** UPDATE** 1st ISM retreat / recharge weekend

:D PRAISE! :D


:D giving us such a beautiful time in such a beautiful place to be touched & refreshed by our beautiful Saviour!!
:D even though i was eaten alive by mosquitoes, i'm not dying from itchiness :)

i was "on the mountaintop" physically & spiritually the last 2 days & nights .. then i came crashing down into the valley .. [spiritually] :(
- it's incredibly humbling to be reminded for the 77654766987653754487 time *how much* i suck when it comes to really choosing to love Jesus vs. succumbing 2 the dumbest temptations :"(


*sigh*


. . . i'm truly looking forward to The Day when I'm saved from sin's presence in my body, when i'll be too swept up in worshipping the stunning, glorious  beauty of my Saviour King-Lover!!!
. . . why can't i worship Him like that now?! :"(


impatient me :|


how easy it is for me to forget that in His awesome wisdom & control, He's using the enemy of our souls, even ourselves at our very worst, to work something more glorious & amazing than we could ever imagine! [perfect example: the cross!
- mankind at their worst, killing their Creator, was turned around to work salvation for all who'd leave themselves & their efforts & throw their full weight of confidence on Jesus Christ!


*PRAY** we'd not let "serving" & "ministry" crowd out our worship of Him! - faith & worship must ALWAYS HAVE PRIORITY OVER WORK"


* keep us daily sitting at Jesus' feet to do the 'One Thing That's Necessary'
[see Luke 10:39-42!]
* keep us prayer-FULL in all our lives!!
* maintain passion & intimacy for Himself in our busy & mundane lives!
* we'd not lose focus of Him in our service of Him!


* guard us from being so oncerned with doing things for Him we forget about our need to hear Him & remember what He's done for us.  -- [John MacArthur]
* STILL NO REVELATION as to whther i ought to keep going in this ministry or not.
please pray!
* i stay sensitive to HIs Spirit!

pray for the unreached + us!

O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you-if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love. Song of Solomon 5:8 
Can you even imagine being “faint” with love for the Lord? Wouldn’t this be the ultimate experience, to love Him so much that you cannot contain yourself? Do we love the Lord Jesus Christ, our heavenly bridegroom, with the passion and purity of the love this bride has for her husband? Do we truly regard His love as the most precious of all forms of pleasure and satisfaction? Do we honor His longing for a bride who is both beautiful and complete?

Pray that [we and ]the Muslim Arabs in Tanzania will become so “faint with love” for Jesus that they will not be able to contain themselves, but will proclaim His Name to Arabs everywhere.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!! http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!
http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!


When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2


Let’s face it; the Chinese in Tanzania have a lot for which to be proud. They are among the best businessmen in the country, and many have become rich. But any culture is on the wrong track when they fall into pride. Traditional Chinese religion does not focus on the God of creation; and thus they have no way to measure how small they are compared to Him. The tragic results, according to this proverb, is disgrace, something the Chinese avoid at all cost.

Pray that the Chinese in Tanzania will soon gain the humility and wisdom to focus their spirituality on the One who created them.

pray for us!

"Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." Ecc. 12:13b




Pray that missionaries will find those among the Hindi speakers of Tanzania who fear God, and are willing to join His Kingdom.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!
http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!


http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!



All over the world, there are people like the Hindus who fear gods and keep their commandments. They know very little about the only One who has the right by way of creation, to expect obedience. Billions of people have wasted their lives by obeying gods that aren't God. Don't we owe them a chance to know and embrace the only One who has the right to command them?

praise & pray for Tim & Yumiko, Jooho, Jongsik [AUS, JAP, KOR]

after enjoying a scrumptious Indian meal celebrating a precious Japanese brothers' birthday, we met Tim & Yumiko after taking a photo by a large wall painting of the Taj Mahal inside.

the conversation didn't turn anywhere eternal / spiritual but Yumiko was interested to join the free English classes & i left them both a $1,000,000 gospel tract :)

:D PRAISE! :Dphttp://www.operation513.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/40?osCsid=a5ac259c895e1e6026bf2dd5aef24708


:D the gospel is HIGHLY SHAREABLE!

:D the incredible way He's used gospel tracts to SAVE SOULS!

*PRAY!*

* Holy Spirit use every tract given out to convict lost souls of sin, righteousness & judgment, causing them to flee to The Saviour before it's too late!

* soundly save souls & use cause them to go on to save others too!

to order the tracts for yourself to be ready to give away anytime: [only $AUD5 / pack of 100!!

also met Jooho & Jongsik at conversation corner today ...
:D PRAISE! :D

:D God brought them here!

* PRAY - as The Spirit leads you!


* they both have "christian" backgrounds but seem disillusioned by religion & how its often used as a cover to make money. i really should've addressed the issue of relationship vs. religion like i normally would, but don't know why i didn't :"(
i was convicted by Ezekiel 33 this morning about his call to be a watchman & to warn wicked sinners of coming danger but yet again i fail to put it into ACTION!! :"(



* may Father seek & save their lost souls for His own glory!


* provide them with friendships / accomodation/jobs/ that will brig them to turn from their sin, to Jesus & throw the full weight of their trust on Him!

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!
*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!***

pls pray 4 me~!

my precious friends in prayer~!



Following on from my post on the 18th Jan 2010:


Celebrating going into the 9th year of rich & full living . . .


i’m really needing wisdom as to where He wants me to serve Him!
So yet again I desire your prayers for me~!


The Question is . . . to continue or not to continue with international student / workers ministries.. ?

A few days ago I as blessed to share a farewell lunch for a new brother in Jesus, Charles, [this new brother is a big encouragement to me, after our very first lunch appointment I got the impression he was another false convert but he shared one of the highlights of his time in Australia was becoming a Christian – something he totally didn’t expect to happen!]


- Afterwards, he encouraged me not to stop serving international students.


I don’t think I’d shared with Charles this nagging question that’s been on my heart. Was Father using him to speak to me or.. ??

The main confusion lies in my sinful, deceptive heart. i know I will often go after what makes me feel good, comes at a minimum of effort & expense, [i.e. I’m lazy & stingy] plus also gives me maximum joy & satisfaction.

I’ve been learning that the path of discipleship is one of labour, toil, hardships & suffering. But if I keep serving international student / workers don’t see this .. maybe I’m jut short-sighted & it’s about to come my way but I don’t know it .. ?

After lunch, I felt happy that in some small way Father used me to have an impact in his life!


But I do I serve international student / working holidayers because it makes me feel wanted, significant, loved, useful .. ? I mean, am I really doing this for His glory or myself?


Am I only wanting to keep going with this because it’s comfortable & familiar ??


I *NEED* TO HEAR GOD’S VOICE & NOT MY OWN~!!

This song / video really expresses my thoughts & heart:


"Freedom Of The Sea" Phillips Craig & Dean


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xuCqdoiUYM&feature=PlayList&p=E90C0B42A601500A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=55

in light of the song, please pray:


* I’d HEAR GOD’S VOICE & NOT MY OWN~!!


* I’d go where He is calling me


* I’d be what He wants me to be!

pray for us!

.. today's devotional in the global prayer digest has special relvance to so many of us . . .


"'Meaningless! Meaningless!' says the Teacher. 'Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless!'" Ecc. 1:2


If anyone could ever affirm the truth of this statement, it was the author, Solomon, King of Israel. He had it all-power, wealth, honor, glory, wisdom, and a large family. Yet he proclaimed it all worthless. Why? Solomon had forfeited the enjoyment of God's blessings by his disobedience. Even though he was used of God to bless the Queen of Sheba, Solomon encumbered God's plan to bless "all the families of the world" because of his sin of idolatry. With the channel of blessing diverted to personal pleasure, Solomon evaluated life as vain, empty, and futile.

Pray that the Gujaratis in Tanzania [and All of us!] will learn from King Solomon, turn from their idolatry and materialism, and seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!
http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!
http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for HIrokuni, Tina, Esther, Simon, Iris, Amanda, Sam, Sam, Jacky, Lorraine + ISM retreat - THIS WEEKEND!! [JAP, CHI, MSA, HK]

those i met through English Conversation Class yesterday! [discussed A touch of Faith Mark 5]

:D PRAISE! :D


:D our incurable disease of sin, with all its guilt & shame has been cured by Jesus!


:D bringing them here!

*PRAY*


* impress on them the seriousness of their spitriual disease & reveal Christ as the only One who can cure! The INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying One!! bringing them to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!

* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner/ - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation / jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!

this weekend will be our very 1st ISM retreat / recharge weekend to pray, bond & plan for the year ahead. 
* may we be in tune with His Spirit, and may He have complete control the whole time, to shape us, empty us & fill us for His Majesty's service~! 

~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**

praise & pray for Stan [Tw]

:D PRAISE! :D


:D bringing him here!


:D the opportunity yesterday to share about Fathers' love with Stan over honeydew juice on a comfy sofa (!) & lunch! - i couldn't help but think that this was 'too easy' :|
.. it was SO good to share with him about thew radical difference between religion vs. a relationship with The Living, Risen Jesus Christ.
and yes, this time i remembered to warn him about the wrath to come - Jesus is coming back to judge! not sure if i should have stressed on this point much stronger than i did??

*PRAY*
* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Stan!!

* bring him to True Repentance & Faith in Jesus before it's too late!

* we'd see Stan in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!

* bring more Divine Appointments his way as he studies in Aus to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & open his dead heart to receive Real Life! = JESUS!

* have mercy on Stan & not let him waste his life giving glory to any other than The One who made him & gave His life for him!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

praise & pray for Andre & Anna [Tw]

:D PRAISE! :D
:D bringing them here!


:D the opportunity to share a gospel tract (Aussie $1,000,000] with them yesterday after lunch @ Jumbo's Kebab! - they had to go elsewhere so i didn't have time to fully share the gospel with them - i failed to warn them about the wrath to come as i was reminded & rebuked in my reading of His Words that morning!! :( [see Ezekiel 3]


*PRAY*

* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Andre & Anna!!

* bring them to True Repentance & Faith in Jesus before it's too late!


* we'd see Andre & Anna in heaven worshiping The Lamb because He's Worthy!!


* bring more Divine Appointments their way as they prepare to head back to Taiwan thisSunday to help open their blind eyes, unstop their deaf ears & open their dead hearts to receive Real Life!

* have mercy on Andre & Anna & not let them waste their lives giving glory to any other than The One who made them & gave His life for them!

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***

praise & pray for Stan, Maggie, Jin Pian, Peter, Clare, Ceci, [TW, MSA, HK]

 

























those i met through English corner today! [discussed New Year’s Goals - dreams - to the dream of New Heaven & Earth in Isaiah 65:17-25]


:D PRAISE! :D


:D the "dream" of New Heaven & Earth in Isaiah 65:17-25 is not just a dream.. but a certain hope & glorious reality!
 :D Jesus gives us a way to be part of this New Heaven & Earth when we deserve only to suffer eternally in hell for all our sins!



:D bringing them here!

*PRAY*
* reveal Christ to them as The Only Way to this New Heaven & Earth, The INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying One!! bringing them to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!


* convict them of their sin & turn them into "fishers of men"!


* we'd see these dear lost souls in heaven, loving Jesus much because they received The Good News, along with others who're there because they didn't keep The Good News to themselves!!

* work by His Spirit through all the 'English corners' globally to draw lost souls into Living, Personal Relationship with Himself! see http://ibrisbane.net/englishcorner/ - look for the "World Free English Classes Timetable"

* Nations would be impacted as they send their bright future leaders abroad to study English to add to the multi-cultural beauty of Christ's Bride, The Church!

* have mercy on them & send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!

* provide them with friendships / accomodation / jobs/ that will go towards the ends prayed for above :)

* raise up laborers for the harvest to help in these English Corners!


~thanks~!GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS- BE ENCOURAGED!!**

pls pray 4 me~!

my precious friends in prayer~!

an international friend said it perfectly:
"i know what HE calls me to do ... it's not a easy job"



I'm Praying for direction about where & what He wants me to serve in this year .. do i keep serving in the area of international student / workers ministries?



these ministries for the most part, have been 'easy' & 'comfortable' .. I'm sure following & serving Jesus can’t be all so easy & comfortable!


.. What does He have in store for me?

I don’t know ..or maybe this is where He wants me to be because He knows I'm way too soft & couldn’t handle all too much hardship & suffering anyway! :P



my heart's desire is to serve in His mission to seek & ave the lost .. to please my King-Lover .. :)

do i just take drop everything & take time off to pray & seek His will?

or is it better to stay active & as i serve trust Him to direct me .. your prayers / wisdom/ counsel would be much appreciated~!

Appreciate you muchly~!

please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!

praise & pray for Jerry & Sam [HK]

Jerry, an unsaved nurse has been coming along on Sunday mornings [i was tempted to type 'has been coming along to church' but after my last post, my thinking has been wondrously transformed!! :D
for some reason he always feels bad he can't always make it because of his shift work, but is glad to come when he can & has been wanting to join a small group for some time now but hasn't been able to [again, because of his shift work!]
anyhow, i often find him sitting by himself after the program's finished, and with my natural gravitation towards people who sit by themselves, was able to have a good chat with him about where he is spiritually  - shared some insights from the VERY CONFRONTING & CHALLENGING article i read last night [see my previous post!] - at the end of our chat i asked him if there's anything i could pray for him.. he said i could pray for other people . . . - i replied "we all need prayer - i'll pray you have an encounter with Jesus" .. he said he'd like that :)
do ask Father to have mercy on Jerry, and give him such a revelation of Himself, that he'd find Life = JESUS!! & not get tangled up in the mess of religiosity / spirituality that's all over the place now!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=
. . . Sam has been God-appointed to come to Aus!
he rocked up to our E.C.C. last year, has since made friends with a few of the soccer-keen guys, & is now reading the bible for himself & wanting to "see Jesus"!!

may his request be granted =)
 i look forward to all the "Jerrys & Sams" Father will bring to cross paths with His children this year to draw them back into relationship with HImself!

:D Jesus seeks & saves the lost .. and chooses to use frail, weak, common vessels like you & me!* we'd avail ourselves, frail, weak & common as we are to be His co-agents in seeking & saving the lost~!!

Escape From Churchianity!! <-- WARNING -- VERY CONFRONTING & CHALLENGING READING!!

praise Abba for turning another sleepless night into a prodictive revelation of Him .. :)

imagine that the Lord wakes you up one night and says, “Come up here, and I will show you the Church.” You expect Him to carry you down the street to the Family Worship Center or across the country to where the crowds say they are experiencing revival; but instead you find yourself rising high into the air, leaving the earth behind, and in the blink of an eye you travel beyond the edges of the temporal universe and into the spirit realm, seated with Christ in heavenly places, there in the throne of God.


Seated with the Lord and looking back down upon the world, we find from this perspective that the cathedrals, the church buildings, the worship centers, the sanctuaries, the denominational offices, the seminaries, the tithes and offerings, the membership drives, the movements, all vanish from sight. Everything melts away. He does not see the Assemblies of God, the Southern Baptists, the United Methodists, the Lutherans, the Presbyterians, or the Roman Catholics. He does not see Charismatics or Fundamentalists or Bible Belts or Christian Conservatives or Religious Rights. He does not see the building devoted to religious meetings as anything more special or significant than the grocery store or barber shop. He sees pastors, yes, but strangely, He does not see every director of a non-profit organization who owns a building devoted to religious meetings as a pastor. And it is not just the pastors that are different, from our heavenly observation point. Everything seems odd. Backwards. Apostles are not where you expect them to be, and they are not doing what you expect them to be doing; neither are prophets, evangelists, or teachers. Yet, they are right where He wants them to be, doing exactly what He wants them to do. Interestingly enough, He is not concerned with a rise or a decline in church attendance because He does not see the Church as something which can be attended. Hmmmm.

Standing next to Him we see as He sees. We realize when we look upon Christendom that all God sees there is His Church, the Ecclesia. He deems those who abide in Him, those who possess the Son, as those who have Life. His Church is not declining, it is growing because His Life cannot be contained or restricted. His Ecclesia is outside the matrix. His Church is spiritual, and as such, it is eternal, transcending time and space. Just as He is, and does.

You look upon His Face and see the curve of His smile, so you follow His gaze – and there it is, the living stones and precious gems which make up His Church. You couldn’t see them before, because you were right in the middle of it while still on earth. But now, far removed from it all and looking down upon it from the Lord’s perspective, you see that the living stones are being assembled together into a brilliant, gleaming, dazzling building which covers the entire earth! An angel stands apart from it, shouting, “100% pure: never touched by human hands!” You zoom in closer and discover that the stones and gems are not literal stones and gems, but people! Wonderful, beautiful, joy-filled people, joined together into a striking mosaic of vibrant colors, a tapestry of interwoven beauty, a medley of lives in perfect twelve-part harmony, all pulsing with His heartbeat, His Life, His Essence. You begin to weep at the unadulterated purity of it and oneness of it. There is no spot, wrinkle, or blemish to be found.

Only God could make something this gorgeous. Only God. Only God. And there in the midst of this wonderful place, you see what makes it so splendid…

There HE is, walking around in the midst of this Temple, adding living stone upon living stone, precious gem upon precious gem, and what do you hear? Singing? Yes. The Living Stones are crying out in praise. And He is smiling, and – whistling! – while He works.

Jesus is building His Church.



Then, as quickly as it began, it is over...



See the rest of this great article: http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/articles/escape-from-churchianity.html <-- WARNING -- VERY CONFRONTING & CHALLENGING READING!!



May God have mercy on us, and give us such a revelation of Himself, and His Church, that we may escape from Churchianity and find Life!

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21

The Lord's purpose will prevail, but will it be His first, second, third, or fourth choice? It's very easy to allow our plans and ambitions to get in the way of what the Lord really wants for us. Do you have any "non-negotiables" that can get in the way of the Lord's first choice?
Pray that we will allow the Lord to be Lord over all aspects of our lives, so that His purpose will prevail. Not our wills, but His be done!

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!

http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

pray for LeAnne - optus customer service rep!

LeAnne was the optus customer service rep i just spoke to about camncelling my contract number (which i've been on for 10 years!) all went well, then at the end she asked "is there anything else i could do for you today?"


i told her that i had an important message to share with her, referring her to to please see the site http://intout.com/ [yes, i've changed from just the usual site i refer people to as i learnt in Monday's Bible class that we're not only to tell people good news, but we *need* to SOUND THE ALARM & WARN PEOPLE TO WAKE UP – JUDGMENT IS COMING!! [it’s the message that got me saved . . . so why do I fail so often to pass this on in my evangelism? :( ]:D the ways He's used the internet to communicate His gospel to the lost!




* LeAnne's soul be convcicted of sin & drawn to The Only Saviour - Jesus Chist!

* may His salvation be highly contagious to all around her!!

why not share this (or your own favorite evangelistic website) with those strangers Father brings you into contact with? on the internet / phone etc?!

The Lord isn't slow to do what he promised, as some people think. Rather, he is patient for your sake. He doesn't want to destroy anyone but wants all people to have an opportunity to turn to him and change the way they think and act. 2 Peter 3:9

i wonder how many lost souls Christians speak to, yet we just let the opportunity pass without directing them to Jesus in some way?!

TIME IS SO SHORT -- LET'S PASSIONATELY REDEEM THE TIME IN THESE EVIL DAYS!


Make the most of your opportunities because these are evil days. Ephesians 5:16

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

Dear praying friends,



Cleaning up 13 years of accumulated mess that is my room has proven to be a worthwhile learning process!
- I’ve learnt that I’ve had (and sometimes still have if I’m not careful!) an incredible ability to waste heaps of money, time & energy on stuff I hardly ever used, (but of course at the time I thought I would – how wrong i‘ve been!)
~So~ much rubbish cluttering up my room has been thrown out, makes me wonder how ridiculously foolish I was in my immature youth. :|
... once again any confidence I could possibly have in myself is totally shattered!!


I’m ~so~ completely disillusioned about everything in this world that once appeared so valuable & attractive to me, that i saved up for, sought the best deals for ..  


(but look at where it is now – in the rubbish dump!)
*sigh*
. . . I could just lie down under a crushing weight of regret . . . but by His grace I’ll press onto the glorious future of LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX by losing my life!

if you have any questions / comments of my life, Don’t be shy~! my life's an open book ;)

Humbly asking your prayers as we journey on toward HIM! :)


++ praise & prayer points from previous prayer mails mostly still apply, but for the sake of space I’ll leave them out ;)


:D rejoice with me! :D


:D the beauty of being humbled & broken by the Almighty hands of a Loving Father!

*PRAY*


* open my eyes to any denial of sin in my life, that I may confess it and be done with it.

* my great desire in life would be to live to see my first love: Jesus!

* keep me so heavenly minded that I’d be of most earthly use!

* I’d faithfully SOUND THE ALARM & WARN PEOPLE TO WAKE UP – JUDGMENT IS COMING!!
[it’s the message that got me saved, so why do I fail so often to pass this on in my evangelism? :( )


* I’d forget the past and press onto the glorious future of LIVING LIFE TO THE MAX by losing my life!
 * He’d show me how to live dangerously, love lavishly & serve humbly!
* strength & energy to serve where He wants me to – been feeling quite drained lately! T.T


~thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!

if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)

Looking forward to hearing from you how i can best support you in prayer & praises!!


one of my most favorite songs!

ALL I ONCE HELD DEAR (KNOWING YOU)
View /listen to it here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFaIGSyENsY
lyrics below: © 1993. Words and music by Graham Kendrick.

Verse 1
All I once held dear, built my life upon, All this world reveres, and wars to own, All I once thought gain I have counted loss; Spent and worthless now, compared to this.

CHORUS: Knowing you, Jesus, knowing you, There is no greater thing.

You’re my all, you’re the best, You’re my joy, my righteousness, And I love you, Lord.

Verse 2
Now my heart’s desire is to know you more, To be found in you and known as yours.

To possess by faith what I could not earn, All-surpassing gift of righteousness.

Verse 3
Oh, to know the pow’r of your risen life, And to know you in your sufferings.
To become like you in your death, my Lord, So with you to live and never die.

** UPDATE** praise & pray for telemarketers -- Loi & Amy

ha.. the telemarketer saga continues .. called Dodo to sort out a few more things with my new phone plan - i think i'm decided calling in for support is better than email!

i asked her Loi to please see the site http://intout.com/ [yes, i've changed from just the usual site i refer people to as i learnt in yesterday's Bible class that we're to SOUND THE ALARM & WARN PEOPLE TO WAKE UP – JUDGMENT IS COMING!! [it’s the message that got me saved . . . so why do I fail so often to pass this on in my evangelism? :( ]
.. Amy didn't have 'net access so i triedto refer her to  http://intout.com/ but she said she couldn't view it .. may Father reach out to her in other ways as He can!
please pray Father would draw Loi & Amy to Himself & impact all in his /her world too!

** UPDATE** praise & pray for telemarketers - Angel [PHILIPPINES]

ha.. the telemarketer saga continues .. Angel rang again today to tell me of their latest offer. i asked her if she got to see the site www.fathersloveletter.com/ - she hadn't yet as she doesn't have 'net access at home - but her supervisor who i spoke to last time got to see it & talked about it in their office meeting & apparently has made provision for her to see it later this afternoon.

wow! please pray Father would draw Angel to herself & impact all in her world too!

** UPDATE** pray for Niro & Eva, Keisuke, Charles, Jayam, Benny [JAP, KOR, NEP]

:D PRAISE! :D

:D our 5th session of Christianity Explained went well! [explaining Repentance] - Niro didn't come.. he wants more time to 'understand the bible' & didn't respond to my calls / text messages :|
:D bringing Keisuke along to help explain & answer some of Eva's questions really helpfully!
:D supplying me with tracts to pass to Jayam [NEP] - & Benny - just $5 per pack of 100! see http://www.operation513.com/shop/product_info.php/products_id/37?osCsid=ea307c1c81d51a1640737acce744a4d2
:D Jayam graciously gave the leftover unsold food in her shop to me (gave it away to Keisuke & Charles)
:D giving Keisuke, Charles & i a really good time of hanging out & sharing some 'traumatic' life-experiences :)
*PRAY*


* Niro wouldn't be so stuck on 'understanding the bible' (as a book) but move on to meet The Author!
* show me how i can be loving to Niro & not pressure him to anything ...
* bind the work of satan to keep Niro, Eva, Jayam, Benny & Charles in blindness & death, bring them to see Jesus & truly Live Freeee!


* Jesus would keep revealing Himself to Niro & Eva as they process what they've seen & heard - especially as they do the homework.


* they'd do their homework! [Eva is still in an English 'slump'] *sigh* .. native missionaries are surely the way to go!!
[see the link to free book at bottom of my blog posts - if you haven't read it, IT'S A MUST-READ FOR EVERY FOLLOWER OF JESUS!!!]


* Holy Spirit convict them of the _need_ to make *sure* of their eternal destinies before it's too late!


* Appoint a good time for us to meet next.
 -  Charles invited me to his house on Saturday for lunch. :) 
* please pray the time with him & his unsaved housemates would be one that impacts eternity!
i'm ever aware of my social ineptness - especially around non christians who love drinking etc .. :S how did Jesus do it?!
* He'd show me how to be His ambassador at all times in all places!

thanks for praying~!! keep praying!! God is working!

rejoice with me & pray for me~!!

dear praying friends, may the new year be a blessed one FULL OF JESUS– He is ALL YOU NEED! :D
 May He grow to be ALL YOU WANT!!

Theme Verse for 2010? :)


But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition. Matthew 6:33

A Recent Pearl of wisdom picked up through my dad:
 in the end people matter more than ‘things” . .. so don’t waste your life living as if “things matter more than people!



"I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in relation to the Kingdom of God. If anything I have will advance that Kingdom, it shall be given away or kept only as by giving or keeping it I may advance the Kingdom of Him I love." -- David Livingstone


Humbly asking your prayers as we journey on toward HIM! :)



if you have any questions / comments of my life, Don’t be shy~! my life's an open book ;)



++ praise & prayer points from previous prayer mails mostly still apply, but for the sake of space I’ll leave them out ;)

 :D rejoice with me! :D
 :D Isaiah 49:23b is true!! “No one who hopes in Me ever regrets it."


:D because of Father, this will not only be a happy new year, but a happy EVERY DAY!!
:D healing me from sickness! :D


:D public transport fares have increased – but if I use that much-under-utilised organ in my head & plan my journeys right, I could end up saving much!
 :D daily waking me up to His love!



*PRAY*


* give me one all-consuming passion - to glorify God in my body by keeping myself free from every enslavement but one: the joyful, fulfilling slavery to God!!
 give me, in ever-increasing strength, a longing to know and love & obey Him above all else.


* I’d keep my mind bathed in God's word.
 * I’d not spend too much time alone.
 * I’d think of all people, especially people of the opposite sex, in relation to eternity.
 Great article ‘Sex and the Single Person’ here: http://www.desiringgod.org/library/sermons/81/020881.html



* I’d super-abound to love excessively!
 * I’d live for Jesus’ return & so live blamelessly!



* I’d daily deal with issues before I rest each night so I don’t carry baggage over into a new day!

* I’d look less at other peoples' shortcomings and examine my own life & service.
 * keep opening my eyes to areas of deficiency in my own life, and the improvements I need to make.'
 * give me grace to courageously & boldly share the WHOLE gospel with lost souls & not leave out the ‘uncomfortable’ parts About sin, righteousness, judgment & the wrath to come! [an all-too-common weakness of mine!]

* He’d show me how to live dangerously, love lavishly & serve humbly!
* deliver me from satan's attacks to make me useless in His service [distraction, illness, sin etc . .. ]

~thanks~!! please tell me how i can best support you before His throne of Grace too!

if Father so leads you to be my regular prayer supporter, do check out this prayer blog every now & then :)

Looking forward to hearing from you how i can best support you in prayer & praises!!

pray for us!

"Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you." Proverbs 4:6

One of the things that made David Livingstone so attractive to people around him was his wisdom. Here was a man who was courageous and bold, yet he was willing to offer his very life for the sake of the gospel. His willingness to confront the slave trade may have won him enemies, but it also came from a godly wisdom. A man with such heavenly wisdom is bound to attract people to His Master, Jesus Christ.

Pray that you will have the kind of wisdom it takes to follow Christ no matter what the cost.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!

http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

pray for us!

"Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord." Proverbs 16:20


Though the word "prosper" doesn't always refer to material goods, that is one aspect of prosperity. Jesus told us that we should seek first His Kingdom and righteousness, and He will provide all that we need. Notice how Livingstone managed to rise above materialism, despite the poverty in which he grew up. Note how he understood that material goods had little value compared with the things of God. Livingstone definitely heeded the Lord's instructions regarding wealth!

Pray that each of us will put wealth in it's proper place so that we too can rise above the materialism of our cultures and commit first to the things of God.

source: http://www.global-prayer-digest.org/ <-- GO HERE & pray EVERYDAY!!


http://www.prayerguard.net/ <-- GO HERE & pray for an unreached people group EVERY HOUR!!

http://www.vision2025.org/blankbook_clicktorelease.html <--GO HERE EVERYDAY TO release penny's for God's Word to be translated in every language still without His Word!

http://www.thebiblesite.org/ <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY TO provide your suffering brothers and sisters with a portion of God's Word for free!


http://www.thehungersite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 <-- GO HERE EVERYDAY & click to help world hunger~!

praise & pray for Frank [TW]

 
:D i won 150 free texts for recharging my prepaid mobile, & have free calls to other mobiles on the same network.. praise Him for the way this has led to many an opportunity to share the gospel with the lost!
so i've been madly sending out texts & calling contacts to wish them a blessed new year - one that's FULL OF JESUS – He is ALL THEY NEED! :D

 i met Frank through English corner / conversation corner, he ended up coming to our E.C.C's - he was quite the keen bean,  one time he couldn't make it to our E.C.C, but he came just for our bible study afterwards!
now he's gone travelling - though far away physically, he's no further than a free call away! ^________^
all these months he's not come to understand the gospel .. so i couldn't help but grab the

opportunity to share it with him!!


please cover his precious soul in prayer!!


:D gracing Frank with life long enough to hear & understand the gospel!


:D keeping contact is so easy in this day & age~!


:D providing good phone deals. FREE CALLS = THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE!


... sharing the gospel scary & hard ?. . . NO WAY!!! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IN THE UNIVERSE!!!


:D Jesus seeks & saves the lost .. and chooses to use frail, weak, common vessels like you & me!


:D giving Frank understanding of the gospel as we shared!


*PRAY*

* we'd make the most of every opportunity
[just open your eyes - there are ***HEAPS*** all around you!!] to share His gospel which is mighty to save!* Christ manifest His victory & preemimence over every obstacle hindering Frank from coming to Jesus in repentance & faith!


* reveal Christ as INFINITELY desirable & INFINITELY satisfying to Frank, bringing him to True Repentance & Faith before it's too late!


* we'd see Frank in heaven worshipping The Lamb because He's Worthy!! along with others there because he in turn passed on this gospel & didn't keep it to himself!


* have mercy on Frank, work supernaturally in his heart to forsake sin, follow Jesus, the Son of God in a life of faith! & not let him waste his life giving glory to any other than The One who made him & gave His life for him !


* bring more Divine Appointments his way in his travels & working in Australia & wherever he goes to help open his blind eyes, unstop his deaf ears & enliven his dead heart to receive Real Life!


learn to How to Witness Honestly (Advice from Paul Washer)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt9V4Q5n9gs&feature=related

~thanks~! GOD WORKS WHEN WE PRAY~!!*** ETERNITY WILL SHOW THE FULL FRUIT OF OUR PRAYERS***