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CHRISTMAS BELL
I am God’s child (John 1:12)
I am Christ’s friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ. (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor 1:21-22 )
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8:28 )
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God’s temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3).. I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God’s co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God’s workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col 1:14). I have been adopted as God’s child (Eph 1:5)
You, too, can
belong to God
if only you
believe
!!!
This was a really informative link sent by my aunt (tho it ended as an ad to sign up for a course)…
http://www.wbschool.org/Chinese.swf
Being in church for years now, I have heard and seen illustrations of how Chinese words “tell Bible stories”… proving some relationship between scholars of old and their knowledge of God. Reminds me of a book I read many years ago, by Mark Geppert… I think it was called the “Attack Lambs” where he wrote that in every culture, especially those tribes that are still pretty indigenous, there is some old folk tale that can be associated with creation and God.
I guess over the centuries, mankind has added lots of salt and pepper to keep the “stories” going… and so we ended up with so many versions of the same thing – creation.
But you know, whatever your take on creation, (Adam & Eve, Big Bang etc)… the past is past… what you should really question, is the future… eternity.
When we did the study on the “Purpose Driven Life”… the emphasis was that God had placed eternity in our hearts. No one can truly imagine “eternity” for we have finite minds and finite hearts… but the longing for eternity must surely drive us to know more – and the patterns of belief towards creation, may just be the stepping stone towards what we are seeking to know.
I guess there are only a few reasons why people don’t bother about eternity:
1. Those who live in the present: Life is what you have now, invest in it! There’s nothing tomorrow.
2. Those who live in the past: Life on earth is hard and seems endless, why think of eternity! So much baggage accumulated from yesterday, I have no time to think about tomorrow.
3. Those who live in the finite future: At least a 100 years max, and hopefully by then, my kids would have inherited something from me…
4. Those who have condemned life: What’s so good about living when you have screwed up, why live eternally!
But if you can’t digest how the Big Bang and Adam & Eve (where were the dinosaurs anyway) can co-exist, perhaps I can persuade you to dig deeper into Biblical scholarly articles that show the gap between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2 where the dinosaurs might have lived. I mean the universe was in total chaos and had to be (re)-created… this time with humans in it… bla bla bla… and the arguments/debate go on and on…
However, that’s not why I’ve written this blog today. My challenge to you is, if for at least a second, you might believe in eternity, don’t invest your entire life living to be a 100. Please look beyond, and ask yourself what treasures you have laid for yourself in heaven.
And that, my friends, shall be another day’s blog…
The past 7 days went *poof*… really one of those weeks where my schedule was tighter than ever. Thank God for His grace and strength to help me survive it.
In retrospect, it just dawned on me what child-like faith might mean.. at least to me personally. I remember those days in school where I would commit every itsy bitsy thing to God and really rely on his Almighty power to help me/save me/solve the puzzles in my head.
Nowadays, I subconsciously (probably due to ego n pride) ask less. Sometimes a voice inside me ridicules me for “dragging God” into he picture for every small thing. Whether it’s skeptism (now how do u spell that!) or pride that I can surely DIY “at this age”… I don’t really know. What I do know is that I very reluctantly present all requests to God… Perhaps as life becomes more and more busy for me, I put my perspective of God through my own eyes… thinking that hey, God is probably real busy too…
See that’s when child-like faith disappears…
It’s when you tell yourself it’s impossible to allocate some of that thinking space and personal time, and seek God out for a conversation… To tell Him everything that’s on your mind, in your heart. To rely on Him 100%.
I am challenging myself once again to include God in my life 100%. The Father-heart of God wants to hear from His children, and it’ll be so silly to think otherwise. I’m not just talking about including him in the less important stuff like “please help me get a place to park, or please let all lights be green”… I’m also talking about stuff like “Lord, did I just think this is routine… no way… routine as it is, I need your wisdom to do it!”
I don’t want my child-like faith to disappear… Because if I continue to cling on Jesus for the smallest things, then I know for sure, I will cling on Him for the important things… If I can’t even trust Him for the tiniest stuff, what makes me think when I really need Him, I’d be sensitive to that idea!
I just wanna be where You are… dwelling daily in Your presence… I don’t wanna worship from afar… I just wanna be with You…
Today I wanna thank God
- it’s Friday
- I’ve got a job
- there’s food on the table
- for family and friends
- there’s Connect Group – and I can go tonite!
- results are coming out later (easier to thank God before knowing the results haha)
- I live in Malaysia
- there’s the internet
- I’m healthy (altho a little on the fat side)
- I’ve got people who really care for me
- I have my five senses altho need more common sense
- for the past, present and future
Today I just wanna thank God!
Our innate vacuum for something higher
A longing, aching, our heart’s desire
Is due to God’s divine design
That longs for Him till Him we find
Today I discovered something more
Our ambitions, dreams, desires for
A perfect life, a house called home
Comfort, luxury within our dome
Proves God’s wisdom in creating us
By instinct we want out from this curse
We strive to believe in God’s promise foretold
Heavenly mansions built by streets of gold
Predestined to live on His estate
Everlasting joy upon our heads
A city engulfed in glory lighting
Ourselves transformed, our robes ashining
Truly God created you and me
With souls and spirits that can see
That life on earth is not the end
Eternal life is around the bend
Paradise is not a song in vain
Written by some artistes in pain
Rather let this be an ode
To celebrate our next abode!
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