Coming to God in Prayer.

This is the vision and direction of what God has set for me and the church for this year....PRAYER.
With this in mind I went back to dwell on "the Lord's prayer" so as to give me a better insight on prayer. "This, then, I show you should pray, "Our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9).
A familiar prayer and most of us would even know and repeat it with ease but.....but it can sometimes become tasteless substitutes for an unmotivated heart. It is more than a formula but a patten set and model for us to have our own time talking with our heavenly Father.
This prayer covers all matters and affairs.The first three petitions ask for such grand and heavenly blessings that no heart can ever exhaust their meaning. The fourth petition presents as in one little package, all the interest of state and home; all bodily and temporal need. The sixth petition combats the Devil and his temptation to sin.
Truly, this prayer was made by a wise Man, more than wise but our Lord and Saviour,whom no one can imitate, for the Lord has composed the Prayer for us in this compact manner and has included in it every need that may arise.
He puts into our mouths the very manner and matter of the prayer which He wants us to offer, so that we may see how He is concerned about our need, and may never doubts that this prayer is pleasing to Him and will certainly be answered.
If prayer has become a tedious chore in our walk with God, perhaps we have lost sight of ............
- the object of prayer ("Our Father in heaven")
- the privilege of prayer ("Hallowed be your name")
- the power of prayer ("your kingdom come")
- the provision of prayer ( "Give us this day our daily bread")
- the protection of prayer ("Deliver us from the evil one").
There is only one thing left to do..............PRAY!.

Lord WHY I am lonely in my ministry?

Just could not get down to post any things, each day I would stare into a blank page and nothing would materialized. Why do this drought seem so long? I am just feeling tired out, dry an lonely in my ministry. GOD I need a fresh touch from you, please, please...........Moving here to pioneer the church just make me realize that the friends we left behind has suddenly seem to fade away also. God give me the Grace for my tight places.

The Rainbow - A Picture of Peace, the Emblem of Mercy

I have not been writing, not because I have been busy but it was the time of the dry season in this period of time. Praise God, after prayer meeting tonight I was much lifted up a I was reading this passage in Revelation 4 especially verse 3 "He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like a emerald."
The sky that was dark and sinister with rain clouds boiling and thunder rolling. Suddenly a thin ray of light appear, then another and yet another.As the rain ends, the sun breaks through and the dark clouds melt. A shimmering rainbow appear, heralding fair weather and hope. How wonderful!
The rainbow was probably designed to be symbolic s well as beautiful. From its own nature and associations, t has always been an emblem of peace. It contrasts beautifully with the tempest that has just been raging. If the rain has been gentle, the leaves and flowers would appear clothed with new beauty, if the storm has rages violently, the rainbow is a pledge that the war of the elements has creased.
Oh yes, therefore the rainbow around the throne is a beautiful emblem of the mercy of God and of the peace that is to pervade the world as the result of the events disclosed to John in his vision. True, there were lightnings and thundering and voices, but there the rainbow abode calmly above them all, assuring us that here was to be mercy and peace.
We can count on it. Life will have its share of lightning and thunder, many things will be washed out,tragedy and sorrow will touch every life. But this too is a fact that we can count on. For the child of God there will surely be a calm after the storm that makes the storm pale by comparison. So take hear. The rainbow in the clouds is a divine reminder from God that all is under control. As God's own dear child, look to the day when we will see God's heavenly rainbow emerge to signal the peaceful reign of Christ and the fulfillment of all His promises.
Praise Him for His faithfulness to His promises and His people yesterday, today and forever.

Transcending Time, Touching Eternity

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:8)
It always happen that some people are never around when we need them.When help or encouragement is needed their phone is out of order. But you can never say of the Lord, yes by His own testimony to the apostle John, He has always been with His people in the past, is with them now, and will stay ever faithful in the future.
Although we human being finds ourselves trapped by time, Jesus Christ has time in His hand. This is done by the every action taken at the Cross 2000 years ago. Whoever offered a sacrifice and while doing so, remembered the true Lamb, who was slain for the sins of the world, was saved through faith in the Christ who would come. Whoever did not do this was not saved, even though he had a thousand oxen to sacrifice.
There is only one and the same salvation from Adam to Abel onward; it is the same salvation we have. It continued until Jesus Christ Himself come. But now, of course, it is no longer faith in the future Christ but in the Present One. The teaching has been one and the same from the beginning of the world and shall remain so until the end of the world. There has at all times been one and the same Christ, a Christ who is in the past, present and future - the One " who is, and who was, and who is to come."
Yes to the past..to the future, Christ reaches eternally in both directions. Yet He also find time to be an "ever present help in trouble." That is a comforting thought when present circumstances are difficult and the future looks bleak. He whom time cannot change has all the time in the world to watch over us ........ yesterday, today and tomorrow. Bless you and have wonderful time enjoying His presence and His fresh touch this weekend, I pray.

Time for a Test

Reflecting on the issue on why must I be in church? It can only be us, our relationship and attitude toward God, toward His Word and how deep is our love for Him. Is there a lesson to learn here, yes...yes..yes! A time of testing, definitely yes and without doubt.Then testing of what? Testing our spiritual experience against the timeless standard of God's Word, I believe. This is another exam we cannot effort to miss, the test to help us distinguish between false spirit holding onto to us, the evil spirit around us and God 's Spirit. "Dear friend, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God." (1 John 4:1)
"The seeker after God's best is always eager to hear from anyone who offers a way by which he can obtain it." Yes how we long for some new experience, some elevated view of truth, some operation of the Spirit that will raise us above the religious mediocrity we see all around us. So we make excuses and seek it everywhere except in Him and with Him. Our Lord has made it plain not only that there shall be false "spirits" abroad, endangering our Christian lives, but that they may be identified and known for what they are!
The first test must be: "What has this done to my relationship with and my attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ? Do I love God more? Is Jesus Christ still to me the centre of all true doctrine?
Again: "How does it affect my attitude toward the Scriptures? Did this new view of truth spring from the Word of God itself or was it the result of some stimulus that lay outside the Bible? Be assured that anything that comes to us from the God of the Word will deepen our love for the Word of God!"
O my prayer for those out there who asking the question"Why church?" is "Father, now is a good time to test ourselves and see if we are growing in our walk with YOU. May we find a deeper love for YOU, Father: Amen."

A Heart persuaded that all is well.

Lately there seem to be a new wave on the blog regarding the question of church. The need to go and worship on Sunday, finding hard to blend into the church and so on and so forth.I just wonder what is the cause and issue at hand? Can we look around us and find out why? So often everyone can point to errors of judgment, performance and hurts that have caused problems for others. But often the memories of such painful moments can linger longer after the offense has been forgiven.
No it is not the harsh criticism berating you but the silent accusations of your own heart, the inner turmoil of conscience only you and God can hear, others may forget but somehow you can't.
"Whenever our hearts condemn us... God is greater than our heart, and He knows everything" (1 John 3:20) The meaning here seems to be that we shall allay our doubts and produce a state of quiet and peace by the evidence that we are of the truth. Our consciences are often troubled by past guilt. But, in furnishing the evidence of true piety love to others, we shall pacify an accusing mind, conciliate our own hearts and convince ourselves that we are truly the children of God.
In other words, though a person's heart may condemn him as guilty, and though he knows that God condemns the sins of the past, yet his mind may be soothed by evidence that he is God's child and that he will not be finally condemned. We do not have to attempt to conceal the fact that there is much for which our own heart and conscience might justly accuse us but finds in spite of all this and persuaded that all will be well. The heart can only be kept calm by such a course of life that God and our own hearts shall approve the manner in which we live.
Reminders of the past are best remedied by thoughts of our present life in Christ. Indeed, without Him life would be one dark memory. When God has forgiven us and has buried our past in the deepest sea, He also puts up a "No fishing" sign and He means it! God bless

Reason to Worship

"Then the man said,"Lord, I believe," and he worshipped Him. (John 9:38)

This is a front page story, a man born blind received his sight, a miracle which the Pharisees found disturbing. For the more they investigated, the more they were faced with a decision regarding the Sight- giver. They are unwilling to admit in their unbelief what the man born blind was only to willing to acknowledge. "Believing with the heart, the man professed his faith in Christ: "Lord, I believe you to be the Son of God." Oh yes! He not only gave HIM the civil respect due to a great man but he gave HIM the divine honour and WORSHIPED HIM as the SON of GOD come in the flesh.
None but GOD is to be worshiped, and by worshiping Jesus, the man acknowledged HIM to be GOD. True faith will show itself in humble adoration of the Lord Jesus. Thus we who believe in Him will see all the reason in the world to worship Him.
Therefore as we cope with the trails that come our way, let the account of this miracle comfort us. Let God know that, though we may not understand the "why" of our suffering, we do rejoice that He will be glorified by its outcome. Regardless of our circumstances, He is worthy of our confidence and our worship. Praise God.