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Friday, August 31, 2007
im now re-reading the book of Romans., have finished reading it before but i realised i didnt do any bible study on it.. so now im starting. (:
on Paul's visit to Rome.
Paul was a servant of Jesus and was called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God.
what Paul said in verse9 : God whom i serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son is my witness now constantly i remember you in my prayers at all times.
The righteous will live by faith. Righteous from God is revealed that is by faith from first to last.
Second part of Romans 1 : God's wrath against mankind
the wrath of God being revealed frm heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who surpasses the truth of wickedness.
men? is it just man? but mankind..means we humans that He created.
what happened? the men,the mankind
-claimed to know God but they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanksgiving
-but their thinking became futile
-foolish hearts were darkened
-claimed to be wise but instead they became fools,
-exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made look like mortal man,birds,animals and reptiles.
We (people who are christians) ..are we just having the status of religion sake called "christian" so that people may have a better impression of you or are we really living a life of being a child of God? or are we like the pple mentioned in Romans1 ? or are we just having the status of religion christian but we're not doing anything to be more Christ like..
His eternal power and divine nature- have clearly seen and understood so that men has no excuse.
Excuse of what? excuse of not knowing how great God is and how wonderful He made us and his divine nature.
Because the romans didnt give glory to God, they didnt give thanks to Him and the others mentioned above.
vs26: God gave them over to shameful lust. Men committed indecent acts with other men?
the people was filled with:
wickedness, evil,greed and depravity
Full of :
Envy, murder,strife, deceit, malice, gossipers, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, boastful, invent ways of evil deeds, disobey parents, senseless, faithless and ruthless.
are we living our lives like the romans or are we living a Godly life? which do u really want?
in terms of wanting to live like the romans or do u really want to live a life like a child of God? (:
for me i wld of cos choose to live a life of a child of God? why? not because i want the nice-to- hear word "christian" from others.. what does it benefit me? Many people claim that they're christians, but are they really Christ like? there good n bad christians, most pple think that christians are all good people but its not true.
last part : although they know God's righteous degree, they deserve death. but why? because they not only full of wickedness but they also approve of those who practice them.
dear Lord, i pray that You help me to remember all that ive learned and put it into application and Lord help me to live a godly life..so that i can reflect You in all that i do, not i do not just to bring glory to myself but i wld just want to have this desire to bring glory unto You and that Lord, show me and help me in ways that im weak but Lord in my weakness, You are my strength and my pillar. that i will not lean on my own strength but Lord i'll cont to lean on You and trust that You'll bring me through it all that Lord things wont happen that i cant take but everything that happens, it happens for a reason. Father help me to be more like you, i commit my life unto You, in Jesus name i pray, amen.
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
what God spoke to me today at service and at altar call. and my own points of how the past was and each main point pastor gave.
todays sermon: Gideon- winning when you dont feel like a warrior.
1) God has a better opinion of you - dont look down on yourself.
to be honest, ive alwas looked down upon myself. why? it always seem to me that other people are smarter than me,prettier than me,etc
people has compared me with other people..and the person dat was been compared to me is most of the times smbody i know or the person comparing knows, and i always feel v inferior to others.
people wld alwas say me "grace ah,why so stupid? why cant you like like this person?" etc etc..
my dad use to tell me in the past.. "i dunno why i even kept you since you were born..i didnt even plan for you..talk to you will vomit blood, talk to u also no use..u'll never learn and ure hopeless. you can just go jump building i also wont care,always give us so much prob. If only ure smarter, you wldnt hv gone to ITE n etc..!!" wtf!! ive alot more things to say about this.. =(
my dad and i alwas quarrel and when we quarrel, it's never good words spoken out of his mouth. but whatever!`
application: know that God loves me for who i am and not what ive done. But how to really let it sink into my heart? im still wondering..
2) God wants you to give you a better future - dont be weighed down by your present circumtances.
linked to my other blog..
even they say my cheese cake not nice,in the future i know i will MAKE better cakes. Church brothers n sister says nice, i will make better ones for THEM to eat.
thanks to uncle kenneth, jed, shi xiong, fiona, max, angus, angela, geraldine and joshua for thanking me for the cake n telling me its nice. (: hehe!!~
one point caught me: Your value is not what people think and see of you. (:
3) God in on your side- dont be afraid the battle.
it jus reminds me of Rom8:31 "IF God is for you, who can be against you?" (:
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
today at service... what i learnt is abt the family spirit and also how God has watched over FCBC all these 21 years.. (: and as for me, i heard of svc at SLF building but i just born 1 yr before FCBC got started.. i only knew abt TC then came TCT.. (: as for me, i really can see how much God has blessed us truly..and God will continue to watch over us in the years to come..how FCBC has grown and moved.. frm touch center to touch community theatre and then expo.. (:
Family is family! but what does it really mean? i guess it is about being there for each other and supporting each other!!~ (: keeping everyone in prayer and remembering that no one gets left behind cause we're a FAMILY!!~
a few pple whom i just wanna thank God for..and friends which i tink they're worth keeping.. =)
1) Sarah for guiding me through my spiritual walk all this 6yrs and in the years to come, my dearest spiritual mummy!!~ =)
2) geraldine for being there for me when i needed someone to talk to, advising me, being a real sister to me, and giving me hugs when i needed it and more
3) valerie for small things for even going for tea with me at Mix(raffles city), just going out, chill, taking neo-prints, going shopping for clothes,etc
4) jeff korkor for guiding me also in my spiritual life when i was much younger in my secondary sch days and even after secondary school..and still is once in the while.
5) max for taking care of me when we were still together...etc
6) uncle jeremiah for keeping me in prayers,talking to me, taking the time n effort to really know me in terms of my spiritual life, personality,character and all...
7) roxanne and fiona for being my wonderful enc campmates last yr in sept, i really love u both man!!~ both of you are really gems to me!!~ -hugs-
8) other SJ tribe pple unmentioned, i still wanna thank God for you..i believe God will strengthen our friendship and we will get to know more bout each other in time. (: thank you for keeping me in prayer, hearing me out on my struggles, advising me..u may not give me much advices but well at least you gave me a listening ear!
God will bless me with more brother and sister in Christ in time to come.. =) and He'll bless me with the right people to make friends with and a meaningful n strong one.. yea..family is what it is!!~
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Friday, August 17, 2007
i love this song...
Title: Emmanuel
Holy Holy
I will bow before
My Lord and King
Hallelujah
You have come to us
You make all things new
Chorus:
Emmanuel
Jesus Christ
You'll never let me go
My Shepherd King
You're watching over me
Emmanuel
So amazing
You have named the stars
of the deepest night
Still You love me
You have called my name
And I'll follow You
I can play the song on my guitar.. ask me to play for you. HAHA!! but im still figuring out how to play the bridge.. (:
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lalalas
