Well I can honestly say today is one of the worst days this year. Its so hard to be strong in the Lord, when things are going so wrong. The devil is trying so hard to make me turn to him and follow his ways, but I'm trying to stay strong.
Lord please show me what I'm meant to learn from this, you no the desires of my heart and I pray that you will help show me the path and help keep me strong. I know Lord you only put us through situations we can handle.
I will not turn away from my Father no matter how much the devil trys to hurt me, I will not give up.
I love you Lord and thank you for being there for me even though I'm not always there for you, you never turn your back on me. Thank you Father, for your love and for your comfort.
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Once again...our God reigns!!
its amazing when i reflect on what the Lord has taught us all in this time apart, from Griffith to now, we are all together yet the Lord has taught us different things about his work, his kingdom and our spiritual growth individually and together.
He workded according to the level of faith we all had, and to think we were in Griffith together (Tali, Myles, and myself) yet learnt different things about our God is just awesome!Its more amazing when we come to that revelation that our God knows what we need not what we want, and he gives it to us as we are ready for it.
And then Lipo and Clare here and what they learnt toegther and separately, it is to help us all grow together.
Sunday was Satans big day out, and though he pushed and pushed we walked away stronger and more equipped to continue the Lords kingdom and he walked away smaller in our hearts and minds. LOVE is all it takes, our Lord requires MERCY not sacrifice. LOVE covers a multitude of sins and LOVE never fails!!
Thank You Lord for your divine victory!
OUR GOD....HE REIGNS!!!
He workded according to the level of faith we all had, and to think we were in Griffith together (Tali, Myles, and myself) yet learnt different things about our God is just awesome!Its more amazing when we come to that revelation that our God knows what we need not what we want, and he gives it to us as we are ready for it.
And then Lipo and Clare here and what they learnt toegther and separately, it is to help us all grow together.
Sunday was Satans big day out, and though he pushed and pushed we walked away stronger and more equipped to continue the Lords kingdom and he walked away smaller in our hearts and minds. LOVE is all it takes, our Lord requires MERCY not sacrifice. LOVE covers a multitude of sins and LOVE never fails!!
Thank You Lord for your divine victory!
OUR GOD....HE REIGNS!!!
Monday, December 05, 2005
GOOD WORK
Wel, what can I say!!! I dont really have much to say but say GOOD WORK everyone.. from what happened to the trip to Griffith and back and to Myles's work on our blog photos. "Well Done Everyone". Everything that happened and everything that we have done so far is all Gods plan.. Its been a while since the last time we (our group) got together but through that time, I've realised something.. I cannot do this on my own. My walk with the Lord and trying to grow in my faith is impossible without you guys, even though the Bible says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthen me" and with Him everything is possible.. The Lord taught me something that to be independent and trying to do things by myself is not the way to go.. Yesterday the 4/12/2005 was one of the worst day that could recall. It felt like I was lost again, there were so many things going through my head that even going to church felt like there wasnt any meaning at all..
BUT then when I look at you guys, it puts a smile on my face cos yous are the Lords face here on earth for me, and thats why Im saying GOOD WORK.. Cant wait to meet up again... And Myles, good stuff with the photos man..
BUT then when I look at you guys, it puts a smile on my face cos yous are the Lords face here on earth for me, and thats why Im saying GOOD WORK.. Cant wait to meet up again... And Myles, good stuff with the photos man..
Saturday, December 03, 2005
His word is the seed
Well I was on the trip too...so I should give my version of the events! It was a small hare. I hit it going 120kph. It cracked the radiator tank, and we could not get it repaired till Tuesday. So we had an enforced 2 day holiday.
But the lessons learnt were the amazing things. Here's mine:
But the lessons learnt were the amazing things. Here's mine:
- Firstly, it seemed like God's peace was over me. There was no worry. No stress. Instead of saying "why me?" it was "Lord, what can I learn from this?", and "Lord, how can I use this to serve your purpose?"
- It gave me a chance to develop my relationship skills -with Emma, Zee, Eliza (Emma's friend), the mechanics, people at the Church...I just felt in relationship developing mood.
- I got the sermon about "you reap what you sow"...but for me the key point was "the seed is his Word". It's all there...written down for us. All we have to do is read it!
I am happy at the moment to just grow in my faith. Read, explore, question, understand. Sort it out...reason it through. Read the Bible my friends. A sentence, a paragraph, a chapter. 1 minute, 10 minutes, an hour. It's God's seed into us. I am lucky cause when I read it I enjoy it. It's not always been the case, but as I read it more...the more I love to read it.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
The three R's
Rabbits, Radiators, and Rest - what did you think? :p
well, youve heard the story, the short version of it, if i told it i would have told it with 3 times more information!
My boss was very upset that i didnt tell her i was going to Griffith, i've vowed this will be the last time i lie to her, i felt terrible about it all weekend.The lord was prompting me to tell the truth but did i listen..NO!! so lesson learnt, even a white lie is a lie!
but in retrospect, the trip was worth every second spent.
I also truly believe we went there in Gods good and perfect timming, were we to go earlier, we wouldnt have heard George and wouldnt have been encouarged spiritually the way we were. It was awesome to see a little church with so much potential to reach people for Christ.The whole time I was praying for them to grow, to spread over Griffith like wild fire so people will know the Lord. We arent the smallest church after all, we arent the only ones trying to grow, experiencing new things and all working for the one goal.....Christ! Our borthers and sisters around the world are also experiencing this growth, no wonder the Lord wants us believers to always prays for each other and love and show hospitality to each other.
That song pops into mind "tell the world that Jesus Lives, tell the world that...tell the world that..tell the world that he died for us..tell the world that"
awesome, awesome awesome!!!
For me, our adventure was God pulling me aside and almost reprimanding me about "spiritual rest" Ive been focusing on physical rest since it was one of the things i needed to keep going, that i neglected spiritual rest. Our God is so good like this,its like he says "now youve mastered that, now focus on this my child..your out of balance in this area" He is so faithful like that!
Though i have plenty of physical rest, it is not rest if I dont have spiritual rest, because thats when I spend time with God, talking to him, him talking to me, me listening him glorified, i draw near he draws near...its like what George said " you cant go asking God to draw near to you if you draw near to other things instead of him"
I will reap what i sow...i wont reap spiritual blessings if I spend time focusing and sowing into the things of this world.I cant ask for the Lord to bless me financially if I dont sow my finances into his kingdom....boy i got hammered!!
the biggest revelation for me was the Lord instructing me on how to start the work my heart desires the most. reaching people, bringing them to Christ, showing them that Christ lives.I have been asking him this more frequently than ever before in the past months.. "Lord how do I start, where do i start, am I on track? " and because he is so faithful, he answered when I least expected.
and i now have my first steps outlined for me.The greatest thing about the Lord is that, even though we do about it all wrong, he sees only our hearts and will direct our paths accordingly, thats what he did with me on the weekend. I was encouraged to be a faithful prayer person, to be a faithful doer of his word, which means I have to know his word.
The other things I also learnt was that I must refrain from being dutiful but busy getting to know the Lord more.
SPIRITUAL REST is the key!!
Im encouraged and looking forward to spending more time with the Lord and less trying to control or manage the world around me!
Thanks Lord....it took a rabbit to get my attention :)
well, youve heard the story, the short version of it, if i told it i would have told it with 3 times more information!
My boss was very upset that i didnt tell her i was going to Griffith, i've vowed this will be the last time i lie to her, i felt terrible about it all weekend.The lord was prompting me to tell the truth but did i listen..NO!! so lesson learnt, even a white lie is a lie!
but in retrospect, the trip was worth every second spent.
I also truly believe we went there in Gods good and perfect timming, were we to go earlier, we wouldnt have heard George and wouldnt have been encouarged spiritually the way we were. It was awesome to see a little church with so much potential to reach people for Christ.The whole time I was praying for them to grow, to spread over Griffith like wild fire so people will know the Lord. We arent the smallest church after all, we arent the only ones trying to grow, experiencing new things and all working for the one goal.....Christ! Our borthers and sisters around the world are also experiencing this growth, no wonder the Lord wants us believers to always prays for each other and love and show hospitality to each other.
That song pops into mind "tell the world that Jesus Lives, tell the world that...tell the world that..tell the world that he died for us..tell the world that"
awesome, awesome awesome!!!
For me, our adventure was God pulling me aside and almost reprimanding me about "spiritual rest" Ive been focusing on physical rest since it was one of the things i needed to keep going, that i neglected spiritual rest. Our God is so good like this,its like he says "now youve mastered that, now focus on this my child..your out of balance in this area" He is so faithful like that!
Though i have plenty of physical rest, it is not rest if I dont have spiritual rest, because thats when I spend time with God, talking to him, him talking to me, me listening him glorified, i draw near he draws near...its like what George said " you cant go asking God to draw near to you if you draw near to other things instead of him"
I will reap what i sow...i wont reap spiritual blessings if I spend time focusing and sowing into the things of this world.I cant ask for the Lord to bless me financially if I dont sow my finances into his kingdom....boy i got hammered!!
the biggest revelation for me was the Lord instructing me on how to start the work my heart desires the most. reaching people, bringing them to Christ, showing them that Christ lives.I have been asking him this more frequently than ever before in the past months.. "Lord how do I start, where do i start, am I on track? " and because he is so faithful, he answered when I least expected.
and i now have my first steps outlined for me.The greatest thing about the Lord is that, even though we do about it all wrong, he sees only our hearts and will direct our paths accordingly, thats what he did with me on the weekend. I was encouraged to be a faithful prayer person, to be a faithful doer of his word, which means I have to know his word.
The other things I also learnt was that I must refrain from being dutiful but busy getting to know the Lord more.
SPIRITUAL REST is the key!!
Im encouraged and looking forward to spending more time with the Lord and less trying to control or manage the world around me!
Thanks Lord....it took a rabbit to get my attention :)
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