My primary love language is probably Quality Time with a secondary love language being Acts of Service.
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Quality Time:
12
Acts of Service:
8
Physical Touch:
5
Words of Affirmation:
4
Receiving Gifts:
1
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Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.
i notice alot of people's first is 'Quality Time'. Indeed, how one spends his/her time tells alot alot about the individual.
I stunt abit when i saw my 2nd to be 'Acts of Service' because it might scare people off haha. Anyway i realiesd recently that to me service is sexyness man. in simple terms, servanthood has it's unique attractiveness. i think i undertsand how Rebekah stood out all of a sudden & caught the eyes of the servant of Abraham. Because among the 5 different love languages.. i believe acts of services tells one of the most about a person. like they say action really speaks louder than words ma. It just tells me more la.. not like i have a huge hungry ego seeking gratification on people.. it just tells me more okay! ahah so dont change your mind yet ar lol! ;)
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
Wow.. 2 days of Joyce Meyer was very very impactful and fruitful as well! An anointed preacher indeed as she's able to articulate her understanding of the doctrines very well making it easy to grasp and digest for the congregation. Her testimony was a super heart-opener too.
One of the main highlights of all I think was during the first service where she placed a rocking chair on the platform next to herself. Very intriguing huh.. and that was her intention - to get the message she's about to share (with the help of the chair) into the back of our heads in a more visual manner.
So here goes the message: Christianity is not what we can do for God so we can get His blessings, but by the grace of God that we ARE blessed, that we ARE free to receive His blessings. God loves us not because of anything else but His desire to, and none of us can do anything to change it.
God has called us His children the very day we receive His salvation, and He already has intended a great great plan for each one of us.
But there are alot of Christians still yet to know who they really are in Christ. And it's because of this that they will never manifest what God intends them to be (their call & purpose in life).
Instead of believing we are made righteous, prosperous in life, and accepted by God through Christ as said by God Himself, people tend to try to be righteous, seek mercy, etc
Here you are sitting on the rocking chair.. in the arms of God knowing who you really are in His eyes.. resting peacefully in His promises and presence.. whoaaahhh...shiok (and this is the kinda life Jesus died to give us) But alot of christian, who are children of God, who are already in the chair, are still trying hard to the extend of struggling to get IN the chair. That's because instead of believing what God says about them.. they choose to believe the lies of the devil instead. I admit I find this hard to cope and was like this until this sermon hit me so hard.
So the message was made clear, Stop getting in the chair when you're already sitting on it! haha and all it takes for you to successfully live a lifestyle of peace, contentment and hapiness is just to BELIEVE. (faith comes by hearing, and hearing the Word of God.)It's when we believe through the Word of God that we can truly live a victorious life.
Wa! I have to meditate on this sermon very often leh I think for me I go read my Bible le!! BB!! =D
lol.. (after reading) im like the nicest guy now huh (love these tests lol) .. well there're much more versions of these 'nice guys' descriptions.. wait till you read the others.. go see how yours would turn out.
Have ya'll noticed the advent of these personlity tests.. sometimes it sounds lame to you.. but you just wanna take sometime to do it.. perhaps we have this urge to wanna know who we really are. We all have asked one same question before somewhere in our lives: "Who am I?!!" Well i know.. you're like.. "huh weird.. i doubt so.." trust me you have.. yes you do
God has planted in us a desire to live.. and also to live A life of meaning and purpose. What could be greater than living a purposeful, hopeful life?
Okok maybe not "who am I?" as you are not the Jacky Chan type or just thinking of him turns you off whatever.. How bout "What am i to do here?(on earth)", many of us know we ALL deserve to live a good life despite our current circumstances might ask "what do i have in me that could bring forth change" We can all come out with various versions of such at some point Most probably these questions have been hanging around your mind for sometime in the past and has faded away.. now do they sound familiar to you? think again..
I believe all of us are meant for greatness.. all of us have a significant part to play in this ever-changing world, yes ALL and that includes you buddy. I believe all of us can live a life, also the life that we say we want to have.. Don't give up if you are the one who's on the verge to.. stay hopeful because the truth is that there's HOPE.. always there's still.. for He loves you and He's faithful. Some might not know Jesus yet but He loves you and He's forever faithful.
The real you inside is gonna do much much greater things in the future.. things that surpasses all of your current understanding and expectations.. Dont lose hope! Don't limit God.. stay faithful for He is faithful..
Looking at your problems you might think you have shrinked so much.. but in His eyes he only sees the final master piece - the real you, who's able to overcome, who's able to pick him/herself up in such circumstances and who's willing to let Him help and who's also willing to lift up his/her sight from the problems and see His goodness and blessings ahead.
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." - 1 Cor 13:4-7
JINLONG - Jay eL . 77 =)