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My soul longs for You, O Lord, No satisfaction can fill. I hunger for You, I refuse to eat until I have tasted Your goodness. My spirit fasts, But my body craves! I crave for fulfillment but I seek none. I desire satisfaction, But I run to vanity. O Lord, how long more shall I wait? How tired I am in this war, Torn between my spirit, Who craves righteousness and eternity; And my body, Who craze after lust and destruction. O Lord, when will you come? I long for the day I crave no more, Because I will be so filled in You. My wicked flesh shall be no more, And a new one shall come! As for now, Keep me! Forgive me! Save me!

The question: Why doesn't the Christian students desire God? This has been the lingering question that I always talked about. But recent reflection had yielded an answer: Because I don't desire Him as well. I always thought about things that I can do to bring about this deep desire for God among the CF members. What had been missing is my persistent fast and prayer. The truth is, I did not desire to see God move in ways I cannot myself. I pray very little, work a lot and desire to see a lot. To sum things up, I don't love CF and the members enough to fast for them. I was not willing to give up all that I have for CF. I was not willing to give up my food. But a gentle reminder from my Catholic CG member that fast and pray must come hand in hand. While the lack of fruit in our ministry may be a way God is asking us to be content in Him, it could also be a way that God is asking us to repent, fast and pray. The reason why we do not see fruit in our ministry could be t...

And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.  Acts 2:42-47  Acts 2:42-47 is a short description of the early church’s daily activities. In this portion of verses, we were able to see the basic activities of the church consisted more than just attending Sunday service. After receiving the Holy Spirit, the believers were empowered with joy and gifts that helped them to carry our va...

I always wonder why Christians would choose classes, assignments, meetings, work, trips, camps and any other things over prayer, worship and Bible Study. My point is not really about choosing secular works over church-related activities, I am wondering why would followers of Jesus choose anything else over Christ Himself? I wonder why Christians sing songs about following Jesus wholeheartedly while having no compulsion to seek every opportunity to experience and to worship Him? I wonder why Christians don't find God desirable. Fear. The truth is that we fear. If we are honest with ourselves, we fear what is before our eyes in this very life. That fear, stems from the fact that we don't trust God. It's funny really, because we sing songs about how we trust Him yet very often our lives don't reflect that. In our struggle to run away from what seems threatening, we do our utmost best to juggle and balance things out, to make the best use of ...