I’m beginning to see more and more of god, in how he actually plan all things to work out for good. And when he finishes with one chapter of blessing, we see e story behind it & marvel at it. Thanking him along e way. And faith is built.
Recently, for e pass one month I’ve been praying for a room to rent in punggol. It’s quite sad that I have to leave my current one cause it’s really nice & comfortable here plus I have e whole house all by myself.heh.but well, since e owner wants it back…I should not question God why.But rather be thankful for e period they have allowed me to stay when I needed a place.But deep in me, I felt God was telling me that it’s time to move.I dint know why, but I see His purpose now. I believe He will supply me with a better one.
I ask around my frens…even got a few offer, but didn’t feel e peace to take it up...so I let it go.Last 2 weeks, an agent called me up telling me he has one available next to e plaza, opp e bus stop & Lrt too.Yea, sound really good to me.When I step into e house, e spirit in me didn’t feel e peace.Later I realized the owner is a non-believer.She even offered me a pretty reasonable price.But I knew that I should follow e life in me & trust God to have e best for me.
On Friday I went for my cg meeting & we prayed in tougues for a room.
The next morning while I was on my way down to get my breakfast(I dun normally go down at that time) I met a couple in the lift. I ask em if they wanted to or know of anyone who wants to rent a room out( and I dun ask everyone I meet yea.hehe.only when I felt led too)
They look at each other & just agreed on e spot! Never have I met someone who agrees on my first approach.Not only that, they did not have any intention before this to look for a tenant to take up e room. I was even more surprise to know that their maid was someone that I knew! She was so shock too see me there.ahah.And she’s e only maid around that I know of & luv talking to, who’s always carrying a cute lil’ gal with her =)
Little did I know that one day I’ll be staying w her, with a family that she spoke well of.
How God incidental can this be! Later on I was told by em that she accepted Christ =)
The couple later shared with me that they actually felt led to say yes in providing for me, even before they knew that I’m a believer.yup.they’re a believer too attending city harvest church.
The husband suddenly ask me if I know how to play e keyboard.eheh.He was so glad when I said I yes.haha.Cause they’ve been praying for a keyboardist who could play for em in e new church they’re setting up soon. I’ve always wanted a piano in my home, and now I’ve one with me =)
And those who know me, I luv to bake too but never had a chance to do so since I came.yup.And I get to do so now cause she enjoys it too!
And I love kids too & there're 3 lovely kids, trust me they are just adorable…esp e youngest one ;)
He even felt led to pray for me there itself.haha.yea.hmm...for e things I’ve been praying for too =)
The peace of God just affirms me that this is where I belong now.It’s such a blessing to be staying with someone who share e same faith.I really thank god for placing me and at e rite place at e rite time. And for giving me a chance to share my life with this wonderful couple & their kids as well.
For we know that we have a daddy in heaven who cares for us so much.When we live following e life in us, we live according to his will…and his will for us is a blessed life!
Sunday, January 30, 2005
a long forgotten dream...
god just reminded me just now about a vision i saw so clearly early last year.
i saw myself laying hands on someone who could not walk, and he was able to walk again.
i sense it very strongly in me e last time & I always wonder when will that day be.I would "spot" for someone who could not walk & maybe...I could pray..just maybe...yup but i never did =)
it's when i totally forget about it & not focus so much about looking for e one...that it came to pass.never have i imagine it.
it may not have been from a man who has total lower limb paralysis but for someone to have e confidence of christ in him & to trust god to walk with e pain even if he knew that he may fall again is wat i call a child like faith.
I will continue to believe with him in faith that e pain will no longer linger in him.
for e time bein...i've to go look for a chinese bible.where do i get em?haha.i dun even know how to read chinese myself??ahha.yea.by e grace of God.maybe I could get another patient to read it for me.how bout that =)
i saw myself laying hands on someone who could not walk, and he was able to walk again.
i sense it very strongly in me e last time & I always wonder when will that day be.I would "spot" for someone who could not walk & maybe...I could pray..just maybe...yup but i never did =)
it's when i totally forget about it & not focus so much about looking for e one...that it came to pass.never have i imagine it.
it may not have been from a man who has total lower limb paralysis but for someone to have e confidence of christ in him & to trust god to walk with e pain even if he knew that he may fall again is wat i call a child like faith.
I will continue to believe with him in faith that e pain will no longer linger in him.
for e time bein...i've to go look for a chinese bible.where do i get em?haha.i dun even know how to read chinese myself??ahha.yea.by e grace of God.maybe I could get another patient to read it for me.how bout that =)
god can heal if we just believe
hey guys,
another amazing thing happen at work just now.
I've been seeing this patient for e pass 4 weeks ever since I came. and everytime during treatment he would tell me all his stories & I would try sharing to gospel to him.by e way, all this was done in cantonese.so is super difficult.it's just different talking in cantonese and sharing e gospel in cantonese...words just dun flow naturally ,ehhe...really have to think so hard.
And everytime I mention e name jesus, he would replace it with kuan yin.haha.yea.he would listen to anything I say but not e gospel.there's one time he even ask me to pick a 4digit number from an envelope with small pieces of paper in it.v cute uncle.
he's someone diagnose with SLE(ask your dr fren =)) and have been complaining of bilateral knee pain. it's so painful that he has been on bed for a very long time.and everytime when i try to ask him to walk, he would just refuse.just know that many elderly are afraid to walk due to fear of falling.for his case, he had this bad experience when I tried to stand him e last time, and his knee just collapse cause its too numb & painful.
Today, I felt e prompting to share e testimony Ryan's aunt shared to me after last bible study in e cab.her dad(ryan's grandad) has been a buddhist for the past 72years. He was diagnose with 4th stage prostate cancer and was in so much pain. He tried calling out every god name he knew but e pain was still there.
one day after his son prayed for him, he called out e name of jesus & e pain left completely! only god could do that.it's been more than a year, and e symptoms have not return. The dr even gave him only 6 months to live but it's been more than 3 years(about there). he even went for e israel trip last year & was more energetic than e rest.hehe
when i saw e expression on his face changed...I knew he was open to e gospel then.
I told him more, about my testimony too...telling him that jesus has died on e cross for us and all our sickness and disease have been paid for on e cross & he would just repeat after me. He ask me whether i could pray for him! well of course!
i laid my hands on both his knee.
I told him that he just need to believe that he is well & he could walk.
The pain may still be there, but just believe that it will not be.
Dun confess e pain but confess that you're healed.
guess wat, he was full of faith by then.hehe.he toke his walking frame and walk 4 meters!trust me he could walk more, but he's not wearing his slippers(remember he was not suppose to walk, so he's not wearing em plus it's not safe to walk without a shoe cause he might just slip)
when he came back to his bed, he made this funny comment in cantonese"you really can ah" hehe
we all know that it's not me but god.
He stood up again talkin to me & he said e sinners prayer with me standing! forgetting his pain.
yup, i told him that on wed we're going to walk e whole corridor & he agreed.
e best thing is he ask me to get a chinese bible for him. i didnt even mention anything about e bible with him.amazing.
he's been blessed by e gospel but i'm definately more blessed by him =)
wat more, my muslim supervisor knows that i'm spending extra time sharing e gospel with him but he just just let it be...=)
Now, I clearly see e reason god place me here...
another amazing thing happen at work just now.
I've been seeing this patient for e pass 4 weeks ever since I came. and everytime during treatment he would tell me all his stories & I would try sharing to gospel to him.by e way, all this was done in cantonese.so is super difficult.it's just different talking in cantonese and sharing e gospel in cantonese...words just dun flow naturally ,ehhe...really have to think so hard.
And everytime I mention e name jesus, he would replace it with kuan yin.haha.yea.he would listen to anything I say but not e gospel.there's one time he even ask me to pick a 4digit number from an envelope with small pieces of paper in it.v cute uncle.
he's someone diagnose with SLE(ask your dr fren =)) and have been complaining of bilateral knee pain. it's so painful that he has been on bed for a very long time.and everytime when i try to ask him to walk, he would just refuse.just know that many elderly are afraid to walk due to fear of falling.for his case, he had this bad experience when I tried to stand him e last time, and his knee just collapse cause its too numb & painful.
Today, I felt e prompting to share e testimony Ryan's aunt shared to me after last bible study in e cab.her dad(ryan's grandad) has been a buddhist for the past 72years. He was diagnose with 4th stage prostate cancer and was in so much pain. He tried calling out every god name he knew but e pain was still there.
one day after his son prayed for him, he called out e name of jesus & e pain left completely! only god could do that.it's been more than a year, and e symptoms have not return. The dr even gave him only 6 months to live but it's been more than 3 years(about there). he even went for e israel trip last year & was more energetic than e rest.hehe
when i saw e expression on his face changed...I knew he was open to e gospel then.
I told him more, about my testimony too...telling him that jesus has died on e cross for us and all our sickness and disease have been paid for on e cross & he would just repeat after me. He ask me whether i could pray for him! well of course!
i laid my hands on both his knee.
I told him that he just need to believe that he is well & he could walk.
The pain may still be there, but just believe that it will not be.
Dun confess e pain but confess that you're healed.
guess wat, he was full of faith by then.hehe.he toke his walking frame and walk 4 meters!trust me he could walk more, but he's not wearing his slippers(remember he was not suppose to walk, so he's not wearing em plus it's not safe to walk without a shoe cause he might just slip)
when he came back to his bed, he made this funny comment in cantonese"you really can ah" hehe
we all know that it's not me but god.
He stood up again talkin to me & he said e sinners prayer with me standing! forgetting his pain.
yup, i told him that on wed we're going to walk e whole corridor & he agreed.
e best thing is he ask me to get a chinese bible for him. i didnt even mention anything about e bible with him.amazing.
he's been blessed by e gospel but i'm definately more blessed by him =)
wat more, my muslim supervisor knows that i'm spending extra time sharing e gospel with him but he just just let it be...=)
Now, I clearly see e reason god place me here...
Monday, January 17, 2005
god is just so real...
i wouldnt have imagine that my last entry would be a way god uses to reflect his glory.below is someone who wrote back to me.she has e same name as i do too!haha.yea.jacqueline!read on...
hi there...well u do not know me but HI!my name jacqueline too...saw ur journal entry in my msg column and so i decided to take a look.And i must say and praise God that it indeed has encouraged me abt my current situation right now abt accepting a job with the airline company and tmr ive to sign the contract.and flyg would gradually take me away from church and serving in church.ok well cut short the story...when i was doin my quiet time today,and when i read the bible...i read Psalm 124 as well!
anyways,ur situation relates to me in me leavg a "christian" environment and flyg ard with prebelieving new colleagues....thank u for sharing what u did...praise God and God bless!
Jac
yup.amazing rite.amazing because i was suppose to write my entry e day before yest, but i just didnt feel e life in me to share that day. till yest, when i felt like it...
if i would have written it e day before she would not have read psalms 124 and she wouldnt have click on it too! she was e first to read as well, indeed god knows wats best for his child to read =) placing us at e rite place at the rite time.
yea.follow e life in you! & behold his glory in your life =)
hi there...well u do not know me but HI!my name jacqueline too...saw ur journal entry in my msg column and so i decided to take a look.And i must say and praise God that it indeed has encouraged me abt my current situation right now abt accepting a job with the airline company and tmr ive to sign the contract.and flyg would gradually take me away from church and serving in church.ok well cut short the story...when i was doin my quiet time today,and when i read the bible...i read Psalm 124 as well!
anyways,ur situation relates to me in me leavg a "christian" environment and flyg ard with prebelieving new colleagues....thank u for sharing what u did...praise God and God bless!
Jac
yup.amazing rite.amazing because i was suppose to write my entry e day before yest, but i just didnt feel e life in me to share that day. till yest, when i felt like it...
if i would have written it e day before she would not have read psalms 124 and she wouldnt have click on it too! she was e first to read as well, indeed god knows wats best for his child to read =) placing us at e rite place at the rite time.
yea.follow e life in you! & behold his glory in your life =)
Sunday, January 16, 2005
live by e life in you
hie guys,
Its been long since I last wrote.yup.=) been pretty busy lately.now that i'm quite settle down for e day, i'll just briefly jot down a little. When I say a little, I can go on and on..haha
There’s just so much in me that I really wish to tell u all,about how real He's been to me lately.e joy he sets in me just makes me want to give out so much...to just keep on serving and spending time with Him without havin to do other things.yeap.pretty impossible though.eheh. I’m also learning to live e let go, “bo chap” life pastor’s has been preaching about and leave em all to jesus.
Just recently, e life in me, e holy spirit has been showing me things my natural self could not.
Last Monday as I was checking my mail, I felt a prompting to open up a mail fwd by my fren annie.she'll occasionally fwd articles by Kenneth Copeland. Sometimes I’ll open em up & sometimes not. But this time I felt like I should open up one of them. It spoke about listening to god's voice. I felt so strongly in me that this was wat he wanted me to do. Then later I started browsing some christian blogs which i sometimes do. And one of e blog i read was about listening to his voice also.hmm. i felt e life in me that this was wat god really wants me to do. i log off e com and toke out my bible. I started asking god, wats e first verse that i should turn to.
He gave me psalms124:4 :
I was amaze at wat He gave me.
“v4. the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us,
v5 the raging waters
would have swept us away.
v6 Praise be to the Lord,
Who has not let us to be torn by their
Teeth.
v7 We have escaped like a bird
Out of the fowler’s snare;
The snare has been broken,
And we have escaped.
v8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
The Maker of Heaven and earth.
This is not a verse that I know of, or even a verse that sounds familiar to me. Its not by chance that I turn to it, but by our God who gives His Word in season. It takes e holy spirt in us to do just that. With my natural ability, I wouldn’t be able to see e beauty e bible has. I may take hours to look for e appropriate verse, but just by listening to His voice, it takes seconds.
I felt so strongly too that pastor will be preaching on listening to His Word on Sunday. I did not share to anyone about wat I felt, “fearing” that I may be wrong.haha. And you know wat, he really did!!!
God is awesome isn’t He. Just e week before, he preached on “Let not Your hearts be troubled”(John 14:27) as e theme to live by for e year. It was Sunday that he preached. I came back from Ipoh on a thurs. On Wednesday nite before I was back, I went over to my aunts’ place for dinner, and that was e verse I saw at her dining hall, which really spoke to me. I’ve been meditating on it e whole week, trying to look up for e verse in e bible as well. And I would not have imagined that pastor prince would have actually used this verse as his sermon topic for e week!
Yea people, live by e LIFE in you. Listen to His voice. Cast all your cares upon Him, for he cares so so much for u!
I’m currently doing my attachment in this place called Man Fut Tong nursing home. Yea. It’s a Buddhist organization. Looks really like a temple. But I’ve e temple of God in me.amen.ahha. I was asking god why this place?? I’m surrounded by people who don’t speak e same “language” as me?? But then he reminded me of e first attachment that I went to. My supervisor, who was a really strong Christian, “grounded” me and taught me just so much, not only in my studies but in my walk with Him…..and my second one as well. Now is e time I felt he wanted me to share e gospel to those who need it most with wat I have in me…and he’s going to use me to glorify his name.
Furthermore, my supervisor now is an Indian muslim. Hmm. Well God always turns things around for good. The first day, I felt e prompting to share e gospel to him.I did. And He listen. God move. He wanted to even follow me to church. He even asks me to share e sermon to him on a Monday morning?? Haha. He gave me an A4 paper. Filled e A4 paper w e gospel. Handed to him. And he toke it willingly. Last thurs, he sneak me out early to go for bible study.ahha.yea. and today I told him e reason I’ve e joy in me is because jesus lives in me, and he repeated that to himself as well =)
I better stop here.ahha. yea. Told u all I can just go on and on…..
Good nite.Luv u all! =)
Its been long since I last wrote.yup.=) been pretty busy lately.now that i'm quite settle down for e day, i'll just briefly jot down a little. When I say a little, I can go on and on..haha
There’s just so much in me that I really wish to tell u all,about how real He's been to me lately.e joy he sets in me just makes me want to give out so much...to just keep on serving and spending time with Him without havin to do other things.yeap.pretty impossible though.eheh. I’m also learning to live e let go, “bo chap” life pastor’s has been preaching about and leave em all to jesus.
Just recently, e life in me, e holy spirit has been showing me things my natural self could not.
Last Monday as I was checking my mail, I felt a prompting to open up a mail fwd by my fren annie.she'll occasionally fwd articles by Kenneth Copeland. Sometimes I’ll open em up & sometimes not. But this time I felt like I should open up one of them. It spoke about listening to god's voice. I felt so strongly in me that this was wat he wanted me to do. Then later I started browsing some christian blogs which i sometimes do. And one of e blog i read was about listening to his voice also.hmm. i felt e life in me that this was wat god really wants me to do. i log off e com and toke out my bible. I started asking god, wats e first verse that i should turn to.
He gave me psalms124:4 :
I was amaze at wat He gave me.
“v4. the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us,
v5 the raging waters
would have swept us away.
v6 Praise be to the Lord,
Who has not let us to be torn by their
Teeth.
v7 We have escaped like a bird
Out of the fowler’s snare;
The snare has been broken,
And we have escaped.
v8 Our help is in the name of the Lord,
The Maker of Heaven and earth.
This is not a verse that I know of, or even a verse that sounds familiar to me. Its not by chance that I turn to it, but by our God who gives His Word in season. It takes e holy spirt in us to do just that. With my natural ability, I wouldn’t be able to see e beauty e bible has. I may take hours to look for e appropriate verse, but just by listening to His voice, it takes seconds.
I felt so strongly too that pastor will be preaching on listening to His Word on Sunday. I did not share to anyone about wat I felt, “fearing” that I may be wrong.haha. And you know wat, he really did!!!
God is awesome isn’t He. Just e week before, he preached on “Let not Your hearts be troubled”(John 14:27) as e theme to live by for e year. It was Sunday that he preached. I came back from Ipoh on a thurs. On Wednesday nite before I was back, I went over to my aunts’ place for dinner, and that was e verse I saw at her dining hall, which really spoke to me. I’ve been meditating on it e whole week, trying to look up for e verse in e bible as well. And I would not have imagined that pastor prince would have actually used this verse as his sermon topic for e week!
Yea people, live by e LIFE in you. Listen to His voice. Cast all your cares upon Him, for he cares so so much for u!
I’m currently doing my attachment in this place called Man Fut Tong nursing home. Yea. It’s a Buddhist organization. Looks really like a temple. But I’ve e temple of God in me.amen.ahha. I was asking god why this place?? I’m surrounded by people who don’t speak e same “language” as me?? But then he reminded me of e first attachment that I went to. My supervisor, who was a really strong Christian, “grounded” me and taught me just so much, not only in my studies but in my walk with Him…..and my second one as well. Now is e time I felt he wanted me to share e gospel to those who need it most with wat I have in me…and he’s going to use me to glorify his name.
Furthermore, my supervisor now is an Indian muslim. Hmm. Well God always turns things around for good. The first day, I felt e prompting to share e gospel to him.I did. And He listen. God move. He wanted to even follow me to church. He even asks me to share e sermon to him on a Monday morning?? Haha. He gave me an A4 paper. Filled e A4 paper w e gospel. Handed to him. And he toke it willingly. Last thurs, he sneak me out early to go for bible study.ahha.yea. and today I told him e reason I’ve e joy in me is because jesus lives in me, and he repeated that to himself as well =)
I better stop here.ahha. yea. Told u all I can just go on and on…..
Good nite.Luv u all! =)
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