Holding Your Hands

Alright~ this post title sounds like some kind of love dedication to someone~

Yes it is, but not to a girl, but to God, who i must say is the only faithful God that there is. As many may know, I have been having clinical attachments for this whole week, and life felt so mundane that i can say that i never really filled myself with God throughout this week. And even during service today, it felt totally off, where I just felt overwhelmed with the feeling of Sian-ness. However, during the shepherd’s meet, the worship was ending when God spoke, to me, that He has always been walking with me. He has been holding my hand throughout all this while.

I may not have felt his presence, but he was always beside me, or in my heart. When Jesus died on the cross, each and everyone who recieves him has the Holy Spirit in their heart. And that’s when i counted my blessings, and really felt God’s presence in my life. So I just want to say, God I Love You.

Joshua chapter 1

God commands Joshua to be strong and Couragous

Chapter 2

The carriers of the ark of covenant had so much faith to just step into the water, where faith in your leader is to go where they tell you to, with complete faith in God.

Words Of My Mouth

I want to thank God for my father who rubbed my injury even though I’m whining in pain all the time. I pray that it will heal by today.

Ephesians 4:29 (New International Version)

 ²⁹Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Mark 7:15 (New International Version)

¹⁵Nothing outside a man can make him ‘unclean’ by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him ‘unclean.’

These 2 verses are what I’m gonna talk about today. What do we speak? What do we not speak? It’s a pretty ignored thought because we simply don’t see how the Word Of God comes into the picture. So here’s how it comes.

Unwholesome talk Vs Building others up.

So how are these different? Worlds apart. Unwholesome when searched for definition in Google is, unfavorable to health. So, unwholesome talk is unhealthy talk! But what exactly is unwholesome talk?

When it affects a person’s spiritual health to go downwards. E.g, gossiping, letting emotions take control of the conversation.

We have to be Word centred, not Emotion centred. Even in our speech, we let the Word of God speak through us. As I was sharing, we lead ourselves with our mind, not with our heart. When we communicate to individuals ruled over by emotions, first of all, there will not be self-control. Feelings between the 2 may go in an awkward direction. So how?

Many of us may know about SOW, Surface, Open, Word.

But there is another level, SOWR(Sower) R for relationship.

Many people goes from, S, O then R. skipping the Word relationship. Where the presence of God in the relationship is minimal. How can we then say that we are God’s Children, where we do not bring God into our relationship with people.

And, in Mark 7:15, it says, what makes us unclean is  what comes out of us, it does not speak of the brown chocolate that all animals produced in their in-built factories, but it speaks of words that come out of our mouth. Does it build others up? Or does it tear people down. What we speak shows our heart condition.

Thank you God, for Elton, for speaking to me through him. I have sinned. let  the words of my mouth be that of your word. Not of my emotions, not of my worldly desires, but desires for you. In Jesus name, Amen.

What I speak of in this post is not to tell others, talk only about what’s in the Bible. No! thats being legalistic. What I’m trying to say is that we do not lead ourselves with our worldly desires. There was this time when I started to speak about money because money was a worldly desire. However, it would have only torn people apart instead of building them up. So how about a guy talking to a girl, and a girl talking to a guy?

First of all, No Problem. Alright, do not condemn your sheep just because of what they speak. If it shows a wrong intention, then of cause stop it. However, if it is word centred, then Go Ahead~

Let the words of our mouth be wholesome, it may start with small talk, open sharing.

An example I’d like to share. Vivien Lim~ haha, dun kill me for tearing you down here~ She really shows how Word Centred she really is through how she talks, in a private conversation, she asked me if there was anything she could pray for me. It really brought the element of God into the picture, from just talking nonsense(which I normally do) to something God will be pleased with.

Dear God,

Let us be people who are dedicared to you, with our hearts filled with your word. Let us draw ever so nearer to you, that we will be sensitive enough to know where you desire our relationships with people will go. That we will watch what we speak, and hold close to the ever so sweet word. Let us live a Word-Based Life

In Jesus name, Amen

What do I do?

What do I do with my life?

Was sharing about why I am willing to be a Christian to a classmate. And well, it was not exactly the easiest way of reaching out, where he had many doubts. And he just doesn’t care about such a thing.

When i asked, what will convince him, he said, “When I feel God” haha, I really believe that the development of Science have caused Faith to be belittled. Where, people believe that Science is the answer to everything! What do we do to disprove science? What do we do to prove that Faith is a value greater than any fact in this world? Our Spiritual Eyes and Ears do not want to open up to God, and we rely on our physical senses instead, where we only believe in what we can see, touch, feel, hear and taste.

Let us not be a lost generation, but a generation that seeks You!

Having mixed feelings about what is about to happen, how different will things be? How about what I am about to leave behind? Will they sustain? Have I done what you have commanded me to? How will it be? Concerns, but I know that God, You have been doing your work, I really pray that it will last. Don’t let your nation fall, but let it rise stronger, to once again shine from Glory to Greater Glory.

Do not give up on even the darkest soul. For they are still treasures in God’s Eyes.
I really look forward to what lies ahead, but fear of the unknown is frightening.. However, God, if this is the road you have chosen for me, Go with me and let me be ever more sensitive to what your heart desires.