For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.
Galatians 5:6 (Amplified Bible)
If any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
2 Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified Bible)
Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.
Matthew 7:7 (Amplified Bible)
Above three verses are wat it speak to me abt my life this wk. God gave us a commandment to love ppl and exercise our faith, it is when we love tt our faith is strengthen and activated and become alive. We are to love His word and be a doer of His word... When we graft ourselves to Christ which is the True vine in our lives, we are part of His life and body, what is of the past have been passed away, a new beginning have just started... It is a process of santification where we tap not on our natural strength but on the strength of God and the Spirit of God which live in us... In times of trouble to come, we can ask from God and seekl Him and that our prayer will be answer!!!
Labels: Personal Sharing, Updates
Was listening to Joyce Meyer Podcasts and came across this qns!!! What is Fear? To different ppl, fear means different things!!! To some is lost of love, timid of height, afraid of these, afraid of that... So fear have different meaning to different ppl. Often fear cloud the minds of ppl and hinder them from moving on and progressing onwards in life... Thus, Joyce gave this definition of fear as "False Evidence Appearing Real". It is so cool and the acronym used really means what fear actually done to ppl. It make it look real that we dun dare to do it and we take tt as real as truth.
So we shld now allow fear to set into our hearts, we shld all be bold and lean on God's strength whenever we can and move on in life and live a life of purpose!!! In doing so, we will not need to fear but can press on in life!!!Labels: Personal Sharing
Ytd I went to Fabulous studios to try the trial Fish Therapy, it was like so cool and fun... It was kinda scary at first but after a while sitting in the pool where fishes start to bite your old skins away was so awkward but yet interesting... It was my first time but I guess I may go back to try again or if not maybe I will go Japan to try the actual one there...
Ytd I also went for Discipleship meeting... It was a experiential encounter as Kenneth share on Leadership... It is an important topic as I have learnt in SOT that "Everything rises and falls with leadership!!!" So a leader plays an important role in a team or ppl's lives. Even when you din make a decision on a matter, it is also equivalent to making a bad decisions. No decision is also a decision!!! Good leadership leads to a rise & bad leadership leads to a fall. There is seldom an absence of leadership but poor leadership as you are yourselves a leader in ur own sphere of frens. So start to take responsibilities.
Great Leader does the follow things:
1. Gives quality to the ppl.
Great leaders always strive to give their best not substandard things.
2. Carry & cast visions that are beneficial to the team. (Godly)
A vision inspires ppl, and more importantly inspire new leaders.
3. Build on God's Word.
We may have good experience to share with ppl, but the most impt is to have the fresh rhema & revelation from God to lead our life.
4. Sows into the next generation.
Today's children are tomorrow's world & future.
How can we influence the next generation? Dun forget they will grow up to leads our world!!! If the wrong value are instill in them and right values are ignored in educating them, what will the world become in the future?
So prevention is always better than cure. Y not let us do sth to impact this generation so that the next generation will be able to take up our role models and continue the legacy that we have sow into their lives.Labels: Personal Sharing, Updates
Ytd I went for CG at JianDa's house, during praise and worship session, I sense God's prompting on the word I shared last wk during testimony time. So sensing the prompting, I flick to that verse and wait upon the Lord for understanding!
The verse I shared is taken from Psalm 50:14-15
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High,
And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you,
and you shall honor and glorify Me.
In this verse, it shared abt how we can offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving.
1. We need to first offer thanks for wat God had done in our lives, in doing so we are paying our vows to Him.
2. In return, it says we can call on Him in day of trouble, He will surely deliver us.
3. When He had deliver us, we will honor and glorify Him.
Den I start to ask God how do we offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving. He brought me into remembrance that when the early Israelites offer sacrifices in the wilderness, the steps of offering up the sacrifices:
1. Find an animal without blemishes. (decision).
2. Kill the animal and drain out the blood. (cleansing).
3. Separate the body parts and fats. (sanctification).
So God pointed to me to the next chapter of Psalms in Ps 51:10-17
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not despise.
Over here in verse 10, we see that we shld make a decision to have a clean heart to follow after God. which is similar to decision making to follow God and a decision to be cleansed by God's Blood. When we ask God to create a new heart, we are also humbly come b4 God for forgiveness and like a child seeking his father's love. It is likens to offer a sacrifices without blemishes and being humble b4 God. In verse 17, it also mention abt being broken and contrite towards God.
When you are humble, broken and contrite, you will be able to be shaped by God easily and He will be able to mould you and lead you into your destiny.
Understand another key is that God owns everything but why do He still need your sacrifices to Him?
It is very simple as God want you to be grateful of the things He blessed you. When you know how to be appreciative of the things you will also learn to care for His ppl. In doing so, you become a channel of blessings and God can continuously poured His blessing over your lives and He knows that you will always poured it out to others and be a blessor like He is.