Vespa

I wanted to see kor kor Moses' Vespa after service today, but he left before I came out of the cry room. What a sight I missed, because he came with his two other friends who rode motorbikes. They looked really good I think, all three of them.

I guess my only consolation is that kor kor Moses came to look for me before he left. At least he remembered that I like to go 'vroom vroom'.

(:

Reflection 22 Jan 07

You and I like Israel

Isn't it true that we often treat God as a vending machine? Putting a little more effort to pray during crisis, being a little more sincere and having stronger desire to seek Him when the 'rubble meets the road'? Hoping and expecting to get the 'can' of prayer answered right?

Once that moment of trial or hardship floats away and sunshine pierce through the dark clouds, we are back to our self-sufficient, complacent and prideful drive.

During trials, what makes us macro focus on ourselves and blinded to see the bigger picture that God has for us?

We fight, we quarrel, play politics and even lie to get what we want and to falsely create the sense of security and an imaginary fortress to protect us from what we think others will try to harm us with.

We are so focused on the macro and have forgotten that God hold all things and know all things.
Why are we like Israel complaining about food and drink during exile and yet forgotten the Lord saying in PS 130:7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

The lacking of Faith... we are unable to trust, to have confidence and unwilling to see the disagreement God has for us. Thus, refusing to trust in God is the renouncement of Christ the authority in us and our faith in Him. For Christians who have been in this relationship with God for years can divorce the only love which is Christ in your heart because of an affair (trials) that breach trust in God. Not the other way round because God is always faithful.

We are wounded sojourners on earth. The lack of faith in God for healing and comfort make us just like any other pre-believers that will pass our insecurity to everyone.


Lev 26:12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

This is my prayer to all God's people who are hurting regardless the number of days to years. That we may not deconstruct the faith we once have in God, but to fan the flame and allow the Holy Spirit to quicken your heart with the Word (Christ) and be encourage that God is walking with us. He will still be our God and we are His people no matter what trials we are going through.

God has given us the promise of salvation and redemption if we have place our faith in His mighty hand. He is God, let Him be Himself that is faithful even though we are faithless..

Reflections 18 Jan 07

Church without Holy Spirit

A good analogy of a Church without the Holy Spirit is like a tree without zap circulating to the branches that produces life.

There should be no dichotomy between the Word and the Spirit. But Churches today are being organised and structured in such an sophisticated manner that she can function without the presence of God and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

The service starts with the pastor or minister saying a few politically right statements and the worship band rolls into action and take off the service. The heavenly arrangement of the music brings people so high that they lose the presence of God below the CD like quality of what the band can produce.

Preaching is always a major segment of the worship. The pulpit is often abused to drive and to persuade people to build a kingdom on earth thinking that numbers pleases Him who created people and HE is unable to bring them back to Himself. Is it no longer as the prophet Isaiah as saidthat one entering into the temple, seeing the work of the Almighty on earth should feel so ashamed of his or her weaknesses and consumed by the awesome holiness of the creator. Don't blame the preachers.. they go out of job if a member complains that he or she felt unrest after God spoke through the preacher.

Collection of pledge is never a problem but the minister have to end of the happy gathering bringing the blessings of God with right wordings so that worshippers will have a good night sleep.

But yet many complained that they are not being feed, not growing, pastors not dynamic and worship is so so... The Church seems to be the blamed for the reason of their spiritual 'stroke'; losing the first love since conversion; unable to recover as they once was before.

No members would blame themselves for not proactively seeking God as Josh demanded his people in Josh 1:8 to do... "study it (The Word) day and night!!"

Thus to justify that lack of love for the word that harnesses a loving relationship with God, they hook on serving in Church ministries as an placebo to replace the being. As an result, the inner being is not nurtured by the word, instead the role of the Holy Spirit of bringing the Word to remembrance becomes dysfunctional.

The Holy Spirit is to bring life. He is the person after the session of Christ to regenerate our hearts and minds. Those who believe out of their belly will come living waters (Jn 7;36-38) How can a christian life be pleatu and dry if the Holy spirit is dwelling in him? the gushing power of living waters will not hold and produces 'dunamus' the power to driving our lives.

This gushing water should not stop till barriers are being set up. Barriers of disobedience, sin, pride and hardening of hearts.

If such barriers are up, the only way for the water to flow once again is to demolish them.. This is the most painful and humbling experience one can have. The challenge is whether one is game to bare the consequences. The process may seems 'hell' but the promise of life with Christ, the promise of the life in the Spirit will once be so real and tangible. The bi-focal lenses will once again tell the difference between the damming world and the salvation of God. Love, Joy , peace and Hope will once again overwhelms your heart as you travel in the vulnerable path of the cross.

Ephipany of Thaddaeus John the First

Shalom! ...
I am not losing out in the Blogosphere... Thanks to Shirley (president of Thaddy Fan Club) and gang helping to create this Blog.

Daddy and Mommy were very excited about my arrival into this planet ever since they concieved me in 2004. Mommy said it was a few days before Daddy and mommy was going for missions in cambodia (Takeo).

Well, I can proudly say I've been family missions already ever since 6 weeks old...


This is mommy with me looking radiant...

I came to this planet on 13 Jun 05... Daddy said it was the engineering of God, blue prints of His plan that I can.. Do daddy showed me the "Plan of God" from the start.

I've got a series of photos since young..

Praising God I am here...!!


Thumbs up for the good job!!

Cheers

Wonder if what will happen on my birthday??

My favourite eating spot in the kitchen.. mummy has all the food stuff stocked up behind me..

As I was saying, I wonder what will happening for my birthday.. I was pretty excited.. I can't even fall into deep sleep...

Worries about the date for the party...

What to wear???



Practising the birthday tune....

Even preparing the invitation....

Finally... the big day is here...this was my 1st birthday bash in Church of the Good Shepherd.. Mommy was so excited about it and got almost the whole Church to come.. She got a birthday cake with my picture on it too...

She even got the whole family to wear stripes for the party.. she said is the theme for the day.