') AND I WILL BLESS HER AND GIVE YOU A SON FROM HER! YES, I WILL BLESS HER RICHLY, AND MAKE HER THE MOTHER OF NATIONS! MANY KINGS SHALL BE AMONG YOUR POSTERITY."
Gen17:17a
Then Abraham threw himself down in worship before the Lord, but inside he was laughing in disbelief! (italics implied) "Me, a father?" he said in amusement. "Me --100years old?" And Sarah to have a baby at 90?"
Get ready all we Abraham's seeds ... whatever blessings they have, we have ... in convenant relationship with the Almighty God!
Whether we laugh in disbelief or not, God is going to fulfil His part of the CONTRACT.
Surely blessing He will bless us, multiply, He will multiply us.
No need to wait for the manifestation, we can see it in His Words now!
Not just the man is blessed, but the woman also ... God richly blesses both ABRAHAM AND SARAH, TOGETHER AS A COUPLE AND INDIVIDUALLY.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Read this ...
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
35The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
Many times we think one-way of this parable, that is, we must be like the Samaritan to others who are in need. We must have mercy to those who are suffering around us. Yes, this is so.
However, in our church we look at this story from a different angle.
The expert in the law asked Jesus about the Law and what he must do to inherit eternal life.
Jesus' answer was 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' " , is this right?
Now the expert in the law asked a second question, "And who is my neighbour?"
and from Jesus' story of the Good Samaritan, here is the man's answer
"The one who had mercy on him."
putting the two together ...
let's see the complete answer ...
"what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and
with all your strength and
with all your mind'
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
"Do this and you will live."
"And who is my neighbor?"
"The one who had mercy on him."
"Do this and you will live."
"And who is my neighbor?"
"The one who had mercy on him." His name is Jesus.
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
Luke 10
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him.
35The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
Many times we think one-way of this parable, that is, we must be like the Samaritan to others who are in need. We must have mercy to those who are suffering around us. Yes, this is so.
However, in our church we look at this story from a different angle.
The expert in the law asked Jesus about the Law and what he must do to inherit eternal life.
Jesus' answer was 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' " , is this right?
Now the expert in the law asked a second question, "And who is my neighbour?"
and from Jesus' story of the Good Samaritan, here is the man's answer
"The one who had mercy on him."
putting the two together ...
let's see the complete answer ...
"what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
'Love the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and
with all your strength and
with all your mind'
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
"Do this and you will live."
"And who is my neighbor?"
"The one who had mercy on him."
love who , "neighbour", as yourself?
neighbour, The Samaritan ...
who then is the Samaritan?
He must be someone who is rich, willing and able to help the robbed and injured man.
In this case, not even the Priest (our pastors?), nor the Levites (our deacons and our church leaders?) would help (nor could they?), only the rich Samaritan (the Lord Jesus Himself).
now the question
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
"Do this and you will live."
"And who is my neighbor?"
"The one who had mercy on him." His name is Jesus.
Love Jesus as yourself.
Do this and you will live.
The above is another side to the story of the Samaritan.
(The traditional story is "be a good Samaritan" as we have always been taught
and have always taught)
We love, because He first loved us.
so when we are down and out, remember we have a super good Samaritan
who is extremely rich, wonderfully able, exceptionally willing and powerfully strong
to help us in our times of need.
have we been robbed and beaten by the enemy lately?
and no one seems to be able to help?
or perhaps the Lord has indeed sent a Good Samaritan friend or relative
who attended to us, in our wounded state,
love this friend as ourselves, more than our pastors or church leaders
who might not be aware or
who might not have the time to attend to us at all
this friend / relative ... is the neighbour ... as the saying goes ...
a friend (in times of) need is a friend indeed.
Turn to our Good Samaritan Jesus, look He is walking towards you HERE right now.
I am feeling Jesus' presence now ... looking into my eyes ... saying to me "My child, I AM here,
your solution, your deliverence, your Saviour, your love"
reach out now and enjoy Him. Like I am doing now.
See Jesus as our solution, as our answer, to life's pressure and problems.
As He has said, troubles and problems will be in this world, but
be of good cheer, He has overcome the world. He is the solution.
Even the reason of our good cheer.
In Him we have also overcome the world as He has.
We have peace in Him, His personal shalom peace (health, wholeness, prosperity ...)
As we always tell ourselves, but we are not of this world ...
shalom
1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
a) completeness (in number)
b) safety, soundness (in body)
c) welfare, health, prosperity
d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
e) peace, friendship
1) of human relationships
2) with God especially in covenant relationship
f) peace (from war)
g) peace (as adjective)
May the Lord bless us with His Shalom through this sharing of
His Rhema Word to us this morning.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Guilt, Righteousness and the Rest of God
Guilt is a feeling of self condemnation.
Righteousness is a feeling one gets when everything on the inside is fine and well, can even mean soul prosperity.
The Rest of God, as we have always been taught, work hard to enter His Rest, this is the shalom shalom, peace on the inside and peace on the outside.
when we pray, after asking the Lord to forgive all our sins and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness, we have that sense of righteousness within having full faith that He heard us and has done according to what we asked based on 1John1:9 that He is faithful and just to forgive us all our sins.
however, have we sometimes or often wondered how is it that
many of our prayers take a long time to be answered
or some might not even be answered?
could it be that He did not hear us?
certainly not, He's God, He could even hear what we utter in our hearts and know what we think
in our minds ... how could He not hear us then?
I would like to bring all of us to these verses ... which Abba spoke to me this morning ...
John 16:
8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
if we are reproved of sin, then it means that we are like the "they" who "believe not on me"
we often feel that the Holy Spirit's job is to search our hearts of sins, both committed or omited ... but this is certainly not so ... as a believer, the Holy Spirit does not finger point us our sins ... which were already borned on the Cross of Calvary by our Lord and Saviour for us on our behalf ... He did it once and for all eternity, so our salvation is as secured as what the Son of Man and the Son of God has done for us ... no more "but"s about it.
many times we read in the scriptures, the prayer of the righteous accomplishes much.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Yes, you might say, here we are taught to confess our sins, not just our sins, but even confess to one another ...
if we know James, we know he wrote to the Jewish brothers or community of his days ... not necessary to truly bona fide believers ... the fact that the sick had to call for the elders of the church to lay hands on them and to pray over them ... shows that these sick might not even be believers, as if we all know that believers ourselves can pray over ourselves and be healed! Jesus the greater One resides inside of us we just need to activate Him ... who might be resting in the boat (our body) on the stormy sea of Galilee ... and His Shalom can calm any mega storm in our lives.
the Holy Spirit's job towards believers is to convict the believers of righteousness. The pure and holy and perfect standing before God the Father. Not the righteousness of the believer himself/herself which is attained by our own good works but the righteousness that is bestowed upon us by God the Father Himself. His righteousness, "their righteousness is from Me", His righteousness that causes no weapons formed against us shall prosper nor shall any plague come near our dwelling. His righteousness that ensures that blessings are always always always upon the head of the righteous.
it is also the Holy Spirit's job to convict the prince of this world, the devil, of his judgement. He is already judged on the cross. So Christians, please don't even need to entertain this defeated foe. We have better things to focus on than that.
...
the above is birthed mainly because of the countless messages we are hearing in our church week in and week out, and the cd messages with full Bible references backup ...
also in answer to my prayer to Him recently about some matters on prayer
...
you see, I used to ask the Lord for a car, and eversince I passed my driving test,
I went for a test drive on day 1 after I passed the test, but was not able to buy that
2nd hand car because of opposition from the family, they don't want me to spend so much money getting a car.
I waited and prayed for almost 3yrs for a car
and someone came and prayed with us somewhere in the 3rd year
she prayed "Father give them a car"
somehow I felt it in my spirit that the car is already birthed!
after her prayer ...
but someone was not convinced yet ... though he is considering over it ...
and during one worship in church, I knelt down in the middle of a charismatic standing worship session, and prayed like this "Father, I don't care, I want a car, I want a car now!"
with closed eyes. And I saw in a vision, a sports car, twin door sports car!
I almost flipped, I began to sit on the carpeted floor and laughed ...
and said in my own dialect I translate it here for you "Have You made a mistake? I want a family car, a four door one, not a sports car, how can I fetch my mom-in-law and dad-in-law in this?"
needless to say, we bought our first car, a brand new Honda City ... for a whopping
SGD91K! and this baby was fully paid within 1year or so! Humanly speaking we don't see
that we can pay off such a hefty amount in one year! But it really took Him.
Back to my question, why is it that I did not get the car the first time I prayed?
why is it that I can easily believe it the first time my friend prayed for us?
and when the car arrived, I truly believed it was more in answer to her prayer than ours ...
and He told me, it is because of righteousness consciousness
"once you know and believe you are righteous in My sight
you will have no sense of guilt
and hence your prayer is effective and powerful"
we cannot have it otherwise.
Christians are told to work hard to enter His rest, read the book of Hebrews ...
what then is the rest of God?
HE told me this morning and wanted me to share here ...
the righteousness of God in Christ consciousness is the Rest of God.
when we are conscious of our righteousness as a gift from God in Christ,
we enter into His rest and we have the boldness to approach His throne room of grace
where we can ALWAYS find help in our times of need, and ANSWERS to our prayers ...
whatever we ask for ... whatever GOOD stuff we ask for ... truly Jesus Almighty!
know we are righteous, not because of who we are but whose we are.
Guilt, condemnation, the feeling that we will never rise up or amount to anything in life
will flee from our lives and can never have a foothold in our lives anymore.
we are so blessed and victorious in the Beloved Son of God Most High.
Praise Jesus.
- Jewel
Righteousness is a feeling one gets when everything on the inside is fine and well, can even mean soul prosperity.
The Rest of God, as we have always been taught, work hard to enter His Rest, this is the shalom shalom, peace on the inside and peace on the outside.
when we pray, after asking the Lord to forgive all our sins and cleanse us of all our unrighteousness, we have that sense of righteousness within having full faith that He heard us and has done according to what we asked based on 1John1:9 that He is faithful and just to forgive us all our sins.
however, have we sometimes or often wondered how is it that
many of our prayers take a long time to be answered
or some might not even be answered?
could it be that He did not hear us?
certainly not, He's God, He could even hear what we utter in our hearts and know what we think
in our minds ... how could He not hear us then?
I would like to bring all of us to these verses ... which Abba spoke to me this morning ...
John 16:
8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
if we are reproved of sin, then it means that we are like the "they" who "believe not on me"
we often feel that the Holy Spirit's job is to search our hearts of sins, both committed or omited ... but this is certainly not so ... as a believer, the Holy Spirit does not finger point us our sins ... which were already borned on the Cross of Calvary by our Lord and Saviour for us on our behalf ... He did it once and for all eternity, so our salvation is as secured as what the Son of Man and the Son of God has done for us ... no more "but"s about it.
many times we read in the scriptures, the prayer of the righteous accomplishes much.
James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Yes, you might say, here we are taught to confess our sins, not just our sins, but even confess to one another ...
if we know James, we know he wrote to the Jewish brothers or community of his days ... not necessary to truly bona fide believers ... the fact that the sick had to call for the elders of the church to lay hands on them and to pray over them ... shows that these sick might not even be believers, as if we all know that believers ourselves can pray over ourselves and be healed! Jesus the greater One resides inside of us we just need to activate Him ... who might be resting in the boat (our body) on the stormy sea of Galilee ... and His Shalom can calm any mega storm in our lives.
the Holy Spirit's job towards believers is to convict the believers of righteousness. The pure and holy and perfect standing before God the Father. Not the righteousness of the believer himself/herself which is attained by our own good works but the righteousness that is bestowed upon us by God the Father Himself. His righteousness, "their righteousness is from Me", His righteousness that causes no weapons formed against us shall prosper nor shall any plague come near our dwelling. His righteousness that ensures that blessings are always always always upon the head of the righteous.
it is also the Holy Spirit's job to convict the prince of this world, the devil, of his judgement. He is already judged on the cross. So Christians, please don't even need to entertain this defeated foe. We have better things to focus on than that.
...
the above is birthed mainly because of the countless messages we are hearing in our church week in and week out, and the cd messages with full Bible references backup ...
also in answer to my prayer to Him recently about some matters on prayer
...
you see, I used to ask the Lord for a car, and eversince I passed my driving test,
I went for a test drive on day 1 after I passed the test, but was not able to buy that
2nd hand car because of opposition from the family, they don't want me to spend so much money getting a car.
I waited and prayed for almost 3yrs for a car
and someone came and prayed with us somewhere in the 3rd year
she prayed "Father give them a car"
somehow I felt it in my spirit that the car is already birthed!
after her prayer ...
but someone was not convinced yet ... though he is considering over it ...
and during one worship in church, I knelt down in the middle of a charismatic standing worship session, and prayed like this "Father, I don't care, I want a car, I want a car now!"
with closed eyes. And I saw in a vision, a sports car, twin door sports car!
I almost flipped, I began to sit on the carpeted floor and laughed ...
and said in my own dialect I translate it here for you "Have You made a mistake? I want a family car, a four door one, not a sports car, how can I fetch my mom-in-law and dad-in-law in this?"
needless to say, we bought our first car, a brand new Honda City ... for a whopping
SGD91K! and this baby was fully paid within 1year or so! Humanly speaking we don't see
that we can pay off such a hefty amount in one year! But it really took Him.
Back to my question, why is it that I did not get the car the first time I prayed?
why is it that I can easily believe it the first time my friend prayed for us?
and when the car arrived, I truly believed it was more in answer to her prayer than ours ...
and He told me, it is because of righteousness consciousness
"once you know and believe you are righteous in My sight
you will have no sense of guilt
and hence your prayer is effective and powerful"
we cannot have it otherwise.
Christians are told to work hard to enter His rest, read the book of Hebrews ...
what then is the rest of God?
HE told me this morning and wanted me to share here ...
the righteousness of God in Christ consciousness is the Rest of God.
when we are conscious of our righteousness as a gift from God in Christ,
we enter into His rest and we have the boldness to approach His throne room of grace
where we can ALWAYS find help in our times of need, and ANSWERS to our prayers ...
whatever we ask for ... whatever GOOD stuff we ask for ... truly Jesus Almighty!
know we are righteous, not because of who we are but whose we are.
Guilt, condemnation, the feeling that we will never rise up or amount to anything in life
will flee from our lives and can never have a foothold in our lives anymore.
we are so blessed and victorious in the Beloved Son of God Most High.
Praise Jesus.
- Jewel
Monday, November 5, 2007
Two lessons I learnt in early Nov 2007
Someone came over to our place for lunch one day.
In our conversation he told us that
in his job as a interior design consultant
part of his job is to ensure the quality workmanship and timely handover
of his clients' projects.
He discovered something strange that had been happening recently,
in projects where he paid more attention to and
had more frequent site visits, the more the faults he found
and the longer the contractors took to complete the home furnishing
and decorations work.
whereas, for those projects which he did not pay much attention
to it, even if there were some mistakes the contractors made, the clients
were able to accept and still praised him for the jobs well-done.
in our regular prayer time together, Ken and I were worshipping the Lord
while I was worshipping, I heard Ken praying over some areas which we had
been praying over and over and over again for a long time already ...
sometimes, I almost wanted to ask Abba if He had forgotten to hear us
and rush the answers to us ... if He does hear us, why is it that
it is taking Him way too long to bring forth what we have asked of Him?
somehow the clause which I heard in our sermon in church kept jumping out in my spirit:
"Grace flows in worry-free areas in our lives."
and I began to see that for those areas which we literally did not
bother to pray about, we had so much grace in those areas ... and had so much
good stuff going around for us in such ...
for those areas which we had been praying and praying as if He did not hear us
somehow the answers seem to be rather slow ... and not forthcoming ...
perhaps these are the areas which we had not learnt to leave them at the throne of grace
and we are still holding on to them and embracing them ... sigh ...
Philippians 4:6,7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
....
recently something happened in our family ...
My father-in-law's fingers were caught slammed by the door ...
he had grafting and stitches ... and has to stay with us for awhile
till he recovers and able to manage on his own ...
and in this situation, I am really trying to keep myself sane
and look for ways to stay joyful and not be too disturbed.
somehow, the thought keeps ringing in my mind ...
"why is it that I do not know how to keep myself joyful in better times
and do not enjoy the good times when I am already living in such all these while and only try to keep myself joyful when such a minor tragedy happens at home?"
could it be that we are so used to expecting bad times that we find it normal and when it comes to having a good time we forgot to find the joy in these normal days?
what has gone wrong?
our thought life and our attitude towards life?
and the ringing message of a sermon I heard came to my mind to also keep my sanity is :
"This too shall come to pass"
I could literally see my father-in-law's fingers recover over a period of one
month or so .. .and see him leading independant life once again back at his own home ...
a former stroke patient of age 70plus ... my father-in-law
it really dawns on me to pray for myself and for him and all our loved ones
the gift of being the seed of Abraham ... growing old gracefully like Moses, whose
eyes were not dim nor his strength abated, like Abraham too and Caleb also ...
full of years, strength and vagor ... going to meet the Lord in the pink of health
at the time when we depart ... not like those of the world ...
a modern day example is Smith Wigglesworth, and John G Lake ... living
in divine health and enjoying the zoey life of God.
this too is a gift from Abba for those who reach out to take it, living victoriously
as heirs of the world.
honestly, being heirs, if one has no health to enjoy it, to me is useless.
Thank God for His provision in Jesus His Son, who came for the sole purpose
to give us life and life in abundance.
Believe and receive, reject and go without.
So if we are currently facing some challenges in our lives
it is indeed a good reminder to us
"This too shall come to pass"
look beyond, look at the picture of what God's word says about us His children.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
17For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Cheers
Jewel Kwong
Friday, November 2, 2007
Everything He does is wonderful - The Miracle of Almologna
The Miracle of Almolonga
Mark 7:37
for they were overcome with utter amazement.
Again and again they said, “Everything he does is wonderful;
he even corrects deafness and stammering!”
now I always have a picture of this in my heart
all these years after hearing a message from a pastor …
and I would like to share this picture with you ...
may our cities and our lives be like Almolonga!
MIRACLE
Guatemala: ‘The Miracle of Almolonga’
By Sarah Pollak
CWNews
June 10, 2005
CBN.com – Imagine a town where there are so few crimes the jails have been closed, and the food crops are so big and luscious they could have come from the Garden of Eden.
It’s a miracle happening in a small town in Central America where spiritual revival led to a remarkable transformation.
Almolonga is a small town nestled high in the western mountains of Guatemala . Here, both people and economic conditions are proving a remarkable exception to the national norm.
The majority of Almolonga's 18,000 residents are farmers. Much of the work is still done by hand, including cultivation and irrigation.
What sets Almolonga apart from other Guatemalan farming villages is the incredible volume of its agricultural production.
On a typical market day, during one of the 8 harvests per year, tons and tons of fresh vegetables are gathered in the town center for export. Here they are loaded onto large tractor-trailers. An average of 40 of these tractor-trailers a day leave Almolonga, loaded with some of the finest produce grown in the Western Hemisphere .
It's no wonder Almolonga is called " America 's Vegetable Patch"!
But something else distinguishes Almolonga besides its vegetables. The villagers like to speak about that on signs leading into town. Signs saying: "Jesus is Lord of Almolonga". And that has made all the difference!
Juan Riscajche is an Almolongan farmer.
Juan attested, “Definitely, all this is a blessing directly from God. Because we know that He is the owner of the whole earth. And He also is the one who provides us with the seed. So the only thing that we do is to follow His instructions. And you can see the results we have! We know it is a direct blessing from God to us.”
Juan is a typical Almolongan. His strong Christian faith is as real to him as the vegetables he lovingly tends by hand.
His son, Mariano Riscajche, pastors one of the town's largest congregations, El Calvario ( Calvary ) Church.
Pastor Mariano vividly remembers the day God first got his attention. He told me, “It was in 1974, I was then a real drunk, walking the streets. I heard a voice, ‘Mariano’, the first time. ‘Mariano’ the second time. And the third time: ‘Mariano, I've chosen you to come with Me!’”
And, indeed, in the 1970’s, Mariano was one of the first in a wave of supernatural conversions that swept through Almolonga.
A call to repentance and holiness was followed by a period of intense spiritual warfare. Mariano, now a believer, also became a Pastor. He told us about a particular incident, when he felt God’s leading to cast a demon out of a drunken man.
Mariano described the event this way, “And suddenly from that man's throat came a hoarse voice saying ‘No! No! This is mine and you cannot take it away from me. I am powerful and all this town is my domain and nobody can come and intrude in here!’” That demon told Pastor Mariano his name was Maximon.
Effigies of Maximon had long been venerated and worshipped in Guatemala . We found one in the neighboring village of Zunil . Candles are burned in front of it and hard liquor and cigarettes are sacrificed to the idol, who's said to be a combination of Judas Iscariot, Conquistador Pedro Alvarado and the Mayan deity Ry Laj Man.
Now Pastor Mariano knew exactly who he was dealing with—and how to respond. Mariano said he told the demon, “ Be quiet! The time has come to take authority over you, and this town.” At this moment, the Spirit of God came over me! I said, “Loose him!” Instantly that drunken man was free!
Even the town became free! Since then, it's been estimated that over 90% of Almolonga’s people are now born again Christians. The usual form of address has become “Hermano” (Brother).
A generation ago, there were only 4 churches here. Today there are 23! The last jail closed down in 1988, because there's virtually no crime in this town.
Once there was rampant alcoholism, now bars have been closed or torn down and rebuilt into church halls. The lot where Calvary Church was built was formerly occupied by Almolonga's largest saloon.
Everywhere in Almolonga, blessing and prosperity are evident. People who used to pinch pennies (centavos) to buy a donkey are now driving Toyota pickups! Plus, the trailers that haul away vegetables are most often pulled by Mercedes Benz trucks!
Pastor Harold Caballeros of El Shaddai Church in Guatemala City says repentance and revival have completely transformed Almolonga!
Pastor Harold explained, “The mentality, and the way of thinking and the patterns of thinking of the people has changed so drastically! Changed from a culture of death, a culture of alcoholism, idolatry and witchcraft, to a culture today where they think only about expanding the kingdom of God—prosperity, blessing, healing—and everything related to Revival!”
Pastor Mariano Riscajche says the Miracle of Almolonga shouldn't be unique, not at all! “Just as God did it here, it can happen everywhere in the world!”
Pastor Mariano added, “What the Lord wants to do—in anyplace—is to show that, through His power, He can lead people to freedom and a better life!”
Jesus is still in the business showing forth His love for His beloved children today!
Cheers
Mark 7:37
for they were overcome with utter amazement.
Again and again they said, “Everything he does is wonderful;
he even corrects deafness and stammering!”
now I always have a picture of this in my heart
all these years after hearing a message from a pastor …
and I would like to share this picture with you ...
may our cities and our lives be like Almolonga!
MIRACLE
Guatemala: ‘The Miracle of Almolonga’
By Sarah Pollak
CWNews
June 10, 2005
CBN.com – Imagine a town where there are so few crimes the jails have been closed, and the food crops are so big and luscious they could have come from the Garden of Eden.
It’s a miracle happening in a small town in Central America where spiritual revival led to a remarkable transformation.
Almolonga is a small town nestled high in the western mountains of Guatemala . Here, both people and economic conditions are proving a remarkable exception to the national norm.
The majority of Almolonga's 18,000 residents are farmers. Much of the work is still done by hand, including cultivation and irrigation.
What sets Almolonga apart from other Guatemalan farming villages is the incredible volume of its agricultural production.
On a typical market day, during one of the 8 harvests per year, tons and tons of fresh vegetables are gathered in the town center for export. Here they are loaded onto large tractor-trailers. An average of 40 of these tractor-trailers a day leave Almolonga, loaded with some of the finest produce grown in the Western Hemisphere .
It's no wonder Almolonga is called " America 's Vegetable Patch"!
But something else distinguishes Almolonga besides its vegetables. The villagers like to speak about that on signs leading into town. Signs saying: "Jesus is Lord of Almolonga". And that has made all the difference!
Juan Riscajche is an Almolongan farmer.
Juan attested, “Definitely, all this is a blessing directly from God. Because we know that He is the owner of the whole earth. And He also is the one who provides us with the seed. So the only thing that we do is to follow His instructions. And you can see the results we have! We know it is a direct blessing from God to us.”
Juan is a typical Almolongan. His strong Christian faith is as real to him as the vegetables he lovingly tends by hand.
His son, Mariano Riscajche, pastors one of the town's largest congregations, El Calvario ( Calvary ) Church.
Pastor Mariano vividly remembers the day God first got his attention. He told me, “It was in 1974, I was then a real drunk, walking the streets. I heard a voice, ‘Mariano’, the first time. ‘Mariano’ the second time. And the third time: ‘Mariano, I've chosen you to come with Me!’”
And, indeed, in the 1970’s, Mariano was one of the first in a wave of supernatural conversions that swept through Almolonga.
A call to repentance and holiness was followed by a period of intense spiritual warfare. Mariano, now a believer, also became a Pastor. He told us about a particular incident, when he felt God’s leading to cast a demon out of a drunken man.
Mariano described the event this way, “And suddenly from that man's throat came a hoarse voice saying ‘No! No! This is mine and you cannot take it away from me. I am powerful and all this town is my domain and nobody can come and intrude in here!’” That demon told Pastor Mariano his name was Maximon.
Effigies of Maximon had long been venerated and worshipped in Guatemala . We found one in the neighboring village of Zunil . Candles are burned in front of it and hard liquor and cigarettes are sacrificed to the idol, who's said to be a combination of Judas Iscariot, Conquistador Pedro Alvarado and the Mayan deity Ry Laj Man.
Now Pastor Mariano knew exactly who he was dealing with—and how to respond. Mariano said he told the demon, “ Be quiet! The time has come to take authority over you, and this town.” At this moment, the Spirit of God came over me! I said, “Loose him!” Instantly that drunken man was free!
Even the town became free! Since then, it's been estimated that over 90% of Almolonga’s people are now born again Christians. The usual form of address has become “Hermano” (Brother).
A generation ago, there were only 4 churches here. Today there are 23! The last jail closed down in 1988, because there's virtually no crime in this town.
Once there was rampant alcoholism, now bars have been closed or torn down and rebuilt into church halls. The lot where Calvary Church was built was formerly occupied by Almolonga's largest saloon.
Everywhere in Almolonga, blessing and prosperity are evident. People who used to pinch pennies (centavos) to buy a donkey are now driving Toyota pickups! Plus, the trailers that haul away vegetables are most often pulled by Mercedes Benz trucks!
Pastor Harold Caballeros of El Shaddai Church in Guatemala City says repentance and revival have completely transformed Almolonga!
Pastor Harold explained, “The mentality, and the way of thinking and the patterns of thinking of the people has changed so drastically! Changed from a culture of death, a culture of alcoholism, idolatry and witchcraft, to a culture today where they think only about expanding the kingdom of God—prosperity, blessing, healing—and everything related to Revival!”
Pastor Mariano Riscajche says the Miracle of Almolonga shouldn't be unique, not at all! “Just as God did it here, it can happen everywhere in the world!”
Pastor Mariano added, “What the Lord wants to do—in anyplace—is to show that, through His power, He can lead people to freedom and a better life!”
Jesus is still in the business showing forth His love for His beloved children today!
Cheers
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
A Blessing to the Nations
I received this in my email recently … and would like to share with you …
blessedtobeablessingtothenations.ppt
the pictures may cause a little discomfort to the viewers
but it is a very good reminder to many of us … who share this world we live in …
blessed to be a ble$$ing to the nations …
let us never be tired of doing good ... in words and deeds, in charity and in love ...
in gifts of money and of time ...
in whatever way we can …
Cheers
Jewel Kwong ...
P.S.
a Singaporean I know works in East Africa attached to The Rafiki Foundation
her name is Yeen-Lan, she has been featured on our local TV show "Find me a Singaporean"
here is her website http://www.rafiki-foundation.org/ros/Lam/lam.html if you want to know more ...
Incidentally I seached her out as one of my relatives wanted to make a contribution to help the starving children in Africa ...
I had always been for India for more than 20yrs on, yes, I agree with her ... India has prospered, and now it is time to look at Africa ...
blessedtobeablessingtothenations.ppt
the pictures may cause a little discomfort to the viewers
but it is a very good reminder to many of us … who share this world we live in …
blessed to be a ble$$ing to the nations …
let us never be tired of doing good ... in words and deeds, in charity and in love ...
in gifts of money and of time ...
in whatever way we can …
Cheers
Jewel Kwong ...
P.S.
a Singaporean I know works in East Africa attached to The Rafiki Foundation
her name is Yeen-Lan, she has been featured on our local TV show "Find me a Singaporean"
here is her website http://www.rafiki-foundation.org/ros/Lam/lam.html if you want to know more ...
Incidentally I seached her out as one of my relatives wanted to make a contribution to help the starving children in Africa ...
I had always been for India for more than 20yrs on, yes, I agree with her ... India has prospered, and now it is time to look at Africa ...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Laying Hands on the Sick
18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
21and he began by saying to them,
“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matt 10:8
the question is not “Can I?” but “Can He?” of course He can …
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me. Galations 2:20
I received a phone call from my aunt saying
she was having some stomach upset, vomited,
weak and could not walk properly …
she said it might be virus attack …
got it from her neighbour or something …
I went there, bought her some food, as it was Sunday afternoon,
the clinics were all closed, there was nothing much I could do …
Before I knocked her house’ door, I plead the blood of Christ
over the doorpost of her house…
I cleaned up her house a little and put the food aside for her to take later …
then I walked over to her bed where she was laying there,
laid hand and prayed over her
“Jesus, by Your stripes she is healed, no virus attack, no diarrhoea,
blood pressure and sugar levels return to normal. Amen”
and shortly after I left, she took the packet of noodles,
finished it with no stomach upset,
and she was able to go out with her friends
who were all waiting for her on the bus.
my aunt is in her 60s …
I must tell you what happened after
I went back around half past two in the afternoon …
I was worried, yes, worried … I was wondering how she was feeling …
I telephoned her around dinner time to check her out …
and no one came to answer the call …
I thought she was so weak that she could not
walk over to pick up the phone …
such was my faith …
so I waited and waited till she phoned me …
all the time I was still a little worried …
till I heard her voice and she told me about her excursion
and what have you …
and she asked if it was because I prayed for her …
all the time I was giving credit to the new pills
she took which her neighbour gave her before I arrived …
seems like she had more faith in my prayer and my God than I myself …
sometimes, it is not our faith, many times it is just not our faith, but
what really matters most is HIS FAITH, and our faithfulness to obey His voice
it was rather awkward because I am not a full time staff in a church,
nor a pastoral staff for that matter, and I seldom lay hands and heal the sick …
what an experience … and what a privilege …
let us not be weary of doing good …
and let us not be complacent that we do not even step out of our comfort zone
to just see how our loved ones are doing … or if they need any help …
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
In my name they will drive out demons;
they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands;
and when they drink deadly poison,
it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people,
and they will get well.” Matt 16:17,18
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Proverbs 3:16
We bless our children by speaking praises and blessings over them
and laying hands on them blessing them with long life, riches and honor.
Jesus is wisdom personified, if we lay our hands as His hands on the sick
we are not only imparting long life, length of days
(everyday is a happy and fulfilling day in the Lord)
we are blessing them with riches and honor too.
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
21and he began by saying to them,
“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matt 10:8
the question is not “Can I?” but “Can He?” of course He can …
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh
I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me. Galations 2:20
I received a phone call from my aunt saying
she was having some stomach upset, vomited,
weak and could not walk properly …
she said it might be virus attack …
got it from her neighbour or something …
I went there, bought her some food, as it was Sunday afternoon,
the clinics were all closed, there was nothing much I could do …
Before I knocked her house’ door, I plead the blood of Christ
over the doorpost of her house…
I cleaned up her house a little and put the food aside for her to take later …
then I walked over to her bed where she was laying there,
laid hand and prayed over her
“Jesus, by Your stripes she is healed, no virus attack, no diarrhoea,
blood pressure and sugar levels return to normal. Amen”
and shortly after I left, she took the packet of noodles,
finished it with no stomach upset,
and she was able to go out with her friends
who were all waiting for her on the bus.
my aunt is in her 60s …
I must tell you what happened after
I went back around half past two in the afternoon …
I was worried, yes, worried … I was wondering how she was feeling …
I telephoned her around dinner time to check her out …
and no one came to answer the call …
I thought she was so weak that she could not
walk over to pick up the phone …
such was my faith …
so I waited and waited till she phoned me …
all the time I was still a little worried …
till I heard her voice and she told me about her excursion
and what have you …
and she asked if it was because I prayed for her …
all the time I was giving credit to the new pills
she took which her neighbour gave her before I arrived …
seems like she had more faith in my prayer and my God than I myself …
sometimes, it is not our faith, many times it is just not our faith, but
what really matters most is HIS FAITH, and our faithfulness to obey His voice
it was rather awkward because I am not a full time staff in a church,
nor a pastoral staff for that matter, and I seldom lay hands and heal the sick …
what an experience … and what a privilege …
let us not be weary of doing good …
and let us not be complacent that we do not even step out of our comfort zone
to just see how our loved ones are doing … or if they need any help …
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe:
In my name they will drive out demons;
they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands;
and when they drink deadly poison,
it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people,
and they will get well.” Matt 16:17,18
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Proverbs 3:16
We bless our children by speaking praises and blessings over them
and laying hands on them blessing them with long life, riches and honor.
Jesus is wisdom personified, if we lay our hands as His hands on the sick
we are not only imparting long life, length of days
(everyday is a happy and fulfilling day in the Lord)
we are blessing them with riches and honor too.
Monday, October 29, 2007
New Mobile Phone
Today while I was on msn chat with a friend, I was asking her aboout a party she attended
and if she took any pictures at that party.
To my surprise, she did not take any pictures nor did she bring along any camera.
I was surprised because in this age of technology and what have you ...
I could not possibly imagine there was no camera with her ...
So I asked her if she remembered that she could take pictures with her mobile phone ...
And she told me a even more amazing reply ...
their family supports 5 mobile phone subscriptions ... and everytime a plan is up
they would subscribe or renew their plans and would get a brand new model mobile phone ...
however, the parents would get the oldest models and the kids would get the latest ...
so her mobile is one of the older models without a built-in camera ...
while chatting with her on line ...
I heard Abba speaking to me from within ...
EVEN A HUMAN PARENT could do such for their kids out of love for them
how much more ME ...
and she asked "who is "ME"? "
I told her my Father ... my God ...
HE is really gooooood ...
I just love Him ... enjoy Him for His love for me ...
and you too ...
enjoy Him ...
I blog of His love for me because He first loved me ...
I bother to tell many because I am indeed a recipient of His love for me ...
never lose sight of this ... because we are riding high because of His love for us ...
without His love ... we are indeed no where to be found ...
Cheers!
and if she took any pictures at that party.
To my surprise, she did not take any pictures nor did she bring along any camera.
I was surprised because in this age of technology and what have you ...
I could not possibly imagine there was no camera with her ...
So I asked her if she remembered that she could take pictures with her mobile phone ...
And she told me a even more amazing reply ...
their family supports 5 mobile phone subscriptions ... and everytime a plan is up
they would subscribe or renew their plans and would get a brand new model mobile phone ...
however, the parents would get the oldest models and the kids would get the latest ...
so her mobile is one of the older models without a built-in camera ...
while chatting with her on line ...
I heard Abba speaking to me from within ...
EVEN A HUMAN PARENT could do such for their kids out of love for them
how much more ME ...
and she asked "who is "ME"? "
I told her my Father ... my God ...
HE is really gooooood ...
I just love Him ... enjoy Him for His love for me ...
and you too ...
enjoy Him ...
I blog of His love for me because He first loved me ...
I bother to tell many because I am indeed a recipient of His love for me ...
never lose sight of this ... because we are riding high because of His love for us ...
without His love ... we are indeed no where to be found ...
Cheers!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
My Daddy loves Me, Me, Me
my girlfriend has a little doggie named Sweetie
she is so proud of Sweetie that she brings her around wherever she goes … well almost … to those places where animals are allowed of course …
she dresses Sweetie up … pink doggie blouse, pink ribbons and lacey doggie shoes (2 pairs, one pair for the front and one pair for the back) … now little Sweetie is ready to go …
on the basket of the bicycle Sweetie would go … and barks a friendly greeting to passers-by along the way …
boy was Sweetie loved … boy was my friend proud of Sweetie …
Sweetie has her own favourite toy … and feast on her favourite doggie meals … and wears her own favourite doggie “perfume” … what a darling to behold …
now Sweetie cannot do anything that would earn her keeps
neither does Sweetie need to go for the best doggie training to qualify her for the best doggie competition to be held in town this month end …
Sweetie is just simply being Sweetie … a happy little doggie that makes her owner happy … and all in the family loves Sweetie too …
Okay …i give it to you …
one day I heard my Daddy speaking to me …
asking me a very interesting question … which I had never heard before … no … never …
“My darling child, have you ever wondered how much I love you?”
“Do you know how precious you are in my eyes?”
“Do you know how proud I am of you?”
“Do you know how delightful I am when I am with you?”
“If you can see yourself as Sweetie and put yourself in her “doggie shoes” … you will know exactly how loved you are by Me. But of course I love you even more! “
through Sweetie, and from what He has spoken so recently to me about Sweetie, I have learnt to see myself as the apple of my Daddy’s eyes …
Yes, it is no longer how much I love my Daddy …
it is really a matter of how much I know He loves me …
Thank you Daddy!
Yes, I am Daddy’s little darling …
Now I realise how much You love me, and how much You long to provide everything for me …how You love me to come to You everyday … I would always want to spend time with You … and I can stand up and face my world … and enjoy it … everything that You have prepared for me … and everyone that You have allowed to cross my path … and allowed me to play with …
Thank you Daddy!
Thank you Sweetie!
This story is not just for kids … it is for the older kids as well as the young at heart.
Daddy will always love you for just being you … and me for being me …
she is so proud of Sweetie that she brings her around wherever she goes … well almost … to those places where animals are allowed of course …
she dresses Sweetie up … pink doggie blouse, pink ribbons and lacey doggie shoes (2 pairs, one pair for the front and one pair for the back) … now little Sweetie is ready to go …
on the basket of the bicycle Sweetie would go … and barks a friendly greeting to passers-by along the way …
boy was Sweetie loved … boy was my friend proud of Sweetie …
Sweetie has her own favourite toy … and feast on her favourite doggie meals … and wears her own favourite doggie “perfume” … what a darling to behold …
now Sweetie cannot do anything that would earn her keeps
neither does Sweetie need to go for the best doggie training to qualify her for the best doggie competition to be held in town this month end …
Sweetie is just simply being Sweetie … a happy little doggie that makes her owner happy … and all in the family loves Sweetie too …
Okay …i give it to you …
one day I heard my Daddy speaking to me …
asking me a very interesting question … which I had never heard before … no … never …
“My darling child, have you ever wondered how much I love you?”
“Do you know how precious you are in my eyes?”
“Do you know how proud I am of you?”
“Do you know how delightful I am when I am with you?”
“If you can see yourself as Sweetie and put yourself in her “doggie shoes” … you will know exactly how loved you are by Me. But of course I love you even more! “
through Sweetie, and from what He has spoken so recently to me about Sweetie, I have learnt to see myself as the apple of my Daddy’s eyes …
Yes, it is no longer how much I love my Daddy …
it is really a matter of how much I know He loves me …
Thank you Daddy!
Yes, I am Daddy’s little darling …
Now I realise how much You love me, and how much You long to provide everything for me …how You love me to come to You everyday … I would always want to spend time with You … and I can stand up and face my world … and enjoy it … everything that You have prepared for me … and everyone that You have allowed to cross my path … and allowed me to play with …
Thank you Daddy!
Thank you Sweetie!
This story is not just for kids … it is for the older kids as well as the young at heart.
Daddy will always love you for just being you … and me for being me …
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Israel, Promised Land
The Lord asks me to read aloud these verses as well as
to inform those of us who view this post as often as
we view this post to read aloud these verses ...
or even to print these verses out to read them
as often as we can till these verses resonance in our spirit
and in our heart and they will indeed come to pass in our body
and make right our life right before our eyes ...
what is spiritual is REAL and eternal,
what is visible is only temporal and subject to change ...
and subject to the eternal Word of God
God bless you my friend ... we are so blessed my friend ... :)
The Joy of the Redeemed, the beloved ones of the Most High ...
even the fools ... can be happy ... and joyous as the redeemed and
beloved ones of the Lord Jesus.
The fools say, "If we are wise, we won't need a Saviour."
There is hope and salvation even so for such fools ... and I am such a fool ...
these are the verses ...
Isaiah 35
1THE WILDERNESS and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall
rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus.
2It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of [Mount] Carmel
and [the plain] of Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty
and splendor and excellency of our God.
3Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees.
4Say to those who are of a fearful and hasty heart,
Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come
with vengeance; with the recompense of God
He will come and save you.
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb
shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams
in the desert.
7And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals,
where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8And a highway shall be there, and a way;
and it shall be called the Holy Way.
The unclean shall not pass over it, but
it shall be for the redeemed;
the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools,
shall not err in it and lose their way.
9No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on it.
10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing,
and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
please take a look at verse 8 again, this is not for the unclean, meaning, those that are not cleansed by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
But for those of us who have come to receive the good news that God sent His Son Jesus to come and die for the whole world and especially for us,
we received the cleansing power of His blood washing all our uncleanliness away ONCE and for ALL ... so if we are the cleaned ... we are also the redeemed ... and this scripture STANDS for ALL of us for ALL ETERNITY ...
this is our title deed, this is our inheritance which the God of Heaven and Earth and Hell, the God of all CREATIONS, must honour ... which Jesus Christ His Son has come and paid the price for these precious ones of HIS, you and me and everyone who believes in this message.
The price has already been paid at the Cross ... it is like the choice given to mankind at the garden of Eden, God is a God of second chance, will you partake of the fruit believing the Good News.
This time choose life, there is hope even for a fool (like myself)
if the fool chooses the Giver of Life Himself, our Lord Jesus.
Just like Adam, he only had to choose once and he was doomed ...
and so was mankind ... it was all about Adam not matter what ...
But the second Adam has now come in our Lord Jesus,
the son of the Creator Himself,
invites us to choose Him, and only choose Him ONCE,
and HE will right all wrongs done to us by the first Adam ...
irregardless how we are after we have chosen Jesus,
it is now all about HIM no matter what ...
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you, I believe in what You have done on the cross for me
taking away all the uncleanliness from my life ONCE AND FOR ALL
and now making me so clean that I can partake and
enjoy the wonderful blessings
of the redeemed ones of the Lord.
Thank you very much. I believe therefore I am redeemed and saved!
How you must have loved me ... even me ... thank You ...
Praise God!
to inform those of us who view this post as often as
we view this post to read aloud these verses ...
or even to print these verses out to read them
as often as we can till these verses resonance in our spirit
and in our heart and they will indeed come to pass in our body
and make right our life right before our eyes ...
what is spiritual is REAL and eternal,
what is visible is only temporal and subject to change ...
and subject to the eternal Word of God
God bless you my friend ... we are so blessed my friend ... :)
The Joy of the Redeemed, the beloved ones of the Most High ...
even the fools ... can be happy ... and joyous as the redeemed and
beloved ones of the Lord Jesus.
The fools say, "If we are wise, we won't need a Saviour."
There is hope and salvation even so for such fools ... and I am such a fool ...
these are the verses ...
Isaiah 35
1THE WILDERNESS and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall
rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus.
2It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing.
The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of [Mount] Carmel
and [the plain] of Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty
and splendor and excellency of our God.
3Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees.
4Say to those who are of a fearful and hasty heart,
Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come
with vengeance; with the recompense of God
He will come and save you.
5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb
shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams
in the desert.
7And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals,
where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
8And a highway shall be there, and a way;
and it shall be called the Holy Way.
The unclean shall not pass over it, but
it shall be for the redeemed;
the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools,
shall not err in it and lose their way.
9No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it;
they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on it.
10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing,
and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
please take a look at verse 8 again, this is not for the unclean, meaning, those that are not cleansed by the blood of the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
But for those of us who have come to receive the good news that God sent His Son Jesus to come and die for the whole world and especially for us,
we received the cleansing power of His blood washing all our uncleanliness away ONCE and for ALL ... so if we are the cleaned ... we are also the redeemed ... and this scripture STANDS for ALL of us for ALL ETERNITY ...
this is our title deed, this is our inheritance which the God of Heaven and Earth and Hell, the God of all CREATIONS, must honour ... which Jesus Christ His Son has come and paid the price for these precious ones of HIS, you and me and everyone who believes in this message.
The price has already been paid at the Cross ... it is like the choice given to mankind at the garden of Eden, God is a God of second chance, will you partake of the fruit believing the Good News.
This time choose life, there is hope even for a fool (like myself)
if the fool chooses the Giver of Life Himself, our Lord Jesus.
Just like Adam, he only had to choose once and he was doomed ...
and so was mankind ... it was all about Adam not matter what ...
But the second Adam has now come in our Lord Jesus,
the son of the Creator Himself,
invites us to choose Him, and only choose Him ONCE,
and HE will right all wrongs done to us by the first Adam ...
irregardless how we are after we have chosen Jesus,
it is now all about HIM no matter what ...
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you, I believe in what You have done on the cross for me
taking away all the uncleanliness from my life ONCE AND FOR ALL
and now making me so clean that I can partake and
enjoy the wonderful blessings
of the redeemed ones of the Lord.
Thank you very much. I believe therefore I am redeemed and saved!
How you must have loved me ... even me ... thank You ...
Praise God!
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Seed and the harvest of righteousness
This is a verse that I have in my heart all the time … since a few years ago …
2Cor9
10Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will also supply and increase your store of seed and
will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11You will be made rich in every way so that
you can be generous on every occasion,
and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
Father is telling me something … the word seed here is singular …
and this seed is the seed of Abraham … our beloved Lord Jesus!
as Jesus increases and increases in our lives …
the harvest of righteousness will be enlarged ..
that is all the blessings that are
attracted to the righteous will manifest in our lives ...
and Father will increase our awareness of Jesus and
our exposure to the power of Jesus in our lives …
Abba Abba you are so lovely …
howcome you woke me up on Saturday morning
to ask me to look at this verse again
and to tell me that it is singular?
You really have something for me and all of us to see …
Praise Jesus for the breakthroughs in our lives!
Praise You Abba for Jesus!
Hallelujah!
Amen
2Cor9
10Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will also supply and increase your store of seed and
will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
11You will be made rich in every way so that
you can be generous on every occasion,
and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God.
Father is telling me something … the word seed here is singular …
and this seed is the seed of Abraham … our beloved Lord Jesus!
as Jesus increases and increases in our lives …
the harvest of righteousness will be enlarged ..
that is all the blessings that are
attracted to the righteous will manifest in our lives ...
and Father will increase our awareness of Jesus and
our exposure to the power of Jesus in our lives …
Abba Abba you are so lovely …
howcome you woke me up on Saturday morning
to ask me to look at this verse again
and to tell me that it is singular?
You really have something for me and all of us to see …
Praise Jesus for the breakthroughs in our lives!
Praise You Abba for Jesus!
Hallelujah!
Amen
Friday, October 19, 2007
One Shepherd our Lord Jesus
One Shepherd
Ezekiel 34:
23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Praise the Lord!
Ezekiel 34:
23And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
24And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
26And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.
27And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
28And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
29And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
30Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD.
31And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.
Praise the Lord!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
the acronym for fear
I was in the bathroom going to brush my teeth this morning...
and to my surprise I saw my tap a different kind of tap that was installed in our bathroom ...
it was a push down tap ... not the turn type ... nor the lift up type ... which I was used to ...
so I called for my hubby to come and take a look at it ... thought he might have changed it without telling me about it ... but who could have changed to such tap in their own home? these are for public toilets where they don't encourage use of more water ...
but when he came to take a look, the tap became a turning type ...
and I was thinking I was probably hallucinating perhaps because of stress ...
but when I tried to reach out to the tap and turn it, the tap became the push down type with a small lever by the side as I first saw it earlier ...
then I found myself telling my hubby : "This is certainly NOT REAL."
and I found myself on my bed awaking from my sleep.
I realise that Abba is trying to tell me something ... what I see right now is most probably NOT REAL ... even in real life ...
what is real and eternal is WHAT HIS WORD SAYS.
so if we see the circumstances in our lives that contradict
what His Word says
we must stand up
and be convicted that THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT REAL.
what then is real?
okay, for a start let us try meditating on Deu 28 for those of us who are in Christ
Gal 3:
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
so we are delivered from the curse of the law, so we indeed stand to enjoy ALL the blessings of Deuteronomy 28
Christ has kept all the law so that we can enjoy the blessings through Christ ...
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
Christ died to give us all these inheritance, and He lives again to make sure that we receive them all ... stand tall blessed ones of the Lord ... only believe.
God our Father has made joint-heirs with Christ Jesus. Salvation comes from the Lord.
Salvation is saved from hell, death, sicknesses, curses, poverty, unclean habits, etc ...
Salvation is prosperity, good health, success, love, happiness, joy, abundant life, etc ...
Evidence
Appearing
Real
the acronym for fear
I was in the bathroom going to brush my teeth this morning...
and to my surprise I saw my tap a different kind of tap that was installed in our bathroom ...
it was a push down tap ... not the turn type ... nor the lift up type ... which I was used to ...
so I called for my hubby to come and take a look at it ... thought he might have changed it without telling me about it ... but who could have changed to such tap in their own home? these are for public toilets where they don't encourage use of more water ...
but when he came to take a look, the tap became a turning type ...
and I was thinking I was probably hallucinating perhaps because of stress ...
but when I tried to reach out to the tap and turn it, the tap became the push down type with a small lever by the side as I first saw it earlier ...
then I found myself telling my hubby : "This is certainly NOT REAL."
and I found myself on my bed awaking from my sleep.
I realise that Abba is trying to tell me something ... what I see right now is most probably NOT REAL ... even in real life ...
what is real and eternal is WHAT HIS WORD SAYS.
so if we see the circumstances in our lives that contradict
what His Word says
we must stand up
and be convicted that THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT REAL.
what then is real?
okay, for a start let us try meditating on Deu 28 for those of us who are in Christ
Gal 3:
13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree."
14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
so we are delivered from the curse of the law, so we indeed stand to enjoy ALL the blessings of Deuteronomy 28
Christ has kept all the law so that we can enjoy the blessings through Christ ...
1 If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2 All these blessings will come upon you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.
10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11 The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your forefathers to give you.
12 The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13 The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
Christ died to give us all these inheritance, and He lives again to make sure that we receive them all ... stand tall blessed ones of the Lord ... only believe.
God our Father has made joint-heirs with Christ Jesus. Salvation comes from the Lord.
Salvation is saved from hell, death, sicknesses, curses, poverty, unclean habits, etc ...
Salvation is prosperity, good health, success, love, happiness, joy, abundant life, etc ...
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