Strength to Forgive (19/3/09)

Having heard that something awkward is going around in my family back home (far away), it just fans in my heart such anger against the wrong party. I found that it harder to forgive when the person has been the closest family member. I thought I could easily forgive at first, but hte more I think about it, the more I realised the anger been fanned and magnified. The more anger there is, the more there is a feeling and thoughts of revenge and negativities set into motion as well. I hated this feeling. So instead of thinking too much this morning, I set my thoughts and mind and eye on my devotion and prayed in the spirit and asked God to help me and reveal fresh words of restoration to me, so that I could get out of this motion of negativity.
The devotion this morning has been longer than usual. I am glad still that He has reveal to me new revelation of what God is doing in this circumstances. As much as it might seem like its a bad event within the family, God assured me that He is still in control and that He has a plan for goodness in this event.

The following are the WOrds of strength God has revealed to me this morning and has set me into freedom of positivity again and live life with faith and love and forgiveness and freedom.

Ro 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Ro 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Ro 12:14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Ro 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.
Ro 12:16 Live in harmony with one another.
Ro 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody.
Ro 12:18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.
Ro 12:19 Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
Ro 12:20 On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."
Ro 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Ro 5:1 since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ro 5:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Ro 5:3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
Ro 5:4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.
Ro 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

=As I read through this verses, I felt such great freedom from the anger and I felt God's strength flow into me and His Holy Spirit flow out of me fresh anew again, giving me strength to forgive and to approach this with victory.


Phil 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Phil 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Phil 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Phil 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

In the midst of this trials, God has given me the strategy to overcome negativity through Philippians 4:8-9. And I truly can sense GOd's presence and peace in me as I practise on it and continue to praise and rejoice in Him.

As I continue my day with work today, I realised the power in me was different and I had the best time of my day at work today. The strength and energy was indescribable. And many blessed events happen in my work today as well.

Even in my work, God showed me something about the event. as much as it might look like it's a bad event happening in my family/parents now, God has a plan to change this into goodness and I shall see breakthroughs in days ahead. It's the way to breakthroughs.
PTL for this great revelation and I look forward for His glory to be manifested within the family. Gotta stand strong in His promises.
May you be blessed and strengthen in your life as well, for He has great plans and blessings toward your life and future. GBU!

Prayers and AMAZED (17/11/08)

The storm caused the electricity to be down till this monring.
I was disappointed becasue I thought it would have come by this morning when I am asleep.
I was a bit desperate to have the electircity when I made breakfast befroe going to work.
So it dawned to me to ask God for help.
I prayed the words and requested God to bring back the electricity soon.
I need to study and I don't want my food to rot in my fridge.
Instead of praying prayers of request, I switched my gear to prayer of faith.
Prayer of request sounded. "Lord, I pray and ask that you will bring back the electricity as soon and possible."
But prayer of FAITH goes like this, "Lord, as much as I heard people saying that it normally takes a couple of days for them to fix the electricity, I still put my faith in you, Lord, and I know that there is nothing impossible in You. I beleive You are able and you can miraculously bring the lights up now. I don't know how but I do know that You can do it, Lord. Thank you, Lord, for answering my prayer."
After I finished my breakfast, I heard the beeps from the diswasher and I realised that God has answered my prayer of faith.
I rejoiced in my walk to work this morning.

After dinner, God caught my attention in the song "Amazed" by Lincoln Brewster as I do my work on my computer.
Immediately, I sensed God's presence and anointing on this song.
I got on my knees and lifted my hands to Him in my room, in His presence.
As I lifted my hands, I felt God's warmth and warm embrace upon my hands, as if I was reaching into the cloud of His presence.
I felt the warmth just radiate into my heart as I praised Him through the song.
The warmth radiated and pierced straight into my heart three times and they brought peace and love into my heart and tears rolls in my eyes.
The warmth of His presence is so comforting and He amazed me once again and strengthened me.
I do beleive He has strengthened me for a mission to pray in this season of time.
Especially for the disaster of storm this week.
I am more determined to pray earnestly and victoriously for every situation that are arising at this season..... storm, or family, or relatives etc.
I hope you will join arms with me to pray along for God's protection upon His people and also upon our community also.
GBU!

Today's Rhema (28/9/08)

John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
BUT TAKE HEART! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.

We are OVERCOMER in Christ!

Rhema for the church (21/9/08)

(1) Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.

(2) 1 John 5:4-5
...for everyone born of God OVERCOMES the world. This is the VICTORY that have overcome the world, even our faith.
Who is it that overcomes the world?
Only he who beleives that Jesus is the Son of God

(3) John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
BUT TAKE HEART! I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD.

Key words: Stand firm, take heart, OVERCOMER, VICTORY

Hope (20/8/08)

ROmans 5:3-5
... but we rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; character, hope. And HOPE does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

As I reflected upon my study life, I knew it was HOPE from the Lord that has given me the strength to persevere in my studies despite all my failures.
In my failures, it was God who gave me the strength to persevere and continue to work at completing all the subjects in the course that I could gradute successfully. THis perseverance has built up my character to be stronger in Him and has also given me great HOPE in Him and His promises. God has built me up to be an overcomer through the Holy SPirit in me. These trials have developed my charcter, deepened my trust in God & has given me greater confidence about my future.

I am a COnquerer and OVercomer with Christ in me.

God is Faithful (15/8/08)

Finally.......It has truly been a long journey of ups and down through my study in university. Finally, God has enabled me to graduate TODAY. The afternoon graduation ceremony was filled with joy and excitement as I finally received my certificate and degree in Pharmacy.
The photographic session was filled with so much joy and fun that I was exhausted from smiling. Hahahahah........
After the ceremony, I chose to attend the young adult meeting in Paradise Church so that I can meet all my friends and brothers and sisters in church. During the meeting, God captivated my heart fresh anew again as I reunited with my brothers and sisters to worship the Lord. As I worshipped the Lord, I can sense His awesome presence and anointing upon me and He was pleased for me to have chosen to seek Him and thank Him for the achievement. As I continued to worship Him, I continued to thank Him for all the guidance and strength He has given me throughout my journey so that I could continue to persevere despite failures. I thank Him for leading me to finish this 'race' or journey in uni in VICTORY.
After I have exhausted my thanksgiving, my eyes was fixed onto my graduation certificate on my bag. I told God, "God, I dedicate this certificate degree to You. I ask that as You have led me faithfully in this journey, I also ask You to walk with me in this new journey/season of my life in career as a pharmacist. I ask that You would build me up to be a good pharmacist and be Your representative in pharmacy, that Your love and light may continue to shine in my career too." At this, I felt God's tangible embrace and touch and His assurance that He will walk with me in my career. PTL for His faithfulness!

Let me assure you, as you read my testimony. that God is faithful to fulfill all His promises unto your life. What are those promises He has promised to you? As He has promised me victory in my life, I believe He will lead you in VICTORY in your journey too. Seek Him and invite Him to be part of your life and your journey and He will lead you into victory as well. As you continue to seek and praise God, He will give you the stregth to run this race with victory despite failures. He will be your strength to complete the race in victory.
Three principles I held firm in my journey: P, P, G - Praise, Pray & hold on to God's promises.
I hope you are blessed with my testimony and be inspired to seek God more. GBU!

NCCC or BCC? (13/7/08)

I have been praying about which church to attend/join. Had been praying about it since last week. 2 choices: NCCC or BCC? Having think about the distance, transport issue, ability to serve in the church & to join LG or CG, NCCC seems to be the better place. Besides I am sure I can contribute a lot in this church and into the community in BUrpengary. However my heart is still inclined towards BCC because it was more similar to PCCC back in Adelaide. IT;s just that It's not so convenient for me to travel such a distance and my involvement in the church would be jeopardised if I was to join BCC. My concscience in me still says to attend NCCC.

Having to attend BCC today, I had a chat with Tarjei about this decision. It sudeenly dawned to me that the answer has been sitting in my heart since the beginning. The only thing that matters now is whether I would chose to follow GOd's leading or to follow my fleshly desire. After the short chat with TJ, I finally made up my mind to follow God's way - to attend the local church, NCCC.

The Vine devotion today says, "it's not easy to do the right thing when (a) it will cost you; (b) the wrong thing is more practical; (c) no one but you will know..... Cowardice asks: is it safe? Consensus asks: is it popular? Conscience [character] asks: is it right?" My reading on "Walking With God" by John Eldredge today also says, "The Christian life is not the commonsense life".

How true are these. My conscience says NCCC but my consensus/human fleshly selfish desire/mind or commonsense tells me BCC. But finally I chose God's way - NCCC.

Thank you God for letting me understand what you are trying to tell me today and for piecing each small information for me to take this step of faith in You.

Are you walking in faith and with God's leading today?

Change Your Mindset (12/7/08)

I have changed my devotion method to listening to God's voice instead.
I was led to Ephesians 4:2-3 yesterday.
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."

This was what happened before the devotion yesterday.
As I was pondering through what had happened in Gold Coast between my sister and I, I was shocked to hear this voice in my heart - "Paradise Konon!" Wow! I never know there was such anger and hatred in my heart towards her. I thought I have forgiven her. Pondering further to that I realised that I have been focussing too mush on the negatives during my stay with her. That has led to this hatred in my heart.

Knowing this, I confessed to the Lord of my unforgiveness and chose to "switch" my minds and thoughts upon the positives instead. God reminded me once again that "whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things" (Philipians 4:8) AND "Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the well spring of life. LET YOUR EYES LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD, fix your gaze directly before you." (Proverbs 4:23 & 25)

Must not let my eyes deviate towards the negativity in other people, but fix them straight with positivity and continue to fix my gaze onto Jesus so that I can continue to strive towards this goal/prize in God's calling or leading and so that I can move forward in my journey of life.

Journey Of Faith (6/9/070)

I was so struck with fear, worry and stress as I heard all about the limited traineeship positions in Adelaide from a lot of people. As I seek advise from a few friends about traineeship yesterday, most of the responses I received were very negative and distressful, although I did get some good advise from them. That has truly caused me to feel very stress out and insecure and worried about my journey ahead of me. It really looked very challenging and not easy. Plus the discouraging messages I received from my dad, persuading me to do my traineeship in Malaysia, added to my worries. He told me that it's better that I head back home because I can't take care of myself. By God's wisdom, I sent him a beautiful and gentle reply, which I never thought would ever cross my mind, if it wasn't for God.
In my distress last night, I shared my heart with God and told Him everything that had happened and how I felt. I also had the opportunity to chat with a brother-in-Christ, ANdrew, about my struggles and he reminded me to turn my forcus and faith onto God in this journey of faith & to hold on to God's promises day by day.
As I readjusted my focus back to the Mighty God last night, I also learned not to let what other people/human said to "cloud" or blind/distract my vision of God's promises in my lives.
As I did that, God restored back His joy and enthusiasm into my heart again, to continue with my job search and application again TODAY.

As I started my day with God's words, He spoke His rhema into my heart, giving me the strength for today. Devotion in the Utmost For His Highest spoke of "Rivers of Living Water" from John 7:38;

A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fullness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow -- "This is the work of God that ye believe..."
A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight far miles, and presently EMERGE AGAIN BROADER AND GRANDER THAN EVER.... Keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you around the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty. The obstacle is a matter of indifference to the river which flows steadily through you if you remember to keep right to the Source. Never allow anything between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience; nothing must keep you from the one great Sovereign Source...
If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has nourished in you mighty torrents of blessing for others.

This divine intervention ata divine timing has given me the strength to psuh through ahead of my journey ahead. As I continued reading, God spoke to me again from Psalm 127:1&2;

Unless the Lord builds the house,
its builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the watchmen stand guard in vain.
In vain you rise early and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat -
for He grants sleep to those He loves
OR
for while they sleep He provides for those he loves.

I learned that as I build up the foundation of my career, i MUST put my focus on God first. letting Him lead me each step of my efforts, and doing the best of my role in searching for the job. I also need to let Him lead OR do the "building". I believe that as I do my role, God will pave the way to the path He has planned for me.
Even as I stepped out this morning to apply at a few pharmacies and did followup with the few I have applied before, God's favour was evidently upon me as He granted me with great favour from the employers. He has also blessed me with an interview scheduled for next week. Hopelessnes, which was felt last night, was replaced with great hope and excitement & the seemingly closed doors were replaced with a bright light beaming from an opened door.
The adventure today was great and fruitful, as I finally got an interview opportunity and also bright chances of employment with another two stores/employers.
As I did my role today, I let God do His part. By faith, I beleieve He will lead me to where He wants me to be.
Praise our gracious and all loving, awesome God.

May God bless you with His favour and lead you in your journey of life and faith!