Joshua c1v9 "This is my command - be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
this is what has helped me through,
neither because I listened and said, "I will be strong", nor because I said, "I can be courageous!"....
cos I was weak, and I was afraid, before I came to sydney, before I started my course, and before I took my exams.
but because the Lord my God is "with me wherever I go".
you know, as i think upon this verse... it's not a verse that psyches us up like a motivational speaker... not like one that stands in the pulpuit and says, "Be strong, Be courageous, Have no fear, You are bigger than what you think... ", it's not like that.
but as I come to realise, the Lord my God is with me wherever I go... and as these words sinks in, and realise that God really actually with me right there and then, at that moment. that God is not just there in a verse in my mind. really, that's the reason to be comforted in times of fear! and that's enough reason to be strong and courageous.
"For the Lord is with you wherever you go." Acutally, that's a more than enough reason for me to be strong and courageous, especially when you start to claim promises from God, just like how the Israelites claimed the Pomised land.
i've never studied harder ever in my life than... the past 1.5 weeks.
studied much much harder than A levels i think... maybe it's because i've got more time for A levels...
but for this, there's really so much information. I actually thought at the beginning, that it was impossible to study everything... and yea, it actually is... to a certain significant extent. haha.
but oh wells, i've learnt my lesson. START EARLY!!! haha. it's my fault though... started a 'tad too late.
so really. start EARLY. i would have been a lot less stressed if I did...
so anyway, IM COMING HOME!
annnd.... these pictures are to Commemorate the fun things i do in SYdNey, AT Home... i havent posted many photos of the things i do outside of house... but yea..
CuTlinary skills... look at the pretty photos and drooOOL... ***even though looks are decieving.. hahaha! yea. looks are decieving...
see the CUP* it was given to me as a farewell gift by my secondary school friends... w/MY NAME ON IT... hahaha. cool rite...
soooo what i do in SYDNEY... is COOK AND EAT! and StuDy * see the pic with the DORITOS and the ALARM CLOCK.... it's 5a.m. (4.57a.m.) and I didnt sleep until lecutres the next morning at 9a.m.... but anyway, that's an extreme night. haha. *see i've learnt my lesson... START STUDYING EARLY!
and see, i even celebrated my dad's birthday! seeeee!
annnd yea, cook and eat and study... cook eat and study... and sleep... and sleep. that was my routine for...eeRRrrrrrrrrrr. the longest time ever!
and watch out for my PEN SPINNING trick... errrrr... i only picked it up in sydney... not that i actually went to learn, but it's a habit... a habit that while reading or studying, and while holding a pen, i'll SPIN IT. hahahaha. and in the middle of the night.... in the middle of studying.... and i captured my "TALENT" on a vVVVV lousy camera, so it looks fast! hAHAHA. and watch the wavessssSSS. actually... its not as impressive as it looks... haha. its CAMERA effects.
****very bo liao rite... ... see. this is what excessive studying do to you!
and for the messy room... that's the result of studying! hahaha. normally i am veRRRRRY NEAT ok... *excuses. but yea... neater than this... this is the MESSiest it'll ever get.
well, i remember what I learnt from "Experiencing God" book... well, you know how when someone asks a question about God? or when someone just takes the first step, no matter how small, it even being the slightest curosity stirring within to know about God?
well, that's God at work.
you know why? you'll have to read Romans.
"No one is righteous, not even one... No one is truly wise, and no one is seeking God... All have turned away...."
How can one start to seek God, unless God has chosen to reveal Himself to you... unless God draws you to Him...
and He has.
Philppians 2:13, "For it is God who works in you to will and to act according to His good purpose..."
so when someone asks about God, or someone starts wondering... catch the opportunity... and catch God working... see this in a different light...
and partner what God is doing in that person.
and that's of course, it doesn't mean that you don't need to evangelise... why?
simple...
cos God uses people like you to reveal Himself to others... but only if you let him.
and sO, how good is Good News?
as good as this?
"When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart's delight for I bear your name..." Jeremiah 15:16
and as good as this?
"So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke. But if I say I'll never mention the Lord of speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It's like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can't do it!" Jeremiah 20:8b-9
is that how important God's message is?
unshamed* of the words of God... you see... for many bible heros, God's words had made them "household" jokes... and it's true. see Acts, when Paul speeks in Athen to some Philosophers... about God... see Moses, when He brought the message of deliverance to Israel... see Jeremiah... ... the list goes on...
when have you ever been able to keep Good News to yourself? Think about it, and imagine it... Good News if it's that Good, wears you out if kept to yourself. *****unless it isn't even good news in the first place...
and like Jeremiah, the only reason I can think of, why God's messages can wear Jeremiah out... is because Jeremiah had a heart for his people. See, it made him a household joke... but it was a very important message that could save Israel at that time from their enemies... the very same message that could reconcile them to God.
Genesis 6v6 "It broke His heart." when we fell away from God
It broke his heart when Israel rebelled against Him... God said through Jeremiah "Night and day my eyes overflow with tears. I cannot stop weeping for my virgin daughter - my precious people has been struck down and lies mortally wounded..."
What do you mean to God?
"For God so loved the world, that He gave..." John 3:16
it takes at least 2 mins to reply each tag... I don't know why, but my tag box prevents me from replying at one go... so i'll reply w/ this post. :D
>kare> i've not been online, B cos... haha i sorta used a different e-mail. and but i still use my old account, but not so often too... my other email is thejordanio@hotmail.com :) i'm planning to transfer contacts.. but not yet cos i'm busyy. like a bee...
>eUg!!> heya. haha. yea those videos :D hope yOU enjoyEd it. haha I knOW, when i watch it..it's just so funny too.
>roS> i'll cook. hahah. but cos maybe it'll turn out disastrous, i'll have to force you to eat it.. :D
>jEnn> hihi jen, which HILLsong iS thatt? which sonng?
>weii> yeaAh. coming back soon. =D so happy that I am..
