Verse 1:
He's always there for you, even in the hardest times
Don't despair, He's with you even now
My God is so faithful, He'll never leave you alone
God is good, He'll always see you through
Chorus:
Through it all, I know that God is in control
Like the sun, after the storm, his love comes shining through
Yes i know, His love for me, is greater than all of my trials
Like a child, in His arms, He'll carry me through it all
Verse 2:
With Him your night will be as day, even in the darkest times
Trust in Him, His word will never fail
I've come to know that through the years, He's taken all my fears
God is good, He'll always see you through
Chorus:
Through it all, I know that God is in controlLike the sun, after the storm, his love comes shining throughYes i know, His love for me, is greater than all of my trialsLike a child, in His arms, He'll carry me through it all
Bridge:
Fear not, my child,
I will never ever leave you
I will never forsake you even for a while
For you are Mine, you are Mine
Monday, July 7, 2008
Reminder
During the course of these few weeks, i've heard from different people about their lives, about the trials and problems in which they are dealing with, and struggling with. After speaking to a few of my friends (close friends) on different occasions, i suddenly came to realise, that i have been worrying (which is one thing of which i should not be doing) about something really minor and meaningless. All this while, i've been worrying about the r/s or friendship between CK and me.
However, i failed to see what the Lord is trying to prepare for me and what i'm about to experience in the coming future. All my friends said the same thing, on different occasions. All of them told me to move on and wait till CK calls me. If he calls, good for me. If not, just forget about it. Instead of wasting my time, waiting for him (CK), i might as well allow the Lord to mould and shape me and prepare me for the one (my future better half) whom He has prepared for me.
Matthew 6:25-27
"Therefore i tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew 7:7-8
" Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
However, i failed to see what the Lord is trying to prepare for me and what i'm about to experience in the coming future. All my friends said the same thing, on different occasions. All of them told me to move on and wait till CK calls me. If he calls, good for me. If not, just forget about it. Instead of wasting my time, waiting for him (CK), i might as well allow the Lord to mould and shape me and prepare me for the one (my future better half) whom He has prepared for me.
Matthew 6:25-27
"Therefore i tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Matthew 7:7-8
" Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
*Should you be discouraged, i hope this entry can uplift your spirit and bless you abundantly. =)
Why the wise can waver?
for the benefit of those who missed out sermon this morning, this was what SP Lawrence Chua have shared with us.. Why the wise can waver? Today's sermon focused on a few biblical bible characters; King Solomon, King Saul, Moses, and the servant with one talent (according to the parable written in the bible reflected in Matthew 25:14-30 "The Parable of the Talents).
Road Map:
1. Wisdom per se (alone) is not enough
2. Wise people who erred
3. Wisdom+2 elements
Text:
* Proverbs 1:1-9
* 1 Kings 11:1-4
* 1 Kings 11:9
* 1 Kings 11:2-25
* Matthew 25:14-30
* 1 Samuel 14:1-46
* Exodus 18:12-17
* Numbers 20:1-13
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1. Wisdom per se (alone) is not enough
*Read the book of proverbs and Ecclesiastes. It can help you gain much wisdom. =)
*Proverbs 1:1-9
- To attain a disciplined and prudent life
- Wisdom is not enough. You also need discipline.
- The effect of a missing element will result in failure.
- All 3 elements (Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God) must be present at the same time. Otherwise, a person, however wise he is, can still fail.
There are 3 important elements which you need to acquire so as to lead a successful and effective life -- Wisdom+Discipline+Fear of God.
2. Wise people who erred
Let us take a look at King Solomon's life. (He is by far the wisest and most powerful king in history). King Solomon was wise and powerful. very spiritual. But, how did he fail? Why?
Although King Solomon was very wise, however, he lack the discipline to his lustful thoughts and fleshy desires. He had not many, BUT! Multitude of wives and concubines. At a certain point of time, he lacked the fear of the Lord and his life ended miserably and it was disastrous. refer to
1 Kings 11:2-25. Therefore, even if you were wise, but lacked discipline and the fear of the Lord, you can waver and fail.
Now, let us take a look at the Servant with one talent. (Based on the parable of the talent) read
Matthew 25:14-30. The servant, in this case, has the fear of the Lord. However, he lacked discipline and wisdom. Therefore, he waver and failed.
Next, King Saul. Read 1 Samuel 14:1-46.
- He was a discipline warrior and an able general. (1 Samuel 14:20)
- At that point of time, there was the fear of God in his life. (1 Samuel 14:18)
- But there was a lack of wisdom. (1 Samuel 14:29-30)
- An oath set by King Saul was decided rashly.
- Therefore, he failed and lost terribly in the battle.
- he wanted to raise the battle to a spiritual level, however, due to the lack of wisdom and an unwise decision made, he failed. Terribly.
- It seemed as though he was punishing the committed.
3. Wisdom + 2 elements
- The one person who exhibited all 3 elements of WISDOM, DISCIPLINE and THE FEAR of the Lord : Moses
Read Exodus 18:12-17
- Moses was diligent and disciplined in his work.
- He obeyed God Wholeheartedly and he taught the people to fear the Lord.
- He was wise and humble enough to learn from his father-in-law, Jethro
- When all 3 elements are present at the same time, the result is EFFECTIVENESS.
- However, (read Numbers 20:1-13) Moses lacked the discipline to control his anger and did not have the fear of the Lord to honour God's name.
- As a result, he was prohibited to enter the Promised Land.
In Conclusion:
We can lose any one/ all of the 3 elements at a point of time if we're not careful. Therefore, it is important to read and meditate on the word of the Lord daily and keep in mind the 3 elements: Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God. With all 3 elements present, you will lead an effective and fufilling life.
*Even if you were to forget all that i've said in this blog entry, just remember: Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God= Effective, Fulfilling and Successful life.
Take care and God bless to whoever's reading this. =)
Road Map:
1. Wisdom per se (alone) is not enough
2. Wise people who erred
3. Wisdom+2 elements
Text:
* Proverbs 1:1-9
* 1 Kings 11:1-4
* 1 Kings 11:9
* 1 Kings 11:2-25
* Matthew 25:14-30
* 1 Samuel 14:1-46
* Exodus 18:12-17
* Numbers 20:1-13
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1. Wisdom per se (alone) is not enough
*Read the book of proverbs and Ecclesiastes. It can help you gain much wisdom. =)
*Proverbs 1:1-9
- To attain a disciplined and prudent life
- Wisdom is not enough. You also need discipline.
- The effect of a missing element will result in failure.
- All 3 elements (Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God) must be present at the same time. Otherwise, a person, however wise he is, can still fail.
There are 3 important elements which you need to acquire so as to lead a successful and effective life -- Wisdom+Discipline+Fear of God.
2. Wise people who erred
Let us take a look at King Solomon's life. (He is by far the wisest and most powerful king in history). King Solomon was wise and powerful. very spiritual. But, how did he fail? Why?
Although King Solomon was very wise, however, he lack the discipline to his lustful thoughts and fleshy desires. He had not many, BUT! Multitude of wives and concubines. At a certain point of time, he lacked the fear of the Lord and his life ended miserably and it was disastrous. refer to
1 Kings 11:2-25. Therefore, even if you were wise, but lacked discipline and the fear of the Lord, you can waver and fail.
Now, let us take a look at the Servant with one talent. (Based on the parable of the talent) read
Matthew 25:14-30. The servant, in this case, has the fear of the Lord. However, he lacked discipline and wisdom. Therefore, he waver and failed.
Next, King Saul. Read 1 Samuel 14:1-46.
- He was a discipline warrior and an able general. (1 Samuel 14:20)
- At that point of time, there was the fear of God in his life. (1 Samuel 14:18)
- But there was a lack of wisdom. (1 Samuel 14:29-30)
- An oath set by King Saul was decided rashly.
- Therefore, he failed and lost terribly in the battle.
- he wanted to raise the battle to a spiritual level, however, due to the lack of wisdom and an unwise decision made, he failed. Terribly.
- It seemed as though he was punishing the committed.
3. Wisdom + 2 elements
- The one person who exhibited all 3 elements of WISDOM, DISCIPLINE and THE FEAR of the Lord : Moses
Read Exodus 18:12-17
- Moses was diligent and disciplined in his work.
- He obeyed God Wholeheartedly and he taught the people to fear the Lord.
- He was wise and humble enough to learn from his father-in-law, Jethro
- When all 3 elements are present at the same time, the result is EFFECTIVENESS.
- However, (read Numbers 20:1-13) Moses lacked the discipline to control his anger and did not have the fear of the Lord to honour God's name.
- As a result, he was prohibited to enter the Promised Land.
In Conclusion:
We can lose any one/ all of the 3 elements at a point of time if we're not careful. Therefore, it is important to read and meditate on the word of the Lord daily and keep in mind the 3 elements: Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God. With all 3 elements present, you will lead an effective and fufilling life.
*Even if you were to forget all that i've said in this blog entry, just remember: Wisdom, Discipline and Fear of God= Effective, Fulfilling and Successful life.
Take care and God bless to whoever's reading this. =)
HAIZZZZZZ.. my colleague just spoke to me this morning tt she didnt need me for the performance.. not tt she dun want me, but another colleague of her's who's so called in-charge of these performances wanted her to continue working with her current musician.. my colleague told me tt i'm definitely better (musically) than the current musician.. at least a 100X better.. but oh well.. i'll wait for future opportunities to coming knocking on my door i guess.. :(
new experience..
geez.. my colleage Dee just called to ask me if i'm interested in doing performances on saturdays with her. not every sat, but every other sat. cuz since i play the guitar (basically playclub songs), and i assist her in class on sat morning (Bilingual playclub), so after e 2 morning classes, we can hang ard Big Splash! and have a short rehearsal before making our way down to Parkway Parade for the storytelling performance. it's been a long time since i last did outside school's performance (playclub bears performance) since mid last year. Though i'm not paid extra, but many a time, experience and exposure are priceless. although the company pay us very well if we were to do these kind of performances on our off days. but nah.. that's fine.. we can earn money anytime, but we dun get such opportunities everytime. ok ok.. gotta continue to go prepare for sunday's children church's planning team mtg materials. take care and god bless!
Date: Not confirmed yet (soon, soon!!!)
Time: 4pm to 5pm Venue:
Parkway Parade, Borders
Company: Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning
*if you are interested in our programmes, do visit our website @ juliagabriel.com.sg
Date: Not confirmed yet (soon, soon!!!)
Time: 4pm to 5pm Venue:
Parkway Parade, Borders
Company: Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning
*if you are interested in our programmes, do visit our website @ juliagabriel.com.sg
meeting up again..
just chatted with ck just now.. on msn.. managed to voice out whatever i've always wanted to ask and tell him. i glad we're still friends. we'll stay as tt for now. mtg him for dinner @ MOF @ Bugis next week. thou i thought he'd say marina sq. cuz that's my fave hangout place. but nvm. form now on, i'll not expect anything from him. if he remembers, good. if not, just let it be. cuz if i were to expect anything, at the end of the day, if he doesnt recall whatever tt i expected him to, i'm the one making myself sad.. "qi wang yue gao, shi wang yue da" anyway, all r/s (crossing fingers on this one) starts out with friendship. and time really flies.. i've known him for a month plus.. i dun hope for anything now. i've come to realise that if a guy is really interested in u, despite the fact tt you've rejected him, he'll still continue to (not say pester) call/sms u or ask u out. so, all i have to do, is to continue to maintain a good r/s (in terms of friendship) with ck. and let nature take it's course. if we're meant to be, we're meant to be. we're not, at least we're still good friends. and oh yes.. would lke to take this opportunity to congratulate my jie (chewy) upon her engagement with justin! finally.. it's been a long time since our family (my family) have had such a joyous occasion happening. during the course of these 2 yrs, many of my cousins got married and one or 2 even hace kids aldy and now, it's finally my sis's turn.(not my sis's turn to have kids! but her turn to get married). and it's pretty exciting. know why? cuz Justin's not local. a westerner. the reason why i put down westerner is cuz i have Absoutely no idea which country is he from! i've only seen him once. last yr. or was tt last last yr? oh well.. anyway, last december, when my parents went over to shanghai to visit my sis, they (my parents) have met justin, and i think his family too. but anyway, as long as both of them have met each other parents, and both side's parents love both of them, more or less, everything's gonna go on smoothly. i just hope my sis wun move over with them to their country.(actually, it's not a bad idea. tt will then give us an excuse to go on a hol every yr). hee. but, when they have their baby, tt means i wun get to see my future niece/nephew frequently. sob. i'll definitely dote and or pamper him/her as much as i can manz.. my own sis's child lei! it's not child's play! haha.. kk.. this entry's getting very long.. will end off here for now.. bye! =)
Best friends..
San, Geraldine and I @ San's Tung Ling Bible College Grad nite
San, Esther and I @ San's Tung Ling Bible College Grad nite
Cell grp, FOGGIES and I @ San's Tung Ling Bible College Grad nite
Su, Eryl, Niki and I
Liyi and I @ Church Camp 'O8
Eryl, Niki and I
Eryl and Ipure stupidity
i forgot my sis will read my blog lor.. and she asked me who's the guy who wanna court me.. now she know.. and she's not very happy abt it.. but come on.. i've told her and state it clear to tt guy tt he's not my type and i have no interest in him at all.. gosh.. why is it that the guy whom i like, we ALWAYS just end up being friends, or did not keep in contact anymore.. (of which, some of them DO NOT deserve to keep in contact with at all. Better to keep them away.. as far as possible..) And those whom i dun really fancy just kept coming my way.. arghhh...
Sunday, July 6, 2008
A new beginning
As the title suggest, a new beginning, for a new me. when i was thinking hard about what title or name should i give for my new blog, my sis mentioned smth about me setting up and closing down blog after blogs which i have created months back. frankly speaking, i was never a good writer. a good speaker (in other words, talkative), but never a writer. i enjoy reading other pple's blog. but am probably too lazy to write one for myself and i was never good with words. i know what are you thinking right now.. the throbing question: "why start a blog now?"
After spending some time reading blogs after blog, i decided to create one for myself (AGAIN). Not really meant for others to read. But for myself to record or jot down my thoughts and feelings.
Why a new beginning? after today's sermon, which i think came really timely and it sets as a reminder for most of us. God is in control. For the past few weeks, i have been worrying about many issues. The most bothering one, BGR.
Got to know a guy thru a pretty weird way. How do i put it? He is one of my class kid's uncle. 21 this yr. Started chatting and going out with him a month ago. However, due to his busy schedule, he had no time for me, and he suggested that we go really slow and build up our r/s as friends first. This, i agree. But, thruout the days, and weeks, i am always the one taking my initiative to msg/call him. And i waited VERY patiently for his reply. Which can take up to a day or 2. Alot of times, i ask myself, what are u doing? what are u waiting for? Is is worth it? He is a nice guy. A gentleman, humourous, fun-loving, sweet, sensitive and the list goes on... okok.. i should stop being so long-winded as many have suggested. Cut the long story short. There's another guy courting after me. But! He's not my type. But! i'm afraid he might be the one sent by God. But! as of now, my heart's towards CK.. oh God.. pls help me..
So, back to today's sermon, God is in control. There's nothing too big a prob for Him. This i know. Maybe, i'm just not listening too closely to Him and not praying hard enough. Therefore, the purpose of this post especially, is to set myself a reminder. for a new beginning. Pray. Pray. Pray. it's the most powerful weapon. And Leave it to God. HE IS IN CONTROL. Nothing will go wrong if it's according to the will of God.
After spending some time reading blogs after blog, i decided to create one for myself (AGAIN). Not really meant for others to read. But for myself to record or jot down my thoughts and feelings.
Why a new beginning? after today's sermon, which i think came really timely and it sets as a reminder for most of us. God is in control. For the past few weeks, i have been worrying about many issues. The most bothering one, BGR.
Got to know a guy thru a pretty weird way. How do i put it? He is one of my class kid's uncle. 21 this yr. Started chatting and going out with him a month ago. However, due to his busy schedule, he had no time for me, and he suggested that we go really slow and build up our r/s as friends first. This, i agree. But, thruout the days, and weeks, i am always the one taking my initiative to msg/call him. And i waited VERY patiently for his reply. Which can take up to a day or 2. Alot of times, i ask myself, what are u doing? what are u waiting for? Is is worth it? He is a nice guy. A gentleman, humourous, fun-loving, sweet, sensitive and the list goes on... okok.. i should stop being so long-winded as many have suggested. Cut the long story short. There's another guy courting after me. But! He's not my type. But! i'm afraid he might be the one sent by God. But! as of now, my heart's towards CK.. oh God.. pls help me..
So, back to today's sermon, God is in control. There's nothing too big a prob for Him. This i know. Maybe, i'm just not listening too closely to Him and not praying hard enough. Therefore, the purpose of this post especially, is to set myself a reminder. for a new beginning. Pray. Pray. Pray. it's the most powerful weapon. And Leave it to God. HE IS IN CONTROL. Nothing will go wrong if it's according to the will of God.
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