Saturday, May 31, 2008

honey lemon -

A short excerpt from an article my mom sent me, by Bill Yount:

"A testimony is a public declaration of what God has done in your life.

The word testimony has its foundation in the root word meaning "to do again." The contagious power of a testimony is that what God does once He can do again for you and the whole world! When you are testifying what God has done in your life, you are actually prophesying what He will continue to do for you! For instance, when you testify about the Lord healing you in a certain area, you are actually prophesying that He will continue to heal the rest of you--spirit, soul, mind and body! What He begins He completes."

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I've just been a bit annoyed at this eczema that I have that is still bothering me. I know to pray about it, but NOW I know to TESTIFY that God has healed me of my previous disease and that He can do it again! And that goes for being sick too - I have this sore throat and have come up with a list of differentials of what it could be. (That's the thing of working with the ENT clinics and seeing lots of throat problems - you start to think of the worst possible scenario for a sore throat =) )

It has been quite a trying time sorting out my electives. I don't really know why God led me to think about doing missions in Cambodia as part of my electives and I went out of my way to contact so many people to try sort out an elective in Cambodia but in the end, it didn't work out anyway. So I'm just sticking to a UK-Singapore(if Singapore accepts me that is, and I pray they do =))-Brunei elective. I am still keeping my options open for a missions elective - who knows what God can conjure up in a short span of time =)

God is teaching me time and time again to rely on Him, because I am quite useless on my own. It was good, having prayer and worship time on Tuesday night. I needed that kick again to get myself right with God. And I've been reminded too to be a person of influence for Him. God has placed me right here, right now to serve a purpose (for Him) and I'm not going to let any opportunity pass me by.

Sidetracking a little...

I'm listening to Phil Pringle's "Transformation by God" and he said:
"If you complain and grumble about your past for the rest of your life, it will keep cementing you into a negative position" He based it on the scripture "Enter His gates with thanksgiving (Ps 100) and exhorted us to thank God for our past, present and future. That is so true about complaining and its link with negativity. And on this note, I shall ponder on it a bit more before writing anymore.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

food for thought -

I still haven't sorted out my electives, which I have planned to have all confirmed by the end of March, and it's now May.


That is true. I have like a gazillion (well, that's exaggerating it a little but it sure does feel that way) ideas of where to go for the middle bit of my elective, but ultimately I know that it's God's plan that will prevail. I just thank Him for being my source of peace, a peace that surpasses all understanding. Without it, I would be totally freaking out by now.

And somehow I know that He's got it all worked out and that the plans will unfold at the right time without any hiccups at all.

God is good!

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

renewed -

"The things that seem the hardest to live for, the most painful to face
sometimes may even seem impossible to overcome or come to pass

are usually the most precious
are usually the things worth fighting for and believing in

...because you realize it is completely about and only because of God."
(c) Cait


True. So true indeed.

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Sunday, May 04, 2008

The moment -

I am at a place where I have no idea what's going to happen. I believe this is a time when God will test my faith and my faithfulness to Him. God is asking me to come out of my comfort zone - to trust in Him as I take the next step eventhough I have NO idea where He is taking me.

In a way, it is scary, very scary actually because I am one who likes to know what it's like at the end of the road before making the decision to walk there in the first place. But at the same time, it is exciting because I know God is in control of it!

I'm sorry I'm talking in codes at the moment, but I shall wait for some answers before I reveal more. God's taking me to a new level, and I should let Him.

I pray that you let Him too?

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