for all have sinned, and all fall short of His glory.

Saturday, October 24, 2009 { 10:18 AM }
(:

Matthew 7:7 (New American Standard Bible)

7"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you."

Deuteronomy 4:23-39 (New American Standard Bible)

23"So watch yourselves, (AF)that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and (AG)make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you.

24"For the LORD your God is a (AH)consuming fire, a (AI)jealous God.

25"When you become the father of children and children's children and have remained long in the land, and (AJ)act corruptly, and (AK)make an idol in the form of anything, and (AL)do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God so as to provoke Him to anger,

26I (AM)call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will (AN)surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

27"The LORD will (AO)scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you.

28"(AP)There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, (AQ)wood and stone, (AR)which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

29"(AS)But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him (AT)with all your heart and all your soul.

30"When you (AU)are in distress and all these things have come upon you, (AV)in the latter days (AW)you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

31"For the LORD your God is a (AX)compassionate God; (AY)He will not fail you nor (AZ)destroy you nor (BA)forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them.

32"Indeed, (BB)ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the (BC)day that God created man on the earth, and inquire (BD)from one end of the heavens to the other (BE)Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

33"(BF)Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and survived?

34"(BG)Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation (BH)by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and (BI)by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

35"To you it was shown that you might know that the LORD, He is God; (BJ)there is no other besides Him.

36"(BK)Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice (BL)to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.

37"(BM)Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them And He (BN)personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

38driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and (BO)to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

39"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that (BP)the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other."

what a revelation unto all.

amen(:

Labels: it is time.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 { 11:29 AM }
We Have Forgotten that the Way is Narrow

Labels: Paul Washer

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 { 10:31 PM }
reflections.

Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (King James Version)

4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

Lord of the heavens
King of all days
Without You my world slips away
Redeemed by Your mercy
Consumed by Your grace
Now i live for You

King Of All Days - Hillsong

morning:

the year has passed so quickly.

it seems today i decided to look back at all my posts, read them through, and think

hahah
examination of self?
wow. what a coincidence
(i'm listening to a semon on self-examination right now)

hmm, let's see. so many things have changed!
it's so overwhelming how faithful God has been, and how many things i've grown to know about Him

when i look back at my march posts, i think i've finally found the answer! (to the studies thing)
like i said, so many things have changed!
hahah

you know the funny thing is, i think that was a period of my growth, so i'll leave it there, as a juxtaposition between things that were, and things that are, a testament to God's cultivation of wisdom in me hahah

i've come to realize, i don't need to think or question about glorifying God in my studies, i don't need to say that i'm glorifying God in my studies! All i need to do is just look at God and focus on God, and He will settle everything else i need - "my daily bread"
i'm serious! ohmygoodness! God had put me through that entire emo period in june to teach me something.

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midnight.

yes, i realize that that entire period was not just a period of immense growth, but more so, sanctification!
God had to strip off so many wrong foundations and messed up parts of me.
He made it clear to me that there was nothing for me. Nothing for me apart from Him and that all else was vanity.

those "down" periods in our lives - growth, sanctification.

when i had such a blockage towards my studies, He taught me that all i seriously had to do was just spend more time in communion with Him, look to His Word, speak and listen, and He'd sort that out for me.
It's like He fought for me, and i didn't have to do much but stick with Him and stay on His side, focusing on Him instead of making the subject of studies my idol.
for if i chased after it with all my might on my own strength, i would surely lose.
it is nothing but a modern day Baal.

i learnt to really stop it! i had to stop it!
and it saddens me just how many people worship this modern day baal instead of their God.
:(

again, i don't have to think about this! i just have to think of God! and immerse myself in Him.
(when i speak of God, i speak of the Truine God)

all i have to do, is worship, submit, obey. and conform to the image of His Son, Christ Jesus.
the Sermon on the Mount! - why am i worrying over this, should not my Father, who looks after all else in nature and dresses them up so beautifully, take care of me even better?

and whilst i stay there in awe, i had to let go.
realize how spiritually bankrupt i was, how apart from Him, i am worse than nothing.
there's nothing, nothing, nothing, for me apart from Him.
and He is and must be my everything.

and He must change my everything and conform me to His image. His Son's image.

during the past year, He has stripped me of so many things that i now realize i am better off without, and so many bondages that i would never be able to shake off.

i realized that my nothingness, His almighty grace and power, and i must continue to live on this.
to live on a search for Him, and a renouncement of self, of pride, of ego, and vanity.
anything that has to do with glory that is not of Him, i do not want.

He saved me, and that's the only thing i need to know, the only thing i need to base all of this on.
He saved me.
He called me into His Hands and He saved me.
And showed me the first glimpse of His Face.
may He continue this good work He has begun in me, and may His Face be clearer and clearer.
(by His Face, i mean His Character, and His Being - who He is, exactly. for i would be too unworthy to even catch a glimpse of His physical and/or visual appearance.)

all i want is You.
i don't want to waste my life on anything that is apart from You, on anything rooted on a foundation other than You.
and my earnest prayer and desire is that Your Name be glorified in my life, Your Spirit overflow unto those around me, Your Fire burn in my heart - my everything.

amen(:

Labels: without you my world doesn't slip away, without you my world is nothing - it disappears - poof

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 { 9:54 AM }
Revival According to John

(Revival Conference 2008 Atlanta)

Labels: Denny Kenaston

{ 9:52 AM }
The Great Privilege

Labels: Paul Washer

{ 8:55 AM }
If you took the 'the' or capital out of The Saviour, He'd be no different from any other one.

Saviour I come,
Quiet my soul, remember,
Redemption's hill,
Where Your blood was spilled
For my ransom

Everything I once held dear,
I count it all as lost.

Lead me to the cross,
Where Your love poured out.
Bring me to my knees,
Lord I lay me down.
Rid me of myself,
I belong to You,
Lead me, lead me to the cross.

You were as I,
Tempted and trialed,
You are
The word became flesh,
Bore my sin and death,
Now you're risen

Everything I once held dear,
I count it all as lost.

Lead me to the cross,
Where Your love poured out.
Bring me to my knees,
Lord I lay me down.
Rid me of myself,
I belong to You,
Lead me, lead me to the cross.

Monday, October 5, 2009 { 8:56 AM }
Oh Lord, my God, in You i put my trust

take my moments, and my days
let each breathe that i take, be ever only,
for You, oh Lord

i think i may switch to KJV.

Ezekiel 37:1-14 (King James Version)

Ezekiel 37

1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

2And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

3And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

4Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

5Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

6And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

7So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

8And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

9Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

10So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

12Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

13And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves,

14And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

could that refer to individuals?
i am more than certain.
and i await. (:

Labels: In You I live and move and breathe, In You In You I find my peace, In You In You I find my strength

Friday, October 2, 2009 { 7:36 PM }
when it's supposed to be the reverse.

i don't know how to help you.

working against me: time, age
working for me: growth, education (in/of Him).

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you know, i always feel like i'm going to two schools, one i am pretty negative or otherwise apathetic about, and the other, though secondary, the one i desire to spend all my time on and deepen.

i don't know whether it's just my time planning, or the fact that the former demands maximum attention, and the latter does too, but more people ignore it and make it seem unworthy.
they try to paint its crown black and trample it in sand.

when she asked me what was wrong with making money,
i could have told her how i felt
but i'd slept too late the night before
and i'd been too scared.

Labels: i wonder it that surpasses physical limitations., maybe it's in His Spirit that i am to live

Thursday, October 1, 2009 { 8:15 AM }
quotes :D

paul washer - True Gospel Series

"Heaven will be about pursuing all the knowledge you can know about God."
(don't look at this only at surface level, it's deeper than that. i.e. definition of 'know' and 'knowledge'.)

"Even though the message of the King of Christianity, the heart of Christianity, about the man who died on the tree, you do not even care about, you still call yourself a Christian"

Being A Witness

"you were given a heart, so it would beat for Him,
you were given a mind, so you could think thoughts about Him,
you were given breath so you could take it in and breathe it out in worship,
you were given strength to serve Him.
you belong to Him."

amen. (:

Labels: little reminders :D whee

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