Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year 2010 everyone!!

As 2009 comes to an end and a new year 2010, one of the beauty of this is to come to an end of an situation and begin a new journey.

Isaiah 43:18-21
"Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now its spring up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise."

From the verse, God is saying that we should not set our mind in the past as He is doing a new things for us.

As for that, I would like to:

1. Forget the former things and look forward to something new in this year. This can be done by focusing on a goal which people usually set in the beginning of the year which is known as 'new year resolution'. Just like an athlete running in a sprint even. It is important to stay on his own lane and do not get distracted. I'm ready for something new to happen in my 2010 life as God want's to do new things.

2. To get a vision of new things from God. I will start to visualize the dream and believe in God's promises.

S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Action plan
R = Realistic
T = Time conscious
E = Expectation management
R = Revelations

I will have to learn to set "SMARTER" goal as it will have a greater results and success.

3. Give thanks and Praise God continually.

Lets start this year right and start believing......

Inside Out

Why do people always judge someone from it's appearance??? This is really nonsense. Just like when u went to shop for a watermelon. No matter how good it looks, it's hard to tell. As the saying goes "don't judge a book by its cover".
We must be careful to not absorbed with looking good on the outside and forget what really counts. Remember that the things on the inside. Your heart, your thoughts, your attitudes. That really matter.

Wearing a mask that shows everything's fine
Says that life's struggles are not God's design;
But when we're open, transparent, and true,
People will trust God to meet their needs too. (Sper)

What really matters to Jesus is what's on the inside.

Happy Birthday Boys

Happy birthday to James Lai & Wong Lijuan.
Mr James is celebrating his 21th birthday while Mr Wong is celebrating his 20th birthday. We went to Pizza Hut in Kajang to celebrate their birthday. Nothing much about the celebration. It was just a simple lunch at the Pizza Hut because everyone seems to be busy studying for their final.
At nite, my diarrhea attacked me again. o.O
Agh!!! Shooo u diarrhea go away.

Lord, Heal my stomach.
U're my healer.
Thank you Lord.
Amen.

Another Visit

It's friday and i'm not going to KL again. One of the reasons was DIARRHEA!!!!. :( Argh..it has been 3 weeks and i'm not recovered yet. This is really a sad case. I went to the clinic again and i got the same medicine again. Hopefully i will recover after this.
Oh Lord please strengthen me and heal me.

Ambivalence & Procrastination

"To get where you want to go in life, you must start where you are". We should always remember this if we want to have a successful life. We have to be decisive and it is the key to success. The opposite of decisive and will bring downfall to us is ambivalence & procrastination.
God does not like ambivalence or procrastination. For example, when we are supposed to reach out to others and we will just say tomorrow or may be next week or even next year. As this goes on, it eventually will never start. This is a real story about a woman who sits on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years. The woman was physically stuck to the seat of the toilet as her skin had ground around it. Her boyfriend reported the police and the police found her not glued, not tied and just physically stuck by her body. The police asked the boyfriend why it takes him 2 years then he report it to the police. He answered " Everyday i will bring food and drinks to her and i will ask her to come out. She will just replied me 'maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow'".
As we can see from this situation, we must be decisive in our life when making our choice. For example when a girlfriend asking his boyfriend when is he going to married her and he will just replying her by saying "dunno, next year perhaps, etc". This is not the answer what the girl wants.
To overcome procrastination, there are several points we can do from A-I.

Activate Your planner - plan everything out and write it down so you can remember it.
Break large task - always do the toughest jobs first so we can see clearer. Ex. How do we eat an elephant? Little by little..
Create datelines - make a datelines to discipline yourself
Deal with the mess - clear unnecessary things as clutter kills productivity.
Encourage yourself - think positively
Face your fears - Face it and deal with it. Do not run away.
Goals Review - Write down all great things you have done as a self motivator.
Hang On, Don't give up - To overcome procrastination, it takes more than one days. So hang on, don't give up.
Initiate Now - Stop waiting and stop saying maybe. "just do it"

Who am I

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who you are.

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord you catch me when I'm falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cuz I am yours.
I am yours.

Easter Play

Return of The Carpenter.

A play by the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus Christian Fellowship. It was held at the Great Hall. Basically this play was about the carpenter (which represents Jesus) and the puppets (humans). After the play, Ps Ryan shared a few words.
The puppets are the creation of the carpenter. As a carpenter, the carpenter created the puppets to have it's own personality and none of the puppets are alike to each another.
In our daily life, can u imagine what will happen if there are two person who looks similar?? There will be a chaos in the world. We have our own journey in our lives. Throughout this journey, we might just face sickness and other problems. For some people, they might just can't face this problem and commit suicide.
There is always a way to solve these problem. We must remember that we still have a carpenter who can help us to repair these damages in our body. The carpenter is the one who created us and he know everything about us includes how many hairs we have. Isn't this just amazing.
What we can do is to submit our life to Him and He will provide everything in our life.

God Bless :)