Service this sunday was very funny. the sermon was more on believing and trusting in the arrangements that God made. to believe in the arrangement for your perfect spouse, your ideal work. God is the best paymaster and he will reward you with thirty-folds, sixty-folds and hundred-folds of your harvest.
how to identify which is an arrangement god made? you'll feel it in your heart.
Many a times, when i'm choosing which way to go or when i go out to turn gachapons, i get this feeling i should be rushing somewhere. and when i follow this hunch, i usually get what i wanted, or catch the bus at the excat time.
I believe that God loves us, and in that, he wish to see us enjoys ourselves as much as we can.
but somehow, sometimes, there must always be a balance.
God wants us well-fed, but he wish us not to over-gorged ourselves and suffer.
God wants us well-rest, but he wish us not to sleep til we wake up with a headache like a hang-over.
Like a loving parent, He must stop us before we over do something. Trust in God's ways. Let peace and enjoyment enter your life. Amen
Monday, February 23, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
15th Feb 2009
Was late for service this morning. so end up sitting on the floor in the auditorium.
Today's preaching is more on sowning of seeds. and there were some testimonial of other member's harvest.
In my wallet, there is a $50 note which i folded and kept from sight. I believe that as long as i have that fifty with me, more money will come to me. sort of like a seed. and for some reason, i was able to resist spending that fifty for the past few days. 3 of the toys shops were having sale of 30% to 60%. i was surprised that i was able to resist going, as if keeping the money for something important
When the time came to sown the seed, i took out the fifty and sown it. somehow after that, i feel sort of lightened. not in term of money, but sort of like relieving a burden. hahaha maybe God's seed is very heavy. Amen.
Today's preaching is more on sowning of seeds. and there were some testimonial of other member's harvest.
In my wallet, there is a $50 note which i folded and kept from sight. I believe that as long as i have that fifty with me, more money will come to me. sort of like a seed. and for some reason, i was able to resist spending that fifty for the past few days. 3 of the toys shops were having sale of 30% to 60%. i was surprised that i was able to resist going, as if keeping the money for something important
When the time came to sown the seed, i took out the fifty and sown it. somehow after that, i feel sort of lightened. not in term of money, but sort of like relieving a burden. hahaha maybe God's seed is very heavy. Amen.
Monday, February 9, 2009
8th Feb 2009
Service this morning was funny.
When pastor prince gave thanks for his "big mouth" the entire church burst into laughter.
basically the sermons today is more on the sowing of seeds in the time of famine and reaping many folds with the grace of god.
there are many parts i dont understand, like how come we are the generation of benjamin, but i guess more understanding will come when i understand or read the bible more.
Seagull passed me a magazine on the olive oil. bought a small bottle of olive oil and tried make it into anointing oil. i praying with my right hand over the oil and my left hand holding the magazine. strangely, as i recited the prayer, i feel some thing from my right hand flowing towards the oil. is it suppose to feel that way?
Anyway, i anointed myself, praying for a peaceful sleep as i was troubled by dreams the pass few nights. the next moment i knew after i laid down, i woke at sound of my alarm, completely rested and refreshed. guess the oil worked. Amen. thank you, God.
When pastor prince gave thanks for his "big mouth" the entire church burst into laughter.
basically the sermons today is more on the sowing of seeds in the time of famine and reaping many folds with the grace of god.
there are many parts i dont understand, like how come we are the generation of benjamin, but i guess more understanding will come when i understand or read the bible more.
Seagull passed me a magazine on the olive oil. bought a small bottle of olive oil and tried make it into anointing oil. i praying with my right hand over the oil and my left hand holding the magazine. strangely, as i recited the prayer, i feel some thing from my right hand flowing towards the oil. is it suppose to feel that way?
Anyway, i anointed myself, praying for a peaceful sleep as i was troubled by dreams the pass few nights. the next moment i knew after i laid down, i woke at sound of my alarm, completely rested and refreshed. guess the oil worked. Amen. thank you, God.
About Taoism and Buddhism
as i studied more into Taosim and Buddhism, i realised one thing. in both religion, there are no "Gods". firstly, you'll need to think of the word god as a term coined by Ang Mo.
In Taoism, there are 神 and there are 仙. so whats the difference between the two? Shen are ppl who died and was coronated as 神. 仙 are ppl who obtained immortality. the major diffence will be that 神 will leave a corpse between while 仙 move on with its physical body as well.
In Buddhism, 佛 finally understood the workings of the universe and moved beyond reincarnation. 菩萨 are those that can become 佛, but chose not to as they cant move beyond thier compassion for ppl. 罗汉 are those who reached a level where they can are beyond the reincarntion cycle, but not yet to the level of buddha.
In both religion, the creator of the universe and everything are not ard anymore.
regardless of things are existing or not. whether they are frictional or not. it dont really matter. when it comes to religion, its always a sensitive subject. using F-word to describe it is a absolute no-no. using the f-word for anything, was always a no-no. if you use it infront of your kids, they will use it back to you.
look at it in this sense, you wear an ugly shirt out and your friend commented that its ugly. whether you feel if it's true or not, dont really matter. it's gonna hurt. the closer you feel your friend is, the more it will hurt.
In Taoism, there are 神 and there are 仙. so whats the difference between the two? Shen are ppl who died and was coronated as 神. 仙 are ppl who obtained immortality. the major diffence will be that 神 will leave a corpse between while 仙 move on with its physical body as well.
In Buddhism, 佛 finally understood the workings of the universe and moved beyond reincarnation. 菩萨 are those that can become 佛, but chose not to as they cant move beyond thier compassion for ppl. 罗汉 are those who reached a level where they can are beyond the reincarntion cycle, but not yet to the level of buddha.
In both religion, the creator of the universe and everything are not ard anymore.
regardless of things are existing or not. whether they are frictional or not. it dont really matter. when it comes to religion, its always a sensitive subject. using F-word to describe it is a absolute no-no. using the f-word for anything, was always a no-no. if you use it infront of your kids, they will use it back to you.
look at it in this sense, you wear an ugly shirt out and your friend commented that its ugly. whether you feel if it's true or not, dont really matter. it's gonna hurt. the closer you feel your friend is, the more it will hurt.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
1st Feb 2009 - i wish not to worship a jealous god.
Aunt1 threw a spock into God's wheel.
Thanks to my Aunt1's efforts, my mom was abit disturbed by my visits to the church. so today i have to accompany my parents to go pray to tai sui as well as purchase stuff for praying to tian gong on monday night.
Now dont tell me that i cant pray to tian gong, to me, its a tradition. just like recieving red packets on chinese new year. If you wish to switch over to another religion throughly, please abandon your own roots and culture as well.
In praying to our ancestors, an act from Confucianism, isnt it a higher form of paying respects to our parents?
Think with your heart. is it rite to stop paying respects to your parents after they pass on? does that sits well with you? it dont with me. it just isnt rite. it isnt comfortable at all.
In accordance to what pastor liam had said, God sees everything in every part of our life. from the beginning to the end, and he plans for us accordingly. turns out that my sis is performing service this sunday, so she'll be getting a cd for this week's sermons and she'll be passing it to me after she's done. Our God is good. Amen!
Thanks to my Aunt1's efforts, my mom was abit disturbed by my visits to the church. so today i have to accompany my parents to go pray to tai sui as well as purchase stuff for praying to tian gong on monday night.
Now dont tell me that i cant pray to tian gong, to me, its a tradition. just like recieving red packets on chinese new year. If you wish to switch over to another religion throughly, please abandon your own roots and culture as well.
In praying to our ancestors, an act from Confucianism, isnt it a higher form of paying respects to our parents?
Think with your heart. is it rite to stop paying respects to your parents after they pass on? does that sits well with you? it dont with me. it just isnt rite. it isnt comfortable at all.
In accordance to what pastor liam had said, God sees everything in every part of our life. from the beginning to the end, and he plans for us accordingly. turns out that my sis is performing service this sunday, so she'll be getting a cd for this week's sermons and she'll be passing it to me after she's done. Our God is good. Amen!
Friday, January 23, 2009
24th Jan 2009
Yesterday, we attended a historitic event. for the first time in the history of new creation church, there will be no sunday service, and its held on friday instead. there was a play as well.
For some reason, somehow or other, i managed to get Ray and Boon to attend the service with me. hahaha
well... they managed to sit through the first half with me, listened to the songs, watched the play. then when paster mark started preaching, i know, that Ray wont be able to stay long liao.
The way Pastor Mark broke into his sermon wasnt very good. he talked about when he need to pray to tai shui every year, as if paying protection money. certain zodiac ppl will cheong tai shui every year, but now we never cheong jesus.
true enough, half way through, Ray and boon left. its could be due to the sermon, or the poor air-conditioning, or the late hour. either way, it didnt really end on a good note.
Last sunday, as me, seagull and Ray were going to funan from suntec. seagull made a rather nasty comment. he commented that ppl who pray to the Monkey God were #$%^&*-ing idiots. well... in his view, those ppl were praying to a frictional character. as for those praying to Guan Di, at least its a historical figure. Ray took offense and seagull was abit taken back.
Ray's stand point was that you shouldnt make that kind of remark on other ppl's belief. hmmm... surprisingly, ray isnt a very religious person. hahahaha he dont pray daily at home like i do. nor does he go to church or other stuff. haiz... maybe one day he'll realize that there is only so much a person, a human, can do. the rest will have to be placed in the hands of higher beings.
Sometimes i think think, how come i can accept christ so easily? and i think i found the cause of it. Dad! its all your fault that i become a christian easily. why? only when i see how much my dad love us (me, ranna, yan) , then i can realise how much God can love us. For he so loved us, that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. Amen!
For some reason, somehow or other, i managed to get Ray and Boon to attend the service with me. hahaha
well... they managed to sit through the first half with me, listened to the songs, watched the play. then when paster mark started preaching, i know, that Ray wont be able to stay long liao.
The way Pastor Mark broke into his sermon wasnt very good. he talked about when he need to pray to tai shui every year, as if paying protection money. certain zodiac ppl will cheong tai shui every year, but now we never cheong jesus.
true enough, half way through, Ray and boon left. its could be due to the sermon, or the poor air-conditioning, or the late hour. either way, it didnt really end on a good note.
Last sunday, as me, seagull and Ray were going to funan from suntec. seagull made a rather nasty comment. he commented that ppl who pray to the Monkey God were #$%^&*-ing idiots. well... in his view, those ppl were praying to a frictional character. as for those praying to Guan Di, at least its a historical figure. Ray took offense and seagull was abit taken back.
Ray's stand point was that you shouldnt make that kind of remark on other ppl's belief. hmmm... surprisingly, ray isnt a very religious person. hahahaha he dont pray daily at home like i do. nor does he go to church or other stuff. haiz... maybe one day he'll realize that there is only so much a person, a human, can do. the rest will have to be placed in the hands of higher beings.
Sometimes i think think, how come i can accept christ so easily? and i think i found the cause of it. Dad! its all your fault that i become a christian easily. why? only when i see how much my dad love us (me, ranna, yan) , then i can realise how much God can love us. For he so loved us, that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life. Amen!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
18th Jan 2009
After some thinking, i decided to start a seperate blog on my religious path, as irin doesn't like to see me blogging about christianity.
Today, pastor prince wasnt ard to preach, so pastor lian took his place.
the first message was about how to locate GOD, what is GOD's address? Through out the course of history, GOD changed address many times. from the Garden of Eden to the Temple of Solomon. but where is GOD currently residing? The answer is GOD is always with us. our address is his address.
So why are ppl still leading such hard lives? becos GOD is allowing us free choice. Only when we asked for him into our situation, then will he help. in thirty-fold, sixty-fold, hundred-fold shall our returns be.
But we must always believe. and have faith. here is a story i heard somewhere.
Once there was this man whom always walked with GOD. wherever he went, looking back at the tracks he made, he always sees 2 set of foot prints. he knows that GOD is with him. then one day, he look over his tracks over the course of his life. he found that when he is most down and out, there is only one set of foot prints.
GOD, why have you abandon me? he asked.
whats wrong, my son? GOD replied.
GOD, why do you always leave me in my hours of need? he cried.
GOD smiled. My son, he said, those were the times when i carried you.
This story touched me deeply. I believe that GOD is always with me. Even when i'm most down, i know that in his hands, i'll be fine. he's helping me always. or rather, if he havent helped me, my situation will be alot worse. Amen.
Another thing that was preached about was something about oil. Jesus passed the bread, the wine and the oil to us, i think, me still a new christian la. Pastor lian had wondered about the oil. what is the oil about? asking some of her friends, a comment she got back was that when you roast a lamb, oil comes out of the fat on the lamb. Jesus had died for us, giving us his body, his blood and then he is crushed and roasted til the oil comes out of him to pass on to us. in that moment, i feel touched and blessed. Amen.
Today, pastor prince wasnt ard to preach, so pastor lian took his place.
the first message was about how to locate GOD, what is GOD's address? Through out the course of history, GOD changed address many times. from the Garden of Eden to the Temple of Solomon. but where is GOD currently residing? The answer is GOD is always with us. our address is his address.
So why are ppl still leading such hard lives? becos GOD is allowing us free choice. Only when we asked for him into our situation, then will he help. in thirty-fold, sixty-fold, hundred-fold shall our returns be.
But we must always believe. and have faith. here is a story i heard somewhere.
Once there was this man whom always walked with GOD. wherever he went, looking back at the tracks he made, he always sees 2 set of foot prints. he knows that GOD is with him. then one day, he look over his tracks over the course of his life. he found that when he is most down and out, there is only one set of foot prints.
GOD, why have you abandon me? he asked.
whats wrong, my son? GOD replied.
GOD, why do you always leave me in my hours of need? he cried.
GOD smiled. My son, he said, those were the times when i carried you.
This story touched me deeply. I believe that GOD is always with me. Even when i'm most down, i know that in his hands, i'll be fine. he's helping me always. or rather, if he havent helped me, my situation will be alot worse. Amen.
Another thing that was preached about was something about oil. Jesus passed the bread, the wine and the oil to us, i think, me still a new christian la. Pastor lian had wondered about the oil. what is the oil about? asking some of her friends, a comment she got back was that when you roast a lamb, oil comes out of the fat on the lamb. Jesus had died for us, giving us his body, his blood and then he is crushed and roasted til the oil comes out of him to pass on to us. in that moment, i feel touched and blessed. Amen.
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