And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them, If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me].
North C
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Give Thanks To God In All Circumstances.
This was the verse that kept flashing in my mind recently.Though i did not do well for my o level,i will still smile to God and thank Him for it.Cause it was the process that makes me wanna give thanks to God.God reminded me on the topics and those key points to remember.And He also used my church mate to guide me through few hours before O level papers:D God was so good to me!THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING!
Just some questions to ask yourself.Do you still praise God in the midst of your hardships?Do you still acknowledge that God is the one who has been helping you and guide you through problems?Will you continue to seek God everyday even if God place so many problems into your life?Will you still seek God after problems had been solved or just only seek God when problems arise?North C
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
seriously, within this period is really a period which is the pack week that ii ever have =x But indeed i am walking closely with God and i am able to feel God's presence with me [=
Actually all of us is stress about exam as is just beginning of schools and teacher is starting to talk about nlevel's but i wan to thank God that although exam are hard/stress but God can help us[=
God is our shepherd so we must let God take control of our life[= Within this few days, God bless me continuously. He blessed me by giving me lots of ideas for all the projects and he strengths me whenever i am tired! hahaha! LOTS AND LOTS OF blessing is coming upp[= Praise the Lord [=
Continue to pray for more growth [=
Prayer works!!! hehe
conclusion: Put God in the center of your life [=
Jiayoz guys all the best [=
AnQiNorth C
wrote at ;; 10:31 PM
Monday, January 12, 2009
1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18
this verse just came into my mind.
sometimes it's real easy to give thanks to God, be joyful to God in good times.
then bad times come, we grumble to God and bomb God with "Whys"
we have to learn to give thanks before the result comes.
because if we don't,
we tend to lose our faith in the things that we're doing for God,
we forget who's the one controlling the situation,
then we'll not be joyful and we won't pray continually.
why not just learn to give thanks to God in everything?
there's a power in praising God.
VivienNorth C
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Friday, January 9, 2009
SHARK PHASE
People who fall into this Category are people who:
*Tends to be movers who love to take over any project at hand
*Known for getting a lot done but not necessarily without incident
*Tends to traumatize everyone around them with their unfettered aggression
*Has no long-term prospects for productivitiy
*Fits the picture of all the worse characteristics of a pushy salesman
CARP PHASE
(Carps has the opposite nature of aggresive sharks) and people who falls into this category are people who:
*Moves through life in a lethargic manner
*Whose primary aim in life is to seek the safe route to avoid responsibility
*Doesn't make things happen. They watch things happen.
Carps are sometimes former zealots for the Lord, believers who have become discouraged along the way and couldn't take the pressure. Their love for God or people hasn't necessarily grown dim; they've just grown tired of militant evangelism.
DOLPHIN PHASE
(Dolphins have the combined strengths of both sharks and carps) and people who fall into this category are peope who:
*Are enthusiastic and positive, yet keeps the issue of personal responsibility in proper balance
*Moves through life with a deep sense of purpose, whereas the shark tends to be overly responsible and the carp accomplishes little or nothing.
*Has a mission in life, but still has fun on the way to the goal
This is interesting, isn't it? Which phase are you at right now? Personally, I used to hang around the carp phase. True, often times, my aim was to always seek the safe route, not much of avoiding responsibilites, but more of the pressure faced. Over my 2 years of walk in Christ, I started out being at the shark phase and hey, I was quite an enthusiastic newbie who's very ''steady'' with evangelism. However, as time passes by, I grew tired of it and was very much discouraged by the rejections that I'd received from people so much so that it pressurizes me from sharing the Gospel. Yes, I love the Lord. But I never had the courage to get out of the house of the Lord. It was definitely a struggle which I'd took quite a long while to get out from.
However, much later, I began to realize that the pressure for success in evangelism shouldn't even be weighed upon my own shoulders. Nor does it be stressed upon the person whom I'm evangelising to. Then where does my pressure/expectations be rest upon? Right from where it should have remained from the beginning- on God! And true enough, rejections (and sometimes even criticisms) from evangelism is inevitable and completely normal. As George Bernard Shaw says, ''Anything worth doing is worth doing wrong.'' It took me a long long while to learn not to demand success but to see every opportunity (small or big ones) as a learning experience that would mould me into a more capable/mature servant of Christ. Trust me, the fear of failure is much scary and worse off than failure itself. It crippled me from taking a step out of my comfort zone and attempting to give my best.
Alongside with Joshua and Weiloong, the 3 of us went down to Sun Plaza last afternoon to evangelise. As I shoved aside my fears and concerns, I realized how much more God was using me! In 'bout an hour's time, I managed to approach 15people. Of course, the enthusiasm displayed by Joshua and Weiloong had also encouraged me a lot too. (You know how sometimes we see in the telly many cockroaches dispersing out from every corner and someone slapping it real hard with a sandal, not giving any cockroaches a miss?) --Their spirit was exactly like that! Haha! I am not exaggerating. Hmm, perhaps the only difference is that they were dealing with human beings, not pests. Haha!
And well, because of that afternoon, my heart was filled with a sense of fulfillment and Joy for the rest of the entire day. Perhaps the Joy of evangelism is not only witnessing people coming to know Christ, but also seeing yourself growing and starting to take that teeny-weeny step of courage and faith to spread the Gospel (:
-Ariella JoanNorth C
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