I just have this random thought when i was taking shower like 10min ago lol.
I was thinking about giving, what is giving? I think by talking about giving, it is all about receiving, if we don't know how to receive then we don't know how to give, if we don't receive anything, then we cant even give anything as well.
Also a random topic as well, not really~ >< . If your friend give u a gift , it is a very very expensive white T-shirt, he give this gift to you and ask you to wear it. Of course as it is so expensive and it is also so white as well, you don't want any dirt or anything to make the T-shirt dirty, you will try all your best to prevent all the dirt to go on this White T-shirt. This remind me of God and us. God has given us grace, it is like a White T-shirt , it is so clean and it is so beautiful. Jesus ask us to wear it daily, so we are holy and clean in front of God. Sins are like those dirt on earth, the dirt that can go on your T-shirt and make your T-shirt dirty. If you know how valuable you are in God's eye, if you know how great is this T-shirt called "grace" , then you will not trying to look for sins (the dirt) to ruin your white T-shirt ,but you will look for God's grace and righteousness which makes your T-shirt white daily. Joseph Prince said this before" grace is like a waterfall, and we are like a rock on the mud, God has place us under the waterfall, so no matter how dirty we are, how much mud on the rocks ,but this waterfall is going to wash us 24/7 , the rock (us) can be clean all the time~!!! Praise God~!!" My friends, God loves you, he has send his son to die for us, Jesus's blood has already wash away all your wrong doings , all your sins, and all your wrong thought, his blood make you righteousness and make you holy in front of God~!! God has given you this White T-shirt, you just need to simply receive it, and wear it daily , and always always look for his kingdom and righteousness but not sins, take good care of your white T-shirt. As we know how to receive this great gift,then we will know how to give, we will tell all our friends families about how nice is this white T-shirt and how much God loves you as well. That is giving, giving is all about receiving...
Friday, July 31, 2009
just a random thought
wake up ~! relax ~! And Enjoy~!
Sometime it is very easy for us to claim that our material success is due to our own hard work, our own intelligence. We may think that riches are our own , are from us, and we can have the right to use them anyway we please...but if we think in that way, we might have lost our heart because we may not feel the need of God~ but the truth is we need God, all these are from God, our heavenly father. Everything is from God...
Some people would think that their wealth is a sign for God's approval, and they dont bother to consider how they had gotten it. In God's eye , success is different measure from ours. He calls us to faithfulness, not to affluence. Character is more important to him than $$.
All the resources and all opportunities are from God, by his mercy and grace~! Sometime you see people trying so hard , working so hard by their own strength , try to achieve something they always want for maybe their last 10 or 20 years~! IT can be a big house , it can be an expensive car, it can be just a show off~! I am not saying hard working is bad, but I am just saying that work hard for a good and enternal purpose, and not by your own strength but work with God together. Some time you work so hard, you spend most of the time on work or your own business, you may gain a lot of money or maybe not, it is a risk , but you may also lost the time that you can spend with your family, the time that you can build up a good relationship with your family, and also the time that you just do some sports to benifit your own health.
What is more important? Money or relationship , health ect? If you say money, ok, then why do you need the money for?? You may say "i need them to buy me a car or a house" or" i need the money to provide for my family" or "i need the money to go out with my friends" . Oh well, let me ask you something first, if you only spend time at work but not with your family and friends, you will not have as close relationship with them, then of course you can provide for your family, but they cant feel the love inside, because they need money but also the relationship with the provider~! Otherwise you will just become a mechine. If you have money to get your expensive dream car, then what? Who are you going to share your joy with? Your car? I m sorry but your car doesnt talk to you and laught with you. My friends, all these material things are all from God, it is all his blessing to us. All these blessing have his love in it. He is willing to talk to you and spend time with you, but we just need to make ourself more avariable for God, talk to him days and nights, and find out more about him and get closer and closer to this best provider in the whole world, you will find out more about his purposes behind his blessing, you will understand and keep receiving in a positive way, I m sure if you do that , God will bless you more and more , and also you will just relax and enjoy in his strong arm. You are not doing this by your own anymore , you are doing this for him and his kingdom.
Thank you God for your provision always and thank you so much for your love, please open up our eyes and mind to receive your blessing and grace, let us to come closer and closer to you everyday. It is not about us but it is only about your kingdom.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
God's love for Israel 30/07/09
Hosea 11:1-3
1 When Israel was a child, I loved him,
and out of Egypt I called my son.2 But the more I called Israel,
the further they went from me.
They sacrificed to the Baals
and they burned incense to images.3 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them by the arms;but they did not realize
it was I who healed them.
God's love is unconditional love, he always loves us, always call us his beloved son. even when we sin or even when we been unfaithful sometime, but he still there for us , still love us , and still waiting for us to come back, this is the true love...thank you my heavenly father, thank you so much for this love you prepare for us, and thank you you call us beloved...I just pray that we can always open our heart to welcome you in and experience this special gift you have prepare for us. In this perfect love, we have no more worries , have dont have to keep depending on our own strength, we dont have to keep struggling on our failures, because we can just depend on God, and have faith and believe that he will take care for us, and we can always rejoyce in his arm...
In this scripture, even Isael they were unfaithful to God, "they sacrificed to Baals and they burned incense to images", but God still love Isael, God still want to give them 2nd chance, God still provide for Isael, he still bring healing to Isael.
"It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they did not realize it was I who healed them".
This remind some of my personal behaviour as well...God has consistently provide for me , but sometime I would refuse to see what he had done, sometime I still thought it may from my own strength... In this scripture, Isael showed no interest in thanking God, maybe you will think "wow , that is bad...they should not do it.." but i found that sometime I also forgot to thank god... Ungratefulness.....When is the last time we thank our parents for take good care of us? when is the last time you thank pastor for the services...? when is the last time you thank your boss to give you a job? when is the last time you thank God for his provision? In the good time we need to be thankful, even in the hard time , we should become more thankful. Thank God all the time for his love and his blessing, keep believing the truth that God will provide. It is not about ourself right doing , it always about the right believing :) .
My friends...God loves us, stop struggling from your difficult situation, stop depending on your own strength , but come into god's arm and have a rest, God's peace is always with you .
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
First blog _29/07/09
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
