As I listen to Selah's song, You Raise Me Up, many memories came back. How God has shown me His love, grace and mercy when no one shown me even the simplest thing on earth. What a wonderful God I have! Someone I can call my Friend.
Indeed, when things don't go my way, He is there to support me. When friends don't understand me or have no time for me, He is there to be with me, knowing every situation that I am in. He knows it like no other has known it.
I feel very treasured whenever I think of the times when I am being upheld by Him. When I am praying over certain situations and circumstances in my life, He is telling me things, ensuring me that He will never leave me nor forsake me. He shows me what I can be in Him when others show me what I can't only.
Yes, Lord. Because of You, I am alive! Many times of sufferings, abuses, accusations have been cleared because I have You to walk with. Though these times leave memories, I don't feel sad anymore. BECAUSE OF JESUS, I AM ALIVE!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Are we near end times?
Are we in end times now? Some may agree with this while others may just ignore it and say that we are just being paranoid.
Whatever our answer to this question is, the main thing to ask ourselves is, 'Is God living in our hearts?' Like what today Pastor Wilson shared, we are a temple of the Holy God. God lives in us. How? When we invite Him into us, when we said the sinner's prayers.
I remember when I first received Christ into my life. Things were alright at first. I rose up in faith but it quickly went down very fast, just like Simon Peter. I thought I was doomed. A failure Christian. But God did not give up on me even when I gave up on myself. He quietly set things right. He showed me the way back to Him. Even though I do not have the right way of doing things at times, He still shows me His grace, His mercy and most of all He shows me His love. No love is greater than this that He laid down His life for His friends. We are His friends. May we never, ever forget God's goodness!
Lord, I pray that Your grace will continue to abound in us. Holy Spirit, move freely among us to guide us through this life with Christ as our Vessel. Let us be focused and not shift our focus to something temporal. Lead us in Jesus' name, Amen.
Whatever our answer to this question is, the main thing to ask ourselves is, 'Is God living in our hearts?' Like what today Pastor Wilson shared, we are a temple of the Holy God. God lives in us. How? When we invite Him into us, when we said the sinner's prayers.
I remember when I first received Christ into my life. Things were alright at first. I rose up in faith but it quickly went down very fast, just like Simon Peter. I thought I was doomed. A failure Christian. But God did not give up on me even when I gave up on myself. He quietly set things right. He showed me the way back to Him. Even though I do not have the right way of doing things at times, He still shows me His grace, His mercy and most of all He shows me His love. No love is greater than this that He laid down His life for His friends. We are His friends. May we never, ever forget God's goodness!
Lord, I pray that Your grace will continue to abound in us. Holy Spirit, move freely among us to guide us through this life with Christ as our Vessel. Let us be focused and not shift our focus to something temporal. Lead us in Jesus' name, Amen.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Reviews of Apocalypse, Revelation & Tribulation
Today, I was going through my collection of DVDs and VCDs when I found a set of VCDs which I have not seen for quite some time. So instead of lazying around doing nothing, I decided to take out this set and watched it again.
In the first story of Apocalypse, it talked about how people, Christians, were suddenly disappeared. The anti-Christ then appeared and claimed that the aliens had gotten hold of them. Then there was a promise of peace. During this period of time, people began to look without their spiritual eyes. They began an attitude of seeing is believing. Until one lady, Hannah, a journalist, remembered what her grandmother used to tell her about Christ. In her grandmother's processions, she found 2 video tapes and began to read about them. They were tapes of people asking about the rupture and what this meant. Hannah managed to kneel before God and accepted Him as her Lord. But there are her beloved ones who still have not loved God. One of them is her husband. She tried hard to explain to him but he could not believe. Until one night, he decided to go to his father's grave and began to ask him what made him believe God till the end. There was light shining on his father's grave tomb. There was a bible verse written there: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16. He went back to the car and flipped the bible to this verse. Then he decided to dig his father's grave to see whether what the bible said about those who were dead would be ruptured first. What he found was only his father's clothes, ring and bible. Not even his father's bones were inside the coffin. That's when he believed. Then came many accusations from the anti-Christ and began to prosecute those who believed in God. Finally, there was evidence to prove that the anti-Christ was a deceiver.
In Revelation and Tribulation, it talked about different people having different experiences and came to know God. In Tribulation, there was also the beast code being introduced. Many people did not believe God even when there was transmission on TV to show that God indeed existed and Jesus came to die for our sins and that the anti-Christ was a deceiver. However, there was also many who believed.
As I saw these movies, I began to wonder: will I be one of them who will rupture? God says in His Word that those who believe in Him will be ruptured. However, there will also be some who will be left behind. There was one scene which showed that those who ruptured have their clothes that they were wearing nicely folded. I wonder whether it will really be so.
Are we already prepared for God's return? Like the movie, Storm of the Century, these movies showed that satan could use our family members to threaten us. Can we stand up for Jesus? Or do we fall into satan's trap by renouncing God? As I saw the gallow equipment in the movie, I was reminded of the actual one which I saw when I was in Vietnam. I remembered going to one of the war museum. There was a real cell with writings on the wall and the gallow machine, rusty and tall. When I reached the room where the gallow machine was, I saw many people walking away without entering or looking. I plucked my courage to go in. As I did that, my legs were trembling. The gallow machine was tall, just like the many movies I saw regarding the end times. Somehow, there was a prompting whether I was prepared to lay there for Jesus' sake or to see my family members there. I have not stopped asking myself this.
Lord, will I stand for You till the end? I pray that I will. Grant me strength to carry on even when the environment tells me otherwise. I also pray for my family members that they too will be protected by You. It's not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts. Open the eyes of Your people to see You as the true God. Cut off all ungodly ties we, the Tan family has. I pray that You will break every curses and bondages. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
In the first story of Apocalypse, it talked about how people, Christians, were suddenly disappeared. The anti-Christ then appeared and claimed that the aliens had gotten hold of them. Then there was a promise of peace. During this period of time, people began to look without their spiritual eyes. They began an attitude of seeing is believing. Until one lady, Hannah, a journalist, remembered what her grandmother used to tell her about Christ. In her grandmother's processions, she found 2 video tapes and began to read about them. They were tapes of people asking about the rupture and what this meant. Hannah managed to kneel before God and accepted Him as her Lord. But there are her beloved ones who still have not loved God. One of them is her husband. She tried hard to explain to him but he could not believe. Until one night, he decided to go to his father's grave and began to ask him what made him believe God till the end. There was light shining on his father's grave tomb. There was a bible verse written there: 1 Thessalonians 4:15-16. He went back to the car and flipped the bible to this verse. Then he decided to dig his father's grave to see whether what the bible said about those who were dead would be ruptured first. What he found was only his father's clothes, ring and bible. Not even his father's bones were inside the coffin. That's when he believed. Then came many accusations from the anti-Christ and began to prosecute those who believed in God. Finally, there was evidence to prove that the anti-Christ was a deceiver.
In Revelation and Tribulation, it talked about different people having different experiences and came to know God. In Tribulation, there was also the beast code being introduced. Many people did not believe God even when there was transmission on TV to show that God indeed existed and Jesus came to die for our sins and that the anti-Christ was a deceiver. However, there was also many who believed.
As I saw these movies, I began to wonder: will I be one of them who will rupture? God says in His Word that those who believe in Him will be ruptured. However, there will also be some who will be left behind. There was one scene which showed that those who ruptured have their clothes that they were wearing nicely folded. I wonder whether it will really be so.
Are we already prepared for God's return? Like the movie, Storm of the Century, these movies showed that satan could use our family members to threaten us. Can we stand up for Jesus? Or do we fall into satan's trap by renouncing God? As I saw the gallow equipment in the movie, I was reminded of the actual one which I saw when I was in Vietnam. I remembered going to one of the war museum. There was a real cell with writings on the wall and the gallow machine, rusty and tall. When I reached the room where the gallow machine was, I saw many people walking away without entering or looking. I plucked my courage to go in. As I did that, my legs were trembling. The gallow machine was tall, just like the many movies I saw regarding the end times. Somehow, there was a prompting whether I was prepared to lay there for Jesus' sake or to see my family members there. I have not stopped asking myself this.
Lord, will I stand for You till the end? I pray that I will. Grant me strength to carry on even when the environment tells me otherwise. I also pray for my family members that they too will be protected by You. It's not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of Hosts. Open the eyes of Your people to see You as the true God. Cut off all ungodly ties we, the Tan family has. I pray that You will break every curses and bondages. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Decision To Be Made
Yesterday, a brother-in-christ told me a proposal for me to earn more cash. I don't know whether I can do it or I am doing it according to what God has installed for me.
Getting a part-time job where I can earn extra cash is definitely on my cards for quite some time. However, I need a part-time job that is flexible and does not affect my full-time job. So being a part-time sales personnel sounds good to me. However, I am not sure whether I can do it or whether it is right to do. Am I in accordance with what God has planned for me if I were to do it?
Oh Lord, please give me some directives. If it is Your will for me to take this part-time job, I pray for obvious signs so that I can start doing it. If it is not Your will for me to take this job, then let there be many people telling me not to do it. Lord, please show me what I should do.
Getting a part-time job where I can earn extra cash is definitely on my cards for quite some time. However, I need a part-time job that is flexible and does not affect my full-time job. So being a part-time sales personnel sounds good to me. However, I am not sure whether I can do it or whether it is right to do. Am I in accordance with what God has planned for me if I were to do it?
Oh Lord, please give me some directives. If it is Your will for me to take this part-time job, I pray for obvious signs so that I can start doing it. If it is not Your will for me to take this job, then let there be many people telling me not to do it. Lord, please show me what I should do.
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