For every storm, a rainbow,
For every tear, a smile,
For every care, a promise,
And a blessing in each trial.
For every problem life sends,
A faithful friend to share,
For every sigh, a sweet song,
And an answer for each prayer..
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
May God give you...
Seek First God’s Kingdom
Matthew 6:31–33
31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”....
As a child of God, know that it is your Father’s pleasure to meet all your needs. Jesus Himself tells us, “For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” But God does not want you to seek after needs. He wants you to seek first His kingdom. And when you do that, all the things that you need will be added to you!
So your first priority every day is to seek His kingdom. The word “first” in verse 33 is the Greek word proton, which means “first in order or importance, holding the highest place in all our affections”. So God wants us to seek first His kingdom, and all things will fall gloriously in place.
We are not to seek after things the way Gentiles do. The word “seek” in “the Gentiles seek” (verse 32) is the Greek word epizeteo. It means “to seek with all their might with much sweat or with much stress”. However, the way God wants us to “seek” in “seek first the kingdom of God” is the Greek word zeteo, which means “to hunger, to desire to worship”. It is simply a hungering, a desiring for the kingdom of God, without any toil or stress.
But what is the kingdom of God? Romans 14:17 tells us that it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. And the kingdom of God dwells within you because the Holy Spirit indwells you. So the kingdom of God is His righteousness, peace and joy in you.
Make sure that peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is flowing inside you every day. Seek every day to be conscious of your righteousness in Christ, not your own righteousness, but His righteousness given to you as a gift. Pursue Jesus first. Spend time with Him, listening to His Word. And when you do these things, you are seeking His kingdom and His righteousness, and all the things that you need will be added to you!
(above is an extract of daily devotion from New Creation Church)
I'm currently cultivating the habit in reading the daily devotion every morning, to start my day with my heavenly Daddy.. =) Today's devotion was pretty good, it remind us to cultivate the presence of God, to seek Him 1st, HIM, Jesus, when we put Jesus 1st all peace, love, joy and righteousness will follow, because Jesus IS THE JOY, THE PEACE, THE STRENGTH. These are all IN the person of Christ. We need not seek for healing but the Healer, need not seek for victory and success, bcoz success is Christ Himself =D Need not seek for happiness and joy, bcoz Jesus is THE JOY. Thank You Jesus, for Your unfailing love for us, i worship u my Jesus my abba Father.. You ARE My Everything!!! ^-^
31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”....
As a child of God, know that it is your Father’s pleasure to meet all your needs. Jesus Himself tells us, “For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” But God does not want you to seek after needs. He wants you to seek first His kingdom. And when you do that, all the things that you need will be added to you!
So your first priority every day is to seek His kingdom. The word “first” in verse 33 is the Greek word proton, which means “first in order or importance, holding the highest place in all our affections”. So God wants us to seek first His kingdom, and all things will fall gloriously in place.
We are not to seek after things the way Gentiles do. The word “seek” in “the Gentiles seek” (verse 32) is the Greek word epizeteo. It means “to seek with all their might with much sweat or with much stress”. However, the way God wants us to “seek” in “seek first the kingdom of God” is the Greek word zeteo, which means “to hunger, to desire to worship”. It is simply a hungering, a desiring for the kingdom of God, without any toil or stress.
But what is the kingdom of God? Romans 14:17 tells us that it is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. And the kingdom of God dwells within you because the Holy Spirit indwells you. So the kingdom of God is His righteousness, peace and joy in you.
Make sure that peace and joy in the Holy Spirit is flowing inside you every day. Seek every day to be conscious of your righteousness in Christ, not your own righteousness, but His righteousness given to you as a gift. Pursue Jesus first. Spend time with Him, listening to His Word. And when you do these things, you are seeking His kingdom and His righteousness, and all the things that you need will be added to you!
(above is an extract of daily devotion from New Creation Church)
I'm currently cultivating the habit in reading the daily devotion every morning, to start my day with my heavenly Daddy.. =) Today's devotion was pretty good, it remind us to cultivate the presence of God, to seek Him 1st, HIM, Jesus, when we put Jesus 1st all peace, love, joy and righteousness will follow, because Jesus IS THE JOY, THE PEACE, THE STRENGTH. These are all IN the person of Christ. We need not seek for healing but the Healer, need not seek for victory and success, bcoz success is Christ Himself =D Need not seek for happiness and joy, bcoz Jesus is THE JOY. Thank You Jesus, for Your unfailing love for us, i worship u my Jesus my abba Father.. You ARE My Everything!!! ^-^
Saturday, May 03, 2008
DeliCious dUrian cake
It's Jacky dad's birthday yesterday, we ordered a durian cake from Amelia recommended home made cake shop. The home made durian cake is really cheap compared to other online recommended cake shop. 1kg of durian cake only cost $25 as compared to $75 - $80 in other online shop. I never tried the durian cake from this shop, so was pretty worried that it won't come out nice, afterall it's Jacky's dad birthday, won't want the cake to look ulgy or taste horrible (Cut marks!! cut marks!!)=p
Cut a long story short, It's Delicious..i would give it a 7/10..(cut marks on the outlook and should use D24 durian instead =p)
Here's a snap shot of the cake.. The outlook of the cake is very plain and does not have any fancy decoration, but as you can see, the DURIAN's oozing out..eEmM EeMm EemM YyyUuMMmmyyy =p hmm.. who's birthday is next?!
Cut a long story short, It's Delicious..i would give it a 7/10..(cut marks on the outlook and should use D24 durian instead =p)
Here's a snap shot of the cake.. The outlook of the cake is very plain and does not have any fancy decoration, but as you can see, the DURIAN's oozing out..eEmM EeMm EemM YyyUuMMmmyyy =p hmm.. who's birthday is next?!
Friday, May 02, 2008
See God’s Goodness In The Midst Of Evil
Browse thru new creation church website and happen to read on this daily devotion... It reminds me that many times we are too easily discourage by things that happen around us and circumstances that we are facing.we forget that our God is always there for us.. and Yes! He has already intervene in all the circumstances that we are facing =) what we have to do is to continue to trust in Him!
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
God does not play a game of counterattack with the devil — the devil does something bad, then God steps in to bring something good out of it. The truth is, when something bad happens, it is the devil reacting to something good that God has started. The Lord once told me, “Tell My people that if they want to understand what I am doing, they can look at what the devil is doing and see it in reverse — that is what I am doing, multiplied many times over.”
I see this truth in the Bible. When Christ was born, soldiers were sent to kill all baby boys under the age of two in Bethlehem. The folks in Bethlehem then would have seen only evil. But there were those like Mary who saw God’s goodness. They knew that God had sent a Saviour into the world! The killing of the infants was just the devil’s reaction to something wonderful God had started.
The Lord showed me that this was how we were to look at the bird flu when it hit our region not too long ago. While I was pondering the significance of birds, the Lord showed me Matthew 6:26: “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
If God takes care of the birds, how much more will He take care of you! So, by attacking the birds with disease, the devil is, in essence, reacting to God’s provision for His people. In other words, he saw that God’s provision had been released on His people in a big way!
With every new virus that the devil throws at us, you must discern that he is trying to pervert and reverse what God is already doing. Then, you will know that something good is going to come out of it. You see, every new strain of virus tells us that God has already released a new anointing of health for His people. And I believe that God releases new levels of prosperity for His people too. So don’t just see the evil — see what the Lord is already doing!
© Copyright Joseph Prince, 2006. All rights reserved.
Psalm 91:1
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
God does not play a game of counterattack with the devil — the devil does something bad, then God steps in to bring something good out of it. The truth is, when something bad happens, it is the devil reacting to something good that God has started. The Lord once told me, “Tell My people that if they want to understand what I am doing, they can look at what the devil is doing and see it in reverse — that is what I am doing, multiplied many times over.”
I see this truth in the Bible. When Christ was born, soldiers were sent to kill all baby boys under the age of two in Bethlehem. The folks in Bethlehem then would have seen only evil. But there were those like Mary who saw God’s goodness. They knew that God had sent a Saviour into the world! The killing of the infants was just the devil’s reaction to something wonderful God had started.
The Lord showed me that this was how we were to look at the bird flu when it hit our region not too long ago. While I was pondering the significance of birds, the Lord showed me Matthew 6:26: “Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?”
If God takes care of the birds, how much more will He take care of you! So, by attacking the birds with disease, the devil is, in essence, reacting to God’s provision for His people. In other words, he saw that God’s provision had been released on His people in a big way!
With every new virus that the devil throws at us, you must discern that he is trying to pervert and reverse what God is already doing. Then, you will know that something good is going to come out of it. You see, every new strain of virus tells us that God has already released a new anointing of health for His people. And I believe that God releases new levels of prosperity for His people too. So don’t just see the evil — see what the Lord is already doing!
© Copyright Joseph Prince, 2006. All rights reserved.
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