Who I am

Verse 1:

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart

Verse 2:
Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me

Pre-Chorus:
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Last Line:
I am Yours
I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

Compassion Sermon

What do i learn from yesterday sermon? What did God speak to me thru today sermon?

I think it will be good for me to record them down also, to show God's faithfulness to me.

The word that came back to me again and again is Compassion.
Spirit touch your church, stir the hearts of man, revive us Lord with your passion once again, i want to care for others like Jesus cares for me, let Your rain fall upon me."
Compassion for God's people. God, let everything i do be driven by the love and compassion that You had shown me. God, i know You had been growing my compassion for the care group from the beginning of last year until today You are still growing it. God, this small seed of compassion that i have, God, please make it grow.

Compassion that give hopes, compassion that encourages, compassion that grows your church. Just as the Compassion comes from God.

Take a break :)

Your Dominant Intelligence is Interpersonal Intelligence

You shine in your ability to relate to and understand others. Good at seeing others' points of view, you get how people think and feel. You have an uncanny ability to sense true feelings, intentions, and motivations. A natural born leader, you are great at teaching and mediating conflict. You would make a good counselor, salesperson, politician, or business person.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty

For the past few days, i had been setting aside some time to really study the Word of God. As i had learnt the whole area of fasting and the reasons, motive, attitude of fasting. I think introduction to fasting if being taught in shepherding will be like a solid 1.5 hours shepherding lesson. This blog entry that i wrote now is not going to talk about fasting. But it will be talking more about my next level of understanding of God's Holiness.

Understanding God's holiness, i don't quite understand but i actually grow in my fear for God as well. Not really sure of the exact link to that. And i also came into greater realisation that cannot "play play" with God.

I recalled that last few years, when i just came to realised that God is a holy God. At the time, i'm so scared. Cause i know that God knows everything, what is seen in action and what is unseen by man like what's going on in the heart. During that time, i'm so scared that i remembered, every time i did my quiet time, i will only want to talk to Jesus, the Great Shepherd, maybe because of the understanding that i had during that time that Jesus is a caring Shepherd who will care for His sheep. I will actually told Jesus that i scared to talk to the Father. He is so very holy and He will surely be very angry with me, cause i'm so sinful, not so much of the action but in my heart and my mind. I also don't dare to tell anyone about it during that time. Then about a few weeks later, during one sunday altarcall, someone prayed for me and said something and it hits the bull's eye.

This time, i learn about the holiness of God. My first respond is that God, i had sinned so much in the past and still fall short so much. I was reminded about the full characteristics of God and not just one characteristic of God. Yes, God is a holy God but at the same time God is also a God of love and grace. I need to learn how to rely more on God's love, grace and mercy. Focus only on one of the character of God, i think is no good. God, help me to be able to walk in Your grace at the same time to live a life that You had called me to and constantly aware of who You are.

Just think it might be good to end off with a lighter note so that when i read my blog in the future.

Jeremiah 29:10 to 14
10 This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place.
11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

Faithfulness of God

Last night i had a lesson about Faithfulness of God. Wanted to blog in down to share with everyone what i had learn from that lesson, a lesson that changes a bit of how i view faithfulness.

Initially i always thought that to be faithful is to do everything that i was told to do and to do them to the best of ability that i know of. But later i realised recently only, that faithfulness is not just about doing, actually it is not about the doing part but more about our heart.

The next thing that challenge me before the lesson about faithfulness is how faithful am i towards the Word of God. Did i faithful enough to God to allow His words to change my heart, my perspective, my everything? Or did i just stored it in my memory? If i will to be faithful, i should be first be faithful unto the Word of God, allowing it to change my heart, action, perspective and everything. Then the next thing come to my mind is that, i'm not able to do that knowing that i'm a sinful man.

After that lesson, i had a new perspective of faithfulness. Without looking at the notes that i had written but based on what is in my heart or my growing conviction about faithfulness. I know that i can be faithful to God because He is the first one who is faithful to us. He is the first one who initiated His love and faithfulness to us, not the other way round. Most of the time i'm the one who unfaithful to Him and fail to realised His unfailing love and faithfulness who is always there for me, if i'm willing to turn back from my ways and to follow Him.

To Him be glorified in Christ Jesus Our Lord.