Teach me Lord, Thy way
Standing on the diverged road,
listening to His tiny voice,
waiting for His guidance,
learning to be obedience.
Teach me, O Lord!
How to live a life
that glorify Your name.
Take away my selfishness,
set my heart and mind on things above,
but not on earthly things.
Teach me Your way, O Lord!
Joy is in my heart
After a week holiday at home, I was so reluctant to go back to USM. How nice it is if I have longer holidays.
Anyway, I still have to face reality.
It’s time for me to readjusting.My feeling, my biological clock…
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: … a time to weep and a time to laugh…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)
Yeah, it is time to be sad but there is also a time to laugh. God put a smile on my face even the road lies ahead me fulls of uncertainties.
Joy always in my heart as Abba Father gives me strength to face every single day. =)
May joy, grace and peace that from God be upon you, too.
The Wise and The Foolish
Our culture categorizes us: by our education, employment, economic status, race, and political choices. Not so with God. His Word divides us into two groups: the wise and the foolish. Wise people hear the Word of God and do what it says. Foolish people also hear the Word of God, but they don’t do anything about it.
In Matthew 7: 24 Jesus pictured it this way: “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them, will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Obeying and applying the Word is the ultimate protection. When the inevitable storms come, your house will withstand even the strongest blows. (Matthew 7: 25 – 27 ~ And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.)
What happens to the foolish person who hears but doesn’t heed God’s Word? Jesus warned, “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like the foolish man who built his house on the sand. The rains fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”
We may think the foolish guy who builds his house on the sand probably never goes to church, reads his Bible, or has a daily quiet time. Not true. He may be in church every week and never even miss getting his quiet time checkmark, but he hasn’t let what he hears change his life.
Hearing God’s Words leads to two possible outcomes: If we do what God says and increasingly make wise, biblical, better choices, we will experience blessing and joy. If we let God’s truth go in one ear and out the other, we’re foolish and will experience the consequences: misery, and eventually judgment.
It would be easy to put off to another day some specific obedience you know God wants you to do. Don’t be fooled – storm clouds are coming. The difference between the wise and foolish person may not be obvious before the wind and rain rage, but the result of foolishness is tragically clear in the aftermath.~James MacDonald
Let us think for a while today: What’s keeping me from obeying God in specific areas?
Foolishness is thinking it doesn’t apply to me;
wisdom is letting God’s Word change my life.
CG birthday celebration_14/9/09
First time, I went to Auto City, together with my CG members. 
This is totally different with Parit Buntar. The most significant difference is the restaurants here all are high-cost-restaurant. Haha. I have the feeling that I was in PJ or KL.
outing with CG members
I truly enjoy the time that we spent together. Thanks to Joshua Prakash for organizing and planning for this.
Third week in USM KKj and… I still survive! :)
This has been the 3rd week that I come to USM KKj. Do things change? Yeah, definitely.
Firstly, God has blessed me with two friendly and nice roommates. I still remember that after both of my roommates moved out, I felt miserable. After few days, I received a call from hostel office to ask me move to a double room which is located at the other block. My feeling was indescribable. I feel happy that they offered me a double room even I didn’t ask for that while so many people are applying to stay in double room. In the other hand, I felt quite hard for me to move away from the block that I was staying — friends that I know most of them stay at this block and it takes some times for me to move my things from one block to the other block.
Therefore, the next day, I told the clerk that I want to continue to stay at the same block and I asked her any room available. To make the story short, I was arranged to the room that I am staying now — L 1317 B. I have two roommates who are Siang Yee and Fiona.
I really thanks God for His own timing and plan in order for all these to happen. I learn an important lesson — in good times, give thanks to God, do not forget His goodness. Do not ever too comfortable with own sweet time. Be alert. In difficult times, I still want to use my mouth to praise His name and all the glories be unto the Lord.
Secondly, I thank God that He give me a big family in this campus — Christian Fellowship (CF) KKj. God really works in amazing way. He gave me this opportunity to meet with Edmond and Nian Zhen when I was going to hostel office to ask for room availability. Although that time they rejected my offer, at least I met the very first two Christians in this campus.
In CF, I feel home belonging. Far away from my family, God place the other family for me in this campus. Where may I have this relationship other than in God’s house?
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Today I have a good time to go shopping at Jusco, Bukit Mertajam with my roommate. She wants to buy a dress. However, she didn’t get any dress because there is no much choices. I enjoyed this time that both of us spend together. Chatting, eating and also shopping.
I bought a baby shirt for my future nephew. Hope that this fits him. I like the shirt so much.
Pets
Pets at my house
When I look at the photos of them — Bobo, Nancy and Mimi, I really miss them a lot. They always accompany me when I was at home. I thank God that giving my family these pets, especially Bobo and Nancy.
They are my mother good companion. Since all of us do not stay at home, they are the one that accompany my mom. I still remember that the first day that my sister brought Bobo back. I was so excited. After a year, Nancy joined this family, too. She was a puppy when she first came to my house, even smaller than Bobo. Therefore, Bobo always bully her. Until one day, without realizing, Nancy grew larger in size than Bobo. She repelled and since then Bobo would run away once he see Nancy. What a funny dog.
Mimi, definitely is a hamster. She is the only hamster that stays longest. Once, my mom decided not to keep her anymore because she felt this is enough to keep the two dogs. However, my younger brother, a soft-hearted guy, insist to keep her. Hence, Mimi still at my house till today.
Lots of joy that they bring to me and my family. How wonderful it is to have them in my life.
Give thanks in everything but not complaining
Lord, teach me not to angry at people who treat me bad. I pray that I learn how to love others which one of the conditions is not easily angered. Let my mouth praise you always but not complaining.
In every situation, I know that You have some lessons for me to learn. Let my life reflects Your glory.
To my dear friend, Titus Loh Wei Ren
Dear Titus,
I really proud of you, my brother. n_n
In your university life, I witness how God lead you through. From 1st year till your final year, God changes your life. From bitterness to sweetness. I thank God for Hid good works in your life. Your life has been an encouragement to me.
Prayer from my heart: “Father Lord, I want to commit this friend of mine, Titus, into your hands. Lord, guide him through his life. Put a humble and teachable heart in him. No matter where he is, pray that his life be a blessing to the people around him. Father Lord, give him strength in following your footsteps. When he alone in a foreign country, I pray that Lord, You give him comfort and also places some true Christian friends in his life. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!”
Whenever you feel lonely in the foreign land, feel free to call me. I would like to listen great story from you.
Always remember that God is in control in all things. Praise Him and give thanks to Him in everything.
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Fear of the Unknown
Hebrews 11:8-16
“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because heconsidered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.”
Have you ever felt that God has asked you to do something that seems unreasonable or, worst yet, something that takes you into the territory of the unknown? What would you do if he made it clear that you needed to refuse a long-awaited promotion? Or if you knew that to please him you would have to turn away from a longed-for relationship? Could you cope if he asked you to move to a remote part of the world?
Think of how Abraham must have felt when God asked him to move his whole family and all their earthly goods without knowing where they were going. (Genesis 12:1-3)
The unknown is full of thousand “What ifs?” Yet God often calls us to chart unknown territory when we follow him. Obeying his commands to forgive, to give away our treasures, or to give up things that provide security and pleasure often leave us in the scary territory of unknown outcomes and consequences.
God asked Abraham that he trust him for the impossible. God promised that he would give Abraham and Sarah a son. Then he let Sarah pass the age of childbearing.
It is interesting that so many Old Testament heroes, including Abraham, faithfully followed God’s directives for their lives. How did they persevere in the face of such unknown, impossible, and unrewarding circumstances?
They remained steadfast because they believed that God would not waste their investment in his will for them. They knew that God, in his time and in his way, would keep his promise to them, even if that day would come beyond their lifetime. Perhaps their greatest reward came in knowing that God was “not ashamed to be called their God” (Hebrews11:16). I think there is nothing that better than this reward for steadfast faith in the face of life’s “What ifs?” -Joe Stowell
Follow God’s call — even into the unknown.
