I love God more than ever

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i lost my wallet about 3 weeks ago. ever since then, i had to use a "makeshift" wallet, called a plastic bag.

it looked really pathetic. i have the money to buy a new wallet. but its just that i do not have the luxury of time to buy.

i also have this habit of "punishing myself" whenever i lose something - that is not to buy anything new to replace it.

the plastic bag with all my notes, cards, and coins inside looked so funny, it amused some of my friends a lot.

it amused me too. i looked really "uncle". i knew that having a new wallet would be much better for myself. but i just did not go about buying it.

then a few days ago, my friend daryl causally said that he would give me his old wallet just for the time being. maybe he saw that i was really pathetic.

i forgot about that comment and did not bother about having his old wallet.

but yesterday he officially gave me his old wallet when i went to his house. true, it was old and a bit tattered. but it really beats having a plastic bag. he took his old wallet out of a box and passed it to me. he did not even hesitate one bit.

believe it or not, i was touched by this gesture of generosity. i felt blessed! it was like, "hey! at least someone cares enough to pass me his old wallet for my use!"

later, i showed my mom and she nagged at me like why should i take things from my friend when i could have easily bought a new one.

i brushed her off and said that daryl does not mind giving it to me at all.

well, the moral of the story?

it is the little act of giving, loving, caring that touches someone's heart. like when you tell someone that you have been praying for him/her, like when you go over to a grieving friend and say that you understand, like when you lend some money to a friend who is in need financially, like when you just want to be there to comfort your friend who is feeling down, like when you give your old wallet to a friend who is using a plastic bag for his coins.

who knows? that your little act of love might have prevented someone from taking his/her own life? that your little act of concern might have brighten up someone's day?

so now, when was the last time you did something nice for your friend, for your cell group leader, for your parents?

if you have not, for a very long time, then you might be getting a bit more self-centred lately.

because, it is those who GIVE, who are truly blessed.

to others, or even daryl himself, it might be so simple. but to me, it was significant.

i know he is blessed because he blessed me.

take note of the brown wallet i am carrying! haha!

-God is with us, till the very end of time-

-耶 稣 就 常 与 我 们 同 在 ， 直 到 世 界 的 末 了- 。

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNvpV3E8Jko&NR=1 (3 christian teachers jailed for sharing their faith)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvElky4Qwe4&NR=1 (this man in the video CLAIMS HE IS JESUS! he is being interviewed.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPVNhHNExFU&mode=related&search= (muslims baptised)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFLNmGDiP9w&mode=related&search= (Video of Passion of the Christ with music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mwsQZekvf4&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1GiSZFnrPM&mode=related&search= (You alone are God Hillsong concert)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Ks72keNQY&mode=related&search=(From Allah to Christ. Kouresh journey to find True God)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LpVTUBENg4&mode=related&search= (about the rapture)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEfJpJ1lhQc&mode=related&search= (love letter from God)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ED9F-h8d0s (Nubian gents) 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ED9F-h8d0s   (must watch!!!)

(Nubian gents) is coming to Singapore! Get more details from Church of Singapore Bt Timah (COSBT) Youth Impact!

from: http://nubiangents.org/v3/   

We are the Nubian Gents, a Christian ministry which utilizes stepping, dancing, singing, and even acting as our vehicles of expressing the Love of Jesus Christ.

We are a team, captivated not by the religiosity of Christianity, but by its reality and relevance to the world in which we live.

We are warriors of praise and leaders of worship equipped by God with talents, skills and great abilities which we use to glorify Him and promulgate His kingdom.

A step team is a group of people who, with synchronized stomping feet, clapping hands, and body movements, create complicated beats, which is sometimes accompanied by music.

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Many Christians come to a point where they will ask God this question, "God! Why me? Why am i going through this suffering?"

"Are You not there?"

When our friends turn against us, when we have messed up big time, when our loved ones pass away, when we lose our possessions, when we suffer physical, emotional or sexual abuse, when we are going through immense stress and depression, we ask God, "why Lord? why me??"

"why? why? why me?"

There are times when every breath seems so painful. There are moments when we do not want to face tomorrow. There are periods of our lives when we just want to "escape it all"

It is good, and sometimes beneficial for Christians to question "why". Questioning challenges us to find out the truth, and to explore all possibilities of the situation that we are in. Contray to belief, we should question often, as christians.

But I caution that Christians should never question if God is there, for it is written, "..He will never leave me, nor forsake me..."

One thing is certain: that is God will never leave us.

However, we might lose the ability to "feel" or "detect" God's presence in our lives when we go through tough times.

It might be the sin we are in, it might be the distraction that we are so lost in, that cause us not to "feel" His presence.

It is as if God has "turned His face" away from us.

But still God will never leave us, even though He cannot stand to "look" at our sins, and distractions.

And if we will still ask why would certain things happen to us. Then i would say one thing to you, my dear brother/sister, "If God only allows bad things to happen to non-christians, then is the God that we believe in fair?"

God allows bad things to happen to christians and non-christians. The difference is, God has given us so freely, His power, His love, His assurance, His hope, in other words, HIS PRESENCE, to overcome and to conquer all things in Christ.

Romans Chapter 8 verse 37 says, "Nay (No), in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

We have the power to conquer all the "WHY ME" situations through Him who loves us so deeply.

And again the Bible says in Romans8:38, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,^[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Corrinne May's song, "Everything in its time" says, "There are a thousand reasons why I should give up, but I am stubborn in the things i belief [that is the faith in God]."

Nothing, NOT EVEN the "WHY-IS-THIS-HAPPENING-TO-ME" situation will be able to seperate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.

Read Romans8:38 again and again when you are facing tough times and hard situations. If you are able to grasp the essence of this verse, you will come to understand and believe that NOTHING will be able to snatch you away from God's love.

So, when you are running and you fall, when you keep walking and you cannot seem to find the finishing line, when you stop and see a tall wall in front of you, when you see your enemies challenging you, when you feel you are so lost, when you want to give it all up, remember that "we are more than Conquerors through Him who loved us" and gave His life for us.

Do conquerors quit?

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as long as stars shine down from heaven,

and the river runs into the sea,

till the end of time forever,

You are the only Love i need.