An Essential Journey

God Bless for 2moro, SPM results!

2008-03-11T07:24:00.000-07:00

God Bless in the name of Jesus.

Therefore we do not lose heart.
though outwardly we are wasting away,
yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all.
2 Corinthians 4:16,17(NIV)

Heres a thought. What if you woke up 2moro and figured out that ur life depended on Him. By Him i mean Jesus of course. Well truth is He is at work along with the Father every day and every hour and every minute and every second. Around the 24 of November, we surrendered our future into His hands. We sat for the SPM exam and prayed hard that He would bless us in every way possible. I havent been praying about the results that much. But i think we all can say a final prayer. That whatever the outcome, One who is greater than all of us is at work. It is in His plans. So remember, we are all in this together, come what may, let the Spirit live on and never be disappointed. 2moro we reap what we have sown. In prayer and in studies. Let us all pray too the Lord our God

Dear Lord, grant us this day before the very end. An end of a chapter marks the beginning of a new one. Give it too us our fruits of our labor, that we have sown with the help of your mighty Son. We pray that we will not be disappointed, but we also pray that you give unto us the results you deem worthy of us. Show us your mercy and give us thy blessings. In Jesus name we pray. Amen

Proverbs 16:18, Where pride has no value.

2008-02-26T04:21:00.001-08:00

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

Paul Washer, My GOD!!

2008-02-22T21:18:00.000-08:00

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..........

2008-02-22T04:39:00.000-08:00

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

1 John 4:11-12

2008-02-19T04:43:00.000-08:00

“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~

My new-life

2008-02-17T05:41:00.000-08:00

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

Is life worth it?

2007-12-27T08:25:00.001-08:00

Hey guys, its been so long since i blogged but thts cause i;ve been busy. I just feel that at this time of the year, we all go tru shit. We all go tru our difficult time. Mayb its cause that at the end rises a new beginning, a new chance to make a better u. I dunno. My life has been like a yoyo pass few weeks i'm not sure how i'm still surviving. Is it me? Or is it everyone? I think all of us are goin tru this. And when look above to God and see that my life is shit, i think, why? Why is it shit? Why do we suffer when we arent reli suffering? Why do we stress bout college image, or where we're studying or wat type of programme we take when others so much more less fortunate than u and me are dying and being tortured day by day. Is it becuz that when we go to heaven we will live in discomfort and they will shine? Why does God do this to us? Some say it is to test our faith. Others say its just a perception of the mind. But what faith is there to test when we have nothing at all. We were born unto this earth not for us but for sumtin greater. We are keepers of the very thing God created. We live because He choose for us to live. He choose that we shld live to serve Him and to be blessed in His light. Do we reli see that in our world today? I think so much that my brain begins to burst. What in the world is the damm truth? We've got so much to believe in and not enough common sense. I think that religion is sumtin that God did not intend. He intended to be worshiped and not let man decide wat is best for man. Look to God and find the answers that we so desperately search for. I think no religion holds the truth. Because there is none. Truth is fictional. We find the same stories being repeated as if it were late night television. Are these the truth? No certainly not because we have no way to verify that. We have no inward force that guides us eventhough religion says there is. We shape our own lives. I think God deserves our praise and worship because He created us and all the things we share. But I believe that God is simple. He is just and faithful. He never leaves us. We perceive His messages and tell the world. But all of them are different. If God was the one who sent those messages, they would all be the same. And they would not contradict one another. I feel that we owe our faith to God, and all human point of views are totally irrelevant. I just say that when we are feeling stressed or lonely. Look to the God which is simple in His true form. Not by viewing the Trinity or by viewing several Gods. Just look to Him and the answer will be there. I promise.

Dhillon

Is life worth it?

2007-12-27T08:25:00.000-08:00

Goodbye my frens....

2007-11-25T04:23:00.000-08:00

Hi guys....i'm very sad and very happy also becuz 2moro is last day of SPM for me. I'm so sad tht even as i write i'm almost at tears. There are so many memories, things i;ve done that hurt ppl, friendships made and lost, fun times, and stuff likedat. I'm just soo amazed that 2moro will be the last day tht i see all of u in one place. My life has been my frens and i'm glad to have known each and every one of u eventhough we dun speak to each other, eventhough we fought, eventhough we are not as close as we were before, i just wanna say thank u. Its been the best years of my life so far. This year, class monitor, 5E i love u guys. To ma 3H peeps, live on and keep it goin. One day i'll see all of u again and we'll rejoice about the times. For now 2moro will be the last, i wish u all the best. I leave u with sum verses frm the bible. Take care. Peace....

A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(Proverbs 18:24)

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel. ( Proverbs 27:9)

Dhillon, all beginnings have endings, but all endings have sequels. See u guys.

Stresssssss!!!!

2007-11-19T04:24:00.000-08:00

Well i thought i'd be ok but now i'm feeling it. After giving advice to all of u i'm feeling the stress pulak. I'm like wat the??? Anyways, i found some verses that calm me down a bit.

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (John 14:27 NKJV)

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ( Phillipians 4:6-7 NKJV)

Well these r the best ones. All the best for 2moro. I close in prayer.

Father God, help us and guide us through these times of tribulations. Give us strength and wisdom to do well. Give us comfort for we call to you. Let the Word of God ring in our heads so that we may endure now and forever. In Jesus mighty name we pray, Amen.

Killer exams next week....

2007-11-17T21:16:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, its nice to finally have a blog. Last time i started one i din reli have a lot of things to talk about. Now that i do, i think this blog will be around for a long time. Ok, getting down to business, many of us are facing killer exams 4 SPM next week, i.e physics, chemistry, addmaths. So i've managed to find sum verses in d bible to help you guys with your troubles. I'll try to put them into perspective for u.

1. Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident.
Psalm 27:3 New Living Translation Bible

Well this verse says it all. In terms of exam, dont be afraid. For u seafield ppl, pnchong comes and tell u, today is where its get serious. Dont let it affect u and ur thoughts. Even if ur not ready for d exam, just believe that u r. All ur exams surround u, and if u get attacked by any thoughts of negativity, be confident. Don't let ur guard down and show strength.

2. There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Psalm 23:18

Okay, now here is a good one. Today is Sunday. Those of you sitting for Islam on monday, gd luck and God bless. Those of u who r on break 2moro remember this when u face sum difficulty. Even if u havent covered most of the syllabus or u r panicking last minute remember there is hope. Say a prayer b4 d exam and dun panic. If u let all the negative thoughts enter ur head u surely will die. Just pray and hope for the best.

3. Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it.
Ezra 10:4

Finally, the exam is in ur hands. Remember ur family who constantly pray for ur success. Remember ur frens who r with u. And remember Him who is with you.

Well thts it. Hope u guys will get comfort frm these verses. Even if ur not a Christian this is good advice and just find comfort in them. Take care and God Bless.

Frm, Dhillon

In Him we find relevance...

2007-11-17T08:49:00.000-08:00

Well this will be my 1st thought, i think that we all need some divine help in our lives as we were never created to live on our own. Sure for some people, God doesnt matter and we think that our world is dependent on only how we live and thats it. Somehow its not always that way and no matter how much we try to forget God, we always somehow end up with Him. Some people live their entire lives without God, but in the last 3 weeks of their lives they gain clarity and find some sense of belonging. Finally they turn to God. In God we find relevance. We find that all things that were once unclear suddenly hit you in the face, and you see everything as clear as crystal. I was listening to my pastor's sermon the other day and something occurred to me, man is as such that when we are troubled we turn to God. When we face trouble we find help. But realize that God is always there and He is always relevant in our daily lives. So much has happened to me after accepting Christ but now at least even though my new found faith isn't approved by my family, i still feel that i belong. I belong maybe not in the material world, but spiritually i know that i'm with the Lord and the Son everyday. So i wish and pray that we all find some relevance in Him and find that He is at work even when we sleep. Be aware that He is always hearing you, watching you and even talking to you through your pastor, your friends or even your enemies. He is everywhere and He listens to you even when you don't listen to Him. He is the ultimate psychologist and i believe that in Him we find are where we truly belong.

God Bless
Dhillon

1st post...wohooo praise God

2007-11-17T08:01:00.000-08:00

Well finally i get to give my 1st post as a follower of Christ....praise God.Amen. I feel that finding God has given me so much enlightenment and my daily journey to walk with God is truly a challenge and a privilege. I find that in God we find the happiest of times and the darkest hours. So here daily i'll post my comments, my views, my experiences, sum study and all that i've learned as i grow closer to God. It only has been few weeks since i accepted Christ but i feel that i should do more and continue to do so much more as a child of God. Anyways, i hope you enjoy my posting.God bless. Amen

Frm, dhillon