Friday, August 19, 2005

I'm on the journey

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'The fatter the sow is,
the more she desires the mud.
the more healthy the lustful man is
the more likely he is to do evil.'

'There is a desire in women to dress attractively;
but let it be attractive in God's sight.'

"It is much easier to be watchful for a night or two
than for a year;
so it is easier to begin to profess well
than to go on to the end."

"Every ship's captain in a storm will
willingly throw overboard what is least in value;
only those who do not fear God
will throw out the best first."

'one leak can sink a ship;
and one sin can destroy a sinner.'

"He that lives in sin and looks for eternal happiness
is like a man who sows weeds and
expects tofill his barn with a harvest of wheat'

"If in this world there is so much of beauty;
how much more beautiful if the Heaven
which God has commended"

"'everyone will be glad at the goodness of men;
but who rejoices at the goodness of God?'"

~The Pilgrims Progress..

Was reading it when felt convicnted to write this down..:

"let what the Lord wills to happen,
happen to me that i may be in His glory
at the end of my journey"

and something cool that i thought i want to be engraved on my tombstone:

"what is death that i should fear? for the One I've my faith has died and rose again"

then again my thought...;

In life there are many trails and dangers,
Some fail and others succeed.
It's true that many times I've fallen
and not take things the right way,
I ask for all to forgive me
If i've made you to stumble and fall,
I will now stay strong and be of good witness
to those around me.
If there be any errors in my actions
take it to me so i may change and turn from the wrong way.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

glory to whom?

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Who are we giving glory to with our lives? We were made to serve the body of Christ to be united as one body. When we are united we are giving glory to God. But when we fight with each other we are giving glory to the enemy. He’ll be enjoying his time laughing at us when we fight. His purpose is to tear up the church. And when we fight against each other we have help him to achieve his goals.

When ever families quarrel or fight, especially families that are leaders fight he’s there laughing and scorning. When there’s disunity in the church we put God’s name to shame. How many times do we have to do that. We’ve heard we know we shouldn’t do it but yet. We keep on repeating what we shouldn’t be doing.

Our lives, we are supposed to be in one accord. When there’s a disagreement we come to God. Not blow up and fight with each other. Sometimes it’s not just physical. We take each others to court over positions. But God’s word says not to bring your brothers to court. But yet what are we doing? Satan’s plans are being fulfilled daily because of us who fail to do the right thing. We need to evaluate what we do in every situation. A lot of times when something goes wrong we blow up and curse and do all the things we shouldn’t do. Yes it’s not wrong to be angry, but remember what God’s word says, be angry and don’t sin. We have all the right to be angry. Jesus was angry when the people defiled the temple and he even chased them out. There’s a time to be angry but we shouldn’t take it to the wrong direction. Ask God what would He do and ask Him to help you do the right thing.

Families are the core of the church and when there’s disunity in families. It’s hard for the church to be in unity as well. We should always be hand in hand to overcome the enemy and not let him create havoc in our lives.

Well enough about him already. So in any occasion let’s not put down each other. Affirm one another in the body of Christ. Everyone makes mistakes, so learn from them and don’t do it again.

Monday, August 08, 2005

Link to TA BU LAS!!! :D

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guys and gals.. i'm using tabulas for a change.. so visit... www.tabulas.com/~jamest :D
cheerio~ i still don't know why the tag in my tabulas isn't working though hehe

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Dear God...

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been really burned out to the max for the past weeks finals, work etc etc.. man.. everything seems to be taking on it's toll.
i really don't know what to do. to work to quit? what? sigh.. wish i had the answers. can't seem to think straight. am i overloading myself? if i am why? and how? there's so many things that i need but can't seem to get them. set my eyes to zion.. sometimes wish that God would just take me home and end all these worries. but well my work might not be done yet so i can't be going i guess. still things in wannna evade are inevitable.

so many questions that need an answer. still i can't find what i need. Do i know toomuch to know more.. is there pride in me? i don't know.. i'm i annoying? what am i? are those who call themselves christians really living as they should? am i? i try my best.. i've learned a lot of things since going to skool. but it's hard to change when they've got their view of you set. i'm trying my best not to look back from the plough.. it's hard.. harder then it seems...

Sunday, June 19, 2005

"Father forgive them..."

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'Father forgive them for they know not what they do' this was Jesus' words when he was on the cross...
Can we say the same when people do bad things to us? We could but it's very hard for us to do thats why we need God's help to do it. It's almost impossible for us to forgive someone who has hurt us bad. If it were a small thing yes we may forgive our friends, but when it's like a sword peircing through your heart.. The pain is almost unbearable. You feel betrayed and hurt sometimes you feel used espescially when it's someone whom you trust a lot like your best friend or closest friend. They may or may not consciously do it. Sometimes they don't even know that what they did hurt you. Many times we think to ourselves that. I'll never forgive him or her for what he or she did' but what Jesus went through was way worse and far beyond what we can experience. Immagine, what would it feel like if you created something, spending all you time and putting all your effort into making it something beautiful. You sacrifice your time for other things to pay attention to it to make it happen. But when it's done it goes away on it's own not even gratefull that you've created it and presume that it came from someplace else. And one day it comes back to destroy you. You've spentyour whole life creating it your hard work and sweat into it and that's what you get in return?.
But He chose to forgive us for what we did, putting him on that cross. He took the chance just so that you may realize one day that how much He loves you enough to die even die for you.

Monday, June 06, 2005

some quotes

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"the pride of one man can cause another to fall"

"Pride is the complete anti-God state. Pride is the chief cause of misery in this world! As long as you are proud, you can't know God. Pride is spiritual cancer!. It eats up love,contentment and even common sense"
~C.S. Lewis

"I thought I trusted the rope until it mattered to me whether it would bear me"

~C.S. Lewis

Saturday, June 04, 2005

Someone Kicked my Butt

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There's no where i can run no matter how hard i try. It's my nature to stay.
Thanks for those who prayed for me :)
what can i say even though it's not fully recovered but it's anexperienced to be learned from not to be repeated. It's because my loyalty is to Him not to them. Still don't expect the same out of me from before.

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Do I have to go through this test?(Why do i have to?)

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why must i? i can't take this anymore.. being pressed from all sides. Everything is just falling down on me. I feel like giving up already and leave. but I keep pushing on and hanging on.. It's the last straw. The weight is on my last finger hanging on the cliff. I'm about to drop, i'm about to give up. Isn't there anyone out there to help me. I'm close to cursing, close to burning. This test is overwhelming me. My faith is on the last thread. I'm confused, there is certainly NO one i can trust. Whoever at all there is no one. Men cannot be trusted. They pick you up and leave you somewhere in the dark alone and then it's your fault the leave you there and for what? for all you've done of coursewhat's right they take credit for, what's wrong you take all the blame for. That's so righteous. Yeah, that's great it's totally perfect. Never again will this happen. I swear i will not let this happen again EVER!! and i won't do anything ever again.

What can i say? Been failed so many times, in fact too many times. Why do i make the same mistake of thinking that people out there would help me? why do i keep believing something that's not true? why?
You ask me why i say this? i say why do you care? All you say, everything you say are empty. They mean nothing to me anymore. So why do you even ever care anymore? i've had enough of your speaches. I can't bear another pain, another shame, another...
I might give up soon when i can't take it anymore. I don't care what happens to the rest. Why should I? they don't. So WHY the heck should I? But there are still some who can be saved. Don't make the same mistake to them or see them gone.

se ci è chiunque per indurre la gente a girare via dal dio è

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Se ci è chiunque per indurre la gente a girare via dal dio ècristiani essi stessi. perchè?
è semplicemente perché il senso fa occasionalmente le cose. Sono stato venuto a mancare tante volte, Non posso prenderlo più. Mi chiedete perchè? la risposta è semplice. perché che freaking lo hanno lasciato giù. Qualcosa per loro e che cosa ottengo nel ritorno? non freaking niente, non desidero giurare qui. E preferibilmente devo pagare il perso di qualcosa nella vite dellachiesa questo!! ed è la mia vite del haha "di responsabilità" voi tutti. Ciò è mai l'ultima volta che sto andando FARE QUALCHE COSA AFFATTOper la chiesa.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

All of us

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As soon as you stepped through my door,
I saw You for the first time all over again.
And time well spent seems
Lonelier than the way it used to go.

As I smell you for the first time all over again
I'll begin to remember to be alive
So if you don't mind
I think I'll wear my heart on my sleeve,
'Cause I'm tired of not being able to bleed.

All of us are searching for an open arm.
Well, it's a shame how I curl up in the dark
When it's the same old word giving me the spark.

All of us are searching for an open arm.
Well, it's a shame how I curl up in the dark.

I've felt a loss for some time
I slipped, stumbled, but fell face first straight into your hand.
Then I hit my head on your palm
And waking up to the smellOf tears drying up in the sand

All of us are searching for an open arm.
Well, it's a shame how I curl up in the dark
When it's the same old word giving me the spark.

All of us are searching for an open arm.
Well, it's a shame how I curl up in the dark.

I washed my wounds with tears of hope.
I washed my wounds with tears of hope.
I just ...

All of us are searching for an open arm
Well, it's a shame how I pull myself apart.
When it's the same words making me run for cover to your heart.

(All of us are searching for an open arm)When it's the same words making me run for cover to your heart.
(All of us are searching for an open arm)
(All of us are searching for an open arm)

Friday, May 20, 2005

there's more to life...

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well life's full of things, wanted and unwanted, good bad and ugly..
"all things are permissible but not all things are beneficial..." so we need to be wise in things we do and choices we make.. for example movies and songs and even simple choices we make, what world views we have will affect the choices we make. But humans compromise to make things to seem right many times.. In order to achieve what we want we compromise our values and say that it's ok but the truth remains truth no matter what we do.. but God is the ultimate judge. Though he sends people to warm us of our actions many times. Because He is gracious and gives us a way out of temptations and there's also the gift which He gave us and that's the Holy Spirit which promts us when we are going the wrong direction. But when we overwrite it with our own thinking soon we lose our sensitivity to the spirits and are unable to decern what's right and what's wrong. Many times we get carried in our emotions that we don't care whats right and whats wrong and we do what we think or feel is right but may not necessarily be right in God's sight... and a lot of times we know it's wrong but in the occasion still ignore it and go ahead doing it. That's why we need to be in constant contact with God and be sensitive to the spirit and not ignore when it prompts us of our actions.. we should always acknowledge the Holy Spirit in our lives in order to hear from God. Hearing from God requires dealing with our sins and also acknowledging the Holy Spirit. Stay pure before God

Sunday, May 15, 2005

I thought i trusted...

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"i thought i trusted the rope until it mattered to me whether it would bear me"...
~C.S. Lewis~

there are things and people in life who we trust but can they really hold us?
things may break and people fail us. who are we to turn to then? Is there anyone
or anything that can sustain and hold us? or are we left alone in this deteriorating world.
You'll have to find the answer yourself. I can show you and i can tell you but you have to
make the move on your own.

--

Been tired and weary for the past week. but God touched me. renewed my strength to go through. really saw lots of things going wrong just the past week lost my pendrive broke this lost that etc etc.. it's hard to live on the edge sometimes but still i'll have to live on it to sharpen me. Just like a knife is sharpened my being scraped and rubbed hard on a rock i'm constantly being rubbed hard and scraped on "The Rock". Living life an example requires a lot of grace and strength. yet grace and mercy have never run out on me. many time the urge to just give up and fall away comes on strong when there's no one there to support you and the world is pulling on you but i find strength when i needed it most in the very last moment of giving up. it's just as life is trying to push you into it's mould there's another hand that moulds you from the table as you spin continously in the world. each day i long for a new touch and release of strength it comes at the very moment you give up on yourself and let things out of your hand but there's a greater hand that holds me together in the arms of love where i confide. many times i just feel like runing and jumping over the fence to the other side and fall off the cliff into the ocean that is ever beautiful to see but yet brings distruction at every crash as it hits on the solid rock beneath. yet the roots of the plants go deep into the ground and not fly away with the breeze of the wind when it blows. all in all there's only one that can be counted on and will ever hold me in the palm of His hand. Big and gentle and comforting. The solid rock on which i stand.

Thank God for sustaining me, for providing me with what i need and for the bike thats gonna be coming. Keep me safe in Your mighty hands. hold me from the tides that come to sweep me away. give me strength to be continualy walking in Your will. You are my Strong Tower in the midst of darkness and all my fears. Speak to me daily as i seek you in my heart.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Life... sometimes you just break

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how's life some people may ask... well i say life can be great but sometimes you need a break.
a break is something that i badly need right now... I just wish i could just go out to somewhere nice and just sit down relax read books that i've been wanting to read and sip tea.

Sometimes we just get over loaded with so many things coming our way.
Trip to monkey beach was good except for all the heavy bags. had a time of worship there with mosquitos accompanying us all night through. didn't get to show Ju the phosphorescence coz the moon was too bright over the beach that night.

Been really low for the past week. One of the worst weeks in my entire life almost everything went wrong. So dry spiritually, physically, and everything else.. . Just so worn out from everything. Spent a lot of money on college which is totally insane every week is just buying something every other day. God Help!! If i had a choice i wouldn't be doing this but i just don't so i guess i'll have to live with that for another year or so. if i say life is good now i'd be lying so i'll just say life is not good at all. signing out!

Sunday, April 17, 2005

someone's watching over me

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Love this song
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I found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
But something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight.

So I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me.

I've seen that ray of light
And it's shining on my destiny
Shining all the time, and I won't be afraid
To follow everywhere it's taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone, and right now I belong
To this moment to my dreams.

So I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me.

It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes.
Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself, and follow your heart.

So I won't give up No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I'll still believe
That I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even when it all goes wrong
When I’m standing in the dark I'll still believe
That someone's watching over, someone's watching over, someone’s watching over me.
Oh, oh
someone’s watching over me.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Questions...

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who am i?
whats my purpose in this life?
how can i know the true calling of mine?
where can i go to find the answer?

why do i feel like i'm lost at times
many times i need an answer
but it doesn't seem to be clear
to answer my questions

so many things that happen in a lifetime
so many hurts that i go through
so many dreams yet to come true
yet there's no answer to my questions

i feel so down so many times
but the day before was a great time
i can't see the road clearly
everything just seems to be blurry

can't immagine life without the One
can't let go of what i'm holding on
just one thing to do, that's pray
but still can't find the answer to my questions

wondering if it's me thats blind
or is it that i have to find
the answer of a life time
to all those my questions

lying in the life of someone
who's held me high in times of cries
that flood the room
with sorrow answered with love

... author: JamesT~
... date: April 16 - 2005
... time: 12:50 a.m.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Will You

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See you sittin' next to the window in the bedroom
She brakes down - brakes down
Crying over something and starin' into nothin'
Afraid now - hate now Wanting, needing, haunting, it's killing me
Faking what has happened to live the life like that man
I'll brake down - It's fake now

Will you, Will you love me tomorrow?
So Will You, Will you stay with me today?

Fade in and out of reason to fight the way she's feelin'
She brakes down - brakes down
Going through the motions
and holding onto hopes and her dreams now - somehow
Shaken, mistaken, forsaken, it's killing me.
Wishing you could change, but he's always been this way
If you leave now - I'll drown

Sunday, April 10, 2005

brothers

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i believe there's nothing that can break their relationship.
had this thought while i was having my siesta.. you know there's no one that can replace my brother. even though we fight and all that at timesbut there's just this bond that keeps us together. there are times when i've rally felt like going at him but after that we were cool again.
another time he was so mad at me that we didn't talk for 2 weeks i felt i was mising something at that time.. but we reconciled after that.
even though now we have different personalities i still appreciate him.
love ya bro

Monday, March 28, 2005

Glory defined.. ministered by the lyrics of this song

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Artist: Building 429Song
Title: Glory defined lyrics

There's always a better way
there's always a bridge that needs crossings
there's always the straight and the narrow
the wide and the shallow
But I know that you're guiding me
and the best is yet to come
You've given me hope for tomorrow
and I know some day

I'll wake up to find Your glory defined
and I will finally bow at your feet
I will lift up your name in honor and praise
when I cross over Jordan
I know that I'll be running home to you

It's always the simple things
it's always the obvious that crashes over me
It's always in front of meit helps me to remember
this is what I live for
and I can't wait

there's never a question in your message
never a moment without your presence
there's never a doubt in my mind
that I'll..

wake up to find Your glory defined
and I will finally bow at your feet
I will lift up your name in honor and praise
when I cross over Jordan
I know that I'll be running home to you

Monday, March 21, 2005

one of those days...

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Yesterday was one of the happiest days in my life.. Can't sleep, I don't know why.. i'm being ministered to by songs from United's new album with the song All I need is You and Deeper. Just can't help it but to shed tears of joy just feeling God's love for me.. No words can express how I feel in my heart. There's just such a deep feeling of joy in my heart now. I feel like writing out a song to Him.

Friday, March 18, 2005

So i Look to You... No one else will do...

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Been touched by lots of songs lately..
the past weeks been pretty cool experiencing God through serving in missions. what was awesome was when i was talking to pastor Heok Cheow and he was talking about promoting the mission field and all that he said was right on target of what i so wanted to do.. I was smiling and telling God i know this is what You want me to do... I will answer that.
My passion is to do all these things like, videos, photos, brochures, websites etc etc. and it was like a conformation when pastor Heok Cheow told me about that.. Listening to new song form United called Look to You and the words really sink deep into my heart... just bringing all my worries to God.. one other song that really sustained me was 'take all of me' where it says in one part "..Your grace is all i rely on..." it's really God grace that keeps me going..
Really thank You God for all that you've done for me.. it's your grace that sustains me.. without you i'm not strong enough and will fall.. coz of u i'm able...
 

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