You know better than i

I thought I did what's right
I thought I had the answers
I thought I chose the surest road
But that road brought me here

So I put up a fight
And told you how to help me
Now just when I have given up
The truth is coming clear

You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
For you know better than I

If this has been a test
I cannot see the reason
But maybe knowing I don't know
Is part of getting through

I try to do what's best
And faith has made it easy
To see the best thing I can do
Is put my trust in you

For You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
For you know better than I

I saw one cloud and thought it was a sky
I saw a bird and thought that I could follow
But it was you who taught that bird to fly
If I let you reach me will you teach me

For You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
I'll take what answers you supply
You know better than I

Yes Lord, I've let go the need to know why for You know better than i.

Soaring--

These past two days have not passed without me shedding tears.

It's painful, but I know this time of testing is needful.

As I was sitting outside at the patio this morning, just talking to God about all that's happening I saw a sight that really encouraged my heart. As I looked up to the sky overhead, to my delight, I saw an eagle. The eagle was flapping its wings really hard as it tried to rise up in the sky. It continued flapping its wings for some time till it reached a point where it started to soar upwards. It was soaring in circles, upwards. As I beheld this scene, I could see myself there.

Sometimes in our life, it seems like we are in a trying period. But during those times, we need to put in the hardwork and persevere in flapping our wings because after the night comes the break of dawn. There will be light.

Other times in our lives when it seems that we are going in circles and always having to deal with the same problem, remember, yes, though you may be going in circles, you are still soaring higher and higher into the sky.

The Lord's dealing with me, I know it. Lord, please continue Your work in me till You please. Take me. I will follow Thee my Saviour, wherever the pathway may go.

I shall never be moved?

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong...

Psalms 30:6-7a

Doesn't that sound familiar? "I shall never be moved." Maybe it is when life seems to be going well and everything is going our way that we secretly think in our heart "I shall never be moved" or maybe when we're doing well spiritually that we think to ourselves "I shall never be moved"

Just as the Psalmist David catches himself in the "I shall never be moved" trap, he acknowledges whom it is that keeps us standing. It is the LORD Himself. It is the Lord and by His favour that we remain standing.

So the next time we are tempted to think that we have arrived and shall never be moved, remember - that it is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

Thank You, Lord. (:

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It is of the Lord'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Lam 3:22-27 (KJV)

Lord, be my portion.

He's thinking of you

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Psalms 139:17-18

Our family made a great discovery today. We found my late grandpa's diary. If you don't know my grandpa yet, let me introduce him to you. He's a man I've grown to respect. Jack of all trades, my grandpa built some terrace houses in S'pore, collected antiques as a hobby, could draw portraits and cook really well. I miss him ever since he passed on 5 years ago when I was 12.

Grandpa is a very detailed man. I held his diary with such anticipation because there was so much more I always wanted to know about him but never got the chance to. As I read his one line diary entries like "Gave up smoking - 15 - 09 - 1980", it was interesting to see the names in his dairy. He even took note of the date my sis entered uni - 10 - 08 - 03. So I was curious to see if my name would be found in my grandpa's diary. And I found it once! "Betty blessed with a daughter - Melody. 10.30am -24 - 05 - 92" (: I was so happy to find my name there.

Then I was thinking about it. My name was only mentioned in my grandpa's diary once, but it's comforting to know that God's thoughts toward me and about me are countless like the sand on the shore. I am precious to God and He's thinking about me and has the best in mind for my life; I can trust Him.

Yes Lord, I'll trust You, with my life. I'll wait.

I'm sorry if this post may sound abit strong, but my heart is deeply stirred and challenged.

Here goes...

My God is mighty to save and I have witnessed that first hand in the land of Philippines.
In the last five weeks, over 43 000 people have heard the good news and more than half have made professions. I do hope I can share more about what God has shown and taught me there in future posts. But my question is, "Do we today, know this same God personally? The God who performed miracles? The God who answered prayers so marvellously?"

Why? Why can't we see the same things which happen in the Philippines happen here too in Singapore as well? The problem surely does not lie with God; the ball is in our court.

What is holding God back from opening His floodgates of revival and blessing here in our homeland?

I believe the answer lies in faith.

"For without faith, it is impossible to please Him"

It is in simply taking small steps of faith that we will come to know our God in a more personal and experiencial manner.

You want to see miracles?

You want to know God for who He truly is?

then, what are you waiting for?

take a step out of the boat!

Hey Christians (myself included),

are we simply contented to warm our seats every Sunday?

are we satisified because we belong to a church that has mission work in 5 different countries?

What are we doing about our country? our homeland? Singapore?

But so we say, "oh, their hearts are so hardened. They don't need God."

Wait a minute, Jesus died for them on the cross too.

God loves them so much and He wants to save them.

But He needs us to cooperate with Him and to be His mouthpiece.

Enough is enough.

Wake up! Wake up mel.

By faith, take a step out of the boat, keeping your eyes on Jesus.

Enough of waiting for others to start an outreach here, an outreach there.

You see the need, what are you going to do about it? What am i going to do about it?

Talk is cheap. Let's take action now, by the grace of God.

I want to take this step, now what?

Pray and seek the Lord's mind.

Ask Him, Lord, how would you like me to reach out to my family, to my unsaved friends around me?

"But we have the mind of Christ." (1 Cor 2:16)

Don't pray till the rapture, after praying, take action!

The Lord has given us many avenues to reach our generation. Let's be creative, dream big!

-SportLight

-Music

-Student Hostels

-An open door already in YMCA

-1 room flats in Jalan Kukoh (Rem, the poor are rich in faith!)

-Going to playground to share with helpers and mums the gospel.

The Bible says: "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you." Matt 7:7

How will we know if the door is open if we do not knock?

Let's start knocking. ;)

It always starts with one - one who decides to go all the way with God.

Lord, help.

Greetings from the Philippines! (:

It's so good to be able to use the com again eh?
this is my first time ever since i arrived in Philippines.

God has been so so good.
Today and tmr is our day of rest, Wed we start again.
We're in the island of Cebu now.
Preached the gospel to 24 000 students so far and 17 000 made decisions to trust the Lord. Praise God!

The Lord too has been teaching me many lessons on ministry, calling, spiritual gifts, spiritual battle, evangelism and discipleship. I hope to be able to share em here when i get back.

We arrive back home on 17 Aug.

Thanks for all you who have been praying. (:
We really need ur prayers.
Pls keep Yu Fei in prayer too, as he's down with fever.

Stay strong in the Lord and God bless! :D

Are You Easily Edified?

June 30th, 2009

I don’t know about you, but I sometimes find myself suffering from a sense of over-familiarity with God and the gospel. Reading my Bible doesn’t excite me. Listening to sermons becomes routine. Even worship feels common and mundane. At times like these I crave something new and compelling to jolt me out of my spiritual rut. I figure that if I only had a better devotional book, a more powerful preacher, or a worship band with slightly more musical gifting, then my heart would become responsive again. Sin makes us stupid like that.

Of course, I’m not denying that there are better devotional book or more powerful preachers. We should read great books, not mediocre books. We should look for churches where God’s Word and the gospel are faithfully preached. But I often find myself dissatisfied with truths — however poorly presented — that should thrill me.

“A mature Christian is easily edified.”

Two weeks ago I stumbled across that statement by Dr. Harold Best — and it hit too close to home. Easily edified? That doesn’t sound like the Brett Harris I know. To borrow from friend and blogger, Justin Taylor, too often an accurate assessment of my life would reveal that I am easily annoyed, easily irritated, easily impatient, easily hurt, easily angered, easily distracted, easily arrogant, etc. Justin concludes:

Wouldn’t it be great if those who knew us best could honestly say, “It is so easy to edify him. It doesn’t take much. It doesn’t need to be the best sermon ever preached or the most excellent song ever composed or the most powerful book ever written or the most theologically eloquent statement ever uttered. Just the simplest truth was enough to refresh his heart in Christ.”

Not a bad way to pray — for ourselves and for others.

Over the past few months God has been working in my heart to restore a sense of awe and amazement — to ignite the idle sticks of my heart into a roaring blaze — but I am still God’s work in progress. Pray for me, as I pray for all of you, that we would grow together into men and women after God’s own heart.

“In the way of your testimonies I delight as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!” — Psalm 119:14-16, 32

Heavenly Father, enlarge our hearts we pray!

-The above post is by Brett Harris, taken from the blog - http://www.therebelution.com/blog/

I came across this website - www.therebelution.com when i was reading the book "Do Hard Things". I have been blessed many times by the posts in the blog and i pray it will be a blessing to you to. I do desire to share more things about this "Do Hard Things" book that I have read and will be reading again, but maybe another time soon.

This post is just so close to my heart, cos recently, my heart just seems so cold to the things of God. Lord, please revive my heart.

Another interesting website to check out, esp for all teen girls - http://www.therebelution.com/modestysurvey/browse

This website has helped me alot esp with regards to modesty cos modesty is a topic that is not commonly addressed. Many times, its quite awkard to go up to a guy to talk to him about modesty. What he thinks is modest or not and what kind of dressing or posture or attitude or whatever may be a stumbling block to him. I know guys are visual persons and lust is a very real thing they struggle with.

As Christian girls, we should be careful not to cause our brothers in Christ to stumble or sin unnecessarily especially if it has to do with our dressing. Of course, modesty has more to do than the dressing. It's also about the heart. Well, i think that's enough about modesty for now, hmm...i think that's quite an interesting topic and maybe we can do more discussion about that topic in the future. ;)

btw, what's found on the modesty survey website are just views and commements combined from guys all over the world. take it for how much you deem it worth. Let us pray and ask the Lord to teach us and lead us in this area of modesty and staying pure for Christ. :)