Some wisdom that God spoke to me..

When God's people are in need, be ready to help them. Always be eager to practice hospitality.
Romans 12:13, NLT

Christian hospitality differs from social entertaining. Entertaining focuses on the host--the home must be spotless; the food must be well prepared and abundant; the host must appear relaxed and good-natured. Hospitality, by contrast, focuses on the guests. Their needs--whether for a place to stay, nourishing food, a listening ear, or acceptance--are the primary concern. Hospitality can happen in a messy home. It can happen around a dinner table where the main dish is canned soup. It can even happen while the host and the guest are doing chores together.

Don't hesitate to offer hospitality just because you are too tired, too busy, or not wealthy enough to entertain.

Somehow, i always feel that people has basic expectations, like for instance spotless house, food to be abundant and stuff..and i always feel so tired just trying to meet up with these kind of secular expectations. when reading this, I felt a sense of perhaps relieved and perhaps a reminder of again of God's expectations of us..

Something simple to share

Just something very short and simple to share… last night I was just spending time listening to music and reading my book after my nephew went home. Like what I have shared before, my recent interest is listening to music… so I have quite a collection of different genres of music. I put all the songs in one playlist and simply played them randomly. But guess what, despite the fact that I have more non-Christian songs than Christian songs in my laptop, the songs that were being played ‘randomly’ were mostly Christian ones. I believe that is a reminder from God, of where my priority and heart should be.

I have been listening to these songs recently, and I really love it, just would like to share with you all. Maybe we can sing them during glorify!





Have a great week ahead! =)

Waiting Expectantly

Thanks Gigi for the post.
Actually God also spoke to me about waiting expectantly a few days ago. Was reading psalms when a couple of the terms struck me.

5Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God.
Psalm 43

It does remind me that there is a time fore everything, and we need to make our wait good, because what we want might not come now... but only in the future. The dreams that God has given us may not be fulfilled now, but they will in the future. So I wait expectantly for it in the meantime instead of over-fretting or feeling like the present has no meaning.

Anyway just to continue my testimony, I remember that I shared that I've learnt alot from my job even though I feel frustrated at times. And really you know, I'm now better at getting things down and settling personal admin =) Thank God for the time that he has given me at CDC la =) And the time is coming to come out. Haha.

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Purposeful Waiting

Shi Pei mentioned in her post of knowing someone who's fearful of not getting married. Is very real as I happened to meet someone today.

All of us will go through similar process in our life. After getting our education, we'll work and pursue a career. Along the way, we will search, pray for a life partner. Settle down and have a family...etc. What if finding the right life partner is being delayed or it never comes?? One will end up being very frustrated, disappointed and probably fill with bitterness.

'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the LORD. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.' Isaiah 55:8-9

Can we trust that GOD has a better plan for us? Are we able to submit all our plans to HIM? To accept any outcome even if it is not according to our desire?

Instead of complaining and fill with disappointment during the time of waiting, I reckon one should let GOD do the preparation work! GOD will not give his son or his daughter to someone who's not ready to take care of him or her. Nor will GOD want us to receive someone who is not ready for us. GOD loves us and He does not want HIS children to get hurt to the extend we can't accept. Hence sometimes, we have to wait.

During the time of waiting, it has to be purposeful. It should be a time of preparation. How?? Do the works of GOD! Serve in ministry, commit to pray, SP someone, tithing. All these, are part of preparation. If one can't serve in GOD's house, how sure can he/she serve in the family? If one can't commit to pray. What will happen to the family if it is not covered in prayers? SP someone is just like parenting.... Tithing is liked providing for the family. When all these become a lifestyle, it will just flow and blend in easily as you take up the role of a husband or wife, father or mother. So, let GOD do the preparation work in us!!

Fear or Faith

Gigi asked us what were the fears we have that prevent us from living by faith.

At first my mind was blank and I couldn't think of any outstanding fear that I really had (Although I had a brief thought of my friend who has a fear of not getting married. Hehe). Thereafter I thought of a couple.

One would be actually the fear of failure. Actually even though I went ahead to apply for medical school, I was actually quite fearful that I would not get in since I didn't get accepted when I applied for MBBS during the undergraduate admission years ago! However, no point troubling myself over such things so I went ahead. But I guess it's a real fear. What if we have failed before and never dared to try again?

Anyway for those who haven't received the news yet, I'm no longer on the waitlist. Ok la. I recieved an offer letter from Med school liao so I'll be starting in end July =)
May I jump in to give my testimony then. Because at the very start I had told God (and also many others) that it would be a miracle if I got acceptance that year because I handed in my admission exam results so late. So... it's God's miracle brothers and sisters.

Next fear would be the fear of man. Actually being a cell leader really means well... leading people. And I've actually told others before that I don't really know how to be a cell leader (shhh... don't let any of my cell members know this), and I'm also afraid... what if my cellmates think that I'm a bogus leader??? But I really feel very encouraged by how supportive everyone is. Yes thank you very much for all your support =) Thank you for believing in me and because of you I really feel more confident =) Ok anyway, the aftermath of it was that... sometimes satan place (or myself with my poor self-esteem for leadership) such thoughts to one's mind... which really immobilizes myself from stepping into God's purposes. And God's purposes aren't even for just myself. It affects everyone else too. If I don't pour out my life to others, then they wouldn't be able to receive it. I remember someone once said (Shirley? Pastor Janice?) that someone else can take up the role that God has asked us to have. But they will NEVER be able to fulfil it the same way we would have if we have taken it up.

So well. Thank God for the fustrations. But thank you Lord even more for the breakthroughs. I mean. breakthroughs are like... just a relief man =)

Sunday's sermon

I think I was struck, and am still being struck by yesterday's sermon, especially the part where Reverend Ong emphasized that in order for God's blessings to take place, we need to WORK. Perhaps some of us may have overlooked this seemingly small detail but I think it is really important. I remember last year, or perhaps last, last year, some of us were sharing that what we plan sometimes do not come to fruition, that even though we may have prayed very hard for it, things do not happen for us. Maybe that is a sign from God that we have not WORKED hard enough... I like the point that Reverend Ong mentioned, that we need to WORK, or put in other words, to DO SOMETHING FIRST before God can take it from that. Not that God is unable, but I believe God is a nurturing Father rather than a spoon-feeding Father. He wants us to take on responsibility for our own lives. Just imagine if we were to leave everything to God just because He is all-knowing. When the sense of ownership of life is not there, I doubt we will respect ourselves very much, and neither would we respect and love God very much.