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Christianity to transform Singapore and Asia

There is ONLY ONE answer to the problems we faced today, and that is the Word of God. The power of the Word of God can transform nation, not just revival but a lasting transformation of every single part of society and conforming to the eternal principles that are outlined from the Word of God.

1. That every single citizens of Singapore would honour God, honour the leadership and authority God has placed in our lives (The government, Prime Minister, Teachers, Ministers, Police etc), and honouring our parents.

2. Will inspire to love life, that there we will learn to appreciate each other, our elders, our children, our friends, our colleagues and ultimately ourselves. Of which we will respect and honour the sanctity of LIFE itself. There will be less cases of murders, rapes, and even abortion.

3. We will learn to love each other, less racism, less intolerance, but unconditional love for each other, that will result in less cases of divorce where we can forgive and moved to reconciliation.

4. We have a higher productivity, for everything we do, we do it for God and for the good of each other. We will put each other and our company’s interest above our own.

5. Less violence and crimes on the street, as more teens can grow up in an environment where there will be godly parents, the support structure is there for the teenagers, and as they are raised up in godliness and learning to live and walk in the precepts of God’s principles.

6. There will be less orphans, and poor people because the people will care, first for the poor, the widow, and the orphans. There these people will be taken care of in a society.

7. Every mother will treasure her unborn child, and every father would provide the loving stability his child needs.

8. Gangs would disappear from lack of membership, Instead young people would find true community and purpose in the body of Christ

9. Most people would protect the environment and have good stewardship over God’s creation.

10. Politicians, officials, and judges would be true civil servants

11. Billion of dollars would be freed up for public works because there would be so little corruption, fraud and income tax evasion.

12. Empty prisons would have to be redesigned for other uses or demolished.

13. Road rage would be a peculiar phenomenon for future history scholars to ponder.

14. Casinos would no longer be a place for unhealthy congregation of people to gamble but places for worship, and spending quality time with family. No one would gamble and destroy their family from such addiction.

15. There won’t be any more scandals of infidelity, but instead public figures will show extraordinary moral fiber and standard and show the world what is true leadership.

Catholics move to make Mary equal with Jesus

For so many deluded and obviously ignorant catholics who claimed that Mary was never been put on the same equal status with Christ as the only Saviour through God’s plan for Mankind’s salvation. This is a probably a wake up call to all catholics who sincerely love Jesus and God and share the same faith that Jesus IS the ONLY way to God, turn away from the apostate catholic church!

See http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=dedestaca&id=224

Our affection

Where is my affection that lies today? In the security of a career, the ever need of money, the warmth and love of a family or could it be the ministry of our religious pursuit that which are competing for our affection? I suppose all of it. Sometimes the lie that in pursuing something good like ministry could land us in a position that compromise our love for God himself. For where the heart is there our treasure will be also. There my heart yearns to break free of its icy prison that seems all is fading in unfamilar greyness and to be truly free to love him and fire up for action like winning the world for him. On the other hand our affection is the only thing demanded of him not our gungho and bravado actions for it is by his spirit that much is accomplished not by our own might. Could it be true that God is relentlessly in pursuit of my affection that all else is merely a distraction?

Our Final Priority (Paraphrase)

If I have the language ever so perfectly and speak like a pundit, and have not the love that grips the heart, I am nothing. If I have decorations and diplomas and am proficient in up-to-date methods and have not the touch of understanding love, I am nothing. If I am able to worst my opponents in argument so as to make fools of them, and have not the wooing note, I am nothing.

If I have all faith and great ideals and magnificent plans and wonderful visions, and have not the love that sweats and bleeds and weeps and prays and pleads, I am nothing. If I surrender all prospects, and leaving home and friends and comforts, give myself to the showy sacrifice of a missionary career, and turn sour and selfish amid the daily annoyances and personal slights of a missionary life, and though I give my body to be consumed in the heat and sweat and mildew of India, and have not the love that yields its rights, its coveted leisure, its pet plans, I am nothing, nothing. Virtue has ceased to go out of me.

If I can heal all manner of sickness and disease, but wound hearts and hurt feelings for want of love that is kind, I am nothing. If I write books and publish articles that set the world agape and fail to transcribe the word of the cross in the language of love, I am nothing. Worse, I may be competent, busy, fussy, punctilious, and well-equipped, but like the church at Laodicea—nauseating to Christ.

Great dream

This girl is only 14 year old and she attempted to sail around the world, unfortunately this world has no place for her big dream. How often, have our dreams being killed by those who either cannot understand, intolerance of them, or incapable of dreaming? I wonder.

Yester years

If all we see is the yester years then wouldn’t that be such a romantic affair with history? I don’t know except that other than my unbelief I realized today I have hidden my bags of regrets and disappointment. I have no appetite for hope as though the dawn never did arrive. As I browsed through facebook and looking through a former friend’s profile and learn I miss him and the time we spent together. I miss the time we talked about God and struggles and all the prata time etc and now that absence is irreplaceable. The feeling of hopeless and despair is all so familar when I looked into mercy’s eyes last night and i realize how truly I hated life. The more we are connected the more unconnected we are, and we have never been more alone.

Conversation with God – day 1

I asked, “father, since unbelief is the reason why my prayers are unanswered, is unbelief a sin?”. God replied unbelief is a reason and sin is not, as through his grace and his love for us, the answer to prayers is solely based on his love not a obligation just because we said the right thing or did through the rituals. But yea unbelief in itself is a greater sin.”

“then there is a greater sin and lesser sin as the Catholics taught?” I questioned and trying not to test him in regards to this issue with the Catholics.

“no all sins be it small and huge are sins, there is no differentiation to the types of sin and its nature but there are sins which led to death and some are given time that leads to its judgement.” the response came quite patiently as if to deal with a stubborn child.

“how do you put which sin that leads to death and not?” asking a question which has always bother me in theology.

“it is the law that God has institutionalized. If one were to commit murder then death sentence comes as a result of the judgment of our civil law then that sin as in murder leads to death and in it if the person remains in the conviction of such sin and has not acknowledged Christ’s redemption as for his salvation then surely he remains in death a spiritual one as it is. Surely if one were to lie such offense will not lead to death but given time for repentance under his grace. Grace is not merely a position of favour offered but covers over a period of time so God can work in us to bring us back to him.” sounds like a revelation from Him.

Kindness

I saw as the woman struggled to get down the bus with her big computer that is tied to trolley, no one offered her any assistance including me. But it was a foreign worker that came forward to lend a helping hand. How many times have we failed to lend any help to someone in need? I am as guilty as charged! Nevertheless after the foreign worker came forward to help her, she did not bother to express any thanks to him and just reflect the flaws of the society we are just so graceless.

Fracture of Faith

I did not know it would be that hard although i know it wouldn’t be bed of roses either. How long more O God, i plead silently within me as i stood waiting for the bus. Enveloped by a blanket of heat not from the weather but from the situation where there is such a shortage in my own life, in the lives of my family, and in Mercy’s, to the point, I felt a total helplessness that i wonder if there is any point praying because praying seems to be quite a useless and ineffective act of fake piety. Father, how long more? How long more will there be a restoration? Father I have enough, and i wish i can freely expressed my anger out and shout it. What can I do now? When my enemies pressed in every side, that I began to shrink to despair. It seems faith at this point, doesn’t make any intellectual sense anymore and it seems a mystical and almost elusive thing i can’t touch nor understand. Throw out theology, throw out testimonies of how God has blessed this or that, throw out the great miracles, and that I only long for a small miracle in my life. There now the church is ‘screaming’ out prayers, i feel so distant from God and whatever is binding them together screaming which doesn’t make sense to me. Lord, i want to go numbed and give up despite what people would say especially Mercy. I do not know if i am ever the right person to give her the demands and comfort she wanted in life. No cars, no money, no allowance, nothing of the sort i can provide, i fade in comparison to her ‘father’ or her ex boyfriends. WHY GOD.

Sudden Craves

While I am waiting here for Mercy to get off work, i read on the facebook about a friend’s craving for steamboat, and yes there i am, have a sudden craving for steamboat too, and just a few minutes ago, i was reading an article about how a woman in poverty was told to love God at where she is. Have I lacked the spiritual craving for God and all things spiritual? I have delayed fasting, and I was supposed to be fasting today but i failed, and i thank God i am not strucked dead. Geez am i influenced by the New Creation Church’s message of Grace? No, i am influenced by what the Holy Spirit has taught me for the last few months about God’s Grace that triumphs over Judgement.

Lord, let me dwelled in your presence forever, even in my tough time, and good time, and that in every minute, even through my sleep, rest, work, gaming time, and feasting time, that I will continue to crave for the spiritual nourishment daily, that i will not go about a day without praising You O Father, that i will appear an ungrateful son. Let me know all good things will work for the good for those who loves you, even though things might not go well because of my stupidity and stubbornness, the when i lacked the strength to face up to the consequences, that You will be with me, and I can believe in You to lead me to where You want me to be. In that I shall rest beside rivers of peace, and be comforted as a lamb to its shepherd.

Let me crave more and more of you each day, for thy potion You will cause my heart to hunger and that I will continue to be transformed. I thank You God, that you allow my heart to be still and see you are doing most of the work, even though it hurts occasionally where no answers to my questions why this or that must happen, that You O Father continues to be beside me, because you are true to your promise, you will not leave me nor forsake me till the end of Age.

Journey of a Christian walk

At every juncture of this well-worn path of Christian journey, i saw the dust imprinted footprint leading up, to a distant hill, i wonder how long more will it take to get to the top. Occasionally the half way stop seems not a bad place to stay put and slowly the urge of just vegetating at the spot seems too tempting. It is until God decides to nudge me along with trials and tribulation, that i began to understand that there is a destiny that He wants me to reach. To be like Christ, has began to sound like a mantra that none of us can identify, perhaps it is not meant for us to know what it is like to be like Christ, but just be patient as the Master Potter does his job. There is a quiet assurance that all is required of me, is a teachable and humble spirit, and open to the Master’s fine touches as the Holy Spirit performs the surgery within. Once the inside is fixed, the external will be affected.

Unsocial blog

I looked at my blog with quite a number of comments to approve shows a social absence from my part, even so more on the lesser activities on my facebook and Twitter. I felt that this period of social absence is good and as one season requires and often a neccessary transition to another season. Such the evidence of a much varied and difference in the characteristics which I feel must take place in due course, now in as in my life.

An unfortunate turn of events among the dealings of christian friends at work reminded myself of a flaw I have so often turned a blind eye too. From sheer evaluation from my attitude and behaviour, I felt keenly God’s subtle dealings that I am brought to confront such a monster in me. A stronger sense of a true authentic Christian life must be exemplified by an outward expression of a life of integrity. In my opinion I had failed not because there is no attempt but I choose to ignore the inward working of the holy spirit in my life. I cannot now turn a blind eye to my indifference in my attitude and it is no longer an excuse for the circumstances in life.

On my way to work this morning as I was listening to hillsongs worship, it came to me with a gentle revelation from the holy spirit about worship, it is an important weapon God has given the church and his people in the warfare against the wicked spiritual realm. There was such a drastic change in the emotions as it was brought from a chaotic and worrying state to under the proper place in the lordship of Christ. There the result ensures a period of peace I have miss for a long time. Whatever happens and has happened doesn’t matter and under the its proper place under God’s lordship.

Oh I am such an incomplete and flawed person and that in all my failings I am confronted and overwhelmed by God’s faithfulness and of course a sense of assurance only guaranteed through his grace and mercy in my life. I am truly nothing with God and in Christ I am truly more than conquerors.

Beyond ourselves

WHOEVER BRINGS BLESSING WILL BE ENRICHED, AND
ONE WHO WATERS WILL HIMSELF BE WATERED. — P R O V E R B S 1 1 : 2 5

We are taught here the great lesson that to get, we must give; to accumulate, we must scatter; to make ourselves happy, we must make others happy; and in order to become spiritually vigorous, we must seek the spiritual good of others. In watering others, we are
ourselves watered. How? Our efforts to be useful bring out our powers for usefulness. We have latent talents and unused gifts that become apparent by exercise. Our strength for work is even hidden from ourselves until we take our stand and fight the Lord’s battles or
climb the mountains of difficulty. We do not know what tender sympathies we possess until we try to dry the widow’s tears and soothe the orphan’s grief. We often find in attempting to teach others that we gain instruction for ourselves. What gracious lessons some of us have learned in visiting the sick! We went to teach the Scriptures, and we came away blushing that our knowledge of them was so poor. In our conversation with humble saints, we are taught the way of God more perfectly for ourselves and get a deeper insight into divine truth. So watering others makes us humble. We discover how much grace there is where we had not looked for it, and how much the humble saint may outstrip us in knowledge. Our own comfort is also increased by working for others. We endeavor to cheer them, and the consolation gladdens our own heart. Consider the two men in the snow—one massaged the other’s limbs to keep him from dying, and in doing so kept his own blood circulating and
saved his own life. Remember the poor widow who supplied the prophet’s needs from her own meager resources, and from that day she never experienced need again. Give, and it will be given to you—good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over.

I recently twitter that unless we live for a cause bigger than ourselves, it bears no significance to our existence. Trying to join what God has brought me through this morning with the two major incidents that i feel that God is working in my heart. To be confronted with my own carnal prejudices and to face hostility and to come out of it with complete serenity and calmness i would normally found in absence of. Even when times of pouring out into other people’s lives, it might not be recipocrated the way i expect, but it doesn’t matter, because the objective is to please my Lord. I felt God impressed on my heart that i will be reaching out to mainland chinese and indians and unless i learn to see them how God see them, i will never fulfill what God wants me to do.

Victory over Sin

It is like a revisit of the old demons when I have accepted Christ as my personal saviour, that in His death, my sins are forgiven. However, every now and then, sins still crept in like a deadly bacteria that causes spiritual and emotional sicknesses that left me wondering if I am truly saved. That when Christ promised His disciples that we will be more than conquerors, is for the super Christians like the mega preachers and mother teresas out there?

Victory over Sin happens not from our merit, if it was, then Christ will not have to die for our sins but provide a list of things we should do; But then, Christ did not do that, all He did, was to die on the Cross for our Sins. For then, it is a irrefutable fact that Christ died, and He has risen from the grave, a victory over death, our final enemy. Death was never intended, as was Sin, but Death was the result of the final obstacles to our reconciliation to God, as it must be defeated as Sin was at the foot of the Cross.

When we approach the issue of Sin in believers’ lives, is it our merit that the foundation of our salvation stands? Absolutely not. As i am writing this, it serves a continuous reminding of my position in Christ is not affected by how many times i have failed, but how many times i come back to Christ, acknowledging He is still my saviour, and I am still an unfinished work in God’s time. Victory over Sin is not a statement that we are free from Sin, but now we have a victor in me, that has triumphed over Sin and Death, that He is working in my life to chip away the habits of Sin, that we now have a guaranteed in Christ a salvation that will not be denied by our standard, but confirmed in the eternity of His Work.

So when we are assailed with temptations, know, it is not a sign of defeat, but a call to battle and raising our standards and reaffirmation in the Truth and the Fact that Christ is my saviour, yesterday, today and tomorrow!