Church camp 08

So during the merdeka weekend I find myself in nilai attending my ex-church, church camp ;)
It was great just to be back where I was staying / studying last year at a house in nilai, brought back memories of staying alone / away from home during pre-u as well as in ywam, browsing through old notes, written journals and just enjoying peace and quiet....

church camp was great as well, catching up with old friends was a bomb, listening to an awesome speaker from Sabah was refreshing, and just reflecting my own walk with God while hearing His voice, here's some of the stuff learnt at camp:

1. The speaker gave a a testimony of a Sabah pastor who's house got burned down, one son got burned to the bones in the fire, the pastor risked his life trying to save his second/third sons and got 80% burned, before passing out, tells his wife to take care of the kids. In hospital the second son died while the third was 35% burned. Before his last breath, in excruitiating pain and agony, he struggles to lift up his hands, and whisper "puji Tuhan (Praise God)". His hands never came down. The speaker challenged us with a question, What is greatness? riches? honour? prosperity? size of congregation? No. One who can still praise God in the fire. That's greatness.

2. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9), the speaker challenged us to really dig deep into our hearts and ask God to search us out, every secret sins, to confess them before God and make right with Him. The speaker talked about Moses's prayer not to see his wretchedness appear, and David's fall into sin and genuine repentence to be cleansed again and again (psalm 51 - Wash me thoroughly). She mentioned that our salvation should be as a lamp that burns (keeps on burning - Isaiah 62:1) , and cleansing is a continual process.

3. The inside controls the outside, It's what's going on in the insides of us that needs to be dealt with, cuz often times it controls what we do/say (on the outsides). Just like how we wash ourselves everyday (bath), our insides (thoughts, mind, will, emotions) needs to be cleansed (brought before God) to be dealt with everyday. 'Unconscious is the most deadly', meaning to say, the things which we are unconsious about (most of the time, like pride, greed, lust etc, can bring out the worse in us, anger and so forth).

Many many other things I've learned in the saturday and sunday I was there. To mention all would take some time, we also had a christian minister and politician giving his testimony (super cool!) and we also got to see some fireworks outside the church camp (merdeka!), as well as eat local foods like durian and chi-ku-teh!

All in all, I guess I really thank God that I decided to follow my family for this camp, missing out on other events (such as Monash ball) wasn't much of a missing out at all, spending time with family these past few days has been very meaningful, went for merdeka dinner with dad and sis, catching up with old church mates and listening to God, totally made it worth it. Praise and Thank God!

right now? it's back to the books and assignments ;)

take care!

Japheth ;)

Passion ~ Sing Sing Sing ~ Chris Tomlin

We will sing, sing, sing
And make music with the heavens
We will sing, sing, sing
Grateful that you hear us
When we shout your praise
Lift high the name of Jesus

What's not to love about you
Heaven and earth adore you
Kings and kingdoms bow down
Son of God
You are the One
You are the One
We're living for

You are the love that frees us
You are the light that leads us
Like a fire burning
Son of God
You are the One
You are the One
We're living for

Passion - God of this city ~ Chris Tomlin

You're the God of this city
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You Are

For there is no one like our God
There is no one like our God

Greater things have yet to come
Greater things are still to be done
In this city
Greater things are still to come
And greater things are still to be done here

You're the Lord of Creation
The Creator of all things
You're the King above all Kings
You Are

You're the strength in our weakness
You're the love to the broken
You're the joy in the sadness
You Are

Tagged!!

Instructions: Remove 1 question from below, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
Hopefully around 25ish ;)

2. What is your most favourite thing to do?
Sleep sounds pretty good at the moment ;) besides that I guess it would be jamming on the guitar or drums! or currently some extreme sports ;)

3. If you have a close close close friend since childhood who loves to take away whatever you like, including guys/girls, and he/she always wins, will you still consider him/her your friend?
What kind of close friend would do that? I guess it'll depend on the situation but it won't be anything too drastic la, life moves on....

4. What would you give up in return to eat all you want in the world and not get fat ?
Doesn't really matter, for some reason I think I eat a lot and not get fat, well not yet at least... ;)

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
That this tag thing would end? lol. I guess it'll be for the whole world to be saved! and a drop in oil prices might be helpful ;)

6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
Yes. It'll be hard, but yes.

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
Dignity? Reputation? Sanity? Oh and my loved ones of course ;)

8. What do you feel like doing, right now?
Finish this darn tag. lol. I guess it'll be to start studying... start ;)

9. If there's someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
Sigh.

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
1. His name is Wilson (is that good? ;))
2. He's open and transparent, nice guy to hang out with and share thoughts
3. Teachable and has a wacky sense of humour ;)

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
God-Fearing, Peace-Loving, Loves God more than anything else in this world, even me.

12. What is your ambition?
To know God and make Him known more and more! To be an influence in my generation and make an impact in this world.

13. Is anyone really perfect?
Yes. My heavenly father, Jesus Christ is ;)

14. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick ?
Happy. Of course.

15. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
The lazy bit part? Haha ;) More humility would be good too!

16. Who is the person that you can share all your problems with?
God, first of all. Next up would be my dad and sister, my pastor, and accountability partner

17. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Married. One kid so far. House. Working

18. What is the one thing you love about yourself?
Sounds a bit wrong eh ;) I guess I like it when I can relate to people, make friends, play music and sports?

19. How many personalities do you have?
A little out-going, tends to take on responsibility and leadership roles, sanguine?, a bit emo sometimes but trying not to be, loves adventures, lame most of the time, passionate about God, and would go all out doing the things I like ;)

20. What kind of personalities would you like to have?
More integrity, walk the talk more often, more focus, more discipline to study, Self-less and love people more, more wisdom in making decisions and will power to do it ;)

I tag:
1. Sarah (my sis)
2. Sarah Tan
3. Mark Teen
4. Jacqueline
5. Daniel Ong
6. Jo Khoo
7. Li Wen
8. David Yeap

Integrity

cant' remember where i got this from by must be from a book or devotional material somewhere ;)

An aging king woke up one day to the realization that should he drop dead, there would be no male in the royal family to take his place. He was the last male in the royal family in a culture where only a male could succeed to the throne - and he was aging. He decided that if he could not give birth to a male, he would adopt a son who then could take his place but he insisted that such an adopted son must be extraordinary in every sense of the word. So he launched a competition in his kingdom, open to all boys, no matter what their background. Ten boys made it to the very top.

There was little to separate these boys in terms of intelligence and physical attributes and capabilities. The king said to them, 'I have one last test and whoever comes top will become my adopted son and heir to my throne.'

Then he said, 'This kingdom depends solely on agriculture. So the king must know how to cultivate plants. So here is a seed of corn for each of you. Take it home and plant and nurture it for three weeks. At the end of three weeks, we shall see who has done the best job of cultivating the seed. That person will be my heir-apparent.' The boys took their seeds and hurried home. They each got a flower pot and planted the seed as soon as they got home. There was much excitement in the kingdom as the people waited with bated breath to see who was destined to be their next king.

In one home, the boy and his parents were almost heartbroken when after days of intense care, the seed failed to sprout. He did not know what had gone wrong with his. He had selected the soil carefully, he had applied the right quantity and type of fertilizer, he had been very dutiful in watering it at the right intervals, he had even prayed over it day and night and yet his seed had turned out to be unproductive.

Some of his friends advised him to go and buy a seed from the market and plant that. 'After all,' they said, 'how can anyone tell one seed of corn from another?' But his parents who had always taught him the value of integrity reminded him that if the king wanted them to plant any corn, he would have asked them to go for their own seed. 'If you take anything different from what the king gave you that would be dishonesty.''Maybe we are not destined for the throne. If so, let it be, but don't be found to have deceived the king,' they told him.

The d-day came and the boys returned to the palace each of them proudly exhibiting a very fine corn seedling. It was obvious that the other nine boys had had great success with their seeds. The king began making his way down the line of eager boys and asked each of them, 'Is this what came out of the seed I gave you?'

And each boy responded, 'Yes, your majesty.' And the king would nod and move down the line.The king finally got to the last boy in the line-up.

The boy was shaking with fear. He knew that the king was going to have him thrown into prison for wasting his seed. 'What did you do with the seed I gave you?' the king asked. 'I planted it and cared for it diligently, your majesty, but alas it failed to sprout.' the boy said tearfully as the crowd booed him.

But the king raised his hands and signaled for silence. Then he said, 'My people behold your next king.' The people were confused. 'Why that one?' many asked. 'How can he be the right choice?'

The king took his place on his throne with the boy by his side and said, 'I gave these boys boiled seeds. This test was not for cultivating corn. It was the test of character; a test of integrity. It was the ultimate test.

'If a king must have one quality, it must be that he should be above dishonesty. Only this boy passed the test. A boiled seed cannot sprout.' Never!!

We live in a society that has become obsessed with success and many show success at any cost. We say the end justifies the means. It is the tragedy of life. You see, failure often is an invitation to God to show that he is all powerful and does not need help to make us great or to bless us.

Reach out!!

taken from devotional material

Some time ago there was a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about a female humpback whale who had become entangled in a spider web of crab traps and lines. She was weighted down by hundreds of pounds of traps that caused her to struggle to stay afloat. She had hundreds of yards of line rope wrapped around her body, her tail, her torso, and a line tugging in her mouth.

Thankfully, a fisherman spotted her just east of the Farralone Islands (outside the Golden Gate) and radioed an environmental group for help. Within a few hours, the rescue team arrived and determined that she was in such bad condition that the only way to save her was to dive in and untangle her, a very dangerous proposition.

One slap of the enormous whale's tail could kill a rescuer. Still the brave rescuers worked for hours cutting her free. One guy who was cutting the rope out of her mouth says her eye was following him the whole time. Eventually they were able to free her.

As soon as she became free, the divers say she began to swim in what seemed like joyous circles. She then came back to each and every diver, one at a time, and nudged them, pushed gently around-she thanked them. Some said it was the most incredibly beautiful experience of their lives.

Let's take a lesson from this beautiful story. So often we let the hurting in our churches and communities fall through the cracks, never to be seen again. But it is a brave soul who gathers up an army of rescuers to reach out to a suffering or hard to reach brother or sister and rescue him or her from the binding entanglements of this world. Just as the Lord has so mercifully reached out to us, we need to do the same. Whether it is a gift, an invitation to a meal or a smile and a word of encouragement, let's strive to reach out.

Some more things to think about!

Got this from a devotional material - if i'm not mistaken - worthy ministries

Have you even heard how eskimos kill wolves?

First the Eskimo coats the blade of his knife with animal blood and allows it to freeze.
He then adds and freezes more layers of blood, several coats, in fact, until the blade is completely covered with frozen blood.
Next, he plants his knife in the snow, the blade facing up and goes about his business.
When a wolf finds his way to the luring aroma of fresh blood, he starts licking.

Then more and more vigorously, lapping it until the sharp blade of the knife is exposed.

However, by this point, so intense is his craving for the scrumptious blood, that the wolf does not notice the sharp sting of the blade on his own tongue, nor does he even realize that his ravenous craving is now being satisfied by his very own blood!

By light of dawn, the Eskimo will find him laying dead in the snow.

Sin entices and seduces us in precisely the same way. Satan lures us to the place where he plans to ravage us with some sort of destructive fleshly pleasure -- gossip, rage, sexual sin, etc. Once we give in to it's lustful pleasures, our craving for it increases.

When we continue to allow ourselves to indulge, it grips us all the more. And before we know it -- it completely consumes us. Our friendships are damaged. Our marriages are broken. Our testimony, spoiled...

It's scary when we think about it, and how true is it!

think think think ;)

japh

T.H.I.N.K!

Here's something to THINK about

Before we say / do anything, let's think:

T- is it true?
H- is it helpful?
I - is it inspiring?
N - is it necessary?
K - is it kind?

THINK! If what we say does not pass those tests, don't say it!

Interestingly, 've been reading some proverbs lately, and sometime it is a wise thing to do to be silent sometimes, even a fool seems wise when he stays silent, and a person who vents all his feelings is folly too.. hmm...

Gonna enjoy some moments of silent-ness ;)

Peace~

japh

Passion World Tour in Malaysia!!

Date: 3rd August 08
Time: 6 onwards
Place: Sunway convention centre, pyramid
Tickets: RM20

And, it's going to be awesome! Can't wait!
If I'm not mistaken, CHRIS TOMLIN and Louie Giglio is coming, and I'm so excited to see what's God's gonna do there, prepare for revolution people!!

Let's get our PASSION on!!

Japh

1st MYPG 08

So the 1st Malaysian Youth Prayer Gathering was a success! Youths from all accross Malaysia gathered in Kluang, Johor for a whole day of prayer, like 8am to 8pm! and prayed for many issues, repentence, prayer for the states, the youths, the nations and for our beloved country Malaysia!

The drive down to Kluang took about 2 and a half hours, thanks to my dad driving down at an average of 160Km/h! we left at like 6.30 in the morning, had breakfast along the way, and still made it by 9am! Kluang was really different than I expected, my first reaction when I first heard Kluang was, "what's a kluang?" then I tried looking for it in a map and couldn't find it! So when we entered Kluang district I was like, "CIVILISATION!!" haha ok sorry I'm mean! but ya Kluang is really developed, I saw a kluang parade mall, the conference was in a nice hotel, and there's kluang rail coffee! not to mention beef balls noodle soup we had for dinner ;)

It was great meeting people I knew from around Malaysia there, some from alor setar, others from east and south (JB) and be able to pray with the youths who were there, they have a really big dream of gathering 100,000 youths in the future to dedicate their lives to missions in a stadium! The organisers are really passionate about seeing this young generation get serious in prayer and commit their lives to seeing their friends saved and believe in transformation in Malaysia. Ps Kenneth Chin gave an awesome message and challenge to the youths to commit their lives to being 'full time' workers in whatever area they will be involved in their career. Indeed the harvest is ripe and there shall be many labourers starting from the youth! The youth leader, Isaac, has a huge heart and vision to see youths from all denominations to gather and just worship God!

It's exciting to see what God's gonna do through the youth in these end times!
Let's look forward together!

God bless!

Japheth

India Report

this is my friend's india report - which i was at -my friend from south africa

We arrived on chennai international airport 1 july. The first impression of india was hot and confusing! india is very hot! it was about 40 degraas celcius with a high humidity. the traffic is terrible! the vehicals drive as they like - hundreds of trucks and three-wheel taxis (called tuk tuks!), cars, scooters, bikes and cattle share the same road. cows stand in the middle of the road while the traffic simply drives around them.

the CiP (children in prayer) conference was from 2 tot 7 july. 37 nations were present; about 200 people. there was about 50 kids at the conference. i made so many friend from different nations! egypt, malaysia, australia, finland, new zealand, england, jamaica...

the kids led the conference two nights. we learned a lot about CiP across the globe. different people from different countries shared testimonies of what God is doing in CiP in their countries.

Egypt had a bash of 5000 kids coming together where they launched Kids Games. Kids from Singapore pray and people get healed. kids from malaysia, indonesia and india intercedes for the nations. kids from lebanon write down their prayers and draw pictures of visions they saw. a boy of 8years old led 5000 people in prayer in asia.

God is working with and through the kids. God's endtime plan is the kids!! Because kids are arrows in His bow which destroys the plan of satan. (Ps127) in malaysia, kids do spiritual warfare with shofars, worship, the Word and flags.

God uses the youth and grown-ups around the world to mentor kids and teach them to listen to God's voice.

5 july was a huge highlight. we went to father anton cruz's ministry for child intercessors, Royal Kids. His vision which he received from God is to raise up 100 000 child intercessors by 2010. Their ministry takes in children from the streets and garbage heaps and supply in their needs. They educate them in school and teach them how to pray. Transforming kids from trash to treasure!

The evening we were led by youth in praise and worship and we prayed for and moved in between the kids as profetic act that they say yes, i will labour in the harvest wherever God sends me.

We washed the feet of kids of prostitutes, orphans, kids with AIDS en lepers. our hearts were broken for the kids and we could just cry as we washed their feet declaring: the hearts of the fathers turn to the children. we also got prayed for by other kids. they layed their hands on our heads and prayed for us - in top gear! the herts of the chilren turn to the fathers.

the last evening of the conference some of the royal kids came to teach us how to dance and led us in worship.

God's heart is for His young disciples. kids are the missionary field. when the kids are reached, the parents will also be reached. through the intercession of children nations can change, can humble themselves and pray and seek God's face and God will then hear them and heal their land through the blood of Jesus Christ. india was a life-changing experience! if you want to see change, start praying!!

Wanna see change? I dare you to move!

1st Malaysian Youth Prayer Gathering!!

Place: Kluang, Johor
Date: 19th July 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 8am till 8pm

Am taking a van load down to Johor early Saturday morning and heading back saturday night. Places are limited so do inform me if you are want to come! The more of you guys confirm, can book more transport.

For more information, contact me and I will email you the information, fliers, video etc. It's going to be awesome!

Japheth

Praise GOD!!!

3 Ds and 1 Cs for first semester!! totally unexpected!! Thank You Lord!!

Management and Statistics especially, totally shocking!

It all starts again...... back to uni life, books, assignments....

And for some reason..... I'm excited!

Bring it on!

Peace~

Back from India!!

And it was... amazing...

It was a conference for children and children's workers from all around the world, called 'Children in Prayer Global consultation', which main aim is to connect children prayer networks from around the world and bring prayer back into their nations through children ministries, as well as to sense the father heart of God for children.

Many of you would probably wonder what I was doing there.. well, my family has been in the children ministry for some time and my parents bring us (me and my sisters) to their travels and ministry to help them, and we love it!

This time though, I was also involved with speaking in a main session about 'youth/children leading children' and help lead the kids who were from there from all around the world. Meeting with other people and kids is amazing, I now have friends from South Africa, Aussie, Egypt, and list goes on!

What made it great though, was what I learnt while the time spent there...

We visited a big orphanage called the Royal Kids, and they have a few thousand children around India, and just seeing them, was phenomenal! esspecially when they prayed for us

I really felt God's love for the indian children, and it brought back memories of my previous mission trip to India through 'Youth with a mission' in 06 (that's another whole story I've yet to write about :p)

This time though, it wasnt exactly a mission trip, altough we did minister to many of the children
and prayed for the children etc.

I was really worried actually, like 'who will feed these children, where do they stay, etc but God reassured me that He really loves them and will sustain them, even supernaturally.. wow!

This turns my perspective of the world around... again...

Many of these children have been abused, raped, forced into prostitution, watched their parents die in front of them (like being burnt or electricuted, it's horrifying just hearing their stories)

And then looking back at how blessed we are, melts us really, many of us just stood there weeping as we washed the feet of some of these children during the night rally..

May God break our hearts with the things that break His heart..

One particular verse will stick with me through this, Malachi 4:6 'He will turn the hearts of the children to thier fathers, and the heart of the fathers to their children', to the heavenly father, our daddy God!

Let's just be grateful yeah, for the things God has blessed us with, even the opportunity to read this post... Millions out there, have a need.. shelter, education, food...

Spend some time thinking, and praying, and being grateful ;)

God bless you

Japheth

Monash CF Camp!

IT was great!

Thanks guys for being so participative and sporting and funny and all!

Thanks committee for planning and leading!

Thank you speakers for just being yourself and transparent with us!

Thank you most of all, God!, for everything!

Praise God!

Jesus You are...

A song I wrote, can't remember when, or how it sounds like, but here it is ;)

God, help me realise that Life on earth is more than this
I try and try, yet changes never come
Could I suffer any more,
won't you help me please
not my will, but yours be done

Sitting alone in this corner
I reflect what you've done for me
give me the self-control, the will power
to live a life that I was meant to be

What must I do to break free?
To honour You, for You are worthy
Give me the strength, to worship thee
More of You, less of me

Cuz Jesus You are
More than the air I breath
the song I sing

Jesus You are
My only hope
My everything

Victory is found in You my King
As I seek You I shall find You
For You promised freedom, not just a fling
If I would obey and honour You in all I do

Out of the bag...

Another poem I found while digging through my old files... from RP2 Camp by a one of the groups

Out of the bag, I took out of my bag a paper,
My past, my present, and my future,
How the story of my life unfolds,
That the Lord God Almighty controls,
In order to move on I have to give in,
And surrender all my hurts and pains to Him.


Out of the bag I took out myself,
Taught of my identity, children of God himself,
Creations of the maker, special in every way,
He will never forsake me, each and everyday,


Out of the bag, I took out my God,
Viewed His personality, which I long forgot,
Knowing the trinity, my triune God,
Gives me a clear picture of my sovereign God.


Out of the bag I took out my family,
Memories of roles, discipline and responsibilities,
Mommy, daddy, siblings and me,
They are the people who make up my family,
I learned that unconditional love is a must,
And honesty, too, to build their trust.


Out of the bag I took out my friends,
People who motivated and inspired my plans,
The good, the bad, and the ugly,
They will always be a lasting memory.


Out of the bag I took out my teachers,
Painted my life a beautiful picture,
My teachers I learned to appreciate,
Remembering the sacrifices they made,
Imperfect though they may be,
I thank God they were given to me.

Devotions.....

taken from devotional material - worthy ministries

John 15:1-5 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

How do we produce much fruit? What is the Lord saying?In the modern world, the work ethic is, achieve and produce by working longer and harder! The focus is on getting results through human effort -- we've become product oriented and the bottom line is......the bottom line! But God's way runs contrary to this approach -- His way is much more oriented toward process and relationship rather than performance and production. He IS interested in results which He calls "fruit"; but not by pushing or egging us on to work harder or longer.The Lord's way is to work with and through us so that every result or product comes out of our abiding in Him, since without Him WE CAN DO NOTHING.This is opposed to of the culture we live in today, and to human nature in general. Think about it -- we're constantly bombarded with self-help books promoting self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-control –- our society is all about SELF! But God's way of success produces the results which He values; results which are not produced by self-effort, but which grow out of an intimate relationship with Him, in which we seek to constantly abide.

The only way we can become abundantly fruitful is to understand the Lord's fruit-bearing process. As we lay down self-effort, our natural human independence, and seek communion with Him, abiding in the Vine, then His power, His will, and His desires will be realized in our lives, which then, will bear fruit that remains throughout eternity!

God's Ideal

I read this entry at a friends blog some time ago and saved it, check it out!

GOD’S IDEAL

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone

to have a deep soul relationship with another,

to be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But God, says,“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone, with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to me, with having an intensely personal relationship with me alone,

discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found, will you be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you.

You will never be able to unite with another until you are united with Me,

exclusive of anyone or anything else,exclusive of any other desires or longings.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing,

and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing,

one that you cannot imagine.

I want you to have the very best.

Please allow Me to bring it to you.

You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest thing,

keep experiencing the satisfaction that I AM,

keep listening and learning the things I tell you,

you just wait, that’s all.
Don’t worry. Don’t be anxious.

Don’t look around at the things others have gotten or that I’ve given them.

Don’t look at the things you think you want.

You just keep looking at Me, or you’ll miss what I want to show you.
And then, when you’re ready,

I’ll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than any you would dream of.

You see, until you are ready, and until the one I have for you is ready,

(I am working even at this moment to have you both ready at the same time)

until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me,

and the life I prepared for you,

you won’t be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me,

and thus the perfect love.
And dear one, I want you to have this most wonderful love.

I want you to see in the flesh a picture of your relationship with me,

and to enjoy materially and concretely,

the everlasting union of beauty, perfection and love.

Know that I love you utterly.

I am God.
Believe it and be satisfied.”

Jesus Loves You!

Passion V2

So I thought I would continue the passion ramblings..
A verse struck me the other day, Matthew 6:21:

"Where your treasure is, there your heart will be"

and it's sooo true... I guess what I learnt from the things that we desire the most, would probably mean the most to us. I'm the kind of guy that would really be all out to do the things that I like, e.g- jamming, worship leading, futsal'ing, chatting (at times), and it's so easy to get caught up in our own desires that we kind of, miss out what God has planned for us?

I tried to understand what that verse in a different approach, try switching it around and you get "Where your heart is, there your treasure will be"

Now I get back to passion, it all starts from the heart. That's number one. How many of us pray for revival and yet we refuse to lift our hands during worship or allow the Holy Spirit to move in our hearts? Many of us pray for passion and yet we do not attend prayer meetings or encourage our friends to. Now don't give me 'oh I'm like really busy and I can pray back home', There might be some truth in that but how many of us actually do pray by ourselves? It is said in the bible, 'Pray without ceasing' and we would, if we really understand what passion is. There's power in corporate prayer and agreement, 'If two or three are gathered, there He is in our midts'.

Number two, Passion is more caught than thought. Speakers can talk alot about passion but at the end of the day, it's really all about catching the essence and acting apon what you believe. Walk the talk. Don't just talk so much (something I'm learning too!).

So I guess a question to ask ourselves after all this is,

What are you doing about your passion?

Japh