6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
How can we live without You?
You lead us out of troubles and distress.
No matter how perfect we may think of ourselves, it does not take long before the truth hits us that we need You once again.
Why do You deliver us when we fail you so many times?
Oh, that men would give thanks to You for Your goodness, Your wonderful works.
Lazarus died so that Your glory is revealed when You ressurect him. Thank you for not withholding the miracle because of your distrusting followers. You gave Lazarus back to them nevertheless.
His ressurection led to Your death on the Cross.
Again, another death that revealed the Father’s glory.
I want to see more of Your glory and so unafraid of the shadow of death, unafraid of my imperfections and corrections cos ressurrection comes next.
I learn to give thanks and remember Your goodness and wonderful works!
After the death of her husband, Ruth’s mother in law Naomi asked her to leave because she no longer has anything to offer her. Heard this msg during one of the prayer meetings this week. Not sure why, I teared. I was touched by the loyalty that Ruth has towards Naomi. Though there was nothing more to gain, Ruth clung on to her. Relationships and friendships are not all the time perfect and people whom we love may one day have nothing to offer. That is when loyalty comes in. Instead of looking around for a loyal friend, how many of us can BE a loyal friend to our leader, our friends, our spouse or fellow members? That in times when they make mistakes… are willing to cover for them… not exposing their weaknesses… still love them even when at that moment, they may not have anything to offer, whether it is material, time or energy. IIt is sad when friends spread news about each other’s weaknesses or when a friend is in need, there’s no one around. There are a few people in my life that I know I will be loyal to. And I know there are times, I am tempted to misunderstand their intentions. But I learn one thing, that when I stay loyal to the friends that God has placed with me, God will also bring loyal friends to me. I learn loyalty towards God through being loyal to the few precious ones whom God has given me and am still learning…
Ruth 1
14 Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15 And she said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16 But Ruth said:
“ Entreat me not to leave you, Or to turn back from following after you; For wherever you go, I will go; And wherever you lodge, I will lodge; Your people shall be my people, And your God, my God. 17 Where you die, I will die, And there will I be buried. The LORD do so to me, and more also, If anything but death parts you and me.”
18 When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped speaking to her.
I really like what Ps. Kong shared about God being a jealous God. Jealousy is a natural response when love is being threatened. God, when do we make you jealous?
When we think that we already know enough of you and ready to leave the house for something else we really desire?
When we do not FIGHT to stay in the house of God and stop realising that things that are worth fighting for are of the GREATEST VALUE in life?
When we allow DISTRACTIONS that sound logically important take us away from the IRRATIONAL love towards you?
When we think this place is too SMALL for our big dreams?
When we fail to see we can have all our hearts’ desire when we have all of your heart because you are the BEST lover?
When the voice of the world speaks louder than your GENTLE soft whisper?
When the FATIGUE of our bodies seem too much as compared to your PAIN on the cross?
God, we do not want our love to be threatened. Even when it does, let us do all we can to PROTECT it. =)
This is the online streaming of the session Ps Kong did at the Olympic Indoor Stadium at Seoul . 25,000 youth came for the event and stayed for almost 6 hours. There was no session break and relatively few people moved in and out. Ps Kong was given the 3rd session after Dr. Cho and Dr. Lee (the successor). The young people in Korea were amazing. You can go to the video link http://www.fgtv.com/ram1/1d090606-t.asxand Pastor’s segment is right after the worship at the 3-hour mark. Let’s believe that someday, we can see such a move of God in Singapore among the youths!
Recently have been hearing a number of sad and unfortunate news about poeple in my life. The more I hear from them, the greater burden I have to pray. One of the unfortunate news came from my own family. There was nothing I can do. It was a powerless situation that happened on Sat night. We prayed but still the situation didnt turn for the better. I was very sad, no word from BK can help too. I decided to pray, for the situation and for my brother and his wife who are going through it. After an hour of prayer, I felt a supernatural faith arise in me. And His word for this situation is that, He is a good father who will not withold good gifts to His children. I felt deeply that it was the Word from God and I sms my brother to encourage him. Thank God, he was not dissapointed with God but believed that God has a reason for everything. Praying they will get over the the grief.
This week is an awesome week. We can come together corporately to pray. I really sensed that I needed to pray more for the others around me. For Ps. Kong, Sun, Ps. YK, family, friends and cg. The more I pray for others, the greater joy I have and the more I began to treasure the people I have, the church that I have. And today Ps. Tan shared how prayer will draw you nearer to those you prayed for and we can serve people through prayers. That is so true! The people whom I prayed for, often ends up in my heart and mind everyday. That is why it is not difficult to love others when we do not do it with our own flesh but in the spirit first.
I’m looking forward to a wonderful week of witholding the fleshly desire and building up a more disciplined prayer life. The word for this week for me is really to get rid of the little foxes in my life so that I am prepared for greater things!
Urgent prayers will be for
1. Christine who is undergoing treatment for brain cancer,
2. for Daryl’s mum to recover from breast cancer as the operation was just over and
3. for Sun to be completely healed and there will be no relapse of intestinal infection.
4. for discouraged members who hv been missing from the cg to keep showing up in the house of God, to keep walking and be encouraged… Pray they do not become dry bones in the valley.
Off the internet: “Mycoplasma infection is a respiratory illness caused by Mycoplasma Pneumoniae, a microscopic organism related to bacteria.”
Coming in and out of coughs, dizziness, flu and lost of voice, I have seen the doctor 4 times, just to get more medication to deal with the symptoms. This is the best week ever, all the symptoms have largely diminished! Somehow I feel it is because I have started to take Vitamin C and Honey everyday. Some people says that honey is able to kill bacteria. Yeah, it is worth by $45 after sales. =)
i”m so glad that I can start talking to people without being afraid of spreading the bacteria to them. And praise the Lord for my hubby who was totally unaffected by my sickness! Pretty amazed that he has such a good immune system. Hahaha….
So many things going on in the month of June.
7-Jun: 60s of Fame Redux at the Roland Restaurant. It’s gonna be filled with fun and laughter. I love seeing youths performing on stage. All of them should be given a platform to express themselves. That is the best way to realise talent and live healthy. ;p
14-Jun: Father’s day celebration at Roland’s. Hopefully many of the members with unsaved fathers are able to invite them to church. How can we forget that F.I.R., Liu Geng Hong and Vaness Wu are coming? Wow… which church is able to have all these celebrities all at the same time? Cool stuff….
21-Jun: Actual Father’s Day service. Praying that my own dad will come…
28-Jun: “Sing for me, eat for free” Our own version of “Don’t forget the lyrics”
This June holidays is not only fun but it is a month to break out of stagnation and breathe in some fresh air into our lungs! Expanding capacity to experience more of Him! Can’t wait to bring in the HARVEST!
Tomorrow my hubby is coming back! So exciting!! Too bad I can’t pick him up in the morning… =(
Recently I have been hearing stories on how other women were great wives to their husbands. A lot of such examples involved doing things for their husbands either directly or indirectly. Furthermore, I have concluded that my husband’s love language is acts of service, though he has claimed that his love language is all the 5. Ha!
So today I have decided to do the laundry, pack his clothes, change the bedsheets, tidy the wardrobe, tidy his table and later… after this blog… to vacum the room…
It may not sound very tough to do all these, but to me it is something that I rarely will need to do at home… now the tougher part is how to be disciplined enough to keep on doing all this when we move into our new place. hahaha….
Never mind, just try… There must be a reason that all these super wives stories came to me all so suddenly… i guess i am convicted…
God, help me to be more disciplined and a better wife… =)
Gee… it has been a while since I slept at 2am, not doing anything except surfing the web… without BK ard… i seemed to wanna keep myself occupied… haha… missing him a lot of cos…
Though business is poor in this trip to Brunei, BK actually met up with the governement minister’s wife! Somehow out of so many exhibitors, the lady liked them so much and even invited them to her house for dinner tmr!
Then another Brunei businessman who also just started a bridal shop locally, sends some of his friends to check out their package and prices. BK was wondering how come so many pp are interested but end up not signing the bridal package… until one couple came with the intention to spy but end up liking the package so much that they sign instead!!! haha!!! that’s how they got the whole story of this brunei bridal owner spying on them…
I think it is quite cool that my hubby is in bridal business. Check out www.blue-bay.com.tw and stay tune for their Spore website and new opening! But not too cool if he has to go overseas so often… a few months later, he is gg to Indonesia… hai…
Alright… gotta go sleep le… tmr me, olivia and yvonne are gg amk to “K”… long time since i did that… hope it’s gonna be a great day! =)
Check out Steve Munsey at the Presence Conference! He is awesome!
Steve Munsey is coming 2-3 May. On that same weekend, invite your friends for Sunday Service and they will have a choice of watching an X-men movie at Kallang Leisure Park at the discounted rate of $6 or maybe even FREE!!!!! We’re going all out for souls…
It is going to be an awesomaniac, fantastic weekend! Your unsaved friends will love it!!!!
Not forgetting this weekend, 26 April, we are going to a cool Bistro Bar called “Soul Rock” at the Singapore Flyer. For a low price of $15 nett, you and your friends will enjoy great food, free flow of drinks and soothing nice music from a live band… You can take on the stage to showcase your talent as well! Bring your friends for service this Sunday (26-Apr) and invite them for this great treat for FREE…!
“Charismatics” is a word popularized in the 1960s for Christians flowing in the gifts of the Holy Spirit as outlined in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10. Charisma is derived from the basic Greek noun, charis, which means “grace,” or the free, unmerited favor of God. From it, we have the English adjective “charismatic,” which is used to describe a person possessing great powers of charm or influence. Within the Church, Charismatics are Christians who believe they have been “graced” with the presence and power of God.
