faith w/o action is as good as dead, useless in that sense.
that reminds me of times when i prayed, but i did not really act upon it. compared to the things where i've prayed, and i have act upon it, the difference is obvious.
i think personally i do not have much prob with the part where doubts arises, but more of i do not really act upon it even though i have the faith in God. and this is something i would want to work on, to do more than what i could do.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
God, i would like to thank you for the fresh touch that i've prayed for. thank you for being there always.
i pray that i will always see God infront of me, leading me whereever i go. that i will speak, behave, think in the perception of Christ. that God will help me to be forgiving, be patient, to be loving towards others.
God i pray that you will help me to see things, to value perspective from every angle, that i will be slow to defend my view, that i will listen out, to explore to all the possible possibilities.
God i thank you for teaching me new things everyday.
i pray that i will always see God infront of me, leading me whereever i go. that i will speak, behave, think in the perception of Christ. that God will help me to be forgiving, be patient, to be loving towards others.
God i pray that you will help me to see things, to value perspective from every angle, that i will be slow to defend my view, that i will listen out, to explore to all the possible possibilities.
God i thank you for teaching me new things everyday.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
patterned after God
today's devotional sharing is regarding people.
as we all know, everyone is created in the image of God. and everyone that we face in school, in work, in church, all are made in the image of God.
therefore whenever we as christians disrespect anyone, especially those who have disability, whether in terms of mind, or physical looks, in one way or another we are displeasing God.
and that reminds me of the many times, when i tend to judge others, or tend to "siam" off certain people whom i think is irritating.
i feel that it's quite unchristian-like of me. and , yeah.
but i think a lot of times what we struggles with is with the omission of sins. when people dont see, when you yourself know that its wrong, but you dont do anything about it. and that's really bad when especially as a leader for me, it really go against my own values of living with integrity.
so i think in my life, all the more i should keep a lookout for people with needs and speak up for them, to talk to people who are difficult to. i think that whats pleases God more, and make myself a better leader.
its easy to reach out to ppl whom is easy to afterall...
as we all know, everyone is created in the image of God. and everyone that we face in school, in work, in church, all are made in the image of God.
therefore whenever we as christians disrespect anyone, especially those who have disability, whether in terms of mind, or physical looks, in one way or another we are displeasing God.
and that reminds me of the many times, when i tend to judge others, or tend to "siam" off certain people whom i think is irritating.
i feel that it's quite unchristian-like of me. and , yeah.
but i think a lot of times what we struggles with is with the omission of sins. when people dont see, when you yourself know that its wrong, but you dont do anything about it. and that's really bad when especially as a leader for me, it really go against my own values of living with integrity.
so i think in my life, all the more i should keep a lookout for people with needs and speak up for them, to talk to people who are difficult to. i think that whats pleases God more, and make myself a better leader.
its easy to reach out to ppl whom is easy to afterall...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
today;s bible reading is on titus 2:12.
For the grace of God has (P)appeared, (Q)bringing salvation to all men,
For the grace of God has (P)appeared, (Q)bringing salvation to all men,
12instructing us to deny ungodliness and (R)worldly desires and (S)to live sensibly, righteously and godly (T)in the present age,
13looking for the blessed hope and the (U)appearing of the glory of (V)our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus,
i hope that by living sensibly, righteously and godly even in times like that, that God's grace would appear to my parents and bring salvation to them! this is the blessed hope that i have in me, looking forward to it =)
Monday, November 10, 2008
Learning points from devotion on 10th November:
Today bible verses reading is on 1st Corinthians 9:24-27.
Todays topic is also on self-control. Where it talks about Christians and non-christians. As all of us are pictured as “running in a race”, we all run for a “reward”, a purpose in life.
But for us Christians, we are thankful that we run for God, we run for a imperishable reward. Which is the eternity. For those pre-believer, they run for a reward which is temporary.
For everyone who runs, they exercise self-control in what they do. And we discipline our body to be our slave, so that when we preached to others, we will not be disqualified. In this way, we walk the talk. We also glorify God this way! By presenting our body a living and holy sacrifice.
I feel that this is true as I feel in my life, there are times I may not exercise self-control. And this makes him feel contradicted at times when I try to tell others to do likewise. But that also encourages me to walk my talk =)
I thank God for instilling this great sense of integrity in me, also especially when I want to be a genuine leader , to walk my talk, to be of great influence to others, especially the lost.
Learning points from devotion on 11th November:
Today bible reading is on proverbs 25:26-28.
What it speaks to me most were verse 28. Where Like a (AG)city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man (AH)who has no control over his spirit.
This tells of how important it is to build a firm wall. A firm foundation. So that we have total control over our spirit with the help of the Holy spirit.
This wall we have self control ourselves, and this way we can resist temptation better, so as to remain pure and clean in God’s sight.
To me I think what is more important is at times where people don’t see what you do. These are the areas of life where people have to take note of. And in these areas, the “wall” of everyone really come to a good use, when people are put through trials as the devil works.
Today bible verses reading is on 1st Corinthians 9:24-27.
Todays topic is also on self-control. Where it talks about Christians and non-christians. As all of us are pictured as “running in a race”, we all run for a “reward”, a purpose in life.
But for us Christians, we are thankful that we run for God, we run for a imperishable reward. Which is the eternity. For those pre-believer, they run for a reward which is temporary.
For everyone who runs, they exercise self-control in what they do. And we discipline our body to be our slave, so that when we preached to others, we will not be disqualified. In this way, we walk the talk. We also glorify God this way! By presenting our body a living and holy sacrifice.
I feel that this is true as I feel in my life, there are times I may not exercise self-control. And this makes him feel contradicted at times when I try to tell others to do likewise. But that also encourages me to walk my talk =)
I thank God for instilling this great sense of integrity in me, also especially when I want to be a genuine leader , to walk my talk, to be of great influence to others, especially the lost.
Learning points from devotion on 11th November:
Today bible reading is on proverbs 25:26-28.
What it speaks to me most were verse 28. Where Like a (AG)city that is broken into and without walls
Is a man (AH)who has no control over his spirit.
This tells of how important it is to build a firm wall. A firm foundation. So that we have total control over our spirit with the help of the Holy spirit.
This wall we have self control ourselves, and this way we can resist temptation better, so as to remain pure and clean in God’s sight.
To me I think what is more important is at times where people don’t see what you do. These are the areas of life where people have to take note of. And in these areas, the “wall” of everyone really come to a good use, when people are put through trials as the devil works.
Learning points from devotion on 3rd November:
Read about a women wearing a pure white dress into a coal mine.
The miners warned her that if she’s going to enter with a white dress, it will not be as white when she comes out.
It is because the coal rubs off with the dress, that’s why it would not be as white.
Teaches me on the impact of influence around me.
If I choose to mix with people of not so good influence, no better how good my foundation, how pure I would like to say, here or there I will be influenced in some ways, either in behavior, in how we think, or what we do or receive into our mind.
This is why we should hang out with Godly influence, but at the same time we shouldn’t leave out these “bad influence”, instead we should be mindful about what we do instead if we choose to get near those bad influences .
Learning points from devotion on 4th November:
it was on Romans 8:28.
There was this painter, who was very famous at his time, his name were Norman Rockwell. One of his painting depicts a boy who sees a baseball game through a knothole on the fence .
So for this boy, he could only see a very small area of the game, compared to those who was sitting in the stadium, who were able to see the “whole” game.
Its trying to tell me that I’m just like this boy, in my life, I can only see the past and the present, but God is like those people who sits in the stadium who can see the “whole” game.
So i have learnt that when I’m faced with some “difficult” choices to make, maybe it may be a very right choice, but if I make it, it will bring me immediate benefit or satisfaction, but I think I will learnt to pray to God about it, learn to lean onto God instead of relying on myself because only God sees the whole “game”.
Learning points from devotion on 5th November:
today I learnt about this guy, who have never seen a mirror before. Therefore he tried to ask the “person” in the mirror to play with him, but the “person” kept imitating him, therefore the guy were so angry, he tried to punch the “person”, in the end, the mirror shattered and he injured his hand.
This is trying to tell us about having self- control, in this case, to control yourself in terms of being angry. For those who chose not to release forgivnesss, they themselves will be the one getting hurt most, just like the guy that I read about.
For me I learnt that self-control can be applied to other areas, like for people who commit sins even when they are Christians. Without self-control to abstain from sins, they themselves will be hurt most in a sense they would have this obstacle between them and God, they would suffer from the guilt everytime they commit sin.
Learning points from devotion on 7th November:
Today I read about the different types of fear, phobias etc..
So I learnt about instead of having fear. We should learn to trust in the Lord. And I know, when we earnestly seek Him, He will be there. He’s always there.
Instead of letting our fears control us, we should pray, like what phil 4:6-7 says. Its also part of self-control.
Learning points from devotion on 8th November:
Today is also about having self control. That when we control ourselves, we can be clear-minded to pray, to listen out, to be sensitive towards God.
There are people in this world whom can resist temptations in the world, one good eg is Jesus whom remained hungry even when the devils tempts Him.
That is when He also focuses more on God, and likewise we should do so. God values and commands self-control too. That is why we should have self-control too, whether in things we say, do, or think, because God takes sins very seriously!
Read about a women wearing a pure white dress into a coal mine.
The miners warned her that if she’s going to enter with a white dress, it will not be as white when she comes out.
It is because the coal rubs off with the dress, that’s why it would not be as white.
Teaches me on the impact of influence around me.
If I choose to mix with people of not so good influence, no better how good my foundation, how pure I would like to say, here or there I will be influenced in some ways, either in behavior, in how we think, or what we do or receive into our mind.
This is why we should hang out with Godly influence, but at the same time we shouldn’t leave out these “bad influence”, instead we should be mindful about what we do instead if we choose to get near those bad influences .
Learning points from devotion on 4th November:
it was on Romans 8:28.
There was this painter, who was very famous at his time, his name were Norman Rockwell. One of his painting depicts a boy who sees a baseball game through a knothole on the fence .
So for this boy, he could only see a very small area of the game, compared to those who was sitting in the stadium, who were able to see the “whole” game.
Its trying to tell me that I’m just like this boy, in my life, I can only see the past and the present, but God is like those people who sits in the stadium who can see the “whole” game.
So i have learnt that when I’m faced with some “difficult” choices to make, maybe it may be a very right choice, but if I make it, it will bring me immediate benefit or satisfaction, but I think I will learnt to pray to God about it, learn to lean onto God instead of relying on myself because only God sees the whole “game”.
Learning points from devotion on 5th November:
today I learnt about this guy, who have never seen a mirror before. Therefore he tried to ask the “person” in the mirror to play with him, but the “person” kept imitating him, therefore the guy were so angry, he tried to punch the “person”, in the end, the mirror shattered and he injured his hand.
This is trying to tell us about having self- control, in this case, to control yourself in terms of being angry. For those who chose not to release forgivnesss, they themselves will be the one getting hurt most, just like the guy that I read about.
For me I learnt that self-control can be applied to other areas, like for people who commit sins even when they are Christians. Without self-control to abstain from sins, they themselves will be hurt most in a sense they would have this obstacle between them and God, they would suffer from the guilt everytime they commit sin.
Learning points from devotion on 7th November:
Today I read about the different types of fear, phobias etc..
So I learnt about instead of having fear. We should learn to trust in the Lord. And I know, when we earnestly seek Him, He will be there. He’s always there.
Instead of letting our fears control us, we should pray, like what phil 4:6-7 says. Its also part of self-control.
Learning points from devotion on 8th November:
Today is also about having self control. That when we control ourselves, we can be clear-minded to pray, to listen out, to be sensitive towards God.
There are people in this world whom can resist temptations in the world, one good eg is Jesus whom remained hungry even when the devils tempts Him.
That is when He also focuses more on God, and likewise we should do so. God values and commands self-control too. That is why we should have self-control too, whether in things we say, do, or think, because God takes sins very seriously!
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