I miss Westlife songs man (Got hooked up again haah), so beautiful. It just brings back memories, sch & exams, first job as a waiter, the silly infatuations, assignments, blading, blah blah.. the moments.
My heart's stirring with blissful feelings now tripled with new visions & motivation, O how I needed this divine moment!
I realise sometimes we're moving so fast that we tend to forget the 'moments' in our lives.
Our tomorrow becomes our yesterday in a twinkle. What's the point of striving so hard sometimes for our tomorrow when no one, not even ourselves would care to recall, remember or appreciate when it becomes our yesterday?
Driven by conviction, I've been trying hard for success - the 'ideal lifestyle' (i thank God for the desire), but i'm missing the fact that success, peace & joy is around me, in me, on me, and i'm around, in & on them as well. They're within my reach and come in the form of switches. All i have to do is turn them on whenever i'm empty on the inside. The voice of Truth told me "The first step to living in victory is to surrender." Then i realised until I'm filled in the inside, nothing i set out to do would amount to anything.
Life is like a book. The chapters of the moments are precious, i dont want to lose them, i pray they'd stay in my heart while i hold fast to the spine. i want to turn back to page #1 when i'm old and share with my kids and their kids my story, to inspire, to protect, to build, to leave a legacy. This is what I desire and have set out to do, i find no other reasonable/better options. But there’s still so much more to learn.
Aren't you glad you're able to recall the moments?
Thank God that i still remember..
Zechariah 4:6 (NKJV) & (NLT) So he answered and said to me: “ This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the LORD of hosts.
Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
A very powerful testimony of Brian Welch. Reminds me of the story of the apostle Paul.
(continue when I'm back =)...)
Back! But not commenting le haha.. the video speaks for itself. Maybe some questions to ponder over ba: Brian, how can you walk away from your 'reputation' and walk away from your career which took you time and effort to build to follow/obey Jesus? How can you kick away oppressive habits just like that *snap*? Why are you giving these up for His sake? How did you manage to have it done with?
To us it's siao!(craziness)/courageous/'zai'ness/alot alot of faith/etc But to Brian, God was real & still is. (That's it) How real is God to you?
Promises from God:
Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Acts 17:27 God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
Brian was desperate enough to have God revealed Himself to him I'm very encourage by his testimony, how bout you my friend?
Oh what I would do to have The kind of faith it takes to climb out of this boat I'm in Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone To the realm of the unknown where Jesus is And He's holding out his hand
But the waves are calling out my name and they laugh at me Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed The waves they keep on telling me Time and time again. 'Boy, you'll never win!' "You'll never win"
But the voice of truth tells me a different story And the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!" And the voice of truth says "This is for My glory" Out of all the voices calling out to me I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
Oh what I would do to have The kind of strength it takes to stand before a giant With just a Sling and a stone Surrounded by the sound of a thousand warriors Shaking in their armor Wishing they'd have had the strength to stand
But the giant's calling out my name and he laughs at me Reminding me of all the times I've tried before and failed The giant keeps on telling me Time and time again "boy, you'll never win! "You'll never win"
But the stone was just the right size To put the giant on the ground And the waves they don't seem so high From on top of them looking down I will soar with the wings of eagles When I stop and listen to the sound of Jesus Singing over me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth
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The song is from the movie 'Facing the Giants' which i came across a long time ago and happened to watch it 4 times (not in a roll). Check it out my friends: I like this part of the movie. This part too =)
Do catch it if you ever have the chance
John 14:6 - "Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life..."
You have a sense of destiny You have a gift You have a vision You have a purpose You want to have this, that and those.. You want to do this, that and those..
Then you realised you only got 24 hours a day ('16' to be precise) (alot lesser than that to be more precise)
WAHAHAHAHAH WOW!! never never be the same! amen! ______________________________________________________________
It has come to my first 'Arise and Build', and nowadays i've been listening to quite a few sermons and then the principles of sowing & reaping kept jumping out from those sermons.
So just some thoughts..
It came to my awareness nowadays that people often say things like, "why is this happening to me all the time?" "see here it happened again, guess i'm fated to be like that until God knows when it's gonna end." almost all the time i hear the 'S' word in different versions, "SIAN...", "wa SIAN!" or "SIAN, SIAN, SIAN...", etc.
I understand what they've been going through becaused i've been through that kinda sh!t too and sometimes still. But the truth sets people free, so i hope what i'm about to share would hit a few buttons of theirs and contribute abit to their well-being.
Yes this is to do with the truth of 'sowing & reaping' (the law of nature), the beautiful thing about truth is that it's always there, people tried ways to avoid it, push it aside/someone else, cover it up, even destroy it, but truth is indestructable like an indestructable.. er.. rock, also like a cock it always surfaces, always true, always there. We need to get use to this law of nature which is truth. Because as much as we don't want to face it, we need to learn about it, get use to it, flow with it like a surfer on the waves. Because you can't change the waves, your only job is to flow with them and enjoy the ride.
Truth never changes, so if we want to see change in our lives, we've got to learn about it, get use to it & flow with it (not try to change truth nor avoid it).
that's the intro, here's the truth i want to share:
What is sown into your life is LOVE (You may be surrounded by loving people who cares), but if what's thriving in you is Bitterness/Anger/Hatred/Unforgiveness/Distrust. You may not be able to manifest the life of loving relationships with the people around you.
Mother Teresa said "If you judge people, you have no time to love them"
What is sown into your life is EXCELLENCE, but what is thriving in your life could be Mediocrity/Complacency/Laziness/Sianzation.
What is sown into your life is FAITH & HOPE, but what's thriving in you could be Doubt/Defeat/Fear.
What do these examples tell you? Well for me it tells me that - If one is unwilling to accept truth, no matter how hard you try to help them, you'll never gonna see change. - You can never help somebody in denial - The first step of getting help is when one starts accepting responsibility because it always starts with the person - Unless one makes a decision to change, he/she will never have a breakthrough
The seed is in your hand. If you want the harvest you sow the seeds. you're responsible for the change you say you wanna have. Like a farmer on his field. He can walk around the field all day complaining about the hot weather, and the pest, and the quality of the soil, etc, etc. Unless he starts sowing, nothing will ever ever happen. Nothing.
What has been your hot weather/pest/circumstances? let's make a decision to start sowing seeds. sometimes it hurts facing the truth, but it's a guide and meant for your good, it SETS YOU FREE. The key to Change/Breakthrough is the willingness to accept truth and say "you know what, if i want that harvest so badly, imma sow these seeds right now if this is what it takes, let this day be the day of change!"
A change is not a change until it's changED Something has gonna stop forever and sth has gonna start from NOW on. Let's do sth radical to mark/celebrate this day of your breakthrough. Anything you can think of.. maybe stop saying the 'S' word from now on? (you might be surprised man lol serious! i know because i've done that already hahaha)
Let's really do sth for ourselves & others man. Life is fun & colouful because IT IS, dont make it dull =D
JINLONG - Jay eL . 77 =)