Thank God for messages heard

Thank God, last Friday I heard a message entitled "How to be a good boyfriend and girlfriend?" Unbelievers cannot exercise Agape love. This is a love that is a sacrificial love and you are willing to die for the person. Love willing to suffer wrong, love is kind, love does not envy, love is not proud, love does not behave in an attitude that will detest by others, love is not self seeking, love does not provoke you to be angry easily, love does not think evil of a person. There is so much to learn about love. Not the hollywood or bollywood kind of love, they teach sex and lust. To understand the full extend of love, one has to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour. Do not wait or hesitate anymore, experience the peace of heart and true love yourself by trusting only in Jesus.

Thank God for smooth piano playing

Thank God that my playing was ok yesterday. Although I still felt a bit nervous but everything went on fine. As usual, I have a few mistakes here and there but this time I did not screw up anything:) Thank God that playing piano at the Chinese side really help me to train my sight reading and also confidence in playing in front of large crowd. In turn, I was also like trained to play in front of the examiner. Well all these are really good training for me. Well I am still not good at it yet, I training up to it. Thank God for opportunity to serve Him. Also thank God that I found a great website for piano resource. It is at HERE I am so happy today cause I got to find quite a number of scores that I am looking for! Praise the Lord!

I had also recorded some nice Christian songs. Enjoyed!

Thank God for a pass in Grade 6 piano exams

Two weeks had passed since I took the exams on 25th August 2007. Exactly two weeks from then, I checked my results online. Thank God that I got a Pass with 117 marks; fall short of 3 marks for Merit. Although it fall short of my expectation, cause I am aiming for Merit, but I remembered "in everything give thanks to the Lord!"

Thank God that at a span of only 3 years of learning the piano seriously, I am now promoted to Grade 7. Amazing! It is God's grace and enabling! I have saved lots of money in this without having to go through the lower grades! Therefore, I thank God for helping me to improve in my piano at such a short period of time! This Sunday, it is my second time playing in the church sanctuary. For the first time, I had screwed it up a bit. I pray that this time I will be better:)

Thank for message on loving your brothers & sisters in Christ

Yesterday, the Lord's messenger Dr Tow shared something that strike a chord in me. He said that before you want to learn what is brotherly love you have to do two things. First of all, you have to love God. If you cannot love God, you don't know what is true love. After that, you have to love your parents. He shared something on showing filial piety to our own parents.

He shared that he once asked an old lady how often does her child visited her. The old lady reply that it is only once a month. When I heard that, I was quite sad. After the children got married, they tend to forget their parents. They are too busy with their work, their own stuffs, their own children and forget that who had brought them up since young. Do we want to wait until our parents are no longer around then we start to regret that we had not done enough for them?

He also shared that if he is her children, he will visit her every week. Which I think is reasonable and that we should. What can be so busy that we forget about our parents who had brought us up? He also shared that filial piety is practical. We have to do something that is different. For example, in the past we don't sweep the floor, we do it out of love for them now. We help our parents to clean up the house. In the past we don't wash dishes, now we do it voluntarily. We do not need our parents to tell us what to do then we do. I am convicted in my heart to I want to do something for my parents. Since they are still unbelievers, I have to show forth the love of Christ in my life. Truly, it is not easy to take up your own cross daily to follow Christ. We have to denied ourselves daily and seek to do God's Will for us in our lives.

Thank God for his message to me. A change of attitude is necessary and will make a difference in your testimony!

Thank God for Grade 6 piano exams finally over!

Cool! I finally went through Grade 6 piano exams. It was a fun experience. This time I managed to greet the female examiner first! Last piano exams, the male examiner greet me first. Foreigners are very friendly. Thank God that for both exams, I was not too nervous that I can't play. Truly thank God for good piano teacher, good preparation and not too nervous at the critical moment. I managed to calm myself down. Probably, playing in the Chinese congregation in the church also helps a lot. Thank God for opportunity this year. Unknowing, my sight reading skills improve quite a lot! All praise and glory to God on high!

This mid autumn festival, I think is a memorial one. I did something that I want to do. Sometimes in life, if there is something you don't do it, you might regret it in the future. Thank God that I made my decision to do it. I don't know what will happen in the future but I know God has always given me the best that I could not imagine. I think the greatest gift that he had given me is salvation. Therefore, I prayed that I will be able to share it passionately to others. May others see Jesus in me! Truly it is not easy but I will try to:)

Thank God for encouragement along the way

Yup! It is good to give thanks to the Lord always. I wanna thank God for having Christian friends who care enough, shared with me their experiences, encouraging me along the way and even prayed with me in the midst of testing.

One brother even send an SMS with these verses and words of encouragement:
"Psa 33:16b a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Look at Samson, his strength made him weak. But for David, his weakness was made perfect in Jehovah to defeat Goliath. Amen"

Yup! Truly to go through this testing, it cannot be by my own strength but by God's mercy, strength and power.

Thank God also for the Sunday school teaching on Romans 6.
Rom 6:3-4 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Yes, I was baptised in 23rd December 2001. Did I baptized into Christ death? Did I die to myself and walk in newness of life? What is it that I have promised to God during my baptism? That I will read the bible daily and strive to lead a holy life. Have I failed to do that?

These questions popped up in my mind. Thank God for reminding me the meaning of baptism even as I had answered it myself, I want to obey what I had promised to God before man. There is something that I have learnt in my NS life: "Tough time don't last but tough man do!" Yes, my testing will not last forever, but it is whether I will trust in God to do what is His will for me in life. Pray that God will delivered me soon!

Amen!

Thank God for small encouragement during testing

Yesterday's daily devotion sharing was a good one. I can see one brother is trying very hard to come back to church. This is a good sign. Another brother was agonising for his sins. Almost everyone is going through some testing or trials now. I think sometimes in order to preserve the purity of the church, the testing of our faith in God is truly necessary. Thank God for this time of testing. I am sure after these testing or trials, we will learnt to trust God more, pray more and be closer to God.

Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Jas 1:2-4 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Pray that God will be closer to us during this period of time!

Thank God for a tender heart

I still remember when I was young, when I watched sad show, I will laugh at people who cry. I will wonder why they get so serious about watching a show. After believing in Christ, God seems to open my tear gland. I feel sad when I watched sad programme now. God help me to feel more for people, to get interested with other people's life. This is one way of showing care and concern for people. So far, two girls cried while they shared with me their problems. I felt very sad when I see girls cry. I don't know why but I had more compassion for girls who cry. Although it is their nature to cry but I feel that a girl should not be hurt by any one else. They should be protected.

It has been a long time seems I had cried. This year there had been a lot of occasions that I feel like crying. I don't know why, this year there are a lot of happiness but there are also a lot of sad events that had filled this year. This year is really an exciting year. My mood changes a lot this year. I don't know whether it is good or bad but I know that God will help me to go through all trials.

Job 23:10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

God is testing me again.

I am going through a period of testing now. I think that this is a good sign as it has been a long time since God tested me. The first time is when I was in the naval diving unit. I believe I had passed the test. Although in the process I did not response the way that I could have been. Never the least, God help me to be closer to Him after that.

This time, I believe that the test that I am going through will also bring me closer to God. I had a wrong start in the beginning. Thank God that He had sent a godly counsel to help me to discern God's will. Thank God that by faith I apply it yesterday. The process is painful but I know that God will bring it to pass. I just have to wait on the Lord and see God's perfect plan in action!

During the youth camp, I already sense that God is going to test me. I had already started praying then however the intensity of prayer is not there. I even asked two person to prayed for me. I did a wrong start in the beginning, I let my will dominated me. Thank God that I had put a stop to it yesterday. These few days, the prayer intensity grew greater. Thank God that I prayed more, not just for myself but also for brothers and sisters in Christ. Shomerim and myself is going through some testing period now. Pray that God will deliver us and keep us close to Him at this period. Thank God that God had worked in me again. I believed that I have reached the state of prayer that I prayed to obtain.

God heard my prayer cause I asked for it for a long period of time. God granted it, therefore He will give me the grace to go through this testing. I just want to pray that God's will be done and not my will be done. If God had granted the desire of my heart in the future, I believe I will cry out and thank God for His marvellous love for me! Praise the Lord!

My Cute Niece Again

Having a baby is really a joyful thing. Look how cute it is!