Patience is imperative...
Rushing things that can't be rushed is really futile...
:)
Urgh... I can't seem to get proper rest recently... and I keep having this bored feeling! I really dunno why ! =(
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
Learning to try to let go of things that aren't pleasing to Him...
That there is nothing good outside of God...
Not being a slave to any other things except being a servant for Him...
Learning to control my tongue and speech and actions and thoughts...
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
James 1:12
Learning to try to let go of things that aren't pleasing to Him...
That there is nothing good outside of God...
Not being a slave to any other things except being a servant for Him...
Learning to control my tongue and speech and actions and thoughts...
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
You are amazing God
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God
You're Indescribable Lord... This is the song that I wanted to post for very long... but somehow kept forgetting... I really like the lyrics for the song... Enjoy guys :)
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Limited resources?
Do we use it as an excuse not to serve?
Do we rely on God's strength to overcome our weaknesses?
Do we serve in God's way? or our own way?
Do we believe that God can accomplish more through us as long as we offer our bodies to Him?
In the book of Judges... we see Gideon... leading 300 men to victory over the Israelite's enemies... Not only the Midianites... but more...
Gideon rounded up 22,000 troups... but God cut it to only 300 men... Gideon could've said then... hey... we don't have enough resources God... and doubt the fact that they will win eventually... But he did not... He trusted in God... He had faith ... even if every human logical and rational sense told him against winning... He believed...
There were so many instances that showed God leading His people out of their enemies...
If today we were doing God's work... and we know that this is our calling... do you think God will not help us?
Are we over-rationalising things? If God gave us $1... we can only return $1? back in tack...? in its orginial pristine form? Does God gain glory through that?
It is because we are weak... and that's when we are strong... when God manifests His greatness through us... we may have $1... but we know that we can give back $2 if we entrust ourselves to God... and maybe even more... But are we even putting in that effort to work past that $1 ?
I'm terribly disappointed at many happenings yesterday... but the verse in Matthew 7:1 constantly comes back to haunt me...
All i wanna do is to continue to pray to God... that we'll have a united body in Christ...
I might be rash... but I hope I'm rash for God... I really believe that we can do much more... Oh Lord help us...
To God be the glory... The best is yet to be... we'll work hard for you !
edit
was just thinking about this issue again... Again thought of King David...
With 5 stones at hand, he managed to defeat Goliath the giant...
With his background... who would've thought he could've won? Even his brothers did not believe in him...
But God gave him the strength to defeat the Philistine...
A man who tended the flock became a warrior who defeated one of Israel's greatest threats then...
Did it seem like he had the relevant skills for the job? Didn't seem like it... Because it was so... people knew that the God of Israel was with him... and he attested God's glory through his actions...
I'm sure there are countless of other examples...
But the lesson here is that we don't always use our human logic in doing God's work... If we only do the work that we are able to do ourselves, that our 'skill set' enable us to do... then we are not doing God's work... but our own work...
Do we use it as an excuse not to serve?
Do we rely on God's strength to overcome our weaknesses?
Do we serve in God's way? or our own way?
Do we believe that God can accomplish more through us as long as we offer our bodies to Him?
In the book of Judges... we see Gideon... leading 300 men to victory over the Israelite's enemies... Not only the Midianites... but more...
Gideon rounded up 22,000 troups... but God cut it to only 300 men... Gideon could've said then... hey... we don't have enough resources God... and doubt the fact that they will win eventually... But he did not... He trusted in God... He had faith ... even if every human logical and rational sense told him against winning... He believed...
There were so many instances that showed God leading His people out of their enemies...
If today we were doing God's work... and we know that this is our calling... do you think God will not help us?
Are we over-rationalising things? If God gave us $1... we can only return $1? back in tack...? in its orginial pristine form? Does God gain glory through that?
It is because we are weak... and that's when we are strong... when God manifests His greatness through us... we may have $1... but we know that we can give back $2 if we entrust ourselves to God... and maybe even more... But are we even putting in that effort to work past that $1 ?
I'm terribly disappointed at many happenings yesterday... but the verse in Matthew 7:1 constantly comes back to haunt me...
All i wanna do is to continue to pray to God... that we'll have a united body in Christ...
I might be rash... but I hope I'm rash for God... I really believe that we can do much more... Oh Lord help us...
To God be the glory... The best is yet to be... we'll work hard for you !
edit
was just thinking about this issue again... Again thought of King David...
With 5 stones at hand, he managed to defeat Goliath the giant...
With his background... who would've thought he could've won? Even his brothers did not believe in him...
But God gave him the strength to defeat the Philistine...
A man who tended the flock became a warrior who defeated one of Israel's greatest threats then...
Did it seem like he had the relevant skills for the job? Didn't seem like it... Because it was so... people knew that the God of Israel was with him... and he attested God's glory through his actions...
I'm sure there are countless of other examples...
But the lesson here is that we don't always use our human logic in doing God's work... If we only do the work that we are able to do ourselves, that our 'skill set' enable us to do... then we are not doing God's work... but our own work...
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