Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Proverbs 16:18, Where pride has no value.

I just came down from downstairs where my dad was as usual giving people hell in their lives. My father has often preached the works of responsibility and such, but he does so in a very prideful way. People hold my father in high regard but i do not. He will always be a sinner and a person who could not give up material possession in his life eventhough he says he has no love for material things. Any fool could tell you that he was lying. He is in fact committed the unforgivable sin which is to turn from Christ. And today he was arguing saying that the next generation must be taught a lesson. They must be responsible and bla bla bla bla. I honestly couldnt be bothered anymore when my family speaks. They all say things that have no meaning. Today their opinion is such, tomorrow will be different. It is the fall of man that i speak of. Everyone is so interested in their own opinion that they do not follow the rules and will of God. This is pride in my view. I was born without much regard to myself. Its my personality. Thank God that i'm not a prideful man. I can truly say that humanity has taught me much. I have learnt from a lot of men but mostly from people my age. It's hard to believe that the current generation in their late 30's to early 50's have no sense. At least in my house. I've learned alot from fellow Christians, and from a lot of my family members but common sense is something i've learned on my own. Truly i think we need to shun from pride and seriously look at ourselves. We are a dying source of knowledge. People are more concerned with money than they are with humanity. My dad also said that he always had to walk to where he wanted to go and such. Making life sound really hard. Life is hard whether you like it or not. Its whether you have the guts to admit it and work your way around it. People will never be able to understand how another thinks because there is no such thing. Only God knows all. So look to Him and find that being humble and not boasting about your tough life. Give that a try. It might work.

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18

When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom -Proverbs 11:2

Friday, February 22, 2008

Paul Washer, My GOD!!

Well my fren Aaron gave me this sermon and i nvr reli had the time to hear it when i was in Cheras. So when i came back to Subang i decided well it was about time i had a listen. I stuff them into my Creative Zen and listened to it frm about 10pm last nite till about 11pm. My God was that the best and worse decision of my life. I could honestly say that when i 1st hear Paul speak, i thought this is gonna be super boring. His monotone voice was not reli quite inspiring. And the thought of stopping the sermon and just listen to other music or to go on9 crossed my mind alot. But i just thought that i'd have a listen, after all its been a while since i've heard a sermon. So i kept on listening and truth behold that i found myself crying at the end of it. It is truly indescribable the words that he relayed to his audience. I was so in shock that i reli believed that it was the end for me. The man has truly experienced God in such a way that i think even he cannot describe. He spoke of the love of Christ and how that He suffered for us. A man once asked him during one of Paul's sermons to non-believers " How can one man suffer for a few hours save a multitude of men from suffering for all eternity?" Well his reply was classic, " because that one man suffering for a few hours was worth all of humanity put together" It was unbelievable. And i had wished that i reli hadnt listened to it because to find out that u reli mean nothing in the eyes of God and tht u could die today and the whole of humanity be wiped out and it would mean nothing to God. God is so great that he is totally different from us. He is truly holy! It was shocking to me because i hadnt considered looking at Christ like this before. He was the one. The only one that was closest to God and God said I'm like Him. He is my Son in whom I'm well pleased. After listening to the sermon i felt like hiding. It was so powerful a message that i reli did not know wat to do. I was in utter shock. I started to feel pain, so much of pain and began to cry. I couldnt believe it. Imagine if your mother and father comes to you and say that you mean absolutely nothing to them even if you died today we would not mourn your loss. It was that bad. I felt so crippled. Usually after hearing a sermon i would listen to worship songs, pray a lil bit then go off to sleep. This time was different. So hurt and discouraged i was that i totally and literally feel asleep crying. It was that bad. But today i woke up and everything seemed okay. I listened to worship songs in the morning and i knew that i'd be fine. That i had reached a new level of God. That i had now this knowledge that we shld never ever think that we were greater than God. That we shld never ever under any circumstances love anything else more than God. He is the ultimate being. Indescribable. Unimaginable. Thats it. There is no one like Him and there will never be anyone like Him. So i just wanna leave u with a very very very very very important message from the bible that Paul said was arguably the most important text in the bible. I too think that but i do not fully understand that text. So lemme know how you feel bout it.

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. Romans 3:23-28

What a glorious day..........

Things could not have been nicer today as i managed to finally do sum shopping for God!!! Hallelujah praise the Lord. Well i finally bought a cross! I tell u i've been missing my cross, feel so empty without it. Its like sum part of me has been stripped out of my very soul. And of cuz, my luck the chain is too short. So gotta go hunting for one that is longer. Besides, i bought a pocket bible and a worship CD set. Great gifts from God, and i used the money that my grandma gave me. So it all went to a good cause. I truly believe that things are looking up for me, despite me falling sick and getting the flu. I think that we alway should look to the brighter side of life, and never let our heads fall. Even when we are in deep trouble, know that there is some1 higher than us watching over us. Know that when we are so stricken with fear and depression that we can always look to Jesus and know that somehow some way we'll get through it. I'm, finally in Subang, thank God i'm home. In my new hse of cheras, taman connaught. A lot of tension goes on in there. I'm glad i'm home. I feel that this is a much deserved break that i can finally study and overcome my feelings of frustration with my family in cheras. I know that i am not a holy man by any standards but the what they do down there is honestly and absolutely insane. I just can stand it. And the worse part is the only place i get sum privacy is in the bathroom alone. Haih haih, the world is truly goin mad. Constant bickering has made me so unfocused with my studies and i've even been forgetting to pray. This is bad, but i know as i blog now i must realize that Jesus is with us. We must nvr cease praying, it is important that we continuously search and cry out for Him. Even if it is the most smallest things in life, that is belief. But know that not everytime you cry out to Him he will come and do miracles for you. We as Christians must use the knowledge of the bible and also must used the knowledge that we've gained to face our problems. If we cry out to the Lord and He doesnt do anything, that means that u have the means to solve the problem yourself. Dont be angry at the Lord, because no matter wat u may think, He has never forsaken you. I leave you with a verse from the bible.....

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of
Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing
greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all
things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ. - Philippians 3:7-8

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

1 John 4:11-12

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”- 1 John 4:11-12

It is testament to the fact that God loves us. He created us. Just as those who design love their creations, He who lives in Heaven does to also. But the fact remains that, people think that they have to do holy things in order for God to love them.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,[a] that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

This is arguably the most popular verse in the bible. John 3:16 is proof that God loves us. But people often raise the question that if we are not holy, if we do not read the bible, do not keep His commandments and such that we will go unloved. Tell me, why is it that even when you have done wrong, your father on Earth will forgive you and not forsake you. Nor your mother will cast you aside. Such grievances are almost unheard off. Our Father in Heaven loves us because we are children of God. When we accepted Christ we gained this right.

He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God children born not of natural descent,nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. - John 1: 11-13

Don't get me wrong here, God loved and still loves us eventhough we are in sin. But we are saved through Jesus. We cannot be on par with God because we sin. This is the thing that separates us from God. But with Christ, we overcame that obstacle and thus we can live in the Spirit and in knowledge that we have an all loving God.

~Dhillon~

Sunday, February 17, 2008

My new-life


Well i can honestly say its been like 2 months since my last post. I shld start posting more often. Get my thoughts out in the open. Well since then i've actually moved from my mums place and am staying with my dad. My God wat drastic changes have occurred in just a matter of months. I feel that this is truly God-ly intervention. Me thinks that my life in my new college and town is sorta predestined. I remember getting a vision when interceding b4 my SPM that this is where i'm supposed to come. Sadly i've slacked in terms of prayer and bible reading. Its just too hard. The drastic changes that i've gone through totally destroyed the vision of this place that i once had.

Now i'm studying in UCSI btw. Nice place. Nice ppl. I've taken to them instantly. I reli think that if it werent for a few ppl, i'll still be lost in the wilderness. I thank God, Jesus and my frens......Aaron who seriously is my biblical mentor sorta guy and Charissa who is this girl in my A-Levels class. Shes been a dear fren to me. Helping me all the way tru this time. Even now as i consider changing my church, shes willing and tryin to help me find a new one closer to new home. I thank God tht i have her to help me. All and all i'm enjoying life. Today as i sat and pondered, my life has been so topsy turvy tht i've gone through so much. Shaken the foundations of my very life. But i noe that its all for the greater good. As i strive to find true salvation i only can say, i've followed Pastor Kevin's advice and found a life verse. I've just discovered it. And i think my life will change more from here on. No one can predict what the Lord in Heaven has instore for the children of God. I leave u with my life verse. I hope it helps any of u tht are in distress.

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”- Romans 8:35,37