that little something called hope

“Why am I discouraged? 
Why is my heart so sad? 
I will put my hope in God! 
I will praise him again— 
my Savior and my God!”

Psalms 43:5

FIRST RECESS REVO MEETING IN THE HISTORY OF SMK SERI SAUJANA

YYYYYYEAPPPPP. We had OUR VERY FIRST RECESS REVO GATHERING.. not for the year.. but for the entire history of smk seri saujanaaaa. ;DDD

I remember it like it was just yesterday.. which pretty much was la. (10 Mar 2011)

We’ve been praying & fasting for weeks for this “project”. So many things kept getting in the way.. exams, “no time-lah”, “but.. got people want to join meh?”, etc. All sorts of excuses kept popping up. But thus, THINGS FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE & NOW, RECESS REVO IS A GO.

God’s been ever so gracious & surprisingly our first meeting consisted of quite a lot of people. More than expected la. So it was a pretty good first meeting. <3

The YC Fast of 2011 ;)

Okey, so its the 16th of Jan today!

And at church, pastor Rose spoke on the book of Nehemiah & how he(Nehemiah) *sat down and wept(when he heard the news of Jerusalem’s walls that had been torn down.). In fact, for days he mourned, fasted & prayed to the God of heaven.*Nehemiah1:4 (long story- short).

And so, this brings us to our YC FAST.

As of tomorrow(17th Jan),we will OFFICIALLY kick start our fast. And fasting doesn’t just mean FOOD.. it can also mean other things. Like stuff you often do(not homework OR studying =w=) such as.. surfing the net(which MANY of us do), watching tv, listening to secular songs.. doing all sorts of things la basically. ;P

So what I would be fasting from.. is the NET & also a type of food. Not sure what it is just as yet. But I’ll figure it out.

So yeap, you wont be seeing me online anytime soon. Or at least, for the next 2 weeks (as this YC FAST is only going to end at the end of this month). SO YEAH, LAST POST BEFORE I LEAVE YA’LL.

BYEEEEE!

there’s a peace i’ve come to know

I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin

 

Jesus has overcome. And the grave is overwhelmed. The victory is won, He is risen from the dead. And I will rise when he calls my name.

when He speaks…

Okey, not sure if you guys read one of my (PRETTY) old posts.. entitled ‘Coincidence? I think not‘ but it was ’bout my Christian walk.. when it was pretty dry & well, God is a God of second chances and he got me all fired up again.

Well.. as some of you know, we had a conference about a week ago from the 16th to 19th December. We had to wake up really early and sleep pretty late since conference was from 8.30am till 10pm everyday(and it usually drags on a bit). So yeah, I was too tired to even look at my bible & do my devotions during that 4 days. But ok la, after conference was over, I began to get even MORE lazy as Christmas was coming and our practices & stuff got more intense. So I came up with more & more excuses to NOT read my bible & do my devotions.

So now, seeing as to how Christmas has passed.. something gave me that little push (again) to read my bible (yet AGAIN). So as I was looking at my devotion materials, there was this verse.. it was Colossians 1: 27 that says something about Him being in us and so I opened my bible to that verse la.. and as I was reading.. something prompted me to go a few versus earlier.
And when I did, what I read just made me go.. WOW. It gave me mixed feelings really. I was scared, yet happy at the same time. The verse goes like this;

Colossians 1:20-23

[20]And by him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven & on earth by means of his blood on the cross. [21]This includes you who were once so far away from God. You were his enemies separated from him by your evil thoughts & actions, [22]yet now he has brought you back as his friends. He has done this through his death on the cross in his own human body. As a result, he has brought you into the very presence of God, and you are holy & blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. [23] BUT you must continue to believe this truth & stand in it firmly. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed by God to proclaim it.

So yeah, that was what I read, and it was as if He was speaking to me.. lecturing me; warning me. It was pretty scary though. AND I DONT THINK IT WAS COINCIDENCE LA. I mean.. a WHOLE BIBLE, and I go to THAT VERY VERSE. He’s amazing.

I always wondered what it’d be like to have God speak to me, and now I know. It happened once before. And I got lectured during the first time too. So yeah. TwT But yeah, today was a crazy devotion time spent. But very glad a did it.

ALSO, before doing up this little post, I stumbled across this video entitled True Meaning of a Christian. Its really short, but really inspiring. Merry belated CHRISTMAS.

let hope rise & darkness tremble in Your holy light

With Everything; Hillsong

is amazed at how so many things, both bitter AND sweet have happened in the past year and yet, He was always there for me, guiding me. He’s never failed to amaze me. He is everything.

And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us.

And if our God is with us, then what could stand against.

-Our God, Chris Tomlin.-

Coincidence? I think not.

Okey, so my walk with God last year was absolutely, positively DRY.

Praise and worship didn’t really feel.. right. Praying felt like a burden.. And church just seemed like.. any other day. Basically, in a nutshell.. I was REALLY FAR FROM GOD.

So yes, I tried a whole lot of different things like.. joining bible classes, joining dispatch, joining lcd and stuff like that. But obviously, nothing changed. So i remember about.. a month ago? I was msn-ing with Jarrett & we kind of got to the topic of devotions and bible reading, and it was really great just talking about that with somebody. And yes, this may sound pretty corny, but it “inspired” me to want to read the bible even though my relationship with God was going downhill.

But obviously, after the conversation ended.. my mind drifted away and I forgot entirely about the conversation. But funny thing is.. one day, I grab my bible, and this “read your bible in a year” card drops right in front of me, and I immediately remembered. (Now, I don’t know if that was by coincidence or not, but im PRETTY sure it wasn’t).

So on that very same night, I started reading my bible again. And I never felt more closer to God than I do now, and its a great feeling.

So like.. a few days ago, I MADE A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT & FINISHED THE BOOK OF GENESIS. And for those who don’t know, the book of Genesis has 50 chapters in it. And on the very same night I completed all 50 chapters, something felt.. different. (Of course, other than feeling GREAT.. something was different) Something just prompted me to go to my little money box and check my cash.

And before I go any further, just so you guys know.. a month before I started reading my bible again.. I had finished up all my rm50 & rm100 dollar bills. I was only left with the small bills. So.. when I poured the bills out, I expected red notes and coins to drop out. And just when I thought that was it.. POOM.. this new, crisp RM50 dollar bill drops right on top of the red notes. THERE WAS NO WAY I HAD ANY BIG NOTES LEFT. NO-WAY. But fine, I didn’t think much about it.

Then YESTERDAY, I managed to complete a few chapters of Exodus. And the really weird thing is.. this morning.. my dad wakes up to fetch me to bible class, and for some reason, he hands me a RM10 dollar bill. And he NEVER GIVES ME RM10 on a normal sunday. So then.. I was like, “daddy.. i don’t need this.. O_O I already have money for offering” but he was like.. “its ok, just take it.” And ALL OF US SHOULD KNOW, ITS NOT NORMAL FOR A DAD TO JUST GIVE US MONEY FOR NO REASON.

So then, just an hour ago, I told my parents about the RM50 thing, and my mum was AMAZED.. So then, as I was talking and talking, I remembered my dad’s RM10 and for some reason, i went to my bible and I opened it to the last page I read, and to my amazement.. i STOPPED AT CHAPTER 10 OF EXODUS. 10!! And whatever you guys may call it.. coincidence or whatever.. I think not.

BUT.. lemme make it clear, its amazing whats happening, but i am NOT reading the bible to earn more cash.. and as far as bible reading is concerned, God doesn’t PAY US TO READ HIS WORD. I guess its just His way of pointing out to ME what READING THE BIBLE can really do and the sort of things He’s capable of and what He could do with my life.

God works in mysterious ways. And I am so glad im putting Him first again.

 

In my point of view, I guess.. no matter how far we stray, God’s always there to lead us back. Its only a matter of whether we want to follow Him back or not.

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