I woke up this morning and looked around me, wondering why I seem to always be stuck in some similar situations. And I realised what Sean said yesterday. He said, that its the same as the story of the stone in the middle of the road. There was a man who traveled the same path to the market every month. And every month, he would go through the same road and trip over the same stone. And every single time, he would exclaim in pain of how he should have seen it coming.
Same goes for me, if i always have the same stumbling block in my life, it must be because I have not sat up and paid enough attention to avoid that stumbling block.
So i have decided to take baby steps at a time to walk towards the life that God wants for me.
Amen!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Enthusiasm in the Lord
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
.;- self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true
God can take care of you even if you have no money in your wallet.
1) How many of you feel excited about your life?
Not really...
2) How many of you are excited about your life?
Hmm...
Enthusiasm and excitement is a matter of choice that you make.
Are you excited about God?
It is a choice to be excited about God.
Its easy to be excited about something, but its never easy to stay excited.
Its very easy to buy a car, but to maintain a car its difficult.
Sometimes in our lives, we put emotional brakes up; thats why the enthusiasm cannot come out.
Emotional brakes stop you from being excited:
1) Childhood suppression - Children are rivers of joy, excited and bubbly. But as parents, they might always suppress the children; to be quiet. After a while, children think that being quiet is a normal thing to do, they lose their creativity or the ability to be themselves.
2) Adult Peer Pressure - Remain poised and sophisticated till we become cold. People who are not confident in themselves, people who have no confidence, insecure will never let your true self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
.;- self come out. We need to let that person that God wants you to be not to be locked inside.
Let's take the word of God and make it practical.
We need to make a conscious effort to remove the emotional brakes.
Whatever is good, keep on working at it.
Tune in next week to know the 11 ways to build the enthusiasm back into our life.
Amen.
-Pastor Frankie-
Vision of the Angel with the Golden Wings
Eric shared with me on the vision, that previously i was not serious in my prayers, i do not sincerely believe that God will provide for me, will protect me.
God will protect me, He is showing me that He will care and protect for me.
And finally I will step out in faith and go out and face the world.
He said, that in the Bible, God said that He will cover me in the shadows of His wings.
Amen
God will protect me, He is showing me that He will care and protect for me.
And finally I will step out in faith and go out and face the world.
He said, that in the Bible, God said that He will cover me in the shadows of His wings.
Amen
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Christian Battlefield
For the first time in my life, I felt that I could hear the war cries around me. First time I noticed the war zones in my life. And I realised that I have not been preparing for the war, I have not believed in the spiritual warfare that I hear Christians talk about.
I felt lost, depressed, and filled with strife. I really didn't feel like sharing today and i asked God what He wants to do for the cell, what He wants to share in the cell?
I hear a prompting in me to talk about the Armor of God, to put it on and prepare for battle. The belt of truth, the helmet of Salvation, the sandals of peace, the sword, the shield of faith.
I really placed my faith in God to lead the sharing, to share the experiences that I had these few days with our cell.. And God just led me to the article on the internet about the armor of God. Lord, I pray that I will remember these two weeks, and be at a constant spiritual readiness for the war that is already ongoing.
I was truly blessed when Cass shared with me a vision she saw. She saw me kneeling down on a cushion, and praying and there is a majestic angel with gold wings encompassing me in an embrace. Shielding me, its gold wings reflecting the light into the darkness that was surrounding me. I peep occasionally but i wanted to escape and could not face up to reality. And slowly the darkness around me became fire, and i could feel the heat, but i still did not want to face up to it, and I slowly opened up and walked to face what I have to face.
This is truly like how i felt, that I want to remain in my comfort zone, my protection, and although i see the needs of the world, i just want to turn a blind eye and continue leading my normal life.
I need to be a light to shine into the world.
Amen.
I felt lost, depressed, and filled with strife. I really didn't feel like sharing today and i asked God what He wants to do for the cell, what He wants to share in the cell?
I hear a prompting in me to talk about the Armor of God, to put it on and prepare for battle. The belt of truth, the helmet of Salvation, the sandals of peace, the sword, the shield of faith.
I really placed my faith in God to lead the sharing, to share the experiences that I had these few days with our cell.. And God just led me to the article on the internet about the armor of God. Lord, I pray that I will remember these two weeks, and be at a constant spiritual readiness for the war that is already ongoing.
I was truly blessed when Cass shared with me a vision she saw. She saw me kneeling down on a cushion, and praying and there is a majestic angel with gold wings encompassing me in an embrace. Shielding me, its gold wings reflecting the light into the darkness that was surrounding me. I peep occasionally but i wanted to escape and could not face up to reality. And slowly the darkness around me became fire, and i could feel the heat, but i still did not want to face up to it, and I slowly opened up and walked to face what I have to face.
This is truly like how i felt, that I want to remain in my comfort zone, my protection, and although i see the needs of the world, i just want to turn a blind eye and continue leading my normal life.
I need to be a light to shine into the world.
Amen.
Monday, March 24, 2008
All about Jewel Tan
I realised how a "3 minutes Fever" person I am after looking at all the blogs that I have started.. Hmm.. now i think i need to re-org a little! Okie lets see...
Jewelserene.blogspot.com - is my deep thoughts, reflections, my walk with God.
onecloudyday.wordpress.com - is my pastry dreams, and my personal collection of everything under the sun
alady'slife.wordpress.com - is about my thoughts on being a lady, about the lovely marriage experiences but somehow, beautiful things also go on onecloudyday.wordpress.com.
Hmm.. anyhow, so from now.. these is all of course then there is
aworldwithin.wordpress.com
whiteaffections.blogspot.com
Oh man.. Now i really beat myself to the game..
That is it.
Jewel
Jewelserene.blogspot.com - is my deep thoughts, reflections, my walk with God.
onecloudyday.wordpress.com - is my pastry dreams, and my personal collection of everything under the sun
alady'slife.wordpress.com - is about my thoughts on being a lady, about the lovely marriage experiences but somehow, beautiful things also go on onecloudyday.wordpress.com.
Hmm.. anyhow, so from now.. these is all of course then there is
aworldwithin.wordpress.com
whiteaffections.blogspot.com
Oh man.. Now i really beat myself to the game..
That is it.
Jewel
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Worship Conference
You should be called where Worship leading is concerned, you are not leading people in songs only, demonstrating the lifestyle of worship, its a major responsibility. You need to serve a number of years.
He always says: Watch your leaders and mirror them, if you are not practicing as a leader then how can you encourage under you to develop. Practice yourself. Do not become a great musician to be a great musician.
You need to maximise the time when the worship team are together, you never have the chance to let them hang around. When we are on stage worshipping, this is not hard work, our focus is not on the music, is what is happening with the people and in Heaven.
Have a plan, do not just have the desire. The temple musicians, the amount of training that they have just to lead worship.
Be the best that you can be.
Exodus 3 Be skilled, develop your giftings. What are the steps we take to develop ourselves?
The whole musical and spiritual aspect. Never become stagnant. Keep the team focused. Musical expertise, when we say singer or musician needs to be skilled. All needs to be inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Listening is crucial. We need to listen to each other and the spirit of God, not be busy singing. We must train ourselves to be skilled enough to follow any type of service.
Sensitivity.
Meet the needs of the people, whats happening with the people?
We could missed the moment, if we are not listening to your spiritual ears, do not stick to the rehearsed. Music is a spiritual thing.
Music is a language.
Words is not enough in a language, music is a language. Every song has a different vocabulary. God is ready to move, are we?
Church music; there are awesome moments, how do you play along with Angels? Listen and duplicate, especially if you are talented.
Chronicles, we can worship for hours.
Are you ready for what you believe what God wants to do?
God starts with our natural ability, Prayer!
The prayer aspect, we are all not at the same place spiritually. Sensitize our ears, first 10 mins. How are you? - They do not say fine.
Focusing on the team members, everyone is special and everyone knows their place. When you say lets practice, its a different practice.
Music is healing. Rehearsals can be healing too. The team is a part of God is doing in the general church.
BIBLE STUDY. strengthen our faith, foundation. Empowerment. Important. Biblical foundation.
Leader finds out their lives of the people. We are all out looking out for one another. Spiritual immaturity. Sharpening the spiritual aspect of members.
How skillful should we be to lead the team?
Structure of leadership team. Delegate. It depends on what aspects on the skills. Develop those who has the talent and strengths. Watch the hearts of the people. Alert, preceptive and discerning and encourage.
Do not do everything yourself.
Its more than music.
Ask some questions about the past and you will know the problems.
You can only take someone as far as you have gone yourself?
How does one motivate and encourage the team to excellence?
The Bible; James 4. You do not have what you ask, because you are asking for the wrong motives.
Are you practicing? If you wish to be better singer?
Listen to God. What is saying to me?
In His Presence, lock yourself away in His Presence. Open you Bible, your guitar, and let GOd be your audience. Fill me with the wisdom and knowledge of Heaven, show me how I can serve my leader better.
Amen.
Its a great worship conference and felt really inspired by this. May God help me to make right my motives and for me to move in the direction that He wants me to.
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
He always says: Watch your leaders and mirror them, if you are not practicing as a leader then how can you encourage under you to develop. Practice yourself. Do not become a great musician to be a great musician.
You need to maximise the time when the worship team are together, you never have the chance to let them hang around. When we are on stage worshipping, this is not hard work, our focus is not on the music, is what is happening with the people and in Heaven.
Have a plan, do not just have the desire. The temple musicians, the amount of training that they have just to lead worship.
Be the best that you can be.
Exodus 3 Be skilled, develop your giftings. What are the steps we take to develop ourselves?
The whole musical and spiritual aspect. Never become stagnant. Keep the team focused. Musical expertise, when we say singer or musician needs to be skilled. All needs to be inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Listening is crucial. We need to listen to each other and the spirit of God, not be busy singing. We must train ourselves to be skilled enough to follow any type of service.
Sensitivity.
Meet the needs of the people, whats happening with the people?
We could missed the moment, if we are not listening to your spiritual ears, do not stick to the rehearsed. Music is a spiritual thing.
Music is a language.
Words is not enough in a language, music is a language. Every song has a different vocabulary. God is ready to move, are we?
Church music; there are awesome moments, how do you play along with Angels? Listen and duplicate, especially if you are talented.
Chronicles, we can worship for hours.
Are you ready for what you believe what God wants to do?
God starts with our natural ability, Prayer!
The prayer aspect, we are all not at the same place spiritually. Sensitize our ears, first 10 mins. How are you? - They do not say fine.
Focusing on the team members, everyone is special and everyone knows their place. When you say lets practice, its a different practice.
Music is healing. Rehearsals can be healing too. The team is a part of God is doing in the general church.
BIBLE STUDY. strengthen our faith, foundation. Empowerment. Important. Biblical foundation.
Leader finds out their lives of the people. We are all out looking out for one another. Spiritual immaturity. Sharpening the spiritual aspect of members.
How skillful should we be to lead the team?
Structure of leadership team. Delegate. It depends on what aspects on the skills. Develop those who has the talent and strengths. Watch the hearts of the people. Alert, preceptive and discerning and encourage.
Do not do everything yourself.
Its more than music.
Ask some questions about the past and you will know the problems.
You can only take someone as far as you have gone yourself?
How does one motivate and encourage the team to excellence?
The Bible; James 4. You do not have what you ask, because you are asking for the wrong motives.
Are you practicing? If you wish to be better singer?
Listen to God. What is saying to me?
In His Presence, lock yourself away in His Presence. Open you Bible, your guitar, and let GOd be your audience. Fill me with the wisdom and knowledge of Heaven, show me how I can serve my leader better.
Amen.
Its a great worship conference and felt really inspired by this. May God help me to make right my motives and for me to move in the direction that He wants me to.
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
Your Confidence in God
Influence
God is telling us; we can be an influence and change people's life. But before that we ourselves must change. We must change our mindset when we get born again. We need to put on the mind of Christ.
God is teaching us to be positive influence. Change must come from the heart. When you speak people will hear the change.
Passion
When we have passion, we have excellence.
Compassion
Compassion will compel you. We need to have commitment. God will never fail you, even if you fail God, God will still be committed to you!
He picks you up from the miry depths, no matter how many times you fall.
When we walk with God, there is always someone looking after me.
God wants all of us to become leaders, to be the head and not the tail. Assume your leadership qualities.
Where there is influence, you will see Change. The world will be a better place, one star fish at a time..
Because of that one Man who stood up that we can stand here today, saved.
Team work and Working the team. - Team but no work; nothing gets done. But if you get work and no team, it will never work.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in God, not confidence in what I can do and my skill or in man. When I put my confidence in God, things start to happen. At times, we go through a roller coaster ride with confidence. How can we get confidence?
Hebrews 10:35 "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded."
Why do we not share the salvation? We lack confidence.
(I felt that; when I wanted to pray for my aunty during her time of need)
God wants us to be confident in Him.
1. We can lose our Confidence
2. Our confidence carries a great reward - we need to build on that confidence.
Confidence in not boldness. Its inside of you.
Why do we need Confidence?
1) Confidence will produce stability in every area of your life and your situations.
Hotdog seller; an illiterate man. Business was good, and he ordered a truckload more of hotdogs and buns. However, his son; who is a college graduate told him that there is a recession coming along and people will stop eating out. So he reduced his orders and decided not to invest so much is his business.
As the days passed, the business needed more of the resources but he refused to order as his son continued sharing with him about what's in the news, of the bad news of recession.
Slowly, his business failed.
There are people who boost your confidence, and there are people who steals and robs you of your confidence. Discern who you mix with.
Confidence = contented with self
Philippians 4:11/13
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13I can do everything through him who gives me strength."
2) Confidence stretches you.
A rubberband is useless if it does not stretch. A rubberband that is kept for a long time, ts difficult to stretch or it might break. When you have been stretched often, its easier. We can be used of the Lord.
People who are insecure do not want to be stretched. People with insecurity will not want to build people up, because they themselves are not sure themselves.
Paul in his writings uses "confidence" 6 times referring to Christ, 6 times "self" and 6 times in "other people". We need a balance, we need confidence in God, self and people. We are made to be conquerors.
How to become Confident?
1) Establish your worth in God; know that you are valuable in God's eye.
Know that God made you unique and there is no other like you.
Know that God believes in you.
2) Focus on God and not on your problems
Psalms 27: 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh, [a]
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confide
We no longer fear because we have confidence.
Confidence comes not because of the lack of problems. Problems will exist all the way. There will always be problems. But when confidence comes when we see all this problems but yet we see God, we see the unlimited resource, the ability that God has given us, God's people.
3) Develop friendships with people that are confident.
Proverbs 14:26 "He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress (Confidence), and for his children it will be a refuge."
4) Make a victory list of what happened in the past.
Samson and David. Both have similarities, both anointed and both called to be leaders, both fighting common enemies.
Difference:
Samson wanted to please himself. David wanted to please God.
Samson depended on his own strength. David depended on the strength of the Lord.
Samson fought without God. David inquires of the Lord; "should i pursue"
Samson ended his leadership role and his life. David began his leadership role in his life.
It might make you proud too, if you write a victory list, so be careful.
David made a victory list: He killed a bear, a lion and now I can defeat Goliath.
God has done many things for us that we can be confident in Him.
Be confident that God has used you.
To increase your confidence:
VIP: Stop comparing with others!
Stop comparing your worth with others, we are all worth the same thing with God.
One day a Lady was walking, feeling insecure and rejected because she is poor. And while she was walking, God said "Look" and she saw a 50cents coin on the floor. The coin is dirty, looks like its been the sewers and been through many things in life, the coin may look dirty, the coin is still worth 50cents, it will not be degraded.
If you want to be special, specialize in something that you are good at until you are special.
When a person goes through a lot of failures, the confidence level falls.
When you have confidence in God, in other people, in self plus skill, it will give you momentum, its a powerful force.
There is a train in New York City when stationary, with just a small one inch block, the train cannot move. However, when its a full speed ahead, it can crash into a 5 foot steel concrete wall.
The devil wants to rob us of the confidence in God.
Let us regain the confidence in God.
23rd of March 2008; Easter Sunday.
-Pastor Frankie
God is telling us; we can be an influence and change people's life. But before that we ourselves must change. We must change our mindset when we get born again. We need to put on the mind of Christ.
God is teaching us to be positive influence. Change must come from the heart. When you speak people will hear the change.
Passion
When we have passion, we have excellence.
Compassion
Compassion will compel you. We need to have commitment. God will never fail you, even if you fail God, God will still be committed to you!
He picks you up from the miry depths, no matter how many times you fall.
When we walk with God, there is always someone looking after me.
God wants all of us to become leaders, to be the head and not the tail. Assume your leadership qualities.
Where there is influence, you will see Change. The world will be a better place, one star fish at a time..
Because of that one Man who stood up that we can stand here today, saved.
Team work and Working the team. - Team but no work; nothing gets done. But if you get work and no team, it will never work.
CONFIDENCE
Confidence in God, not confidence in what I can do and my skill or in man. When I put my confidence in God, things start to happen. At times, we go through a roller coaster ride with confidence. How can we get confidence?
Hebrews 10:35 "So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded."
Why do we not share the salvation? We lack confidence.
(I felt that; when I wanted to pray for my aunty during her time of need)
God wants us to be confident in Him.
1. We can lose our Confidence
2. Our confidence carries a great reward - we need to build on that confidence.
Confidence in not boldness. Its inside of you.
Why do we need Confidence?
1) Confidence will produce stability in every area of your life and your situations.
Hotdog seller; an illiterate man. Business was good, and he ordered a truckload more of hotdogs and buns. However, his son; who is a college graduate told him that there is a recession coming along and people will stop eating out. So he reduced his orders and decided not to invest so much is his business.
As the days passed, the business needed more of the resources but he refused to order as his son continued sharing with him about what's in the news, of the bad news of recession.
Slowly, his business failed.
There are people who boost your confidence, and there are people who steals and robs you of your confidence. Discern who you mix with.
Confidence = contented with self
Philippians 4:11/13
"I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13I can do everything through him who gives me strength."
2) Confidence stretches you.
A rubberband is useless if it does not stretch. A rubberband that is kept for a long time, ts difficult to stretch or it might break. When you have been stretched often, its easier. We can be used of the Lord.
People who are insecure do not want to be stretched. People with insecurity will not want to build people up, because they themselves are not sure themselves.
Paul in his writings uses "confidence" 6 times referring to Christ, 6 times "self" and 6 times in "other people". We need a balance, we need confidence in God, self and people. We are made to be conquerors.
How to become Confident?
1) Establish your worth in God; know that you are valuable in God's eye.
Know that God made you unique and there is no other like you.
Know that God believes in you.
2) Focus on God and not on your problems
Psalms 27: 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me
to devour my flesh, [a]
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then will I be confide
We no longer fear because we have confidence.
Confidence comes not because of the lack of problems. Problems will exist all the way. There will always be problems. But when confidence comes when we see all this problems but yet we see God, we see the unlimited resource, the ability that God has given us, God's people.
3) Develop friendships with people that are confident.
Proverbs 14:26 "He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress (Confidence), and for his children it will be a refuge."
4) Make a victory list of what happened in the past.
Samson and David. Both have similarities, both anointed and both called to be leaders, both fighting common enemies.
Difference:
Samson wanted to please himself. David wanted to please God.
Samson depended on his own strength. David depended on the strength of the Lord.
Samson fought without God. David inquires of the Lord; "should i pursue"
Samson ended his leadership role and his life. David began his leadership role in his life.
It might make you proud too, if you write a victory list, so be careful.
David made a victory list: He killed a bear, a lion and now I can defeat Goliath.
God has done many things for us that we can be confident in Him.
Be confident that God has used you.
To increase your confidence:
VIP: Stop comparing with others!
Stop comparing your worth with others, we are all worth the same thing with God.
One day a Lady was walking, feeling insecure and rejected because she is poor. And while she was walking, God said "Look" and she saw a 50cents coin on the floor. The coin is dirty, looks like its been the sewers and been through many things in life, the coin may look dirty, the coin is still worth 50cents, it will not be degraded.
If you want to be special, specialize in something that you are good at until you are special.
When a person goes through a lot of failures, the confidence level falls.
When you have confidence in God, in other people, in self plus skill, it will give you momentum, its a powerful force.
There is a train in New York City when stationary, with just a small one inch block, the train cannot move. However, when its a full speed ahead, it can crash into a 5 foot steel concrete wall.
The devil wants to rob us of the confidence in God.
Let us regain the confidence in God.
23rd of March 2008; Easter Sunday.
-Pastor Frankie
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Even though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, your perfect love is casting out fear!
In all my days that I have been on this earth, never have I felt such unimportance in money and situations. Not that I felt without money I can accomplish lots of things, but on the contrary I felt that the lack of money, and the perception of money is the root of all problems and evil.
For the lack of money, my uncle succumbed to the threats of guilt. Now I understand the importance of church, the importance of spiritual parents, for when you need to talk to someone, God will lead that person to advise wisely.
My uncle said he prayed, prayed to his gods for an answer, and they told him that all will be fine. So he went bravely, and unafraid of what it is to come on the surface, but deep inside the fear surmounts. How does one face the consequences of a misdeed that he did not do? How does the fear of punishment leads one to accept a lightened punishment in the light of his innocence?
For I faced situations like these before, lesser in severity but similar in nature. And I could seek counsel, from Godly people who prayed for me for peace but yet gave me earthly and wise advise. Contradictory that the other religions’ wise people they call are lesser educated. But that is my assumption. Now I do see where God is leading us. Now I do see why there is an importance in all the teachings of Christianity, that we not only walk by faith but by the leadership of the world as well. For in the Bible it says, that we have to obey and follow the laws of the righteous.
I sat there in the other side of the world, in the other part of the world that I have never been before nor dreamt of threading within. I understood the fear, I felt the pain, and I wanted to give everything that I had to change the situation. It suddenly dawned on me that everything didn’t matter, what matters most is my uncle’s decision. I looked at him, head bowed in the court, hair shaved, in the orange overall labeled a criminal, labeled guilty as charged. Eyes are on him, people around whispering all sorts of possibilities and crimes that he might have committed. My aunt sat there, struggling with all her might to keep her tears from falling, struggling very hard to be silent, as if the whole court might awake from its slumber should a pin fall, as they await the honorable Judge. I looked at the judge, I prayed and hoped that God may show them visions of justice. True visions of justice.
I stepped into the room of her honor.. I looked around, and saw photos of her and her little girl, she looked just like any one of us, a possibility that one day some one close to her might face the exact same charges, the exact same innocence to be proven. I wished so much to have a private talk with her. To tell her how much I know that my uncle is innocent. But who am I? What am I to do, that I can do that?
A burning sensation came over me to be someone great. Someone with influence and authority, that I may help these people, helpless and innocent. I prayed and asked God for favor and guidance that I may be someone different, that I may be able to help.
Compassion requires commitment. Its true. I experienced it for myself. It needs commitment, it requires intercessory desires. To feel for this people.
I waited outside the Queenstown Remand Prison and waited with my aunt for my uncle to be released. The wait seemed never ending, and yet the fear of what he would feel when he comes out, what do we say, do we pretend, or do we re-assure him?
Minutes seemed like hours ticked by. And still no sight of him. I muttered a prayer underneath my breath and hoped that my aunty will be strong.
When everything in your life seems to be perfect, we never once thought about moments like these. We never expect that someone so young, so vulnerable will do something so evil and so cruel to someone close to you.
People say jealousy and anger leads one to do crazy things. Finally I see it for myself.
Till now, I can only hope and pray for a miracle. For God’s mercy and grace to come over my uncle now. I pray that his life will be changed. That he will accept Christ and Christ alone can help.
Its an urgent call to help and save the world. But for every single time, we take off to help just one person, it makes a world of a difference to that one person.
May God empower me to do His will. May I not use my man’s wisdom but the wisdom bestowed upon by Him.
In all my days that I have been on this earth, never have I felt such unimportance in money and situations. Not that I felt without money I can accomplish lots of things, but on the contrary I felt that the lack of money, and the perception of money is the root of all problems and evil.
For the lack of money, my uncle succumbed to the threats of guilt. Now I understand the importance of church, the importance of spiritual parents, for when you need to talk to someone, God will lead that person to advise wisely.
My uncle said he prayed, prayed to his gods for an answer, and they told him that all will be fine. So he went bravely, and unafraid of what it is to come on the surface, but deep inside the fear surmounts. How does one face the consequences of a misdeed that he did not do? How does the fear of punishment leads one to accept a lightened punishment in the light of his innocence?
For I faced situations like these before, lesser in severity but similar in nature. And I could seek counsel, from Godly people who prayed for me for peace but yet gave me earthly and wise advise. Contradictory that the other religions’ wise people they call are lesser educated. But that is my assumption. Now I do see where God is leading us. Now I do see why there is an importance in all the teachings of Christianity, that we not only walk by faith but by the leadership of the world as well. For in the Bible it says, that we have to obey and follow the laws of the righteous.
I sat there in the other side of the world, in the other part of the world that I have never been before nor dreamt of threading within. I understood the fear, I felt the pain, and I wanted to give everything that I had to change the situation. It suddenly dawned on me that everything didn’t matter, what matters most is my uncle’s decision. I looked at him, head bowed in the court, hair shaved, in the orange overall labeled a criminal, labeled guilty as charged. Eyes are on him, people around whispering all sorts of possibilities and crimes that he might have committed. My aunt sat there, struggling with all her might to keep her tears from falling, struggling very hard to be silent, as if the whole court might awake from its slumber should a pin fall, as they await the honorable Judge. I looked at the judge, I prayed and hoped that God may show them visions of justice. True visions of justice.
I stepped into the room of her honor.. I looked around, and saw photos of her and her little girl, she looked just like any one of us, a possibility that one day some one close to her might face the exact same charges, the exact same innocence to be proven. I wished so much to have a private talk with her. To tell her how much I know that my uncle is innocent. But who am I? What am I to do, that I can do that?
A burning sensation came over me to be someone great. Someone with influence and authority, that I may help these people, helpless and innocent. I prayed and asked God for favor and guidance that I may be someone different, that I may be able to help.
Compassion requires commitment. Its true. I experienced it for myself. It needs commitment, it requires intercessory desires. To feel for this people.
I waited outside the Queenstown Remand Prison and waited with my aunt for my uncle to be released. The wait seemed never ending, and yet the fear of what he would feel when he comes out, what do we say, do we pretend, or do we re-assure him?
Minutes seemed like hours ticked by. And still no sight of him. I muttered a prayer underneath my breath and hoped that my aunty will be strong.
When everything in your life seems to be perfect, we never once thought about moments like these. We never expect that someone so young, so vulnerable will do something so evil and so cruel to someone close to you.
People say jealousy and anger leads one to do crazy things. Finally I see it for myself.
Till now, I can only hope and pray for a miracle. For God’s mercy and grace to come over my uncle now. I pray that his life will be changed. That he will accept Christ and Christ alone can help.
Its an urgent call to help and save the world. But for every single time, we take off to help just one person, it makes a world of a difference to that one person.
May God empower me to do His will. May I not use my man’s wisdom but the wisdom bestowed upon by Him.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Discipline in life
The book i was reading said this: Discipline is not given overnight. It needs or requires small steps at first, baby steps to take to be able to overcome our habits. I need to break my habits, i need to move on in my life. May every step be a learning process for me.
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
My Road to Discovery
I woke up this chilly morning undecided and unhappy, thought to myself what is life about? Perhaps its due to the monthly moodswing that I have, or its truly bcos I am lost? I felt cold, and just wanted to continue sleeping. I woke up, ate something, and went back to sleep again. In the midst of all the dreaming, I decided that well i could spare some time. But in Joyce Meyer's "I Dare You to embrace life with PASSION", she said, time is our most valuable commodity. So while i am not going to give up, what I feel God has placed in my heart to do, I will start on a Road to Discovery. I will first start with being more observant, being more "deep in God's presence" to see what He wants to tell me about my life. Being more aware of the feelings and the honest emotions that I truly have in my life.
This road to discovery will lead me to God's calling in my life. what may it be? I am excited to find out. My life has only just begun.
Amen.
Love,
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
This road to discovery will lead me to God's calling in my life. what may it be? I am excited to find out. My life has only just begun.
Amen.
Love,
Jewel
-on the road to discovery-
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