Considering Proverbs 16 for GE 2011

Proverbs 16

 ¹ To humans belong the plans of the heart,
   but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
 ² All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
   but motives are weighed by the LORD.
 ³ Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
   and he will establish your plans.
 ⁴ The LORD works out everything to its proper end—
   even the wicked for a day of disaster.
 ⁵ The LORD detests all the proud of heart.
   Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
 ⁶ Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
   through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided.
 ⁷ When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
   he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
 ⁸ Better a little with righteousness
   than much gain with injustice.
 ⁹ In their hearts humans plan their course,
   but the LORD establishes their steps.
 ¹⁰ The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
   and his mouth does not betray justice.
 ¹¹ Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD;
   all the weights in the bag are of his making.
 ¹² Kings detest wrongdoing,
   for a throne is established through righteousness.
 ¹³ Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
   they value the one who speaks what is right.
 ¹⁴ A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
   but the wise will appease it.
 ¹⁵ When a king’s face brightens, it means life;
   his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
 ¹⁶ How much better to get wisdom than gold,
   to get insight rather than silver!
 ¹⁷ The highway of the upright avoids evil;
   those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
 ¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction,
   a haughty spirit before a fall.
 ¹⁹ Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
   than to share plunder with the proud.
 ²⁰ Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
   and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.
 ²¹ The wise in heart are called discerning,
   and gracious words promote instruction.
 ²² Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,
   but folly brings punishment to fools.
 ²³ The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,
   and their lips promote instruction.
 ²⁴ Gracious words are a honeycomb,
   sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
 ²⁵ There is a way that appears to be right,
   but in the end it leads to death.
 ²⁶ The appetite of laborers works for them;
   their hunger drives them on.
 ²⁷ A scoundrel plots evil,
   and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
 ²⁸ A perverse person stirs up conflict,
   and a gossip separates close friends.
 ²⁹ A violent person entices their neighbor
   and leads them down a path that is not good.
 ³⁰ Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;
   whoever purses their lips is bent on evil. 
 (Proverbs 16, New International Version, ©2011)

Listen to People, O Government

1 Kings 12:1-15 (New International Version, ©2011)

1 Kings 12

Israel Rebels Against Rehoboam

¹ Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. ² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from^[a] Egypt.³ So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him:⁴ “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

 ⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Go away for three days and then come back to me.” So the people went away.

 ⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.

 ⁷ They replied, “If today you will be a servant to these people and serve them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

 ⁸ But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. ⁹ He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

 ¹⁰ The young men who had grown up with him replied, “These people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. ¹¹ My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

 ¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” ¹³ The king answered the people harshly. Rejecting the advice given him by the elders, ¹⁴ he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word the LORD had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

Israel rebelled against King Rehoboam because he not only did not listen to the counsel of the elders but also his people. As I pray for the government of Singapore to be truly leading under the Lordship of Christ, I also hope that it will heed the voice of the people before it is too late. May LORD Jesus watch over the results of the Singapore’s Polling Day on May 7.

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Time - A Finite Resource

Living in a time and space dimension as human beings, time is a resource and also a common asset to every single one of us. Every one of us is given 24 hours each day and it is up to individuals to use it.

Having attended some time management courses earlier part of my life, I learnt about the analogy of managing time like money. Every one is like given a new load of $24 each day. It really depends how you will like to spend this $24. How much are you willing to invest on certain things like on Facebook, Television programs and even mandatory stuffs like eating and sleeping? For example, I am probably likely to spend thirty minutes of my life presenting this argument to you.

Every morning, I am reminded of God’s Mercy and Grace again. Every time I wake up, I am given yet another day of His Grace and thankful for another day of opportunity for my family to come into knowledge of Jesus Christ. However, I do not know when I will not be given this day of Grace. I really do not know when the curtain of this stage will be drawn and Jesus is back to judge mankind. I am really glad that Jesus waited for me to know Him and I am praying real hard that He will also give this opportunity to my family to know Him too.

If you are reading this post and thinking about getting to know more about Jesus Christ, please feel free to logon to this Global Media Outreach website: http://www.jesus2020.com/. You can also email me if you will like to correspond with me on a one to one basis. I pray that as you wake up each day; know that you are presented with another valuable resource to get to know the Savior. Please do not waste this resource. Invest this resource into finding out more about Jesus Christ today.

The Sign of Earthquakes

Matthew 24

The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times

 ¹ Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. ² “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

 ³ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

 ⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains.

   ⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. ¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

   ¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’^[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. ¹⁸ Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁹ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! ²⁰ Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

   ²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you ahead of time.

   ²⁶ “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷ For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.  Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

²⁹ “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;  the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’^[b]

   ³⁰ “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth^[c] will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.^[d] 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

   ³² “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. ³³ Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it^[e] is near, right at the door. ³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Day and Hour Unknown

    ³⁶ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,^[f] but only the Father. ³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

   ⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

   ⁴⁵ “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? ⁴⁶ It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. ⁴⁷ Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. ⁴⁸ But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ ⁴⁹ and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. ⁵⁰ The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. ⁵¹ He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

So… excuse me, where do you see an exact date for Jesus’ return? Please just stay faithful in your walk with Him.

Pray for Work-Life Balance

Some prayer pointers from "Pray for Singapore"

Singaporeans have the longest working hours in the world, beating the South Koreans who previously held the top position.

According to the Singapore Census of Population 2010, a total of 579,884 persons (below 65 years old) worked at least 50 hours. This is about 31 per cent of all workers in Singapore:

Hours worked Number of workers (below 65 years old)

50 – 54 228,856

55 – 59 73,761

60 – 64 134,716

65 hours and over 142,551

Hours worked Number of workers (65 years old and above)

50 – 54 hours 3,553

55 – 59 hours 1,931

60 – 64 hours 2,609

65 hours and over 4,709

Those working for less than S$500: 

Hours worked Number of workers

40 – 44 hours 4,023

45 –49 hours 1,688

50 – 54 hours 1,329

55 – 59 hours 849

60 – 64 hours 1,095

65 hours & over 2,289

* Pray for policies that will help promote work-life balance.

* Pray for policies that weigh quality of life against economic pursuit.

* Pray for mental health of workers.

* Pray for health state of the workforce; that health would not be compromised.

* Pray for wisdom among state leaders to know how to increase productivity and not work hours.

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Matthew 25:1-13

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

 1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

   6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

   7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

   9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

   10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

   11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

   12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

   13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

This parable has constantly reminded me that because I do not know when the day or the hour will be for Jesus to be back, I need to keep watch. Going into this deeper, it is not up to me to figure out the exact day or the hour but my utmost responsibilities are to be continue to stay faithful to my LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ, trusting in Him, obeying Him and waiting upon Him. I am His ambassador and being so, it is my duty to be living out the Gospel which He paid using His Blood and do my part in fulfilling the Great Commission!

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March 16 - John 3:16

Today is March 16, 2011 in Utah right now (according to Mountain Standard Time). As I was driving my car to service a low tire pressure issue this morning, I overheard K-Love radio encouraging listeners to call in to review the verse John 3:16 and how this verse has encouraged their walk in our LORD. Logging on to Facebook later on has also allowed me to see many of my Christian friends reviewing this verse of the Bible.

“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.”

One great amazing verse of the Bible which in fact says it all to all of humanity. God’s Grace and Mercy is indeed new every morning but it will not last forever. I strongly believe that there will be a day where God will put an end to our present world and usher in the brand New Heaven and Earth (Rev 21:1).

Every single day which is given to mankind is another window of opportunity for more souls to be saved. For those who have not yet come to know who Jesus Christ really is and that He is Our Savior, waiting to reconcile us back to the Only One Holy God, please give yourself this opportunity of every new coming day to get to know Him. The reason is nobody really knows when there will be no more time to acknowledge that Jesus Christ is your Savior. When this window of time is closed, it will be too late for any regrets and we truly know from the Bible that this window of time will be closed one day (Rev 22:20)

Get to know Jesus Christ today before it is really too late…

Haunting Question...

"Do you really believe that what you believe is really REAL?"
- Dr. Del Tackett

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Seizing the Moment!

Time seems to be passing by me at a tremendous rate nowadays but I know this happens to every person on earth. For example, the very first month of 2011 has already came and gone and today is already the 13^th day of February in 2011. We are now more than half way through the fifteen days of celebration of the Chinese New Year and for a lot of my Singaporean friends, they have already gone back to work for one week. For me, I will be going back to Utah this coming Friday to resume my normal working schedule.

As I sit down to think on some of these stuffs, I came to the realization that no matter what I do in my life, it is imperative to be seizing the moment. That particular moment when you are going through life because it may just come by, go off and never come back ever again (which is always the case). A great reminder for me is to cherish every single moment in my life.

With this reminder, I will not grumble about anything which is happening in my life at every single moment. I will no longer complain that the weather is too hot, too wet, too cold or too much snow. I will seize every single moment which is presented before me and treasure the time spent in each moment. As my holidays in Singapore is coming to a close, I will also not despair that I am leaving my family once again for a period of time but I will treasure the times which I can have both in Singapore and Utah by the Grace of my Father.

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Buck Earned, Buck Taxed

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax to Caesar or not?”

But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

~ Matthew 22:15-22

It is the time of the year again to be filing my taxes for the previous year’s earnings. As Jesus spent a lot of time teaching us about money, I figure I will also need to be managing my finances well.

Ok, let's get started by first looking at the earnings for last year… 

Quote - Unquote

Supposing science ever became complete so that it knew every single thing in the whole universe. Is it not plain that the questions, ‘Why is there a universe?’ ‘Why does it go on as it does?’ ‘Has it any meaning?’ would remain just as they were?

- C. S. Lewis in his book "Mere Christianity"

Pray

My Father has said in His Word…

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ~Philippians 4:6

Therefore, when I pray…

I should not be anxious about anything which I am going to say to my Father. I should be thanking my Father for everything as I present my problems in life, the people around me and their needs to Him.

And I know that He hears me…

With this Truth, I can only thank Him for being who He really is.

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2010 in Review

Another year has gone by me. Another 365 days. Let me think back for a moment. What exactly has happened for the last 365 days since my last review for 2009? Many things. Many thoughts. Many decisions made.

2010 is the year I turned 30. It is also the year where I have been a Christian for 9 years. 9 years of spiritual journey with Christ. This journey has been rough because Christ has put me through many tests to allow me to learn certain things from Him. Being the sinner, I often let Him down again and again. I know that He is always here beside me, even at this moment while I am typing this post. He has always been here with me through the thick and thin of my life in Utah.

Yes, Utah. I have spent another year of my life here. Gone through yet another four seasonal change. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Time has always moved on in a twinkle of an eye, no matter whether I am enjoying or suffering in that moment. Time really waits for no man and because of this, I find this quote from the book, "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert very interesting.

"As far as we know, we are the only species on the planet who have been given the gift – or curse, perhaps – of awareness about our own mortality."

Death looks like a great enemy who separates us from our loved ones. Everyone will have to go through it and even Wikipedia records some famous people who died in 2010. As I remembered myself writing a review annually in this little blog of mine, I am not really weary of death because I have trusted in Christ Whom has promised a better life ahead beyond death. In fact, death is merely the door which will lead me to the eternal life with Christ in a brand new sinless world.

Sorry, folks but writing an annual review for me has always led me to talk a little bit on time. Once again, I need to remind myself not to waste my life but to make my life count for Christ. As I read up on my review for 2009, I can only regretfully said that I did not fulfill my new year resolution for 2010 again.

With the coming of 2011, I wish to work at reading my Bible more, learning how to trust in my LORD Jesus Christ more, motivating myself to obey Him more and being more patient in waiting upon Him more. T.O.W principle will be the focal point of my spiritual life in 2011. In order to be able to focus on T.O.W, I search through the Bible to identify a verse for each different component of the principle so that I can memorise and meditate upon them for the upcoming 365 days of 2011.

Trust

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the LORD ~Psalm 4:5

Obey

But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men." ~Acts 5:29

Wait

My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. ~Psalm 119:81

As I look back on December 31 every year to write an annual review of my life, my LORD Jesus seems to be showing me that no matter how I desire something so much in my own life, it does not really matter. The very thing which I want, be it a relationship or some other things which seems so dear to me, is only temporal. It may bring me happiness but only for a short while. What seems to be eternal is Jesus' relationship with me. Maybe being able to see Him face to face at the end of my life will surpass all other things which I pursure in this life. I said, "Maybe" is because at some point or moment in my life, I really cannot see the joy without the very thing which I want in my life. I figure that trusting in Him daily will be the key to really understand what a joyous life really is from His perspective.

As we step into 2011, I hereby wish everyone a very blessed new year ahead, making most of your time to spend it with your loved ones and learning how to truly experience joy in your life, no matter whether you are single, married, divorced or widowed.

Have a fabulous new year ahead.

מבורך השנה החדשה

The Uniqueness of Snowflakes

Every snowflake is unique like you and me!
What an AWESOME God we serve!

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A Privilege Not a Right

Looking at President Obama's proposal to extend the US tax cut recently, it brings to my mind what truly is a privilege versus what is a right. In my opinion, tax cut is never a right because the government has all the right to tax its people so as to increase its own revenue to cover for expenses. Well, most of the time the expenses that the government claims to be bearing in the process of serving its people. Sticky situation but basically, we all know that the government’s revenue comes from its people whom it is taxing. Taxes can come in all forms, including bus fares, parking fees, etc (a good example is Singapore).

Therefore, it's always a right for the government to tax us and to be giving a tax cut is actually a privilege. Not a right and never will it ever be.

In a similar sense, I think that God sends His only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins (John 3:16), to be cursed upon a tree (Galatians 3:13) so that we can all be saved (Ephesians 2:8-9) and reconciled to the Only Holy God of the Bible is a GREAT PRIVILEGE and not a right. Jesus Christ can actually leave us to be cursed in our own sins but He did not (Romans 5:8).

This is Amazing Love, my friends.

As you rejoice in having a little more cash from the upcoming tax cut to be spending on Christmas shopping this holiday season, please take a moment to think about the GREATEST PRIVILEGE which was already given to you. Because of this GREATEST PRIVILEGE, we have this special opportunity to truly know God the Father as He has revealed Himself in the special revelation of the person Jesus Christ as documented for us in the Bible. Christmas Day is all about commemorating about Christ and the only primary reason why we are commemorating about Christ is simply because He sacrificed Himself to be cursed on a tree for us, in order to save us from our sins (2 Corinthians 5:21).

I therefore truly implore whoever reads this on Christ's behalf, come now to be reconciled to God today (2 Corinthians 5:20).

Have a very blessed Christmas in Christ.

Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who has seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

What Say You?

Over the course of the last few weeks, I realized that there is something which is very crucial when you are trying to communicate your point across. That is whether the people involved in the conversation is talking about the exact same thing. In other words, my American friends will put it in this manner, “Are we on the same page?”

There was this example of a friend who was telling me that another common friend at work was selling his snowboard when I thought he was referring to our common church friend. Both of us only realized that when I voiced out that our common friend in church cannot be wearing a US snowboard boots of size 8.5. This is just one of the many examples which I encountered over the course of the last few weeks.

I do think as we communicate a point across, we do need to be sure that we as the communicator and the listener are referring and thinking on the same subject / object. If not, the communication will not only break down but will also cause many unnecessary misunderstandings.

Hence as we being Christians seek to fulfill the Great Commission in presenting the Gospel to the people around us, let's be specific. Season your conversations with Jesus instead of merely God. Show the exact verses from the Bible instead of sharing your personal experiences with Jesus. Use the Word of Christ to bring out your points (2 Tim 2:15). Ask clarifying questions to ensure that your listeners get your point and all of us are on the same page. (“,)

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Need Prayers for GMO work

My Brothers / Sisters in Christ, I am writing this to ask that you may pray for me in my mission work in this Global Media Outreach. Please pray that I may have the wisdom from our Father to be able to share His Gospel and also His Doctrine clearly to those who seek Him through the internet. Please also pray for the seekers to be able to be moved by the Holy Spirit Himself, so that they can see Jesus as their Personal LORD and Savior. Thanks~...

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Hereafter

Often times, the passing away of someone reminds me once again of how precious life can be and also how life can be lost so suddenly without any prior warning at all. Today, I attended a memorial service of a church friend who passed away suddenly last week in her sleep. I am reminded once again of how the lives of your loved ones can be lost all of a sudden and causing one to question if there is indeed a place where you will be going after you have passed away from this present time and space.

Being a Christian myself, I know that I will be seeing my LORD and Savior, Jesus Christ face to face after my life here on earth is finished. My affirmation comes from this passage – 1 Cor 15:50-58 from the Bible whom my God, the Father has written and protected for centuries.

During the memorial service, my church pastor brought up the topic of Death. Death comes to all men and as a matter of fact, all of us are proceeding on the journey to death right here, right now. No matter what you are doing, or how successful you are in life, you will still die one day. This is because of sin. Rom 3:23 depicts that all of us are sinful men and separated from God. The repayment for being sinful is death.

Death is a kind of separation and as pointed out by my pastor, there are three kinds of death. They are namely, Physical Death, Spiritual Death and Second Death. All these three are separation in nature. Physical Death separates us from our loved ones. Spiritual Death separates us from the Only True God (YHWH). Second Death separates unbelieving men from the Christians who are Saints with Christ in heaven. If a person ever go through Second Death, he or she will be eternally separated from YHWH and His children (John 1:12) forever. There will definitely be no turning back after Second Death (Rev 20:14-15).

In my opinion, God created seasonal change to show us an analogy of life and death. Springtime is a beginning of life. While summertime shows us life in action, the coming of autumn brings the passing away of life with trees shedding leaves and animals going into hibernation. With the coming of winter, it brings about death to all life forms, cold and dark.

My friends, you do not have to be like the folks in the movie, “Hereafter” to be looking for psychics to know about life after death. You can be sure if you trust in Jesus Christ today. He has written the Bible (Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth) to show Himself to us and help us to understand Eternal Life (John 17:3).

My friend may have passed away physically but I am sure that she definitely need not go through Spiritual Death or Second Death simply because she is in a relationship with Jesus Christ. I look forward to the Day where I can see her again in heaven…

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