Heaven

John 14:2 (NLT)
There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

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>> Are you confident that Jesus is preparing a place for you in heaven?

I am confident that my Lord Jesus has prepared magnificent dwelling places for all who believed in Him for eternity. For He has died, risen, and provided salvation as a free gift for all who accepts, how else can there be any room left to doubt?

True Teamwork

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1 Corinthians 9:19-27 (NIV)
19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.

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The phrase "when someone is won to Christ, the only loser is Satan" shook me the most in today's message. How true O Lord, that we're not fighting or competing with fellow believers or pre-believers. The only one that we are fighting against is Satan, the deceiver of our age.

Father, teach me the way of Your agape love. I'm not the extrovert I wish I am, who is able to share Your gospel with no fear of rejection. Sometimes I may even have my reservations for people who aren't close to me. To people who might have offended me before, I may never open to them again.

But Father God, I just want to remember of the words that Jesus said, "If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?" Matthew 5:46

Teach me to have true teamwork with fellow siblings-in-Christ, and mold my heart to become one that forgives. Let me not hold on to trespasses against me, but rather, a heart to love my enemies like Jesus who loves and forgives all who came to Him. I want to live for You and obey Your will Father.

As Your children gains saltiness and shines light throughout earth, the ultimate loser is only Satan, who will be cast away into the Lake of Fire for eternity. Amen.

Pray For Our Leaders

1 Timothy 2:1-2 (NIV)
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

The Eye Of God

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2 Chronicles 16:7-14 (NIV)
7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war."

10 Asa was angry with the seer because of this; he was so enraged that he put him in prison. At the same time Asa brutally oppressed some of the people.

11 The events of Asa's reign, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians. 13 Then in the forty-first year of his reign Asa died and rested with his fathers. 14 They buried him in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier covered with spices and various blended perfumes, and they made a huge fire in his honor.

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Today is a special day Father. I have new revelations of certain concerns that were in my heart ever since the beginning of the year. I know You must have heard my persistent prayers and cries, and thus have answered.

Will I act as a usual man, giving You praise only when things go my way? Or even if things do not work out I will still give You praise for the chances that You laid in front of me? Lord I pray for a heart of the latter.

Father I thank You for answering my prayers, and showing me a direction I should take. I thank You for the people You have placed around me, who have helped me to get to where I am today. But Lord, I cannot thank You enough, for You kept Your eye on me that I may even come till this day.

There's still a long way ahead Father God, and I really sincerely pray that You will continue to see me through. Let my assurance and confidence stem from You and nothing else, so that Your strength may manifest in me.

I seek You first Father. Please guide me. Amen.

Open The Shutters

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Ephesians 5:8-14 (NIV)
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said:

"Wake up, O sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you."

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The Greatest Race

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1 Corinthians 13 (NIV)
Love

1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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The Singapore Song

This is a song composed and sung by my church's Senior Pastor Rony Tan.

I really want to thank God for this heart of his, for it really inspired and touched me deeply. For many years of my life, National Day probably just meant a plain and simple public holiday; a day to have fun and be free.

The question is how are we able to experience the fun and freedom now, if our forefathers never paid the price? It was a price that we could *never* comprehend or experience; the pain, suffering, poverty and struggle. How many of us actually know how it feels like to _struggle to survive_?

Even as I write this post, strong emotions are crashing upon my heart. I'm thankful for God's protection over this land, that we may have peaceful days, a clean government with no known corruption, an island that's free from natural disasters, and a considerably safe society that we can be assured of our safety when we're out on the streets.

All these are things that are too easy to be taken for granted when we are born and raised in a time of peace. With this song, I do feel a lot more appreciative for this land that I stay and live in. This is the place that I call...

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