God's grace.

title: A dog saying grace hahaha
date: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
time:10:58 AM

Hi all,

Here's a dog saying grace lol :-D

M.Y.

title: Love our enemies....
date: Thursday, October 21, 2010
time:1:19 PM

Daily Devotioanal, October 11

Posted to Luke 6:27 on Oct 6, 2010 at 12:03 PM

“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

love your enemies

I may not love God as I should, but I’m determined to get a handle on it. I may not love my family the way I should, but I intend to work at it. I may not love my neighbor as I should—but I’ll keep trying. But love my enemy? Wow. That seems impossible!

Here’s why it’s so difficult. Enemies scheme, backstab, subject you to mental distress, and can even cause you bodily harm. If you could truly love them, they wouldn’t be your enemies anymore, would they? But in Luke 6, Jesus says, “Love your enemies” by doing good to them (vv.27,35).

Love is not mere emotion—it’s the decision to do what’s right and good for another person. It means blessing those who are against you, praying for them, and responding to their evil with good. And it means helping them even when they don’t deserve it. The three motivations for this kind of love are: • “Your reward from heaven will be very great” (v.35). Jesus doesn’t expand on this statement here, but it’s clearly a promise. If we choose to honor Him by loving our enemies, He will reward us. • “You will truly be acting as children of the Most High” (v.35). As children of the Most High, we can say along with the martyrs throughout the ages, “You can’t take my true wealth because it’s stored up in heaven. You can’t take my real life because it’s eternal in Jesus Christ.” • “You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.” We are called to imitate our Father, who is kind even to the “unthankful and wicked” (vv.35-36).

Let’s choose love over hatred. No occasion justifies evil for evil; no injustice warrants unjust behavior. Instead, we can follow God’s leading by choosing to love our enemies. —Poh Fang Chia

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title: Struggling With Society's Labels
date: Thursday, October 14, 2010
time:9:45 AM

Hi all,

We have the tendency to label people based on society's standards consciously or subconsciously. Let's ask God to help us to put away our prejudices especially to those we deem as weird and strange. As the Lord remind us: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you...." (Matthew 7:12)

M.Y.

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title: Devil's Burden
date: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
time:11:17 AM

Streams in the Desert

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Devil's Burden

"There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God" (Heb. 4:9).

The LORD gave them rest on every side...the LORD handed all their enemies over to them." (Joshua 21:44).

"He crowns the humble with salvation." (Ps. 149:4). (Rotherham, margin)

An eminent Christian worker tells of his mother who was a very anxious and troubled Christian. He would talk with her by the hour trying to convince her of the sinfulness of fretting, but to no avail. She was like the old lady who once said she had suffered so much, especially from the troubles that never came.

But one morning the mother came down to breakfast wreathed in smiles. He asked her what had happened, and she told him that in the night she had a dream.

She was walking along a highway with a great crowd of people who seemed so tired and burdened. They were nearly all carrying little black bundles, and she noticed that there were numerous repulsive looking beings which she thought were demons dropping these black bundles for the people to pick up and carry. Like the rest, she too had her needless load, and was weighed down with the devil's bundles. Looking up, after a while, she saw a Man with a bright and loving face, passing here and there through the crowd, and comforting the people.

At last He came near her, and she saw that it was her Saviour. She looked up and told Him how tired she was, and He smiled sadly and said: "My dear child, I did not give you these loads; you have no need of them. They are the devil's burdens and they are wearing out your life. Just drop them; refuse to touch them with one of your fingers and you will find the path easy and you will be as if borne on eagle's wings."

He touched her hand, and lo, peace and joy thrilled her frame and, flinging down her burden, she was about to throw herself at His feet in joyful thanksgiving, when suddenly she awoke and found that all her cares were gone. From that day to the close of her life she was the most cheerful and happy member of the household. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. --Longfellow

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