Still I will sing to you

Morning Reflection March 15 - March 21 marks the Third week of Lent leading up to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. These are a few areas to think about in this season of Lent. The Presence of God I remind myself that, as I sit here now, God is gazing at me with love and holding me in being. I pause for a moment and think of this. Freedom "There are very few people who realize what God would make of them if they abandoned themselves into his hands, and let themselves be formed by his grace" (Saint Ignatius). I ask for the grace to trust myself totally to God's love. Consciousness Where do I sense hope, encouragement, and growth in my life? By looking back over the past few months, I may be able to see which activities and occasions have produced rich fruit. If I do notice such areas, I will determine to give those areas both time and space in the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Evening Reflection Th...

Communion After we celebrated Huey's birthday in cell on the 29/5/14, I brought out my wine and bread that I've bought from Jaya Grocer with the prompting of the Holy Spirit to have communion with Huey, honouring her and God as we journey in this refreshing time of experiencing God together and intimately. Initially I thought of the idea of communion to be the usual ritual that we do on the first week of Sunday; little did I know God had a different plan in mind for us. After we sat down and I surprised her with the wine and the bread I bought, we truly had communion and devotion together with each other and in the presence of God. We began talking about what we see God doing in our lives. Huey started with what she was learning from the books that she's been reading and how it is relevant and meaningful now compared to if she would to read it a few months ago. How she danced with God this afternoon and had such a great day just sitting at the feet of Jesus, soaking...

Gopi's healing It is my usual Sunday night waiting to watch Manchester United vs Chelsea at 1:30am (at this ungodly hour) only to be greeted by one of God's divine, unpredictable moment. It began at 12:49am when my phone rang with an unusual (house) number and I was greeted by Gopi's sister on the line. She tried to remain calm and explain to me that Gopi is in a lot of pain in the ear. Their parents are both away at work and there's no one to care for him. The pain was severe and he's crying for an hour already! I told her I'll come over right away. So I quickly explain the situation to Huey and pack my "drug box" (which isn't really all encompassing) and make my way to Bestari. Thank God for Doc Mike! Even at that hour, he would still pick up my phone (probably very unwillingly due to the hour) to advice me on which drugs would work to help ease the pain (from my insufficient drug box) to see what I can do. Sam Tan also reassured me if I nee...

At this moment, I'm actually quite shy to revisit my older post in this blog I've kept for many years. It has been a long journey of faith in God, maturity, marriage, and now with a 7 weeks old baby girl. I hope I've grown up not just by default based on the progression of the events in my life, but rather in humility and tenderness towards my Maker. Faith This life has always been about faith. But faith without works is dead. Indeed when we say that we ought to grow in faith it can be interpreted as "I need to be tested and prove my faith with what I do". I recall days when faith were much easier with lesser 'requirements' and easy task to accomplish. What it means to 'mature in Christ' is synonymous to 'maturing in faith'. In order for our faith to grow and mature, God allows us to be tested. In that, He is rooting for us to make the right choices in life, bless and not curse, or simply trust in Him to make all things work out good ...

Why am I up at this ungodly hour? I should have inquire of the Lord earlier about what He wants to do today in church. He wants to heal I believe God wants to heal us from every deseases, sickness, illness; and also our soul, our doubt, our emptiness, our spirit. He wants to restore and part of that restoration is healing as healing is bringing an abnormal condition back to it's Eden like qualities where everything is as it should be. Funny that after I shared this with my wife, she jumped for joy (not literally) and said "yey! That means we humbled ourselves." [if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14]. Humbling of self and acknowledging our dependency on God, repent, pray and seek His face; turning from our wicked ways. God will hear from heaven, forgive our sin, and ...

What a great example Samuel is to us today. His life was set apart from birth to be dedicated to the Lord, and he remained faithful to God all the days of his life. Since the night he was awaken by the Lord's voice 3 times calling his name (which he mistaken for Eli's voice), he didn't turn back but moved into all that the Lord has called him to be. Samuel teaches me an aspect of what a prophet is like, and how he/she respond to God and men. He speaks of what God has told him to speak at the exact time, with the right/appropriate words. And God didn't let any of his words fall to the ground (1 Sam 3:19). Words must marry Time to produce good offsprings. When Words are detached from Time, it looses it's value and may even produce bad offsprings (refer to Matt 7:6). In Proverbs 15:23 it says, "A person finds joy in giving an apt reply - and how good is a timely word!" (Notice the exclamation). So many times when God give us a word, a scripture, an ex...