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Plastic Jesus


This video clip captures very well how easy it is for us to present an infallible self when actually within us, our life is in a mess. One can profess to be a Christian. But how real is He in our life? In my life? When I saw this video, it really reminded me of how I was when I was in secondary school. On the outside, I seem fine and doing ok in my walk with God. But inside, it's a mess. What I present myself to be outside is so not coherent with who I am truly inside. And if I am not careful, it gets even worst as I grow older as a Christian with more "textbook" answers I can give to people who ask questions. I'll have to learn to be honest. To God, to myself and to others.

Josh Wilson - Savior, Please


I like this song a lot. Other than the cool guitar skills involved, the lyrics captures very well the helpless state man is in, in trying to reach God. Especially in such a fast-paced life like S'pore, it is easy to get caught in a whirlwind of activities but come out of it tired and unsatisfied. Only when we turn to the Savior and ask for His help then can we truly stand.

Savior, Please
Savior, please take my hand .
I work so hard, I live so fast.
This life begins, then it ends.
And then I do the best that I can,
but I don't know how long I'll last.

I try to be so tough,
but I'm just not strong enough.
I can't do this alone, God I need you
to hold on to me.
I try to be good enough,
but I'm nothing without your love.
Savior, please keep saving me.


Savior, please help me stand.
I fall so hard, I fade so fast.
Will you begin right where I end?
And be the God of all I am because you're all I have.

Hallelujah!
Everything you are to me
is everything I'll ever need.
and i am learning to believe
cause you're the one who's saving me.

Lord I want to know You...

Been reading up this devotion on the various names of God used in the Bible and it has been interesting and refreshing so far. Thot I should consolidate my thots by blogging it down so as to help me remember what I learnt...

He is Elohim (God The Creator)
Remembering why God made us is important. That way, we can truly live life the way it was intended to be. And from Scriptures, we know that we are created for His Glory and thus we represent Him (Isa 43) and we are created for His Pleasure and thus we do His Will (Rev 4:11)

He is El-Elyon (God Most High)
Knowing that He is the Most High is assuring. Though the external circumstances may seem to go against us, we can still trust that He is in control. Job is the perfect example to learn from. Though the circumstances dealt on him seems crazy (i.e. lost of children, property, wealth, health), he held on to what He believed and understood God to be and finally walked out of the situation victorious.

He is El-Roi (God who sees)
Understanding that He is a God who sees is comforting. Comforting to know that the moments when I am down and no one knows, He does. Comforting to know that when I am wronged, I do not need to vindicate myself for God will do so during Judgement Day. Comforting to know that God is still on top of the situation even though the circumstances may seem dire. This is especially real last week when within me I was struggling with the responsibilities I had to do. The feeling of giving up and that no one seems to understand was very real. But remembering that the Lord sees, I am comforted to know that He knows and that He is watching over me though I may think that I cannot handle it anymore.


Some call such an understanding about God as mystical/superstitious/fictitious. To think that there is "someone" who made us for a purpose, who is in control of everything and who sees and understands what we are going through may seem unbelievable and too nice a thing to be. But if God is truly who He said Himself to be, shouldn't it drive one to hope, trust and comfort instead? At least it did for me... It makes living on this world purposeful...

music is the language of the heart 12

One of my favorite songs in Leeland's new album "Love is on the move"...

My Jesus
Here on the bank I stand.
But in the water is the hope of man.
Unclean, I fall before You now.
Jesus, come wash me inside out.

I'm running to the water now.
I'm running to the water now.

And I'm lost in Your love and Your mercy.
Lord, Your beauty is so overwhelming.
I'm thankful for Your truth.
I'm so in love with You.
My Jesus, My Jesus.
.
Here on the bank I stand.
But in the water is the hope of man.
Unclean, I fall before You now.
Jesus, come wash me inside out.

I'm running to the water now, oh
I'm running to the water now.

And I'm lost in Your love and Your mercy.
Lord, Your beauty is so overwhelming.
I'm thankful for Your truth.
I'm so in love with You.
My Jesus, My Jesus.

(Yeah, yeah)

(Oh)
All things are new again.
Covered in waters of love I stand.
All my chains are broken.

(Oh, Whoa)
All things are new again.
Covered in waters of love I stand.
All my chains are broken.
'Cause I'm washed inside Your ocean.

I'm running to the water now.
(Running to the water now)
I'm running to the water now.

And I'm lost in Your love and Your mercy.
Lord, Your beauty is so overwhelming.
I'm thankful for Your truth.
I'm so in love with You.
My Jesus, My Jesus.

And I'm lost in Your love and Your mercy.
Lord, Your beauty is so overwhelming.
I'm thankful for Your truth.
I'm so in love with You.
My Jesus, Oh, My Jesus.

(Oh)
You make all things new.
You're so good to me Lord (yeah)
(Oh, yeah)
So thankful Lord, so thankful Lord.
(Oh)
I'm new creation, You make all things new oh Lord.
(Yeah)
You are my salvation.
You are just so beautiful.
I'm a new creation, You make all things new. Oh, Lord.

We love You.
We love You.
So in love with You...

FIGHT for joy!

I think it is always not good to pull a long face when you are feeling down. So thanks to all who have endured my "attitude" and responded with encouragement and patience. This was an email sent by a brother, written by John Piper, urging the Christian to fight for joy. It is interesting to remember that joy must be fought for and not wished for. So may this 15 points lead me to the authentic joy that God would want me to have!

1. Realize that authentic joy in God is a gift.
2. Realize that joy must be fought for relentlessly.
3. Resolve to attack all known sin in your life.
4. Learn the secret of gutsy guilt - how to fight like a justified sinner.
5. Realize that the battle is primarily a fight to see God for who he is.
6. Meditate on the Word of God day and night.
7. Pray earnestly and continually for open heart-eyes and an inclination for God.
8. Learn to preach to yourself rather than listen to yourself.
9. Spend time with God-saturated people who help you see God and fight the fight.
10. Be patient in the night of God's seeming absence.
11. Get the rest and exercise proper diet that your body was designed by God to have.
12. Make a proper use of God's revelation in nature.
13. Read great books about God and biographies of great saints.
14. Do the hard and loving thing for the sake of others (witness and mercy).
15. Get a global vision for the cause of Christ and pour yourself out for the unreached.

CHIONG ARH!!!
(P.S: It is interesting at the point when I am typing this, SOMEONE reminded me of my 2 "favorite" quotes:

"Pain is the highest level of comfort"

"Pain is weakness leaving the body"

God is SoooOoOooo interesting...)

have i lost heart?

The whole process of getting upset and discouraged over the responsibility that is assigned to me is starting to come once again. It gets pretty frustrating because there are just some things I cannot come to terms with. On one hand, I recognize the truth that sometimes we simply need to learn to do the things we need to do, not just the things we want to do. But when we lose joy in doing that something, knowing that serving God is suppose to be a joyful thing, where then does the problem lie? Of cos the answer is my self but I need a clearer answer as I do feel that I am losing heart. I guess I need to seek and pray more about it to really come to terms with the issue at hand. Meantime, just gotta be faithful and prayfully the Lord will show me the way to go...

An uplifting song... (music is the language of the heart 11)

Sometimes songs really just eases the tension and have a therapeutic effect... More so when the songs speak of the confidence we have in a God who did so much for us, it really does give one strength to carry on though the going is tough...

This Is Our God

VERSE 1:

Your grace is enough

More than I need

At Your word I will believe

I wait for You

Draw near again

Let Your Spirit make me new

CHORUS:

I will fall at Your feet

I will fall at Your feet

And I will worship You here

VERSE 2:

Your presence in me

Jesus light the way

By the power of Your word

I am restored

I am redeemed

By Your Spirit I am free

BRIDGE:

Freely You gave it all for us

Surrendered Your life upon that cross

Great is the love

Poured out for all

This is our God

Lifted on high from death to life

Forever our God is glorified

Servant and King

Rescued the world

This is our God