Eyes on Jesus

Thank God for comfortable room and warm bed, that even though it's freezing outside, I'm spared the cold! Thank God for the providence of daily needs and other unnecessary wants. Pray that wants will grow lesser and that I'll focus more on needs.

Pray specially for compassion!! Thus the need of sacrificial love!! Help me start somewhere, even if it's something small!!

Focus on Christ!! Do not leave God out in future plans. Let Him be in the driver seat instead!! Meditate on scriptures!!

Thank You Abba Father for another day. May this day not be in vain and that i'll remember all the lessons I need to learn and strive to be better tomorrow!!

Philippians 4:12
I know what it is to be in need; and I know what it is to have plenty.
I have learned the secret if bring content in any and every situation,
Whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

10 Commandments of Boy-Girl Relationships

Keeping a diary is definitely not easy! Especially for me! Or at least for me! Anyway, I must make it a habit to record the blessings everyday if possible and the reason for not doing so cannot be laziness!! I need and want to kick this bad habit.

Ok. Back to blessings. I love the sermon - 10 Commandments of Boy-Girl Relationship. Straight to the point and straight to the heart!! I need to learn it well. We're only at third now. It'll be up once we are through!!

The girls had lunch together. I had a great time, at least getting to know Yaru better. I wanna get back to God's family!! I've missed so much over past years and I wanna stop missing out!!

Reminder to self: Whenever you think staying home alone is better than hanging out with godly girlfriends, THINK TWICE!! The sacrifice of time is worth it!!

Point taken: God do not draw further from us BUT we drew away from God; Bro Kevin did not stop hanging out with me, BUT I drew away!!
So get back in touch and start hanging out!! With God and with Bro Kevin and godly Christian friends!!

Thank You Abba Father for brothers and sisters in Christ, especially the Payton family!! That's how you show your love to me!!

1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be misled: "Bad company corrupts good character."

10 Commandments of Boy-Girl Relationships
1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Mark 12:30
2. Be content with who you are in Jesus Christ. (Being content means "pleased or satisfied with what one has or is.") 1 Timothy 6:6; Philippians 4:11
3. Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:7; 1 Corinthians 15:33
4. Hunger and thirst for righteousness. Matthew 5:6; Psalm 63:1
5. Fellowship with other believers. "Get a life!!" Hebrew 10:25; Hebrew 3:13
6. Set boundaries. Ephesians 5:3; 1 Peter 1:15-16
7. Flee from sexual immorality. 1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
8. Do not ignore warning signs/red flags (pornography, physically abusive, verbally abusive, lying, flirting with others, controlling, possessive, drinking, drugs, etc.) 1 Corinthians 16:13
9. Be wise in your speech - Do not talk to one another about lusting after each other and being tempted by each other, etc. Proverbs 2:11
10. Guard your heart. Go slow. Proverbs 4:23

Chinese New Year Eve

Instead of looking forward to the next Chinese New Year back home, I'm treasuring every minute here with my spiritual family. Perhaps it's the first step to see the present and not looking back or to the future. I pray that the friendship we built here will stay with us for the rest of our lives. I'm reluctant to think of parting but I know God has different plans for us and all I can hope for is that part of our heart will be with each other regardless where we are.

Pictures speaks a thousand words. I hope all these memories captured will be able to help me think about the good things, especially when there's trials and temptations. Always remember, God will not take the temptations away, instead, He will help us through. There's a reason for everything that happens. The most important thing is to trust God regardless the situation. This is what I choose to do today and I want to do this everyday for the rest of my days!

Thank You, Abba Father, for the gift of friends. I love you, Lord!

HO life preview

I'm getting slight preview of HO life!! No such thing as sleeping till noon and the bad news is, what i'm going through isn't half that of HO life!! Anyway, I'm gonna enjoy as much as i can now!! Working (really means studying) 6 days is really tiring and all I want to do now is sleep!!

The weather is warming up and that means snow is saying bye.. Will they be gone for good? Maybe this marks the end of last winter.. 有欢乐也有不舍。 Collected my new specs. A lot better but there's still need of getting used to it. I'll stop here now. I could barely read my own writing.. Dozing off..

Child like faith

Child like faith. How to practice that in this fallen society? How to keep myself motivated and fight for the everlasting crown? How to be able to hang out with people of this world but not get influenced or even affected? I love to be with godly people. It's so easy to be godly then!! But when I'm not with them, I struggle to stand firm on my faith!!

I need to set my mind on achieving goals and not dwell in unnecessary thought which I always wanna get a hold on it. Instead, keep fixing my eyes on my goals will ease things up. Writing does make me express and think better. I think I'm loving to write =)

I'm anticipating for my new specs. Hopefully I can SEE then!! My eyes have been acting up!! Wrote dad an email. After so long. Years I presume. Can't wait for his reply. I hope he's godly enough to where I'll be able to share his in-sights!! I'll get to know soon!!

Long day, long week. I'm keeping this short. Kept in touch with Anya and Loys. Miss those good old days. Definitely miss Bro Al. Wonder what he thinks when he look down on us!!

1 Corinthians 9:25
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.

True Love Waits ♥

Looking back, I'm more convinced that everything happens for a reason and regardless of the circumstances, God can use it for good. It's especially easy to see God's message when I'm not whining over my situations.

One of the important thing that I want to write down is from Joshua Harris' sermon "Rescuing Sex, Part II: Are you committing pornography?" By looking at the title of the sermon, I kept procrastinating to listen to it. Until God gave me a perfect chance to do so. I mean, what else can you do when you can't even open your eyes?

To my amazement, I heard God's reassurance and His promise that Sunday evening! Promise that He'll bless me with a godly husband, if I obey His Words. I realized a painful truth, in my attempt to attract ALL guys' attention, I made myself less attractive to any godly man, including my potential mate. So I made a new Resolution.. To equip myself, for the one and only which I have faith that God will provide, without needing my help on that part BUT instead, working on myself and I realized He has given me all the tools I need, the Holy Spirit, Bible and not forgetting my SUPPORT GROUP!!

So, I want myself to ALWAYS REMEMBER this: All I need is 1 guy's attention, if and when God provides. Before that happens, God is busy working with the both of us and until we cooperate and let Him finish His work, that day will never come. So, stop resisting God's discipline and step out of my comfort zone!!

Thank You Lord for allowing me to see this truth and be freed from the devil's lie about attention. Help me to work with You as You mold me. I LOVE You more and more each day, Abba Father!!

Hebrews 12:11
No disciple seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Lessons from the Paytons

I realized that I tend to forget things. Even the most important ones. So here's some that I'll like to record for further references. Things that I learn from Bro Kevin and Sis Renee and things that SHOULD be part of my life!

1. Do not be unequally yoked - 2 Corinthians 6:14
2. You reap what you sow - Galatians 6:7
3. Shine like stars - Philippians 2:12
4. Doing what the Word says - James 1:22
5. Flee from sexual immorality - 1 Corinthians 6:18
6. Resist temptations - 1 Corinthians 10:13
7. God's disciplines - Hebrews 12
8. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit - 1 Corinthians 6:19
9. Thinking on the good things - Philippians 4:8
10. Setting our minds on what the Spirit desires - Romans 8:5
11. Aim for the eternal crown - 1 Corinthians 9:25
12. Train yourself spiritually - 1 Timothy 4:8
13. Face trial with joy - James 1:2
14. Be ready to give reasons of your hope - 1 Peter 3:15
15. Suffering for being Christian - 1 Peter 4:12
16. Fellowship with God's people - 1 Corinthians 15:33
17. Unity in Christ - Ephesians 4:2
18. Instructions on dealing with divisive people - Titus 3:10

Galatians 6:6
Anyone who receives instruction in the Word must share all good things with his instructor.

Conjunctivitis

Isn't it amazing how we take things for granted until we lose it? I've never thought much about being able to see until I couldn't!! It's amazing how much difference it was!! First of all, thank God for giving this chance of learning a valuable lesson. First on the list: DON'T BE STINGY!! Sometimes, it's really not saving but spending!! Spending on medical bill and all others!! Secondly, enjoy everyday and everything God created!! Nothing is unuseful and everything has it's own value.

Treasure every moment with your love ones. Lost time can never be compensated no matter how much money you are willing to pay!! Thank You Lord, for Your healing, Your blessings and opening my spiritual eyes. I love You Lord!!

Ecclesiastes 3:1
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.