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Saturday, March 15, 2008

there's a world of difference when faith is in your <3 /5:08 PM

this week God has revealed alot, taught alot and spoke alot. (: it has been a good week i guess, and it is in the house of the Lord that i wish to dwell in all the days of my life.

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek;
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm 27:4

I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the
living.
Psalm 27:13

fellow brothers and sisters, are you confident of who God is and what God will do in your life? (: how strong is your faith, will you still be able to proclaim this confidence and this sureness that you will see the goodness of the Lord when you are in the darkest, deepest, coldest moments of your life? lets ask Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) to perfect our faith today, and ultimately pray for His grace to be upon each of us to strengthen our faith. (Ephesians 2:8)

my sister just left for UK, thats like how exciting :( i'm very happy cos before she left i felt prompted to pray for her and she agreed to let me pray for her! super happy! (: haha my brother was in the background making alot of noise and laughing, but its okay monkey see monkey do. not that we are monkeys, at least he is being exposed to the whole idea of praying and stuff. (thumbs up!) but well, hope that she'll have a safe trip.. (:

where we live determines how we live. i guess its very true. if we live in the world, we'll lead a life that just tags along with whatever the world does, even if its carnal, immoral and pointless. however if we live in eternity, we'll have to live according to His way, thats in accordance with His commandments and will for us, and walk in His light. knowing that we're destined for eternity is an impetus for us to stop living as if we're of the world isnt it? would we behave in an unruly, unloving, uncaring and impatience manner when we're in heaven, when we're called home to be with the Lord? if the answer is no, we should start now. we cant live in both eternal life and in the world.

"...then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
Joshua 24:15

regarding this, couple of weeks ago, God gave me this verse in Colossians 3:9-10. that when we proclaim in faith that Jesus is Lord and it is by His ways that we want to live, "(we) have taken off (our) old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator." my innermost desire is to continue to know God more and continue to be broken so that i may be built up anew through Him and in Him- to tear away my old self and to wean away its practices. And in doing this, I hope that i'll be able to put on the new self, that will be continuously renewed as God reveals more and more of Himself to me as I continue my eternal long journey with Him, and to be moulded into the very image of my Creator.

(: do you want that for yourself too? God has said, "All day long I have held out my hands" (Isaiah 65:2) he's just waiting for all of us to say 'yes' (:

and i guess that verse reminds me of God's forgiving and unrelenting nature. we may have slipped or had bloopers in our walk with God but He's always holding out His hands, waiting for us to apologize, repent and turn back to Him. (:

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