yet another whipPed Up meal... =D

you have any idea how much thought went into my food? hahaha... i tried to salvage whatever remaining vegetables and carrots and meat that was going to spoil in my fridge.

cheers

"Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."

what?!
don't fight your battles when you're not called to...

only just to be still in the Lord.
the battle's not mine to fight, cos I can't win...

you need only to be still.

today, my friend shared this verse and the song STILL... and the words of the bible verse spoke so clearly... and the song too...

When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father You are king over the flood
I will be still know You are God

I will be still, know You are God.

I think of the time the disciples were in the boat with Jesus, and a storm came...
and when the storm comes, close your eyes and think about Jesus... and be still :D

Beef Fried Rice Special
-green chillis
-capsicums
-Onions
-Garlic
-Cajun Powder w/ Soya Sauce marinate with minced beef
-Garnishing (Tomatoes and Lettuce)
-egg
-saussage
-Soya Sauce
-Salt
-Pepper
-Chili Powder (if you want)
-Carrots




OH MAN. i can't describe how it tasted... ... heavenly.

Since it's a secret recepie... that's all the infomation i'm telling... HAHA JUST JOKING.



i figured that i'll be a great chef, by the time I finish my studies... really. I'm experimenting with so many dishes, that I can think of...

so far,

these are the things i cooked,

roti john, seafood oglio alio (something like that...i dunno oglio what.. it's w/ olive oil), beef fried rice,

and,

great pan friend saussages, crispiest french toasts around, most tasty fried egg you've ever eaten... and the most fragrant rice you've had...

NO ADDED MSG


anyway, how i come up with my meals is by IMAGINATION. haha. walk through the supermarket, think about the food you've had in the past... think what can go with it... and mix and match....


so this the secret way of frying great beef fried rice.

1. Fry the Vegetable stuff first... the garlic, onions, capsicum, carrots (microwave for a while to make soft), green chilli... Smell the fragrance of the garlic... and onions... and till brown
2. Add in the beef, and stir fry with the vegetables.... Now smell the fragrance again... HAHA
3. Add in the rice, and stir fry for a while... Add pepper, soya sauce, and chilli powder.
4. Den make a CRATER in the centre of your rice in the pan, and pour ur egg into that crater. Don't mix the egg with the rice yet, cos it'll clump the rice up... let the egg cook for a while.
5. One a bit semi solid cooked egg has arrived at a perfect state, mix with rice...
6. Garnish with lettuce and tomatoes.
7. Finally, Serve while hot, with a nice Ribena drink.

SERMON a.k.a Mini Quiet time.

in the comforts of my room... at 18degrees... my feet are freezing...*random random..

anyway... adapted from

http://www.imeem.com/people/FGDkq5/playlist/nrqiXefa/truth_unplug2_music_playlist/

SATURDAY's SERVICE in SingaporE.

Counter the lie with the truth. When the lie comes back again, counter it with that truth again.

Applying the truth cannot happen just once only, but it must happen over and over and over again. It must become a lifestyle. Transformation requires you to renew your mind! Renewal is a lifestyle, not just a formula.

The devil knows a lot of knowledge, but look where he is now? Knowledge will not transform. God wants to renew your mind with truths. You need a specific verse.

Tempted in the Desert – Jesus

1 month and 10 days without food. Imagine the shape Jesus was in? Can you imagine? Satan comes to Jesus at the time he was at the weakest. Satan comes with 3 very tempting propositions, that is covered with lies.

Round 1:

Satan see’s Jesus is physically weak. Turn the rock into bread...... The issue is not about turning stone to bread, but submission to God. The issue was loyalty. The issue was obedience. Is yourself more important than obeying God? Jesus immediately said, “It is written...” that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Jesus used the truth to hammer Satan’s lies. He did not go into a debate.

*hahaha. SO FunnY... Jesus did not tell satan, “Don’t step on my sand...”

Anyway, how many “It is written” is inside you?

Jesus did not use any force/logic/theory... not even his own authority. What did Jesus do? He used the truth. IF Jesus used the truth, who am I to do it differently?

*there are times where I wish I could just use authority to overcome temptations.

Round 2:

Satan uses, “it is written...” now...

*hahaha... Jesus could have turn Satan into a bread. Why a stone?

Who’s “it is written” is more powerful? Satan knows the bible very well.
BUT Jesus came out with truth, targeted at Satan’s lie. “What I see the Father do, I do...”...not test God...
IT IS WRITTEN, DO NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.

Round 3:

Satan offers immediate control of the kingdom... This world belongs to Satan... and it is true. Jesus did not rebuke Satan from that. First Adam lost it to Satan. Second Adam, Jesus takes it back...

Translation of Satan’s temptation: All these will be Yours! What did you come to this earth for? To redeem the world... But you don’t even need to die on the cross... all you have to do is to bow down...

Jesus could have chosen not to suffer. But He had to honour God too.

5 HABITS

Verbalising Truth reshuffles our emotions. Truth overcomes lies that can stir up your emotions...

Speak out the truth against a lie.

Personalize the Truth. Make it a first Person... Make it part of You...

“I will destroy Speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God and I will take thought captive to the obedience of Christ.”..... Speculations mean I WONDER... I WONDER...

Praying the Truth incorporates every truth into your prayers. Eph c4v29, Let no unwholesome word come from your mouth... Then... pray and ask God for this, that your words be an edification... words that encourage, and build up... instead of destroy.

Meditate the Truth When you sleep, what is the last thing on your mind?
*just recently, always after studying, the last thing on my mind before I sleep will be what I studied before. It goes through my head, until I wake up in the morning... really. When I wake up, those become my first thoughts...

Let the word of God be the last, and the first thing of my day... meditate on it =D really.

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? IT’s nothing but a book, not until you read it and internalize it, and meditate on it...

You need to memorise scripture.

infamous TuRkish Pide made into a Roti John.

Ingredients:
Onions + Cheese + Tuna + Egg


Fry the Onions till brown.
Fry the Tuna with the Onions.
Fry the Bread with Olive Oil.
Fry the Bread with a bit of Egg... make it a roti john.

Put 2 slices of cheese in between the bread.
Put the tuna on top of the cheese.
Pan Toast the bread until cheese melts.

and you get... Turkish Pide Tuna Roti John.

self-centered in a God-centered way

Quiet Time a.k.a Mini Sermon

Anw to introduce the title... Why its "Quiet time a.k.a Mini Sermon"... that's cos I've always wanted be a pastor next time... AND... but *i'm just kidding.

I just thought that quiet time for me, well, i'm gonna try to make it like a mini sermon... it dawned upon me that for every quiet time put as if it were a sermon message for me...then probably, quiet time starts becoming different. that's of course, unless, sermons are boring one hour talks where you start day dreaming or sleeping... but if not, quiet time, and sermon messages share much in common.... Just that through one, God speaks through man, through another, God speaks through the holy spirit... and both from the word of God...

and this is like a "daily sermon"... for me... and if I blog it, it becomes a sermon, not just for me, but for others too! =D

***on the sidenote, maybe I can be a preacher next time if i write enough mini sermons. hahaha!

So if in your quiet time, you read the bible, read it differently...

read it as though it was God's letter and sermon for you. Well, you know... it actually is...

you know, sometimes we say, be God-Centered.
sometimes we say, don't be self-centered.
But when it comes to reading the bible, don't just be God-centred... be self-centred too.

wait* i'm not starting a cult. haha.

you know why be self-centered?
cos God did not write the word for Himself...
and but the word of God, everything in the bible that was written.. is for YOU!

sometimes, we read the bible, just to find out more about God. that's good. God-centered reading..
and even on top of that, read the bible to find out, what God has, JUST FOR YOU! that's self-centered. but that's true... and that's how we should be reading the bible...

and what got me thinking about how we should also be "self-centered' when reading the bible...was just seeing how "man-centered" God was in everything that He did. In everything, His focus was on us, among creation... special... Well, just think why God created animals, the sun, the moon? or the stars? or land... or mountains... or the sea... things to fly, things to swim in the oceans....? why...?

think of the most self-centered answer:

because He was thinking of ME...! that's of course it's not just me but you too, so it's also, because He was thinking of US too.

if you see, God is more Us-Centered that we know... and His words, are more Us-centred than anything else. then when you read the bible, read it as though it for ME/YOU too. that's self-centred reading...

*but it doesn't mean don't be God-centred... cos that's exactly how we should live...

so,
summary: read self-centred, live God-centred.

Read your bible, pray everyday...
so anw, that wasn't my mini sermon...

this is my mini Sermon...
anw, because I finished Jeremiah... I went on to the most random book i could find. well, haha.. it was a short short book. Guess what it was *in the old testament...?

it was Haggai. JUST 2 chaptErs long. haha.

======so adapted from Haggai chapter 2...

before, this was what the people experienced, "When you expected to draw fifty gallons from the winepress, you found only twenty."

but, this is what God said, "I am with you, says the Lord!"

and, this is what God says will happen, "Think carefully. I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, promagranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you..."

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talk about yet praises.

think about the yet blessings.

You know why this verse means so much to me?

through my life... actually since primary school... i have never gotten into a place of my choice... many times, there's wasn't a choice for me. Secondary school was my 4th Choice. JC was my 3rd Choice. in primary school, EM1 was my first choice... EM2 was the way i had to go... NUS medicine was my choice... UNSW was the way to go... well, never did well enough to my expectations. and i guess, many of us, we never ever do well enough to our expectations...

and.. that's exactly like getting 20 gallons when you expect 50 gallons...!

even now, i must say, now... that my expectations have become just hopes... hopes to do well enough. but these hopes become not so hopeful... you know? I just saw and heard about the requirements to do well enough to get an Honours in Medicine... that's really difficult!... I hear how eventually, people just do well enough to pass... maybe that'll be me, i thought to myself.

so even though there's no harvest...
even though you haven't even put your hand to the plough
to even prepare anything for the harvest to come...
and even though you haven't taken your first step YET...
to take the seed out of the barn...

God says, "I will bless you..."

what a way to start!
a start for me in Medicine... what a way to start... :D to start with a blessing.

well blessings... may not just be results... but i know that blessing, is more than enough for me.


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and I love this verse from 2nd Timothy...

This is a faithful saying:
For if we died with Him,
We shall also live with Him.
If we endure,
We shall also reign with Him.
If we deny Him,
He also will deny us.
If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself.


everything's a reaction to our actions...
see, if we died with Him, we live with Him.
If we endure, we reign with Him.
If we deny Him, we get denied by Him... ...

until... the last part...

If we are faithless, He remains faithful... ... for He cannot deny Himself.

so, but none of what decisions we make, ever takes away God's faithfulness to us.
perhaps, one of the worst things is to be denied... to be rejected... to be accused...
and yet still remain faithful?

that's laying down your guard...
some say it's weakness...
its like putting yourself in the most vulnerable positions of being hurt...

but that's God... and that's love...

for He cannot deny himself....

" If we are faithless,
He remains faithful;
He cannot deny Himself."