However, in the midst of these 3 months, one thing does surface in my thoughts and reflections. That is Hope. I was thinking, what is the one thing that will propel us to do what we do and sustain us through the hits and bumps of life? It is Hope. It is not just hoping for the best, but hoping for One who will make all things new. As we approach the Christmas season, I can’t help but once again remember of the Hope that I have. The hope that a better place will come, a hope that there will be no more sorrows and tears, a hope of abundant provision, grace and love ….. and this hope is only in the person Jesus Christ… the begotten one who came to lay His life for me and restore me to the Maker.

“Thank you Jesus.”

“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saint, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power towards us who believe.” Eph 1:18,19a (NASB)

PS: Remember to switch of the blog music to enjoy this wonderful song

Recently, I have simply came to realised once again that without Christ and God in my life, I am simply nothing. It is not that I doubt my giftings, capabilties and strengths. But it simply dawned on me that without Christ in me, I will simply be living a mediocre life and being pushed around and chasing the vanity of life.

“Lord, thank you for choosing me and led me to you. Thank you for choosing to die for me that I may experience Your love and grace. Most importantly, that I may experience the life of having You in me. Thank you Lord, and may You grant me the tenderness of heart, and never let my heart be hardened, to accept You and let You be everything that I am. Amen”

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life i live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Gal 2:20 (NIV)

“Lord thank you for my grandfather and thank You for all that You have provided and make possible for this trip.”

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven” Eccl 3:1

Heard my colleague played this song in office today. I have sang this in church once and it has touched me then. Wanted to get and find out more about this song but the busyness of the daily things simply got me by. And I chance upon it again today.

The lyrics is simple and yet profound. Indeed, God is not just an individual God. He is God of the cities and the nations. And He is concern about the cities and the nations. Ed Silvoso put its clearly that “the ultimate goal of the Great Commission, is not simply making disciples of people, but also discipling, teaching and baptising nations.”  To transform the nations, we have to first transform the cities, one person and at time. Indeed, greater things have yet to come and greater things are still to be done……let’s proclaim it for our nation.

“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to te end of the age.” Matt 28:19-20 (NLT)

P/S : Remember to mute the blog music to enjoy the song.  The song is also birth out in an usual place and used in anextraordinary manner. Click on this link to hear more about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-RP2isqZY.

Every once in a while, you will come to a crossroad where you do not know where to head on and move forward to. There is only one place to turn to…..back to the arms of Jesus.

“Lord, you will grant us peace, for all we have accomplished is really from you.” Isa 27:12 (NLT)

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I am beginning to like this type of reality show….another hidden gem. Where people will not even give a look at her when she walks past, but hidden inside is the angelic voice that can rattle your soul. Simply amazing! British Got Talent really bring out the best of the normal individual on the street. Britain Got Talent 2009…be mesmerised by the voice of an ordinary 47 years old lady with one of my favourite song from Les Miserable, “I Dreamed a Dream”. Presenting to you Susan Boyle…

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“but God has choosen th foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong”  1 Cor 1:27 (NASB)

Enjoy this wonderful Chinese song  simply depicting the power of the Cross and His agape love for us.

“For God so loved teh world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.” John 3:16-17 (NASB)

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” 1 Cor 1:18 (NIV)

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It was humbling to see SP Lawrence Khong admitting on the first session of the conference to all delegates that the church has not grown since we have entered into the G12 vision. It was humbling to see how SP’s willingness to share on our challenges and failures. I was humbled. But more than being humbled, I was encouraged to see that with these new insights, it has helped me to better understand the heartbeat of the church and G12 Vision and most importantly, the heartbeat of Christ.

More than understanding methodologies in running and growing the cell, the conference has once again brought back the dream that is in my heart and reigniting it again. On the first day of the conference, I was challenged by the Lord to “dare to dream again”.  Indeed, the dream has somehow been dormant for a while. Maybe it’s due to the various demands at this phase of my life and maybe it’s also due to the hardened heart from the various disappointments. I chucked this thought aside. However, on the second day, the Lord challenged once again through Ps Claudia’s message on “Reaching for the Star”. The Lord reminded me on the calling and the purpose that He has set before me and I am to “follow the star” and in the same vein I need to be trained, equipped and am patient as I follow the “star”. And at this juncture, he is training and equipping me. On the third day, I was furthered reminded on “what am I going to do about the revelation God has given me?”. It dawned on me that its no longer about what I know in my mind about what God has in store for me, but how I need to have a “heart of flesh”  so that I can love, hope and have the faith to believe again.

The Lord really ended the conference for me in a sweet note with Delirious? ministering me through their song “History Maker”. What ministered and touched me was when they shared on Isa 58, which has inspired them to write the song. As I was seeking the Lord and preparing my heart for the conference the week before, the Lord led me to read Isa 58 but I didn’t find any significant in it then and how it would relate to the conference. As Delirious? shared, I was moved and received afresh the dream and calling the Lord has given me back in 2003 “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked and to give drink to the thirsty”.

I was thankful for the conference, for it has once again reignited my heart and my dream, preparing it for the journey the Lord has called me to.

“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter – when you see the naked, to clothe him,” Isa 58:6-7 (NIV)

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’. The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’” Matt 25 :37-40 (NIV)

Was reading Hebrews Chapter 3 this morning.  And in vs 4, I was once again being reminded that it is the Lord is “the one who made everything.” (NLT). This brought me to one of my favourite Psalms….

“Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchman keeps awake in vain.” (Ps 127:1, NASB)

I was once again being reminded, it is not what I can do or how much I can do, but simply who I am working with and for. As I was meditating one this, this song keeps humming in my mind and it sums up all my thoughts and reflections.

Are you tired of chasing pretty rainbows
Are you tired of spinning round and round
Wrap up all the shattered dreams of your life
And at the feet of JESUS lay them down.

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Give them all, Give them all, Give them all to JESUS
Shattered dreams, wounded hearts,
and a broken joy
Give them all, Give them all, Give them all to JESUS
And He will turn your sorrow into Joy.

He never said you’ll only see sunshine
He never said there’ll be no rain
He only promised us a heart full of singing
Bout the very things that once brought pain.

PS: Remember to turn off the blog music as you listen to the song. Enjoy.