I watched Solomon Kane last night, interesting movie, and I learnt something from the movie. Well let me briefly explains what this movie is about.
Solomon Kane, a brutal and cruel, blood lusting and fill with greed, that had conquered a lot of cities, and was the son of a feudal lord. He kills without feeling remorse, and to him, he felt that battlefield is home. In a battle in North Africa, he slaughtered all the pagans, and raided the throne room. But when he was enjoying his victory, his companions were killed by demons, and a devil messenger appeared, and wanted to claim his soul, because his father sold his soul to the devil in exchange with his brother's soul. He escaped from the messenger that was about to behead him, and he found sanctuary in a church.
But after a year, the pastor wanted him to leave the place, to search for his own purposes, of what God wants him to do, or what God wants him to learn. He said this:" these symbols, this church, these prayers keep me from the devil's nightmare, this place is a sanctuary to me."
God protects you not only in the church, God protects you wherever you go, no matter where. When he was crucified on the cross by the possessed, his nail wounds were recovered without a trace of scars, because when he was in agony and screamed for God's mercy, and God helped him. Even when he's in the battle, he wasn't really wounded despite being surrounded by a large number of possessed.
When he was in despair, God showed him hope, when he was on the cross, he lost all hope of saving the girl that will redeem himself. But at that moment, that girl appeared in the cart when the possessed transporting her to the castle. When you're in despair, God will give you hope. And also, he had killed so many, but God only asked him to save one girl, to redeem himself. God is a Just and merciful God, He will punish you, and He will forgive you when you learn your lesson.
Solomon Kane doesn't have any faith in God, but through his journey, he learnt to be faithful, he learnt to be a peaceful man, he learnt to be not to condemn people, and he always put God's work at first, that is save that girl. Even though the enemy is strong, but he stands in faith, and with God's strength, he overcomes the enemy, and gained victory.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sunday Sermon 2 Jan 2011
2nd Service of the year 2011, this year starts out in an unusual way for me, I made a covenant with God, which is something special to me, and deepens the relationship between me and God. I attended my first services in the Nightwatch Service, and that service was meaningful, and interesting. Well I never thought that I will celebrate a New Year in church, but I'm glad I did, and it was really unexpected and surprising. The sermon talked about revelation 2:1-7, which is asking us to love and do not give up loving, because God is love and because He loves us, and we are loved, and we loves.
2nd service of the year, Imitating Christ, which teaches us how to be more Christ like. Well this service is really special to me as I was reading Gospel of John and 1John, and during the service, the verses from these books came out, and I was amazed by God, how He brings me to the church through different ways, as I was praying about this. On the bus to the church I was reading Gospel of John, and everytime I read the front part of the gospel, I'm always amazed and touched by how the Word came to life and flesh, and brings grace and truth to this world, though everything was created through Him, but they don't recognize him, and those who believed in Him will be known as the children of God.
Imitating Christ: Compassion, Humility, Restedness, Intimacy, Steadfastness and Thankfulness. Each of this talks about how to be more Christ like. Compassion, Jesus was filled with compassion when he saw the crowd. He never stop saving people, he never stop preaching about the love of God, and he never stop forgiving sinners. We too have to fill with compassion, to help those who are in need, and always welcome others to the church with open arms.
2nd service of the year, Imitating Christ, which teaches us how to be more Christ like. Well this service is really special to me as I was reading Gospel of John and 1John, and during the service, the verses from these books came out, and I was amazed by God, how He brings me to the church through different ways, as I was praying about this. On the bus to the church I was reading Gospel of John, and everytime I read the front part of the gospel, I'm always amazed and touched by how the Word came to life and flesh, and brings grace and truth to this world, though everything was created through Him, but they don't recognize him, and those who believed in Him will be known as the children of God.
Imitating Christ: Compassion, Humility, Restedness, Intimacy, Steadfastness and Thankfulness. Each of this talks about how to be more Christ like. Compassion, Jesus was filled with compassion when he saw the crowd. He never stop saving people, he never stop preaching about the love of God, and he never stop forgiving sinners. We too have to fill with compassion, to help those who are in need, and always welcome others to the church with open arms.
Humility, is a contrast to pride. Its not easy to be humble, especially when you're in victory, but remember, when we're victorious, remember that it is God's victory, we have to glorify God, not ourselves. Pride, like pharisees, they're so full of themselves, acting holy because they understand the Law, but they only care about the offerings, which is for God, but they took it as theirs, and enjoying it while God's people are suffering. In this era, alot of people has better education and knowledge than their parents, and able to achieve those that their parents are not able to, and they feel proud of themselves and did not honour their parents. Do remember that your success today, was not just depending on your own abilities and efforts, but also supports from family, especially parents.
Restedness, means to rest in peace. How to rest in peace when there are so many things around you that yet to be completed? "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Restedness, means to rest in peace. How to rest in peace when there are so many things around you that yet to be completed? "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Just like Jesus slept in the boat in the middle of furious squall, because he trusted that God his father protects him no matter when, no matter where, and he was able to rest peacefully. How we can rest peacefully? By putting your trust in the Almighty God, and have faith in Him that He is able to do more than what you can imagine.
Intimacy, Jesus described him as the vine, and we're the branches, and God the Father as the gardener. We as branches, only able to bear fruits when we're attached to the Vine, which is Jesus. This means that, we have to let Jesus come into our life, let him take control of it, dethrone ourselves, and enthrone Jesus in our heart. If we are separated from Jesus, we will whithered, and God the Gardener will discard those dried branches, throw them into fire. But we are not normal branches that if we're separated then we won't be able to join back, to Jesus, we're always welcome to join back with Him, the Vine, and receive blessings from him.
This intimacy, is important, its not just for family and friends or relationships, but towards God.
Steadfastness, Jesus know his goal, what his purpose in this world, that is, to go to Jerusalem and crucify himself on the cross, a sinless being become sinful, for the sake of redeem us, and make us righteous in front of Father,Almighty God. There maybe times that we face challenges and have to make difficult decisions, but we have to focus on what is our purposes, and fulfill our purposes. Its not an easy task, and it was never easy in the first place, we will constantly face challenges from Satan, and temptations, but we have to know that, we have to right to wear God's Armor, Truth, Faith, Peace, Salvation, Righteousness, and the Word of God. Do not falter, because we have the Almighty God, the strongest of the strongest, to be our protector.
Thankfulness, Jesus gave thanks to Father for the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes, and feed his people. Jesus constantly give thanks to Father, and we as the children of God, should give thanks to Father, although we may lost something important in our life, but remember this, God is a good God, and He always will restore us doubly of what we had lost, and we have to learn from Job and Issac, though they lost important things, and was forcefully taken away from them, but no matter how much people takes away from them, and its usually the Devil that took them away, but God is a good God, and He will always, give us doubly of what we lost. If animals know to feed their off-springs with good food, what's more our God, the everlasting God, just,loving and merciful, that send His one and only son to die for us, just to redeem our lives.
I'm just a normal christian, but if I as a normal christian able to experience God's love and blessings, I know you who loves God, and constantly searching for God, will too be blessed, and blessed even more than what you have. If we are what we deserve, we deserve Hell, we deserve condemnation, we deserve death, because we are sinners, and the only punishment is death, spiritual death. But God's love is beyond anything, I really can't imagine what I will be for these 3 years if God doesn't loves me. If you ever think of God doesn't loves you, please think it again. When things do not go as you wish, there's a reason behind it, and God knows it, because if God lets you have it, you surely going to fall. God rather let you hates Him, than seeing you fall into temptations and guilts and torments. GOD IS A GOOD GOD, and Devil is a BAD DEVIL.
God bless :)
Intimacy, Jesus described him as the vine, and we're the branches, and God the Father as the gardener. We as branches, only able to bear fruits when we're attached to the Vine, which is Jesus. This means that, we have to let Jesus come into our life, let him take control of it, dethrone ourselves, and enthrone Jesus in our heart. If we are separated from Jesus, we will whithered, and God the Gardener will discard those dried branches, throw them into fire. But we are not normal branches that if we're separated then we won't be able to join back, to Jesus, we're always welcome to join back with Him, the Vine, and receive blessings from him.
This intimacy, is important, its not just for family and friends or relationships, but towards God.
Steadfastness, Jesus know his goal, what his purpose in this world, that is, to go to Jerusalem and crucify himself on the cross, a sinless being become sinful, for the sake of redeem us, and make us righteous in front of Father,Almighty God. There maybe times that we face challenges and have to make difficult decisions, but we have to focus on what is our purposes, and fulfill our purposes. Its not an easy task, and it was never easy in the first place, we will constantly face challenges from Satan, and temptations, but we have to know that, we have to right to wear God's Armor, Truth, Faith, Peace, Salvation, Righteousness, and the Word of God. Do not falter, because we have the Almighty God, the strongest of the strongest, to be our protector.
Thankfulness, Jesus gave thanks to Father for the 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes, and feed his people. Jesus constantly give thanks to Father, and we as the children of God, should give thanks to Father, although we may lost something important in our life, but remember this, God is a good God, and He always will restore us doubly of what we had lost, and we have to learn from Job and Issac, though they lost important things, and was forcefully taken away from them, but no matter how much people takes away from them, and its usually the Devil that took them away, but God is a good God, and He will always, give us doubly of what we lost. If animals know to feed their off-springs with good food, what's more our God, the everlasting God, just,loving and merciful, that send His one and only son to die for us, just to redeem our lives.
I'm just a normal christian, but if I as a normal christian able to experience God's love and blessings, I know you who loves God, and constantly searching for God, will too be blessed, and blessed even more than what you have. If we are what we deserve, we deserve Hell, we deserve condemnation, we deserve death, because we are sinners, and the only punishment is death, spiritual death. But God's love is beyond anything, I really can't imagine what I will be for these 3 years if God doesn't loves me. If you ever think of God doesn't loves you, please think it again. When things do not go as you wish, there's a reason behind it, and God knows it, because if God lets you have it, you surely going to fall. God rather let you hates Him, than seeing you fall into temptations and guilts and torments. GOD IS A GOOD GOD, and Devil is a BAD DEVIL.
God bless :)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
12 December 2010 Sunday Sermon
Woke up late again today... These few days are really tiring, went to NCC 2nd service, and today's pastor in-charge is Pastor Lin, a female pastor. Her sermon is about Joy, God wants us to rejoices and celebrate, and keep your Joy, don't let go of your Joy no matter what comes to you, because in Isaiah 12:3 "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation."
So to my dear friends and family, don't let negative emotions, anger, unforgiveness, hatred, lies, regrets, bitterness, don't let them control you, don't let go of your Joy. If things ever happen to drag you down, Genesis 26 :19-22 said Issac's servants dug a well and there's flowing water, then was taken by other people, well of Esek (dispute), they went and dug another well, but was taken by other people again, well of Sitnah (Opposition), and they went and dug another well, this time, those people never take their wells, Issac name the well Rehoboth (room), and he said, God has given them room and they will flourish.
We should learn from Issac, let go of all the disputes and oppositions, we don't have to deal with them, let them go, as we let them go, we let our heart free from worries and pressures, and look to the cross, Jesus is standing there, always, waiting for us to call him, to ask him for help, ask him to be with us.
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation, put your faith on Jesus, and believe him, even though everything is against you, but remember God favors us, Jesus loves us, just let Jesus take away your burden, when you're tired, Jesus let him handle the things, and believe in him, and rest...
PS: I'm resting too :-P
So to my dear friends and family, don't let negative emotions, anger, unforgiveness, hatred, lies, regrets, bitterness, don't let them control you, don't let go of your Joy. If things ever happen to drag you down, Genesis 26 :19-22 said Issac's servants dug a well and there's flowing water, then was taken by other people, well of Esek (dispute), they went and dug another well, but was taken by other people again, well of Sitnah (Opposition), and they went and dug another well, this time, those people never take their wells, Issac name the well Rehoboth (room), and he said, God has given them room and they will flourish.
We should learn from Issac, let go of all the disputes and oppositions, we don't have to deal with them, let them go, as we let them go, we let our heart free from worries and pressures, and look to the cross, Jesus is standing there, always, waiting for us to call him, to ask him for help, ask him to be with us.
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation, put your faith on Jesus, and believe him, even though everything is against you, but remember God favors us, Jesus loves us, just let Jesus take away your burden, when you're tired, Jesus let him handle the things, and believe in him, and rest...
PS: I'm resting too :-P
Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Power of Word, The Power of Healing, The Power of God
Today woke up and I got stuck on my bed, my bed loved me so much that it doesn't want me to go anywhere. Well I got up anyways, attended the 2nd service, I remembered that there's a pastor from US a gonna preach to us, but I forgot what is it about, his name is Richard Roberts, son of Oral Roberts, ministry of healing. He gave a lot of testimonies, about how people were healed through "touch".
Healing is one of the gifts from God, and here he is, Richard Roberts, the one that gonna help us, to learn how to use the word of God, to heal people. There 3 methods to heal people, 1st, by touching. Through your hands, and faith, you're passing God's power from God into him/her, and pray in the authority of Jesus Christ, ask the thing to come out from the person. Well I did that with a lady, she was shy =.=lll then I have to reach my hands to hers, and I prayed for her, then she told me she felt something when into her. LOL! not dirty things of course. I can feel that there's a flow from me towards her. 2nd methods is by sending the word, is the same thing as the 1st method, just that, you imagine that, you're sending something, like you're sending powers, here is your faith, send your faith into that person, and pray in the name of Jesus Christ and rebuke the negative. 3rd method is like what they show in the movie, the holy water, or oil or clothes, you pray and imagine you put your prayers into the object, and let the person receives it. Of course, everything happens because of God not us. It is God that heals the sick and rebuke the devil, but we as believers, we have to believe and have faith in our prayers, and believes that our prayers will happen.
Prayers doesn't need to be long and naggy, come to God boldly and righteous, and believes in Him that He is the Almighty God, which makes impossible into possible.
Healing is one of the gifts from God, and here he is, Richard Roberts, the one that gonna help us, to learn how to use the word of God, to heal people. There 3 methods to heal people, 1st, by touching. Through your hands, and faith, you're passing God's power from God into him/her, and pray in the authority of Jesus Christ, ask the thing to come out from the person. Well I did that with a lady, she was shy =.=lll then I have to reach my hands to hers, and I prayed for her, then she told me she felt something when into her. LOL! not dirty things of course. I can feel that there's a flow from me towards her. 2nd methods is by sending the word, is the same thing as the 1st method, just that, you imagine that, you're sending something, like you're sending powers, here is your faith, send your faith into that person, and pray in the name of Jesus Christ and rebuke the negative. 3rd method is like what they show in the movie, the holy water, or oil or clothes, you pray and imagine you put your prayers into the object, and let the person receives it. Of course, everything happens because of God not us. It is God that heals the sick and rebuke the devil, but we as believers, we have to believe and have faith in our prayers, and believes that our prayers will happen.
Prayers doesn't need to be long and naggy, come to God boldly and righteous, and believes in Him that He is the Almighty God, which makes impossible into possible.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Purpose
God's plan or my plan? This is a big question, that I always...always ask myself, is it this is what God wants me to do, is this where God want me to go? God has a plan for us, everyone of us, has a plan, has a purpose in this life, to fulfill. I have been a christian for 5 years, after I baptised. But ironically I still looking for the purpose in my life.
Jeremiah 29:11, God has a plan for us, it is to bless us, to help us, to give us hope and future, not to harm us. So even now if I lost everything, I know, it is part of His plan, even though I have to suffer, I will endure, because this is His plan, I will follow His plan, to make God happy. God cares about us, everyone of us is special in His eyes, everyone of us is important to Him.
Any future plans you asked? Nah... I don't have plans for myself, because I don't need to, God already planned everything for me before I even born, why should I bother to plan for myself when the Almighty God, the king of kings, the lord of lords, the one who created this universe, planned for me, and all I have to do is, follow, because I know where I'm going after this life, back to Him, so I don't really bother about what happen if I die, this world won't bother about me, why should I bother about this world? This world has rejected my Lord, my Savior, my Brother Jesus Christ, who is the only Son of God, so there is no way that they won't reject me.
God, I know You listens to my prayer, every one of them, You loves me, You cares about me, even though it takes me to hate You, You still loves me when I realised that, You did all the things just to protect me. I have faith that in You my God, my Father, You are the Almighty One that nothing is impossible in You, You planned for us, our role, our purpose, to glorify and magnify Your Name, there is an incredible joy in me, when I felt Your presence, when I heard Your voice, its like, Father calling me, and I shall happily reply with yes.
Jeremiah 29:11, God has a plan for us, it is to bless us, to help us, to give us hope and future, not to harm us. So even now if I lost everything, I know, it is part of His plan, even though I have to suffer, I will endure, because this is His plan, I will follow His plan, to make God happy. God cares about us, everyone of us is special in His eyes, everyone of us is important to Him.
Any future plans you asked? Nah... I don't have plans for myself, because I don't need to, God already planned everything for me before I even born, why should I bother to plan for myself when the Almighty God, the king of kings, the lord of lords, the one who created this universe, planned for me, and all I have to do is, follow, because I know where I'm going after this life, back to Him, so I don't really bother about what happen if I die, this world won't bother about me, why should I bother about this world? This world has rejected my Lord, my Savior, my Brother Jesus Christ, who is the only Son of God, so there is no way that they won't reject me.
God, I know You listens to my prayer, every one of them, You loves me, You cares about me, even though it takes me to hate You, You still loves me when I realised that, You did all the things just to protect me. I have faith that in You my God, my Father, You are the Almighty One that nothing is impossible in You, You planned for us, our role, our purpose, to glorify and magnify Your Name, there is an incredible joy in me, when I felt Your presence, when I heard Your voice, its like, Father calling me, and I shall happily reply with yes.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Today's sermon is about the difference between a believer and a non-believer. We believers are recognized by Holy Spirit as disciples, while for those non-believers, Holy Spirit recognized them as man. What's the differences between disciples and man? We are disciples of Jesus Christ, he is our Lord, our savior, whom die on the cross for us and take the sins away from us and make us righteous in front of Father, Almighty God. We are righteous, and we have missions with us, and we are protected by our Father. As a man, there's nothing a man can do, and from him there's no righteousness in front of God, no matter what the man do, give to the poor, build the church, but he is still a non-believer, because he doesn't believe in Jesus, that he is the savior, and through him there's salvation.
God is a GOOD GOD! in Joel 2:28, the Lord will pour out his spirit on us, no matter what age, no matter what gender, no matter what status, everyone of us is equal, and everyone of us will have it. How graceful is our Lord Jesus, he willingly to die for us, and call us brothers... while we don't even deserve to untie his sandals. Jesus is my Lord, my Savior, my Brother, my Family... In these 3 years, I'm without family, without relatives, He constantly reminds me to go church, constantly reminds me I'm loved, constantly reminds me that He is with me. Without Him, I will not be able to survive through these 3 years, others might think that these 3 years is fun for me, but its not. Family is what I need now, to be felt loved by family, by the love ones, by friends.
"Have faith!" I keep on reminding myself, its easy to say, but it's hard to practice. I'm still learning to have faith. Have faith in God, is one of the way to make Him happy, its like have faith in your family, in your friends, which makes them happy.Pastor Prince said, you have to believe it, so that you can feel it, then you can see it! I protect what is given to me, and I defend them again my enemy, just like eagles! God protects us from our enemies, God protects His children.
God is a GOOD GOD! in Joel 2:28, the Lord will pour out his spirit on us, no matter what age, no matter what gender, no matter what status, everyone of us is equal, and everyone of us will have it. How graceful is our Lord Jesus, he willingly to die for us, and call us brothers... while we don't even deserve to untie his sandals. Jesus is my Lord, my Savior, my Brother, my Family... In these 3 years, I'm without family, without relatives, He constantly reminds me to go church, constantly reminds me I'm loved, constantly reminds me that He is with me. Without Him, I will not be able to survive through these 3 years, others might think that these 3 years is fun for me, but its not. Family is what I need now, to be felt loved by family, by the love ones, by friends.
"Have faith!" I keep on reminding myself, its easy to say, but it's hard to practice. I'm still learning to have faith. Have faith in God, is one of the way to make Him happy, its like have faith in your family, in your friends, which makes them happy.Pastor Prince said, you have to believe it, so that you can feel it, then you can see it! I protect what is given to me, and I defend them again my enemy, just like eagles! God protects us from our enemies, God protects His children.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Unmerited Favor
God loves me, His grace, He pour His blessing on me, and changed all the wrath from devil, and glorify Him. God thank you for all the things you've done for me. Thank you lord Jesus, as you freely give so freely I received. You answered my prayers, and you loved me the same. I'm sorry I keep on asking you the same question over and over again, and Father you answered my question over and over again, without feeling frustrated, without feeling angered, thank you Father. Even though my family is not around me, Father you take care of me.
Father thank you for answering my prayers, its a faith between You and me. Please give me strength Father.
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