Help me understand the meaning of your commandments,
and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds (Psalm 119:27 NLT)
I found this black sheet with these white letters written on it, and on the opposite side it was written in chinese. This was inserted in one of the pages in my books and I was quite amaze how I came across it, then at the bottom of the sheet it read - Put this black sheet beneath a page to enhance readability. :)) Place a smile to my face as it was a very small but lovely gesture of the person creating that slogan and I smiled.
Nothing . . . in the whole world will ever be able to seperate us from the love of God (Romans 8:39).
We are all someone, special! Our life's resume ... what would you put in it? Will you place only the good things and leave the rest hidden. I learned in Matt chapter 1:1-17 - the Genealogy of Jesus - he places not only the good people but also the people that are not so good. It shows me how great God's plan eventually, all the people who path the way for Jesus Christ. Believe and recive the Grace knowing our own sinfulness but constantly being loved by God at the same time! When you sit and rest, God fights for you. When you fight your battles, he will sit and rest. Therefore allow grace to work in our lives, as God restores the lost time and renews a better future for us.
Take some time to do some devotional ... if not spend a bit of time to pray - to allow God's son to brighten or heal us at all times.
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On the Resumé of Grace Matthew 1:1-17 by Andre Ong
Jan 27, 2009
Jan 21, 2009
In & Out of Season
Sermon title: Grace – In and Out of Season by Andre Ong
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GoD M.S.G. [Jan 21-27, 2009]
President Barack Obama's inaugural address was truly amazing, giving hope to the American people ... Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met. They will be met, meaning there is hope and there is no giving up. Like our God who never gives up!
When Joseph was dropped into a pit by his own brothers, God didn't give up.
When Moses said, " Here I am, send Aaron," God didn't give up.
When the delivered Israelites wanted Egyptian slavery instead of milk and honey, God didn't give up.
When Peter worshiped him at the supper and cursed him at the fire, he didn't give up.
And when human hands fastened the divine hands to a cross with spikes, it wasn't the soldiers who held the hands of Jesus steady.
It was God who held them steady. God, who would give up his only son before he'd give up on you. (Grace for the moment)
Our lives are made up of so many parts, but one thing that is at the heart of us is God. He holds our lives together and creates miracles in our days. Some are small miracles, I guess others might be huge! Learn to sit-down and let God be your source...with his grace and love for you.
That's My King! (video link to youtube)
The Bible says my King is a seven-way king....He's the King of the Jews; that's a racial king....He's the King of Israel; that's a national King....He's the King of Righteousness....He's the King of the Ages.....He's the King of Heaven....He's the King of Glory....He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King. Well....I wonder, do you know Him?...
...Well, you can't get Him out of your mind....You can't get Him off of your hand....You can't out live Him, and you can't live without Him....The Pharisees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him....Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him....The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree....Herod couldn't kill Him....Death couldn't handle Him, and the grave couldn't hold Him. Yea!!!, that's my King, that's my King.
-Quote from Dr. S.M. Lockridge
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Psalm 91 (New Living Translation)
Psalm 91
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life
and give them my salvation.”
When Joseph was dropped into a pit by his own brothers, God didn't give up.
When Moses said, " Here I am, send Aaron," God didn't give up.
When the delivered Israelites wanted Egyptian slavery instead of milk and honey, God didn't give up.
When Peter worshiped him at the supper and cursed him at the fire, he didn't give up.
And when human hands fastened the divine hands to a cross with spikes, it wasn't the soldiers who held the hands of Jesus steady.
It was God who held them steady. God, who would give up his only son before he'd give up on you. (Grace for the moment)
Our lives are made up of so many parts, but one thing that is at the heart of us is God. He holds our lives together and creates miracles in our days. Some are small miracles, I guess others might be huge! Learn to sit-down and let God be your source...with his grace and love for you.
That's My King! (video link to youtube)
The Bible says my King is a seven-way king....He's the King of the Jews; that's a racial king....He's the King of Israel; that's a national King....He's the King of Righteousness....He's the King of the Ages.....He's the King of Heaven....He's the King of Glory....He's the King of kings, and He's the Lord of lords. That's my King. Well....I wonder, do you know Him?...
...Well, you can't get Him out of your mind....You can't get Him off of your hand....You can't out live Him, and you can't live without Him....The Pharisees couldn't stand Him, but they found out they couldn't stop Him....Pilate couldn't find any fault in Him....The witnesses couldn't get their testimonies to agree....Herod couldn't kill Him....Death couldn't handle Him, and the grave couldn't hold Him. Yea!!!, that's my King, that's my King.
-Quote from Dr. S.M. Lockridge
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Psalm 91 (New Living Translation)
Psalm 91
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life
and give them my salvation.”
Jan 15, 2009
"Gong Xi Fa Chai" Chinese New Year
Photo taken from unknown site, put I bet there had a lot of good pictures of the food!
Happy New Year to all!
I went on the road trip this December and I must say Utah have really amazing National Parks. The wonderful touch of God to bend rocks like play dough is truly remarkable. When I climb up to a height where I saw a distant out ... snow that make the edges of the rock seem more visible; the trees giving a lovely contrast to the redness of the rocks; the snowy mountain hiding in the background - it is indescribable. How small I am in this world...and then i thought of the Dr Seuss's movie, "Horton hears a who", and I remember a quote at the end of the movie - And so, all ended well for both Horton and Who's, and for all in the jungle, even kangaroos. So let that be a lesson to one and to all; a person is a person, no matter how small.
Last weekend I heard Andre read out this Psalm:
Psalm 62 (NLT)
1I wait quietly before God,
for my victory comes from him.
2He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will never be shaken.
3So many enemies against one man—
all of them trying to kill me.
To them I’m just a broken-down wall
or a tottering fence.
4They plan to topple me from my high position.
They delight in telling lies about me.
They praise me to my face
but curse me in their hearts.
5Let all that I am wait quietly before God,
for my hope is in him.
6He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress where I will not be shaken.
7My victory and honor come from God alone.
He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.
8O my people, trust in him at all times.
Pour out your heart to him,
for God is our refuge.God is our refuge and he is always going to hold us. Only if we allow God to, by doing the right thing before him even if others choose to lose faith, lose hope or lose heart. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him (John 1:3 NLT). Lift our hearts to him and allow him to work miracles in you. Let our hearts be filled with grace - God loves us just the way we are but he refuses to leave you that way. He want you to be like Jesus. During Sunday service the last point in the notes I end off this devotion - The Christian life of grace is one of miracles, therefore patiently wait by faith, do not Quit until God brings his miraculous closure to the situation.
2 Cor 6:10 (NLT)
Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything.
Animal Branch Dates
鼠 Rat 子 Zi February 19, 1996 February 7, 2008
牛 Ox 丑 Chou February 7, 1997 January 26, 2009
虎 Tiger 寅 Yin January 28, 1998 February 14, 2010
兔 Rabbit 卯 Mao February 16, 1999 February 3, 2011
龍 Dragon 辰 Chen February 5, 2000 January 23, 2012
蛇 Snake 巳 Si January 24, 2001 February 10, 2013
馬 Horse 午 Wu February 12, 2002 January 31, 2014
羊 Sheep 未 Wei February 1, 2003 February 19, 2015
猴 Monkey 申 Shen January 22, 2004 February 8, 2016
雞 Rooster 酉 You February 9, 2005 January 28, 2017
狗 Dog 戌 Xu January 29, 2006 February 16, 2018
豬 Pig 亥 Hai February 18, 2007 February 5, 2019
Dec 3, 2008
GoD M.S.G. Dec 2008
Rice and Virtue is our Tuesday Group!!!
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There are so many LOVE
The bible teaches us love in Paul's letter to the Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 13 NLT on Biblegateway
Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Then the Thesaurus has different meaning to it - affectionate, amative, amatory, amorous, egocentric, enamored, erotic, infatuated, loving, narcistic, painstaking, smitten, unrequited It all sounds more like the human world's definition of love. God's love is truly amazing.
And then for me the connection with love ... is the relationships. My love for God is so much I have no patience to slow down to allow others to love me. Why should I slow down ... people need God and so I should keep on running, running faster and so I can tell people how great God is in their lives. He is just waiting to touch you.
But somehow that all seems to clog up my life. To run and me doing all the work...me me me...WAIT! HOLD ON! God is the one in charge of my life, so would you rather let God work in you or you do God's work. Change from the inside out. I want to be God's instrument and not be trying, pretending to do his good work day in and day out. I want to be in his immense love and to be filled and living with Grace.
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There are so many LOVE
The bible teaches us love in Paul's letter to the Corinthians:
1 Corinthians 13 NLT on Biblegateway
Love Is the Greatest
1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.
11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.
13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
Then the Thesaurus has different meaning to it - affectionate, amative, amatory, amorous, egocentric, enamored, erotic, infatuated, loving, narcistic, painstaking, smitten, unrequited It all sounds more like the human world's definition of love. God's love is truly amazing.
And then for me the connection with love ... is the relationships. My love for God is so much I have no patience to slow down to allow others to love me. Why should I slow down ... people need God and so I should keep on running, running faster and so I can tell people how great God is in their lives. He is just waiting to touch you.
But somehow that all seems to clog up my life. To run and me doing all the work...me me me...WAIT! HOLD ON! God is the one in charge of my life, so would you rather let God work in you or you do God's work. Change from the inside out. I want to be God's instrument and not be trying, pretending to do his good work day in and day out. I want to be in his immense love and to be filled and living with Grace.
Nov 9, 2008
Ruth
This is such a nice collection of Ruth's story in one mindful of words. So power they are and you know that words can be more powerful than a sword! Looks at politics, countries can harm each other without shooting at each other nowadays...just by using an exchange of words, Quite HARMless move but HARMful it can be indeed to the one receiving!!!
Cheers
Aug 6, 2008
Dearest Fran,
Each has a purpose. Multiple calls. Uneven journey.
To learn, live and confront the Evil in each and everyone.
ISA 54:4 NIV
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated."
Well, what is needed in love...what should we throw into this blender to make this love potion to be able to fall in love???
To give,
To see,
To want,
To to to...all wishes of hope but none whatsoever about the desire of change...just more demands!
Youth is a gift of nature, Age is a work of art."
-- Helen M. Carrall
Cheers
Each has a purpose. Multiple calls. Uneven journey.
To learn, live and confront the Evil in each and everyone.
ISA 54:4 NIV
"Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated."
Well, what is needed in love...what should we throw into this blender to make this love potion to be able to fall in love???
To give,
To see,
To want,
To to to...all wishes of hope but none whatsoever about the desire of change...just more demands!
Youth is a gift of nature, Age is a work of art."
-- Helen M. Carrall
Cheers
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