The reallllyyyyy nice waffles!!! :D :D :D :D :D okie. five smiley faces! And the piano fees seemed to have hiked up, so yay! Good news to me :p
Luke 17: 11 - 37
- The Israelites were God's Chosen Nation, yet they rejected God and abandoned His ways and God extended His love to the Gentiles as well. Sometimes, it's those people that you expect something in return who disappoint you and sometimes it's those people whom you do not expect anything who surprises you.
- Jesus told the ten lepers to "Go and be healed". And indeed, they first need to go, before they can be healed. The importance of obedience.
- The kingdom of God is in the midst of you, manifested in Jesus himself and the kingdom as people who are following Jesus.
- Jesus will come in a very obvious way, just like how the lightning lights up the sky. So don't follow any other false teachings about Jesus coming in a mysterious way.
- The day that the Son of Man is revealed, may be like 'just any other day', that we are all doing our daily routines and all. Also found in somewhere else in the bible where it says the Son of Man will come like a thief in the night, catching people unaware and offguard.
- Do not turn back that day when the Son of Man comes. Forget about all the earthly belongings. There's more upstairs (: and these will last.
6.24.2011
6.02.2011
Charm is deceptive
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised (:
Acts 16
- The churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day (v5)
- Timothy's father is a Greek (i.e., he's not a pure Jew) yet God is able to use Timothy in an amazing way to do His work. Reminds me again that God does not need perfect people, but rather He works through imperfect people to show how great He is. Like how Jesus called the fishermen to be His disciples, those who were the 'outcast'/'bottom' of society.
- Paul and Silas travelled through Phyrgia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit prevented them from preaching the word in Asia. Paul and Silas went through Mysia to the seaport of Troas because the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to head north for the province of Bithynia. Sometimes, life really doesn't go our way. But it always and will forever follow God's ways. Something cliche, but the saying God's ways are higher than our ways, and if you can't see God's ways, feel his hands (or something along this line hehe). Yup simple yet profound.
- Truly, God has already prepared Lydia to accept Paul's message, and she extended hospitality to Paul and Silas by inviting them to stay in her house.
- The famous earthquake that set Paul and Silas free in prison. They were publicly stripped and beaten with wooden rods :( just because Paul commanded the demon in the girl to leave her in the name of Jesus (and because the demon knew the Only way to salvation). Paul and Silas could have declared that they were Roman citizens and then they do not have to go through the beating and shame. But they didn't. Hmmm...
- If they did, they wouldn't have met the jailer. The jailer would not have the chance to listen to the Word and be saved, that he and his entire household would not have been baptized. Bad things do work out to become good things in God's plan. (: and also this is another testimony of the power of God, who sent this earthquake to free Paul and Silas.
- Don't be ashamed of the Word of God, for it has to Power to give life, the Power to save. Blessed are those who understand the Word of God. Because it is truly a gift, and grace from God :)
Acts 16
- The churches were strengthened in their faith and grew larger every day (v5)
- Timothy's father is a Greek (i.e., he's not a pure Jew) yet God is able to use Timothy in an amazing way to do His work. Reminds me again that God does not need perfect people, but rather He works through imperfect people to show how great He is. Like how Jesus called the fishermen to be His disciples, those who were the 'outcast'/'bottom' of society.
- Paul and Silas travelled through Phyrgia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit prevented them from preaching the word in Asia. Paul and Silas went through Mysia to the seaport of Troas because the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to head north for the province of Bithynia. Sometimes, life really doesn't go our way. But it always and will forever follow God's ways. Something cliche, but the saying God's ways are higher than our ways, and if you can't see God's ways, feel his hands (or something along this line hehe). Yup simple yet profound.
- Truly, God has already prepared Lydia to accept Paul's message, and she extended hospitality to Paul and Silas by inviting them to stay in her house.
- The famous earthquake that set Paul and Silas free in prison. They were publicly stripped and beaten with wooden rods :( just because Paul commanded the demon in the girl to leave her in the name of Jesus (and because the demon knew the Only way to salvation). Paul and Silas could have declared that they were Roman citizens and then they do not have to go through the beating and shame. But they didn't. Hmmm...
- If they did, they wouldn't have met the jailer. The jailer would not have the chance to listen to the Word and be saved, that he and his entire household would not have been baptized. Bad things do work out to become good things in God's plan. (: and also this is another testimony of the power of God, who sent this earthquake to free Paul and Silas.
- Don't be ashamed of the Word of God, for it has to Power to give life, the Power to save. Blessed are those who understand the Word of God. Because it is truly a gift, and grace from God :)
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