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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Trust and Sacrifice

Hi all, after last sat's LG meeting, do you feel challenged to give more of yourself to Jesus? Trusting Him in times of difficulties might seem hard when the road ahead seem treacherous and it's much easier to give up. Making sacrifices seem hard as well... coz you don't know giving up how much is enough or what exactly do you have to give up.

These are however, the two important lessons that God has been and will be teaching us this year as a LG. No matter who you are, where you're studying or what you're doing, you'll still be learning these lessons (even if you're doing nothing i.e hols haha). Woa, scary huh? Well yes, in a way, but God will definately see us through our own individual circumstances and we'll definately learn great lessons through it all.

Who can we trust if we can't trust someone who has died for us? What can't we sacrifice when Jesus gave up his life for us? We can place every bit of trust in God and we can sacrifice every bit of ourselves if we're willing. Yup, if we're willing. Nothing can prevent us from giving it all up unless we ourselves are unwilling. So continue to trust, continue to make sacrifices... It will hurt, but we're gonna learn the most precious lessons and in turn be blessed at the end of the day.

waiyin

6:50 AM

God, I can't. You can

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Sing A Song of Praise In The Darkest Hours

As i was reading "The Applause Of Heaven" by Max Lucado, the chapter entitled "The Kingdom Worth Dying For" caught my eye for it talked about persecutions. How men of God went through persecutions and how God look at persecutions.

One of the persons mentioned in this chapter is John the Baptist. He got killed because he denounced Herod's marriage to his sister-in-law as adultery, Lucado wrote "Is this how God rewards his anointed? Is this how he honours his faithful? Is this how God crowns his chosen? With a dark dungeon and a shiny blade?" Do you feel as if you're in a dungeon of some sort? That God left you there to battle for yourself till the war is won? Or God has somehow forgotten you... Will He ever come back to fetch you? God has allowed trials and persecutions to take place because it's His will, but through it all, He has never and will never ever forget His children. He's just silent, that's all. His being is more real than the air you breathe even if you don't feel it. In the later part of the chapter, Lucado wrote "He (God) cares about persecutions. He cares about inequities and hunger and prejudice. And he knows what it is like to be punished for something he didn't do."

Perhaps, if you're facing attacks or persecutions, it's time for you to read Acts 16:16-40. Paul and Silas were thrown into jail for doing deliverence. Is that fair? I don't think so. But look at Acts 16:25 "But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them" Well, after being flogged (v23) and locked up (v24), they just sang lor (v25). That singing is worship and that worship is powerful! For it shook the earth and freed them (v26) and brought salvation to the jailer's household (v31-34) eventually. Instead of grumbling and complaining, they worshipped. Will you worship if it were you?

God knows everything that we are going through and justice and righteousness are His (Psalm 97:2). Never mind that you're going through a little pain and humiliation, because you will be truly blessed at the end of it. For the bible says "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:10)

Facing persecutions? Sing songs of praise unto Him, for you will be truly blessed.

waiyin

7:01 AM

God, I can't. You can

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Hi all, wow it's been a long time since i've dropped an entry. So i'm back. Just wanna share with you guys what God shared with me last sat.
I felt that God reminded me of the vision He planted in this youth ministry, To bring Revival to Our Generation. I got reminded of how our name came about "Revival Generation"... a people chosen to bring Revival to our Generation. Find me repeating the same thing? Yea, that's the purpose. To keep repeating and reminding ourselves that that's the purpose of our ministry's existence.

I wondered whether you've let this vision eroded, let the coming 'A' levels and such take its place instead. Perhaps you look at yourself and say, "hey, i don't think God has called me to the task" or "i don't think i'm fit for it". Oh well, if you can't make it, God would have place you in other churches, other places long ago. Why did He bother planting you in this church? Because this is where you make up the body, where you're called to Go.

I thought of the areas in our lives that needed revival badly. Our prayer lives, worship, reading of God's word and perhaps our conduct in front of non-believers. God is not ashamed of those areas that are broken and need restoration, He can breathe live into dry bones and cause them to live again (Ezekiel 37:1-14). Do you need revival in your lives? Do you need the breath of life that can restore broken lives and lost hope? Ask God today to give you the breath of life, you don't have to wait till saturday or sunday, you can ask from God wherever you are now.

Revival Generation... The people set apart to bring Revival to this Generation...

waiyin

1:33 AM

God, I can't. You can

Thursday, May 03, 2007

You are God's DELight!!

Psalms 18:19b "... He delivered me because He delighted in me."

Romans 8: 28- 39 " And we know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, to those who are called according to His good purpose.

...If God is for us, who can be against us? He who DID NOT SPARE His own Son but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with us freely give us all things?

...It is Christ who died,and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who ALSO makes intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?

... Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

... For I am PERSUADED that... shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Waa.. Shiok.. With Christ sticking up for us in the courtrooms of heaven, who or what can take us away from Him?

6:44 PM

God, I can't. You can

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Sshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

I tell you a secret. I found a secret. God told me where I can find Him le. Want to know?
Make sure no one is around you k. Ready?

Here goes: "... pray to the Father who is in the secret place;..." Matt 6:6

There you go!! Don't let anyone else know cause God doesn't like too many people to know where His secret place is. You see if there was too many people at the secret place..

He wouldn't be able to share His heart out so openly
He wouldn't be able to express Himself intimately to each and everyone of us
He wouldn't be able to tell you the best secrets of His heart
IT's A SECRET LA!!!

Basically, He wouldn't be able to do things which only 2 close friends would do. Think about that for a second...

They say 3 is a crowd and that is true when it comes to your personal relationship with God. All Wai Yin and James does is to point you to the secret place. Wai Yin and James can't tell you everything. What we do is we coach like a coach trains up his athlete or like a dance teacher perfects the dance steps of her student.

Let me tell you something else. if you can't seem to experience God for that time of appointment with Him, don't walk away. Wait and show Him that you care. Wait and show Him that you care no matter what. He will appreciate you for that. Trust me:D

6:20 AM

God, I can't. You can