Friday, January 27, 2006

today was such a great day i tell u. went out with yong soon, john, mavis and yvonne to hillgrove sec[-.-' lol!] den john left and we went JE for lunch and luffed almost to death. after lunch i left and met jared, matt and xin wen. Played bowling and pool. Den came home. haha.

i mean like over the last few days, i was like really busy and tired and stuff so i neglected the Word of God, remember sam lee smsing me for a verse den like for the first time i couldnt help him. oh wells. den today, i decided i shud read the Word and throughout the day, i realli felt the Holy Spirit stir up loads of stuff inside me.

Firstly, this morning i was thinking about some stuff la. den i dunno y but all of a sudden in my head popped up the verse about our father in heaven giving good gifts to his children and that we shud ask with all our heart and we will receive. den i realli tot bout the gift of tongues and i just felt the Holy spirit telling me. Our spiritual walk is really something great, where God wants to stretch and take us further each day. Certain days we grow more in the spirit, certain days less. but the most important is not to shrink in the spirit. So i guess it was really talking to me and all those out there, let us not be a weekend christian, or an odd day christian or an even day christian. Our spiritual life is based on our relationship with God. Which one of us will not talk or give time to our best frens? Same thing, that God is our best fren, to help and comfort us. i guess we should come to him with a sincere heart. Let us seek ye first his kingdom and all these things [spiritual gifts and desires of our heart as long as their in tune with God] will be added unto us.

Den next, i was like recalling the last few days and today too. Yesterdays 4.4km run, i started really well, at the front of the pack den i ended up falling to about 12th den today, thru 4 games of bowling, i was in pole position only to lose in the end. Den i realli tot bout all the other times when we had great conviction and passion at the start, only to lose it and fall short at the end. So i felt that in every race we run, its not just important to start well but to end well too. We live in a society that looks at results, no one really bothers how fast u ran at the start, they care how fast u ran at the end right. In track competitions, they dun take ur speed when u start, they take it when u cross the finishing line. The word of God in 1 Cor 9:24 tells us 'Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.' Consistency is really important in all we do. Our God was a consistent God, he did not stop making the world on the third day and go 'sian ah' nor did Jesus say 'thts it! i m not dying on the cross. i m going back to heaven' It is because of this conviction that we were created and made new. With Holy Spirit around us, we can really burn on instead of burn out. Den we can truly say 'I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.'

|cowpoo| 6:19 PM|

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