Self-Checklist

Self-Checklist

#1: Perfect Vessel VS Yielded Vessel
Yesterday, met some people during that i have not met for quite awhile during leaders meeting. Somehow God just reminded me about His grace. Many times when people did something wrong in the past, made a wrong decision, it is hard for them to come back not because of what they have done against the Lord. But it often because the people around is unable to forgive or give them a 2nd chance.

God begin to show me so many of the people serving strong in the kingdom of God. How many of them have never made a mistake in their life? But yet, God is still able to use them to rise up strong churches, do great missionary work, bring down the presence of God, simply because God looks at our hearts. Our God is one who gives us a 2nd chance, a chance to always run back to Him despite of how far off we may be.

Reminding me of a few of the people who may not be very adequate in their leadership, EQ super low, not sensitive at all but yet because they love God whole heartedly, God is using them in a very mighty ways.

Moses, one who is always fearful and in fact ran away from the will of God for 40 years into the wilderness. But yet, the Lord used that time to prepare him for the destiny ahead. David committed adultery and even murdered. He did not just made a wrong decision, he sinned against the Lord and against his body. But yet, he is the man after God's own heart simply because he is quick to come back to the Lord and he loves the Lord wholeheartedly.

How many of us never had our share of failures, our share of wrong decisions? God is not going to look at who made a worse sin; big sins and small sins we all had our share of it. But God is going to look at our heart, our yielded-ness.

#2: 1/3 natural and 2/3 Spirit being

Pastor always say this, relating to a fish in the water, we should be more free in the things of the Spirit rather than the natural. Though personally i really cannot relate to this example because i cannot swim, but yet in terms of spiritually isn't it very true? and this ratio can apply on many things wor.

Scientifically, in terms of intelligence etc, 1/3 is genetic and 2/3 is nurtured. So stop blaming your parents for who you are today. Yes the 1/3 does play a important role and its often the bonus but yet if you have not done your 2/3, you cannot blame anyone.

I got friend who told me this during his final exams. Test takes up 30% but its the finals that matters. Don't look back at the 30% you cannot change, but focus on the 70% ahead. Many people are born gifted or due to up bringing, equipped with skills and talents of varies things that made up the 30%. But what is the 70%? Its the anointing that even money cannot buy. Some people made it through the passing mark because of the skills and talents but yet is not the anointing much much more important? Choosing between the 2, i rather have the anointing and go learn the skills, than to have all the skills in the world and lose the anointing. 

I rather first have the heart, a heart after God's own heart and trust God to empower me with the brain, than to be too intellectual, having a brain that does not allow God in. As the saying goes, skills and talents may bring us to where we are, but its the character and the anointing that keeps us there.

Anointing only flows through relationship, our relationship with God. The time we take to be in His presence, fellow-shipping with Him, sharing heart-to-heart.

#3: Authority only comes after responsibility

Its only when you choose to take responsibility, authority will be added unto you. Many times people do not want to do the basic things, the little things, only want to do the great things. But if you cannot even take charge of little things, what makes you think that people will entrust the greater things to you lei.

It was only when Pastor Aries took responsibility to find out how Pastor Kong would do the sound and lighting checks, that he is now placed as a overseer to ensure the sound and lighting checks. People are where they are right now because some place in time they decided to take responsibility of something, it may be a small and insignificant thing at the moment, but do not despises the small beginning of every big thing. No one becomes a leader until he/she takes the responsibility to lead the people around them or placed under them. No helpers/connect group leader/PCGL will become a CGL until they assume the responsibility of a CGL. This applies in every area of our life, family; ministry; work etc. In what things and what areas are you taking responsibility of today?

David Cook

David Cook

Always be my Baby

previously just kinda hear it through

but today was my first time 'really' listening it

and really loved it

i tink sometimes we just allowed things to pass us by

and we never know the value of it till

we really take time to 'take notice' of it

Take some time to listen, you will love it too

=D

Behave like a Christian

Behave like a Christian

Romans 12:9-21

9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 

10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 

We should always be edifying to one another, honoring one another. So when someone is sharing something, we learn to honor the person giving respect to the person. Constantly pouring love onto one another and do not put each other down in our words or actions.

11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 

Be diligence in everything you do; pack your own room; wash your own dish after food; study for your exams; don't copy homework; having the spirit of excellence; an eye for details; dun be lazy. Fervently build up your spirit man and not just giving lip serve when praying in tongues. Serving God in a ministry. Loving God wholeheartedly and loving people fervently.

Wah, just one verse it simply covers the whole area of being balance in our life lei. The importance of being diligent in our work, shining in the marketplace. but yet at the same time it is just as important for us to be serving the Lord through ministering to the Lord in prayer and through varies ministries. And between both is the importance to be balance by being fervently building yourself up in the realm of the Spirit, to be led by the Holy Spirit, whether is it in terms of ministry or in terms of marketplace.

12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 

Faith is the substance of things hoped for evident of things not seen. In times of tribulations, there will most likely be a time of waiting before the answers come, and during these times of waiting, are we going to be bitter about the circumstances or can rejoice knowing that the Lord is in control; patiently waiting for the move of God, not passively but to persistently ask in prayer.

13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

Be a giver. He who gives to the poor lends to the Lord.

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 

Bless those who curse you and pray for those who persecute you. You will be amazed how powerful this verse is, because when you make a decision to do it. The grace of God will be upon that relationship and the power of reconciliation will move mightily through wor.

15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 

Learn to share other people's joy and people's sorrows. When people success, rejoice with them and be truly happy for them, dun be sour. Your success got nothing to do with other's failure, neither does your failures got to do with other's success.

16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

Dun keep thinking that you are better than the rest and its time to change a group. Learn to stay with the humble and dun try to be wise in your OWN opinion. Everyone is righteous in their own eyes de.

17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 

18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. 

The possibility to live peaceably with ALL men is not dependent on who or what kind of person they are, because it is fully dependent on you. 

19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,”[a] says the Lord. 

20 Therefore

“ If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.”[b]

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Even through times of persecution and false accusation, you will still choose to love, to go beyond the call of duty, to overcome evil with good.

Perspective

Perspective

Many times in life people tend to only view things from their own perspective, their world is like a 2D image where they never tries to see it from another point of view. Maybe one day, when you discover the other side to the story, it's already too late.

One day, a father out of his duty and his promise, brought the son out for fishing. Being a successful businessman, he begin to feel very unfruitful sitting on a boat, in a lake, under the blazing Sun. After spending the whole day out in the Sun fishing, the father came back feeling all wore out and felt that it was a completely wasted day. Many years past and one day the son met with an accident and left without a word. And as they begin to pack his things, under his bed they found a small box containing his diaries. 

On the very same day, the father felt it was a completely wasted day, his entry goes... 

"Today is one of my happiest day, as i went fishing with my dad. He is a very successful businessman and the sole bread winner of the family. i am very proud of him and would want to be just like him when i grow up. Today it has been such a fruitful day, being able to spend time with my dad. Looking forward for more times like this."

After reading this, the father could not help it but wept.

Some times you may find that it has been a waste of time to have done something for someone, but you never know the impact you have made on the person's life and the influence over the person's future.

Love is about GIVING. Until you stop thinking of what you want the person to do for you and start thinking what you can do and how you can bless the person, you have not loved. the word used for-thinking what the person can do for you, get for you, bless you with etc. is non other than LUST. That's the difference between the 2.

if all you think of is whether the person can lead you; love you more than you love the person; able to provide all your needs and desires; give you a wonderful future 

AND NOT, 

how you can help the person grow; how you can love or bless the person more; how can you all build a future together

THEN, 

maybe you dun really love the person, you are just lusting for someone to fill up a void in your life.

Why the delay?

Why the delay?

Today i was just flipping through the papers and came across this very shocking news. This 15 years old girl has a tumor on her face weighing 7.3 KG! The tumor started when she was 3 and now it has grew so much that it has disfigured her face and has caused her to have problem eating. But this is madness la. The million dollar question will be: "Why wait till NOW? till its so BIG!" and anyone with common sense will tell you that she will surely face problem with eating and most pro not only now then it has affected her. Anyway i just cannot understand what the parents are thinking. below is the picture of the girl now and she is now overseas for treatment.

*Anyway just keep her in your prayers ba.

then got another article on a University girl who attempt to take her own life. haix got IQ then no EQ, got use meh. study so hard, parents work so hard to pay for school fees, take care of her for all these years then because of some small failures want to end her life. tsk tsk. i can only say "People needs the Lord!!!"

Dialect Service

You can do something too!

was listening to this CD on outreaching to the elderly

they actually uses Old chinese and canto songs 

to illustrate the different areas of our lives and the love of God

really very interesting way lei

and they can really sing man~

sometimes its about using the things of the world

to bring down the love and glory of God into the hearts of people

if the service was all about singing christian songs

many would not have come to know the Lord

but with these old songs

it really helps them to relate to God's love through the different issues of life

"三年"

talking about waiting for someone

some people waited 3 years or even another 6 years

some waited all their life for a love they could not find

and if the love of God, the unconditional love is now made available to you

will you just stop waiting and step into His love?

friends who share skills and talents are good

but the value of friends are people who share love

"小城故事"

everyone have their own story

and sometimes people always think or feel that others will never know how they feel

simply because they are not in your shoes

everyone has their own ceiling to break, own circumstances to go through

in every storm it requests a decision

a decision to breakthrough or to be broken down

through every waves, we decide whether to ride on it

or to submerge under

"小李飞刀"

its went we go through these storms and waves

we may see death, disappointment and despair

but it is also through these times where we will see the Lord

the hands of God moving in our lives

if we depend on our own strength to fight against the storms

we may never come out of it

but with God, we know we can rise above every storm and waves

in lives there maybe many regrets

but yet sometimes why do we constantly live in regrets

and not doing anything about the regrets

or at least stop doing things that you will regret

"一生何求"

one of my favourite song when younger

cause always listen with my grandma

there are so many so many things in life

but what are we running after all our life?

many things can never be taken together with us after we died

but what we can bring is faith, hope and love

"今天不回家"

how people will be be reluctant to go home

because of the pressure, the stress given from the family

the need to provide etc

as the saying goes '家家有本难念的劲'

every home got their own problems to face

everyone wants to have a good and perfect family

however some have money but no love

while some have love but no money

but yet poor people also can have fun and joy together

and you dun have to stay poor for long

lets not forget the goodness and the sweetest of a home, a family

ultimately its the home that keeps you away from storms

like i always say, "its not about what you go through, but who you go through it with!"

its just different to know that there is someone there for you all the time

no matter what you go through the person will still be there

and you can turn to the person anytime

"欢喜就好"

people complaint and worried about everything

have car complaint no parking

complaint that house too small; food not nice; wife not pretty

but yet worry that house too big will have burglary;

car too good people will steal;

food too nice will have high blood pressure;

wife too pretty will have adultery

people always have something to complaint, something to worry about

until you surrender, God can never take over

there is nothing wrong with praying to God

what is more scary is praying to a wrong 'god'

people who feels that they do not need the Lord

took themselves as 'god', their own 'god'

whether believer or not everyone has their own storms to go through

but its about who we meet in the midst of these storms and waves

though coming to Christ does not mean that there will be no more storms

in fact there maybe be even greater storms and greater waves

but yet in the midst of all

you met with the Lord and see how He sheltered you through

bringing you through, leading your path is the most amazing thing

haix

actually when listening to this whole CD

kinda reminded me of my grandma

oh well

anyway some of these songs are in canto de

you can look up the songs for the lyrics if you want

we can all put to use the talents God put in us 

to do something special, something great for the Lord

=D

Rising above circumstances

Rising above circumstances

was just reading someone's blog

not to mention whose is it

but was feeling quite a bit

anyway

we need to know what we are called to do

and be doing what we are called to do

do what we love to do

and love what we do

until you love what you do and do what you love, you will not be successful

doing the "idle work"

work that are not like work to us

because we are simply enjoying what we are doing

we only have one life

so enjoy it because unless you enjoy your life

people will not enjoy yours

people only response to you the way you response to yourself

love is treating others the way you would want to be treated

it is not just about what the person can do for you

how the person have loved you or helped you

but rather what you can do for the person

what you can give to the person

love is giving while lust is getting wor

many times we dun understand why somethings happen

maybe we dun have to know and will never know why

God left us in our situation because He wants us to transform it

don't ask God what He is expecting you to do

you do what you can, while God does what you can't

some prayers will not be answered simply because God wants us to do it

from Egypt, God brought the people out from the place of limitations

to a place of no limitations, Canaan

and put them through 10 trails 

so that they can come out from the mindset of the victim to victor

complaint is the voice of a victim

the level of our complaints determines the level of our capacity

what is your capacity?

how many complaints can you take a day and yet still keep your cool, keep your act together?

apologize for the wrong of what others did?

love even when people picks on you and call you names?

dun complaint about all these things?

not feel jealous over what you did not get?

stay in faith when things are going wrong?

don't blame God even when it seems like He have done things that does not justify in your life?

all these determines your capacity

and your capacity will determine your level of leadership and influence

we rise only to the level of our lowest ceiling

its going to take effort, discipline and choice to build our mind and emotions

we are appointed over different things, where God has left us

even if its gonna be in the dark

as soon as we assume responsibility, authority will be given

then it becomes the reason why we are left there

to conquer the dark

setting in order the things that are lacking

God uses people, not things or methods

sometimes we pray that God will take us somewhere

but yet we do not listen to our leaders

then how can God bring us anywhere

because God uses our leaders to bring us somewhere

somehow anointing flows through relationship

there is a need to stay connected to our leaders,

people appointed over our lives 

and there is also a special blessing when they are in favour of what you are doing

sometimes people dun see the importance

but yet one of the most important thing is to have the blessings of our leader lei

of course most importantly

will still be having the blessing of God wor

It doesn't matter anyway

If change is the only constant in life

i will embrace change

more than just doing what we want

its about doing what is right

for better or worse

i believe all things will work out for good