Often, our gifts and talents are more than what we think they are.. God our creator knows what we are really capable of doing! simply because He created us! and if we listen to His words and have faith in them, we can effectively exercise our gifts and talents to be a bigger and greater blessing to all those around us!
Have faith in God even when everyone around you does not believe in your visions or dreams! Rmb it doesnt matter what others think/say, only what God thinks and says matter! Because only what God thinks and says count! (:
It was a great service about thanksgiving, praise and worship and the power it holds to our future, to bind the devil and to set us free!
And a week that makes me really thankful to God for having frens, love you fren for just being my frens! (:
Let me stay close to you God! Greater things are yet to come! (:
rained @ 12:46 AM
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Saviour Please, Keep saving me... I choose the Cross.
I CHOOSE LOVE!
Church moved to suntec. much changes and yet more things to overcome. but just like how God helped His people build His church in Solomon or Nehemiah's time, He will help us His people build City harvest too! The most impt thing is not the size or the facilities, but where God's presence is! And I thank God for being with us, for being with me.. For not forsaking me and being with me, even though many times, i have little faith and try to hide and run away from you and the challenges you gave me to face. Thank you for finding me, for saving me, for blessing me, for loving me, so that I know I am the happiest person that I can be, the past few years as a Christian, with You by my side..
Yesterday I confronted a huge huge giant! telling my parents about zc. Thank God it wasn't that difficult after all. I guess sometimes our fears just cause us to have too much assumptions about things, so much that it scares and paralyzes us. Yes, not all is good. There are definitely things to overcome and to gain acceptance in. But at least, no more need to hide.
Love is never easy. But never should we give up loving. Love causes to have courage to do many things we think we are unable to do. against all power and obstacles, for our love and convictions (: But isnt it true that often we dare to fight so hard for what we love, because we are first being loved? because we see a value in what we are fighting for? Thank you for standing by me even though I made you wait for me and for this for so super long (:
In my fights in life, I really thank God for supportive frens and siblings (: I love my Gor and I love my Da Jie. I thank God for being with me and always making a way for me when I come to the end of myself. It may be uncomfortable and changes are never easy, but it is much better that our lives are out in the light for persecutions and for correction; than in the dark. At least we would truly know who our enemies are and we know what we are fighting against. And I thank God for your encouragement and love towards me.. It's your turn now, jia you my dearest Gor! (:
And to end with a note from Mother Teresa:
People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
How true. It is between you and God, never between you and them anyway.
And let's pray for Japan! For every life that was gone and for every life that is surviving. God bless Japan...
rained @ 1:26 AM
Saturday, March 12, 2011
There's a brave lion inside everyone of us.. one that wants to stand up for what it is right...
but often this lion is being tamed by FEAR. Fear of judgments, of disappointments, of unanticipated consequences, of others, of self..
FEAR grips us, paralyzes us and stop us from achieving what we want to achieve. Fear sets a high wall between our dreams and reality... between what we can achieve and what we think we can achieve..
How do I break down this fear? to release that lion? how to break down this irritating, unnecessary, false idea that keeps deceiving me that I cannot be who I want to become, achieve what I want to achieve.. that I am lousy and inferior.. that crushes and paralyzes me from within..
Faith. I've known all along about the power of faith in driving away all fear. but it's hard to apply it. knowing is never the same as applying and making it part of my life. By myself, I will never be able accomplish anything much. For I know myself best. I've seen how I handle things. I am a girl who wants to shine and do great things yet when difficult times come, I retreat to my comfort zone, become afraid and passive and want to be an ostrich, thinking that by hiding from my troubles, there is no trouble.
it's time I learn to release faith, to drive away fear and to release the brave lion within me... Perfect love drives out all fear. How to do that? To have faith in that perfect love.. Jesus. That Jesus can drive out all fear..
The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. -Prov 28:1-
rained @ 3:27 PM
Thursday, March 10, 2011
The past week haven exactly been the best week one would ask for..
So much things that happened, so much things to go through...
But still want to thank God for seeing me through and helping me see myself better...
I know I am not exactly the best person around...
I know myself when I have lousy thoughts about people and about things.. my imperfect side..No one likes being someone who is fearful, critical, mean, self justified or selfish about things, I pray for a bigger heart to accept all the injustice,unfairness and discomfort that I sometimes have to go through in life.
And I really am thankful for people who would stand by me even when I am in my worst. It's hard to find those frens who would always be there and I'll hold them close to my heart.
I pray to be free.. to be broken from all these chains in my life.. cos I want to be free in the light and stop being fearful and ashame of my dreams, and always trying to conceive or search my ways in the dark.. trying to make things work by myself.. stay in the light so that God can guide me through this dark path..
rained @ 2:11 AM
Friday, March 04, 2011
You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
- Psalms 56:8
For I have you to comfort when I am sad, but what about those who do not have you, who can they turn to?
For I am blessed. Comfort her oh God, open the eyes of the blind so that they may see the truth!
No more avoiding because of fear.. Lord you break us down in order to lift us up! Help me overcome.. Help me keep my faith God and I know All things will work together for the good of my household!!
rained @ 8:07 PM
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Do not be anxious about anything but in ALL things by prayers and supplications, present your request to God
And we know that ALL things work together for the good for those who loves Him, who are the called according to His purpose
"As heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts," says the Lord
Let ALL things work together for the good Lord, let me trust in you.. I have just read "Have a little faith", dint I? Let me have a little more faith... Love you Jesus.. ALL things will work together for the good...
Honours, summer programme, Special Sem, NIE appointment, overseas trip, breakthrough with mum... everything clashes, everything are so uncertain... Lord, somethings I need to do... Others, I just need to stop wanting to take full control of the wheel.. yes we will feel scared and anxious not being in full control, not knowing what's gonna happen... but let me have the faith to allow you to take charge and hang on tight at the backseat while you bring me on this shaky journey to discover more about myself and the purpose You have for my life... And I will emerge through it ALL being MORE than a conqurer..
If God You brought me to it, You will surely see me through it... And I know you are a GOOD God, not a God who has come to steal and rob and to destroy, but one who has come to give me a hope and a future... to become the person You want me to become, to live up to the purpose that You have for my life.. I need to have a little more courage, have a little more faith in the Lord!!! surrender and lift it ALL to Him, and live it ALL for Him!! :)
