Lead a carefree singing life :)

Singing to a carefree life

Thank God!

Any of you guys feel worried with competition in the workplace or are you facing potential retrenchment?

There’s a whole bunch of colleagues in the office now, and I am no more the newbie. So that means no more excuses for me. I know I am probably not the most stellar staff, but I thank God He is with me! =)

I think that having a victorious life is like carefree singing. When I was in my high school choir, we went through an elimination round of singers to determine the final choir group that enters the Singapore Youth Festival competition. As much as it might be a breeze to some people, I found it hard and stressful.  So I practiced long and hard. On the day of my audition, I screwed it up badly and was one of the 10 people that were eliminated, out of a group of 80 singers.

When I went to pre-university, I went for the choir “tryouts”, not because I wanted to, but because I was accompanying my friend. This time round with no stress, I said a short prayer before singing and bang. I got in.

 

This choir was and still is first place in the Singapore Youth Festival – Junior Collge division.  I was one of the 20 odd chosen out of more than 100 participants.

 

Praise God for turning the tables! If we can just let God take control of the situation and be stress free, All things will turn out for good. Don’t try to meddle and step in God’s way by worrying. It only buzzes out what He is saying Similarly, don’t worry about your job or about the instable environment around now. Coz He will make a way, even when there seems to be no way Even if there is a retrenchment, trust me. you have to sincerely believe, that God has set something better for you out there. You are getting a retrenchment package out of this (Gentle reminder: Those that resign don’t get the same benefits )

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not on your own understanding. =) Prov 3:5

A prayer for the week

Dear Father,

I’m slightly confused on my different readings now. While I am trying to do the book of Acts on my own, my bible study is going through quite a thorough look at 1 and 2  Corinthians.

Father,  should I continue reading Acts now? I really think that it is a extremely interesting. but i can’t absorb as well reading on diff topics. I’m awaiting your kind assistance and guidance on this.

Also we know that you sent your Son Jesus Christ to heal all our diseases through the stripes that He was inflicted at the cross. Please take care of my friend and sister-in-Christ E* as she goes through her operation and continues to believe that all things will go well for her.

Also, take care of W* as he makes his decisions on his trades. I know that I have prayed several times on this, and I know that it will come to past. Help me  and W* remember and lead a restful time as we see it happening and unfolding in Your time.

In Jesus name,

Amen

Meaning to life?

Sometimes, you just wonder what’s the meaning to life. I’ve been neglecting this blog, my outlet to feel closeness to God, my Jesus Christ. The true meaning to life!

 

Haha thank God that He is forever faithful, and He doesn’t rely on my faithfulness to be good to me. Amen?

 

Well, life at work’s starting to get a little monotonous to me, and I’m praying everyday, that I will be able to be better at my work. Right now, I feel that there’s tons where I can improve. I pray that Jesus will aid me in being a good employee, just like how Jesus, the servant was, washing His disciple’s feet, listening to God’s final purpose for Him – to die on the Cross for the salvation of His people. Not that my job feels like the cross lol, but well, I pray that I will be a blessing to people, and these include my managers and seniors as well!

 

In any case, I’ve met this pretty interesting colleague at work. He’s really motivating, in how he treats people and how he’s so full of the Lord, that he can’t help but burst and let people know how God is good to him and everyone. I want to be bursting with that fullness of God too! i can’t wait to run in boldness, telling people how God loves me, and the best thing is, He loves you too! In any case, if anyone reading this blog feels some sense of loss, or feel something missing, or even some sense of curiousity towards what this enthusiasm is, let me tell you. We can try to explain to you how God is good, but nothing beats a first hand experience! Let me challenge you guys. Go to church, feel the first kiss of God’s goodness yourself!

 

Haha, I really know how to blabber. I’m totally off tangent But well well, I pray that if this isn’t my path, Jesus will show me the way and show me the light to which path I should take and go towards to. I pray that he will keep me in his loving arms, and through this financial turmoil, I know that he will take care of me and my household. Jesus, Please take care of wx and his family as they go through this as well. Strengthen them and keep them calm, letting them remember that when they are in the boat with a storm rushing around them, Jesus is still sleeping calmly. Help them remember that Jesus has control over all storms and turmoil. What is a financial turmoil, that only affects our material comfort, compared to a storm, that can take our lives away? If Jesus has control over the storm, what more a man-made turmoil. Jesus, please deliver the US, Singapore and the companies in debts from their problems.

 

Father, I also pray for the children in China that have developed the kidney stones. We all know that you are a loving Father, a Father that gave up His Son to save all of us. A Father that allowed his Son to be whipped for our health. Jesus, I claim all that you have gone through for those undergoing the disease. You have the keys over the devil, You have the upper hand over them. Devil, i command you to leave those children in Jesus’s powerful name. He has done all of this, and you have no more dominion over the children!  God has promised us that He will take care of us, and that he always gave healing to the sick. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hence if He saved those kids in the past, the only thing that we need is faith that our God is still the same as before. He will heal them!

 

thank you Jesus

He is my everything, He is my all! How about you?

He is my everything, He is my all,
He is my everything, both great and small,
He gave His life for me, made everything new,
He is my everything, now how about you.

You guys know this song? =) It’s my new theme song!

Thank God for everything, for being part of my big and small!

Acting in every aspect of my life, whether I know it or not.

I’ve been pretty absent from this blog of late. Well, if I really had my priorities right, this wouldn’t have happened unfortunately, I was sucked into the realm of overtime, and doing endless work.

and yet, when I finally pluck time out to spend with my Lord, my Daddy, He doesn’t ignore me and still speaks to me in a pretty amazing way. Like the ways He has been slowly coaching me!

 

Today, my Daddy showed me the story on Jehoshaphat while I read Joyce Meyer’s The Battle Belongs to the Lord.

The Moabites, Ammonites and Meunites were attacking Israel from every point around. How much for troubles man… Jehoshaphat could not have gotten it any worse!

But instead of resorting to his own resources or pulling out his hair in desperation (like what I’ve been doing for the whole of my life whenever I start to feel stressed up), he immediately sought the refuge of the Lord.

 

 

6 He prayed, “O Lord, God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you! 7 O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham? 8 Your people settled here and built this Temple to honor your name. 9 They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war,^[d] plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.’

 10 “And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them. 11 Now see how they reward us! For they have come to throw us out of your land, which you gave us as an inheritance. 12 O our God, won’t you stop them? We are powerless against this mighty army that is about to attack us. We do not know what to do, but we are looking to you for help.” – 2 Chronicles 20:6-12

 

Cool huh, Jehoshaphat praised God, telling Him that He is our all, the KING and the most revered One…

and then said.. btw, there’s this teensy weensy issue here. Those guys whom You chose to let go in the past are now coming to attack us.. But we know! That You are the King of everything, you are our everything and our all, and You will take this battle in your hands.

 

The gist of the story ended up with God causing loads of confusion on the enemies camps and they started fighting amongst themselves. All Jehoshaphat and his army had to do was to collect all the spoils at the end of the war. Talk about how God can turn things around! Not only can he turn lemons into lemonade, He can turn wars into treasure picking! How awesome is HE! =) This is truly the signature of God! and I definitely want that in my life =)

 God, you helped King Jehoshaphat in his time of need, when all the horrible “-ites” were attacking Israel. You will definitely help me with mine! No issues are great!

Well, all men ain’t perfect, even for King Jehoshaphat the man that displayed such great faith wasn’t perfect. Though he was dilligent in seeking God during the big calamities, he often forgot to approach Him during times of reasonably “smaller” problems, seeking instead, his own devices in doing so.

 

Aren’t we all like that? Do we have to wait till I’m being flooded, or eaten up by a whale, or in a serious earthquake to seek His help? Thank God for showing me this! I’ve been so exhausted and caught up in work, that I forget that I am a child of God, and HE can help me with my work. He is the one working through me, He can do things definitely more efficiently than me!

My Father is THE KING, and that makes me HIS PRINCESS. all princesses should have the stress free let go life, with angels at my beck and call I am all powerful and charged up, with Jesus in my life! =)

 

Thank God for piecing this message for me from the various sources that I read, in the small time that I spent with Him. He truly speaks, and He does so ’cause He truly LOVES ME =)

i thank God for His mercies and grace, always providing me tips and preparations for the trials . Just before I started this project, God spoke to me through the song Still.

Hide me now
Under your wings
Cover me
Within Your mighty hands

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You, above the storm
Father, You are king over the flood
I will be still and know You are God

Find rest my soul, in Christ alone
Know His power, in quietness and trust

I believe this song is supposed to be enacting the story of the disciples on the boat during a storm, waking Jesus up, asking them if He cared for them. Jesus then asked them why didn’t they have any faith that all will be alright! 

You know how when we sing praises, we get so happy singing it(either because of the beautiful melodies or the worship sessions), that we don’t really pay attention to the lyrics?

I stood at the sidelines and agreed with Jesus.. YaH! c’mon! Jesus , the Son of the Living God is in your boat. What on earth are u doing? How can you be worried!

Then while singing this song during worship, I realised that I was just like the disciples. In fact, my situation was way less life-threatening than theirs. There are no raging seas and no thunder roaring. It’s just daily office life!  and yet I question God, why are you not saving me from this situation?? Hilarious isn’t it

C’mon ADE! Oh you of LITTLE FAITH!

Anyway GOD, i will be still and know You are GOD, you are the king over the flood.

Walking into the Promised Land

picture from www.howardbloom.net/jericho.htm

I decided to break up what I have been blessed by Jesus throughout the last week into sections, so that we can all be blessed in bitesize blessings =D

Promised Land

The giants may look large, the walls may seem high. But trust the Lord, that all you need to do is trust in Him and SHOUT and HE, with His mighty power, will be able to tear down the walls, get rid of the Anakins, and give you the land. Believe that He can! even though it seems impossible/ridiculous. God works in miraculous ways!

I believe that my job here IS the Promised Land for me. The land flowing with milk and honey. I will not be sidelined by the monsters and walls around it. I want to be a Joshua & Caleb!

It was amazing, Sunday’s service was just WOWEEE.. I feel the revival!

God’s Working in ME! :)

you cannot imagine how God is blessing me these few days, with the tons of revelations that can’t seem to stop bursting at me!

 The Promised Land, the Seed, the promises of Faith, Prayer, Behaviour when you are admist fellow brethren; the book of James and so much more that I can’t list all at 1 shot!  I have 1 long draft entry that has not been posted because the revelations come faster than i can post! Really thank God for His everlasting Love and Guidance for me!

Oh man, you can’t imagine my excitement. I’m reading various Christian reading material that I pluck from my mom’s room and past birthday presents that I received from my friends from various writers; reading the book of Matthew with WX’s cell group, attending Wesley and New Creation Church, listening to the views of Wesley’s church, going for CF service at my university. And somehow, even though the doctrines differ between these churches, the amazing thing is… !!!!  somehow, i keep bumping into the same portions of Scripture from these different sources!!!!!!!!!!

How exciting is it to see how God is working miraculously!! and as I was thanking God for being so kind in leading me in His word so obviously, you know what He said to Me?? He said ” and this is only the smallest of things that I can do!”

OMG! I’M BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT! SUPER DUPERLY EXCITED!

I’m sooo sure that God is working a revival here! I feel the revival in me, my family, NCC (with the shouting down of Jericho), with the cell.. everything! I thank God for HIM! =D

A Christian Ring-tone?

You know how when things are going pretty fine, (i.e. those days that you have no problems with work, friends, relationships, even the weather’s bright and sunny!) u find that you don’t speak to God on those days? Ever had that feeling?  Sadly, I have to admit that the times that I look to God for a word of wisdom is when I feel lost,upset,desperate etc etc. so, I *think* i usually don’t hear Him on my happy days.

 Well, today morning was one of those days where I felt like nothing could go wrong in the day. And it definitely felt easy to forget God on a day such as this. However, since I started this blog, I have been consciously trying to speak to God/hear Him even when I’m not one in the moods stated above. Praise God that in actual fact, God definitely wants to pop out in your happy days too, and HE WILL! =)

Out of the blue, I started thinking whether I want to change my ring-tone to a Christian ring-tone and for a moment, decided to stick to an oldies tune just in case people at work get offended. After all, the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” can be motivational as well, ain’t it?

Minutes after I came to that conclusion, I opened up an individual study guide by Kenneth E. Hagin called Walking By Faith and hit Lesson 3: Confession; Key to Unlocking Faith. and the central truth in that lesson was

confessing the lordship of Jesus Christ is the very heart of the Gospel

I’m not sure whether this is a truth, but I was a little stunted. Of course, having a non-Christian ring-tone is not a sin. Not that this statement or the lesson that was taught had anything to do with legalism on what my ring-tone should be. (The lesson itself was based on But possibly, my thinking i.e. “don’t offend people at work with my Christian ringtone”..could be an indication of who I place my priorities on.

 ”Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. “- Matthew 10:32,33

 Jesus, I pray that my heart be bolder and stronger. May the Holy Spirit guide my inner man to acknowledge Him in all circumstances =) Thank you Jesus! I love You for being such a wonderful Father in my life.I am amazed at how You want to save me, despite how pathetic and miserable I am. Thank God for being my benefactor!

 Anyway, PRAISE GOD for his guidance even on these days That I know there’s always something I can learn everyday

A Closer Walk with God – Increasing Opportunities to Share the Gospel

I want to be a testimony for God! and an instrument for the furtherance of His Kingdom

Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. -Ep 6:19-20

Definitely, fear does gripe me when people ask me about Christianity. Even when fellow Christians question me on my believe in Grace, or on my testimonies of the week, I start stuttering. Not knowing what to say, whether they’d look at me judgmentally and say “oh yes.. she’s from New Creation Church”when I talk about God’s goodness and mercy on us.

 I pray that God will administer the gift of boldness in delivering my messages and I pray that Jesus will give me His wisdom through the Spirit when I encounter these again.  I pray that He will use me as a tool to comfort and rebuild people’s beliefs in an Almighty God, that if He is for us, who can be against us? 

 31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:    ”For your sake we face death all day long;  we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 8:31-39

haha.. i have moved away from what I initially planned out to say. Maybe it’s the Lord’s guidance In any case, there will be no condemnation for any of us, even myself, for my “Unchristian-like” behaviour. Jesus has been interceding for me. I will work hard to lead a Christian-like life. To be a testimony for Him! Even if I fail, remember, that I am more than a conqueror through Christ

All things work out for good :)

Not that I think that Tiger Woods is God, but he’s an excellent example used by the pastor Mark Hankins today at church. I’m not too good with golf terms, but let me try ok! =)

Life is like a golf game. God’s the golfer, we are the golf balls and our destiny/purpose in life is the golf hole.

We might look like we’re heading towards the wrong direction and not the hole of purpose, but God is the golfer. He understands the trajectory needed, the slope of the pitch, wind speeds etc and takes special care in measurements to guide us into the hole. In the end, we will always turn the other direction and land up where we’re supposed to go

This sounds like the story of Joseph Betrayed by brothers, sold as a slave to Potiphar, maligned by Potiphar’s wife and thrown into jail before becoming a interpreter of dreams to the Pharoah of Egypt, becoming the 2nd most important man in the whole of Egypt. It might not look like you’re going in the direction, but remember! All things work out for good Keep the faith and believe that all will turn out right.