How do we live by faith? "We live it in daily basis!!!" I know my God! That is how personal we are to each other. It never failed! We declare by faith!!! Heheheh... I was really waiting for this midnight because I am excited for God to amaze me again like what He did to me last February for my bonus. It is not testing Him but more of EXPECTING what He will give me. I always say "pray with an expectant heart." We pray to a big God, to an awesome God! Pray in such a way that reflects how great your God is! Well, I have not seen the envelop yet! I have not seen the letter yet but my bank account says it all. Last june was our appraisal and though i know I need to stretch for that month for many reasons I still decided to respond to a call from Him to go for a mission trip. My conversation with Him was "You know God I need to settle accounts for Israel by August right?" He answered like just go! Let me handle it! That was tuesday of somewhere early june. Wednesday I received a message from my Boss about promotion and he talked to me. I was like "ok God! Hands up! Hahaha" One more! I know this is to finance all those things I leave unto your hands God! Let's push this to the edge! Can I request what I want to receive by the end of July? So I tithe the amount to Him, what salary I want to see in my payslip for the month of July. Declaring before I even receive the amount is what suddenly prompt to me last month. I am excited to really see it happen in my own eyes and excited to know that God really is providing for my up coming mission trip. I was crying in such amusement when I finally see it! Just exactly what I asked for! Isn't it amazing to see How God move into your life with every part of it? I am not Lucky! I am Favoured! I am blessed! I am a daughter of the Most High! Him answering my prayer is one way for me to know that this coming trip is really His plan!!! This is also a testimony of how God provides when you never fail to bless other people with all that you have. Thank You Lord! You never fail to amaze and surprise me and answer my prayer! Answered prayer once again! All Glory to God! Matthew 7:7-8New King James Version (NKJV)Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. #increase #work #promotion #favoured #blessed #amazed #loved # Suddenly our site office need to power off to check the electrical loading so I went to our site BBQ pit to kill time and while I was browsing my gallery I saw our anniversary photos again and I couldn't be thankful enough on How God moved in the birth of my new life group. It was just 3 months after and I saw many miracles, breakthroughs, testings and favours poured out in each one of us and I am certain that many more will still come!!!! Thank You Lord! I am truly honoured to serve You. #dunamis13@jubilee I was reading a book and suddenly one line captured my heart. "Everyone is Worth Finding." It made me feel thankful that God really made a way to find me. It really made me think about those lost souls out there that haven't found yet. Many times I always tell the people around me why i don't like watching news. There is something within me that always tell me that don't watch. It wont help you. It always brings terror and hate and corrupts your mind. When you don't see how cruel this world is you will not have any reasons to hate it. I can walk in the streets alongside with a harmful person and i might still offer help. Hahahah, sometimes funny and scary things come across my mind imagining it could happen. But nevertheless, trying to see good things always in people around us or stranger is one way of loving them from a distance. Because no matter how ugly that person's character, how terrible and how cruel a person is, remember that cruelty or bad attitude was triggered of something. It is true that we have a sinful nature but it doesn't anyhow comes out it's a process that happened. So, there is still a great chance that one process can change that person and that is the Love of God. I believe you will all agree with me that only God can change people but how would they know about the love of God if nobody will tell them? That is exactly why we are here. There comes our part. We are the seekers. God value every soul so if we really do follow God we will have the same heart for the losts and sinners. We all once been in the dark times of our lives and everyone of us are once been created by a Holy God. There's always hope for everyone. Surely, there's a treasure that lies within each one of us. Ephesians 2:1-5New King James Version (NKJV)By Grace Through Faith1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),There are many reasons that we can get attracted with someone at this time. Some will look for someone with the same interest, some will get attracted with physical looks, some will base from intelligence, some will base from character and some will always say like usual, "I just fell in love." Then the most common reason is when two people just got developed for always spending time together. It's like you will be with a person who's always around, whom you always see or talked to. What if you get tested and be apart how will you face it? Would it be nice to really found someone by spirit? Like, something within your inner soul that tells you that, that person is the one. Isn't it so amazing when you in your heart even though you are not side by side with that person you know that both of your hearts worship together for God? Would it be so cool to testify that your love story is a work of the Holy Spirit? I believe two souls that were binded by worship will always have a strong bond that will hold them together. 😊 #Godlydating #loved #blessed #worship #allforJesus #inHisperfecttime I started reading a new book today which I have seen in a movie not so long time ago. It's a movie that opened my eyes to do unthinkable things and radical moved in evangelism. So, while in the busride from work to the place where we will do our street evangelism I was reading it, then i came across this line about the author, "His history reads like a chapter out of the Book of Acts." I really said, I want the same thing. It's a divine jealousy where you would like to attain that level. I also want people to remember my life like a chapter in the bible. Another one said, "I was intrigued by the creativity and high adventures Kevin Dedmon displayed in The Ultimate Treasure Hunt!" I was intrigued indeed but by this time I was about to go down from the double deck and alight. As soon as I went out, the worship playing in my phone went really loud in my spirit. It's the worship I am learning for my next evangelistic mission trip. I normally worship where ever I go and pray in tongues but earlier was an awesome experience. After I went down and look up the sky the worship song filled my heart and spirit. I eventually closed my eyes while walking then my whole body felt a great chills, so great it unknowingly lift my arm towards the sky and sing very loud. The wind started to blow stronger and my chills went up high! Then I opened my eyes and the students from ITE was staring at me. So I smiled and continue to walk. Still smiling I crossed the road and continue to sing . Worship is not a duty to be done, it is not a requirement to be called christians. Worship is more than a function or singing, it should be a lifestyle. Worship should come naturally like how you breath everyday. It should be part of your system that you will die if it's not activated. Worship like you have never before. Soak in the presence of God. It makes a great shift in the spiritual realm. 😊 When we serve and work hard to build the kingdom of God. When we got caught up of the many task and when we are tagled with many schedules just to fulfill our duties in the kingdom Of God I do hope that we don't get to the point that all we can see is our tasks; That all we can think of is the kingdom but we don't even bother to think about our KING... In the midst of every preparation that we are doing while serving the kingdom of God, like the upcoming anniversary of the church I call upon you fellow servants. Take time, take heart to pause and converse with the King. Hear from the king because out of busyness you might not hear His voice anymore. Take time to check and examine your heart is your serving reached until the perimeter of the kingdom only? Or it goes straight up to our King.. Go back to the very heart of worship. Enjoy His presence and offer whatever you do for Him alone. #thejoyofservingtheKING... I always find it amuzing how much I learned from every book I read. I just finished reading "Surviving Your Wilderness" by Daniel Kolenda. Every part of the thin book speaks so much. Are you in the wilderness right now? You must know these tips: #1. Don't Panic Do not fear! In any stranded and lost moment having no clarity at all will make things worst. If it happened to be like things are falling apart stay calm and be still and know the He is our God. Call upon him. Don't dare to move without certainty that it is from God. Listen! Don't do things out of your own strength when you are in spiritual wilderness you will make the situation worst! #2. Assess your Situation Why are you in the wilderness? Are you in a wilderness of opposition because of your disobedience to God? If we do or decide one thing which is in the opposite direction of what God wants us to do not very long you will find yourself in the wilderness. Lost and sinking down in the desert. Or Are you in the position of wilderness of promotion? Wherein God test you if you are worthy enough of the big things to come? You are in the wilderness becauae God wants to see if you can be trusted of the task He is calling you. God is preparing you in the wilderness so in that way if you make it until the end of the test still trusting God you will be stong to face the challenge. As what the Word says, God will never allow us to get tempted of the things beyond our capacity. Check your life. Maybe God is just testing you, don't give up and keep holding on to the Word of God! His promise is true and real. #3. Find Shelter! There is no greater shelter than the presence of God. I'm always amaze how God protects me when I'm about to get tangled in the wrath of wilderness. You see, on our most vulnerable moment that is the perfect time for satan to attack us. If we are not fully covered and sheltered in the presence of God we will surely collapse so easy. But the question is how can you find shelter during wilderness. Those times you may have been blinded by the tricks of the enemy. You maybe lost in the play of emotion, how will you find your way in the shelter of God? Go in the foot of the cross! Just surrender to God! Stop hiding from Him but instead hide in Him. #4. Build A Fire! I remember in the Fire Conference Evang. Reinhard shared that once he was interviewed and asked, "how do you keep the fire going?" He answered and said i don't need to do anything to keep it going because God Himself will keep it going. Don't try too hard to keep it burning becAuse once you keep on obeying God He will keep it burning." What if it went out? You are totally dry? How? Well then, the best time to worship God is when you feel like YOU DON'T LIKE IT! When you are in the wilderness choose to worship God slowly the fire will start go ignite again and you will be consumed with His burning Fire. 5. Drink Water I don't know how hot it is in the desert but just merely staying in the construction site at work for the whole day will sure cause me heat stroke, how much more in the wilderness? If you are in spiritual drought right now you better drink quickly or you will be eternally condemned. Jesus once said to the Samaritan woman in the well that whoever drinks of this world water will thirst again but whoever drinks of the water that comes from Him will never thirst again. KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED WITH HIS PRESENCE! 6. Find Nourishment If i will be stranded in the desert I actually don't know how long i will survive without food. I hardly survive with my normal physical condition in a normal weather setup how much more in the wilderness? Same thing in our spiritual life. If you get hungry or tested and fail for a day of not reading the word of God and a week without proper guidance of the Word of God how much more when you are in the wilderness? When you are totally detached? How will you survive? Jesus said, men should not live by bread alone but with every word Of God. Friends! One day without food surely your physical body will get weak. Few more days i think most probably your system will collapse. Then now how about no food at all for your soul for many days? Do you think you will survive the temptations? Do you think you will survive your wilderness? God loves us that much. He will always do. He provides everything we need to survive, the only thing we need to do is acknowledge that we need help and Let God lead you. We should have learned from the experience of the Israelites on the wilderness by now. Its should have been a short and smooth trip! It should have been a wilderness of promotion. God just need to see if they are faithful enough to receive the promised land but rather it became road to destruction. The travel became a tragedy instead of fulfillment of the promise. Let's learn from them and Try our best not to repeat the same. Let's all together look forward to be in the promised land!!!! Hold on! The promised land awaits you and me! Before I go to sleep I just want to share a quick testimony of God's Favour by blessing other people. Thursday night is our lg with D12 and we went to the streets to share smiles! Joy! Sweets! Encouragement to every strangers we've met! Post sticky noted to people affirming them! We went to Shaw Lido afterwards after walking so long trying to find a place to sit and eat after our lg so we can have sharing. Then since I ran ahead to check the place and secure seats while waiting I suddenly thought of our long time planned minion movie bonding. So while waiting for the rest I checked movie time slot and imI found 11:10pm. I checked with them and about 10:50 me, bless and lovely went to purchase movie tickets. Out of no where the aunty in the counter asked if we stay there or work there then I answered: " no aunty we are just here earlier in the streets to bless people. We are just giving sweets and encouragements to the people. By the way We should give you and I looked for my sticky notes and made a note for her. She then said. "Wow! I should give you all a discount then!" Praise God! From 84 it went down to 69 dollars plus 5 vouchers for pop corn combo! Isn't that great? We just bless some strangers then God is so quick in blessing us back. We serve an Amazing God! Praise God!!!! God has been so good with My New life group. He never stopped pouring out the favours upon the people. From my last posts we declared new work for Angel and Fina but God gave more than that. He even give new people that can be a channel of favours also. Angel finally got new job to start on july 23. Fina finally got work. Pass approved today!!! Mhay who have attended our the voice event got hired tuesday after that week. Waiting for pass also. Still waiting for June and we are claiming it in advance. Favour for the leave approval for micah for our Thailand mission trip was so amazing! Her manager even put her off day the day we need to ho back sg. Super out pouring of blessings!!!!! I am overwhelmed Lord! This is just additional from all the blessings others have received already last month. 😭😭😭 😊😊😊 I am thankful seeing the people being blessed! May we all be a channel of blessings and favours! Let's flow it!!!! Praise God for everything! SUPER THANK YOU LORD!!!!😍😍😍 During Jesus ministry here on earth most of us knew about the 12 Disciples and many of us will also wonder; How come Judas who have been with Jesus face to face, who have worked with the Messiah and witness every miracle He did was able to betray God. Judas was there just the same as the other 11. Why the other 11 fully surrendered and he did not? Judas have seen Jesus physically and still manage to betray his master, I wonder how can we be much worst than him. Judas was with them but not OF them. He was there but not fully embrace it. He was a practical man who thinks of his position after thinking forward of what can happen to Jesus. John 13:18-21 18 “I do not speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with Me[a] has lifted up his heel against Me.’[b] 19 Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am He.20 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” 21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” Judas became so cold. He is IN company with them but not OF the company. He is not truly within the family. Some of the christians are also like that. Not because we go to church we became child of God. We might have an interest in the Word of God but it doesn't mean we are saved. You will know in yourself that you are saved. You and God should know more than anyone else. We can fool people but we can never fool ourselves and GOD. Judas was with Jesus more thAn 3 years but still manage to turn upside down. What can make you do the same thing to Jesus? Giving all up and choose other way other than what is Jesus leading you? Is it wealth and security like Judas? Have you examine yourself? Are you serving but not fully surrendered to God? How much of Judas do you have in yourself? 2 Corinthians 13:5New King James Version (NKJV)5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. We might be serving with the company of believers and believe in God but not become one of them. Salvation is not as cheap as we get it and loss it and get it again and loss it. Be real with yourself and ask yourself right now, are you really OF the believers company? When you finally identify and be honest with yourself that is the only way you can make it right with God. It's either you will come to the time that Satan will finally get a full of you like Judas. John 13:27New King James Version (NKJV) 27 Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.” Or be full of the radical love of Jesus. His Love is consistent. In the whole time that Judas was with them from the start Jesus knew it will be Judas but He have shown the same love with all of the 12. They never knew that one of them will betray Jesus. Jesus loved Judas until the very end. That is why He is troubled that one of them will betray Him(v21) not because He will die but one of them will be lost eternally. He is feeling the same way for all of us. He doesn't just love us when we serve or because He wants us to go for mission, worship His name and be a leader or pastor. HE LOVES US! Period!!! Don't wait until it's too late. Repent and finally surrender to His Love.! He is waiting and longing for you to finally Be Of His company. He is Philip.. He is the guy who was sitting beside me in the plane on my way back to Singapore from doing mission trip in Isabela Philippines for their second anniversary. That night God prompted to me to pray for him because he kept on coughing badly. He let me pray for him and eventually he just kept on asking about the bible and christianity like what I have shared before until we went on before we land to the prayer for him to get to know Christ even more and accept Him as his Saviour. I wrote about it last time, the whole story. After that encounter I always follow up on him but his schedule in retail hinder him from attending the lifegroup and sunday service but our communication still went on. Until last sunday the spirit prompted me. After a long time it was just that day I asked him where he is working so I can just drop by sometime and tadahhhh!!!! He said seletar mall just the mall besides where i work and where i usually eat my lunch. Isn't it amazing? Now I can finally pay a visit. 😊😊😊 I finally saw him after 3months. God works in a very surprising and amazing way, more than what we can understand and imagine. THERE IS NO ACCIDENT WITH GOD! All things happened for a reason. I believe God really wants this fellow brother to be imparted of God's work through me. I am so blessed and amazed!! Tonight we went out for street evangelism with the other life groups in the church in orchard area. After 9pm we already had our closing prayer so me and micah went for a walk for prayer first and happened to meet 4 Filipina girls who are very accommodating so in short was an extended street evangelism then after a few minutes of talk with them we continue our walk and sit in the fountain in front of Ngee Ann to pray first for whatever prayer concerns in the Job seeking Fina have. Then after praying ang taking some rest we finally decided to go home and walk towards orchard mrt then we happened to bump to one Indian Teenager selling keychains. Her name is Harvini. She was so tired and she started telling her family story. She was only 18years old and got two more siblings whom she's trying to raise on her own. Her Mom died from giving birth on their youngest sister whom by the way just 6months by now. She got one more brother who is 16 years old and they are struggling because her dad is in prison. The government is supporting them and she is working for the company that supports low income families. After hearing her we gave our food we have from KFC then from the keychains she was selling there was one, only one that is in pair. It is a whistle keychain and the moment i laid my eyes on it I knew that is the one we will buy so me and fina will have one each to remind us of that moment. Then we told her that we will get the keychain but we asked her to move on the corner of the street first so we can pray for her. We blessed and her pray for her so she could finally open her to see Gods love in her life. We prayed for the 10$ to multiple in a supernatural way to sustain their family in a longer time though it may seems to be not much in the time being. After we prayed for her i saw a difference in her face. We gave to her our life group invite card so she can contact us anytime she might need help. We left super blessed. It was an amazing night tonight. We are more blessed meeting people in the streets that needs prayer and needs to hear the love of God. Just like the aunty selling tissue near somerset that we prayed for when we started the street evangelism. Thank You Lord for the opportunity to bless your people. Tonight was not just an ordinary street evangelism that we normally fo for the anniversary harvest for Filipinos but an opportunity to reach and touch more people beyond culture and language. Would you like to be a blessing upon others? Don't hesitate to act upon it. Everyone can be a blessing..😊😊😊 Be more like Christ. 😊😊😊 (Fina and Me testimony for tonights street evangelism and prayer walk.) 1 Peter 2:21New King James Version (NKJV)21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us,[a] leaving us[b] an example, that you should follow His steps: I believe as a church leader one thing you will always be proud of seeing and will always want to see happening is the people under your care capture the very heart of Jesus and choose to follow Him. I am not so sure if discipleship is my strength but one thing I am sure is we are called to be like little Christ, an imitator of the Messiah and it is our responsibility to do the same thing with the people given to us by God. It is our responsibilty to show them and disciple them how to be like little Christ. I'm just so inspired to see two of the people whom I just met from street evangelism doing the exact thing. Would it be nice to see those you have met in street evangelism doing the street evangelism? I am blessed and moved how I see the passion forming in their hearts and I couldn't be thankful enough to witness how they choose to follow Christ day by day. I can't wait to see the whole Lg moving and marching in one direction for the Glory of God! Soon.... I have fought a good fight! I have finish the race! Sundown 2015 is my 1st official run of this year and my 1st official run after my 2nd operation. Hahah.. One thing i learned from this run is setting a goal! To my first ever comeback in the race this is my first time ever to run as far as 8km without stopping and walking. Before the race started i told myself i will never stop before 3km and i will make sure i will make it until 5km withouth stopping and resting and my Goal God is 7km please help me make it. I thought i will never make it since i got sick pretty bad last thursday but PRAISE GOD!!! I did it more than 7km I stopped only before hydration area which is few steps from 8km. I rest that time. In every race we don't need to rush things. Take it slowly but surely. Set a goal and focus on that goal. And every time you feel weak go back on your goal you will surely make it through. When I make it to my 5km I thank Go I made it and said few more to my 7km. When I saw my 6km I said, one more God! When I finally saw my 7km I looked up and smile and said few more, just some more until I saw the bridge and the hydration area and I made it through. That is exactly how i also feel in my race for God. Ever since I finally gave my whole life to Him I just go back to my covenant unto Him when ever i feel weak or tested. I always remind what is my reason for running this race. What is my Goal. 😊 I want to make sure I will have the same passion and strength until the very end. My last 500m was amazing! I run as fast as I can to the best that I can! No stop until i step in the finish line! Glory to God! I made it!!!! RECORD BREAKING! Next time 10km straight no stop before I go to my half marathon! Isn't it amazing when you just found yourself the whole day worshipping your God. No sickness can pin me down and no worries can drag my spirit down! You are my Lord that made me stronger day by day and I know that worshipping You in the lowest valley is the greatest form of worship. You call me out upon the waters God's favour will always follow us when we choose to obey and honor His will. You don't just expect favour to pour out while you are not prepared for the pour out or you are off course of God's way and will. You will not feel the favour if somehow you are paddling in the opposite direction of the will of God. It will be a journy with struggles and exhausting but then there is always a chance to change route and go in the same current of God's flow. It's like you don't expect God to bless the chips you are about to eat to give nourishment to you body while everything it does is only to give you a short while satisfaction then harm your body. He will surely bless and favour you when you are in the right position to accept favours. 😊😊😊 Declaring favour upon you today! 😊 In Jesus Name! Where is your direction when it comes to relationship? Many mistakenly separate their relationships in this world with their relationship with God. I think it should not be like that. The direction should be parallel and not towards the opposite side. Surely if the two of you is directed by God to be together both of you will also direct each other to God. A couple that is bind by God is also sustained by God. 😊😊😊 If you are not directed towards God and only towards the world or you are just getting closer to each other instead of getting each other closer to God, far worst is if you are getting far away from God most likely it is not from God. Time to examine your heart..😊 #adamcappa #Godlydating #relationship #lovelife |
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