Armageddon

Wow....finally I am blogging again. Hahaha....you will be thinking what is this all about by posting the picture of the movie Armageddon. Well it is not about the end time, it's something to do about the movie that has caused me to want to blog. If you have watched it before, it's ok...go and watch it as a refresher. Ok....will continue.

Alright alright, here is the continuation after so many days. For most of us who have watched this movie will know that Bruce Willis became the hero of the world by sacrificing his life to ignite the nuclear warheads in the meteor that is heading earth. It can be said as unbelievable to the extend of normal citizen being chosen out from the streets to become astronaut in 10-12 days of training. Unbelievable but yet this is Hollywood man and anything can happen in a movie. Haha.

Anyway, that's not what I am trying to get at. Laughing at the movie and what is unbelievable about the show. As the movie built up near the end of it, something happen. Something came upon me. It's the presence of God. I cannot stand it but just shed tears. Not because Bruce has to die (which some or most will cry) but because of the tangible presence of God. The movie revealed 2 things to me again or you can say how God spoke to me.

1. John 15:13 (NIV) - Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

This is the part where Ben Affleck's character was to be the one supposed to ignite the bomb but was pushed and taken over by Bruce. He is willing to do that not because Ben is the son in law but a friend/son.

2. John 3:16 (The Message) - This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.

This part of the movie is where the reminder came. Bruce sacrificing himself for humankind. The message is so clear and I simply could not hold back my tears realising how Jesus as the Son of God died on the cross for me. He need not do that but yet He chose to because of God's love for us. For me.

And if you are reading this, may the Lord speaks to you and may you give your heart to him. And if you want to believe and confessed that Jesus is Lord, do pray this prayer with me.

Prayer:
Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.

I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.

You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.

Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.

Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen.

If you have made this prayer, I encourage you to be found in Church. Do pop me a message in the chat box or email me. God bless you and have a nice day.

FEAR

Good morning to you all again. This is most probably the 2nd time that I woke up at 7am and couldn't sleep in 6 months. I tried to but somehow a lot of thought swam through my mind. You might be thinking what is the thing that caused me to lose sleep. Well there are a lot of things but one of the thing is fear and yes another word is worry.

I won't go into details of what are the thing that I am fearful of or worry. I know it is not nice having this feelings. Last week CG, we did a 'full body' check-up. Haha you might be thinking what body check-up? Well obviously not the physical but the spiritual. There are about 20 things to go through for the check-up but there are 2 that tops it.

One of it is that our body is the temple of our holy Papa and what have we done with it is very important and crucial because we are responsible for the body that God has given us. If we don't take care of it, we are answerable to Him. So I urge you bros and sis, please take care of your body...don't destroy it by taking unnecessary stuff that harms it. This is because I experienced it myself recently also. Hahaha...this is another topic by itself.

The 2nd thing that is 'crippling' me is worry. Well yes I am a worry type and I think a lot and most of it......not healthy to the spirit. Those who knew me will be thinking, this fella ah must be worrying of not having a help mate but wrong...this is not what I am worried about. How about money...well a bit. You knowlah price of everything shot up so how to have enough. What I want to share is this. I am worried of the unnecessary. Worried of the unforeseen, of the future. Worried of losing something very close and very dear to me. That is part of the reason why I woke up and cannot sleep. Guessed that this has caused a desperation in my heart. A longing for His touch.

So sometimes certain things is inevitable but there is one thing that is for sure that Papa is always here for us. Always by our side. (to be continued)

(continuing)
Well worry and fear always come and indeed it is assuring that the Lord is with us always to the end of the age. The thing that I am worrying and fearing about has been answered by what was written in Gems for the Heart and definitely I want to thank Papa for using my sis to encourage me through this blog. Thanks Cher.

Amen!! He will walk us through every changes in life.

Christmas and New Year

Wow! Christmas and New Year is just around the corner. A lot of things has happen and 2010 is approaching. There were good and bad that happen but then I want to believe and trust God for a better new year.

As far as I know, I have so many things that I wanted to do but then a lot of things have to be put on hold. And there is a certain thing that God impressed in my heart as I was in town searching for Christmas gifts for church. This very word pop up. Move on...bro...move on. Put everything behind.. whether good or bad, move on and cross to 2010 afresh.

Well I want to feel anew and I need Papa to help me coz I know that I cannot. Yes I cannot but with Papa, everything is possible.

Amen.

The Pain in the Eye

It has been about 2 months I last blog. Quite a number of events happened and can't seems to blog. Some is just that I don't know how to put to words. Anyway last Sunday, I participated in the 2009 Penang International Bridge Marathon. It was another great experience but will blog more about that later on.

Have you ever experienced a temporary blindness before? I did and this happened yesterday night (251109) in a floorball event. How did it happen? Is it the ball, the blade or the player just whacked you on the eye or was pushed and hit something? Well it was one of the above. The funny thing is I put it as my shout out in Facebook praising Papa for having my eyesight still, I have a friend who mentioned jokingly that must have been peeping on some girls...hahaha...anyway, that's just a joke, k.

The thing happened so quickly. As I was in a corner refereeing, the ball came around my area. So I thought it should be ok with the wall beside me protecting me but I was wrong. Why? Because all the players that played are very new in the game. So high sticks are inevitable. I for once didn't forsee that coming and WHAM!!!! goes the blade into my face at my left eye. Praise Papa that there is no blood. My contact lens still intact though my eye are near blue black. Can't really open though it is not really really painful that would make me crinch on the floor rolling around like some of the footballers who fake it on the field. Hahaha!! Thanking Papa that someone went out to get some ice for me to prevent swelling. Phew! At that point, I am not mad at the person but just allow the game to go on and let Penny take over. The funny thing is that person also did't realise that he actually hit me.

Anyway, I really thank Papa. Reeally!! I want to thank and praise Papa for His protection if not I will be blinded. I would say that though I still haven't really gotten back my eyesight fully, I would still want to thank Him coz without Him, I would be known as the One Eyed Ken. The reason is simple, in His word it has written in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 "...give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." So praise Himlah....Hahahahaha!!!!

p/s: So to those who got the ball in the eye last time, I can understand your pain but don't know whether you know the pain of having the blade to it...kekekeke

Starting well vs Ending well

Hey people, here I am again blogging. Something caught my eyes recently while browsing through a friends photo album online. Oh by the way before I continue, I went and came back from Singapore for an IFF Seminar and it is indeed a fulfilling and great one. Everything paid for which include makan and lodging. Just that had to pay for the transportation down.

Anyway let me continue. What is the thing that caught my eyes? Let's see it.


After looking at it, somehow the word actually reminded me of my Christian life and it is not about how I start as a Christian but how I ended it with the CROSS insight. So I came out with this myself..."What's amazing is not how you Start. What's amazing is how you End." and really God is looking at how we end rather than how we start.

So let's run this race with the CROSS in mind as we cross the finishing line.