Christian Songs can be encouragements too!

Haha! It's true isn't it? I think most of us have experienced this as well. But I just gotta share it, can't assume that everyone thinks like you yes?

Last night, I had a particularly bad dream. It was about my ex-girlfriend. Yes. I had an ex-girlfriend, I do make mistakes. That was before I came to know Christ and I was still seeking love, but in a wrong way. Anyway, I gave part of my heart to her.. Yes I already put down my past to follow Christ, but honestly satan tries his best too you know? Bringing back the past to haunt you, preventing you from moving on.. (evil...)

So basically, I was particularly upset and foul-mooded this morning. Then I just popped in my mp3 to listen in hopes of cheering up listening to nice songs. I have specially selected a couple of songs, like example 'Light of Salvation', 'Hosanna', 'Majesty', 'To Know Your Name', etc..

But there's this particular song which I did not think that it was 'my type' of song. The song is 'Lord of Lords' by Hillsongs. I dunno if you've heard it before but here's the lyrics:

[Lord of Lords]

Verse 1:

Beholding Your beauty

Is all that I long for

To worship You Jesus

Is my sole desire

For this very heart You have shaped for Your pleasure

Purposed to lift Your Name higher

Here in surrender

In pure adoration

I enter Your courts

With an offering of praise

I am Your servant

Come to bring You glory

As is fit for the work of Your hands

Chorus:

Now unto the Lamb

Who sits on the throne

Be glory and honour and praise

All of creation resounds with the song

Worship and praise Him

The Lord of lords

Verse 2:

Spirit now living

And dwelling within me

Keep my eyes fixed

Ever on Jesus' face

Let not the things of this world

Ever sway me

I'll run 'til I finish the race

Bridge:

Holy Lord

You are holy

Jesus Christ Is the Lord

I was amazed at how God could use even a song which wasn't my favourite to even minister to me. The part where it says "Let not the things of this world ever sway me, I'll run 'til I finish the race.." particularly spoke to me.

I realised that I had let the devil succeed in his evil plans. I must not let the things of this world which includes my past ever sway me, instead I must run till I finish the race..

Even as now I'm sharing this, I wanna just say that let us not allow the devil to ruin our future because of our past. Our past is to bring God glory! (NO MORE SHAME!!) Like what Pastor and Sis Wanping always says, when the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future:

Revelation 20:10

"And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,

where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown.

They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

Enemies or not?

"When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him." - Proverbs 16:7

I was reading this the other day and I found that it was SO TRUE!!
Just a bit of background, I have this classmate of mine whom I found a little different. His topics were usually quite opposites to my beliefs, and at times he would just drag me into those topics and kind of made me very embarrassed. And I didn't really enjoy being around him. (Just a note, enemies do not necessary mean that they have a hatred against you.)

And even as I was reading this verse, God spoke to me. It was kind of like a challenge to me to live my life pleasing to Him.

Needless to say, I accepted His challenge (sometimes I really don't think and just accept challenges..kinda dumb haha, but God won't harm me mah), and I allowed corrections into my life, got even more prayerful, accept my classmate for who he was, etc..

And now what really shocked me was that my classmate, not knowing why, stopped all the nonsense talks (like talk about clubbing, etc.) and he even treated me differently, not embarrassing me and we even have a common topic to talk about!

It's really amazing that sometimes God CAN really turn things around! And it is not like He gave us a change of heart, He honors His promise to us of our freedom of choice. He literally does miracles in our lives!

Just wanna challenge you guys, like in Proverbs 16:7. Live a life pleasing to God and literally see the number of enemies reduce and reduce and reduce to zero.... Hahaha!!!

Just A Slice Of My Life

Haha precisely the title of the blog. This blog's not gonna be updated everyday!! haha so pretty much just a slice. haha something different for 2008. Blog's gonna be to encourage people and not to discourage nor gain sympathy *woken up by wanzi's previous comment and the 'BAIT OF SATAN'!!* haha credits due to them but most importantly to God who AMAZINGLY used them to minister to me. Haha just a slice. If the post is encouraging, comment whether its yummy or not k? haha for those who dun get it, [yummy=good, yuckks=bad] haha yuppyupp.

Gotta go.. the plants need me tml.... hah X\