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1 Conrithians 1:27-29 [ 27 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. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. ] A month, it's as long as a month that I last did my quiet time. I was so filled with arrogance, self-confidence, I thought I can just go on without spending much of my time with Him. My life was in a total mess since then, in fact, it was a total mess from the very beginning. I doubted, therefore my prayers were not answered. I was so arrogant, He couldn't put His eyes on all the shameful things I did. But He never abandoned me, not even once. Instead, there was always His gentle voice whispering:" Come back my son, talk to Me!" Yet, I prayed insincerely, as morning prayers was not more than just a daily routine for me. I have to drag myself there, and...

He came to tell you the truth, But you humiliated Him instead. He came to save you, But you turned away instead. He bent down to heal you, But you whipped Him instead. He laid His hands to heal you, But you injured Him instead. He opened His arm wide for you, But you crucified Him instead. On the cross, He suffered for our sake, But you teased at Him instead. He wash our sins away, By His blood, But you do not believe. What have you done for Him? To Him?

I looked up the sky, blue... Lord Jesus, are You there? Would You please come down for me? Sorry for the inconvenience, but I can't go up there. Give me a hand, pull me up along with You.

Tonight, I watched a movie on TV2, it was about how a group of unlucky firemen risked their life in order to save victims from road accidents, suicides, and of course, fire. Towards the end of the story, the group of firemen (a firewoman) was trapped in a seriously burning factory. The fire was burning enormously fierce and the vision was poor. The fire reigned over the factory mercilessly, burning the place with heat, exhausting them. There was a scene where a fire hose with its water still turned on left spraying alone, unable to fight against the exploding fire and burned into ash. Two women were reported trapped in the factory. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Imagine yourself as the two women trapped in fire, helplessly, waiting for death, waiting to be devoured by fire. That describes Hell , in fact, Hell is far worse. If you are thrown into Hell by God , surely, there is only one option, eternal death . No other option. You will be spiritual...

Today, 20 minutes before my tuition class ends, all of sudden, it rained cats and dogs (someone taught me this idiom, I hate idioms. Imagine-lah, if God send cats and dogs from Heaven , SPCA will be in big trouble, am I right? No wonder it is to describe a heavy downpour, it floods SPCA, haha!), I was like, "My Goodness, how am I gonna go home? Wonder she's home." So, for my and her sake, I prayed:" Father Lord , You send this rain Lord , will you stop it Lord . Stop the rain Lord , so that I will be able to go home without getting wet." Few seconds later, I doubted:"Is it really gonna stop?" Have you ever doubted His power? You always pray, and ask for something you want, then you doubt:"Will it come true?" Matthew 21:22 [If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.] Matthew 21:22 is one of my favourite verse. I always have them in my mind every time I pray. But, as normal, my weak, tiny faith had always failed me. I d...

Last night, I watched "Aladdin" on Disney Channel with my little cousin. (I put "with my little cousin" just to give myself an excuse to watch cartoons, haha!) I guess most of you watched "Aladdin" before. Frankly, I was a big fan of "Aladdin" since I was young. Especially the love songs and the magics that the Genie does . It was all about the fun watching it when I was young, but it all get so different when I have grown up. You know, as our mental begins to develop to be more mature, somehow fairy tales might give you more values than you get when you were young, no matter good or bad. I ask you a question, don't talk about Genie, God is more powerful than he is, if you are granted 3 wishes, what will it be? Most answers are, unlimited riches, hot wives and concubines, world peace, good health, no evil in the world (and three more wishes, haha!). Wishes are wishes, I can't judge whether these wishes are good or bad, only God can. I a...

God 's patience and perseverance had paid Him reward. Year 2008, my Form 5 year was the year I found Him and recognized Him . He sent me wonderful people to bring me nearer to Him . And it was all miracle how things happened. Abigail was the one He sent. And that was how my wonderful journey with Him started. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was a miracle how I met Abigail . Somehow, you wouldn't expect to pick up a random friend and then develop into a strong friendship. I'll tell the story of Abigail and I much deeper because it was her who God sent and let me recognize Him . I still couldn't believe. It all started from a forwarded e-mail from Woo Xian Lum, a librarian. It was a mail about......well I call it spam. I opened and read it. I didn't give a damn about that mail anyway. When I was about to hit the [Back to Inbox] button, the word " Abigail " caught my sight. I don...

I moved up to Form 3. Chapel period was getting bigger for me. From Wesley Tower's Multipurpose Hall, we moved to the church. The place got bigger and better, so was the preaching work. But I never listen. I was arrogant. Thought that I can handle anything. Only weak asses need Him , I thought. I used to sleep, I used to joke, I used to talk whenever a speaker or a preacher is speaking. I changed praises for God into vile, ugly words. I always turned Him down. He is great, surely He is. His grace, His mercy on me, is limitless. In spite of all the things that I had done to Him , He blessed me instead of punishing me. He blessed me with friends that I ever needed. In that very year I started Locasha , my first online chit-chat forum with 110 members in it. I became a webmaster that very year, not to say successful, but it was that online forum that God sent me friends and tied us up together. He blessed me with result of flying colours. I scored 8A's in my PMR that ver...

Today I was born, Today God blew in the breath of life on me, Just like God did to Adam. Today I celebrated, Today I blew the flame off the candle on the cake, Just like God did to Adam. Today I am blessed, Today God blew dusts and haze off me, Just like I did to the candle. Today I am more than blessed, To get to know that they care, To get to recognize myself, To get to recognize my LORD , To get the happiest day of my life. Happy Birthday, Kar Wai and thank You, Jesus ! I love You ! And so are you, my beloved friends. I dedicate this very poem: To my LORD who loves and blesses me abundantly, To Pooi San who organized and planned the celebration, To Wai Jeann&Lung Chuin who gave me a big surprize, To Ben&Voon Keong for that lovely handphone holder, To Chuan Zheng&Zhi Hao for skipping their tuition classes to celebrate with me, To Lap Bann&Voon Keong who came but didn't sing with us, To Abigail who rushed for the celebration and that lovely wallet. And to...

i dragged my worn out body came to house of the vineyard owner i dragged myself towards the door it was small and narrow i knocked at the door no one answered i knocked again the door did not open again i knocked i could only hear the knocking sound here i knocked again He opened the door i asked can you help me? i'm thirsty i'm hungry i'm suffering here i have nothing He said gently I have nothing to give you But you can have my Son He is the water drink it and you will never get thirsty He is the bread eat it and you will never get hungry He will bring salvation receive it and you will never suffer again believe in Him and you will have everything [John 4:14 " but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."] [Matthew 26:26 "......Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it,......, "Take and eat; this is my body.""]

...and you question God -'why me?'... always look at the bigger picture.... A day without the Lord- Is a day wasted.

I was blind I couldn't see I was deaf I couldn't hear I was empty I hungered for love He spilled His blood I am healed I can see I can hear And I'm no longer hungry Isaiah 53:5 " But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds WE ARE HEALED . "

He was afraid He pleaded His Father Yet He still carried on His duty He was accused He was beaten He was tortured He didn't defend Himself He didn't have to He was sinless Innocent Why should an innocent man being tortured Why should He being crucified Why should He shed His blood To take our sin away To carry out God's plan To love us

This morning I went to the JPN to renew my identity card. Though it is a little troubling but I have to because I need my MyCard working to start a bank account. I wonder why my MyCard isn't working and the chip cannot be read. So I went in, took my number and get hold of a form. I started filling in my details. My name, my I.C. number, my phone number and my religion. WHAT!? RELIGION!? What should I fill in?! I doubted for a while. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I first invited Jesus in my heart this year, I thought of this problem. What should I fill in? How should I tell my family about it? Do I have to keep on worshiping idols that my family is worshiping? All these questions struck my head and I even thought of dropping Christ and continue to sin. I could still remember I asked my father whether I can attend church service on Sundays. He denied strongly and he was angry with me ever since. He thought I...