Thursday, May 29, 2008
Sarah Brightman - Love changes everything
Love, love changes everything: hands and faces, earth and sky.
Love, love changes everything: how you live and how you die.
Love can make the summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.
Yes, love, love changes everything, now I tremble at your name.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.
Love, love changes everything: days are longer, words mean more.
Love, love changes everything: pain is deeper than before.
Love will turn your world around, and that world will last forever.
Yes, love, love changes everything, brings you glory, brings you shame.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.
Off into the world we go, planning futures, shaping years.
Love bursts in and suddenly all our wisdom disappears.
Love makes fools of everyone: all the rules we make are broken.
Yes, love, love changes everything: live or perish, in its flame.
Love will never ever let you be the same.
Love will never ever let you be the same.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Press Through!
If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:31
To reach your God-ordained destiny you must do these seven things:
(1) Refuse to give in to wrong thoughts. Guard your mind. Make it a walled city that refuses to allow negative thoughts and harmful influences to penetrate.
(2) Resist any temptation toward introspection. Only the Holy Spirit has the right to search the hearts and minds of men. When the Lord is ready to reveal an area of your life that needs correction, He will.
(3) Fight, using God's Word. Let the Rhema Word, the God-breathed Word found in Scripture, be your strength in times of difficulty and testing. In the wilderness temptation, Jesus used Scripture to put Satan to flight. And the weapon of God's Word still works today.
(4) Listen to the still small voice of God within. God doesn't play hide-and-seek with His will. Discipline yourself to spend unhurried time with Him and you'll thrive.
(5) Shift to a higher level of faith. Before killing Goliath, David had to kill a lion and a bear. Today we are contending with issues that require us to move to a new level of faith.
(6) Get into proper alignment. God's aligning His people - putting together those who'll stand as one in the day of battle. It's imperative to know who you can go to war with. You only discover such people in times of testing. Treasure them - they're 'covenant relationships'.
(7) Ask God to give you understanding about the place you are in. Knowing you are in preparation for your destiny will keep you from pulling back, wavering or throwing in the sponge.
The word for you today is - press through and seize your God-given destiny!
http://www.thevine.co.nz
Romans 8:31
To reach your God-ordained destiny you must do these seven things:
(1) Refuse to give in to wrong thoughts. Guard your mind. Make it a walled city that refuses to allow negative thoughts and harmful influences to penetrate.
(2) Resist any temptation toward introspection. Only the Holy Spirit has the right to search the hearts and minds of men. When the Lord is ready to reveal an area of your life that needs correction, He will.
(3) Fight, using God's Word. Let the Rhema Word, the God-breathed Word found in Scripture, be your strength in times of difficulty and testing. In the wilderness temptation, Jesus used Scripture to put Satan to flight. And the weapon of God's Word still works today.
(4) Listen to the still small voice of God within. God doesn't play hide-and-seek with His will. Discipline yourself to spend unhurried time with Him and you'll thrive.
(5) Shift to a higher level of faith. Before killing Goliath, David had to kill a lion and a bear. Today we are contending with issues that require us to move to a new level of faith.
(6) Get into proper alignment. God's aligning His people - putting together those who'll stand as one in the day of battle. It's imperative to know who you can go to war with. You only discover such people in times of testing. Treasure them - they're 'covenant relationships'.
(7) Ask God to give you understanding about the place you are in. Knowing you are in preparation for your destiny will keep you from pulling back, wavering or throwing in the sponge.
The word for you today is - press through and seize your God-given destiny!
http://www.thevine.co.nz
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Are You A Gossip? Mend Your Ways!
A word out of your mouth... can accomplish nearly anything - or destroy it.
James 3:5
There's a saying that goes, "The deepest wounds in life come not from swords but words." If you don't believe it look at the walking wounded; they're all around you! Are you yourself still struggling with the hurtful words of an insensitive parent, a school teacher, a marriage partner, or a boss? Or worse, a Christian who thinks God's Word on the subject of gossip doesn't apply to them?
God takes the sin (yes, it's a sin!) of gossip so seriously that He devotes an entire chapter of the Bible to it. If we were to read James, chapter three, regularly we might show more consideration before opening our mouths. The Bible says: "A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything - or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire!" (James 3:5).
One day a woman came to her pastor with a troubled conscience. She had "sliced and diced" just about everybody in church. "How can I make things right?" she asked.
He said, "Take a box of feathers and drop one on the doorstep of each person you've criticised." After doing so she came back and said, "Is that all?" "No," he said. "Now go, pick them all up and bring them back to me." A week or so later, the woman returned without a single one. "The wind blew them all away," she said. After a long silence the pastor said, "That's how it is with words; they're easily spoken, but you can never take them back again."
Are you a gossip? Mend your ways!
http://www.thevine.co.nz
James 3:5
There's a saying that goes, "The deepest wounds in life come not from swords but words." If you don't believe it look at the walking wounded; they're all around you! Are you yourself still struggling with the hurtful words of an insensitive parent, a school teacher, a marriage partner, or a boss? Or worse, a Christian who thinks God's Word on the subject of gossip doesn't apply to them?
God takes the sin (yes, it's a sin!) of gossip so seriously that He devotes an entire chapter of the Bible to it. If we were to read James, chapter three, regularly we might show more consideration before opening our mouths. The Bible says: "A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything - or destroy it! It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire!" (James 3:5).
One day a woman came to her pastor with a troubled conscience. She had "sliced and diced" just about everybody in church. "How can I make things right?" she asked.
He said, "Take a box of feathers and drop one on the doorstep of each person you've criticised." After doing so she came back and said, "Is that all?" "No," he said. "Now go, pick them all up and bring them back to me." A week or so later, the woman returned without a single one. "The wind blew them all away," she said. After a long silence the pastor said, "That's how it is with words; they're easily spoken, but you can never take them back again."
Are you a gossip? Mend your ways!
http://www.thevine.co.nz
Monday, May 12, 2008
What don't you understand?
Tuesday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time
May 13, 2008
Today's Readings:James 1:12-18
Ps 94:12-15, 18-19
Mark 8:14-21
"Do you still not understand?" Jesus asks in today's Gospel reading.
Whenever we sin, or whenever we respond to life in unhealthy ways, it's because we really don't understand what Jesus taught with his words and with his life — and why he taught it.
Thus Jesus said on the cross, "Father forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing." They didn't understand!
We sin when we don't understand the goodness of God's commandments.
We reject Church teachings that we don't like, because we don't understand what the Church is really teaching. But if we research them with a humble heart, we discover just how good and loving they really are.
We sabotage our lives with bad decisions or addictions, setting ourselves up for failure, chasing away the friends God has given us, etc., when we don't understand the damage that we're doing.
We don't want to love everyone unconditionally when we don't understand how God loves us. We run from suffering and we reject those who cause us difficulties when we don't realize the value of embracing our crosses.
We live in non-sacramental marriages, because we don't understand what's missing. Or we live in a valid divorce without an annulment, because we don't know the healing and freedom that we'd get in the process.
We're disinterested in ministry when we don't understand what it's like to be God's partner. We go home from Mass unchanged when we don't understand what's happening in the Eucharist.
Understanding is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It's one of the fruits of reading the Word of God. It's the blessing that comes from listening when we pray. It's a harvest yielded from retreats, spiritual seminars, and parish missions. It's a grace shared in good conversation with Christian friends. But true understanding is not achieved unless it's heard in the heart. For that, we have to act upon the truth.
We see the truth and we forget it.
We hear the truth and we remember it.
We DO the truth and finally we understand it.
Are you willing to really understand?
http://www.gogoodnews.net/DailyReflection
May 13, 2008
Today's Readings:James 1:12-18
Ps 94:12-15, 18-19
Mark 8:14-21
"Do you still not understand?" Jesus asks in today's Gospel reading.
Whenever we sin, or whenever we respond to life in unhealthy ways, it's because we really don't understand what Jesus taught with his words and with his life — and why he taught it.
Thus Jesus said on the cross, "Father forgive them, for they don't know what they're doing." They didn't understand!
We sin when we don't understand the goodness of God's commandments.
We reject Church teachings that we don't like, because we don't understand what the Church is really teaching. But if we research them with a humble heart, we discover just how good and loving they really are.
We sabotage our lives with bad decisions or addictions, setting ourselves up for failure, chasing away the friends God has given us, etc., when we don't understand the damage that we're doing.
We don't want to love everyone unconditionally when we don't understand how God loves us. We run from suffering and we reject those who cause us difficulties when we don't realize the value of embracing our crosses.
We live in non-sacramental marriages, because we don't understand what's missing. Or we live in a valid divorce without an annulment, because we don't know the healing and freedom that we'd get in the process.
We're disinterested in ministry when we don't understand what it's like to be God's partner. We go home from Mass unchanged when we don't understand what's happening in the Eucharist.
Understanding is a gift of the Holy Spirit. It's one of the fruits of reading the Word of God. It's the blessing that comes from listening when we pray. It's a harvest yielded from retreats, spiritual seminars, and parish missions. It's a grace shared in good conversation with Christian friends. But true understanding is not achieved unless it's heard in the heart. For that, we have to act upon the truth.
We see the truth and we forget it.
We hear the truth and we remember it.
We DO the truth and finally we understand it.
Are you willing to really understand?
http://www.gogoodnews.net/DailyReflection
Saturday, May 10, 2008
My Papa 17
Papa celebrated 82 birthday on 8/5/08
He is over joy that he can eats birthday sweet noodle with egg...
Sunday, May 04, 2008
My Papa 16
Papa is not well ...
On thursday 1 May 08, it was a Labour Day holiday, it was also Ascension day of the Lord. I attended mass at the eve of Ascension. Went to fetch papa and mum to woodlands.... papa complained that he can't swallow anything, not even water, Lord I really don't know what to do,but I know that you are with me, at about 11 am, I decided to sent him to NUH A& E. As usual, the long wait and all the checking, dad has to be admitted to hospital... at about 1.30pm, I left to attend Shuan and Ashlyn engagement high tea. At 5.35 pm, the NUH staff informed me that they are going to fetch dad to the ward 53 bed 9...he was on drip till the next day 2/5/08. The doctor decided to do a endoscopy to find out what is wrong with him? I was at NUH the whole day, to accompany dad and mum, after the endoscopy at about 3.30pm...he looks relief when he woke up, he was able to drink water, and later the doctor order clear feeds for him.. he was happy becuase he can drink soup and water, on 3/5/08 morning , doctor said he can be discharged and immediately, he starts packing his bag and Yong fetch them to woodlands... Praise the Lord!
In the evening after dinner, he had the same problem again, he can't swallow water, Lord, I do not know what to do with it? Anyway, we will try it the next morning...
Dad decided to visit TCM at hougang, so we went, after visited the sinseh he became so depressed and hopeless because the sinseh told him that if this medicine does not work, he has to be feed by tube... he was very sad and give up hope and refused to try to drink water, keep on saying that he can't do it, it cannot work, all the negative thought in him... I pray to ask for guidance.. I called Sharon to check what is she doing at about 3 pm, and fetched her to Cold Storage for shopping, after that drop by to visit dad... at about 7pm after dinner, Sharon and I come near him and try to persaude him to drink water, he was not willing, I told sharon to pray with me, after that we give him apple juice, he drinks it,Praise the Lord.... he was able to drink again... we ask Grace to come over to give him support..... At about 8pm, Yong make half cup of ensure milk and he drank all... Thank you Lord! He is cheerful and smiling again... We will celebrate his 82 birthday on 8/5/08
God our Father, please continue to support my dad and show him the light ! Amen!
On thursday 1 May 08, it was a Labour Day holiday, it was also Ascension day of the Lord. I attended mass at the eve of Ascension. Went to fetch papa and mum to woodlands.... papa complained that he can't swallow anything, not even water, Lord I really don't know what to do,but I know that you are with me, at about 11 am, I decided to sent him to NUH A& E. As usual, the long wait and all the checking, dad has to be admitted to hospital... at about 1.30pm, I left to attend Shuan and Ashlyn engagement high tea. At 5.35 pm, the NUH staff informed me that they are going to fetch dad to the ward 53 bed 9...he was on drip till the next day 2/5/08. The doctor decided to do a endoscopy to find out what is wrong with him? I was at NUH the whole day, to accompany dad and mum, after the endoscopy at about 3.30pm...he looks relief when he woke up, he was able to drink water, and later the doctor order clear feeds for him.. he was happy becuase he can drink soup and water, on 3/5/08 morning , doctor said he can be discharged and immediately, he starts packing his bag and Yong fetch them to woodlands... Praise the Lord!
In the evening after dinner, he had the same problem again, he can't swallow water, Lord, I do not know what to do with it? Anyway, we will try it the next morning...
Dad decided to visit TCM at hougang, so we went, after visited the sinseh he became so depressed and hopeless because the sinseh told him that if this medicine does not work, he has to be feed by tube... he was very sad and give up hope and refused to try to drink water, keep on saying that he can't do it, it cannot work, all the negative thought in him... I pray to ask for guidance.. I called Sharon to check what is she doing at about 3 pm, and fetched her to Cold Storage for shopping, after that drop by to visit dad... at about 7pm after dinner, Sharon and I come near him and try to persaude him to drink water, he was not willing, I told sharon to pray with me, after that we give him apple juice, he drinks it,Praise the Lord.... he was able to drink again... we ask Grace to come over to give him support..... At about 8pm, Yong make half cup of ensure milk and he drank all... Thank you Lord! He is cheerful and smiling again... We will celebrate his 82 birthday on 8/5/08
God our Father, please continue to support my dad and show him the light ! Amen!
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