Jude

Jude v20-23
"But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most.... even the garment defiled by the flesh."
These verses spoke to me as a reminder to my spiritual life with God. Telling me to build on my faith(bible, sermon etc) and praying in the Holy Spirit (tongues, and as mentioned in my previous post, praying in tongue can help to build up faith and trust in God as well).

Recently I've read an article regarding Mother Theresa's unbelief in God. As a servant of God and highly respected by others for her faith in God, Mother Theresa faced trials and tough time in her spiritual walk too. Her unbelief came about when she doubted God's presences. Some may be taken aback by her unbelief but despite her doubts on God's presence, she never stop working for God. Reflecting on this article, I realized people react differently when they face faith crisis. Some may choose to give in to the situation and walk away from God, some may choose to conquer this faith crisis. I do not know how Mother Theresa conquer her doubts about God's presence, but one thing I know for sure, she did not choose to walk away from the faith crisis. She persevered, struggling through her faith crisis until the day she was called to join God in heaven. I'm inspired by her decision, not wanting to be defeated by the faith crisis and walk away from God, but facing it with perseverance and determination to do good for others due to love.

3John

3 John1:3-4
"For I rejoiced greatly when brethren came.... walk in the truth."
I found that this verse is pretty true, not only will you feel the joy but the encouragement from their faith. (: I find that when we make disciple of all nation, God make it such a way that it benefits both parties. By teaching and guiding others, we put a lamp on their path and helping them to reach God. Hearing and seeing disciples walking in the truth gives joy and encouragement to the one discipling. And God's will is at work too! what a win-win-win situation!! (X

2John

2John 1:10-11
"If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him, for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds."
Initially I was wondering why are these verses so harsh to those who do not bring the doctrine until I read from NLT study bible.

The translation is as such:
"If anyone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don't invite that person into your house or give any kind of encouragement. Anyone who encourages such people becomes a partner in their evil work."
John is against those who are opposing God, he did not condemn hospitality to unbelievers. By inviting these false teachers into our house, we are indirectly agreeing to their teaching and allowing them to share with us, thus approving their work in another way. A false teacher is an unbeliever too, but within this unbeliever, there is a spirit of error. They lead others away from the truth. This is serious because they are against the work of God.

Faith in tongues and confrontment of doubt.

I was praying in tongue last night and half way through the Holy Spirit spoke to me. He said, that by praying in tongue, I have taken a step of faith in believing Him and his gift. And by offering my prayers in tongue, I have taken another step of faith in believing that He is real and His gift is real. How amazing tongues can be, not only to offer prayer but also to add unto our faith.

Regarding the doubt I had last night, Jordan and Holy Spirit guided me to the answer. Jordan led me to 1John4 which was about the spirit of error and Romans7:15-20 which was about the sinful nature within us; while Holy Spirit spoke to me as when we commit sins that gratify our desires but we still believe God is there to forgive us, we are like Paul who sins when he does not want to because of the sinful nature within us. We shall then ask for His forgiveness and repent and He shall give us spiritual life again through His forgiveness. However, when we are like those people mentioned in 1John4, we have the spirit of error within us, we refuse to believe in God and thus His salvation and forgiveness. At such, we are dead spiritually.

1John 5

1John 5:4
"For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith."
I learnt from this verse that it is our faith in God that helps us overcome the world. (:

1John 5:16
"If anyone sees his brother.... that he should pray about that."
Now i have a question, what are sins not leading to death?? heh.. I shall find out and then let all you readers know again. (:

anyway, I am sick.. flu, sore throat, giddiness... Gotten 2 days of mc to rest at home.. that piece of paper on the top right is my favorite.. haha..

1John 4

1John 4:6
"We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error."
This verse reminded me of 2incidents; the first is during mission trip last year, a woman was paralyzed for a few years and she could walk after prayers for her. However, she was back to her paralyzed state a day or 2 later. For she said she rather die believing her god than ours. The truth was there for her, it was her choice to choose. Another incident was during an evangelism trip at Bukit Batok Mrt Station. I approached a student and asked if i can share with him my belief. His respond was great initially until he started to reject all the words. His reason was his belief in science. "he who is not of God does not hear us."...

1John 3

1John 3:9 "Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God."

This verse act as a reminder to me, that in our everyday walk with God, we shall not sin because His seed remains in us and we are born of God.

WOW!! Army half marathon was amazing!! though i didn't get to run but the crowd was amazing. 70thousand people took part in the run!! imagine this number of people praising God... wuahahaaa..

Singapore's Ferris Wheel!!!

1John 2

1John 2:15-17
"Do not love the world of the things in the world. .... will of God abides forever."
From this we know that though the world will pass away, and all the things we hold onto will perish. Yet if we do His will, we will live eternity w Him.

1John 2:18
"Little children, it is the last hour, and.... it is the last hour."
This verse seems to say about the sign of His returning, I'm not certain too. It has already been said 2000yrs ago, that "even now many antichrists have come". And I believe the number is increasing after 2000yrs later. Doesn't that mean the time is coming soon? How soon, I do not know because it is stated that "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night(2Peter3:10)".

We have to anticipate His returning, therefore leading to my last point I that I have learnt tonight:
1John 2:28
"And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.". We do not know when He is coming back, it may be tonight or another 1000yrs later. Yet what we can do to now is to do good, live in Him and His word, that we know we will be assure of a place in His Kingdom when He comes. And we will not be ashamed to face Him.

I used to think to myself at times when I sin against God, how will I respond to Him when I see Him if I continue to sin against Him. And so I thought to myself that I would bow my head down in shame, giving Him a big thank-you and telling Him I know where I will be going - the burning sauna tub. But that is not the case we want. I want to give Him a big thank-you and continue to live in Him, living in His joy and peace.

1John 1

1John 1:8 & 10
"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
"If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."
These verses spoke to me as when we say that we have no sin in us, we are trying to say that the truth is wrong; that what He said is wrong and at such, denying Him and His word.

1John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
God provided a way for us to cleanse ourselves and be forgiven for our sins through Him, by confessing our sins to Him. He did not demand anything else but a sincere heart to seek Him for forgiveness.

2Peter 3

2 Peter3:17
"You therefore, beloved, since ...... led away with the error of the wicked;"
beware beware!!! Since we have already known the truth, we hold greater responsibility because we have a choice now. Knowing the ending of each choice, be wise to choose the right path. (:

2Peter 2

2 Peter2:17-19
"These are wells without water, .....by the same is he brought to bondage."
Verse19 tells me that even though the promises these people gave seem to be of freedom, they do not know that they are trapped in their own "desires".

I often heard from non-Christian that life is short, we must try out everything and enjoy ourselves while we can. Some will add on to say "I don't want to get restricted by anything, freedom is the best." Yet they do not know they are bounded by their own desires. Ironically, aren't they restricting themselves to the exposure to God?

On top of that, in Romans 3:11 "there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God ".
Also in Psalms 10:3-7, "he boast about the cravings of his heart, .... evil are under his tongue." God spoke to me through verse4 when He says "In his pride the wicked does not seek him, in all his thoughts there is no room for God." I found it true that we do not seek God on our own, we are always trying to gratify our own desires, leaving no room for God in our mind.


Oh, a piece of good news for everyone!!! Por, this young lady whom we met at Khon Kean during the last mission trip and received Christ on that day, I just found out that she still pray to God! The joy that came from knowing the seed is growing is indescribable. Now I know how it feels when the apostles, in the past, felt when they heard that those people whom they shared Christ with is growing in faith. To be honest, I've never felt so joyous before. haha. Thank God!

2Peter 1

2Peter 1:5-7
"But also for this..... to brotherly kindness love."
verse6 spoke to me that knowing the word of God, we must add to ourself self control. The world has so many things that will tempt us and lead us away from God, only through self control can we resist all these and glorify God. Also, knowing that self control does not come easy, we have to be persevering in all these. Our reason to persevere is to be more godlike, following His Way.

2Peter 1:11
"for so an entrance.... Savior Jesus Christ."
At last, by abiding all these, we are assured of an entry to God's kingdom. (:

1Peter 5

1Peter 5:3
"nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock;"
This verse caught my attention. Reflecting on our lives, we do have people who lead by examples and people whom abuse their authority over those entrusted to them. I felt that when one lords over others, there is a lack of love because we only care for our own desires, that is often fame. There is one Lord, who lords over the flock with Love and by examples, and that is Him, Jesus Christ. Let us then, humble ourselves down and set by examples, so that the world will know we are serious about Him.

1Peter 5:8-10
"Be sober, be vigilant; because.... and settle you."
These 3 verses spoke to me that we should, at all time be alert to all evildoing. The devil will not wait for the days when you're more vulnerable, he will seize every opportunity to attack you. We are not suffering all these temptations and sufferings alone. Our brothers are also experiencing them at the other part of the world. So we should not find excuses for ourselves not to resist the devil. Lets bring glory to God by resisting all these temptations! I shall be more alert and bring glory to God, not forgetting that He has suffered on the cross for us.

i felt that we should seek God every now and then... we spent so much time looking after our desires and goals, neglecting the will of His, calling it our lifestyle in the city.
Here are some fictional yet common life scenario:

#01 Student, *dreams* I TOPPED IN SCHOOL!!!!!

#02 Poor Man, *dreams* What? I've won?! WHAT?! 1MILLION?!?!?!!

#03 Teen *dreams* The cute guy/gal from the neighbour class is smiling at me, and he/she has requested for lunch together!!!

#04 Student: I wonder if I can pass this exam. What shall I do if I fail? Will Dad scold me? Will my friends laugh at me? Where can I go if I fail it? What about my future? Will I be employed? Will I be able to have my own family?

#05 Interviewee: I wonder if I can get pass this interview and secure this job. I wonder how will the questions be like? Am I dressed decently to leave a good impression for the interviewer? Am I up to this job? I wonder if the people here are nice? .......????

Scenario #01-#03 shows that even in our dream, we are pursuing our desires and goals.
Scenario #04 and #05; one doubt and many worries.

I believe that 99%[not statistical] of our worries, dreams and goals are not related to Him. How often do we dream of ourselves praising God in Heaven, how often are we concerned about His Will? If we can say that we trust Him in carrying out His will and do not have to worry, why can't we trust Him with our worries since He has told us not to worry for tomorrow. Aren't we not finding excuses for ourselves?

Let us focus on Him, not through worrying His will but seeking Him more often in our life.
That's a challenge for me, but I believe I'm a challenger of some of this world's pattern. [not being rebellious to the world but being resistive to all evildoing]

1Peter Chapter 4

God, glory be to You whose words are alive and leading.

1Peter 4:3-5
"For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of Gentiles... judging the living and the dead."
Indeed, we have spent enough of our past lifetime serving our own desires, following the pattern of the world. How is it now that we renew in our mind and follow what is good for us and how are we to know it is good for us? By faith. (:


1Peter 4:8-9
"And above all things have fervent love for one another, for 'love will cover a multitude of sins'. Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. "
I believe the world is so filled with love; the love of car, fashion, alcohol, drugs and most importantly, the love of oneself. It is time for the world to experience another type of love, let us, those who are called by Him, show the world that there is one more love and this love is greater than all the love they could have have in the world. As He said, "love your neighbor as yourself" and "love will cover a multitude of sins". His love for us has already covered a great multitude of sins and yet He did not grumble a word of complain. Let us lead by His example, loving others and without grumbling.


1Peter 4:18-19
"Now, 'If the righteous one is scarcely saved, ... as to a faithful Creator"
Let us obey Him till the day of Judgement! (: