2011 Flashback

As I close this chapter of my life for the year 2011, I realized that I am back to the same situation where I was in at the end of the year 2010. I remembered that in the beginning of this year, I resolved to dedicate myself more to the Word of God but as we approach 2012, I have to admit that my intention rendered to do so back at the end of 2010 and my efforts in 2011 were not enough at all. There is an urgent need to be spending more time with my LORD and Savior.

2011 started with me preparing for GMAT and applying for business school in the University of Utah. By the grace of God, I was granted admission. On a side note however, I may not be able to continue to the next semester due to my mediocre grades in the first semester. Thinking back, I figure that God is the One who have placed me in business school and He is also the One to dismiss me from the program. All the things in my life have been approved by Him and He wants me to go through all these so that at the end of the day, I will develop a desire to draw closer to Him and be more dependant upon Christ. I think I have to agree with Job 1:21 where God gave and God has taken away, blessed be the name of the LORD. Let me continue to praise Him for Who He really is, giving thanks for all that’s in my life (1 Thessalonians 5:18) because He has a purpose for them.

The year 2011 also began and ended with night shift work. Personally, I think I am too old to work on night shifts. For the coming year, I will only have one block of night shift during the summer time. Not sure if I will pull through it nicely but I do know that Christ is always here with me and watching over me in Utah. With that in mind, I feel safe in His presence even though I am living in a place where I may lose my life in any moment. Even so, I know that all things happen accordingly to His Purpose and His eyes is moving to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose hearts are completely His (2 Chronicles 16:9). I want my heart to be completely His. Jesus, please help me in this area.

For 2012, I have only one focus in my life. That is to constantly renew my mind with His Word (Romans 12:2). All my other desires like career advancement, seeking of a relationship or even financial empowerment will be secondary. I plan to meditate on Matthew 6:33 daily to nourish my soul with Christ’s living water and hopefully, this will empower me to choose to walk in the Spirit constantly in every moment of my life (Galatians 5:16). Consequently, I will seek Him and pray earnestly for the salvation of my family and loved ones. My hope for 2012 is that my family and loved ones can call on the name of Jesus Christ and be saved for His Kingdom (Acts 2:21).

To constantly renew my mind with His Word, I really need to spend quality time in reading the Bible. I hope to be able to go through the entire Bible at least once this year and memorizing one key verse from each book of the Bible. Reading the beginning chapter of the book of Matthew and Luke yesterday opens my eyes to the staggering fact that I have actually known only very little of what God’s Word really mean. I wish that 2012 will be a year that the Holy Spirit can further my knowledge and application of God’s Truth from His Word.

In this coming new year, I will like to pray for my pastors as well. I hereby urge all my brothers and sisters in Christ to do the same because our pastors are heavily attacked by the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 6:12) and they are special men and women appointed by God to shepherd His flock. Let us all join hands together and cover them with our most earnest prayers daily. Let us also partner together to bring forth God’s Gospel to many others who have yet to accept His free gift of salvation in Jesus Christ. If you are interested, join me in the Global Media Outreach Ministry. Let’s be using the Internet which has been used by spiritual forces of evil to corrupt our minds and turn it around into an evangelizing tool to reach the world for Christ. Let’s continue to focus on Jesus the Author and Perfecter of our faith and finish well together in the race set before us (Hebrews 12:1-2).

Have a blessed new year ahead and may our Ever Gracious LORD continue to be REAL in our lives for the year 2012 and beyond! Amen.

Have a Blessed Christmas!

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." - John 3:16

Here's wishing everyone who sees this post a very blessed Christmas!

Psalm 1

Blessed is the man 
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked 
or stand in the way of sinners 
or sit in the seat of mockers. 
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, 
and on his law he meditates day and night. 
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.
Not so the wicked! 
They are like chaff 
that the wind blows away. 
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, 
but the way of the wicked will perish.

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