Butterfly Effect- The Chaos theory

The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does. (Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice? The Mathematics of Chaos

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.


It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.


Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blessed assurance control,
That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.


It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.


My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!


It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.


And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my soul.


It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

If only you would understand

I Surrender All

ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER
ALL TO HIM I FREELY GIVE;
I WILL EVER LOVE AND TRUST HIM,
IN HIS PRESENCE DAILY LIVE.

CHORUS:

I SURRENDER ALL, I SURRENDER ALL;
ALL TO THEE, MY BLESSED SAVIOUR,
I SURRENDER ALL.

ALL TO JESUS, I SURRENDER,
MAKE ME, SAVIOUR, WHOLLY THINE;
LET ME FEEL THY HOLY SPIRIT,
TRULY KNOW THAT THOU ART MINE.



ALL TO JESUS, I SURRENDER,
LORD, I GIVE MYSELF TO THEE;
FILL ME WITH THY LOVE AND POWER,
LET THY BLESSING FALL ON ME.
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Why do we have to be desperate for God? why uh? Not like I can't live without Him or what mah...
YES...You can't live without Him
To think you can live without having God in your life indicates you are already sick or probably dead in the spirit.
To believe in Christ isnt a religion we choose along the way of our lives,and it does not just give you coverage of salvation if you see it as an insurance policy,
Christ is our blessed assurance not insurance just in case something happens hor... well insurance companies fight their way not to pay you the insured guaranteed sum when something happens,investigating every possible means to say the accident or sickness we have was a negligence on our part.Well Christ assures us everything is in His hands and His will for our lives are perfect! and what more? We will have a share in His inheritance. Interested applicants please write into the comment of this blog....But then again oh well,before you thought of even writing something...God chose you!! ah YES YOU reading this!and don't come and blur with me k?You did not choose Him.

16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit–fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name
(John 15:16)

Jesus said this to His disciples,are you a disciple of Christ?
and if really wanna fill in the application to be a disciple of Christ read the fine note

26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters–yes, even his own life–he cannot be my disciple. 27And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26,27)

I read this from a sermon from D.L. Moody from the internet : No man can be a disciple of Jesus Christ without bearing his cross. A great many want to know how it is Christ has so few disciples whilst Muhammad has so many. The reason is, Muhammad gives no cross to bear.

This is where counting the costs come in... please fill in all your particulars and put them in my comments. Thank you

19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:19,20)

like what was said? Be a disciple of Christ!!!

Jesus Ascended to heaven how to be with me? don't come and smoke me la!

26“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. 27And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. (John 15:26,27)

The Holy Spirit Jesus promised us is in and with everyone of us christians and we are the temple of the Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us the word and equips us with gifts for the edification of the body of Christ. And it is by the Holy Spirit we have our relationship with.The Holy Spirit speaks to us differently and in various ways. Through the reading of the word,still small voice,people,visions,etc ..do not exempt for one God cannot speak to us in anyone of the ways. well He spoke through the mouth of a donkey. He lives in us and He reveals to us the very likeness of Christ and He'll help us be like Him. As He speaks,be sensitive to the Spirit and obey. He wants us to hunger and thirst for Him yet it is Him who gives the appitite for Him,and where there is such Faith and expectation,He will come and speak to you. He sees the desperate heart of ours,empty, a vacuum that can only be filled by Him.Why empty? Cos we have emptied of ourselves to Him to be taken care of in His perfect will for our lives,laying down our own agendas and giving up our ALL to Him. Give Him our all so that He can put in us His all who is without limit.

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When the rubber meets the road

When the rubber meets the road
Who do I turn to? who is our very source of strength,confidence and our very refuge?......

When the rubber meets the road
Do we put our dependency in God or do we put the blame on Him?

When the rubber meets the road
Is our integrity compromised?


provocative questions to see where we stand in our relationship with God and syncronize ourselves to Him

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Well,itz been awhile since I blogged...muahahahahas
Okay to date I have a considerable no. of interesting happemings...
On Saturday, It was my very first time scheduled to conduct devotion for my Royal Rangers kids...and I really didnt know what to share lo... 8-10 year old kids leiz...
The Holy Spirit brought to rememberance an e-mail I read about forgiveness.
So I actually thought of printing a picture of Jesus....hmmm...or should I say a picture of how people perceive Jesus looked like and darts from home.The big but came going through airport security as I had to work before that. So when I got to Palm Grove for Royal Rangers...the topic of the structured passage in a way helped to tie in as I almost gave up the idea of the picture and darts. It was about 'words'

MORE THAN WORDS
Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
Cos I’d already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words

Now I’ve tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don’t ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
Cos I’d already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words


Noooooo....Im not talking about that words....Itz about the way we say things that hurts others sometimes.Well I digressed a little and talked about forgiveness. I asked my kids, "have any of you said something to someone you later regretted knowing it hurt him/her? or someone said something to you and it hurt you?
Well,response on hurting other ignorant of it of the moment perhaps it was outta retaliation and having been hurt by others.So prior to the devotion, I prepared on a paper written ~Father,Forgive them,for do not know what they are doing~
The kids werent supposed to read it but they did when the wind blew it. Anyways I had then a sharpened stick, I asked some of the kids take the stick and pierce through the paper then showed them what it read.
The geist of it all is your friends do not know what they are doing when they hurt you,and we do not know what we are actually doing when we hurt others also,y? we do not entirely how much it cost Jesus to die on the cross,it was our sins that cruxified Him but yet He said "Father,forgive them,for they do not know what they are doing". I didnt put it in words very well then so Xide came to help me abit with it.Im still kinda nervous la...God wants to a work in me and show me I can never do it alone and in my own strength and confidence,He is my partner,my strength and confidence and without Him I can do nothing and cannot please God. God is pleased when we avail ourselves to Him to be used and have faith that He will do the work like He wass doing it Himself at creation.When something He did it and pleased Him and He said it was good,We should then be veesels for Him to be used and He'll say to us "well,done!good and faithful sevants".
Anyways the Holy Spirit spoke to me this morning.Very interesting leiz...He said since you're working at the airport and maintaining the aerobridges...pray on every aerobridge you are working on.why? people from different countries pass through the aerobridge,so pray that they will sense the presence of God there and that may come to the saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ and Missionaries passing through as well that they will have a save journey and that through Christ,they will be able to touch many more lives.And there are these VIP bridges where sometimes a member of parliament goes through them too,Pray that they will come to know Him as their personal saviour and God will grant them wisdom to govern our land.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. The Holy Spirit teaches us how to pray according to the will of the Father.

Then the very place of work became my altar,I was singing at work "Renew my life Lord Jesus".The conviction of God came on me and I wept right there. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit,and we can make where we are the Holy of Holies and meet God there changing a certain place to an awesome place.

Im with a heavy heart

Today was my very 1st time I saw Shou Zhen in the thursday prayer meeting.
and what was the topic? recounciliation...wow!!! and the more recounciliation was mentioned it dawned in my heart such heaviness that I asked God what is it you want?
recounciliation or surrender? I was so filled with the spirit that I was literally perspiring in the air-conditioned auditorium and the anointing so tangible.
God's will is that I recouncile with her,yet rid myself of my feelings for her.
Yes, I love her...love isnt a feeling and isnt based on love calculators.God's love cant be measured on a calculator and we cant comprehend it yet it was demostrated to us that God himself died so that we may have eternal life and the pwer of His resurrection to signify His sovereignity and diety.

that is the love I want to have for her like my other friends but how can I measure to what God has done? impossible!!! Im weak! but then again I have to boast of my weakness so that His strength be in me and thru me love others and do exceeding abundantly above what we can imagine by faith.I couldnt bear to end my friendship with her but I had to,y? to change my entire attitude and perspective of love for her. God told me to trust in Him and He'll bring us back as He did so many a time before and even thru how we knew each other.

This is going to be hard to swallow perhaps...My prospective wife has gotta love God more than me to the extent that if a gun was pointed at my head n threatened to shoot unless she renounces Christ,She'll without consideration ask whoever to shoot and she will have to expect likewise of me to let her die than renounce Christ..

God reminded me of this :
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!"
"Here I am," he replied.

2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about."

3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you."

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?"

"Yes, my son?" Abraham replied.

"The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?"

8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together.

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!"

"Here I am," he replied.

12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son."

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram [a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided."

15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD , that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring [b] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."

19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba. (Genesis 22:1-19)

He wanted me to sacrifice the very person I love so dearly He gave me as a friend so that I may not be caught up with the person of promise but willingly give up in due recognition our relationship with God for a greater promise that is being a father of many nations.But when there is a such a release to God not witholding or expecting God to "pan chan pan chan" and give u back wad was sacrificed.
God knows each one of hearts and He'll see fit knowing we are able to focus on Him rather than friends He has given and it was later through the sacrifice that led to the promise of many nations.We must be willing to sacrifice to God the very thing or person so dear that may be hindering God from using us to bless His Kingdom. It was through a heart of being able to surrender ourselves and what or whom we treasure that itz through sacrifice we can be used of God.Its with that kinda explicit trust in God that He has our very interest at heart and wants the very best for us,yeaps! but we shouldnt look at whats in for me?But how does God want me to be a blessing to the kingdom of God? He has our interest in His heart le,but do we have His interest in our hearts?If we are so full of ourselves than where is God? ...That is the kinda faith Abraham had,and God called him His friend. True huh? The most important thing in all relationships is? Trust...
So Im no more with a heavy heart ... God's grace is sufficient for me even in weakness,His strength is glorified in me and through me.Thank God

IN MY LIFE BE LORD BE GLORIFIED

In my life Lord be glorified,be glorified
In my life Lord be glorified today

What does it mean to glorify God through our lives?
To glorify God is to give up the very idea that we are capable to do anything on our own and acknowledge that God is the very sustainance of our being.
Well I believe most people will say "duh?!!! like I don't know that...the very other thing that actually occupies our minds is "since God is the sustainance of our being,and the only source of life then why people who do not believe in this one tue and living God can live to this day?".It is by God's grace that you are reading this today,surviving to this very day as much as you came into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and through His death and the power of His resurrection.That is our very basis and reason we are able to live,love and appreciate God. The deeper we are in our relationship with God,The Holy Spirit will reveal unto us Jesus and how can can be like Him,and somehow we'll feel the very pain He took by the scourging and crucifixion with the excruciation and we'll be able to identify our pain whether physically,emotionally,mentally or spiritually to His and know God felt and still feels with you and we can learn what His attitudes were facing such pain.

We also have to put down the very idea our talents are related to our giftings...
Spiritual gifts are given by the Holy Spirit and We are but mere vessels to be used.
Since Pastor Henry Hinn came and spoke of me having the healing anointing and I'll become a healing evangelist...I was like "hello?!!! u sure about that?". But now Im convinced by faith that it is not I who has the power to heal but the Holy Spirit and He can and will do anything and everything through us who believe. And many a time we really come to a point of thinking a situation is impossible,y? because we are actually never capable of anything,we are limited and we tend to think our God is like "hmmmmm....well he can come up a few miracles here and there but I dont really think he can really help with this, oh can u ,God?"....

14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
(Ephesians 3:14-21)

I once told God "Lord, I am weak"...and you know what? He said "well since you know that you are weak,so what?"...He knows that by my going to Him is the evidence of my dependence on Him and therefore He probed asking "so what?" for me to search within myself is there anything else Im dependent on and if knowing He is the only one my confidence and strength can found in,then I'll have to step in all the way and take up the cross,meaning to focus my eyes on Christ and not look back at any other comfort I was at and go forth in faith and to forsake all other plans I have and follow Christ..That is the will of God...and His will has to become ours and there isnt any coercion inolved.

9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (2 corinthians 12:9)

God uses what is impossible to our finite minds and limited capabilities to be glorified.U willing to surrender your all and be a vessel used by the potter?



Potter's Hand

Beautiful Lord
Wonderful Saviour
I know for sure
All of my days are
Held in Your hand
Crafted into Your perfect plan

You gently call me
Into Your presence
Guiding me by
Your Holy Spirit
Teach me dear Lord
To live all of my life
Through Your eyes

I'm captured by
Your Holy calling
Set me apart
I know You're drawing
Me to Yourself
Lead me Lord I pray

Take me mould me
Use me fill me
I give my life
To the Potter's hand

Call me guide me
Lead me walk beside me
I give my life
To the Potter's hand