"a message worth remembering,
a lifestyle worth following,
a life worth emulating "
the 6 attitudes (a Homily)
4.6.1 Be anxious for nothing
4.6.2 but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God
4.8 And if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things
4.13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
3.13 But one thing i do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead
1.6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on all these things, i know i'm guilty of not following the first one at times... in fact a lot.... and so on to the next few... urm urm.. well i would say i've got lots of potential to improve... in fact we all do.
as my church begins its 40 Days of Purpose... "Find your purpose in life" Course, i would like to invite all my dear blog readers to join in. pick a day, monday to sunday, and well come to learn more... well find out more, find out more about your purpose on earth, or perhaps the purpose God has for you in your life.
Starts on 10th Sept, Lasts for 6-7 Weeks. Venue : Varies
Contact Matt at 81818335. Singapore Residents only, unless you want to Skype. =)
A little bit more on today. Was a great day, one of my JSS kids' parents commented how she'd miss me so much when she'd graduate from JSS at the end of this year. I can't take the emotional heartbreak.. really, she's a gem. She listens to everything i say, tells me everything, and really lives a life focused on God, intertwines her life with prayer. And she is definitely a blessing to me. I can just remember bribing her with chocolates and ice cream and sweets and free treats. Juz Kidding. But teaching the same class for 2 years.... i think we have many memories to hold on to, being such a small class.... i have only 6 people... and i think all of them have grown in their own ways. despite the one that really hardly turns up.
Secondly, i went early to church today. And just as well, as someone needed to talk to me, and it was a perfect opportunity... just the 2 of us were around... Its nice to have people come up to you and ask for your opinion. It takes a lot of humility. I guess we went into an entire spiral of things. And it ended up with purpose. And i was quite amazed to see myself talking about purpose because it is something that just "snapped" into my head. And it wasn't just in the purpose of life context like people normally use it in... but like something that applies more to him. Purpose in church, purpose for God. And we must just remember this, that we might be totally out of place, we might be the odd one out, we even might be the one that has little support from friends in our spiritual walk. But if thats your purpose. (from God) Just know that its where u should be... and it'll all work out end of the day. and know that you have been a wonderful testimony for Him.
You might be the only Christian among free thinkers, you might be the only uncharismatic person among the conservatives, and vice versa, etc... but we never know the reason.. but there is a reason.
we are called because we are needed.
And we love because he first loved us.
"Child-like Faith" takes on new meanings here.
Have you ever wondered... if Faith, Hope and Love were the first 3 words in your vocabulary?
a lifestyle worth following,
a life worth emulating "
the 6 attitudes (a Homily)
4.6.1 Be anxious for nothing
4.6.2 but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your
requests be made known to God
4.8 And if there is anything praiseworthy, meditate on these things
4.13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
3.13 But one thing i do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead
1.6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on all these things, i know i'm guilty of not following the first one at times... in fact a lot.... and so on to the next few... urm urm.. well i would say i've got lots of potential to improve... in fact we all do.
as my church begins its 40 Days of Purpose... "Find your purpose in life" Course, i would like to invite all my dear blog readers to join in. pick a day, monday to sunday, and well come to learn more... well find out more, find out more about your purpose on earth, or perhaps the purpose God has for you in your life.
Starts on 10th Sept, Lasts for 6-7 Weeks. Venue : Varies
Contact Matt at 81818335. Singapore Residents only, unless you want to Skype. =)
A little bit more on today. Was a great day, one of my JSS kids' parents commented how she'd miss me so much when she'd graduate from JSS at the end of this year. I can't take the emotional heartbreak.. really, she's a gem. She listens to everything i say, tells me everything, and really lives a life focused on God, intertwines her life with prayer. And she is definitely a blessing to me. I can just remember bribing her with chocolates and ice cream and sweets and free treats. Juz Kidding. But teaching the same class for 2 years.... i think we have many memories to hold on to, being such a small class.... i have only 6 people... and i think all of them have grown in their own ways. despite the one that really hardly turns up.
Secondly, i went early to church today. And just as well, as someone needed to talk to me, and it was a perfect opportunity... just the 2 of us were around... Its nice to have people come up to you and ask for your opinion. It takes a lot of humility. I guess we went into an entire spiral of things. And it ended up with purpose. And i was quite amazed to see myself talking about purpose because it is something that just "snapped" into my head. And it wasn't just in the purpose of life context like people normally use it in... but like something that applies more to him. Purpose in church, purpose for God. And we must just remember this, that we might be totally out of place, we might be the odd one out, we even might be the one that has little support from friends in our spiritual walk. But if thats your purpose. (from God) Just know that its where u should be... and it'll all work out end of the day. and know that you have been a wonderful testimony for Him.
You might be the only Christian among free thinkers, you might be the only uncharismatic person among the conservatives, and vice versa, etc... but we never know the reason.. but there is a reason.
we are called because we are needed.
And we love because he first loved us.
"Child-like Faith" takes on new meanings here.
Have you ever wondered... if Faith, Hope and Love were the first 3 words in your vocabulary?
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