TURNING POINT

HE SAID HE HAD TO FACE REALITY

AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO GATHER THE COURAGE TO SPEAK.

THAT WE WERE A BLESSED PEOPLE

YET WE HAD BECOME COMPLACENT



WE ARE WITH GOOD POSITIONS

EDUCATED AND ENJOYING A COMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE

OUR HOMES HAD SEVERAL CARS

HANDPHONES

AND MANY TYPES OF ENTERTAINMENT



AND WE HAD BECOME INDIFFERENT

AND OUR HEARTS HAD BEEN HARDENED



I SENSED THE PAIN IN HIM

AS HE SAID WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID



JESUS REBUKED THOSE WHOM HE LOVED



THE GOOD CAN BE THE ENEMY OF THE BEST

THE BEST IS YET TO COME

BUT IF WE ARE SATISFIED WITH THE GOOD

THEN THE BEST WILL NEVER COME.

THIS IS COMPLACENCY

( YES I SAW THE TREASURE AROUND US

BUT THEY WERE HIDDEN

AND NOT EMPOWERING US

TOWARDS OUR MISSION )


WHATEVER YOU FOCUS YOUR HEART ON

YOU BEGIN TO BE SENSITIVE TO.

WHATEVER YOU NEGLECT,

YOUR HEART BEGINS TO HARDEN TOWARDS.

WHEN YOUR HEART IS INSENSITIVE AND UNYIELDING

YOU HAVE A HARDENED HEART.

YOU HEART DETERMINES WHERE

YOUR LIFE IS GOING.



I WROTE A SONG...IT WAS LIKE JESUS WAS SPEAKING TO ME.

SO I JUST WROTE ON THE BACK OF MY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION BOOK.

AND I WROTE...

I AM HE THAT CALLS YOU

I AM HE THAT SENDS YOU

LEAVE YOUR FEAR

TAKE MY HAND

DON'T BE AFRAID

TO TELL THEM WHAT I TOLD YOU



THEN

THE FEAR WAS GONE

AND I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO TELL THEM

WHAT JESUS TOLD ME



THERE ARE OTHER SHEEP

NOT OF THIS FLOCK

I WILL CALL THEM TOO

AND THERE WILL BE

ONE FLOCK

ONE SHEPHERD

MY PERSONAL SAVIOUR

Today 25 June 2009 will be a special day for me.

At 410 pm I received Jesus as my personal saviour.

Thank you my friend for praying for me.

It was totally spontaneous.

I guess the Holy Spirit had prepared this journey today.

As mysterious as it seemed, it also felt so natural.

I am filled with joy and peace.

Yes I feel like a new creation.

The Holy Spirit is moving everywhere.

Is the Holy Spirit calling you?

Be not afraid.

When Jesus calls, who can say "No" ?

WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?

WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND?

SOMEONE WHO NEVER LETS YOU DOWN

WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR YOUR FRIEND?

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

IF YOU KNEW

YOUR FRIEND WOULD GIVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU?

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU KNEW

THIS FRIEND LOVED YOU EVEN WHEN YOU

DID NOT CARE.

DID NOT LISTEN OR ANSWER HIS CALL

DID NOT BOTHER AT ALL.

WHEN YOU HAD NO TIME

BECAUSE YOU HAD MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO

LIKE SPEND YOUR TIME WITH THE FRIENDS YOU CARE FOR

LIKE SPEND YOU TIME READING ABOUT DREAMS AND HOPES

AND WAITING FOR THE FUTURE TO HAPPEN....

AND WHEN THE FUTURE DOES NOT HAPPEN

LIKE YOU WANTED IT TO

AND YOU FEEL LIKE

THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO KEEP YOU GOING

THERE IS SOMEONE WAITING NEXT TO YOU

YOUR FRIEND WHO HAS ALWAYS LOVED YOU

NO MATTER WHAT

WAITING FOR YOU TO KNOW HIM

WAITING TO SEE YOU THROUGH.

DIVISIONS AND DISTRACTIONS

The prayer meeting tonight was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Our brother posed questions that were simple and powerful

Why don't we focus on what unites us..

Why don't we focus on Jesus?

( Instead of doctrinal differences and different practices )

Why don't we focus on Jesus?

Is Christ divided?



I was struck when he shared that at Pentecost

the disciples were gathered in one place and were one in purpose.



I started to think about how to look at the unity issue across generations.

Just a few days ago I was struck by a comment from a young adult who

had a passion for evangelizing.

He said, there were two groups and two different ways of thinking.

Let the older generation do it in their own way

And the new generation do it in their own way... on-line.



Then I started to ponder on it .

The challenge for me is to

get the older generation to evangelize on line.

It seems to me that there is so much potential there.

Ideally both generations could reach out on-line...



Think of it.

In the past, Paul travelled on horseback I imagine.

Then there were missionaries who crossed oceans and trecked the jungle..to share the gospel.


Today there is a new frontier.

There are many who seek ....

Many who cannot reach us....

So somehow we must reach them.

Jesus has provided us the medium of communication.

He has even made it possible to speed up the way we reach those who are difficult to contact.



The possibilities are around us.

Will we seize the moment and just do it?

DAVID MUSIC MAKER

David music maker

Divine harp player

Chosen King of Israel

Youngest son of Jesse

Shephard boy forgotten

Until the hand of the Lord

Anointed you the leader

And you heard His voice calling

David come and listen to Me



When the one who disobeyed Him

Rose in anger

You played your music

And he was less troubled

And he made you one of his warriors



But you had another calling

And they saw it when you

Saw Goliath

The nine foot giant

And you heard the Voice of Him calling

And you said you would take him


When His Voice is with you

Your hand is steady and your swing so guided

You felled him

With a pebble

Was it not possible

Only with the power of Heaven

In your vision

You will hit the target.

So you

show me

We are chosen

to lead

ARE YOU GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION?

Have you ever wondered if you were going in the right direction?

Thinking about the day when I nearly got hit by a bus...what was Jesus trying too tell me?

I was clearly taking the wrong turn and was driving out of a bus station in the wrong direction.

That made all the difference.

I was saved that day... by the hand of the Almighty.

Two weeks later I am pondering...

Have I been travelling in the wrong direction.

Well I have been a believer

But I wana confess here

That I never did realize the purpose of my life

Was to bring people to Christ.

How this escaped me is a mystery.

How did I sing songs

And say prayers

And say that I am a Christian

without having the passion to bring people to Christ.


I was clearly travelling in the wrong direction.

What about you?

Where is your journey taking you?

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON PILLOWS

I trust my pillow.

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON TRUST

TRUST is knowing you can be my pillow

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON SLEEP

Sleep to free your mind from distractions.

Then wake up and focus on what's important.

The treasure hidden in YOU.

Your Own Understanding.

Read the WORD and listen to the Lord

And you know the path to follow.

PAUL OPPOSES PETER

"When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separated himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.

When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the Gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, " You are a Jew. How is it then , that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

We who are Jews by birth and not' Gentile sinners' know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So wetoo have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified."

Galations 2: 11- 16

PAUL CALLED BY GOD

"I want you to know , brothers, that the Gospel I preached is

not something that man made up. I did not receive it from any

man, nor was I taught it; rather I received it by revelation from

Jesus Christ.

For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how

intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy

it. I was advancing in Judiasm beyond many Jews of my own

age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

But when God who set me apart from birth and called me by

his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might

preach him among the Gentiles, I did not consult any man, nor

did I go to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I

was, but I went immediateley into Arabia and later returned to

Damascus."

Galations 1 : 11-17

PUPPY THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM

Have you ever felt caged in?

FROM THE SECRET GARDEN

Here are more puppy shots of the recued Secret 5.

HIDDEN NO MORE

Here are more pics of Snowy's puppies

hidden for two weeks in the huge garden of an abandoned house.

PUPPIES RESCUED

Just this morning I got a text from a friend who said I was a kid.

I cant deny it. I am.

And I love puppies....

But this is the first time in my adult life that I have experienced the mystery
of a how a free dog gives birth.

There is so much we can learn if we allow our pets to be free.

Maybe there is indeed a lot we can learn...if we allow ourselves to be free...

To be honest there are some moments when I feel UNFREE.

This is why I reach out in this blog... so that I can freely share what I have experienced

in my personal journey with Jesus.

YOU are free to read or reject whatever I write about.

But, you know, I would love to read your comment.

Do you feel that you are free to write your comment?

Just take a pen name like I have and you can feel more comfortable.

Now about the puppies and the mystery.

Well, no one really believed me when I said that Snowy was going to have pups.

Even the vet was surprised.

On 5 June she gave me a knowing look and moaned...

The next day she was decidedly slimmer and lost some fur.

I searched our garden...and dog house...ah....no puppies.

Then I watched her from afar...

She looked to the right and the left and then sneaked off through the fence to a nearby garden

Or so I thought...

Two weeks later I still had not found the pups.

You see, I actually climbed the gate and treked a jungle...

Yes, it was a huge abandoned garden.

I was afraid I would fall into the holes and that a snake would sneak up on me.

......

Today it rained.....

( I have to tell you that we prayed for rain last night because the farmers needed it )

And this evening my neighbour heard the pups crying at last

and led by their cries, located them and ....

I will give you a peep ...

CAN A MAN BE GOD?

A seeker asked me this question yesterday.

I pondered a while and did not answer.

He said a religious leader had changed moved from one religion to another because of this concern.

Well, I am not here to win a debate, merely to share my personal experience.

For me the question is not

"Can a man be God"

But the question is

"Can God be Man?"

My answer is
...

Why not?

Is anything impossible for God?

DOORWAY TO HEAVEN

Can you write your reflections on the Doorway to Heaven based on the picture...

These are mine...

There are bars that keep us from going to the doorway.

These bars could be beliefs that we are comfortable with.

Some believe in rebirth. Does is make you feel you are going towards something?

I believe in being a new creation.. being born again.

I feel it now,

ever since I was touched by the Holy Spirit.

I actually have a personal relationship with Jesus.

How could that be...? That is the mystery ... and you have to experience it.

How to expereince it?

Seek and ye shall find.

If you ask in your heart...

He will answer you, I know it.

NOT A GOOD FRIEND

I have not been a good friend

Never wrote when I left

Lost your number and never saw you again till

Too many years later.

But you were still the same

So pretty,

So loving,

So gracious...

And I never knew

I would not see you again.

You asked me for help...

I did not know how then...

Said you were not feeling well...

And I dragged my feet...

Got caught in the busy swirl of doing my job...

And then when it was time... for a break and I could finally see you

I got a call and...

It was hard to imagine

That you were trully gone...

Well,

For a long time I did not know how to cry or what to think or what to feel

But my eyes are burning now and my tears are falling

And tho I will not get a second chance to tell you what I know now

Maybe someone close to you will read it

I want so much to tell you

That Jesus is next to you

Always waiting to make a new creation

When you think you can't make it

Jesus is next to you

Waiting for you to hear his voice



And it is only when I could be a really good friend

That I could have shared this with you

But I didn't

THE GIFT OF LIFE

Today I realized how blessed I was to be alive.

I just had a conflict with someone dear to me

and I wanted to send a text message...dont take me for granted

I may be gone tomorrow.

I wanted to say it with anger and also seriously.

I wanted to be appreciated.

And you know what...

It nearly became a reality.

I was nearly killed by a bus.

Such a close shave...

I went to a bus station to give my student a set of survey forms ...

As I turned my Kembara to get to the main road

A huge bus swung round the corner...

There I was squeezed at the corner

In a spot the driver could not see...

I was shocked and so was he...



So today I thank you Lord for my life.

What can I do more to be worthy of a second chance.


And I thank you Lord for protecting your kingdom workers

Especially those who venture into the unknown



For the Peace you give your kingdom workers

In the face of many distractions


For the focus and the new visions


For the tools you send us


For the natural talents


And the new E Generation of Leaders

I thank you Lord

For you are an Almighty God

Relevant Today

Vibrant in our hearts

Bursting in consciousness

Alleluyah

Puji Tuhan

WHEN A FRIEND DIES

I have been thinking about writing this but I couldn't..

But I must try to tonight.

You see it's easier to keep a friend than to be a real friend and take the risk of losing your friend.

Now that I am born again I find it hard to be in a relationship without taking that step of bringing someone I care for to Christ.

Yesterday , as I took a ride with a dear friend to the airport, I told her that one regret I have is not sharing with a friend so close to my heart...and now I would never have that chance..

I wasn't born again then and I did not see the need to...


This morning a young man made a speech in my class for oral communication.

He spoke of his friend who died.

He said he was trully shaken...

When I gave him my feedback I spoke about how I felt about my friend who died,

my profound regret for not sharing about being a Christian.

My voice cracked and my eyes were burning...


All the eyes in the class stared at me , shocked...

I managed to control myself..



Later ... Jesus spoke to me to reach out to my mother

Now if I did not...I would definitly regret...

It was not easy...

I shared the experience of Jesus coming when my dad died...

And I shared about how the Holy Spirit touched me ever since Gabriel shared with me

( you can read this in Angelic Assistance...The Price Of Christ )

Well , she did not seem interested...

And I let it be....

I told myself there would be another day....




Then later this evening mum called me for no good reason...

Well, I felt then that she was interested....



How do you share with someone who has become comfortable with her own ways..?

I have other sheep

I am in a tall building...and soon I will fly

I would not stop thinking about you

And so I wana post what I have just read...

John 9:14

I know My own sheep,

and they know Me,

as the Father knows Me,

and I know the Father.

I lay down My life for the sheep.

But I have other sheep

not of this fold;

I must bring them also.

And they will listen to My voice.

Then there will be one flock, one shepherd

FAITH, WORKS AND WISDOM

What is the relationship between Faith, Works and Wisdom?

I used to think that Salvation is something that is for God to detremine.

My role was to build the Kingdom of God.

I was very complacent then.

For me the Kingdom of God was the whole world.

So whatever I could do to make a better world was contributing to building the Kingdom of God.

Now that I started reading the Word I realize I know so little

of the Mystery of the Kingdom of God.

First I pondered on what this phrase meant : Justified by Faith.

My friends explained that it means we are saved by faith and not by works.

Then just a minute ago as I read my Bible I read the Letter From James.

James 3 : 14

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith, but does not have works?

Can his faith save him?

James 3:17

In the same way faith, if it doesn't haev works, is dead by itself.

James 3: 22

You see that faith was active togetehr with his works,

and by works,

faith is perfected.

AND WHAT OF WISDOM?

James 1 : 2

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience trials,

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurence.

But endurance may do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete,

lacking nothing.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom,

he should ask God,

who Gives to all generously and without criticising,

and it will be given to him.

THE BIRTH OF JESUS

I have been pondering on the mystery of the birth of Jesus...

I read this Luke 1:26

the angel Gabriel was sent by God

( to Mary Gabriel said )

Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

Now listen: You will concieve and give birth to a son

and you will call his name JESUS

He will be great

and will be called the Son of the Most High,

and the Lord God will give Him the throne of

His father David.

He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,

and his kingdom will have no end.

( Why is ...David His father?

What does it mean to reign over the house of Jacob? )



Who is Jesus?


Let the answer come from the Word

For the Word comes from God


Mark 14 : 60

Again the high priest questioned Him,

Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?

"I am," said Jesus, " and all of you will see

"the Son of man seated at the right hand" of the Power

and coming with the clouds of heaven.



Luke 2: 21

He was called JESUS - the name given by the angel before He was conceieved.



The heavenly nature of the birth of Jesus speaks of the mystery of God

coming down to reach us.

Where there is God there is beauty and something we cannot fully grasp.

Yet we know....

Knowing God is not the same as knowing how to express Him..

For sure we cant express Him

Yet we are called to walk closer and closer

And we obey

Washed and afloat in the Spirit

THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME

Last night, although it was late..I had a desire to write for you...

The message came connected.. though in separate pieces.

And now the moment before I wrote I got it...my title..THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME.

Have you wondered why people are turning to God swift and in thousands?

What's happening?

Hebrews 8:9

I will put My laws into their minds,

And I will write them on their hearts,

And I will be their God,

And they will be My people

.........

because they will all know Me