Come, praise the Lord
Hello there!! Yep this is going to be a short post today!
(Psalm 56:1) Praise is awaiting you, O God, In Zion
Yep this verse on top was featured in Ben Chong’s chairing, and I would like to share my thoughts about it. To me, praise is to be whole heartedly and it’s to be willingly and it comes naturally to you! Having praise for the Lord is certainly very amazing, because you have recognized that God is the one who stays with you and blesses you all the time.
I know, my praise has not gone to the natural phase, where my praises come every single moment that I have with God. But I would like to change that. It is great to praise God and include Him way more in my life, because in that way, our relationship gets stronger. I want to praise God like never before, that my praise is sincere and comes from my heart, and not because I am forced to praise or I am guilty for not praising the Lord.
God is near me, be it even if I am in the worst situation, he is always there. And that is one of the reasons I want to praise God so much, because he will never leave you and forsake you.
Praising God is really refreshing to my faith and it helps me understand that God is the one that loves me so much that he sent his Son to die for me. And that’s something else to praise God for, because he is so gracious and self sacrificial. :)
Indeed, praising God comes in many ways and I hope that I, one day will be able to praise God naturally and with all my soul:))
Immortal, invisible God
(Isaiah 40:31) But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength, They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Hello there!! Yep today I’m gonna reflect upon the verse above, which was a verse featured during Bethany’s 38th anniversary celebrations ;)
Waiting upon the Lord to renew my strength. I remember, Pastor Charlie mentioned how we, as children of God was destined to be strong! We were meant to be strong and blessed by God . When I heard about that, I was really grateful, because God has already blessed me to be strong! As I go to the Lord and spend time with him, he blesses me with his strength to persevere on, be it my studies or anything else. Isn’t it just amazing that God is always there to bless you with his strength, like all the time? He blesses you with strength, even if you are facing small problems or even big problems! No matter how small a problem we may get, God still blesses us with his strength to overcome it.
They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint. We are like eagles with wings that are strong, and we were blessed by God with it. Having God’s strength is really amazing and really different, because it really strengthens you and it brings you up all the way. It’s everlasting and it’s really inspiring. Compared to physical strength on our own, we have strength that would not last for long, and that’s why we really wait upon God to bless us with this strength, to serve Him even more.
I too want God’s strength upon me, because I want to serve God so much more with His strength especially. Having God in my life and blessing me so much with his strength is truly great, and I can’t thank God so much more but by thanking him and really to include Him in my life. :)
Truly, God is everlasting, and amazing :))
Giving thanks to my sisters in Christ
Hello there!! Ok today is a reflection post today, and I just want to talk about how God has been such a great father that he blessed me with the greatest of friends in Christ :)
Today, it was our church anniversary lunch, and I had to leave early to do my cip in the carnival. I told my friends to come support me in the carnival and I have even feared that they may not fancy the idea of coming, because it didn’t sound very attractive. When I reached the place, what I saw was what I feared. Honestly, I knew from the start that the carnival was not going to be as fun as I thought, but I still prayed and hope that it will be fun for them ;)
Truly enough, they did what they promised and came, and I knew that it was not going to the funnest for them, but I still thank God for them, because they saw that I was under the hot sun and was sweating, and even knew that I was trying my best to keep awake and not be tired. They gave gracious smiles and tried to participate fully in the stalls and bought some stuff and tried to make the most of it, to support me and to help the needy. I was even the most thankful when they dedicated a song to me :))
It’s really the friends which surround me from church that are the bestest of the best, because they care so much for you and they would take measures to go that far just to make me happy. And that’s why I thank God for them. I thank god for blessing me with them, because it is difficult to find such friends nowadays.
God has been such a great father that he has blessed me with these people who constantly bring joy into my life and they care so much about me :) though this experience may been considered small, it was great for me because I have witnessed how my friends love and care for me so much!
Thank you God, for blessing me with my sisters in Christ :)))
Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
Hello there! Its been ages since I came back! Today’s going to be a short post, because I have to wake up early aheheheh.
(Proverbs 3:5-6) Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Just saw this verse on one of the stickers that Teacher Swee Keng gave me! I love this verse, because it really reminds me on what is my main focus and that God is the one that I absolutely must trust in and love.
Really, do I trust in the Lord with ALL my heart? I will honestly say that its not up to the top yet, but I am working on it to really place myself on God’s hands, with no worry at all. I know, I still hold some doubt sometimes. I go into difficulties and sometimes I find myself stuck in it, not being able to get out easily. That’s because I do not have enough trust in God.
But. I want to build it up. Build it to a standard that I trust God with ALL my heart. I know its not going to be easy, but I will try my best. I love God and I really want to lay myself in His hands, with no worry and have this inexpressible joy even if I face the toughest of times in the week.
Also, I must not lean on what I understand, but to really acknowledge God as the one and true God in my heart. Yes, I forget the things God has done for me sometimes and I would even let more doubt come upon me. I didnt acknowledge all the things that I have been blessed with to God itself, because I thought it was just plain luck or something.
But its not. God’s the one that is the one and only who did all these things to bless me! All the successful things in life, that have made me so happy, is all God’s doing! God is the one who loves me, and he blesses me without considering my sins at all!!
Acknowledging God is something that I really want to complete (not 100 percent!) because I know that God loves me and he would never forsake me. He let his son die for me. Isn’t that something really formidable? I would never be able to do that.
Thus, I really want to have a clear picture of the things that God has done for me and blessed me with, because I really want to acknowledge him to be the God of my heart!
God is indeed the alpha and omega, and I truly want Him to take over my life and run it in such a way that my trust is in Him as a whole and I acknowledge His blessings upon me any time, and any where. :)
You’re the God of forever and ever amen.
Hello there!! Well, this week has been a quite smooth week, because God brought me through it with his strength! Like how I had to face many tests results and tests plus major projects due the next day and I had to sleep really late and wake up early the next day,I was just one physically and spiritually weak person. Physically because I was tired all day, and spiritually was that I gave excuses to myself to no do qt because I was tired. Still, God didn’t mind all that and still kept me going throughout the whole week.
Honestly, I had felt this emptiness in my heart when I didn’t do my qt, because I felt guilty for not fufilling my promise to God and Liping. Indeed, not having quiet time or just spending time with God, really makes one feel very aimless and even feel that they are lacking something in life. There is nothing to look forward to, and life would always seem particularly challenging. That’s why I constantly need to spend time with God to really seek his strength and to be able to learn new things or even get closer to him!
Truly, God provides so much strength to me and I rely on it to overcome lifes obstacles and challenges that come! Thus, this week without quiet time was really dry and I felt quite lethargic because of the constant flow of homework and common tests that were rushing in. But, this is really really going to change. I really want to commit to this and to spend time with the Lord, because I need his strength each and every day!
Liping has started to remind me again, and I hope that I can realy acheive this! Not by myself, but by God too ;))
Precious it will always be
Hello there!! Ok really short post today! Well, I went for church last sun and I must say that god has blessed me with Pastor Charlie to really explain to me his word! I am really thankful for him and all the other pastors who explain God’s word clearly and they would always teach me to use God’s word as my daily applications in life! Through them, I can get one step closer to God again and know him even better! Will further elaborate on this the next post! :)
By the way, I love this song by Laura Story ”immortal, invisible”! It’s shows how even if God is invisible and we can’t see him, God still plays such a big Part in our lifes and he loves us so muc h that every thing about us really count in his eyes:) isn’t that amazing?
