Jeremiah 17:7-8: “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat, or worried by long months of draught. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”
I started with this journal because i got an insight from HIM.
2 days before Paster Robert projected a video presentation from Pastor Wayne Cordeiro of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu dated 14 June 2009, my friend and i was sited down having a casual chat, when the topic of Christianity came into the topic. Then and there i knew...i know that my knowledge of the Holy Bible is not extensive...in fact spending time with my Creator becomes less with the stress and work in our worldly lives today.
Isn’t it interesting how prayer and Bible study become afterthoughts and sometimes burdening “tasks” Secretly, many Christians yearn for a closer relationship with God but lack the know-how necessary to expand their root system. Consequently, they carry the secret guilt of taking him for granted.
That was how i started off with the first journal. Looking at the date of the 1st journal, i can see for my self that i have yet let the busy stressful earthly world to overwhelm me and draw me away from my Creator. Till yesterday 22 June 2009, I met this Real Estate agent Steven. Well God works in his own ways...our conversation led me to think again, how well do i know HIM...my Creator.
I am a Christian by name, but i want to be a Christian in faith and in spirit of the LORD.
I want to spread the good news to those i know and to those close to me. To do that i need to 1st know my Creator well...and there's none other way to know my Creator...it is through the Bible and devotion time.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Good vs Evil
Today's reading is taken from : 1 Kings 20; 1 Kings 21; 2 Chronicles 17; Colossians 3 (New International Version) http://www.enewhope.org/bible/ 
S: Collosian 3:23 - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.
O: (1) Ben-Hadad king of Aram attacks Ahab king of Israel in Samaria (2) Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad with The Lord's power (3) Ahab sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife just to take over Naboth's Vineyard. Because Ahab has humbled himself, The Lord did not bring disaster in his days, but brought it on his house in the days of his son. (4) The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of evils. The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD
A: (1) Ben-Hadad was punished because of his evil deeds. Ahab won the war because he followed God's command and so did Jehoshaphat. Ahab was forgiven for this wrong deed because he repent.
R: (1) Rid ourselves of all evil doings/wrong doings.
(2) Put on a new self, which is being renewed in the image of the Creator.
(3) Have compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
(4) Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances have against one another.
(5) Whatever we do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
S: Collosian 3:23 - Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. 25Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.O: (1) Ben-Hadad king of Aram attacks Ahab king of Israel in Samaria (2) Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad with The Lord's power (3) Ahab sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife just to take over Naboth's Vineyard. Because Ahab has humbled himself, The Lord did not bring disaster in his days, but brought it on his house in the days of his son. (4) The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the ways his father David had followed. He sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of evils. The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD
A: (1) Ben-Hadad was punished because of his evil deeds. Ahab won the war because he followed God's command and so did Jehoshaphat. Ahab was forgiven for this wrong deed because he repent.
R: (1) Rid ourselves of all evil doings/wrong doings.
(2) Put on a new self, which is being renewed in the image of the Creator.
(3) Have compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
(4) Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances have against one another.
(5) Whatever we do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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