Too often that I listen to worship song, you can get so into the song but yet forsake and look pass the meaning behind the song.
It is all about God.
It is all about us being a servant of God.
It is all about us relying on God for strength and guidance.
It is all about what Jesus did for all human kind, me and you included.
All so easily forgotten. That's what just happened to me minutes ago.
I just sang the song without thinking about God.
I feel so bad for doing so.
Next time if you are hearing worship song, don't just merely listen to the song like I do.
Talk to God in this time. Have a relational chat with God.
God wants us to do so. God wants us to draw closer to Him.
So just let the Holy Spirit stir your spirit.
Not through the music of the song, but the meaning of the song. The purpose you are singing that song in the first place. The reason this song is being written.
Worship.
For God. By God. To God.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Daily Victory
I felt so compelled yet by the help of the Holy Spirit, He who empowered me kept me away from sins.
It is my daily victory.
Through the strength of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible.
I just want to share this verse with you which means so much to me today:
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.
-Matthew 26:41
Praise God.
It is my daily victory.
Through the strength of the Holy Spirit, anything is possible.
I just want to share this verse with you which means so much to me today:
Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.
-Matthew 26:41
Praise God.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
My Daily View
I feel like such a inconsiderate person. I feel like I have no utter respect for people around me.
I feel like a douchbag. But that is all going to change.
Yesterday I felt that God is trying to communicate with me that all this utter nonsense has to stop. I am not doing what God has made me to. Not being a good stewards of what God has lent me in this life. All that got to stop.
God talks to us in different ways and this is the way God told me.
He said to me:
"Ian, stop being so self indulgence! Stop thinking about your own self satisfaction. Stop thinking this world is self centred around you. Start focusing on the important things. Focus on Me and everything else will fall smoothly. I will always hold you up whenever you fall. So don't worry"
Yes God. I will stop blaspheming. I will stop making so much noise. I will stop wasting time. I will stop myself from getting distracted from what is really important. I will stop being so insensitive. I will stop being so addicted to the internet.
Thank you God for helping me. Just remember that in everything we do in life, we should think and consider this question:
By doing this, am I glorifying God? Am I pleasing God? Am I being a good stewards of God? Am I hurting God? Am I loving God through this?
I feel like a douchbag. But that is all going to change.
Yesterday I felt that God is trying to communicate with me that all this utter nonsense has to stop. I am not doing what God has made me to. Not being a good stewards of what God has lent me in this life. All that got to stop.
God talks to us in different ways and this is the way God told me.
He said to me:
"Ian, stop being so self indulgence! Stop thinking about your own self satisfaction. Stop thinking this world is self centred around you. Start focusing on the important things. Focus on Me and everything else will fall smoothly. I will always hold you up whenever you fall. So don't worry"
Yes God. I will stop blaspheming. I will stop making so much noise. I will stop wasting time. I will stop myself from getting distracted from what is really important. I will stop being so insensitive. I will stop being so addicted to the internet.
Thank you God for helping me. Just remember that in everything we do in life, we should think and consider this question:
By doing this, am I glorifying God? Am I pleasing God? Am I being a good stewards of God? Am I hurting God? Am I loving God through this?
My Daily View
I noticed that throughout my journey here in awesome Australia, I never really take notice of my surroundings. I am so blessed that God put me here for a specific reason that no human can truly fathom. So tonight, I would just to like to describe small but beautiful parts of life that we live in. Sorry for the broken english.
Walking back from the library after a tiresome afternoon, pavements cascading to the main road with vehicles of all shapes and colours going up and forth the highway.
Crossing the road that separates the university from the nearby field, pet dogs and their owners having fun in the amber colour that radiates the evening sky. Dogs of all kinds mischievously tackle each other and chase after the ball around, what the dogs only interested is having fun and quality time with their masters.
Some people are happily passing the football around as parents and kids alike enjoy the breezy weather of the early spring.
Some people would be keeping themselves fit by having their daily jog around the park. Dedicated with their routine.
Some would be just practising their tennis skills at the tennis court. With their strong forehand and their steady backhand, the ball just go back and forth with such accuracy and precision.
Some evenings aren't sunny but little droplets of rain petter patter on the already moist grass. However the rain seems to be so light until you can barely feel it. Like tender air blowing to keep us company.
As evening settles in and night time spread throughout Melbourne, stars from million light years away dazzles the night's sky each a previous gems of different sizes and illumination.
People, one by one, slowly drives back to the comfort of their home. Students are seen just strolling back home, with their grocery bags, full of healthy and nutritious food.
The evenings never fail to amaze me how life can be so beautiful wherever you are.
Walking back from the library after a tiresome afternoon, pavements cascading to the main road with vehicles of all shapes and colours going up and forth the highway.
Crossing the road that separates the university from the nearby field, pet dogs and their owners having fun in the amber colour that radiates the evening sky. Dogs of all kinds mischievously tackle each other and chase after the ball around, what the dogs only interested is having fun and quality time with their masters.
Some people are happily passing the football around as parents and kids alike enjoy the breezy weather of the early spring.
Some people would be keeping themselves fit by having their daily jog around the park. Dedicated with their routine.
Some would be just practising their tennis skills at the tennis court. With their strong forehand and their steady backhand, the ball just go back and forth with such accuracy and precision.
Some evenings aren't sunny but little droplets of rain petter patter on the already moist grass. However the rain seems to be so light until you can barely feel it. Like tender air blowing to keep us company.
As evening settles in and night time spread throughout Melbourne, stars from million light years away dazzles the night's sky each a previous gems of different sizes and illumination.
People, one by one, slowly drives back to the comfort of their home. Students are seen just strolling back home, with their grocery bags, full of healthy and nutritious food.
The evenings never fail to amaze me how life can be so beautiful wherever you are.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Our Daily Journey
Today's question is:
In what area of your life do you think lightly of God by offering Him leftovers? When are you tempted to offer God less than your best? How can you consistently offer Him your best?
I'll answer this later in the night because I still have my assignment to rush and finish haha.
Till then. Why not you give it a thought or two?
Oh and before you do that, read the passage preceding to the question. It would make more sense as well. Lol.
Click below for the passage!
YMIBlogging: Serving God leftovers
Till later! :D
In what area of your life do you think lightly of God by offering Him leftovers? When are you tempted to offer God less than your best? How can you consistently offer Him your best?
I'll answer this later in the night because I still have my assignment to rush and finish haha.
Till then. Why not you give it a thought or two?
Oh and before you do that, read the passage preceding to the question. It would make more sense as well. Lol.
Click below for the passage!
YMIBlogging: Serving God leftovers
Till later! :D
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Our Daily Journey
Every day (almost anyway) starting this week, I been visiting this really good website called YMIblogging.
There is a section called Daily Devotion whereby daily post are published.
So it is like your daily quiet time with God to just get soaked in His words and His presence whereby you get to spend your time to learn the word of God.
So from now onwards, if all goes well, I will try my best to blog daily on what I learnt from the daily devotion. Because at the end of the daily devotion post, there is a question posed to the readers. So I will attempt to answer it here.
Today's question is:
Where have you encountered suffering? How have you experienced God’s presence in that place?
I am sure that everyone in our life encounter suffering along the way, whether it is of large magnitude or small magnitude. And how this event affect us vary between individuals. And how we response to suffering also varies. So God works in different ways in each one of us.
For me, I encounter more of an emotional suffering. When I was in my primary till early secondary years, I used to get teased due to my overweight body. So I really have low self esteem at that point in time. During that time, I always felt misunderstood by my parents. And often I will cry silently in my room, just wondering if I am all alone in this world and no one understands how am I feeling right now.
I knew God from an early stage but I never truly accepted Christ into my life until this year. But I felt that God helped me through my difficult times through the people that He has let me know and now I just cherish and love them. I joined the librarian team and the quarter master team and from there, God makes His plans. He introduced me to Erik, Chong Yong, Basil, Hui Yen, Shu Ning, Justin that made my later part of secondary school life oh the more memorable. Those moments make me feel I do belong and I have such awesome friends I can count on. And we are still close today even through we all have ventured into our field of interest.
One of the biggest suffering, or should I rephrase it to obstacles or hurdles, I have to endure is coming to Australia. I was nervous, anxious that I will not be able to cope, as I am going out of my comfort zone. But yet God guided and helped me through. And I could never thank God enough for all the blessing He has poured into my life. For that I am just eternally grateful. God just keep wanting me to grow from the inside out. To be more Christ-like. And I came to know so many awesome people of God such as Caleb, Chris Teo, Caroline, Jing Wei, Jo, Valerie, Fabian, Shio Yen, Pastor Phill, Micheal, Colin, Harvey. The list could go on forever. Through their testimonies and their experience with God, it really uplifts your spirit in that God is working in everyone's life. Testing us to make us stronger in our faith in Him. I can sense God more and more each day.
Romans 8:28 says that "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who loves Him, who have been called according to His purpose. Such a strong yet true statement. So I pray that whatever circumstances you may be in your life, you will get through it through the strength of God. Just trust in the Lord, have faith and be still.
There is a section called Daily Devotion whereby daily post are published.
So it is like your daily quiet time with God to just get soaked in His words and His presence whereby you get to spend your time to learn the word of God.
So from now onwards, if all goes well, I will try my best to blog daily on what I learnt from the daily devotion. Because at the end of the daily devotion post, there is a question posed to the readers. So I will attempt to answer it here.
Today's question is:
Where have you encountered suffering? How have you experienced God’s presence in that place?
I am sure that everyone in our life encounter suffering along the way, whether it is of large magnitude or small magnitude. And how this event affect us vary between individuals. And how we response to suffering also varies. So God works in different ways in each one of us.
For me, I encounter more of an emotional suffering. When I was in my primary till early secondary years, I used to get teased due to my overweight body. So I really have low self esteem at that point in time. During that time, I always felt misunderstood by my parents. And often I will cry silently in my room, just wondering if I am all alone in this world and no one understands how am I feeling right now.
I knew God from an early stage but I never truly accepted Christ into my life until this year. But I felt that God helped me through my difficult times through the people that He has let me know and now I just cherish and love them. I joined the librarian team and the quarter master team and from there, God makes His plans. He introduced me to Erik, Chong Yong, Basil, Hui Yen, Shu Ning, Justin that made my later part of secondary school life oh the more memorable. Those moments make me feel I do belong and I have such awesome friends I can count on. And we are still close today even through we all have ventured into our field of interest.
One of the biggest suffering, or should I rephrase it to obstacles or hurdles, I have to endure is coming to Australia. I was nervous, anxious that I will not be able to cope, as I am going out of my comfort zone. But yet God guided and helped me through. And I could never thank God enough for all the blessing He has poured into my life. For that I am just eternally grateful. God just keep wanting me to grow from the inside out. To be more Christ-like. And I came to know so many awesome people of God such as Caleb, Chris Teo, Caroline, Jing Wei, Jo, Valerie, Fabian, Shio Yen, Pastor Phill, Micheal, Colin, Harvey. The list could go on forever. Through their testimonies and their experience with God, it really uplifts your spirit in that God is working in everyone's life. Testing us to make us stronger in our faith in Him. I can sense God more and more each day.
Romans 8:28 says that "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who loves Him, who have been called according to His purpose. Such a strong yet true statement. So I pray that whatever circumstances you may be in your life, you will get through it through the strength of God. Just trust in the Lord, have faith and be still.
Yeah it's all good
I just wanna share of my faith to the world.
I want the world to know how God transform my life in each passing day.
Through the good and bad, you know God is there.
So that's why this blog came to existence.
To express my doubt, insecurities within me.
But I know through all and all, I can set my eyes on Jesus and know that God will grant me strength to get me through the day.
Till then, I hope everyone has an awesome week!
Ciao! <3
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