Rev. Wang showed us this interesting comic, which I think presents a pretty clear view and direction to us :P...picture says a thousand words, as some might say :)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
J: 080316 - Carry your own cross
Today's sermon by Rev. Wang was about carrying our own crosses as Christ carried His cross to save us human from doomsday.
Rev. Wang showed us this interesting comic, which I think presents a pretty clear view and direction to us :P...picture says a thousand words, as some might say :)
Rev. Wang showed us this interesting comic, which I think presents a pretty clear view and direction to us :P...picture says a thousand words, as some might say :)
Thursday, March 13, 2008
J: 080313
“Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.” (Revelation 15:3)
Yes. Just like the passage mentioned in the entry, there are numerous times we think God’s tests are too tough for us; or there are other times we see how weak we have been when we are doing God’s work as if God’s not prepared us for the tasks. But the truth is, God IS PREPARING us during those hardships, the tests He gave us; God is shaping us with His Words, His Ways, His Grace, and His Love.
I know I will be thankful to God when things start to go well in my life; I know I will be grateful to God as I complete a service for God as easily as snapping my fingers. However, I also know that I will begin to walk away from God if everything goes as smoothly as I anticipate; I will feel numb, cold, hard, insensible, just like the “old oak”; I will forget how beautiful praises to God used to sound; I will start to lose faith in Him.
So yes, Lord, I know I am still facing struggles and I am aware that serving you is a life-long journey. Please continue to equip me with Thy Words, Thy Ways, Thy Grace, and most importantly, Thy Love.
Yes. Just like the passage mentioned in the entry, there are numerous times we think God’s tests are too tough for us; or there are other times we see how weak we have been when we are doing God’s work as if God’s not prepared us for the tasks. But the truth is, God IS PREPARING us during those hardships, the tests He gave us; God is shaping us with His Words, His Ways, His Grace, and His Love.
I know I will be thankful to God when things start to go well in my life; I know I will be grateful to God as I complete a service for God as easily as snapping my fingers. However, I also know that I will begin to walk away from God if everything goes as smoothly as I anticipate; I will feel numb, cold, hard, insensible, just like the “old oak”; I will forget how beautiful praises to God used to sound; I will start to lose faith in Him.
So yes, Lord, I know I am still facing struggles and I am aware that serving you is a life-long journey. Please continue to equip me with Thy Words, Thy Ways, Thy Grace, and most importantly, Thy Love.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
J: 080312
“And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him.” (Mark 9:26)
“Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Heb. 6:12)
I had discontinued my devotional readings for a while. What seems coincidental is that every time I restarted reading the Spring of Desert entries of the dates accordingly, the messages again reminded me of the lesson of faith. How weak my passion for God has been as I have been losing Faith on my spiritual life. It gets me wonder: why is my heart not filled with God’s grace consistently? Why am I committing the same sins over and over again even though I know He is watching? Why do I not leave all my burdens to Him while I know He’s the almighty being?
Evil never surrenders its hold without a sore fight. We will never pass into any spiritual inheritance through a nice picnic at the backyard or a nice walk at the park. It appears that I haven’t really been trying hard enough to let God enter my soul, let Him fight the fight with me, let Him drive the sloth out of me. I am still not inheriting the promises provided by God due to the facts that I am not trying hard enough to be one of His followers. I am still hesitating when voices are whispering at me to follow His words; I still focus on solving the problems myself when the tests are placed upon; I am still standing infirmly as I am waiting for my Lord to lay my path before me.
Today, there was this trace amount of desire for God that slipped through the brick wall of my heart, and I decided to continue to reflect God’s words on my life, again. Here I am Lord, praying to you, please open my heart and continue to touch my soul and fill me with your grace.
“Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” (Heb. 6:12)
I had discontinued my devotional readings for a while. What seems coincidental is that every time I restarted reading the Spring of Desert entries of the dates accordingly, the messages again reminded me of the lesson of faith. How weak my passion for God has been as I have been losing Faith on my spiritual life. It gets me wonder: why is my heart not filled with God’s grace consistently? Why am I committing the same sins over and over again even though I know He is watching? Why do I not leave all my burdens to Him while I know He’s the almighty being?
Evil never surrenders its hold without a sore fight. We will never pass into any spiritual inheritance through a nice picnic at the backyard or a nice walk at the park. It appears that I haven’t really been trying hard enough to let God enter my soul, let Him fight the fight with me, let Him drive the sloth out of me. I am still not inheriting the promises provided by God due to the facts that I am not trying hard enough to be one of His followers. I am still hesitating when voices are whispering at me to follow His words; I still focus on solving the problems myself when the tests are placed upon; I am still standing infirmly as I am waiting for my Lord to lay my path before me.
Today, there was this trace amount of desire for God that slipped through the brick wall of my heart, and I decided to continue to reflect God’s words on my life, again. Here I am Lord, praying to you, please open my heart and continue to touch my soul and fill me with your grace.
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