Blessed Steps

耶稣基督， 你是我的全部。你真的是我的一切。有了你，我并不缺乏。 On hindsight.... "When I look back on this road i've traveled. i've seen so many times you've carried me through and if there's one thing that i've learnt in my life is my redeemer is faithful and true. My redeemer is faithful and true. everything he has said, he will do. every morning his mercies are new my redeemer is faithful and true Jesus is faithful and true." On hindsight... Only then that I realized, I've been through quite a few episodes in my life I have broken up I have left my job I have migrated countries I have changed and restructured so many perspectives in my life and it still remains true that MY REDEEMER IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE EVERYTHING HE HAS SAID HE WILL DO He is always trustworthy. He has never left me. I can forever trust in Him. AMEN. Click on the link below to allow God to minister to you as you reflect upon the lyrics: My Redeemer is Faithful and True - St...

《炼我愈精》 你若不壓橄欖成渣，它就不能成油； 若不投葡萄入醡，它就不能變成酒； 你若不煉哪噠成膏，它就不流芬芳； 主，我這人是否也要受你許可的創傷？ 你是否要鼓我心絃，發出你的音樂？ 是否要使音樂甘甜，須有你愛來苦虐？ 是否當我下倒之時，才能识「愛」的心？ 我是不怕任何損失，若你讓我來相親。 主，我慚愧因我感覺，總是保留自己， 雖我也曾受你雕削，我卻感覺受強逼。 主，你能不照你喜樂，沒有顧忌去行， 不顧我的感覺如何，只是要求你歡欣 如果你我所有苦樂，不能完全相同， 要你喜樂，須我负轭 ，我就願意多苦痛； 主，我全心求你喜悅，不惜任何代價； 你若喜悅，並得榮耀，我背任何十字架。 我要讚美，再要讚美，讚美何等甘甜； 雖我邊讚美邊流淚，甘甜比前更加添； 能有甚麼比你更好？ 比你喜悅可寶？ 主，我只有一個禱告：你能加增我減少。 （副歌） 每次的打擊，都是真利益，如果你收去的東西，你以自己來代替。 ---------------------------------- 主啊，难道没有更简单的路吗？ 难道真的要倒下后才能识爱吗？ 难道保留自己也是有错吗？ 你的雕削我又不是没有经历过， 可我现在真的觉得受强迫。 我自问：难道我有报名加入这痛苦之路吗？ 我起初的意念好像不是如此耶， 我只不过要更认识耶稣，好让我能更爱耶稣； 我好像没有如此的意念要成为牧者。 然后我心自我反驳： “佳乐，是你自己报上的名。” 我回想起了， 的确是。 是我自己报上的名； 报名情景还刻骨铭心呢。 为什么之前那么容易报上名呢？ 我还不了解真正背起十架的代价。 反而现在了解了后， 退缩好像已太迟了。 因我也了解了神的呼召， 那不可否认， 明显刻骨的呼召。 “佳乐，你已尝试到了我的甘甜，大爱，与真实， 你是否愿意把这些好消息分享给他们？ 好让他们也能真正尝试到我的甜美？ 把他们指引到我的方向来。他们迷失了的羊群，我所爱的羊群。” 我总结了， "如果我们和他一同受苦，也必和他一同得荣耀。 我想，现在的苦楚若比起将来要显于我们的荣耀，就不足介意了。” 罗马书8：17b-18

This has been a prayer I pray before leading worship or preaching or serving in any ways that may consciously or subconsciously boost my pride and steal God's glory. "Dear God,  May I be a mirror, reflecting all Your Glory back to You.  In Jesus' Name I pray,  Amen." A plane mirror. Such that I keep NO Glory of His at all.

"Hospitality is not about changing people,  but offering them a safe place where growth and change can take place.  Acceptance of people in their brokenness is necessary to offer them this space. " This is a post-retreat reflection. Original content extracted from Dr James' sharing. Changing people is God's job. Our job is to give people the time and space through accepting them. I used to think... Why do people still want to willingly get married when they know they're going to get hurt by their spouse inevitably? It's just like, why do people still want to willingly get close to people (friends) when they know that the closer you get to a person, the deeper they can cut you? Why still choose to be close? The answer is because... 1) God made us desire intimacy 2) God design us to live in community (not as a lone-ranger) 3) Our weight is on God (just imagine sitting on a chair and you relax yourself and put your entire weight on God. I...

I have so much to write about this but I don't have to luxury of time at this moment. Maybe I will come back to document down my entire experience on this historical day of May the 9th 2018.  I pray that it will not be a repetition of May 13th 1969.  I pray for the leaders of the nations.  I pray for the people of this land. Now I know how it feels like for the prophets in the Bible to cry over Israel.  Now I know how it feels like when they mourn over Israel and the destruction of Israel and want to die for their land. Now I know what it meant.  Ezekiel 36:-37-38 God's promise of restoration to the land of Israel. "Then they will know that I am the LORD" May I never forget how desolation of land feels like May I never forget how hope looks like even if it's just a glimmer at the end of the tunnel May I never forget how hope feels like when it legitly dawn upon our land.  May I never forget that the Sovereign LORD say...

"Right Believing leads to Right Living." If our faith is off, our walk will be off.  If our walk is off, we need to take a good look at what we believe.  Anger, Anxiety and Depression signals that we are hoping something will happen, but we have no guarantee it will, we have no complete control over the results.  Depression often signals that we are desperately clinging to a goal we have little or no chance of achieving, and that is Not a healthy goal.  Sometimes, it just takes realization that this goal may be beyond our ability or right to control.  Sometimes, depression reveals a faulty concept of God.  If God wants something done, can it be done?  If God has a goal for our life, can it come true?  "Nothing will be impossible with God" (Luke 1:37) To live successful lives, we need to distinguish our godly goal from a godly desire. godly goal=  (something we can control) godly desire=  ...