I'm now enjoying watching cartoons while updating my blog. My classes are starting next week and yea I just couldn't wait for it. I know this coming semester the subjects are going to be tough but I believe that I can do well and get a great result. yes, Jesus is going to be with me at all times to guide,help and encourage me.
DAY 4: Made to Last Forever!
This life is not all there is.
Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on the other side of death in eternity than you will here. Earth is the staging area, the preschool, the tryout for your life in eternity. It is the orastice workout before the actual game, the warm-up lap before the race begins. This life is preparation for the next.
At most, you will live a hundreds years on earth, but you will spend forever in eternity. The Bible says, "God has planted eternity in the human heart." You have an inborn instinct that longs for immortality. This is because God has designed you, in his image, to live for eternity. Even though we know everyone eventually dies, death always seems unnatural and unfair. The reason we feel we should live forever is that God wired our brain with that desire!
One day your heart will stop beating. That will be the end of your body and your time on earth, but it will not be the end of you. Your earthly body is just a temporary residence for your spirit. The Bible calls your earthly body a "tent", but refers your future body as a "house." The Bible says, "When this tent we live in, our body here on earth is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever."
While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two which are heaven or hell. Your relationship with God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity. If you learn to love and trust God's Son, Jesus, you will be invited to spend the rest of eternity with him. On the other hand, if you reject his love, forgiveness, and also salvation, you will spend eternity apart from God forever.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This is just a random post. Someone actually said that I didn't change myself after attending church. Well, I was actually kind the pissed off with what that person said to me. I have changed and you wouldn't know that!! BECAUSE you are not me. And I'm actually curious to know what do you exactly meant by " I didn't change myself!! " Yeap,I can assure you that I did change myself but obviously not trying to pretend like someone else. I really do not bother how you guys out there think about me because what I concern the most is how Jesus think about me. That's all!! So, yea. Stop judging me because you don't have the right to judge me you know. Only the one up there have the right to judge me. However,I do not mean to hurt you or what but real sorry if I did said something ugly to you.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
A couple of days more for me to really enjoy myself. Thank God my classes are from monday to friday. I awfully hope that I can score well for my this semester. I'm going to work extra harder for my this semester because my this semester is really crucial. I'm not going to face all the circumstances by myself, I know that. Jesus is going to be by my side to encourage and guide me all the way through. XOXOXO
DAY 3: What Drives Your Life!
Today's topic is What Drives Your Life!! Well, I truly believe everyone's life is driven by something. What is exactly the meaning of drive?? Most dictionaries define the verb drive as "to guide, to control, or to direct." It doesn't matter whether you are driving, controlling,and directing it at that moment. What is the driving force in your life??
Right now you may be driven by a problem, a pressure, or a deadline. You may be driven by a painful memory, a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There're hundreds of circumstances, emotions or even values that can drive your life. Here are five of the most common ones:
Many people are driven by guilt. They spend their entire lives running from regrets and hiding their shame. Guilt-driven people are manipulated by memories. They allow their past to control their future. They often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their success. As what the Bible says, "You will be a restless wanderer on the Earth." That describes most people in this generation which is wandering through life without a purpose. We are just products of our past, but we don't have to be a prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by our past. God specializes in giving people a fresh start. The Bible says, "What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God cleared their record."
Many people are driven by resentment and anger. They hold on to hurts and never get over them. Instead of releasing their pain through forgiveness, they rehearse it over and over again in their minds. Some resentment-driven people even clam up and internalize their anger, while others blow up and explode it onto others. Both responses are actually unhealthy and also unhelpful. Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. LISTEN CAREFULLY: Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past!!? Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.The Bible says, "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do."
Many people are driven by fear. Their fears may be a result of a traumatic experience, unrealistic expectations, growing up in a high-control home, or even genetic predisposition. Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against with the weapons of faith and love.
Many people are driven by materialism. Their desire to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives. This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make you more happy, important and secure, but three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and finally newer, bigger, better versions. It's also a myth that if I get more, I will be more important. Self-worth and net morth are not the same. Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not the things. Well, the most common myth about money is that having more will make that particular person more secure. It Will Never Happen!! Wealth can be lost instantly through a variety of uncontrollable factors. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you is your relationship with God!!
Many people are driven by the need for approval. They allow the expectations of parents or spouses or children or teachers or buddies to control their lives. Many adults are still trying to earn the approval of unpleasing parents. Others are driven by peer pressure, always worries by what others might think. Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.I do not know all the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone. Being controlled by the opinions of others is guaranteed way to miss God's purposes for your life. Jesus said,"No one can serve two masters."
Today's topic is What Drives Your Life!! Well, I truly believe everyone's life is driven by something. What is exactly the meaning of drive?? Most dictionaries define the verb drive as "to guide, to control, or to direct." It doesn't matter whether you are driving, controlling,and directing it at that moment. What is the driving force in your life??
Right now you may be driven by a problem, a pressure, or a deadline. You may be driven by a painful memory, a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There're hundreds of circumstances, emotions or even values that can drive your life. Here are five of the most common ones:
Many people are driven by guilt. They spend their entire lives running from regrets and hiding their shame. Guilt-driven people are manipulated by memories. They allow their past to control their future. They often unconsciously punish themselves by sabotaging their success. As what the Bible says, "You will be a restless wanderer on the Earth." That describes most people in this generation which is wandering through life without a purpose. We are just products of our past, but we don't have to be a prisoners of it. God's purpose is not limited by our past. God specializes in giving people a fresh start. The Bible says, "What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God cleared their record."
Many people are driven by resentment and anger. They hold on to hurts and never get over them. Instead of releasing their pain through forgiveness, they rehearse it over and over again in their minds. Some resentment-driven people even clam up and internalize their anger, while others blow up and explode it onto others. Both responses are actually unhealthy and also unhelpful. Resentment always hurts you more than it does the person you resent. While your offender has probably forgotten the offense and gone on with life, you continue to stew in your pain, perpetuating the past. LISTEN CAREFULLY: Those who have hurt you in the past cannot continue to hurt you now unless you hold on to the pain through resentment. Your past is past!!? Nothing will change it. You are only hurting yourself with your bitterness. For your own sake, learn from it, and then let it go.The Bible says, "To worry yourself to death with resentment would be a foolish, senseless thing to do."
Many people are driven by fear. Their fears may be a result of a traumatic experience, unrealistic expectations, growing up in a high-control home, or even genetic predisposition. Fear is a self-imposed prison that will keep you from becoming what God intends for you to be. You must move against with the weapons of faith and love.
Many people are driven by materialism. Their desire to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives. This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make you more happy, important and secure, but three ideas are untrue. Possessions only provide temporary happiness because things do not change, we eventually become bored with them and finally newer, bigger, better versions. It's also a myth that if I get more, I will be more important. Self-worth and net morth are not the same. Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not the things. Well, the most common myth about money is that having more will make that particular person more secure. It Will Never Happen!! Wealth can be lost instantly through a variety of uncontrollable factors. Real security can only be found in that which can never be taken from you is your relationship with God!!
Many people are driven by the need for approval. They allow the expectations of parents or spouses or children or teachers or buddies to control their lives. Many adults are still trying to earn the approval of unpleasing parents. Others are driven by peer pressure, always worries by what others might think. Unfortunately, those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.I do not know all the keys to success, but one key to failure is to try to please everyone. Being controlled by the opinions of others is guaranteed way to miss God's purposes for your life. Jesus said,"No one can serve two masters."
Monday, January 10, 2011
Gone out for almost a day. Spend nearly half the day in Kampar. Then went to Shen Jai school to give one of my brother in Christ a birthday surprise. The weather was so freaking hot and I can really feel the heat. BUT it was really FUN!! After everything has done, we went to Jusco was our lunch and so-called shopping. Lol. I truly enjoy the whole day today with no REGRETS~~
DAY 2: You're Not By An Accident!!
You are not by an accident.
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprise by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thoughts of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you!! As what the Bible says, " The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me!!"
God prescribed every single detail of your body. He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. Besides, He custom-made your body just the way he wanted it to be. He also determined the natural talents you would possess and the uniqueness of your personality. The Bible says,"You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body, You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something."!!
All this happen not by an accident but because God made you for a reason, he also decided when you would be born and how long you would live. He planned the days of your life in advance, choosing the exact time of your birth and death. According to Bible, "You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book!!"
Furthermore, God has also planned where you would be born and where you would live for His purpose. Your race and nationality are not accident. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for His purpose. The Bible says, From one man he made every nation, and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should actually live. " Basically, nothing in your life is arbitrary. However, it's all for a purpose!?
Most amazing, God decided how you would be born. Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in creating you. It doesn't matter whether your parents are good or bad or indifferent. God knew that those two individuals possessed exactly the right genetic makeup to create the custom "you" he had in mind. They had the DNA God wanted to make you.
While there're illegitimate parents, there're no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they're not unplanned by their parents. but they are not unplanned by God. God's purpose took into account human error and even sin. God never does anything accidentally and He has a reason for everything he creates. Every plants and animals was planned bu God and every person was designed with a purpose in mind. God's motive for creating you was his love. The Bible says, "Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love!"
DAY 2: You're Not By An Accident!!
You are not by an accident.
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprise by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. He thoughts of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you!! As what the Bible says, " The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me!!"
God prescribed every single detail of your body. He deliberately chose your race, the color of your skin, your hair, and every other feature. Besides, He custom-made your body just the way he wanted it to be. He also determined the natural talents you would possess and the uniqueness of your personality. The Bible says,"You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body, You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something."!!
All this happen not by an accident but because God made you for a reason, he also decided when you would be born and how long you would live. He planned the days of your life in advance, choosing the exact time of your birth and death. According to Bible, "You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your Book!!"
Furthermore, God has also planned where you would be born and where you would live for His purpose. Your race and nationality are not accident. God left no detail to chance. He planned it all for His purpose. The Bible says, From one man he made every nation, and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should actually live. " Basically, nothing in your life is arbitrary. However, it's all for a purpose!?
Most amazing, God decided how you would be born. Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in creating you. It doesn't matter whether your parents are good or bad or indifferent. God knew that those two individuals possessed exactly the right genetic makeup to create the custom "you" he had in mind. They had the DNA God wanted to make you.
While there're illegitimate parents, there're no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they're not unplanned by their parents. but they are not unplanned by God. God's purpose took into account human error and even sin. God never does anything accidentally and He has a reason for everything he creates. Every plants and animals was planned bu God and every person was designed with a purpose in mind. God's motive for creating you was his love. The Bible says, "Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love!"
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Guess what? Both my dad and second brother attended church this morning. FINALLY!! Really Praise the Lord for being so good to my family. After church this morning, I can sense that my second brother is totally ready for Jesus but my dad was still in the midst. I believe one fine day each one of my family members will enter Christian. So,yea. I love You so much Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit! However, from today onwards I will write about God's word on my blog. I awfully hope you guys out there will spend at least a couple of minutes to read it. I can assure you guys that you guys will learn something after reading it.
DAY 1 : It All Starts With God!!
It's not about you.
The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. Well, if you really wanna know why you were placed on this planet, you first must begin with God. You were actually born by his purpose and for his purpose.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point ourselves. At times we ask self-centered questions like What do I actually want to be? or What should I do with my life? or What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But by focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. According to Bible, "It's God who directs the lives of His creatures, everyone's life is in His power."
Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and even seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by just looking within yourself. You've probably tries that already. Just remember, you didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for!! Let's say I handed you an invention which you had never seen before, you wouldn't know its purpose, and the invention itself wouldn't know be able to tell you either. Hence, only the creator or the owner's manual could reveal its purpose.
Many people try to use God for their own self-actualization, but that is a reversal of nature and is doomed to failure. You were made for God, not vice versa, and your life is actually about letting God use His purpose, not you are using Him for your own purpose. The Bible says, " Obsession with self in these matters is a dead and attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.
DAY 1 : It All Starts With God!!
It's not about you.
The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. It's far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. Well, if you really wanna know why you were placed on this planet, you first must begin with God. You were actually born by his purpose and for his purpose.
The search for the purpose of life has puzzled people for thousands of years. That's because we typically begin at the wrong starting point ourselves. At times we ask self-centered questions like What do I actually want to be? or What should I do with my life? or What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future? But by focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life's purpose. According to Bible, "It's God who directs the lives of His creatures, everyone's life is in His power."
Contrary to what many popular books, movies, and even seminars tell you, you won't discover your life's meaning by just looking within yourself. You've probably tries that already. Just remember, you didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for!! Let's say I handed you an invention which you had never seen before, you wouldn't know its purpose, and the invention itself wouldn't know be able to tell you either. Hence, only the creator or the owner's manual could reveal its purpose.
Many people try to use God for their own self-actualization, but that is a reversal of nature and is doomed to failure. You were made for God, not vice versa, and your life is actually about letting God use His purpose, not you are using Him for your own purpose. The Bible says, " Obsession with self in these matters is a dead and attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
All this while I was thinking of getting baptize but finally I have make up my mind which is to get baptize during youth camp last year.But unfortunately there're many obstacles.Firstly is due to parental objection and next is due to exam.My exam clashed with the camp date.It's kind the disappointed actually.As days passed by,I realized why are they so many obstacles for me to actually get baptize.Before this my mum was so firm with her decision which is we cannot get baptize no matter what also.However,my mum has changed her mind after Christmas celebration which happened a week ago.She allows we all my brothers and I to get baptize during Easter Day which is two months ahead only.Praise the Lord for everything He has done not only for me but for my family as well.I know He has done many things without our knowing.He is definitely the God who answer prayers.Whatever we ask as long it's the name of Jesus,God will definitely give freely to us.So,yea.God bless all of you out there! =)
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Last Sunday was Holy Communion Day and I actually SKIPPED it.I will sad whenever I think back about it.It's because that was the first Holy Communion of the year and yea you know,just SAD.Next is the update about my grandmother.ON last Sunday I went back to Teluk Intan to attend my grandmother's funeral.I was shocked at first to know about her death on Saturday evening but I wasn't that sad surprisingly compare to the death of my cousin's brother two years ago.During the whole funeral I was just thinking about Jesus and church.I'm so afraid that I'll do something that actually offences the God.However, during the praying is going on, my aunt asked my mum why aren't we three(brothers and i) pray?My mum actually told her that we three are Christian.I'm happy to hear that because from there I can see that she has accepted us totally as a Christian.LAstly,I would like to thank Brother Koh and the rest of the church members,my brothers and sisters in Christ for supporting my whole family throughout this whole funeral.I were amazed with everything that has done by the church for us.Thank you for fully support and encouragement!
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