The influence of godly mothers

Today's post will round up sat and sun's devotion.
I didn't know how to go about sharing the devotion so i am waiting for the Lord's answer.
Sat the Lord spoke about being patient in the growth of our spiritual children. The Lord says do not rush their growth, but rather pray and aloow Him to make the change. Sometimes as spiritual mothers, we hoped our children will behave in a expected 'christian' way of life. However things don't always turn out the way it is Cos we r not GOD. So my friends, allow the Lord to speak to You and wait. Be still for he is God.

Today the Lord spoke abt the inflence of godly mothers.
Proverbs 31:10,25-31

My friends, you will become spiritual mothers one day, learn to live a life of prayer and godliness, u will not know how many lifes you will impact. Though some may leave along the way, but your teachings in their life they will always remember.
Today start to be a godly mother.

Happy Mother's Day!

JOy....JOy

"...for the JOY of the LORD is your strength."

Nehemiah 8:10

Today is TGIF!!!! Do you jus THank God because its a FRiday!? or u will want to thank God everyday of your life? Is your life in school or at work so tiring that u dread to complete anything....or u felt that u have no more strength to continue?? I have a good news!!! cos in NEhemiah, God says

"The JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH!"

So my friends, learn to have the Joy of the Lord. So u may ask how to have to joy of the Lord???heheh.. simple yet a committed task...learn to do things that pleases the Lord. Remember yesterday's devotion on everything is permissible BUT not everthing is beneficial. So do things that pleases the Lord!

You have a choice!

1 Corinthians 10:22-24

Jus like everyone, i had watched Spiderman.... but only last night. hehe..It was quite a nice show and jus like everyone we talked abt we have a choice.

So today my devotion will be on YOU HAVE A CHOICE!

In corinthians, the book talks about everything is permisible but not everything is beneficial. As a cell leader myself, i always tell my member that it is OK to go clubbing. BUT is it beneficial??? they have to answer themselves....I really don't mind them going pub BUT what do they learn over there? DRink down their sorrows instead of praying? Dance like nobody business, so seducive??? Why cant we dance for the Lord instead??

Sometimes i do chill out.... its purely jus to relax and catch up with friends. But i do know that by goin to pub it doesnt help me to forget my burdens, i still need to draw close to God and that's the most impt thing in life.

My friends, is the Lord trying to tell you you need to change an area of your lifestyle? Think abt it? Remember yesterday i talked about be true to yourself?

Well... there is another area that the Lord wants to speak to you... i had a strutural experience this morning!

This morning as i switch on my com to type this devotion at work... guess what.. the computer beep and beep and the monitor did't show the windows... i panicked.. cos all my proposal for work all inside the com.. i was like SHIT!!!!! i dun wanna re type all over again!! but at the moment.. God speaks to me..Juan, u can either say Shit or give thanks! So i did.. give thanks.. of course nv say KA- NA-SEI!!ahah...den after a while.. the monitor screen came up and it stopped beeping!!! and yeah!!! praise God.

So my friends, do you give thanks when u r in the valley? or u only give thanks in the light! Today learn to give thanks! its a choice!

True to God and ourselves

1 John 1:5-10

I woke up in the morning thinking '' God what do you wan to tell your children today?'' I heard, "Be True to youself" It set me thinking......i guess as we grow older as a christian, we always think that we need to minister to other people. It is ok to sit at our seats when the altar call during service time was speaking to us. We need to minister to others. To a certain extent, we even have stopped crying when the Lord touches us. WE have hardened our hearts. I guess this speaks a lot to me. I think i have forgotten about my personal relationship with God. I thought by serving His people, i can draw closer to Him....but this is not the case. God is looking for my heart, He wants an intimate relationship with me. So today i have decided to put aside time after work to spend time with God and rekindle back my first love for Him.

Today , do you feel the same way? Are you far from the Lord? The Lord says be true to ourselves, if we say we have never sin, we have lied. My dear friends, the Lord is waiting to have an intimate relationship with You. ;)

What is His kingdom?

Passage: Read Matthew 6: 25- 34

In everyday of our life, we worry about everything under the sun. And for those who are studying, we worry whether we get As, those working, you worry whether you did the right thing at work today. Have we ever thought of seek first the Kingdom of god?

3 things that can help us to be children who will seek first the kingdom of God
1. Trust in the Lord Vs 25
- Trust is a word that cannot be explained simply, it needs to be experienced.
- Proverbs 3:5: Trust the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
-You need to believe that the Lord will make a way where there seems to be no way!
- Commit to Him all your worries.
- Phil 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

2. Know that God knows you need them. Vs 32
- After you trust, you must know that God knows you need them. It might be the $$, the grades for you to enter into a higher education. It might also be disciplining students and class management in class. It might also be just a simple test or quiz, know that the Lord knows you need the wisdom or skills in order to fulfill the tasks.
- You need to trust in the Lord! Remember He knows what is the best for you!

3. Seek first His kingdom Vs33
- What is “His Kingdom” mean to you? Is it God asking you to do Quiet time? To pray to Him, to lead a cell group, to serve Him during the times when you have a worry?
- What’s after seek first His Kingdom and righteousness?? It is .... and all these things will be given to you.
- What are these things? These are the things pagans run after. Pagans are people who don’t believe God. We also run after, like grades, $$, status and recognition at work. God knows we need them. But he said “ But seek first His kingdom……”

Is the Lord asking you to put aside some time to seek Him today?

Prayer....the solution to problems

Philippians4:6

Today's devotion gotten from daily bread and i though it ties in well with yesterday's sermon.

This week i was asking God whether i should continue leading my current cell, i felt that i wasnt a good spiritual mother. And many thoughts went thru my mind the whole week. But yesterday when ps Hee guan was sharing about uncertainty in life, the Lord spoke to me to cast out this thought and that He will give me a solution. So sermon was the solution. I haven been praying enough. Prayer is one of the most powerful weapon in the world but the least used. I agree.. cos i m one of those who doesn't use it. So i repented before God and i told God everyday i will pray for my people till i see all of them loving and serving God. So today while travelling in the mrt to my first day of internship, i took the time to pray!

Then i also pray for myself that today i will be able to enjoy work! so guess what.. hehe.. my supervisor on MC!!! so i did nothing the whole day except reading bible and PRAY! I felt so shiok...i was grumbling to God in the morning...alamak still need to work.. i jus finished my exams last friday.. but really thank God for today! i even did this devotion during work time..heeh.. even learnt how to link to the passage..God is good right.. start Praying!

My dear friends, today are you faced with problems or is your walk with God dry? Start praying for yourself and for all cell memebers or even your unsaved friends. We need to pray!

A dAy oF SeEkiNg & BeiNg StiLL. . .

My dear daughters and all others....

As we come to the end of our devotional blog, I'm sure that many of you have been blessed and for those who wrote the blog...I know the Lord has spoken to you. My prayer is that each and everyone of you will continue to draw closer to the Lord because our faithful Lord will never leave us.

Will you then join me to have a heart of thanksgiving...a heart that will seek to put Him first and please Him rather than man? Right now, will you take time to spend the next 15 - 30 mins (no matter what you have planned to do now..) and go before the Lord and tell Him your hearts' desire?? But more than that....take this time to LISTEN to what He has to say to you.

Trust Him and Believe that He is a God who really wants to reveal His heart to you. The only question that you need to answer is, will you be still and truly want to hear His voice.

Hear-ers or Do-ers?

James 2:19-26

I'm going to tell you all something that I think will shock all of you!! Haaa...ok...maybe not! Well, any the way....I joined my school's ROLLAR BLADING class!! Haaa...one of the teachers organized it....asking us if we want to learn to rollar blade and I signed up. And there were a total of 12 pax. And we have to pay for it...

Well, for those of you who really know me....I'm that type of "worker" whereby I really just work and after I complete my work, I will leave my work place as soon as possible! And usually I try not to get too involved in these activites.....so what then changed my mind???

Believe it or not....it wasn't even my colleagues who asked me about it....*i think they all know my pattern...haaaa*...I overheard them talking one day in the staff room and I even approached the person and said...."wah...can I join in??"*and for your information...i'm not the type of people who will ask..being so thick skin* And that was how I went in. All I know was that at that time, the Lord prompted me to do that....and I join with one purpose...to be more involved in my school...esp with my colleagues so that I can be a blessing to them!!

James talk about faith without deeds....and it struck me as how often times we say "Yes Lord, send me...use me..." but then we just stop there......we don't do anything else...and we get so caught up with our own life...

I will tell you the truth...it is not easy......it's tiring to put in extra effort...but it's worth it....because I'm doing it not for my own gain...but for the Lord's glory! Today was the 1st lesson, after the lesson, the Lord told me.."dellia, next week, bring 12 cans of soft drinks & offer it to your colleagues" I can't tell you how happy I felt....not just because I have to bring 12 cans of soft drinks.....but the fact that I heard the Lord's voice so clearly...what more could I ask for?

Today, will you reflect and ask yourself...do you truly want to know the will of God? Do you truly want to hear His voice? Then stay close and listen to His Heartbeart.....that as you come to Him with faith...and not just faith...but faith with deeds.....He will reveal Himself to you.

Will You Sacrifice Your Issac?

Genesis 22:1 - 12

I came back from a movie ...and yes, I watched Spiderman...and it got me thinking....nope...not really the show, but it was the whole day's event....I was deep in thought and you know, sometimes the type of feelings whereby you just know you are thinking, but yet, there's nothing....

The ending of Spiderman said something along the line that everyone has a choice to make, and it's up to you to choose that choice. I find it so apt...but yet...I don't really know the solution. So I came home...and I fed Emmanuel....and as I was feeding him, he was sleeping in my arms, and I just look at his face.....so peaceful, so calm, so contented and so happy *yes, even in his sleep* And the music in the background goes something like "I pray that you will grow up to love the Lord..........and He loves you, more than I can say..." And as I look at Emmanuel......in my mind I said "Baby, mummy loves you, and it's ok...it's ok and worth it to go through all these difficulties....my only prayer is that you will grow up to love the Lord" And as I sat there quietly, looking at him, the tiredness slowly went away and I asked the Lord..."Lord, is Emmanuel my Issac???" There wasn't any reply....and I know that this is an answer that I have to answer myself.

I kissed Emmanuel on the cheek and as I looked at him....I said to the Lord "No Lord, I don't think so....." and as I sat there....I said "Lord, if anything should happen, I will still love you." After saying this, I placed Emmanuel back on his bed and walked out. The feeling was heavy and yet a knowing that the Lord is in control.

My dear friends, I'm not saying it is easy and I know that as you reflect on your life, you may find it very hard to give to the Lord your "Issac". The standard answer is then to say to give up your "Issac". But today, it's not just that.....as you read the passage, allow the Lord to minister to your heart...to search deep...and only you can answer whether or not you are willing to give up your "Issac". Remember, it's a CHOICE!

I Will Never Let You Go

Song:

Jesus, lover of my soul

Jesus, I will never let You go

You've taken me, from the miry clay

You set my feet upon the rock

And now I know

I love You

I need You

Though my world may fall

I'll never let you go

My Saviour

My Closest friend

I will worship You until the very end

This is a very familiar song....a song that we often sing....a nice catchy tune...a wonderful song....but how many of us when we sing this song truly mean what we sing and say? THe song says " You've taken me, from the miry clay, You set my feet upon the rock and now I know" When I sing this song...I'm so reminded of my past..of my wretched self....but the Lord in His goodness has set my feet upon the rock again!

Then when I sing the chorus...I find it so hard to sing..........cos when troubles come and all.....how often times have we want to let go of the Lord and use our own might!

Today...I don't have much words for you...but something more important...sing this song...and allow the Lord to minister to you....that today indeed, will you never let Him go?? and will you truly say that I will worship you until the very end!

Labour Day or Rest Day?

Luke 10:38-42

Yesterday was Labour Day (1st May) and it is a day declared in Singapore to be a rest day for all. Did you have a good rest? Or will you busy doing many things?

On Monday night, I slept late(doing school work) ...at about 1am and I was to look after Emmanuel that night cos dennis wasn't feeling well......so in between, woke up at 3 - 4 times and then at about 730am or so....baby Emmanuel started to awake.....*but thank goodness dennis volunteered to take over* but I was awake as well......then feeding time, playing time, bathing time, work time, feeding time, work time, etc.....and the list went on and on...and when I came to the end of the day....I couldn't help it but ask God saying "Lord...I'm so tired.....it's supposed to be a rest day today...but I'm so busy......all I long is just some time to sit down and relax and just be alone....and there are so many more things ahead"

As I was telling this to the Lord, I was still busy doing alot of things....and finally I went to feed Emmanuel for his night feeding...that's when I was suddenly reminded of this verse and the Lord said "My dear Dellia, you are so upset over all these details! There is only thing worth being concerned about. Have you discovered it - and I won't take it away from you!"

"But Lord" I said. "I can't help it.....these are things that I have to do...I have no choice...if I don't do it, then how?" The Lord listened and suddenly I quieten down and I understood. Yes, these are tasks that are necessary and I need to do it.....but why don't I trust God and when I choose to sit at His feet, all these will be settled........I have seen how the Lord multiply my time when I chose Him first....I've seen how He has blessed me when I put Him first....so what's the difference for today.

I finally understood again. It is true that these things are necessary to do. It has to be done. I'm not saying that the things will be done automatically, but I can choose to be like Mary, waiting on the Lord, sitting at His feet and believing in Him...because as I do it, He will never shortchange me.

Today, are you so busy with life that you choose to only spend time with the Lord before your bedtime? Are you so busy that you hardly find time to even rest? THen today is the day where you need to lay it down, sit at His feet and turn your eyes upon Jesus!

A Heart Of Contentment

1 Timothy 6:1-10

This topic: "A Heart Of Contentment" holds new meaning for me especially for this year 2007. Especially in the last 4 months, I struggled very hard and almost gave up and fall into the worldly pursue for wealth.

But today, as I sit down and think, I give praise to God, because He is indeed a God that meets ALL my needs according to His riches and Glory in Christ Jesus....and in fact....MORE than just my NEEDS! I remembered in the beginning of the year, especially when we wanted so much to get a flat, and ONE day just before our queue number, the flat was taken......and there were so many questions in my mind.....and so much struggle.....cos the flat was really what I wanted especially in terms of the location. I asked God...God this place is so near my work place...so near the infant care, so near my uncle's house and it's my favourite place....but when I came to the end of myself...I could only say, yes Lord, I offer it to you. I struggled in having not enough....in wanting to earn more money to have a better lifestyle...but I thank God, that in my struggle, HE NEVER let me go...and constantly taught me this truth...that "TRUE GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT is GREAT GAIN"

In my struggle, I asked the Lord...what does it mean to have TRUE GODLINESS? I understand what is contentment...but what is true godliness. Then I understood....I asked myself, if the Lord was next to me...what would Jesus do(WWJD)? Will He give up His ministry to work for money? or will He trust in the Father that as He seeks First His kingdom & righteousness, all things will be added?

I finally understood what it meant...and as I rise again...and I must say it's not easy...the Lord shown pockets of blessings for us! A miracle that we have...small as it might be...but to me...it's really a blessing! Emmanuel is able to enrol into MYGYM & we didn't even have to pay a single cent for the 10 weeks of lessons.

Tell me my dear friend....is the Lord good or what?

Verse 9: "people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction"

I was almost one of them and I must tell you, it is so easy to fall into the temptation. Today, will you stand firm, and give thanks and find TRUE GODLINESS with CONTENTMENT....cos if you will, you will find GREAT GAIN! =) Try and you will know how good God is!