if I heard wrong..why does it feel so right when I think of him and miss him...

he pops up in my mind every now and then in my busy day..

everytime I think of him I just start smiling like a goofy schoolgirl!

I am so used to guys liking me and I would never get so caught up with it all

But this time, the feeling lingers and it has been months!

Dear God, I really like him and I think I love him.

Please Lord, hear my heart but above all Your will be done not mine.

In Jesus's Most Powerful Name

AMEN.

my God given soulmate

I am in Perth, Australia and the weather here is great!

Actually was supposed to stay here for a month but I think I am going to shorten my trip and return to Singapore once I have completed the promotion.

Sigh, I realized that I may have heard wrongly as things are not going out as planned.

I found out that he is in love with someone else...

Was I disappointed? Yeah...but I know life is full of disappointments so no big deal. What comforts me is that I know that God knows what is best for me and for him.

Well :) for me, I am not fussy as long as the Lord directs I don't really care who it is!

But I noticed that I do prefer blonds ;) i think its the John Smith and Pocahontas syndrome.

However, if my God given soul mate is not blond so be it as long as it is His will and not mine be done.

Very Meaningful Poem-Prayer That Blessed Me Greatly

Grant, O Lord my God, that I may never fall away in success or in failure:that I may not be prideful in prosperity nor dejected in adversity.

Let me rejoice only in what unites us and sorrow only in what separates us. May I strive to please no one or fear to displease anyone except Yourself. May I seek always the things that are eternal and never those that are only temporal.

May I shun any joy that is without you and never seek any that is beside you. O Lord, may I delight in any work I do for you and tire of any rest that is apart from You.

My God let me direct my heart towards You, and in my failings, always repent with a purpose of amendment.

Thomas Aquinas

Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) ~ Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again.

What does it mean to be a winner? What drives you to success?

What gives you the determination to get back up and get on with things?

We all fall down from time to time. If we say that we don’t, then we deceive ourselves.

Many people have been knocked down, and many people have been kicked so hard and have fallen so low, that they have wondered how they can ever get back up from such a blow. For some, it is the pain of separation from a loved one, the loss of a loved one or even a divorce. For some, it is the pain of personal betrayal. For others, perhaps the loss of a job, the heart ache of failure, or having your dreams broken. For some, it is the awful feeling, that gut wrenching guilty feeling of sinning and letting God down.

Some people have found themselves at their lowest ebb; the feelings of hopelessness, and desperation have over-shadowed them and the feeling of being a failure has blinded them. It has them bound up in the chains of defeatism, which has them trapped in a snare where they cannot see beyond what is in front of them. They cannot remember where they have come from, nor can they look ahead, for all they can focus on is what is happening right now. They are trapped in the snare of the circumstances.

Falling down does not make us a failure, but staying down and not trying to get back up, does not turn things around. We have to make a choice to get up and get busy living.

When I first learnt to ride my bicycle, I would fall off more often than not. However, I got back up and kept trying until one day, I could ride my bicycle without falling off. I never gave up no matter how sore it was. Whenever I fell off the bicycle, I got back up again and gave it another go. I was determined not to let the fear of falling off the bicycle, or the fear of failing get the better of me. I knew I would overcome it and be a success if I got back on my bicycle and kept on trying.

Overcomers may fail…but they try again.
Overcomers may get knocked down…but they get back up.
Overcomers may lose the battle…but they win the war.
Overcomers may suffer some set backs…but they rise up and recover all.


The Bible does not call us survivors, it calls us overcomers.


The Bible does not call us just a conquer…but it calls us more than a conquer.


There is song by Chumbawamba called, “Tubthumping”, which in 1997 became a top ten US hit.

The song contains these stirring lyrics:
I get knocked down but I get up again,
You’re ever gonna keep me down.

There is an old Japanese Proverb that says, ”Fall seven times, stand up eight.”

And in our text for today, there is hope for us all when we do fall down. Oh, march on my soul, be strong!

The Bible says in Proverbs 24:16 (NIV),

“Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again”.

He will raise again because his trust and his hope is in the Lord his God. If we do fall from grace and if we do sin, there is forgiveness to be found in Jesus Christ. There is restoration to be found in the tender-loving mercies of the Lord.

God can, and will, build you back up once more, for when all you have left is God, you have everything you need to start afresh!

The band Third Day wrote these wonderful lyrics to the song, “Cry Out to Jesus”, sung by Mac Powell:

‘There is hope for helpless, rest for the weary, and love for the broken heart,
There is grace and forgiveness, mercy and healing, that meets you wherever you are.

God is the restorer of broken dreams.’

He is the one who binds up the broken-hearted and frees the prisoner from the snare of the enemy. God will build up in you a stronger resolve and a greater confidence to face each and every challenge in life, with a winning, overcoming and victorious attitude.

Some things do not come over night, some things are a process. For some, it is a trapped mind set of “nothing good ever happens to me”. God can tear down those strongholds of the enemy. God can heal our memories and set us free from the darkness of negativity, and bring us into the blessings of His glorious light. When we spend time feasting upon His word and prayer, we can renew our mind with the positive promises of God. In the Kingdom of God there are no failures, only success stories, for God is an expert in turning lives around and making you a success.

The Bible says in Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV),

“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’”

My friend, there is an old saying, “You cannot keep a good man down.” When we trust in the Lord, He will help us back up, and we will rise up and be stronger in our faith. He will strengthen our resolve because of His grace, mercy and love. He will enable us to have a “never-give-up” attitude, to get up and keep on going. As the Bible says in our text for today,

Proverbs 24:16 (NIV), “Though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again”, because his trust is in the Lord.

God bless you my friend, Matthew.

* Beautiful Blog Entry by Peebles

I thank God for Woolie Wonka!

Woolie is my White Mini Schnauzer and he accompanied me through many episodes in my life.

Woolie has been such a blessing to me :) I love him so much!

I will miss my family and woolie as I set out on my new ventures...

I pray that God will bless IMMANUEL with droves of clients from Shanghai and Singapore so that there will be a good excuse to fly home every now and then!

Lord, thank you for using me to be a channel of your blessings to others in need.

I pray you continue to use me and all my staff and my whole family to be a faithful and obedient channel of blessing unto your people.

In Jesus's Name
Amen.

Joshua 24:15 (NIV), “But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

I hope she won't walk the painful path I did...

being under deception is a painful thing and I really hope that the Holy Spirit will touch her and Lord please send your angels to protect her.

It takes courage and perseverance but the end result is endless streams of joy.

when everything seems hopeless or bleak, You as a child of God have one very powerful weapon that will help you endure and assure complete victory…you still have your faith.

1 John 5:4 says,

“For Everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.”

How to hear the Voice of God?

Isa Bella:

I had to council a Christian sister today and it was not as gentle as I wanted it to be. I ended my mission with a prayer that the Holy Spirit will touch that sister and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ will deliver and release her from the devil's lies.

Hearing God's Voice through conversations with fellow believers
I asked another Christian sister to confirm that I was not judging that sister but was merely trying to guide her back to God. And why God had to use me to speak to this sister is because she couldn't hear Him anymore.

This sister was living a life of sin, yet used certain bible verses out of context to deceive herself and assure herself that she was still in the perimeter of God's favor and protection. When I shared with her using bible verses to prove to her what God wanted. She just rejected it all and claimed that the word was not from God.

Instead of abiding by God's word, this sister used several other bible verses to rebuke me. I was a little annoyed at first but when I saw how deep her deception was, I began to feel fear. I was fearful for her.

I immediately recognized that because this sister read the bible without the Holy Spirit, she simply picked and chose whichever verse she thought she liked and applied it the way she wanted to in her life. And because God was not the center of it at all, that opened the grounds for the devil to work in her life.

She used Deuteronomy 5:11 to rebuke me and called me a self-righteous hypocrite. When I read her response, I actually stopped and asked myself with complete honesty " Bella, are you being judgmental and giving her the holier than thou attitude?" then I thought for a minute and realized HEY! those aren't even my words, I am just the messenger girl!

Hearing God's Voice through the Bible
God uses the bible to speak to us and He led me to some awesome verses which had all the teachings of Jesus and the most amazing part is that as I shared the word with her, I myself began to really understand what God wanted us to learn!

Revelation on the Bible Verse :

The NIV Bible Version of God's Word:

Deuteronomy 5:11 (New International Version)

11 "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name."

This means if you use the Lord's name as and when you like without thinking of the consequences, the Lord will deem you GUILTY. This commandment has nothing to do with what we say, and everything to do with how we live.

Example 1: This person keeps praising God, talking about God and telling others about God and at the same time lead a life of sin and does not repent. This person's actions will be a bad testimony of Jesus and cause Non Believers to doubt Jesus because the person as a Christian is not just a person but an image of Christ.

Few, if any, cultures or societies encourage their married women to live in the same way after the marriage as when they were single.

For example, if my mother had taken my father's name, but not changed her lifestyle, she would have taken my father's name "in-vain". She would have had a ceremony, but not a new life, and my father would definitely have been very upset.

When we put on a uniform, we take the name of those whose uniform it is. Whether it is a sports team uniform, a work uniform for that employer or a military uniform. When we choose a career, we take the name of the best of everyone in that career field. When we take on a title, we take the name of the best o everyone with that title.

If you take the name of God, at a ceremony, and tell the world that you are now part of the 'bride of Christ' as the church is called, yet you do not live like a 'bride of Christ', you have taken His name in vain, and you will not be considered guiltless. Live with Jesus as if you are committed to Him for life, not as if He is only a friend.

A spouse is supposed to be an intimate friend, companion, confidant, friend and a lifetime commitment. To treat Jesus as anything less than that, is to take His name in vain.

Example 2: This person uses God's word out of context to instill fear into a fellow believer.

In the Book of Genesis, Chapter 12, Verse 1-3, we see what God says about His response to how people treat Israel:

“And I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you. And in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

In the Book of Numbers, where the Bible is telling us about the Nation of Israel that God delivers out of bondage in Egypt, it tells us:

“He crouched. He lay down as a lion, and as a great lion. Who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.”

God showed me all the scriptures of what Jesus said about disobedience and using the Lord's name in vain as this sister always has God at the tip of her tongue but at the same time she was leading a life of sin. She shared with me that in her opinion, doing what makes oneself happy is the correct thing to do! I remember my Senior Pastor taught me :

" the word SIN is spelt S "I" N so whenever you put "I" which means yourself before GOD then you are definitely sInning! "

I shared that with her too. But just in case because I am a nobody to her, she would dismiss God's message again, I applied what Jesus taught us through the bible.

Hearing God's Voice through Jesus

The words of Jesus Christ:

"There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."
(Proverbs 14:12 RSV)

"Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart."
(Proverbs 21:2 RSV)

"This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me; in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.' You leave the Commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men."
(Mark 7:6-8 RSV)

"Let no one deceive you with empty words, for it is because of these things that the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience."
(Ephesians 5:6 RSV)

"See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ." (Colossians 2:8 RSV)

"For they are a rebellious people, lying sons, sons who will not hear the instruction of The Lord; who say to the seers, "See not"; and to the prophets, "Prophesy not to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions, leave the way, turn aside from the path, let us hear no more of the Holy One of Israel."
(Isaiah 30:9-11 RSV)

What Bella Said to the Sister:

I still know that the words I heard are indeed for you. God has tried to save you from the devil's trap and He has sent us to warn you but you refuse to see God's will and you reject His words. If you do not heed His warning, you will be under wrath. If you think I am wrong, please print this email out and approach a Pastor.

Let the Pastor pray and discern and the Pastor will tell you how God sees this situation.


Hearing God's Voice with the Help of the Holy Spirit

Reading the bible without the Holy Spirit and NOT Understanding the word of God is a VERY dangerous thing because then you open the grounds to Satan who has blinded you and will lead you to destruction.

Hearing God's Voice through Prayer

I send you this email not in anger but in fear as you are blinded and you refuse to see the truth. I pray that the Holy Spirit will touch you and the blood of our dear Lord Jesus Christ will cleanse you of all your sin and release you from the devil's lies.

In the most Powerful Name of our Precious Lord Jesus,
AMEN.