One and the same

Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever more.

for many Christians, its such a familiar line that its become some sort of a mantra, chant chant chant, yeah we know, next please. like it or not, many of us take it for granted.

but what does it exactly mean by Him being the same, yesterday today and forever more - as the Bible tells us?

lets go into a bit of that today.



the Bible clearly states that the heart of Jesus for us today is "for (our) good, and not of evil" and we know that God being God, He cant lie right? its time therefore to realise that unreal, impossible as it may sound, God is never ever angry with us, never hold anything against us and never imputes sin unto us.

but do we know the heart of love of God toward us? do you know that every believer has access to the heart of God and how he feels towards us today? that while we may not understand the mind of God, we have the mind of Christ - through the Holy Spirit that lives in us - and hold in us therefore, the feelings and purposes of His heart. [1 Corinthians 2:16]

its time for us to come to a realisation of the extent to which that heart of God is for us. "for by this we know love, that He dies on the cross for us" and that is the truest and most expressive action which shows the heart of God for us. the cross.

that same love that made Jesus willingly die on the cross is still there for us today. the same love that loved us in spite of our wretchedness "that while we were sinners Christ died for us". Jesus Christ is the same. His heart still burns with the same passion that led Him to lay up His life on our behalf. Even for those people whom we feel we love most - lets say the love of Christ that is placed there by Jesus living in us aside - we would hesitate, even for a fraction of second, on whether we would really want to die for them, in their place. But as for Jesus, the people that He died for had rejected Him, scorned Him, spit on Him, sneered at Him, jeered in His face, denounce Him as the Messiah, punched Him, whipped Him, persecuted Him, nailed Him, gambled away His clothes, TRIED to use the Law He Himself wrote to humiliate Him and basically were a bunch of unseeing, uncaring, rude, despicable and unappreciative bunch.

but He saw them through eyes that only saw love.
He saw that they were lost sheep, without a shepherd - no one to protect them, to look out for them, wandering aimlessly and fearfully, with no hope for the morrow.

and He loved them still, saying "forgive them Father, for they know not what they do"

that same heart of forgiveness and love extends to you today.

take hold, of it, cherish it and experience that love afresh today, and everyday.
and i pray you enjoy the sweetness of that manna of life.

delight yourself in the Lord

Jesus is amazing people and you better believe it.


one day before i had just blogged on the Word of the Lord being sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the soul and the Spirit, and its so so true. people who i think i know, or rather know about, the Spirit of God can open up to you even in an instant, and lead you to speak directly into their hearts, their secret fears that no one knows about.

its amazing what the gospel can do, and the love of God, that reaches out and touches the direct centre of your heart.

and while so often we forget our prayers - like how i even forgot about having prayed for someone to know God before - God still remembers, still is faithful and today itself, reminded me of His faithfulness.

thank you Daddy, really thank you.

I'm so happy that another one of Your precious children has heard the truth, the good news and felt Your love. and i'm just really excited for her, cause i know now that her life will never be the same again.

You're really the God of miracles. and i know, seeing all this, that people can say what they like, they can laugh, they can scoff at all this.

but i feel this so so strongly in my heart

" i will not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the POWER of God unto SALVATION"

its time to hear the good news.







another thing to share, which though i've shared with some already, but hey, when it comes to the Word of God and His heart of love for us, i say the more the merrier.


Psalm 37:4
"Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

the other night i was online on msn, and joshua koh ( from the DARE youth ministry - the most happening youth ministry for sec school students from ages 13 to 17 - insert cheers here) , popped up a message and said, "kailin, what is is delight yourself in the Lord?"

so i asked Jesus, hey Jesus, open this up to me, cause you said that the Holy Spirit is here to guide me and teach me in the Word right? so open this up to me and guide me in turn, in opening this up to him Lord.

its amazing what a prayer can do, and how Jesus is always constantly listening and so ready to answer us.

i felt this inner prompting that just told me to focus on the word "delight". i thought, okay, just check it out, cause i'm sure Jesus definitely has a reason for saying that, duh right?

and its amazing, because people, delight doesnt just mean to enjoy or to pleasure in.

nope, its more than that.

its means to make the SOURCE of your pleasure.



and even now, i can feel Jesus just telling me to make Him the source of all our pleasure.
such that our eyes won't be swayed by our physical circumstances or what people say about us, but that our security, our happiness, our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical health are all wrapped up in the person of Jesus Christ.

like pastor says, we're thermostats, not thermometers.
Christians are made to live the life of the glory of Jesus Christ, and we set the temperature, we're not blown about or tossed by the winds.

As Christ is, so are we in this world.
thats what the Bible says.
is as in how He is now, in His resurrected glory, in His life and health and wholeness, riches and honour.

what is it that you need?
favour?
as Christ is favoured, so are you in this world!
health?
as Christ is whole and healthy, so are you in this world!

the Holy Spirit inspired this verse as a blank check. remember, as He is, so are you in this world!
there's an equation.
as Jesus IS at the Father's right hand now = how you are in THIS world.

take hold of this people, and reign as the Children of God that He means us to be.

wow so many posts in 2 days! this must be some kind of record.

ok have pictures from grandpa's birthday and hanging out with my precious bunch of lovely people again, but i think i'll leave that till tmr, after the history test.



the bible says that the Spirit of God is sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of the bone and the marrow, the spirit and the soul. and its amazing, cause that discernment, that amazingly sharp and understanding Spirit is within all of us. no, God didnt say only when you're in church, or only in ministry. He said He will never, ever, by any means leave or forsake you. that sharpness and discernment is always there, always present.

like Pastor Prince said today about what God said to Him.
Jesus has already identified with us and our sufferings, and through that gave us the gift of grace. Its time now, on our part as the children of God to identify with the life, the love, the glory and honour of Jesus Christ.

<3

ok, so my blogging has been pretty lazy. mm well i guess i prefer sharing the good stuff in person to those precious people around me.

like that totally cool revelation i had this week. AMAZING, i tell you.

if you haven't heard it, ask and prepare to be blown away, ;)

i tell you that Jesus is way cool.

Hosanna - Hillsong

I see the King of glory
Coming down the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes, the whole earth shakes
I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing, the people sing



[Chorus]
Hosanna, Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest



I see a generation
Rising up to take the place
With selfless faith, with selfless faith
I see a new revival
Staring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees, we're on our knees




[Bridge]
Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me
Break my heart for what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause
As I walk from earth into eternity

love the song hosanna by hillsong.


had a fantastic time at arrow today, with pastor chin sharing about flowing with the life of Christ and trusting God.
i remember him saying, don't worry about what people say about you, because you aren't the one who sustains the testimony of your life for God, but He will sustain it, cause if you're the one sustaining it then its no longer grace but works. so so true.


sharing was great too, with jo sharing her revelation of the heart of Daddy God FOR His children, all things good and never to harm. that He is FOR us and not against us, the protective, loving, gracious heart of a Father, our Father.

ruoyun's testimony about her "supernatural recovery" was so good too, and just how God is so faithful.

also charlene and her university entrance, amazing and surprised her, but surely supernaturally intervened. "the one thing that is needful" she did. :)

not to mention yang yan and that verse, "for God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of sound mind."; and how it kept her in the zone of peace despite all the returning of the MYE results.

yeukeed too, with his totally undeserving surprise of topping his class in gp. lol ;)

and myself too, i received so much this week its amazing.


for those of you who don't know, you better believe it, God is faithful.

ok blogging is therapy right now. to remind remind remind me to chill because Jesus really does love me.

am annoyed with my dad. we had a great talk in the absence of my step-mother the other day but then i just got really annoyed when its so __ hot and he refuses to allow me to turn on the AC. major RAHR.

ok shall drop topic because its aggravating me.

now for some lovely belated posts.

went for third service yesterday! haha i really missed the old gang and it was GREAT hanging out with them again. <3
ooh and the center of attention of the day was erm. my new sunglasses? haha so many people became bugs and flies.

first dean decided to try before service started




then lydia, who took the earlier picture, decided to give it a try





ok the lighting's weird because it was a bit dark and the flash from dean's phone was kinda white and directly glaring at our faces. haha. i guess thats where the shades come in >.<

ok so anyways after service a bunch of us went to ya kun kaya toast while some of the guys went off to play dota.
and we met this really sweet lady who told us she was from new crea too, and decided to just bless us with free donuts that we had been wanting to eat but were reluctant to queue for ( cos she told us she queued for half an hour plus).

a pic with shir around lunch time :)




and anyways, after all that we went to prata house at upp thomson for dinner!
we as in : jemz, jarett, shirmaine, dean, sam and me! :D

lols on the way we were spamming each other (my phone's best at spamming lol.it made jarett's phone hang! ok >.<" ) over bluetooth with pictures of each other from whenever.

a really young dean O.O like when we first met him or something. HAHA.


and the good, too bad its shaky.


the bad? not really la.

looks a bit wrong this. dean and preston

tim and hog. ok this wasnt in circulation yesterday but its here now :) i came by it while scrolling. haha.




the funny





not to mention the vain.



alongside taking more buggy shots of course.



and one of sam at prata house. jemz said he looks like a perv. LOL.




all in all, good fun. I MISSED ALL OF YOU. :D <3