high time i update before this blog becomes dead.

i'm busy... well... busy'ness is an excuse.



so

Quiet Time aka Mini Sermon


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.


Isn't this paralleled to the Gospel?

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And how much do you mean 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



"God is love..."

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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..



ok. going back to study!