The Last Day Of Devotion! Actually I just realized I have completed this devotion without missing out till the last day! well most probably I did in one of the few days & the starting cause i started out late. ANYWAY! Tomorrow, is the critical day. The day for MASQUERADE. I have no idea whether my last minute contact gonna come or not. That is all depends on God. in Highs And Lows, I learn to observe my weakness. which is basically doubt. As a human I will doubt God. I am imperfect. And I am easily stumbled by situations and circumstances. Still, that isn't gonna happen this MASQUERADE! I will fill it up, with an long Prayer till MASQUERADE begins. Don't know how am I gonna do that. because my longest prayer is only 2hours I think. But, I don't believe that after 5hours of prayer, God will NEVER speak to me nor soften the heart of my friend. Brothers, before i end this devotion, I want to end it with a prayer God, I want to pray for all of the brothers here, God I will pray that this Masquerade. the group the GROW! and all of us will grow as well and learn! God, some things are impossible for us, but for you, NOTHING is IMPOSSIBLE! God we want to trust in you! and I will commit the visitors, the whole event, and our Group into your hands God! In Jesus Name! AMEN! Love,Paulus
today's devotion title is "Somewhere over the Rainbow"! talks about how we can have hope in God even when we face troubles etc.and what really blessed me today thru the devotions is how we can pray in advance whatever we know we are weak in, e.g. impatience, easily angered, pride etc. and this is what i meant by this post's title. offense is the best defense, rather than allowing your temptations and struggles pull you down when they come into your life, then we repent and pray for strength. we can take the first move by starting our day with a prayer for strength to overcome our weaknesses!God i pray You'll help me to be patient, less complaining, diligent and a good salt and light in my class tomorrow as i wake up and go for class. i know i can do all that through You who will give me the strength to do it. and all these i pray in Jesus' Name. Amen.
My prayer to God: Help me to be more dependent on You, not taking things into my own hands but to put things into Your hands, my life, my everything. I may be facing difficulties now, facing opposition but help me to overcome them by committing every single thing into Your hands. God help me to not be angry when people insult me or You for who am I to judge but for Your will to be done. I pray for protection for oncoming attacks of Mr. S.A.Tan the evil guy. I pray and commit everything in the name of the Almighty God, the God of Nehemiah! Amen!
Somewhere~! Over-the Rainbow! la, LA,La. Well, that is how the song goes~.. Today God reminded me that we should always trust in the solid rock During the times where there are sinking sand everywhere. I made a prayer once during the Oasis Camp. That I wanted MORE Troubles so that I can grow! And God Says: " Ask And It Will Be Given" So...I have MORE and MORE troubles each new day. but not long later, I soon learn to trust in God more! and as well change the way i respond to it. Today, it reminded me again of - [ James 1:2-6 ]2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 6But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.Yeah! lets learn to respond differently towards troubles and trials because God uses circumstances to make us rely and depend on him more! Tomorrow is going to be a big day for me. Its The Last Day Of School AND I Have Yet To Ask 5! Tomorrow I am going to chiong! but temptations DO come. I will often be scared, afraid, doubtful in the situation whereby i need to GO! one more verse, written in the devotions [ 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ]17pray continually;This struck me that, In this time, I need to pray even before,during & after i have invited my friend's because We can do little, but God can do BIGGER!
One more thing! Lets Be A FROG; Forever Relying On God.
Quote From : One Of Pastor Shirley Melinda's Sermon
Amen!
today's devotion title is My Great Big Daddy. as i read through the devotions what really struck me was Nehemiah's love for God and his patience in God. when he faced troubles, tho i could imagine those guys hurling insults at him, his people and God, he would have every reason to feel real angry and flare up at those guys. but however he was patient in God, he knew all he had to do, was to do what he had to do, and then ask God for help in the rest that he could not do.and that in my view, is the wisest thing he could ever have done, to be patient. and being patient requires love, love for the people whom you get impatient with, and ultimately to get that, you first have to get that love from God, the source of love. and that so happened to be what God reminded me in the morning.and today at the start of the day, i had quite a bad fall from running for my bus who was stationed and picking up passengers. okay normally, this would get me in quite a frustrated mood, and when im frustrated, worse things do happen to worsen my frustration haha. but anyhow, thank God He kept me calm and cool, after i fell, i picked myself up and boarded the bus. as i sat thru the bus ride, i was thinking, God what exactly do You want to tell me thru that incident that just happened!i fell because i couldn't stop my legs from running even tho i tried to stop, and i've never experienced that before as i always run for my buses this way haha. so why so special this time round to include the fall? and as i think thru, God reminded me of just how impatient i always get when such lousy stuffs happen to me. i get all frustrated and easily irritated.
and this really reminded me of how i really need to love ppl around me more, learn to keep my calm and cool knowing that God IS in control. so i won't say / do whatever i want to them when im impatient, that may hurt them or like how the devotions put it "win the argument, but lose the soul."really wanna thank God that i wasn't injured in any other way that im injured right now, like running into the bus or smth. and also really wanna thank God for all His timely reminders of the need to love, the needs in my life. 1 Thess 5:18. we truly are able to thank God in all circumstance, if we really sit down and think through how God may have really blessed us through all kind of situations, injuries or whatever not. God does have everything in plan afterall and your blessing may just be in disguise, and may pass you by if you just focus on the problems and situations=) [impatience show a lack of trust in God's control over certain situations.]
In This Devotion, I remembered that, things will go against us, that is true! Life wasn't meant to be a bed of roses! Duh! But in life with God. In the midst of trouble, We Have The Victory. We don't have to worry, Because God is always there to bring us through it all! Being A Christ-Follower wasn't easy. That is for sure! But we can decide on how we are going to respond to them. Are we going to give up and say " God, I Am Tired, I Wanna Stop........" Or Are we going to continue and say " God, I am discouraged, but i choose to trust in you! Because Lord you will never shortchange me! And you will always be there for me.Amen!" Guys, I believe God wants to speak to you through this verse in [ John 16:32-33 ]32"But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."Lets Jia You together shall we? Being in the world Is Tough, But remember that our God Is Omnipotent and IMBA! Lets look to him always! for he have conquered and overcome the world! Love,Paulus =)
Today's devotion titled Wall Street, as i think through the devotions' question, "What is entrusted to me, and do i take responsiblity?" this really got me to reflect on just how much ownership do i have with the things God entrusted me with, and as i evaluate there are indeed things in my life, i need to start leading it with a direction, owning it and then i can see those things being completed in my life. i'm reminded of one of our East's values. Leadership = Ownership = ________ (whatever you want to achieve can be achieved!)so really, the questions we need to ask ourselves are, what has God entrusted me with, and do i have enough ownership? East D1 is ours! as long as you are part of ED1, you have a certain amount of ownership already, but do you take more ownership of ED1, by contributing and training yourself in God and the WOG to help lead ED1 to even greater heights? we had 25 people for service last saturday, and that's not even the Masquerade yet! we thank God for the people who came for service, but more importantly let's take even more ownership of ED1, and give our best tgt with God this week in inviting our friends! and we'll definitely be able to see more than just 25, we want to see ED1 bringing God's light into even more people's life this week! jiayou guys! ASK5!=) -Aloy
From the passage, we can all see that those who needed protection was not just the commoners and the weak but those of high ranking like priest, mechants, goldsmiths. As we who we are, no matter of our status, our rank in the leadership leader we all still got to defend our hearts with all our might because the the bible says, "strike the shepherd and the flocks will scatter" so all the more the higher we are we got the keep ourselves accountable. One thing i have learn, we got to guard our hearts and search our hearts for god to move constantly!
As The Saying Goes: Defense is the best way to Attack This reminded me about my walk with God. The Important of all when serving God is our relationship with Him. Are we really putting effort to spend time with him? Are we putting him as the first priority above all? Are we letting ourselves get distracted from our main purpose? Brothers! lets remember to spend time with Him! Lets stand strong in God! Amen!? Love,Paulus
as i thought thru what could hinder me from serving God / doing certain things for God. other than laziness, lack of discipline or prefer staying in comfort zone. one other thing would be failures, if i had prior experiences failing at what i'm called to do, i tend to stay away from it whenever i can. and i do hate failures a lot in my life haha, however it's not just about failing, it's also about how i look bad each time i fail i guess.and God reminded me of this. failure keeps a man humbled; because it keeps a man reminded that God is God, and he is not.God i pray You'll soften my heart towards You always, let not pride or anything hinder me in serving You and experiencing the joy of serving You always! i want to continue to love You even more, in Jesus' Name. Amen!anyway, just smth random haha! which country of men belongs to pig liver?they are the men of Te-koa!seriously when i saw the word and tried pronouncing it i laughed! it's in the passage part of the devotions today hahaha.[everything happens for a reason, therefore we give thanks to God in our circumstances.]
Hands Dirty? Use Kirei Kirei! Or Dettol! Or Soap!( like Duh!) Anyway! Other than soap advertisement, I believe in this devotion, it help us to check! on our Pride, Sin, Burden, Having our physical hands dirty is easy to wash, just like this like that and rub! There you go! Clean hands! Simply because its proven! furthermore* the soap really does clean our hands right? Spiritual Hands is in the same way! all you need is do is Do Whats Right AND Trust God! Why do you have to worry "My Nails!" about it? Even if your gonna need some effort to do the work, are we gonna give our best to God? Are we worrying more about the problem rather than looking at what we can do for God? For me, In This Time Of ESS Masquerade. Which probably the whole devotions for my reflection as I am going through. I believe I am lacking Courage. Courage to speak out and invite my friends. sometimes what holds me back is Awkwardness..That I can just summon all my courage and Just Whack! which is what I can do to change in that area! Brothers! Lets learn from one another! lets grow together amen? =) Love, Paulus
BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BBITU BITTU!!!!!!!!!!!! Today afternoon, i was praying and asking God about the group's direction, about where He want to lead me and the group to in the month of June. And god spoke to me about certain things and put some thought for me to think of. The more i think about certain issues, i thought to myself... "eh God, you sure can anot? I not sure can anot leh God. How God?" I was just not sure and certain of certain things. But as i read the devotion, i was once again blown away by God! Blowned and slapped awake! haha. He reminded that indeed God is the BBITU!!!! Biggest Boss In The Universe!!!!!
With him around, i dun have to be afraid of anything! I dun have to afraid that i dun have enough resources, time, manpower, wineskin, support etc to do certain things for the group or for Jesus. with Him around, i dun have to be afraid that i am adequate enough or what! I dun even have to be AFRAID!!! Becuase God have already promised me and you that as we give our heart and life fully to Him, he WILL supply!
Simply, he telling us- "you need it, I got it! JUST ASK!"
Man... i am just so awed by Jesus =) o god! how can i not LOVE you! heee =D
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one thing i really caught from this devotions is that, no matter what happened, happens or is going to happen, it doesn't change the fact that as long as we call on the BBITU (if you don't know what's this, go read your devotions !) we will be victorious people!in my lives there are times when sin, distractions and problems arise, and times when i fall to them. but God really reminded on how, losing once doesn't mean the battle is lost already. and all i need to do is to call on God, pick myself up and hold firm to the shield of faith so that the next time they come again, i'll hold firm my ground and not fall!thank You my BBITU! oh and anw i've got a testimony to share! recently i took this test for this subject called ITPM, and i just got the results back recently. though i studied hard for it, still i was worried i won't get good results when the lecturer said more than half the class failed! and when i got it back, the result was 20/30! it's really quite good as i have friends in my class whose studies are quite good de and they failed or borderlined passed. really thank God He provided for my studies as i avail myself to serve Him!=)-Aloy
This has spoken and impacted me. As i have been pioneering in quite a number of schools before, and failure often occurs to me. I failed to pioneer the school and reach the goal, sometimes i did my best, sometimes half-hearted, but it still failed and for a period of time i was greaatly discouraged. I always managed to pick up the pace and pioneered but failure kept occuring. However, it was the moulding of God for me in areas where i do not see, like persevering, faith, discipline and a lot more area. Therefore today's devotion helped me to see that the BBITU is OUR GOD, no one else therefore we can have hope and joy =) -Alfonso
Today's Devotion Is About -> The Big, The Bad And The Ugly! This reminds me about the Story of David And Goliath. And what secures me is that, even if we are young, If God Is For Us Who Can Be Against Us? Lets also not care what the world thinks of us. We Serve 1 God And We Live for His Purpose! Lets Together stand firm in God! People will mock us, people will go against us, However, we have our Laoda with us! Lets listen to the Boss! Listen to the Voice of Truth! For we have only 1 Audience. which is God himself. =) Love,Paulus
yesterday after service we had a super great time celebrating at Just Acia, near Dhoby Ghaut station.and before i carry on! after exams wasn't just the only happening and joyful thing! let's thank God and welcomeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Alfred! he just joined our ED1 family ytd! =D it was really super fun just eating food tgt, slacking around tgt, having mini competitions with each other (like see who eat ice cream fastest!) and disturbing one another haha! the fun we had, seriously, it's not smth i can blog it out! so i'll let one of the photos we took ytd show you what i mean!=) this was our supposed spastic shot!! some of us were trying to point to the spastic one.howeverrr.. looks like in the process of it, the real and natural spastics show their true colours! look at those circled in red! i think they're really spastic hahaha!and so, that ends our celebration of the day heh. not including us playing lan after eating =Danyway just a recap of ytd's sermon on how we need to move beyond good intentions!the sermon talked about how we can't just have good intentions (wanting to do something) but not having intentionality (wanting to do something and you do it!)i believe that applies to all of us in the next week til masqueradeeeee comes! we all have intention of asking our friends to come for service next week! but rmb in the sermon, how to be intentional? you need to sustain your effort + plan to do something! and so, in the next week, don't just ask your friend for service straight! you can ask them out for lunch / lan in the week, together with the cg! because when your friends know more ppl in the group, they'll definitly feel more comfortable to come down for service!so start planning, and keep up the efforts in asking our friends down for masquerade. let's apply the teaching and start to not just have intentions, but intentionality as well=) jiayou!! ASK5!
i still don't quite know what is God's calling for me in my future. but i do know, and am certain of that God has really called me to help build up a generation of guys that really loves God, knows God and knows God loves them! The Allout kind, the unstoppable kind! the one kind, that truly truly loves God and nothing else!And i really do want to help all of us to truly experience God, and experience His realness in all of our daily lives! if you haven't already experienced it yourselves!and to really experience God truly and loving Him more every single day, we need to start by taking out time everyday, to spend time with Him, read His word, and for now, also do the camp devotions given to us! if you feel that it's abit sian to read the camp devotions, pray! pray for God to help you not feel sian! pray for God to help you love Him more! pray for God to help you desire for Him more every single day!and lastly! we need to kill off "procrastination" in our lives! a simpler term would be this word called, "wait". stop waiting another day to do your camp devotions! if you haven't started YET, you've waited for a week already!!! if you're tired, ask God to give you strength. if your mind is dead, ask God to refresh it for you! there are MANY times in the past week when i'm tired and my mind is dead, and that is exactly what i do, just so that i can read God's word and experience Him through my time spent with Him alone!=)Lord i pray that as i trust You with my life, You'll help me to use every part of my life to fulfil the calling You've called me to accomplish. my talents, big or small, use it all Lord! even though i don't have much, but God add on much to me, so i will be used by You to add on much to others and to Your kingdom. In Jesus' Name i pray, amen!-Aloy[Just having intentions is NOT enough! We need to be intentional, in other words, giving effort or actions together with our intentions!]
Yeah, Today devotion is The Call. Just wanna share what I learn todayThe is a Prayer Point there and in that blank, what I have written is The Revival Of BDS In This MasqueradeWell BDS simply means my School Bedok South Secondary For Short. This ESS, I don't know whats gonna happen or who I am gonna bring or whatever it is. However, God knows it! and this devotion really reminded me about my school again and again and again. That I really wanna make this ESS fruitful and A Seed will sprout! this Masquerade.For me,My Mission Currently is, To Complete BDS before I leave singapore. Basically I am most probably going to Sydney for further studies after O's.That Future lies in God's Hands. But now,All I want is to see this school being completed!In the same way, Lets us* really believe that God is gonna make a BLAST this Masquerade!Cmon! We are in this together AMEN!?
Lets Give Our Best Together!
ASK5 People!-Love, Paulus
hey dudes! regarding today post... well... i was a rather personal one i would say. It really made me think of the problems that i might faced in my life and ministry in the future.
one thing that i was really afraid is this:
That i will serve God and His people so much so...
that i forgot how is it like to live a life WITHOUT God!
Don't you agree that sometimes we can serve God and keep outreaching because we need to hit certain goals... that we forgot how is it REALLY to live a life without God's love. We forgot how is it like to live without God. And that's when we start to serve God and outreach without a BURDEN! If that's so... we are losing the whole point! We are just like... living zombie? Moving w/o a heart! Jesus reach out to people because he felt burden and compassionate for the people as they were lost!
Mark 6:34
When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
So guys! let's us not lose that burden for the lost out there in the world! Let's pray that god will relight that burden in all our hearts today!Labels: devotion
wow.. as i read the devotions today, i really saw how having a direction from God will really determine how much more victorious you are! Nehemiah didn't start out knowing what to do, where to go or what to plan for first, until in his relationship with God, God showed him the direction of his life at that point. what Nehemiah was truly called to do, other than cup-bearing for the king!
and i really love the sentence, "Big tasks will always face big problems'. that is true and totally makes sense! and i'm really convicted that we really need to grow closer to God even so much more! only when we are even closer to God, we hear His voice, we know His directions for us, and we have all the help and resources we need because He will provide everything we need already!!
i seriously can't get enough of Him every single day, through every devotions and time i spend with Him, God shows me how spending time with Him is really so much more worth it, and so much wiser. that life can really be much better off when i'm living with Him than living by my own strength! i love You God!!
oh and.. as i thought through, this problem is potential problem for all of us in the very near future. the problem is having a busy and fast-paced life! as masquerade draws nearer and us inviting our friends, we need to take care of ourselves and each other in the cg, to meet up not just to play and have fun, but to slow each other down in the busy-ness of each other's life through cg worship and prayer!
Lord i pray everyday You will heal the fatigue of our minds, take away the dryness of our souls and soften our hearts as we spend time with You, help us to love You and love our time when we are with You. to not let games, nor studies, nor projects, nor tv nor anything else distract our precious time that we put aside for You. in Jesus' Name i pray. Amen!=) jiayou ED1!
-Aloy
[Are we doing what we are truly called to do by God?]
The title for today's devotion is Ask with faith.and God really reminded me on how we don't even ask enough! in the sense, we dare to ask things to are small in our lives and SEEM possible enough to happen, for e.g. praying for bus (maybe because we see it happening often). but when it comes to stuffa in our lives that may SEEM unlikely, we may tend to withdraw from asking as much, or do not ask enough! for e.g. praying for my teacher to be later than me for class even though i'm already late! (it's VERY unlikely for that to happen in poly!). not encouraging us to purposely be late then pray for that! but however you can really pray for anything and everything!God also spoke to me on how asking with faith is NOT just about daring to ask for more as well=) asking with faith is also about having a closer relationship with God, such that God will show us how we can ask and pray for more in our lives as well! areas which we don't know we need to pray for!and so i really want to grow even closer to God, by really spending time with Him daily, conversing with Him more when i'm alone on bus and such, praying for not just every single little thing but big thing as well so i can rely on Him even more! i want to love God even more=) jiayou guys![When you rely on God more, you learn of God's reliability firsthand, and this experience increases everytime!]-Aloy
A lot of times we may tend to ask God to bless us! bless me! But have we do what is required to receive the blessing? For me, something that i learn is that, 100% man is the part of us planning, praying and excuting but we need to also see the blessing like how Nehemiah saw it and take it by faith. Then 100% God will definitely come if it is according to his will.-Alfonso
I was reading the devotions for today, which entiltled 'The door he opens'.
Something that struck me was that the fact that Nehemiah is just like anyone of us! He was afraid of asking the King what God has placed into his heart. Isn't that the same as us? haha. Sometimes god prompts us to do somethings, but still we are afraid!
Something that happen to me today was very applicable to this topic. Today during my project group consultation, I had one friend who was feeling very vexed and overwhelmed by the amount of things that he need to do for the report, which is due NEXT WEEK! But at the same time, I was very pissed at him! I was 'amazed' at the amount of things that he didnt do properly! I was irritated by the amount of information that was missing from his notes. Man... i was really pissed off.
But guess what? God was telling me to cool down... and also... to PRAY for HIM! I was like... man... god... not now can?!?!?!?!?! ARGH!!!! as you have known, God is a persistent God! He keep nudging me throughout the discussion and even when we were walking towards the bus stop. But honestly there was NO appropriate setting for me to pray for him. But i knew i have got to do it! OR else god will make sure i cant sleep lor! haha.
So what i did was... I smsed my prayers for him!!!! Heeee... Yeah i really did! but i was really afraid as he was a buddist, and he have NEVER come to church before! so i dun know open he is to christain things! Yet... i still took the risk and smsed him! Minuntes later, he replied. And becos of his reply, i was glad that i took courage, obeyed god and sms him my prayers!
"Of cos i would not mind at all. really thanks a lot of the prayer. =D Really appreciate that!"
man.. i would trade anything to see non-believers around me coming 1 step... (JUST 1 step!!!)... closer to Jesus!!!!! I believe he was touched by the sms and by god himself. So i am praying thta e will come for this sat poly's ESS! =D
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hey i just read this post awhile ago, and i really feel that if we ask ourselves the very same question the pastor asked himself few years ago, our lives will definitely take a big turn=)http://www.perrynoble.com/2009/05/11/the-question-that-changed-my-life/take time to read through the whole post, catch his spirit, convictions and start working on your current life !=)
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I learn to not depend on my past experiences to do things, as Nehemiah could have said, "It would work if i plead the King since it did not work when it was in the past. What differences can i do? I may be risking my own life just by saying that" But he trusted God and took the step of faith and did what he could do. He also saw his position as a cupbearer to be able to speak to the King. I want to learn from him i got to take up courage and use my position as a student in secondary to do what i can too advance the KOG! Amen. Alfonso
The Door He opens, that's the devotion for today, day number 5.as i read through, i really ask God what are parts of my life, that i refuse to take up opportunities that God will put in my life.and one of the really common ones would be opportunities to rest! as much as i always think to myself i need to get more rest, i am the one who lets go of that opportunity, for e.g. i don't have much to do at night, and God reminds me thru various ways that i can sleep alrd and get my rest. but i pre-occupy myself in doings things that are really unnecessary, like.. using facebook, blog surfing or even reading news! things i can do when i wake up the next day.and many others as well.. such as speaking to certain ppl i meet on the streets or smth, there are ppl i can't bring myself to relate to yet as well haha.. or ppl whom i simply dunno what to talk about, and all those are chances for me to be that light He've called me to be in that situation. but i'm slowly learning and growing through these heh..God help me and grow me to never let go of opportunities that i can take to put Your kingdom as top priority and advancing it! i'm weak, but i'm willing to grow and change! i'm afraid still because i know problems will come so i can grow! however i want to go thru it and grow thru it! so i can love You more, obey You more and have more of You in my life. all these i pray in Jesus' Name. Amen=)thank God as i read thru this devotion, i really allowed Him to search within the deepest of my heart for even the slightest disobedience in not taking up opportunities He placed in my life!=) jiayou ppl! let's be ppl who wants to love God more and more each day in different ways=)
Yeah, lets get the Devotions ball rolling. Hehehe So today is entitled Waiting Is A Virtue. I believe God wants to tell us and learn that at time we will really rely on ourselves which we should actually wait until the appropriate time where God says : Go!.. And normally if we do things ourselves we will get screwed like this -> =S and oh dear! either in a situation whereby we are serving god's kingdom like leading care group roles..and i believe we should wait upon God to take the wheel and be spirit lead! Because God knows what he is doing! like duh! I believe god just want to remind us again in[ Proverbs 3:5 ] Trust In The Lord With All Your Heart And Lean Not On Your Own UnderstandingYeah! So lets really let God take control!!! If its not the time yet God Will Say: Wait, if your not giving your best or an area of life you have yet to repent God Will Say: Change, If your ready and the time is set God Will Say: Go!Jiayou ED1!!! We Will Grow In Jesus Name! By Masquerade, We Will See Souls Being Saved, Lives Being Touched, And ED1 Growing From Glory To Glory!!! AMEN!
Love, Paulus
hey guys if you haven't start doing your devotions, start already!! hahaand i confess! i only started doing my devotions today =( but i really thank God i did the devotions, what's more the devotions really don't take up much time to read, and so from now til our unstoppable camp. let's post up our learnings in our daily camp devotions in this blog!and i shall start first! heh, anyway i took time in the morning to read all the devotions i missed too to catch up to the current one because i don't want to miss a single chance to be spoken to by God! (you don't have to do the same. but still! a chance for God to speak to you, you don't want to miss it out!)as i read the first devotion, God really reminded me on what is the state of my heart today? our heart is like a fortress whose enemies are temptations, satan and all satan's act. however if the walls of our hearts are like Jerusalem's wall, then imagine how easy enemies can get in our hearts and turn us away from God! and thats why we really need to come before God and pray for Him to restore those walls and cover our hearts with His word!and for the rest of the devotions i read today, it's really a lot on me slowing down my life for God amongst all hurried project deadlines and tests in my school, learning to slow down, depend on God and look to Him for directions, not worrying nor panicking.and i really want to do just that! as i look back at my past weeks, it's been so super busy! as i have 2 / 3 tests, 2 projects and a presentation to handle in the very same week! my life was moving so fast that the week passed before i could even start reacting to it!but from now til camp, though i'm still going to have quite a few tests and projects to hand in, i'm going to trust in God, take it slow and move along God's directions as i seek Him everyday.i believe past 2 - 3 weeks, most / all of us have been busy studying..=) or playing(busy playing?! !@#!@#) during the exams period, and may have missed out God in the process of it! but i just want to remind us that being unstoppable is something that will happen during june camp! it is something that starts today! with a heart for God, loving God, we will be someone who is unstoppable! let's really start being faithful to God as He stays faithful to us in our exams! start reading your camp devotions and spend that extra quality time with God everyday! i look forward to seeing other learnings being posted up=D jiayou !!- Aloy =)
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