Friday, February 27, 2009

Lack of Self Discipline!

Saturday and I am in the office!
Actually finish work already just surfing the net and facebook.
Have not done QT!
COuld have done it in the morning but didn't feel like doing it cause just did it late last night.
I am so bad!
With my gf I cannot wait to see her even after seeing her the night before but here I am telling God a different thing and I say I love God more than anything else in the world!

Argh!!!
OKOK! Sorry God!
I will spend time with you!

2 Timothy 1:7
7For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

Dear Lord,
Forgive me for not wanting to spend time with you.....
Please give me a spirit of self discipline and a joy to want to spend more time with you instead of the shallow things of the world that will never love me back or have any worth in the world to come.
In Jesus Name I pray!
AMEN!

Force it!!!

It is now 9pm! I have been working non stop since 8am!
Actually I did just came back from a quick dinner earlier.
But I didn't have time for lunch!

I started the day wanting to do my QT! But right away one thing after another came up until now. I feel so tired and lazy. Do I return to my bible and go back to where I started off this morning??! Or do I go back and sleep! Normally I will go back but I made a pledge to do my QT everyday for this Lent season so I will force myself!!!

........5 mins later.......

Hahahaha!! I on the daily bread online and the verse reads!
Be still, and know that I am God. —Psalm 46:10
I am not kidding!! I am writing this in real time!!
Let me mediate on this and pray for a while!

.....some time later......

I realize in my QT that God is asking me to see rest in Him. To go seek Him when I am tired and He will strengthen me! Psalm 23:1-2 Reminds me that if the Lord is my Shepherd, I will not be in want and He will restore my soul.

My Prayer!

Dear Lord,
Please forgive me for not turning to you when I am tired. Please help remind me to always look to you for strength and restoration!
In Jesus Name I pray!
AMEN!

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Back after a month! 2nd day of Lent Season!

Its has been a month since my last posting!

And yes to be honest I have not really done my QT since!

Shame on me!

But during that time I have still continue to pray and seek God and I did have a spiritual breakthrough!

For the first time in my life I actually sat down with someone and confess all my sins to God but in the presents of another more Spiritually mature man of God!

The experience of scary and yet after that...empowering! I shared about my addictions and weakness and then he gave me advise without condemning me and then we prayed together!

The saying is very true! Confession is indeed good for your soul!
I encourage all those out there who is struggling with a sin or an addiction to
1. Admit you have a problem and cannot help yourself
2. Go find a good christian more mature person (from the same sex) and confess your sins to God in the presents of that person!
3. Get that person to help you be accountable to your problems!

Also I had experience another miracle!

Last weekend I had a gout attack on my leg again!! This was Saturday evening!
I had a clown show which I could not get out already on Sunday and I had no one to help me!
However I prayed earnestly as I could to God asking Him for His mercy and grace!
The next 24 hours instead of getting worst ( like it was suppose to because the gout attack just started) The gout attack actually got better right away and by Mon morning I was completely healed!

So I just want to PRAISE GOD and give HIM all the HONOUR AND GLORY!!

Today I got back to my QT and I am doing this special lent season reading!
Lent season is 40 days before Easter and I think it is especially good if one take this time to abstain from certain things and meditate and ponder and the suffering of Christ during this time!

Then I think Easter will be more meaningful to you (instead of just thinking of Chocolate Easter Bunny!)

My today's reading is on James 1:2-4
Its talks about to consider it pure joy when you face trials of many kind.

I agreed with the writer that as Malaysian Christian, most of us face very light problems when compare to the problems of the rest of this world!

My trials this year (that I can see) is my wedding preparation and buying a house!
I know it is peanuts compare to the things around me! I am aware of it!

That is why I pray for God's mercy everyday and thank Him for the simple things in life like safety to work (and that I even have a job) and good bosses, friends, family and a wonderful fiancee and also good health!

I can only pray that when I do face harder trials in life God will give me the strength to endure it!

AMEN!

Since 6th of Jan 2009

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