Brokenness
Total obedience
Building intentional relationships
The centrality of the Word
Total dependence on God

These themes have been running through my mind all weekend.

I don't really know how to link this, but this article was a good reminder for me to put Jesus first and to remember that my passion for whatever I do has to come from Jesus alone.

http://www.jesusinside.pe.kr/jesus-first.htm

It'll be a good reminder for all who are serving actively. :) Sorry for the lack of HTML knowledge.

"Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to Him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to Him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
For the Word of the Lord is right and true;
He is faithful in all He does.
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of His unfailing love.
By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of His mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;
He puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere Him.
For He spoke, and it came to be;
He commanded, and it stood firm.
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
He thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people He chose for His inheritance.
From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind;
from His dwelling place He watches all who live on earth-
He who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.
No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him,
on those whose hope is in His unfailing love,
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
We wait in hope for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His holy Name.
May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord,
even as we put our trust in You."
-Psalm 33

i wish i could put into words what i am feeling now, or even put up songs to depict what i'm thinking.
but i can't, don't think it's very appropriate.

all i can do is trust and depend on God.

Psalms 33:18-22

In the middle of a very trying week, this is all I can say:

"Into Your hand, I commit again
With all I am, for You Lord.
You hold my world, in the palm of Your hand
And I am Yours, forever.

Jesus I believe in You, Jesus I belong to You
You're the reason that I live, the reason that I sing
With all I am.

I'll walk with You, wherever You go
With tears and joy, I'll trust in You
And I will live in all of Your ways
And Your promises, forever."


I'm just going to trust You.

some things just need to be laughed about instead of being brooded over. heh

i came out of dispensing lab test today upset with myself for not managing my time in there properly and brooding over my unfinished and half-baked prescription form. was whining away to sarah on the way to the bus stop.

but after awhile, i realised that no use crying over spilt milk and to focus on the hilarious parts of dispensing lab would make my perspective a tad bit more light-hearted. heh heh. like one of the lecturers exclaiming "why you keep on calling me? your pharmacy no business ah? very free issit?" and other funny things like all of us scrambling for the trolley at 5pm, and the things peiru did which she is telling me about now.

one day we will all sit and reminisce, look back on these things and laugh them off.

presenting........... the 85s!!!

well, not all of us. but with nick. :)

Offer yourselves completely to God

'"So," Paul says "take your body; take all the tasks that you have to do every day; take the ordinary work of the shop, the office, the factory, the shipyard, the mine; and offer all that as an act of worship to God..."

True worship is the offering to God of one's body and all that one does every day with it. Real worship is not the offering to God of a liturgy, however noble, and a ritual, however magnificent. Real worship is the offering of everyday life to Him'
- The New Daily Study Bible; The Letter to the Romans, William Barclay



"The point is this: Everything on earth (except sin) can be done as an act of worship to God. Everything we do is worship when we do it for Him, displaying His face as we go.
The question is not what you do, it's who you do it for.
Your calling is to turn your place in life into a place of true worship.
To do whatever you do in a way that will reflect God's heart to those around you.
It's to worship... as you live your life."
- The Air I Breathe, Louie Giglio


All this is taken from "The Worshipping Artist" by Rory Noland

"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bowing before Him, His glory proclaim;
With gold of obedience and incense of lowliness
Kneel and adore Him; the Lord is His Name.

Fear not to enter His presence in poverty
Bearing no gifts to present as your own
Bring truth in its beauty and love in its purity
These are the offerings to lay at His throne."

"Oh,what I would do
To have the kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat I'm in
Onto the crashing waves
To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown
Where Jesus is,
And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name
and they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
time and time again
"Boy, you'll never win,
you'll never win."

But the voice of truth tells me a different story
the voice of truth says "Do not be afraid!"
and the voice of truth says "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth"
-Voice of Truth, Casting Crowns