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Believing in the Lord Jesus is a personal relationship. It is not a religion. Day by day I am learning to experience this great relationship. When I invite Him into my daily lives, I experience His peace and have a growing understanding of how to live according to His plan. Jeremiah 29 :11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Through His death and resurrection, He has become the indwelling Spirit and by obeying Him, we are transformed by Him into people who manifest love and care. You can invite Him into every place you go - your shop, business, school and ask Him to be a part of every encounter and relationship. When I walk with Him everyday, I also find that my life become more organized. He will teach me how to tackle a problem and also bring people to help me accomplish what He has asked me to do.

Hi dear friends, to hear God's voice, we must always be humble and always be ready to hear from Him in whatever way He chooses to speak. In his book "Speak Lord, I'm listening" by Larry Kreider, he listed at least 50 ways! Learning to discern God's voice takes effort on our part. The Lord wants us to take the time to listen as we open our hearts to hear. He wants us to become increasingly familiar with His voice as our relationship deepens with Him. The more often we meet with God in prayer and talk to Him, the clearer His voice becomes. The Bible instructs us to make a concerted effort to meet with the Lord, thereby placing ourselves in a position to hear from Him. (Jeremiah 29:12-13). God wants us to acknowledge Him in our life. If we acknowledge a friend, we talk to Him, express our appreciation for Him and recognise His presence in our life. Imagine your friends not acknowledging your presence when you are together. You try to talk to them, but they comp...

Last Friday, there were some questions raised in our home meeting. Do we need to confess our sins before God since God has already forgiven all our sins: our past sins, present sins and future sins? In 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." We still need to confess our sins when the Holy Spirit convicts us so that our fellowship with God is being restored. A brother gave a illustration on the above on a Sunday’s meeting. There was a small girl who stole some foods from the kitchen’s table while her mother was not at home. She carefully wiped her mouth and also the table. She was very confident that her mum would not find out about it. “Hello, sweet heart, mum is back” cried out mummy. The small girl did not feel the same as before. Usually she would run to the mum and gave her a big hug. She was guilty because she knew she had done something wrong. She decided to confess the ...

Hi dear friends, I have read this story many times. Each time I am still touched and amazed by it. Thus I would love to share it with you. A frail black woman about seventy years old stands in the courtroom and listens to the confessions offered by Mr. Van der Broek, the white policeman who had brutally murdered her husband and son. The judge asks her,"How do you want justice be done to this man who has destroyed your family?" "I want three things," begins the old woman. "First, I want to give my family a decent burial." She paused, then continued,"My husband and son were my only family. I want secondly, therefore, for Mr Van der Broek to become my son. I would like for him to come twice a month to the ghetto and spend a day with me so that I can pour out on him whatever love I still have remaining in me." She also stated that she wanted a third thing. "This is also the wish of my husband. And so, I would kindly ask someone to come to ...

Just learnt something from this book by Don Colbert, M.D. I think I better switch to whole wheat bread esp. after considering points 4 to 6. 1. The processing of whole grains of wheat to white flour takes approximately 20 steps. 2. During this process, both the bran and the germ have been removed, along with approximately 80% of the wheat's nutrients. 3. Refined white flour is pure endosperm or starch. The endosperm has far lower B vitamin and mineral content than the germ and bran and also significantly less fiber. 4. Furthermore the milling process involves such high temperatures that the remaining grain is damaged by oxidation. 5. At the end of the refining process, the flour has a grayish appearance from the oxidation. To solve this, a chemical agent such as chorine dioxide, acetone peroxide or benzoyl peroxide is used to bleach the flour to make it white. This bleaching process destroys even more of the few vitamins that remain. 6. In addition, the bleaches can re...

I enjoy the Book on "Coffee Break with God." Sometimes I got carried away trying to clear all the "to-do" list. At the end of the day, I felt that I am not only physically drained up but spiritually dead. I need to remind myself that unless I pay careful attention, my perception can be distorted and even my responses to others can become negative. I need constant restoration and a good practice to take a short break now and then during the day. One of my church brother always practise praising and singing to God even while working. By doing so, it always keep him refresh before God and kind and gentle towards people

Hi dear friends, at present I am reading a book by Joyce Meyer entitled :Approval Addiction. I would like to share this passage with you because I find this happens to me quite often too. I like to put it this way:I used to be a full-time sinner, and once in a while I accidentally slipped up and did something right. But now...... I concentrate on being a full-time obedient child of God, but still make mistakes, but not nearly as many....There are times when I accidentally make mistakes, but it is not the desire of my heart to do wrong. I did not deliberately, knowingly commit sin. I do not habitually sin. ....but I do know that the attitude of my heart is right. I can be having an absolutely wonderful day, feeling very close to the Lord and quite spiritual. Then my husband comes home and says he does not care for the outfit I am wearing, and I suddenly become angry and defensive, telling him everything I don't like about him either. I don't intend for that to happen; in fact,...