James 2:17-19
In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.
Well said indeed.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
A Great Dinner
If you noticed the speed at which I ate my dinner just now, you would have been horrified. Personally, i wasn't exactly surprised by how fast I ate. After having only a light breakfast in the morning, I was horribly hungry AND the stall owner took his time to cook the noodles. I was like come on! I'm dying of hunger already lol.
I was left to savour the taste of a great and satisfying meal after merely 10 minutes? I think there's something wrong with me. Soon after, I felt hungry again. So, I stuffed myself with more food.
Is my desperateness for God similar to this then? To I constantly fill up my mind and my life with more of God? As I evaluated my life while on the way home, I realised that my level of desperateness has to grow so much more. Desperateness comes when you see the meaning in your current goal, target or ambition. I can never reach a point in my walk with God where I find that I have had enough of God. NO. That can never be the way. Just like how I stuff myself with food, I need to stuff myself with spiritual food. Just like how much I desired for earthly food to fill up my stomach, I wanna to have the same kind of desire to fill my life with spiritual food.
Everyone has big dreams, ambitions and targets for God that we want to achieve for ourselves or even possibly our groups. Isn't desperateness essential then? But today I pray that my dreams, my ambitions or even my targets will be filled with an increasing level of desperateness, that my desperateness comes because I love God and I want to grow in God. It's so true that it's always about God and never about me. Let humility fuel my dreams, my ambitions and my targets and most of all, let it be aligned to your plans for me, God.
I long for more.
I was left to savour the taste of a great and satisfying meal after merely 10 minutes? I think there's something wrong with me. Soon after, I felt hungry again. So, I stuffed myself with more food.
Is my desperateness for God similar to this then? To I constantly fill up my mind and my life with more of God? As I evaluated my life while on the way home, I realised that my level of desperateness has to grow so much more. Desperateness comes when you see the meaning in your current goal, target or ambition. I can never reach a point in my walk with God where I find that I have had enough of God. NO. That can never be the way. Just like how I stuff myself with food, I need to stuff myself with spiritual food. Just like how much I desired for earthly food to fill up my stomach, I wanna to have the same kind of desire to fill my life with spiritual food.
Everyone has big dreams, ambitions and targets for God that we want to achieve for ourselves or even possibly our groups. Isn't desperateness essential then? But today I pray that my dreams, my ambitions or even my targets will be filled with an increasing level of desperateness, that my desperateness comes because I love God and I want to grow in God. It's so true that it's always about God and never about me. Let humility fuel my dreams, my ambitions and my targets and most of all, let it be aligned to your plans for me, God.
I long for more.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
A Long Ride Home
There's seriously something wrong with SMRT's service line. It took me more than an hour to get from pasir ris mrt to redhill mrt. On a good day, i can travel from redhill to pasir ris and then back again in one hour.Yes, that's exactly how bad it was, The train seemed to stop at every station for what seemed to be eternity.
I suppose things happen for a reason. In the midst of my impatience, as the train screeched to a halt almost every 30 seconds, I began to reflect on certain things that have been happening in my life this few days.
I think it's really common for someone to evaluate your own personal self and to list out your own strengths and weaknesses. So, I was on the train thinking about my various strengths and weaknesses that I have and I felt to say the very least, extremely inadequate. How can I possibly overcome certain areas in my life? Am I the right man for the job? Am i... Endless questions. Once again, God had an answer to my doubts again. I need to focus on God. The focus must never be on myself, or circumstances or even people. This things' fall victim to the world's current culture; they change all the time. But God doesn't. It seems that one of God's trademark moves isn't to use great, powerful and wise people to do his work(Of course, being great, wise and powerful is really great), God loves to use weak people. The weaker you think you are, the more God can use you. If I lack love, God will give me a double portion of his compassion. If I lack faith, I need to focus more on God. If I lack humility, I need to once again stand in awe of God's amazing grace and mercy.
I may not have much, but take this five loaves and two fish that I have, and use it for your glory.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
I suppose things happen for a reason. In the midst of my impatience, as the train screeched to a halt almost every 30 seconds, I began to reflect on certain things that have been happening in my life this few days.
I think it's really common for someone to evaluate your own personal self and to list out your own strengths and weaknesses. So, I was on the train thinking about my various strengths and weaknesses that I have and I felt to say the very least, extremely inadequate. How can I possibly overcome certain areas in my life? Am I the right man for the job? Am i... Endless questions. Once again, God had an answer to my doubts again. I need to focus on God. The focus must never be on myself, or circumstances or even people. This things' fall victim to the world's current culture; they change all the time. But God doesn't. It seems that one of God's trademark moves isn't to use great, powerful and wise people to do his work(Of course, being great, wise and powerful is really great), God loves to use weak people. The weaker you think you are, the more God can use you. If I lack love, God will give me a double portion of his compassion. If I lack faith, I need to focus more on God. If I lack humility, I need to once again stand in awe of God's amazing grace and mercy.
I may not have much, but take this five loaves and two fish that I have, and use it for your glory.
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Walk The Talk
Luke9:62
Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
Conviction.
Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God."
Conviction.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Swimming Lessons
I realised something very cool about swimming lessons today. I was just talking to my sister about how her swimming lesson went, after she attended her first one today. A brief summary of the conversation.
Me: "Hey, so how was swimming? Did you learn how to swim already?"
Her: "No, not yet. I just learnt how to breathe underwater for the first session today."
Seems like she enjoyed her lesson. I was just thinking that swimming is very much similar to the kingdom of God. We start off our walk with God with the basics; learning how to say grace, pray, spending time with God, doing caregroup roles etc. But yet, God reminded me today of how important this so called basic steps are. Prayer, fasting, worship, reading the bible. The essentials of living a God-filled life. How much of this do I actually do? If i haven't been doing all this daily and faithfully, now is the time to start (especially since i have so much time now -.- lol)
They may be regarded as basic steps, but all this are determinants of how much we really desire and want to grow in God. I may have known Christ for some time, but if I don't have the desire to want to grow in Christ, to want to become more and more like Christ, then there isn't much meaning to everything that I do.
Psalm127:1
"Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain."
Increase this hunger and desire.
Me: "Hey, so how was swimming? Did you learn how to swim already?"
Her: "No, not yet. I just learnt how to breathe underwater for the first session today."
Seems like she enjoyed her lesson. I was just thinking that swimming is very much similar to the kingdom of God. We start off our walk with God with the basics; learning how to say grace, pray, spending time with God, doing caregroup roles etc. But yet, God reminded me today of how important this so called basic steps are. Prayer, fasting, worship, reading the bible. The essentials of living a God-filled life. How much of this do I actually do? If i haven't been doing all this daily and faithfully, now is the time to start (especially since i have so much time now -.- lol)
They may be regarded as basic steps, but all this are determinants of how much we really desire and want to grow in God. I may have known Christ for some time, but if I don't have the desire to want to grow in Christ, to want to become more and more like Christ, then there isn't much meaning to everything that I do.
Psalm127:1
"Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain."
Increase this hunger and desire.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Random
DON'T WORRY I'M NOT OUT OF MY MIND.
I decided that since I'm so bored and I have so much time. I decided to set up a blog. Let's hope that this won't be a dead blog. ANYWAY. Combined service yesterday was really great. Praise and worship given together in unity. Not because of anything, but because we need it and most of all you deserve it.
I decided that since I'm so bored and I have so much time. I decided to set up a blog. Let's hope that this won't be a dead blog. ANYWAY. Combined service yesterday was really great. Praise and worship given together in unity. Not because of anything, but because we need it and most of all you deserve it.
To top off a great day. Manchester United beat Blackburn 2-1. 8 points clear, catch us if you can!
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