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The nearer you are to the problem, the bigger it becomes.  We need a renewed perspective.  Our problem cannot be bigger than God.  When Elijah's mind is focused on Jezebel's threats, they become so real and God's greatness fade away and he ran for his life and hopes that God takes away his life. Dear heavenly father, nothing is too difficult for you.  We are easily affected by our problems and see them bigger than you. Help us to abide in you and all difficulties will give way to praises and Thanks giving.  In jesus' name I pray.  Amen!

A christian friend shared with me her frustration when she reached home late one night.  Her mother had been throwing too many toilet papers into the toilet bowl and when she told her mother not to do that, she became angry and thought that she did not want her anymore. Most of us can identify with this friend's experience especially when we are rendering care to our elderly. Taking care of them can be very challenging.  They stumble, drop things, need assistance getting dressed and say curious things.  Sometimes we ask ourselves, how long was this going to continue?  Why are they behaving like small children, throwing tantrums?  They can ask you the same questions several times within the next twenty minutes?  Do I have the patience to answer their questions... Lately I was reading a book on how to care for the elderly from a Biblical perspective.    Caring for the elderly is to honor God and God has made it very clear who is to car...

A sister shared this testimony.  She has an urgent dental need and she spent hours researching and calling some dentists.  She gave up and decided to make a simple prayer.  God led her to a nearby dentist who was so willing to attend to her at 8pm without appointment. She is once again persuaded that God is good all the time. He is just a prayer away.  She can depend on Him for all her needs. All praises to Him!

This testimony is shared by a brother via email.  I decided to post it in my blog as an encouragement to others .  He heard this  encouraging testimony during a funeral wake.  The mother witnessed how God saved her son before he passed away. This is a short summary of her testimony: Her son shared with her that he "saw" a man asking him which way he wants to choose and he told her mum that he does not want to "play games" with God anymore. He confessed that he is a sinner and he wants to believe in Jesus Christ. He also wants his sister and father to believe the Lord Jesus Christ too. Our dear sister asked the Lord to grant her son "easy" breathing because he has difficulties in breathing. Miraculously, at his final hour, he seemed to have gotten some strength to breath better and he managed to sing "Amazing Grace" together with her mother.  Praise the Lord that HE is the GOD of Peace and Comfort. I was wondering that during his last mo...

Yesterday night, I received a sms from my friend, "Pray for me.  I am very angry".  We can identify with this situation.  A mother is angry when the child messes up the whole place as she is reclining after a hard day work.  We get angry when our colleagues misunderstood us or when things are not going smoothly. This morning, I read a book which I bought yesterday "What to say when people need help" by Selwyn Hughes.  My friend is angry.  According to this writer, wrong thoughts or angry thoughts in themselves are not sin.  "We can't stop the birds flying over our heads" said a theologian but wrong thoughts only become sin when the mind fondles them, nurtures them and continues to hold on to them. The best way to handle wrong thoughts or angry thoughts is to lift them up to God in praise.  It sound unscriptural but as I pressed on, I began to understand.  If we push the wrong thoughts into our subconscious mind and try to bury them th...

Psalm 84:6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. Psalm 107:35 He turned the desert into pools of water and the parched ground into flowing springs. We can take great comfort in God's word.  Though we pass through the Valley of Baca, we are not alone.  Though in our walk, at times, the journey seemed difficult and tough, like the valley of Baca, we can take courage that God is with us.  As we focus on Him and not on the siutations, He turned the desert into pools of water and also the parched grounds in our lives into flowing springs.  As we received comfort from Him personally, with the same comfort we can comfort others.   In the past, I like to wiggle out of a situation and not willing to turn to God to learn the lesson He has planned for me.  Thus I lost many blessings in term of knowing Him deeper.  However, as I learn to pray for His grace and hel...

Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Praise the Lord!  Today we visited an old lady whose heart has been very hardened and not willing to accept Jesus as her Savior.  It has been many years.  But lately for the past few months, we started to see changes in her.  In the past she could always scold her maid and would complain non-stop.  However, as the brothers and sisters visited her, the grace of God also comes upon her.  She welcomed each visit. During the visit, the brothers and sisters will sing simple hokkien song "真正好" and read a simple bible verse with her.    Today, it surprised every one that she said "thank the lord" in hokkien.  No one is able to say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.  Today, the verse we read with her is "Roman 10:9 你 若 口 里 认 耶 稣 为 主 ， 心 里 信 神 叫...