Last friday I'm actually having grapes for lunch l, then while eating those which already fell off the stems out of nowhere I suddenly wondered why it got different shades, some are more violet and some are lighter. I then picked 5 pieces, raised my palm with grapes and asked my colleague, "Lieu, why do you think grapes got different shades?" At first he was also wondering why I asked but once I heard his answer I knew already that I need to write it down. He answered, "maybe its about the nutrition. Maybe some get much some get less so the color differ. I don't know. Did I answer your question?" I laughed and said, I also don't know that's why I asked but the answer you gave me is just awesome. I was amazed and immediately I looked again in the grapes seeing the branches there and I thought, I guess in a way we are also like that. Those grapes came out from the same vines but turned out to be different. Nothing is exactly the same in shades and size. We are all created by one God but I guess, the size and shade of our faith differs based on the nutrition that we get from our source. How often do we really nourish our spiritual life? How much nutrition does our soul gets everyday? I hope and pray that we grow in our faith with a good shade and shape because we seek to be healthy in our personal devotion and commitment with God. Be that bright and full of color christian! Have a healthy spiritual life everyone..😊
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. - John 15:5 Galatians 1:18-24
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter,[a] and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. 20 (Now concerning the things which I write to you, indeed, before God, I do not lie.) 21 Afterward I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ. 23 But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God in me. So, I start my journey back on this wonderful epistles of Paul to the Galatians. Unsurprisingly surprising that I will witness once again how the bible speaks to us in different ways no matter how many times you have read it. Here I see Paul again, so faithful to his calling. He seems tired-proof (my own term, no need to search for google😂) in serving God. He moves from different places to another, I admire his deligence and obedience so much and he truly inspires me in many ways but what he said in the end of chapter 1 really pinch my heart. He is like an unknown missionary preaching to the people. All they know about him was "HE IS THE BAD GUY BEFORE WHO TURNED GOOD". I'm amazed of how many of them truly witness ed Gods power through Paul's life. They were convinced and convicted not by words alone but of the transformation they have seen in Paul. I feel like when all of them saw Paul preaching that time they are saying in themselves, "The change in him must be Really By Gods Power Alone." How many of you turned to God because you have seen people close to you, enemies before, loved ones, family members or simple strangers you always passed by that changed radically after meeting Christ personally? How many of you has been touched by peoples' transformation just to be with God. Paul was no exemption, we are all sinners who are continually being transformed by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today I pray that like Paul, we will never listen on this world shout of who we used to be, who we are in the flesh and who we are in other peoples' eyes but who we are in Christ, who we are in the eyes of God. May we continue to grow in faith, that no matter what, we will stand firm to defend the Gospel by living it out in our own life despite of the pressure of this world to turn us back to who we used be before we met Christ. Good morning.😊😊😊 Have a continious transformed life ahead... When I took this photo through my phone last time I went for street evangelism in marina bay I did not really pay attention of what's happening to the picture. I was too distracted of how grainy it was because it's too dark and that is all the aperture of a phone camera can do that I just neglect it and store it, then I realized while browsing my camera roll today to get an inspiration of photos I have taken to give impartation that this photo means so much.
Today God brought me to the book of Obadiah and it was just one chapter with the prophesy of the judgement of Edom and Deliverance of Israel. When I was reading through the book I felt the strong presence of Gods protection and covering among the people whom He is well pleased. If we will read the book like Pastor Benny Ho told us all before there seems to be impartiality but true enough God hated the Nation of Edom because it was built with the prideful bloodline of Esau the brother of Jacob and from then on the spirit flows and captured by the whole nation. It was a reminder for me and for all of us that we become what we feed our soul and everyone will see it. I prayed that each one of us will be filled with the spirit of the Lord. All the days of our life. Then when I tried to view the condition of the house of Jacob Amazingly I saw Gods covering to the people who chose to serve Him despite of all suffering. When I looked at the photo of that marina bay sands I took I notice that in the photo though it was very dark that time the clouds was outstanding. You will see a very tangible covering in the place wherein it's supposed to be dark and clouds may not be so visible. I felt like during that time of despair this is how God proved His protection and covering to the house of Jacob. Edom might be a powerful Nation, built with warriors and strong army but then nothing can go against the might and power of God. That moment for Israel maybe a dark period but then God still chose to show up and bless the house of Jacob and deliver them because they pleased God. There was this sense of urgency in my heart when I read and reflect on this passage. I really do hope and pray that we will not be astray and remain in the house of God, in the body of Christ, that even the devil shoot us with many troubles and put us in the darkest moment of our life we will still CHOOSE TO SEE GODS PROTECTION, COVERING, LOVE AND GRACE towards us and Magnify it so big that all our problems and suffering will seems to be so small. In Jesus Name! Good morning..😊😊😊😊 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. - Obadiah 1:18 When I took this photo through my phone last time I went for street evangelism in marina bay I did not really pay attention of what's happening to the picture. I was too distracted of how grainy it was because it's too dark and that is all the aperture of a phone camera can do that I just neglect it and store it, then I realized while browsing my camera roll today to get an inspiration of photos I have taken to give impartation that this photo means so much.
Today God brought me to the book of Obadiah and it was just one chapter with the prophesy of the judgement of Edom and Deliverance of Israel. When I was reading through the book I felt the strong presence of Gods protection and covering among the people whom He is well pleased. If we will read the book like Pastor Benny Ho told us all before there seems to be impartiality but true enough God hated the Nation of Edom because it was built with the prideful bloodline of Esau the brother of Jacob and from then on the spirit flows and captured by the whole nation. It was a reminder for me and for all of us that we become what we feed our soul and everyone will see it. I prayed that each one of us will be filled with the spirit of the Lord. All the days of our life. Then when I tried to view the condition of the house of Jacob Amazingly I saw Gods covering to the people who chose to serve Him despite of all suffering. When I looked at the photo of that marina bay sands I took I notice that in the photo though it was very dark that time the clouds was outstanding. You will see a very tangible covering in the place wherein it's supposed to be dark and clouds may not be so visible. I felt like during that time of despair this is how God proved His protection and covering to the house of Jacob. Edom might be a powerful Nation, built with warriors and strong army but then nothing can go against the might and power of God. That moment for Israel maybe a dark period but then God still chose to show up and bless the house of Jacob and deliver them because they pleased God. There was this sense of urgency in my heart when I read and reflect on this passage. I really do hope and pray that we will not be astray and remain in the house of God, in the body of Christ, that even the devil shoot us with many troubles and put us in the darkest moment of our life we will still CHOOSE TO SEE GODS PROTECTION, COVERING, LOVE AND GRACE towards us and Magnify it so big that all our problems and suffering will seems to be so small. In Jesus Name! Good morning..😊😊😊😊 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. - Obadiah 1:18 Today I came to the end of the book of Romans and when Paul was letting the romans greet the fellow workers in Christ I was surprised that he mentioned few women servants of the Gospel at the beginning like Phoebe and Priscilla. It made me smile and say, "Wow, there are women serving the church who also stand out those times and Paul never hesitated to mentor them." In a way it was an eye opener to me and a refresher. All of us can serve God in the best capacity that we have the question is always ARE YOU WILLING MY FRIEND? And when we happened to say yes to the call many struggles, many temptations and stumbling blocks will come along the way because satan will never stop to hinder us from doing the work of God. Interestingly Paul mentioned in Romans 16:17, "Now I urge you brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them." In our walk with Christ many of us will also be tested and questioned and get confused but knowing the very word of God is the best armor and protecting yourself by the guidance of the Holy Spirit is the best way to deal with it. We are all in the flesh and all weak in the flesh, anyone of us can be used by the devil to turn against each other and the church. That's why Paul warned us in bringing divisions and encouraged us to stay away, that we may protect the Body of Christ. In my walk with God it's never a smooth path wherein we can get along with all people but amazingly The Holy Spirit will always have His way to let you discern what to do when you are caught in a situation of dispute. In this world nothing can be done perfectly but God will always act on behalf of us, Paul continue saying,
Romans 16:20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. Today I pray as well to each one of us, whatever the devil tries to throw into our life to weaken us all of it will be crushed under your feet through the Power of our Father in Heaven! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is suficient enough to strengthen us! 😊🙏🏻 Good morning. Passing in The Fullerton we saw this piece of art displayed for public to see. I decided to take a photo and it turned out to be nice. This piece of art was made of empty paper rolls with some colored paper design. It was a random effect of light. If you will notice in different angles you will see different light beams coming out of the rolls. It depends on where the rolls are placed. Will it receive enough amount of light to be highlighted to will it be in a dark spot? It depends on the angle as well and the cover if it is partially open or wide open for it to transmit light beams. Well then same goes with out lives my friends. It depends on where you place yourself at to actually receive light. Do you enjoy to be in the corner, in the dark, to be your own strength? Or would you rather fight to get that spot to be in the light and receive more? Will you seek the Light whom is Jesus? Will you seek His presence rather than stay where you are comfortable regardless how dark it is? But once we received, it doesn't stop there. Will you be someone who will receive but just let it flow through you and pass on the light beams so many can benefit from your lights or will you take hold of that light and cover it partially and just give away which ever makes it through the little opening, little opportunity you have given for that light to comes out? I don't know but Jesus commanded us to be the Salt of the earth and light of the world. God commanded us to, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." (Mt. 5:16)Will you be the light to a friend, to an enemy, to a family, to your loved ones, to the poor, to the weak and to the strangers? Will you choose to shine? #wordofGod #devotion #momentinthepark #thankful #timetoponder #wordofGod #reflection #light #saltandlight #christianliving #followerofChrist #passion #calling
In this world you can be in the top or in the valley but it doesn't matter where you are because one day, if we don't choose to give up and keep moving on, we will realize that in due time if we happened to be in the valley today we can climb up again. There is always a way to go up. There is always a way to be in a better place. Life may seems scary sometimes seeing these tall and huge blocks in front of you but believe that you can! "Faith moves mountains." And once you conquer that giant mountain in front of you and reached the top, your reward is there, the comfort of the beautiful scenery right before your eyes. You will just say while staring at the beauty of Gods creation, praise the Name of my Creator! See the great opportunity that is beyond those mountains of life! Be amaze and just say It is true, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." 😊😊😊
Are you seeing huge mountains in front of you today? Well then move that mountain or better yet, climb over you would know what is on the other side only if you try to conquer it.😊😊😊 #conqueror #climb #israel #timetoponder #wordofGod #christianliving #faith #believe #simplicity #Lifetothefullest #travelstoke #thankful #blessed #favoured #Godslove #nature #passion #calling #nevergiveup #obey #life #onelife #onepurpose #oneGod Romans 15:13 (NKJV)
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 😊 Life situations and struggles can be "hope" draining sometimes but God is the unlimited hope supplier. Whenever you feels like giving up, losing hope, losing joy and restless, full of worries and got no peace well then good news, supermarket may be able to supply different variaties of food and stuff for our conveniece but God can fully give those which can never be bought from this world. We can never depend our hope, joy, love and peace in the people around us, not even our family, our work and all material things on this world because those don't last so long, even the strongest person in the world can still run off of those. Friends, the everlasting joy and hope and peace and love and everything only comes from the Father in Heaven. Give your full Trust in Him! Worry Not! Believe! 😊😊😊 Good morning.. Romans 15:4-6 (NKJV)
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope. 5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Life One thing I am sure of, People will hurt you and You will hurt people. Agree or Not? Nobody can escape from this. Little or big we will have an argument, misunderstanding, debate and all sort of fight and battle in mind, in the heart or actions. But Today, i really pray that to the best ability that we can with the help and comfort of the scripture we will show more patience and grace towards our brothers and sisters. I believe like what is written in Romans 15:4-6, if we only seek Gods wisdom and guidance from His word, we can show more grace and understanding. Today I pray that each one of us will be touched by the Holy Spirit. We may have our differences and weaknesses but if we unite as one there is Great power that comes our from unity, there is a great power that comes from a collaboration of praise and worship of different people serving and worshipping God with ONE MIND, ONE HEART AND ONE SOUL. Body Of Christ! Let's Be united in our Worship! 😊😊😊In Jesus Name. Amen!!!! Do you have fear of heights? If no, good for you but I guess most of us got something we are so afraid to do. Some people are so afraid to stand in the platform or stage to speak, like the stage will eat them whenever they see it.😂 Some are afraid of total darkness. Yeah, it can be you. But in this world where fear is everywhere the only thing we can do is to face it. We will never know if we can if we will never try to conquer our fears. There are things that needed to be done and for most of us fear is the ultimate reason why we can never step up and move up and do it.
There are some who's fear is rejection and failure. In most cases if you are this person you will hardly achieve anything because you are afraid to start to begin with. When we fail it's ok! Don't be too hard on yourself and just try again, rise up from falling! Stand up and continue life. We all fail! We all fall! But those people whom you see still standing are the ones who chose to rise up after they fall while you are still in the ground. Today I pray and declare courage to everyone! The devil may say that we can't! "But God say you can through Me!" If God is with us, who can be against us? - Romans 8:31 We will never fulfill the task given to us by God because the devil will also try his best to scare us and condemn us. Believe that God called you to be mighty and great! Have a full of courage life everyone! God said in Ezra 10:4, "Arise, for this matter is your responsibility.We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it.” Romans 14:8-9 (NIV)
8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. 9 For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. Anyone of you live just for the sake of living? Just to sustain until you get to your 40's, just to carry on until your 60's and just work, wait until you get to your old age and die? Do you think that way? Do you plan to live your life that way? Well, almost more than half of the people in the world thinks and lives that way. Like life is just a cycle that we all are oblige and force to be in. 😳 My friend it is not like that. Life will have a meaning when we finally found out our mission here on earth that was given by God Himself. We Are not supposed to just grow up, graduate, work, get married and after that focus on kids, work, work hard, work harder. Alamak! Like your already buried 6feet under the ground while you still have breath! Friend, you are special and each of us got special mission from God. If you are called to be a mother or a father be the pastor of the house. Teach your children to be who they need to be for God. If you are called in the market place do your best to increase your influence not for you but for the greatness of God to be revealed. We are not robots nor zombies. God gave us life for a reason. The same reason why He created us is still the same reason why He kept us alive until today. If we are so far from that reason, then you are almost dying my friend! Turn to God, seek His will and Live out His will. We should live and die for only one reason, that is for the reason why God created us, the same goes why Jesus went all the way to calvary to die for us so we can have the freedom to fulfill that calling. 😊 Have a long lasting life guyz! Today i pray that each of us will live our life for God alone. In Jesus Name. Amen! Want to live? It's always about us willing to take the next step. I remember Pastor Christie said that we should not be afraid to think big and to set a high goal in serving God. "If it doesn't stretch you or no risk at all it's a vision of a man(natural) and not from God(supernatural)." Living is all about risk, when we are growing up some maybe excited of moving to highschool, to college, go to work and eventually start a family but for most people it's frightening. The change is scary! The adjustment is mind blowing but we will never move on, move forward and move up if we let fear eat us up. God always prepare the best life for us but we will never taste it if we are not willing to even move our feet to step on that life God wants us to experience. Take it like taking pictures, sometimes you need to wait patiently to get a nice shot, there are some where in you need to act fast and just choose to take a shot otherwise you will missed it and it can never happen again. Life is full of things to be discovered, to be experience and to enjoy when we start living how God wants us to. Today pray and be bold. Ask God what He wants you to do. If turns out to be big take a risk just ask! Life is too short to be wasted! And the only significant worth of living is living for the glory of God!
Joshua 1:9(NKJV) 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” #wordofGod #encouragement #livinglife #life #Lifetothefullest #onelife #onepurpose #oneGod #risk #ask #AllforJESUS #adventure #love #camera #pictures #capturingmoments 😊 So, the last time black and white photo became colorful...😊
In life we choose to bring colors to our lives and to the life of others. Tough times will come and everything will be grey but that is this world impression. That is what this fallen world want you to interpret life. The devil will take away the colors one by one. That devil loves to take but Jesus loves to give. He gave His life for us to have life. Don't waste it by living a grey life. "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." - John 10:10 The choice will still be with you. It's your choice to let this world take your colors or worst you yourself gave it away. These colors and joy of life got only one source. Like what King Solomon said in the book of ecclesiastes, life is "Vanity, vanity, all is VANITY." Life is worthless, of no value and LIFELESS if you live for this world UNDER the SUN. A life lived intended for the Kingdom Up In Heaven is the colorful life. Today If you are losing your colors or all colors were gone and you are living a LIFELESS life then turn to God. Turn the pages to JOB Chapter 42. Claim the Victory! Seek for Life from the very giver of life...😊 Turn to Jesus! Breakthrough! Breakforth! Choose to live! Have a Colorful life everyone! 😊 |
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