In the book of Ruth, we saw how self-centered Naomi and Elimelech were. That when there was a famine on Israel, they left the land of God's blessing, to look for food. A place they went to, where people live ungodly lifes. It shows us how they did not trust in God, that God will provide and rescue them. They chose to take things to their own hands. They think that they can handle the problem and they do not need God's help. They want things their way. In the end, Naomi lost her husband and 2 sons. This teaches us that we should always trust God, commit all our cause to Him. Believe that God will provide us with our needs, according to His will.
In the 2nd part of Ruth, we saw God's unexpected kindness showering on Naomi and Ruth through the kindness of Boaz. How Boaz allow Ruth to work in his field, his kindness towards her and his protection over her. And as time goes by, love for Ruth starts to nurture. This shows us that no matter what wrong we do, God so love us, will never forsake us. In response, may we all live a life that trust and obey God. Never take things into our hands, just leave everything to Him.
Felt so sick this morning. At first I didnt wanna go church, but in the end I took a cab down. Was wearing a windbreaker, and everyone was asking how am I? Am i sick? LOL. Decided to give lunch a miss as I was too tired. Got a lift from Lena.. (so nice of her). Ok, got to stop here now. Need to have a nap and rest well, getting prepared for the BIG MATCH tonight. ITS LIVERPOOL VS manchester united. LOL. WALK ON!! WALK ON!! WITH HOPES!! IN YOUR ARMS!! AND YOU"LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Give Thanks..
It has been raining the whole day. The never dying rain must have brought incovenience to many people, haha cos I am one of them. Left my bicycle at church as I cant cycle home due to the rain. Woke up at 630 this morning, but due to late rest and nice cool weather, i fell back to sleep. By the time I woke up again, its already 900. Got to take a cab down to church. At church, during service, I'm suppose to play drums today. Make so much mistake during the service. Was not at my best. Felt quite sad and guilty. But I know that God will not really care bout the mistakes I made for during the playing of the music.
We human always pray when we are in trouble, when we are in need of something, maybe for guidance, for wisdom, for courage. Or even if we ask got for some worldly things. We tend to pray and just continue with our lifes even when our prayers are answered, when God feels that we should get what we prayed and asked for. This is also a problem which happens to me. But in response to Gods love and kindness to us, we should not forget to also give thanks and be greatful for what God has given us. Some will ask, what if our prayers are not answered? Even if our prayers are not answered, God has His reasons for why its not answered. Maybe He feels that its better for us not to get what we prayed for, as we might have prayed and asked for the wrong thing. So we should also be careful in what we pray for. A another reason why its not answered might be because its not time yet. God takes His time to do His work. What is not answered now, might be answered in the future, we will never know. No matter what, we still must give thanks.
A good example is how Abraham waited for God's promise to be fulfilled. Even when the surroundings and other circumstances seems so impossible for the promise to be fulfilled, as Abraham's wife is barren and he himself is too old to have a son. He continued to have faith in God, and did not doubt God. This is how we should respond to God. Even if our prayers are not answered at all. We should also give thanks, for what God had already done for us. For He had sent down his one and only Son to die for us on the cross, while we were still sinners and His enemies. Give thanks for loving us and saving us from His wrath and judgement. In everything, give thanks..... Amen
We human always pray when we are in trouble, when we are in need of something, maybe for guidance, for wisdom, for courage. Or even if we ask got for some worldly things. We tend to pray and just continue with our lifes even when our prayers are answered, when God feels that we should get what we prayed and asked for. This is also a problem which happens to me. But in response to Gods love and kindness to us, we should not forget to also give thanks and be greatful for what God has given us. Some will ask, what if our prayers are not answered? Even if our prayers are not answered, God has His reasons for why its not answered. Maybe He feels that its better for us not to get what we prayed for, as we might have prayed and asked for the wrong thing. So we should also be careful in what we pray for. A another reason why its not answered might be because its not time yet. God takes His time to do His work. What is not answered now, might be answered in the future, we will never know. No matter what, we still must give thanks.
A good example is how Abraham waited for God's promise to be fulfilled. Even when the surroundings and other circumstances seems so impossible for the promise to be fulfilled, as Abraham's wife is barren and he himself is too old to have a son. He continued to have faith in God, and did not doubt God. This is how we should respond to God. Even if our prayers are not answered at all. We should also give thanks, for what God had already done for us. For He had sent down his one and only Son to die for us on the cross, while we were still sinners and His enemies. Give thanks for loving us and saving us from His wrath and judgement. In everything, give thanks..... Amen
Oh My Goodness....
My 7th day of January 06 began at 11am.. Went to meet the FOMs at Kovan for brunch then after that went to church for prayer meeting. The meeting was long, but had many things sorted out and confirmed. Almost killed one of my fellow worker in Christ. Wai was asking us what's the most common word that we see in Ruth 1: 1-22, the word's suppose to be "return" as Naomi keeps asking Ruth and Orpah to return to their own houses. But I dun seems to notice the word return, all I can see, is the name Naomi, so I say it out and Wai almost get choked while drinking water. LOL. He even spat out the water on the floor.
Today we started on the book of Ruth for our bible study. Its a short book with just 4 chapters. But the things we can learn from it are plenty. Learnt that sometimes when life's turning bitter, when things around us are not what we expected, we shouldn't think that God has not shown his kindness to us. In fact, we should be thankful to God, as he had already shown us his hesed (kindness in hebrew) by sending his one and only Son down to this earth, to die for us, to take our place in facing God's wrath and judgement. From Ruth, I was also reminded that God has control of all events. He is before all things and everything happens for a reason. He has the ability to do everything. And He is always working in our everyday life. Praise God for that..
Today's bs is rather long, ended at 1830 hrs. Went over to Helping Hand to play frisbee after bs. Was very encouraged by the attendance today. Edwin, Pix, Dot, Salad, Drew, Wai and Ray turned up!! Hope that more people can join us, as I believe fellowship is not just during bs, should also have some informal outdoor activities. Feel so sad as I was ditched by the "Crappy 3" (haha!! me, wai and ray). 3 of us are supposed to be in a team after loom jiam pass. But in the end they send me over to the other team. Maybe cos I'm the lousiest of the 3. Then the 2 good players are together, and not just that, they have an extra player. So the game was 4 vs 5. Unfair right! haha but WE WON IN THE END!! I also won Amos in a 1 on 1 basketball game. haha. He was so tired after the frisbee game, that he is so lazy to run. Beat him 5 - 1!! What a long and tiring day it was. But had alot of fun and fellowship though, everything is worth it! Ok, got to go ZzZzZ as I have to be in church early tmr. I"M PLAYING DRUMS!! haha.. Chaos..
Today we started on the book of Ruth for our bible study. Its a short book with just 4 chapters. But the things we can learn from it are plenty. Learnt that sometimes when life's turning bitter, when things around us are not what we expected, we shouldn't think that God has not shown his kindness to us. In fact, we should be thankful to God, as he had already shown us his hesed (kindness in hebrew) by sending his one and only Son down to this earth, to die for us, to take our place in facing God's wrath and judgement. From Ruth, I was also reminded that God has control of all events. He is before all things and everything happens for a reason. He has the ability to do everything. And He is always working in our everyday life. Praise God for that..
Today's bs is rather long, ended at 1830 hrs. Went over to Helping Hand to play frisbee after bs. Was very encouraged by the attendance today. Edwin, Pix, Dot, Salad, Drew, Wai and Ray turned up!! Hope that more people can join us, as I believe fellowship is not just during bs, should also have some informal outdoor activities. Feel so sad as I was ditched by the "Crappy 3" (haha!! me, wai and ray). 3 of us are supposed to be in a team after loom jiam pass. But in the end they send me over to the other team. Maybe cos I'm the lousiest of the 3. Then the 2 good players are together, and not just that, they have an extra player. So the game was 4 vs 5. Unfair right! haha but WE WON IN THE END!! I also won Amos in a 1 on 1 basketball game. haha. He was so tired after the frisbee game, that he is so lazy to run. Beat him 5 - 1!! What a long and tiring day it was. But had alot of fun and fellowship though, everything is worth it! Ok, got to go ZzZzZ as I have to be in church early tmr. I"M PLAYING DRUMS!! haha.. Chaos..
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