Ps 4:3 "... The LORD will hear when I call to Him."

Guess where I saw this? It might be familiar to some of you. I found it at one of the corners of our new meeting place. It was nicely placed on the table, upside down on a piece of cardboard. if you didn't already know, the place where we meet on saturday is where all the adolescents stay, play and learn about God on the sunday. So next time you find some funny vomit smell or dirty smudges on the wall, you will know that it wasn't Samuel and Lester who did it.

Very simple right the verse? I was happy when i saw the verse because it just showed how simple God is. The kids learn this. I wonder how much they understand.

How much do you understand this verse?

Do you understand it only with your mind or also with your heart? Think about it.

Take the whole week and think about it.

"One verse, whole week?!! It's too little. James has gone nuts."

If it was me, i would do it for my QT for the whole week and ask the Holy Spirit to keep teaching me more and helping me "internalise" it. Got to put it into my system!

Ask questions: does it apply to only me as a child of God? does it apply everytime? how do i call God? how does God hear? Does He hear from one ear and let's it go out the next ear? Will He hear me if I go against Him? keep asking...

If you really can't trust what the verse is saying, ask the Holy Spirit to help you until you are able to trust God that He will listen to you whenever you call Him anytime, anywhere!

What S Stands For


I got back my MT results yesterday, was rather sad for a while, but after the tide cleared, I knew God had something to tell me. Yes I got an S grade. It was worst then a C6 for the first try at Os MT. It meant that I failed, even though it was enough for varsity admission.

For a moment I felt that I could have done much better, like study much much harder and to push myself more. Haofeng and Deborah both getting a B didn’t really help me much!

I seriously felt at one point, rather unable to do anything well. I felt useless. Like since year 1 I haven’t seen decent passes (there were plenty more fails) in my subjects, with the exception of GP. But there was this soft prompting in my heart which tells me ‘I’m with you’. The voice tells me that I’m his child and I have my own story to tell. Some people will get their As. Many well get championship trophies, top their sports, be musically talented and play dozens of instruments. I may not be one of them. I may not get straight As in school. I may not be the best. But the voice tells me I am better then the scholar, then the champion, then the boss of that huge company. Why? Cause I have something that they don’t. I have the grace to enter the throne room of the Maker of Heavens and the Earth, of the God almighty. I have no strength, but I have the ultimate source of strength. I have Jesus.

Now I know what S on my results slips stands for. It stands for I have the Saviour with me. And that, to me, is a greater encouragement for me to face the A levels then anything else.

Samuel