Sharing 2

Following is what I enjoyed, taken from the e-manna.

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Heb 12:5 ...My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by Him; (11) Now no discipline at the present time seems to be a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of
righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.

Every step of the Spirit's discipline is God's work in us. Had we not become sick that one time, what would have become of us? Had we not failed that one time, what would have become of us? What we faced may have been a problem, but through facing that problem we may have avoided greater problems. On that day we will see why the Lord allowed all these things to happen to us. On that day we will bow our heads and say, “Lord, I was a fool, because I did not praise You that day. I was a fool, because I did not give thanks to You that day.” When our eyes are opened and we become clear on that day, how very shameful we will be when we recall our murmurings.

We have to learn to believe and to praise. If we do, we will say on that day, “Lord! I thank You for Your grace which saved me from unnecessary complaints and murmurings...” We have a desire to praise the Lord because He is good. We need to always say, “The Lord is good.” Today we have to learn to believe that the Lord is good and that He is never wrong, even though we cannot always understand what He is doing. If we believe, we will praise. Our praises are His glory. To praise is to glorify God. God is worthy of all glory. May God gain abundant praises from His children.

Sharing 1

Following is what I enjoyed, taken from the e-manna.

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Psa 50:23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me.

1 Cor 13:12 For now we see in a mirror obscurely, but at that time face to face; now I know in part, but at that time I will fully know even as also I was fully known.

Here, the word thanksgiving can also be translated as praise.The Lord is waiting for our praises. Nothing can glorify our God as praises can. One day, all the prayers, works, prophesying, and labor will be over. But on that day our
praises will be more than today's. Praise will last for eternity; it will never cease. Today we have the opportunity to learn the best lesson; we can learn to praise God even today.

Today is still the time when we see in a mirror obscurely (1Cor. 13:12). Although we can see a little of many things, we cannot understand the meaning behind them. We can only feel the pain of all the inward wounds and outward trials that we have encountered and experienced. We cannot comprehend the significance behind them. This is why we do not praise. We believe that praises will abound in heaven because there will be full knowledge in heaven. The fuller the knowledge, the fuller the praise. Everything will be clear when we go before the Lord on that day. The things that are unclear to us today will be clear to us on that day. On that day we will see the Lord's excellent will in every step of the Spirit's discipline. When we see everything on that day, we will bow our head and praise Him saying, “Lord, You were never wrong.”

Sabah trip- part 2

Well, we reached Sandakan in the evening around 7 something. We had lovefeast with the saints there.Shortly after that we had a meeting with the youths there.

The pic says it all

Lovefeast

Next day morning we had Lord's Table meeting with the local saints and in the afternoon we went to visit the proboscis monkey. That evening we had seafood dinner at the meeting hall. It was awesome. Tons of prawns and crabs.

Forgot it's name liao..

Proboscis monkey

The family.
See the biggest one there?That's the male aka king others all females.

The next day we went to the Sandakan Memorial Park and the alligator farm.

(Refer pic above)

(refer pic above as wel)

Feeding time

After that we depart to Grace Blending Centre at Ranau. We had barbecue with the local youths. I had a great time catching up with some saints that i met there one year ago. The next morning we did gardening. I was assigned to pick rocks. While I was doing it, I was reminded that I need the Lord to dig away the stones and rocks in my heart so that the seed of life that's in me can be deeply rooted in me. We had to abandone our gardening half way through because it was starting to rain. After a short break we went to Poring hot spring.

Dikbang David(kiri) dan dikbang Joseph(kanan)

Raining soon

That night we had a meeting the the youths in Ranau. The main burden of that meeting is concerning the preaching of the gospel. I was touched that our ultimate responsible is to live Christ. Preaching the gospel is the issue of us living Christ.

The next morning we went to Kota Kinabalu Park. It didn't occur to me that the place that we were going is cold. How cold can a 'park' be? So I went there without me jacket. Once i stepped down the car then I noticed something was wrong. Almost everyone has their jacket with them. Oops..this is KK Park, not Tawau Hill park or Sandakan Memorial park. As the morning breeze greets my face I started to shiver.grrrr...

The lamppost kacau la..

After that on the way back to Ranau, we passed by Kundasang. The place is famous for fruits and flowers.

The market

Me dropping by after buying salak ;p

Next stop, Tambunan. Refer Sabah Trip-part 3

The Throne

It's been a long time since I last left the throne in my heart. I was there reigning over most of the things in my life; trying hard to decide what's best for me and other people. I am just like Jacob, a supplanter; who grab holds of everything I could with my own natural strength. In the end all I got was just problems after problems and I was really exhausted since I didn't want to step down. But tonight, through certain circumstances, I see that the Lord should be the One reigning on the throne in my heart. Praise the Lord that He's the One sitting on the throne; reigning and rulling over everything, over us. The reason why so many problems arise in our life is because we don't see and realise that the Lord is the One on the throne. When we submit ourselves to Him, He will be glad to bear everything on our behalf. May the Lord open our eyes and grant us a clear sky to see and experience Him as the one on the throne; rulling and reigning in us.

Sabah trip- part 1

Last year I went to Sabah along with my family and the youths from Subang Jaya,Kuala Lumpur and Selayang. There were altogether 31 of us. We were there from the 19th of Dec till the 29th of Dec. During that trip we've been to 9 places,namely,Tawau,Semporna,Kunak,Kota Kinabatangan,Sandakan,Ranau,Tambunan,Keningau and Kota Kinabalu.


We arrived at Tawau around 9 something in the morning.

My sis and I

Upon arriving, the saints took us to the meeting hall in Tawau. Later in the afternoon we went to the Tawau Hill Park for jungle tracking to see the world tallest tropical tree. We were advised to put 风油 on our hands and neck and also to tuck our pants into our socks. This is to prevent us from donating blood to the leeches in the park.

Look at me ;p

It took us about 15 minutes to reach our destination.At first the path seems very nice since it is covered with tiny black stones. However as we advance further into the jungle, the path became a wet-muddy-slippery path. Everyone had a great time tracking. No one came out unstained. All of us was busy washing our shoes and legs at the toilet when we got out.

Here's the sign with the tree behind

Leech on dad's hand

A millipede with a 'ball-ball' bug

We had meeting with the saints in Tawau later that night. The next morning we 'hired' a bus to bring us to our next destination. Little did we know, the bus was small and its compartment wasn't big enough to fit all our luggage. So we ended up lining most of our luggage along the isle on the bus. Every time when we have to go down the bus everyone have to lift the luggage beside us and place it on our seat.

Our next stop was Semporna..It was raining when we reached there. One of the local saints came and brought us to the fish aquarium. There is no church in Semporna. But there are about 10 saints there.

The aquarium

Big fish

Illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries

After that we head towards Kunak to visit a brother. There's also no church in Kunak just the brother and his family. Well, on our way there, the air-cond broke down. We were severely 'stewed' in the bus. Soooo hot and stuffy. I was trying to get some sleep in the bus and i woke up in a pool of sweat.haha... ><

Group photo before leaving

Next stop, Lahad Datu. We had a short meeting with the saint and then a simple fruit feast and then we left for Sandakan since we are behind schedule. Those pictures I took at Lahad Datu were blur and dark so won't upload any of 'em here.

On the way to Sandakan, we stopped by Kota Kinabatangan for toilet break. Almost all of the people there are muslim. Almost everyone looked at us when we passed by those shop lots. It must have been rare for them seeing such a big tour passing by.

And finally we reached Sandakan at night time around 7 something. What did we do there? Well,find out more in the upcoming entries. As for now, Sabah trip part 1 ends here.

Memorial Day Conference

Following is a brief summary of what I enjoyed in the past Memorial Day Conference messages. The general subject of the conference is experiencing and enjoying Christ to abound in the work of Christ according to His full ministry of three stages- incarnation, inclusion, and intensification.

I'm much enlighten by the brother's opening words. He mentioned that in Revelation 1:1, we can see that the book of Revelation is written to slaves of Christ. Therefore, in order for us to understand what is written in this book, first of all, we need to stand on the position of a slave of Christ. Besides that, in Rev 1:4-5, we also see that this book is written to the local churches. This indicates that we need to remain in the church, have a proper church life and service, otherwise we are unable to hear God's speaking.

In order for us to experience and enjoy Christ to abound in the work of Christ according to His full ministry of three stages, first of all we need to have a thorough understanding of the three divine and mystical stages of Christ full ministry. The first stage is the stage of incarnation. The work of the ministry in this stage produces redeemed people. The second stage is the stage of inclusion. The work of ministry in this stage produced the church and produces the churches. The third stage is the stage of intensification. The work of the ministry in this stage produces the overcomers.

In the stage of incarnation, the infinite God became a finite man named Jesus Christ in order to redeem us and to reconcile us back to God. We were redeemed at a tremendous cost through Christ's death on the cross. When we are redeemed, we are being purchased. Such a purchase includes a transfer in ownership. We have been bought with a great price, we are not our own. It is Christ that should have the preeminence in us. Moreover, Christ's redemption also separated us from our vain manner of life and usher us into being holy in all our manner of life. Another important matter is that when we are saved, we have a new life, a new beginning, with this new life comes a new occupation- preaching the gospel. Therefore, in order to do the work of Christ in the stage of incarnation, we need to rise up to cooperate with Christ to preach the highest gospel.

Post #4

How often do we think of our future?

How frequently do we think for ourselves?

Then, how often do we care for the Lord’s needs?

Do you even know that the all mighty God who created the heavens and the earth has a need?

If yes, again I would like to ask you, how much do we care for His need today on earth?

Luke 12:7 “But even the hairs of your head have all been numbered….”

Dear saints and friends, even our hairs have been numbered, which ourselves have never counted or could never count, what more is our future which we’ve counted over and over again. I’m sure the Lord has already counted and preordained it for us long before the foundations of the earth. Since our future is in His sovereign hands, what is there that we should be anxious and worried of? What we should focus on now is what the Lord needs and not ourselves.

p/s. Ryan, you don’t have to worry about your hair anymore. ;p