I worship a beautiful Savior!

This stanza can be found in "The Sands of Time Are Sinking". I think its really nice. And glory glory dwelleth in Immanue's land. And I've got to know this stanza through this book which I've picked up from the Youth Library, called "Passion and Purity". Hahaa, I think its most appropiate after Pastor's sermons on Marraiges to read through Elizabeth Elliot's "love story" and learn to place our "love life" under God's control. Haha, thanks to Sis Dawn it started me thinking again. But rest assured that now I am not bothered by these things. I am thankful for His grace that has enabled me to concentrate on Him above all things. There is none on earth I desire but Thee. Well, of course these things won't affect me till I'm older, or better by saying, when God feels that I am ready. And what I've learnt from that book is that, being single is like being asleep, unless God wakes us up, we shouldnt start anything. I think its perfectly true. Well, I'm on Secondary 3 for goodness sake! I've got lots to learn and pick up before going into such complicated stuff. Till God feels I am ready~!

I think Psalms is really a beautiful chapter in the Bible. I don't deny that sometimes I read it as my devotion for the sake of reading, and quickly forget about it. But I've encoutered such powerful ones and appropiate ones that really kept so close to my heart, and refreshed me to start the day well. I thought today's Psalms was very nice and appropiate for me.

Psalms 39

Prayer for Wisdom and Forgiveness

To the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
1 I said, "I will guard my ways,
Lest I sin with my tongue;
I will restrain my mouth with a muzzle,
While the wicked are before me."
2I was mute with silence,
I held my peace even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred up.
3My heart was hot within me;
While I was musing, the fire burned.
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4"LORD, make me to know my end,
And what is the measure of my days,
That I may know how frail I am.
5Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor.Selah
6Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.
7"And now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions;
Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
9I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was You who did it.
10Remove Your plague from me;
I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.
11When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor.Selah
12"Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13Remove Your gaze from me, that I may regain strength,
Before I go away and am no more."

Yeah I think it applies very well to the proud and unbelievers, and notice how frail and weak, and helpless we are. Psalms 38 in my previous entry was also very appropiate for the backslidden.

I felt so burdened, really for each and every single youth. Dear Youths, we NEED so have an encounter with God personally, and to be seeking and staying close to Him in our lives. Unless we know Christ in His fullness, we cannot shine the love, care and concern that He wants us to shine to the world. And don't forget the Evangelistic meeting coming up. Unless we have the peace of Jesus, we will never be able to climb our of our stresses, worries, and burdens to care for each other. "May the peace of God my Father, rule my heart in everyway. That I may be calm to comfort, the sick and sorrowing." How true! Unless the love of Jesus flows, we cannot be called His disciples. "That the world may know that you are my disciples- if you have love for one another! I beseech you, brothers and sisters, seek God and know His ways.

".. walk worthy of the calling in which you were called." Eph 4:1

Something I've learnt from today's sermon is as what Pastor said, good marraige is not to find the right person, but to be the right person. And Daniel summed everything up really nicely. Stay close to God, fear Him. As we submit to one another in the fear of God (Eph 5:21) so do we stay close and fear God in the way we keep watch from faslehood. New age movement is scarily subtle.Visualisations, positive thinking, these things appears so common in my training. Now that I've realised how it defiles me, I wouldnt do it. I've read something somwhere, "When you take a stand, let the world know you stand." Something like that. New age movement, I remembered something Daniel said, which led me to think about people. How often we know the truths but do not trust God's power and strength. We may know the truths by heart, and we can litrally recite it, however the most important thing is to apply those truths into our lives, to trust God's Word as we know it. Not to brush it aside when people comes along to encourage with truths and say that I know I know, yes we know, but claim upon these truths, apply them.

I thank God for a chance to share with my cross mate Nicholas. He asked me if I ever meet God I ask Him why do people have to grow old and eventually die. I really saw that as an opportunity, and see a desperate soul in need. Its not that he is not a devout catholic, but that he does not know the way to salvation! No amount of catholism, completing of sacraments will save anyone! He says that he was looking through old photos and he realised how much he and his parents have changed over the years, and age, and thus becoming fearful of what would happen to them when they grow old and die. God delievered a soul up to my doorstep, it would be my mistake to give it amiss. I've learnt through Youth Meeting, discussions with Daniel and David and Pastor that the thing to do is not explain anything, but to give him the gospel, let him know his sin, God's righteousness, judgement, and of course lead him in the way of salvation. Luckily I had my Romans road with me. I took him on that road, prayed earnestly, and explained sin, God's righteousness, and judgement of sin, to him before he had to go for dinner. I asked to think about it and gave him the last step. To confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead. I hope to share and talk more to him, I pray to bring this desperate answer-seeking soul to the sweet joy, love and fellowship of our Lord Jesus Christ. To allow Him to taste God's goodness, faithfulness, mercy and grace. And that I can proudly say, I worship a beautiful Savior! Pray for him dear brothers and sisters!

thankful to God for lifting me up from my lowliness and lifting me up to be fit for His service, and taste joy in serving Him, to press on to higher grounds!