You have wearied the Lord with your words
How have we wearied You?
Ingnorant of their sin.
Everton who does evil in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them.
Look at the bad people that are prospering and getting ahead. Look at global issues, local issues. Right up to our own lives.
God where are You? Are you confused?
Did You stop caring.
This issues will overwhelm you and make you depressed.
State of apathy, state of stop caring.
Accusing God of neglact
The israelites were waiting for the coming of the Messaiah. Deliverance of the state out of brokenness. A political and military power again.
God's answer to them:
Behold I send my messanger
1. John the Baptist
2. Messenger of the Covenant: Jesus Christ
Don't despair. The day is coming, are you prepared? Uninformed about the way He moves.
Refiner
2 pictures : a refiners fire and a fullers' soap
Put in the rocks beaten and thoroughly cleansed
Washes you and me, whiter than soap.
Only the blood of Jesus could wash us clean.
He had to beaten, whipped, crucified with a crown of thorns... So that His blood would spill and we be clean. Its not a physical issue, it's and issue of the heart.
Refiners fire: a reflection of himself.
Love, joy, peace.
Malachi 3:5 - judgement
Either to the glory of God or to his own despair.
Are you sure when i come, are you ready to face me?
One day I'll come, but before that I want to fix you. I want to get you right.
Advent, are you prepared? Your hearts, to rightly received the word of God.
Two areas of preparation
1. Giving _ Malachi 3:6-7
A God that does not change. God has already walked with them 1500 years. But Israel is still.. Disobedient
He was so faithful...
Malachi 3:8-9
How to return to you?
A simple fact to show that you have
Will a man Rob God?
Giving reflects the heart of the Father
God the Father gave His best: His only Son, Jesus.
Prepare your hearts by cultivating a generous spirit and a giving heart.
Jesus gave Himself up.
Preparation is so powerful
Giving shapes our heart in a way nothing else does.
It is cultivating...
*Our serving*
Malachi 3:13-15
Your words have been hard against me
How have we spoken against you?
No point serving you,
What's the point?
What difference does it make
There is no profit in serving you
Why go around mourning
Wii.fm - "What's in it for me"
Give of ourself for the benefit of others.
God tells a story. The book of Remembrance
There was this group that got together that Feared Him
V18
Righteous - one that serves God
Wicked - one that doesn't serve Him
Serving reflects the character of Jesus Christ
1. I want to learn more about Christian leadership through Eagles Organisation
2. I want to get to know people and be apart of the larger community of Christians with a Kingdom mindset.
3. I asked God about joining and committing, and He spoke through a verse that day.
16 Jan 2019
We are shown patience by God so we become. More patient.
Jan 2019
1. Vision: what is your end goal. What do you want to achieve
Not how much I have and how far I can go. I.e. How much resources I have.
Everyone can implement, but not everyone can achieve what you want.
Gray seat, great people. Don't need to invest in the white seat.
How do we... What is the strategy.. Then only count money. What you want to get at, then only plan back words.
People and processes.
Content plus resources.
We know what we need already,
So we raised funds.
Have a vision,
Know what you need,
Then plan backwards.
2. Moral leadership
If your leading an organisation that didn't pay people, people aren't coming to work because of the payment.
Copy and paste in excel sheet error.
How do you deal with it?
My frist reaction: let us not tell anyone.
So memalukan. Tony pua said: karpa song and Kim kit siang have ready decided we will tell the whole world. We will be clean to the people.
"this is the kind of leadership that will. Make me stick to the organisation"
If its a organisation which is not beneficial, pays well, etc... What will make people stick is moral leadership.
let us out up the best of us, but if it's not the true one. The moment you do it, the members become demotivated. People follow you because you do what is right.
When the leaders do not do what is right, the people that will follow will do what is not right.
Cna aply it in real world?
3. Core team
How a motivated team cam reach an extraordinary goal.
Small group of people to achieve big things.
Small group of committed and passionate people to achieve that goal.
Many things she wants to do. Inexperienced. How to start?
1st month: understand the thing
2: who are you going to bring into your core team
Rain or shine they will come to you.
Pyramid.
After three years. If people describe you in two sentences what do you want to achive.
What is the priority. Say that thing. People only remember a few things.
What is that two things?
Everyone has 24 hours, you can't walk directionless.
How do you lead people older than you?
Realize your weaknesses. Secretary General is 60 years old. How will he be convinced that you can lead him? Competency is important, you need to know your stuff, nothing beats hard work. Continuesly read and talk to experience people in the sector. High ranking people, listen attentively. If there is one thing you want to make a change, what would it be? What they say, what words they use, their jargon or the sector. The one thing that everyone say you must do, is probably it.
Confidence and competency.
There is no free lunch. You have to know your thing. Read.
Apear as inexperience,
But not incompetent.
You can learn.
Lynas case. Remove the waste from Malaysia.
Listen to everyone then go for holiday. Your mind gets clear. Tommy Thomas. Made a decision but still need to consult people. What is the effects of that decision.
Chief secretary: "are you sure you want to do this?"
He advise truthfully from his heart. In civil service they normally just execute it with out thinking about the effects to the one that gives him a command. Change from someone whom.. To someone that respects and cares.
Competent. Work extra hard. Listen.
To ideas. Not the smartest person in the world.
The wisdom in the many is important when you want to make a decision.
Alot of reforms that people think is impossible.
That people embody the vision. Own the vision. Go the extra mile. Go above and beyond.
A team of people that are passionate and better than me. Lauch the road map, the framework.
Win the trust.
Vision without execution is hallucination.
Q2. How do you make decisions.
What am I in this position for?
Who am I making it for.
So many people to listen too.
Core team
Subject matter expert. They are conservatives
Framed in this way of thinking.
Extreme views. NGO. Ideals.
Experienced people view.
Political people: Tony Hannah..
At the end... Follow my heart.
Mechanistic ally. Cost analysis swat.. Blablabla...
But at the end.. What is the right thing to do.
What is a win-win situation. It was not a majority view. After I made the dicision.
Democratic, affliative..
Authoritative. Not ego, but conviction of the heart.
Small decision, ask experience people. Others read for you, and you trust them. Decision that don't affect everyone, that can reverse.
Q3. How maintain unity.
Core values. Centre-left. People will stand together and make it.
Organisation moves when the leader makes the call after consulting the grassroots, that they are listened too and not disconnected from them. Preach the dicision to the group people before..
I.e. Dicision to split with PAS. Will lose power.
How to adapt back?
It takes time.
The cooporste culture. More respectful to the boss. Reverse cultural shock. Accept and enjoy the country again.
Q4. Who is the one that impact the most.
Parents. Pastor. Party members.
Tony, Hannah, Thressa.
Lim kit siang. Person if strong conviction. Party decision. If he is going there, then we should be going there. Moral leadership. If I don't know if it's true or not.
I do not know anything, but I know my leader.
I follow him.
Q5. Political and spiritual.
Church: where sinners gather. Politics: where sinners gather.
Handling people. Everyone handles people.
Sinners leading sinners.
Leading imperfect people.
Make decisions on conviction. It does not deviate from spiritual. Live a life not double sided. That is right, pleases God. Not pleases people.
There is not sacred, secular devide.
Integrity, excellence.
Decisions that you make in a party carry a moral element. Don't compromise your integrity. There will be people that disagree and don't like it.
Malaysia baru.
Q6. How do you deal with the people under you. A comfortable organisation into something new.
Quick wins. Small wins. People will get motivated. Let's do a little more.
Lets wait until mxt year.. Financial not in a greement. People don't believe that it'll pass. Pegawai change. They can change it. Next week we get it pass instead of two years.
When people gain confidence, they want to do more.
Recognising their contribution.
Create a competitive environment, based on merit.
What drives you?
The vision, know what you want to achieve.
Remember what the Bible says. The talents. What do you do with what you have.
How do you be a good and faithful servent if you don't do what small things to the best you can.
Sometimes it's not motivation. But move too fast that the people behind you can follow. Can they see it too and belong?
Move from leaderships position. Into permission... Into production.
Think big, but start small. Then you can build deep.
Q7. Disappointments.
Don't work when nobody is working, because nothing is productive.
You will get sad. Hobby. Remember your vision. Who placed me there? God.
Don't di many thiggs to deal with disappointments.
Q8. Senior leaders to you, if they make a morally decision wrong. How do you follow?
Subordiance. First, listen to them. Understand if it's wrong. Don't make the division then. Constituency. Give me two days..
Peers. Close to me, talk to them, listen. I'm a selfish person. If I know they won't listen to me, then I will save my gas. If its really wrong. Go to macc. Some ministers know their ministries better. So how can I tell them they are wrong.
If PM, don't.. Openly disagree with them. I want my team to openly debate. But in Asian context like or don't like. If you say it, he is going to close his heart and mind. Express a little concern. Can we delay the meeting. Speak to them personally, speak to those closes to them.
Don't let them loose face.
Q9. Government has limited resources.
That's just to finances.
But there's networks, connections.
If you tell them a solution, they will tell you the problem. So....
Give them the problem, then people will give the solution.
Private-publ
19 Jan 2019
Private public partnership.
Comit sharing of savings.
Enerygy efficiency goal.
Finance by: bank
Because of the government backing.
Think creatively.
Easier for minister to do it than civil sefvants to execute it. As a subordinate you need to find a way to lobby the leader.
Peace. That burden to be somewhere. Didn't heard God's voice. Try to hear God's leading thorough leaders and pastors.
Conviction not
Is an open door. Things just happen. God open. If you become a ministry or is from God, and of our from God take our with faith and do it excellently. Get yourself busy and be prepared.
Q10. Background. Empatieze. Go see chief minister. Even if it was a private trip. Good thing I change clothes. Sensitive to their needs. Baju luring. Malaysian politician. They want to see you are a part of them. How you dress, will portray. Who you are.
Dressing alone alot edi.
Racist. Framing. How do you frame the discussion. Economic on the race and religion lense. Don't fall into the frame of the enemy. The perspective. I focus on delivery. Noises instead of voice that will bring the country forward.
Q11. Which character. Moses. I thought we won't rezch the promise land. Esther, that position, what we should do. Ezekiel. Different times, different biblical characters in spiritual life.
Science and tech, we don't focus on particular fields. What is strategic for the economy of the country. Tangible. How to commercialise more tech.
Climate change. Its happening. COP24.
Q12. Your so successful. Politics is temporarily. Its just a responsibility. Entrusted. It'll pass. What to improve on, EQ. I'm an impatient person, it's my character. When I'm angry, I eat chocolate. I'm angry at this character. I send my staff to them. Prepare them to see me. Working on Patience. Long meetings, long winded.
I must be a good person. Let the staff do the dirty work xD
Confidence, build or natural? When you know your thing you'll be confident. Public speaking. She couldn't do it back then, two weeks before speaking cant eat. Speak and repeat then you get better. Practice more. Problem with malay, Chinese... And English. So she go kampung speak more.
Hobby. Something you do natrualy. When you're free do will do it wan. YbY is holiday, the beach. Reading, watch TV. 1 two days off, she go beach. Clears the mind, can make better dicisions.
Q13. Regrest or failures.
She can't think off anything her head now.
Didn't spend enough time with her late aunt.
Passed away a non believer.
Make dicisions: will I regret.
Bee Hong.
Brought youth to the parliament. Life change. Feedback. How do we move forward. Not being able to express or advocate what we believe in. Thought to listen to authority, without questioning.
Critises and analyse.
How to ask the correct question and look intelligent.
I just like making jokes. Cheeky person. Depends on my mood. Leaders need to ask questions.
4W. Quite helpful. Ask the process of it. Meticulously in asking. Must do your homework. Processes are the same.
Normal meeting: so this is what we're doing and how and when? When can you come back to me.
What is a good question to ask?
If you don't want to answer, stick to not answering.
Q14. How to balance. Time. Priority.
What is the one thing you do, other things don't matter. Task, urgency and critically.
Urgent: time
Critical: importance.
Q15. Two years 5 years 10 years plan.
A reshuffle. How do you see things down the line. Set it in a way that is not reversible. An ecosystem. It's uncomfortable and inconvient to do. If it's easy to reverse and change.
50 years goal. 28 open day.
ADUN. Counselors. How they get things done. High performing. Engineer. Approve.? He likes to bring down other people.. Shot-stirrer. He is very toxic. Keep on saying want to quit and resign. Gave up on him. This person bring negative spirit to the team, effects me emotionally. He want to feel importance.
I regret not doing it much earlier.
People whom you know you should kot be a part of what you do. You should remove them immediately.
There is no one that is indispensable.
Talk to him. Understand the situation. Curable? People have weaknesses. As a leader help them. If they forever cannot change.. Cut them off.
Cut the tumours off.
27 Jan 2019 this is skyline
This is skyline
2001 planted in Pacific sutera by SIB likas
2002 moved to sutera
2004 got long term leash from Dk. Edward.
God is calling us to change the spiritual skyline of KK.
The sky is the limit
A book John maxly.
What is our vision?
Purposeful.
We are not marking time
We are clear where we are going
We are clear what we are doing
Our culture. Same hosuehold
Love God,
Make disciples
Transform communities
Based on great comandment and comission
How love God?
Worship - passionately
Lives - excel in families and workplaces.
Loving this house.
The imperative is not "go"
But "make disciples"
Growing new believers to fesciples that serve.
A growth track : faith factor 4 weeks (rebrandong of: new life) , discipleship track
Crossover: 1 day (previously encounterday)
Baptism: 1 sunday
Rhema school: ongoing... 3 years.
No reason to not go to a bible school.
Serving regulars
Serving leaders
Mentor and mantee, 2 years.
A. B. C.
AUTHENTIC: know the word of God and live by it
BROKEN: humble, live under Christ as Lord.
COURAGEOUS : learn to trust God in faith.
Whar types of communities are we seeking to transform? We have SIB roots.
1. The poor in interior
2
4. Next gen - schools
5.the work place
Swvwm diato
@ = we sacrifice (time, mkne
We kneel
We. Yahoo!
We love
Encourage
Our speakers inspire too
Never give up because God never give up on us
E-culture : we encourage, equip
Our faith,
What do we believe
Not a cult. He doesn't sign any cheks
Statement 1-10
We believe... In the trinity
Jesus
Bible
One sentence
Vibrant, current, intergenerational, Malaysian church.
This is a happening church
We don't belive in wasting your time on a sunday
Not that you come out of habit
You have a purpose, grow closer to God..
How to maximise your spiritual growth
5 things to do
1. Sunday celebration - is about being together
2. Cp8 -
3. Connect groups
4. Desciplebgrowth track
5. Serve
Ownership of the church17 Feb 2019 ppbc
3 keys to spiritual success - Gary soon, PPBC
Proverbs 3:7-10
True wisdom, in the Word of God
Nature of knowledge.
Church theme is Ascend
1. Humily
2. Holiness
3. Honor
V7. Do not be wise in your own eyes
A) pride is the first step to a downfall (porv 16:18)
-sometimes we think we are so good at doing something, we forget God is the one that enables us
- self conceited. Don't give attention to instruction and improvement.
- become hasty in judgments and over confident, doing whatever you want without seeking God. Even in matters of importance, not asking for advice.
- guard against the fascination of novelty, I.e. The Internet.
James 1:5 - worse sign: neglecting to ask the council of God.
:) consider the humility of Jesus (Phil 2:5-7)
2) holiness identifies us as Christians
I) fear the Lord and depart from sin
Romans 11:20 - do not be proud/arrogant but tremble.
Nehemiah 5:15 - out of reverence for God, I did not act like the others did
In all our dealings, make sure because God sees us, we are mot doing anything in private. If we have healthy fear, we will do what is right.
ii) reverential trust in Him
iii) we recognizer the Holy life of Jesus as our example.
Knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. With the HG, we can understand better.
When sin comes into play, it is harder to be intimate with God.
What you say to others makes alot of difference.
3. Hornoring God in Giving, increases His blessings.
i) honor the Lord with your wealth. With the firstfruits of all your crops (v9)
-put your money where your mouth is
You cannot give leftovers
-Not how much money I give to God, but how much of God's money do I keep for myself
-The amount is not important, its the heart. Remember the widow with the two coins.
- even when you don't have enough
- don't steal from God
ii) giving teaches us the joy of living by faith
a) fear says "I am afraid to give"
b) faith says "I'm so blessed I can't withhold"
Health: the physical benefits that flow from being right with God
1) we are able to forgive because we have been forgiven
2) we can stop worrying because we have learn to trust God
3) we find real joy because we walk in God's eill
4) new life in Christ kmrpives health in both body and soul
When God calls you, do it
Reputation for good judgement
Pleasure, peace, protection
You are not against God
God's favour is with you
No life is so sinful
That God cannot turn around
Proverbs 3
22 march
Social media does impact our patience,
How things become faster and faster
Patience correlates with how fast technology is
Less patient to the ones we love (graph)
No matter how slow you walk,
You will arrive
28 March
Love yourself before you love others
Half truth
Who loves us
If we love ourselves we only got so much love
And when we use that up, how can we love others?
We need the source of love
4th july
1 hour
6 grams of liquid
Plastic
Towel
White coat
Start at head
Crown
The bald part
Dip brush, press side to side
Use back of brush to comb over
Holding hand not pressing down
One two three hold
Chief passionary officer.
Remember those times you went to the zoo. The first time with family and kids. You're so excited.
Its so amazing to see the panda for the first time. But after an hour.. We lose the wonder.
Christmas is one of the hardest things to preach about. Year after year...
"what i hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do becomes a part of me"
The geology of jesus.
Matthew 1
The messy world of Matthew. Political oppression. Great social divide. 50% or the worlds wealth is owned by 8% of the people. Religious hipocracy. Laws but no spirit to it. Revolting terrorism. Simon the zealot was a terrorist. Unbridled corruption. Corruption is the number one problem in the whole world. This is the world that jesus came to.
That's what a shepard does. He sleeps where the sheep sleep, eat where they eat, go where they go.
A sign that God is accessible.
The God that owns everything..
There is no social system..
Jesus was a servant,
He got down on this knees and washed feet.
Why was he in a messy place?
Because he was in a messy plan.
Without it, what a mess we'll be in.
I look at my life. The mess I'm in.
Where is he?
Jesus: the Absent-Present King.
Where is He? In Sembulan, in the malls...
The story of Christmas has been drowned. In the malls, like a broken record.
Information overload.
1.9 bil YouTube views per day.
80 languages..
74% log into Facebook. 34
mins per day.
Twittet 134 active users out of..
Social media is the digital tsunami of our time. Communication overload is real.
Tragedy is that we miss out the wonder of Christmas.
Lesson 1: love the unloveable
In the genealogy there were 4 people
Tamar, rahab, Ruth, bathsheba
Not jews..
Cannanites, moabite. Hittite..
He didn't include famous motherd:
Sarah, rebekah...
Unmale, unroyal, unjewish, unconventional.
"nine moths of awkward scandal .. The lingering sense of..." - Phillip yancy.
We are God's original plan,
He is the universal king.
You are God's original blueprint.
It all our brokenness.. Etc..
Matthew included them because he was a recipient of God's love.
Matthew was a tax-collector, despised by his fellow Jews, understood the salvation plan.
We feel unloved..
In Singapore, suicide is the leading cause of death.. 18-25.
Cause: self esteem on social media. We post something, if no one likes it.. We take it down. Then we post something else.
The unlovable are those who are closest to us! Who are the unloveables in our lives?
Love your enemies.. Who?
Its already hard to love our friends..
"do you see anything good in your husband/wife?"
Nothing.. Haha, how did they get married in the first place.
Before marriage, she talks loud. Wow that's great. But after marriage..
The person I love the most is the one I hate the most. My wife.
When I drive she tells me how to drive..
Love your enemies.. Because you have to learn to love yourself.
Lesson #2: hope for the hopeless
Learn to love...
Where is the love. First John.
God is love. Where does God live?
In our lives. We have the power to love.
But where is the darkness? Its also in us.
But its how we nurture it.
We have the capacity to love.
But love does not come from us.
It comes from God.
-lesson 2
Hopeless woman.
Tamar seduced her father in law into incestuous relationship.
Ruth was a widow & refugee
Rahab was a prostitute
Bathsheba was the result of King David's Lust & never exposed evil scheme against Uriah.
These are like people you'd never want in your church. Refugee, like the Sembulan families coming to church?
A prostitute coming to your cell group meeting.. An adultress?
Maybe we are facing the same thing.
Sexually dysfunction. Or overworked? Ask Singaporeans.. How are you? "very busy"... Very tired, exhausted..
Tired of church.. Feel like giving up.
Rising divorce, parent-teen breakup, anxiety attack, disturbing depression. Unforgivable past hurts.. Deep loneliness
Jesus was born into a very dark years.
King herod killed all the 2 years old.
Massacre... Killed two brother in laws.. Anyone that would threaten his throne.. Everyday..
Executed citizens on the day he died.. So that people would mourn...
"thank God we are not Herod"...
We are...
We are herod.
We think.. "this guy, I'm going to kill him"...
Jesus died for Herod..
God saw it differently..
Jesus is the author of hope.
Who is the hopeless?
I am..
I am the hopeless...
In marriage, business, relationship...
Conclusion :
Jesus came into your messy world.
Love the Unloveable
Hope for the Hopeless.
The wounded healers - Henry nauman.
We don't have to be perfect.
But because we have experienced God's love... We can go out and help others.. Heal.
Cinderella in Disney land.
She comes out, so perfect and all..
All the children rush to touch her.
Except two brothers, James and Daniel.
James is badly deformed, and shy.
Cindrella saw this deformed boy, pushed her way through the crowds, and planted a kiss on their cheeks.
Cinderella gave only a kiss,
Jesus gave His life.
Cinderella's encounter was temporary,
Jesus can be a permanent part of our lives.
Cinderella's beauty remained with her and his deformed features remained with him.
Jesus became like us, so that we can become like him.
We want to consume content because...
We are always looking for new things to learn.
We are thrilled by rarity,
Captivated by curiosity,
Excited with chance
And distracted by information
Novelty,
The possibility of stumbling upon a treasure..
Normal, rare, epic, legendary..
Haha sounds like terms used by game items eh.. Maybe that's how they draw us in..
Scrolling Facebook, maybe.. Just maybe I might see someone's post that interest me...
Keeps scrolling...
A broken algorithm to take away our time and attention,
Built upon marketing and advertising..
Notice what you notice,what you're distracted by attracts you.
To recycle plastics..
Find the melting point that breaks them down at a chemical level. But just before it ignites (or melt it in the absence of oxygen) a vacuum maybe? A metal sealed thick metal pipe.
Heat it up with energy.free energy would be the sun. Mirrors that focus a large area onto the metal pipe. Or solar panels that charge batteries that power heating coils.
Then extrude the molten plastic into moulds of useful items. I.e. Bricks, plant pots, wall panels, chairs and table parts..
Could make a whole school out of it.
And now with 3D printing... Gosh.. The possibilities.
"It wasn't expected of them,
They expected it of themselves." - Christopher Phillips on Xenia, socrates in love pg143
"moat people don't realise that it's easier to offer help to a stranger than it is for a stranger to ask for help" - joel
I talk softly.
You can't here me on the phone.
You want me to talk louder.
You say I'm.. Angry.
I fear..
Growing up in age, but not maturity.
Becoming one of those 'lazy' uncles or younger brother in the family
You won't feel love,
Unless you can give it.
You can't give it,
Unless you have the chance to.
Sharing Christ with another person,
Begins with the conversion of our own self.
I'd have to be open to the work of God first
Read not with eye balls just physically moving following a line with ink. Let the meaning of the written script soak into the mind, process it, imagine it come alive, feel it.
Good advice cannot be lived out by people without the Good News. Don't leave the main point out of the sermon, Jesus.
The day Crystal flew to NZ
Woke up around 9am
Daily office - parable of the seeds
Guitar
12pm Mamak - roti kosong
Bataras - milk and musli
Home - YouTube
Lunch 2.30pm
YouTube - techlead, finance
Sports 4.30pm jog. Wanted to play tennis with the wall but there was someone
6pm went over to Gordon's place for samyang celebration
11.00pm home
What was the most important thing (MIT)?
To be with people.
To call Crystal as much as possible
What was the most important question? (MIQ)
What's the condition of my heart?
Over dinner they talked alot about songs. Music. I couldn't really join in. As I don't have much of a musical or artist list.
What am I really focusing on?
If I could learn one new thing. Anything what would it be? What am I Intrested in?
Masters. I should focus on that and get that done. My masters.
"When you start caring for others, 90% of your problems go away / dissappear "
In a good way. It isn't not having enough 'time for yourself' or not dealing with problems that need to addressed. But more of like... you'd just stop over thinking so much, there isn't the space and time for pitying oneself.
When you care for others, you'd realise... or maybe it's not even a conscious thing... that really, we are very blessed in our lives.
And blessing others is a secret to unlock.. happiness and blessings for one's own self too. But blessing others in itself isn't the source, least people lose the core reason of helping others, twisting it into a selfish thing: "I help others so I would feel like their saviour". No. Instead, "I help others because I was helped before, I was saved". That's the good news.
Help others to help yourself. But the means isn't in the ends. It's in the process.
Love.
God didn't just say "love others" fullstop. He said "love others as.... you love yourself"
Now how can one love others if they don't love themselves first and foremost. You can't pour an empty jug. So it isn't, 'giving in our all in life for the sake of others and denying ourselves of anything that could possibly be' selfish' '. It's... The 4th level: loving ourselves as how God loves us.
(the first three are: 1. Loving ourselves for our own sake, 2. Loving God for his blessings to us; 3. Loving God for who He is)
I always thought that level three was the ultimate goal. I stopped.. Loving myself.
"The more we receive in silent prayer,
The more we can give in active life" - mother teresa
Insanity workout - Shaun T
Isiah 40:31
How do you define stregnth?
We normally thing about physical: how heavy or fast
Or inner s. Emotional, response to problems, recover from setbacks and challenges
Or what we're good at. Gifts talents skills. Cooking? Music? Student subjects, hands. Help us to make a living
Story of three boys, talking bout their fsthers
Boys think thier dad's are the strongest and bestest. 1st boy: my dad writes a few words on a page, sends it off and gets 200 dollars.. They call it a poem.
2nd boy, my dad writes few pages, gets 1000. It's called a story
3rd boy, my dad writes on a PowerPoint, and talks about it, after that people have to go around collecting money from everyone...
Countries: military might, natural resources, global influence, tech, political stability...
Secondary school we heard: vision 2020.
Wawasan 2020. We should develop those parts to become a develop nation..
Next year is that... But..
We hear news of... Recession
Global recession. Strong nations, China and USA.. Germany.. Etc..
But what about us.. A small country like amalysia. We worry. We worry about our jobs, business, rising cost of oil and commodities. Think about family and children needing to go further studies..
Uncertainty of the future. We think until we despair because we had to go through so much to reach this point.
Judah was surrounded. Confused, not sure who to turn to. Feared for their lives. Things got from bad to worse they called out to God.
God do you not see the trouble I'm in, when will our help us.
This is what Isiah said to judah:
You have forgotten who God is
Have you not heard He is the everlasting God
Nations are like a drop in the bucket.
Like dust on a scale.
Nations will rise and fall
Assyria will come and it will replaced by another super power
It is God that raises, builds and tears them down
Look at the skies above, the stars, who created them? By his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one goes missing.
We think about the amazing things we've created over the years... I.e. The great Wall of China. Massive. Biggest structure ever built. No advance machinary. Just human ingenuity and strength..
The sun..
1.3 million earths in a sun..
And its not even the biggest star..
By God, not a single one is missing.
Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew our strength.
Tap into this strength for our lives.
God will allow us to go things that are beyond our own. We can go ahead in Boldness...
God says to us as a church.
Don't look to this experts and forecast.. Ultimately.. All strength comes from the Lord. Don't even depend on our own strength and ability..
Barcelona Olympics 400 m men's. Derrick Rickman. Very important race to him. Previous Olympics he had to withdraw because of injury. He wanted to prove himself he could make the medal.
Snapped his hamstring. Someone runs down.. Officials tried to stop him. No one is going to stop me from being with my son.
My grace is sufficient for you.
My strength is made perfect in weakness.
In life we may fall and falter.
But God, our heavenly father is always there. He will.. Carry us and bring us to the finishing line.
Intimacy, breakthrough. Draws us into a Living and personal relationship with Him.
To know God is to know His strength. We need to... Know what it is like again.
Story: footprints in the sand.
He there avialable for you to wrap His arms around you.
King David, the greatest King Israel had .. In psalms he says: my heart and flesh may fail, but my strength comes from the Lord.
In order to have Bold intimacy, we need to know God. If we don't know we will misunderstand Him. When we do that we misrepresent Him.
God will become all you need,
When God is all you have.
"I have everything I need"
Forgiveness =/= trusting again
Superiority complex buster
Meekness = I'm not better than anyone else, I still learn from the children, the old and the poor.
Have I really come to the end of myself,
If I can still live on my daily life as if there wasn't a huge effect on it...
We don't have the time to grieve,
We just keep moving on and on
Quick fix, short cut, brush away feelings, Bury it under... Act as if nothings wrong.
Slowly... Lose the ability to feel emotions. Empathy.. When people are laughing and feel joy that wells up in the inside.. Feel dry and fake a smile and laugh... When people cry and mourn, don't bat an eye and shed a tear...
I'd want to cry.. If I could. Cry more
Feel more... Be more... Affected by my actions and the consequences.
Movies have thier good and bad parts, things to learn from and maybe things that influence us too much. Chasing the culture, wanting to be unique.
Smartphone. Pa, WhatsApp... If only i could.. Just not own a phone by let my wife do the messaging for me :)
Let's look at the good things that a smart phone does... Claim it. Okay I've always talked about this topic, maybe it's time to finally move on :)
God... Are you really my lord? Or just my Saviour... Why don't I really Obey You. Is it because I don't really belive in You... Or I believe a twisted version of you.
Male.. Man should.. Uphold.. Erm.. Leadership. Claim authority and dominance. Females should.. Submit. But why? Who said so... Imagine a world where females were more authoritative in the house than the husband. What would that look like.
Psycology:
Females are more susceptible to metal issues regarding emotions. I.e. Bipolar?
Males are more.. Emotionless and one of the more dangerous ones is.. Anti-social personality.
PTSD, triggers.
I'm.. So scared to say anything that might trigger a memory flash of an event.
But... My life. Our life.. Isn't perfect.
Whom ever said that it would be.
Where did the problem really arise from?
When crystians claim that they are.. Spotless. Pure... Holy.. And.. Faultless?
"I'm better than you"
"you should come to church"
Hah..
That's when everything goes down hill.
But in the valley.. That's where..
That's where the river flows..and where things grow.
How are we expected to talk about something,
When we (are thought we) aren't supposed to be doing it
I remeber I wanted to write down something profound as I was driving from the airport.
Can't remember what it is now...
#shouldwritethingsdown
"Pain isn't the worst thing. Being hated isn't the worse thing. Being seperated from the one you love isn't the worse thing. The worse thing is failing to deal with reality and becoming disconnected from what is actual. The worse thing is trivialising the honorable, desecrating the sacred...
We don't become mature human beings by getting lucky or cleaver circumventing loss, and certainly not by avoidance and distraction. Learnt to lament. Learn this lamentation..."
- Eugene Peterson
I think.. That sometimes what I think doesn't have the final say.. But what I think is important too.. Because that's who I am..
I would love to always be able to think what God thinks, and I know that what I think sometimes isn't what God thinks.
1st Harmoni gathering. SIBA, 1B. Ps James
Why do you call yourself a Christian?
What does it mean to be a Christian?
What is following Christ?
Its not just a set of rules, regulations, precepts, tradition...
Its not even a philosophy
Is it a way of life?
It is.... A relationship.
Being born in a Christian family, being used to coming to church, rituals, singing, listening to sermons.. Its all possible without a relationship.
As long as you don't have a relationship with God... Your status as a Christian is... Questionable.
1 tesselonians 1:6
1. A Christian is someone whom is chosen by God.
It is not a human effort. It's not membership, charity, Good works. We can never reach God no matter what we do. Others try to find favour with God, try to please God.... But we can't.. We're not holy, we're sinful, and we'll never reach his benchmark.
Only when God himself reached out to mankind. Is it possible.
The selection is offered to us. As long as we don't choose Him back. It is incomplete. The transection is incomplete.
Offer and acceptance
Many are called, many chosen, but few respond.
2. A Christian is someone whom has responded to the Gospel.
2 Corinthians.. This I pass on to you, Christ died on the cross for our sons, was buried in a tomb and three days later He resurrected.
The core of Christianity.
3. A Christian is someone whom appreciates Christ above everyone and everything else...
Along with the suffering. Along with the hardships.
Our hardships aren't the end of our life. The final destination for our souls have only two places. Eternity with God or eternal separation.
Jesus is the Saviour
Because Jesus died and rose again.
We will follow after him in death and resurrection.
4. A Christian is someone that has a transformed life
They are so different from others.
Because they've repented. And changed from their old ways. There's evidence of change and difference. You can see it in them. You can feel.
This is a man/lady of substance.
Your life is not like the ways of this world.
We don't party and celebrate like the rest of the people in this world. With alcohol, drugs and
Some people think clubbing is good to release tension and stress that's built up over the week...
But the best way is..
Praise and worship
The question now is.
Do you know God has chosen you.
Can you listen to the Gospel.
What is your response?
Your fragrance will be different.
A Christian is someone whom is
Sold out for Jesus.
Not half hearted. Alang-alang.
Jangan mandi tidak basah.
Sometimes we do something for so long.
That our thoughts become crystallised in our minds.
We do things in certain ways over and over again, until they become a part of us.
And we find others that resonate on the same wavelengths, appealing.
Vibes.
You see things that others don't see.
As if everyone was living in a fog. A viel covering their eyes.
Really takes a powerful force to break it.
Jesus..
Please...
Help me
Would you like to join us for dinner?
I miss saying this with a smile
Bringing people together
I no longer do that..
I'm just trying my best to get by each day
"who are you with?"
"where are you?"
So many questions that have the false facade of being 'caring and concern'
Why bother asking these when the person is already doing that.
Just... Trust.
Atleast she told you she was going out before she did so.
Why be so... Possessive.
Over-protective, over bearing....
Don't you know how much that weighs and tires down a person?
Just... Trust.
If you're good enough that person will come back to you.
Are you?
"refrain from anger and trun from wrath,
Do not fret - it leads only to evil" pslams 37:8
The Bible isn't perfect.
God had regrets.
God still needs to fix things.
Even if you don't read the bible,
Jesus still loves you.
God meets us where we are.
And as He reveals more of Himself,
We are guided to be more like Him.
Transformed more and more each moment.
Changed.
Lossing more of ourselves
He is here with us.
No matter where we are.
God became so small, we could crucify Him.
God has enabled us to love others whom are not like us
Is that the best plan God can come up with?
God cannot help not loving.
God doesn't love,
He is love.
If there's nothing to love,
There must be something to love.
Sweden
"save us from the vikings"
They are now one of the best country.
But many don't believe in God anymore.
The seed was planted, the tree grew, birds perched on the branches.. Eventhough the birds don't know where it came from.
That's something appealing to me,
Their life... Forgiving.
If you want to love, it's not by attending more bible studies. It's when you go to people whom are not like you.
When you hear a high school play bethovan.. And it doesn't sound good... Don't blame bethovan.
But sometimes we get it right.
And there's a glimpse of that melody.
Don't blame the church if it isn't perfect.
The Gosple is best spread person to person. We are a small part God left behind in this world.
Why do people nowadays don't know their purpose?
Your calling is when the worlds deep hunger and your deep... Intersects.
It takes time.. To reveal itself..
It emerges..
By a leap of faith.
Prayer, wisdom from friends, community
One thing called to do?
Academics, writing papers that nobody reads.
Mark Martin.
"Start with a job that can become a career that become a vocation that becomes a calling"
Someone's got to collect the rubbish..
Brother Lawrence washes plates.. Because that's where he can meditate.
People have the need to move from success to significance.
David Brooks : a second mountain
Dissatisfaction. A process to redefine.
Fight for rights and justice, but use weapons of grace. My goal is to love the policeman that is hitting me and throwing me into jail - Martin Luther King Jr.
Nobody wants to be like someone mean.
Where is God when it hurts in suffering..
I don't know
Jesus never really answers it.
Romans 8:28 - it all worked out for good in the end
Nothing will separate us from God's love
"dew fresh"
Pure clean feeling one has from waking up refreshed in the early morning at sunrise.
I can't remember the last time I had that.
I wonder why
Viktor Frankl was a Jewish psychologist and philosopher who spent time in three different Nazi concentration camps. His life’s work was destroyed. He lost his wife, his parents, and years of his life. It’s not a surprise that a major theme of his work involved the inevitability of suffering. Every human suffers, and there is no way to avoid that, he said. But, he also believed that humans have the power to find meaning in that suffering. As he wrote in Man’s Search for Meaning, of his time in the death camps, “the question that beset me was, ‘Has all this suffering, all this dying around us, a meaning?’ For, if not, then ultimately there is no meaning to survival; for a life whose meaning depends on such a happenstance — as whether one escapes or not — ultimately would not be worth living at all.”
“Why You Should Study Philosophy” by Ryan Holiday https://link.medium.com/h61YKsG80X
Wanted to post this response to this post. But yeah. I still feel like it's abit.. Harsh
https://www.facebook.com/154273194629212/posts/2371274869595689/
Palm oil takes up forest land. Forest land is under state and not federal. Find the sabah politicians to really stop more destruction. (should be easier to twist their arm instead of the other)
And Theresa did say we should try to understand what they're currently doing. I think it's wrong to sow hatred in children no matter the cause, school should be sowing eagerness for understanding and not bigotry.
“I also urge the school’s headmaster and the teachers involved to come to my ministry and the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) to understand all efforts to improve the industry and also all efforts to preserve the environment by industry players.”
Kok pointed out that protests against the palm oil industry have been staged overseas against Malaysia.
“I didn’t expect such a thing to happen in an international school here.
“To the teachers, please come forward to understand what we are doing instead of criticising us.
“I think they are doing a disservice to the country,” she said during a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday (July 2).
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/07/02/anti-palm-oil-presentation-by-students-is-a-disservice-to-the-country-says-teresa-kok/#9Pq3hB2WVuO8JUjx.99
