Sunday, November 12, 2006
Faith and Prayer - Step One - DESIRE
"Our desires are of value to God..."
Our need must be heartfelt desire. Faith requires desire. Jesys says in Mark 11:24; "What things so-ever you desire when you pray..." Hebrews 11:1 says; "Faith is the substance of things hoped for...
If you are hoping for a thing --- that's desire. Our desire for important issues should become red-hot. Christianity is not a cool, heartless religion. Often God waits to see just how real our desire is. It is possible to feel guilty about some desires which the Holy Spirit places within our heart. For example jealousy for the ministry.We have to desire something before faith can come into play. Our desires is of value to God. It's His will to fulfil our dreams. When we are delighting in the Lord, our dreams and desires are formed in His Spirit, timing and purpose. Our relationship with God is vital to effective faith. Faith grows stronger through the hearing of the Word of God, through trails and through fellowship with God. If our delight in God begins to fade, our faith will fade too. It is always essential to maintain a vital, personal communion with the Lord.
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4
*Extracted from Faith by Dr Phil Pringle.
Look at the cute baby. She can pray so well, then when can't you even pray. Start praying now. All the best. Let no discouragement fail you and draw you away from God. Press on for the glory of the Lord.
HE IS ALWAYS IN MY HEART
JESUS I LOVE YOU!!!
8:43 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2006
The First Step I took to Change
Hi everyone, miss my blog right? lol. Long time didn't blog le. Christian life is really not an easy road to walk. There are many up and down both spiritually and mentally. I too, struggle spiritually and mentally. Sometimes people around you can be a motivation for you to get back to the right track as for my brother who is a none christian have encourage me and challenge me to read my bible and pray rather than me wasting my time on games even though he believe in some other religion I am impress that he told me this rather than something out of his religion. With his challenge I stand up once again to read the bible. I have not read the bible and pray personally for quite sometime until recently. My influences in school and all the people around me have gave me a struggle to act as a bad testimony to many others. Now I think is time for me to change step by step with the faith that God will be able to change me because I know that I can't change myself with my own strength but to for strength from the Lord to help me along.
Today I read one chapter of the bible in Romans Chapter 14 about the weak and the strong and three chapters from a book name Faith by Dr Phil Pringle saying about the first three steps of Faith and Prayer. Let me share with you guys some interesting verses from Romans Chapter 14.
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgement on disputable matters. Romans 14:1
If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Romans 14:8.
This 2 verse really touch me and you all should be encouraging each other and not to discouraging each other. Now lets look at the flash and reflect what you always feel and think when you are having a hard time you think that Lord is backing off? No he is not. He is in front of you pulling you up and you are at the same time using your own strength. For every challenge you face, you will get stronger each time.
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I think I will stop here first. Tell you guys what is the first 3 steps to Faith and Prayer next time.
~signing off~
~Luke Phua~
HE IS ALWAYS IN MY HEART
JESUS I LOVE YOU!!!
2:18 PM
