Oh Father, I'll wait for forty years if I have to.
So brick by brick
I am breaking through these walls
Oh between you and me
I'm not giving up
I'm not giving giving up
Hebrews 11:
1: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2: For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
3: By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Beeeeeeee-z!
Oh busy day, busy day
Got lots of work to do
Oh busy day, busy day
I know I can finish it
For You are here with meeeee!
When all else fades, You remain.
Depths of Your love.
"Speaking to this mountain
to move into the ocean
with Your authority
given to me
No matter what happens
Here I am standing
on the hope of Your Word
promised to me"
The first worship song which I wept before the Lord.
Listening to this always brings me back to my first love.
Eight.
How great is our God.
What does He require of us, nothing more than to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Him?
Heaven.
Romans 8:28:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
-Finally got the book 'Heaven' by Randy Alcorn!
-Today's Cg actually meant alot to me. lol. Sermon and people both.
-Sub-zone reshuffle has finally been officially announced today. I'm happy it happened. (:
Everything happens for a reason.
Everything that's meant to be will be.
Everything He promised will come to pass.
Remember our dream to be pastors together one day? To serve God to the fullest, to be used by Him entirely, to devote our entire beings to Him. I'll meet you there at the end. (:
To seek You.
Psalm 46:10:
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
Spiritual calm.
Spiritual serenity.
I need another story
Something to get off my chest
My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess
'Til all my sleeves are stained red
From all the truth that I've said
Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw me wink, no
I've been on the brink, so
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
Sick of all the insinceres
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics never jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
My God, amazing how we got this far
It's like we're chasing all those stars
Who's driving shiny big black cars
And everyday I see the news
All the problems that we could solve
And when a situation rises
Just write it into an album
Singing straight, too cold
I don't really like my flow, no, so
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
Sick of all the insinceres
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics never jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Oh, got no reason, got not shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'm 'a tell you everything
So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
Sick of all the insinceres
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics never jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will light those ears
Sick of all the insinceres
So I'm gonna give all my secrets away
This time, don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics never jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
All my secrets away, all my secrets away
"In one sense, prayer is like sharing the gospel with people. We do not know who will respond to the message of the gospel until we share it. In the same way, we will never see the results of answered prayer unless we pray."
I'm lost.
Bring me back, Father.
Bring me back, please.
Three.
Sometimes you'll get tired on the way. Everyone does. But I want you to know that I'm always here. No matter what happens.
Deuteronomy 1:31:
'and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.'
Ecclesiastes 3:11:
He has made everything beautiful in its time,
Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that
no one can find out the work that God does from
beginning to end.
Coldplay - The Scientist
In my opinion, one of the saddest song ever.
What Jared said was so true.
Unwavering faith and trust.
That's all it ever was about.
Do you remember...
...the first time you spoke in tongues?
I still remember mine vividly, in every detail.
It was a sunday service, a month after I had first experienced God for the first time. Even before that, I had asked my brother that language which they had spoken in. He had said it was a holy language that enabled us to talk to God. During that period of time, I kept asking Him for it. I hungered for it. I wanted to talk to You.
It was during the worship. Everyone was standing and praying in tongues. I just stood there, in your presence, all the while continually asking You for it. Your presence was so thick and tangible, I was weeping before You. Then it happened. Something. Like an unseen hand slapping so gently on my throat. Like an invisible gust of wind blowing on my throat. I do not know how to explain this part. I choked and did not choked. I tried to cough, to say something, but in its place, I started to utter words I didn't know. Words were flowing freely. I was speaking in tongues for the first time. Astonished, amazed, surprised, awed was I. It was later on that I learned the Holy Spirit had bestowed upon me one of His gifts.
At that time, I thought talking in tongues sounded divine and heavenly.
It was a sweet heavenly melody. I thought it was the most beautiful language of all.
I still do.
Sunshine after the storm.
Lamentations 3:
22: Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23: They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24: "The LORD is my portion," says my soul,
"Therefore I hope in Him!"
Thank God it ended yesterday. Since officially rising up for Him. That dryness, that emptiness I felt, it finally ended. I can weep in His presence once again. I'm broken before Him once again. I really did miss that feeling. I wanted it back so much. I want You so much. It's Your strength which keeps me going.
Like how that song went. I had to admit before You I lost my fire. I lost my faith on the way here. My prayers felt empty. The songs I sang, they felt tired to me. All I had to do was admit the initial passion was gone. But I kept searching. Non-stop. I wanted it back. I missed it. I was searching for something again. For Your face again. I wanted You to make my cold heart start to move again. I kept asking and asking. I kept finding. I kept seeking. Look for You and I would find, You said. I really did find You after this time of wilderness. The blessings and breakthroughs really did lay just ahead. I always knew I would get over this. For I really did know I was much stronger than this. Not because I was strong, but because You always lend Your humble servant Your strength. I am strong because You are. When everything around me fails, rediscovering You makes everything alright again. It's all about You. Nothing else. You and no one else.
I want my soul to burn when I hear Your name.
2.
Colossians 2:3:
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Not wait for His blessings to be bestowed upon me. He is ALWAYS ready. He is just waiting for me to be ready.
Love people for who they are. Not for who they are not.
This never fails to make me cry. So choked with emotions everytime I watch it. Always the gentle reminder: always work on your dreams. One day, you'll definitely accomplish it. Never take the people around you for granted. Always treasure your loved ones, especially those who treasures you as much, and stuck by when you made mistakes and acted like a complete idiot. Always do this. Before it's too late. Before the regrets.
Your blood redeems my imperfections.
Afraid to think it.
Think it anyway, for He establishes our thoughts, by the works committed to Him.
Afraid to say it.
Say it anyway, for He fills our speech with grace, seasoned with salt.
Afraid to do it.
Do it anyway, for the steps of the righteous are ordered by Him.
Afraid to love.
Love anyway, for love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. For love never fails.
Surprise!
Three birthday surprises in a row this week, two days apart from each.
What a wonderful feeling it is to give someone a pleasant surprise!
It's a great feeling making someone's day. Seeing the look of shock and happiness on someone's face at that very instant of the surprise, it's gratifying knowing you made someone happy because of your actions and plannings. Personally, I love surprises. They are like acts of kindness. No matter how small or how big, every single one matters. And in this world, it's the little things that you do for people that matters the most.
Most importantly, all these surprises were, to me, a form of doing His work. It's all part of loving people fervently, reaching out to them, and really abiding by love.
I really thank Him for his blessings on all the plannings (some very last minute lol.) and outings. When most things could have go wrong, He made everything possible.
A new vision from Him.
A new method from Him.
Gonna try try try.
Black Sesame Cake.
Arrr just finished using my oven for the first time to bake a black sesame cake!
Finished cleaning up the whole kitchen too.
So tired. Gonna nap now for abit. lol.
My heart is full of expectancy for tonight's combined CG.
I want to be so broken before You once again.
Simply.
10 ways to love.
- Listen without interrupting. (Proverbs 18:13)
He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
- Speak without accusing. (James 1:19)
So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
- Give without sparing. (Proverbs 21:26)
He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.
- Pray without ceasing. (Colossians 1:9)
For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
- Answer without arguing. (Proverbs 17:1)
Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Share without pretending. (Ephesians 4:15)
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -Christ-
- Enjoy without complaint. (Philippians 2:14)
Do all things without complaining and disputing,
- Trust without wavering. (1 Corinthians 13:7)
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- Forgive without punishing. (Colossians 3:13)
bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
- Promise without forgetting. (Proverbs 13:12)
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Love the person who saw you when you were invisible.
John 14:14:
"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
John 15:7:
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
John 15:16:
"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
John 16:
23: "And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
24: "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
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