I shared with Henry's cousin last night that I just believed in Jesus and what He has done for me on the cross 2000 years ago, that he not only bore my sins but also took my sickness away and I just cling on to His promise that by his wounds, I have been healed. Past tense. That's the amazing part of God's word, we can cling on to His promises because He is a God that cannot lie.
She told me she was glad to see myself resolved within to just pick up and just move on. I went home pondering that line. It wasn't that I picked myself up but letting myself go to Jesus who then picked me up. It wasn't a mind game that I have to stay happy so that endorphins can be churned but reliance on God's promises and there is power in His word! By stretching my hands out to receive His grace, He stretched out His hand and pull me out of the pit. That's why the healing process has begun and I choose to look at His finished work on the cross. He says "It is finished". There is nothing else for me to do but to believe. By receiving His grace, He gives me also the wisdom to handle this situation eg asking for prayers, taking advise from family and friends, nutrition, type of chemo, exercise, taking rest, getting sunshine, not being stressed etc but never the other way round first. Anything else would be on my strength and I would continue to be under the curse, fallen away from grace again (see my blog on "Blood of Jesus - I am "faith"ing). I know it is difficult to understand but here is a song by Marvin Sapp that speaks my heart too, even his opening words are so true. Click the video bar on the right, lyrics below:
We Worship You Today
Verse 1:
My life is a testimony, my heart is an open vessel.
My will is the part that yields to Your will.
My walk is the way You lead me,
my talk is the words You feed,
my praise is the sweetest sound to Your ears.
Chorus: Hallelujah (3x), we worship You today.
Verse 2:
I live ‘cause You have allowed,
I give ‘cause You showed me how;
I’m here as a testimony to You.
There’s no place I’d rather be,
there’s no other God for me,
there’s no other name I give all the praise.
Chorus Vamp:
We worship, we worship, we worship,
we worship, we worship, we worship,
we worship, we worship, we worship,
we worship You today.
(Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlXRbi3sSfc&feature=fvw)
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
How to Pray - Part 2
I was going through my notes on how to pray and the types of prayers from Deeper Life Seminar in preparation of the exam I had to do over the weekend which I did not do but finally completed it last night at 8pm, the time DLS class started! I told myself I would not get stressed over it and instead took my time to enjoy the study. While studying, I got so inspired to send the verses to Aunty Beverly. I sent out 9 smses! Thank God I didn’t get a scolding but instead a nice sms saying she was encouraged. Then, I got so encouraged, I sent the same verses to Min Yi who was also encouraged. So, I decided to send these verses to you to so that you can meditate on it and be blessed as well.
"Aunty Beverly, just want to share with you that i pray for u daily and thank Him for healing you because I claim His promise that whatever I ask I believe I have received it and it will be mine (Mark 11:24) Aunty Beverly, find a scripture that promise the answer and in Proverbs 4: 20-22 “God says my son pay to attention to what I say, listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight keep them within your heart for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body. Above all else guard your heart for it is de well spring of life.” Don't let any thots dampen you. It is not from God. Say, “I reject these thoughts in Jesus’ name. I choose to stand firm on God's word and it is his will to heal. 1 Peter 2:24 by His wounds you have been healed.” Choose God's words over feelings that contradict God's words."
"God said I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. (Psalm 89:34) That is de assurance that we can cling on to His promises n de confidence we have in approaching Him ( 1 john 5:14,15) Praise de Lord! :)"
"Everytime you feel pain you say to de devil, “de bible says I just need to stand firm (Ephesians 6:13) n I don't have to fight this battle because God said the battle belongs to Him (2 chronicles 20:15). Begone devil in Jesus' name!”"
"2 chronicles 20:17 - you will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions stand firm and see the deliverance. :) "
"But if I drive out demons by the spirit of God, then de kingdom of God has come upon u. Or again how can anyone enter a strong man's house unless he first ties up de strong man? Then he can rob his house. (Matt 12:28, 29)"
"Luke 10:18,19 I saw satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all power of de enemy, nothing will harm you. Aunt Beverly, that is de authority God has given us to rebuke the devil, to drive it away, to bind it, to cast it out. Then just focus on His love, de price he said. De grace given. De right standing before God. We r his children. He will answer all our prayers. 1 john 5: 14, 15 knowing it is his will to heal. In fact he overcame our disease borne our sickness 2000 years ago. :) yay! Praise de Lord!"
"By de blood of Jesus we are made righteous before God. We have right standing before God now. And de bible goes on to say 'the prayer of a righteous man is powerful n effective. 'Isn't that awesome? that's why when we pray in that attitude that we have right standing before God our prayers are powerful n effective. :) i am so happy i found this verse tonight. Always thot someone was more righteous than me. Not true. We are now his children now de moment we accepted christ co heirs w christ. :)"
"Pray to de Father in de name of Jesus (John 16:23-24), believe de moment u pray (Mark 11:24), thank God for de answer (Philippians 4:6), come boldly upon de throne of grace (James 5:16-18), find scripture to meditate upon, watch out for negative thots - not from God reject it in Jesus' name, don't worry (1 Peter 5: 7), think of these things (Philippains 4:8), stand firm on God's word (Ephesians 6:13-14.) "
"One very important thing which I am still learning. De words we speak out, our thots must be in agreement to de meditation of our hearts, de prayers that we pray. (Ps 19:14)"
I pray you will all be blessed by the above verses.
"Aunty Beverly, just want to share with you that i pray for u daily and thank Him for healing you because I claim His promise that whatever I ask I believe I have received it and it will be mine (Mark 11:24) Aunty Beverly, find a scripture that promise the answer and in Proverbs 4: 20-22 “God says my son pay to attention to what I say, listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight keep them within your heart for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body. Above all else guard your heart for it is de well spring of life.” Don't let any thots dampen you. It is not from God. Say, “I reject these thoughts in Jesus’ name. I choose to stand firm on God's word and it is his will to heal. 1 Peter 2:24 by His wounds you have been healed.” Choose God's words over feelings that contradict God's words."
"God said I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered. (Psalm 89:34) That is de assurance that we can cling on to His promises n de confidence we have in approaching Him ( 1 john 5:14,15) Praise de Lord! :)"
"Everytime you feel pain you say to de devil, “de bible says I just need to stand firm (Ephesians 6:13) n I don't have to fight this battle because God said the battle belongs to Him (2 chronicles 20:15). Begone devil in Jesus' name!”"
"2 chronicles 20:17 - you will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions stand firm and see the deliverance. :) "
"But if I drive out demons by the spirit of God, then de kingdom of God has come upon u. Or again how can anyone enter a strong man's house unless he first ties up de strong man? Then he can rob his house. (Matt 12:28, 29)"
"Luke 10:18,19 I saw satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all power of de enemy, nothing will harm you. Aunt Beverly, that is de authority God has given us to rebuke the devil, to drive it away, to bind it, to cast it out. Then just focus on His love, de price he said. De grace given. De right standing before God. We r his children. He will answer all our prayers. 1 john 5: 14, 15 knowing it is his will to heal. In fact he overcame our disease borne our sickness 2000 years ago. :) yay! Praise de Lord!"
"By de blood of Jesus we are made righteous before God. We have right standing before God now. And de bible goes on to say 'the prayer of a righteous man is powerful n effective. 'Isn't that awesome? that's why when we pray in that attitude that we have right standing before God our prayers are powerful n effective. :) i am so happy i found this verse tonight. Always thot someone was more righteous than me. Not true. We are now his children now de moment we accepted christ co heirs w christ. :)"
"Pray to de Father in de name of Jesus (John 16:23-24), believe de moment u pray (Mark 11:24), thank God for de answer (Philippians 4:6), come boldly upon de throne of grace (James 5:16-18), find scripture to meditate upon, watch out for negative thots - not from God reject it in Jesus' name, don't worry (1 Peter 5: 7), think of these things (Philippains 4:8), stand firm on God's word (Ephesians 6:13-14.) "
"One very important thing which I am still learning. De words we speak out, our thots must be in agreement to de meditation of our hearts, de prayers that we pray. (Ps 19:14)"
I pray you will all be blessed by the above verses.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Town Hall Meeting Day
It was all havoc at the creche. Sorry guys, I did my best. In the end, I think Man Hon's iphone helped! I am really happy that the holy spirit helped us stay back in church because I thought I would not be able to put in my vote if I had to send the kids back for baby sitting. In the end, even Min Yi and Wei Ling put in their votes too. Praise the Lord!
The Blood of Jesus - I am “faith”ing
I am beginning to put my faith in the blood of Jesus because I believe it is the blood of Jesus, the perfect lamb slain, that made me right with Father God. It is the blood of Jesus that set me free. He did it freely for me, because God loves me so much, it is a free gift to me. His grace is a free gift to me. The only thing I need to do is reach out and receive it.
Grace is getting the blessing that I do not deserve.
Mercy is not getting the punishment I deserve.
I am made right (righteous) by the blood of Jesus.
These are simple revelations from God but why do I constantly struggle? Because, grace is SUPERNATURAL, it is not from this world. It is a gift from God. And I need the HOLY SPIRIT daily to understand these simple revelations.
I say "daily" because somehow my mind has been conditioned to think “do good, get good”, “do bad, get beat” – the way of the world. Even Wendy’s friend told her “Why is it bad things happen to good people”. That is the way most people think, even us Christians.
But that is not what righteousness (right standing with God) is. That is not what grace is. In fact, I live under a curse if I continue to think like that. Although, Christ has redeemed me on the cross, I negate the cross everytime I have this “do good, get good”, “do bad, get beat” mentality. I forget what grace is! I need to be filled with the holy spirit daily to understand grace, to experience grace, to experience God’s love, to not fall under the curse again. And it happened to me this week – I was under the curse of the law! I have fallen away from grace again! The bible says it clearly.
Galations 3:10
10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse…”
Galations 5:4
4You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
It is deep revelation for me to note that this is not just the laws of Moses but the works we do everyday “to do good, get good”.
Ethan was down with cough for the past 9 days. I myself developed slight cough over the weekend and by Monday morning, I had developed green phlegm, a sign of infection. The thing is both Henry and I have been praying for Ethan the rebuking and casting out way, in all kinds of prayers but the stubborn cough did not go away. Instead, I got infected too.
It was a hectic weekend too with lantern party, baby sitting the kids during the town hall meeting. I uploaded some pix to show you the havoc activity! Plus all the routine of a busy weekend surrounding the kids. Then, I was stressed because I could not do my devotion first thing in the morning because of the busy activity around me. Deeper Life Seminar (DLS) requires us to discipline ourselves to spend at least 1 hour 20 mins with God, singing praises (20 mins), thanking Him (5 mins), praying in tongues (20 mins), reading and studying the bible (20 mins), meditating His word and jotting notes (15 mins). Plus - I hadn’t finished my exam which had to be done after revising the notes. All this plus being overworked and coughing was making me all stressed! And stress is an open door for the devil to work its way in again! Thankfully, I just felt in my spirit to not go for the Deeper Life Seminar class Monday night because I just needed to rest. But no sooner I decided on this, condemnation and feeling guilty started hitting me but I put it aside. I decided to tell Elaine as she is my classmate. Amazingly, she volunteered to pick me up for class. I thank this dear sister of mine but the devil works in ways unimaginable. I decided to just rest on the Hamir’s gauge of "got peace no peace thing" – decision that gives peace is from God, decision with no peace plus guilt and condemnation is NOT from God.
I told the devil:
“You can stop condemning me for not praying correctly over Ethan”
“You can stop condemning and making me feel guilty for not doing my devotion the first hour after waking up”
“You can stop condemning me and making me feel guilty for not being able to complete my exam and passing up on time”
“You can stop condemning me that I won’t be able to pass up my devotion time table on time”
“You can stop making me feel guilty for not attending the 1 hour talk on miracles by Dr Lay and making me feel guilty that I will miss out on all these details”
..because I need to rest! I just want to spend time with God and talk to Him. Begone, devil in Jesus’ name! Amen!
I started my morning jog around the neighbourhood and then started praising God and continued my quiet time with Him even after I got home. I marveled that at the end of it, how I had a good time with the Lord, enjoying talking and singing to Him without any stress - just pure enjoyment, like a holiday with Jesus! PLUS, believe it or not, I still fulfilled the DLS criteria to do my devotion in the first hour after waking up. Amazing but true. I am in returned blessed because I placed my trust in Jesus 100%. I just followed Him and NOT allow the things that had to be done for the day to rule me! Yet, the outcome was the same and the feeling ecstatic – my heart is filled with love, joy and hope! I feel so blessed.
Henry called me in the morning and told me Ethan did not cough at bed time last night. That’s the first time! Praise the Lord! I also told Him that I have no more green phlegm today! Praise the Lord! The blessings continue to flow!
Those who have faith are blessed with believing Abraham. (Galations 3:9)
Abraham believed in justification (made righteous) by faith (Galations 3:8). Amazing! The bible foresaw God would justify the gentiles (not Jews) by faith. The gospel was announced in advance to Abraham long before the Jews received the law! And we are blessed with believing Abraham because we believe what He believed too – justification (made right with God) by faith. I have to keep explaining in brackets because words like righteousness and justification are just too big words for me!
Faith is from the greek word “Pistis”. It is a verb, an action word and if you translate it to English, it really means “faith”ing. So faith, on contrary, is not a set of beliefs like the world thinks. “Oh, what faith do you belong to”. Nope, faith is not a noun. It is a verb. Faith is believing in Jesus and what He did for us. Like believing Abraham, it is a continuous action of believing. Some days we wake up and it is not fine and dandy and we forget God’s grace. It IS possible, I know because I experienced it last week!
Now that I know that faith is a verb, I will ask the holy spirit daily to reveal himself to me and to explain to me “grace” again, so that everyday I can be renewed in mind to be more and more like Christ, so that I can fall in love with Jesus all over again, so that I can be born again, over and over again to experience His grace, His love and the most beautiful part is – blessings will flowwww! Be it love to others, sharing His word to others, receiving favor from men and God, prosperity, good health, deliverance from bad habits – blessings will flowwwwww! Hallelujah! Such great revelation!
Grace is getting the blessing that I do not deserve.
Mercy is not getting the punishment I deserve.
I am made right (righteous) by the blood of Jesus.
These are simple revelations from God but why do I constantly struggle? Because, grace is SUPERNATURAL, it is not from this world. It is a gift from God. And I need the HOLY SPIRIT daily to understand these simple revelations.
I say "daily" because somehow my mind has been conditioned to think “do good, get good”, “do bad, get beat” – the way of the world. Even Wendy’s friend told her “Why is it bad things happen to good people”. That is the way most people think, even us Christians.
But that is not what righteousness (right standing with God) is. That is not what grace is. In fact, I live under a curse if I continue to think like that. Although, Christ has redeemed me on the cross, I negate the cross everytime I have this “do good, get good”, “do bad, get beat” mentality. I forget what grace is! I need to be filled with the holy spirit daily to understand grace, to experience grace, to experience God’s love, to not fall under the curse again. And it happened to me this week – I was under the curse of the law! I have fallen away from grace again! The bible says it clearly.
Galations 3:10
10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse…”
Galations 5:4
4You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
It is deep revelation for me to note that this is not just the laws of Moses but the works we do everyday “to do good, get good”.
Ethan was down with cough for the past 9 days. I myself developed slight cough over the weekend and by Monday morning, I had developed green phlegm, a sign of infection. The thing is both Henry and I have been praying for Ethan the rebuking and casting out way, in all kinds of prayers but the stubborn cough did not go away. Instead, I got infected too.
It was a hectic weekend too with lantern party, baby sitting the kids during the town hall meeting. I uploaded some pix to show you the havoc activity! Plus all the routine of a busy weekend surrounding the kids. Then, I was stressed because I could not do my devotion first thing in the morning because of the busy activity around me. Deeper Life Seminar (DLS) requires us to discipline ourselves to spend at least 1 hour 20 mins with God, singing praises (20 mins), thanking Him (5 mins), praying in tongues (20 mins), reading and studying the bible (20 mins), meditating His word and jotting notes (15 mins). Plus - I hadn’t finished my exam which had to be done after revising the notes. All this plus being overworked and coughing was making me all stressed! And stress is an open door for the devil to work its way in again! Thankfully, I just felt in my spirit to not go for the Deeper Life Seminar class Monday night because I just needed to rest. But no sooner I decided on this, condemnation and feeling guilty started hitting me but I put it aside. I decided to tell Elaine as she is my classmate. Amazingly, she volunteered to pick me up for class. I thank this dear sister of mine but the devil works in ways unimaginable. I decided to just rest on the Hamir’s gauge of "got peace no peace thing" – decision that gives peace is from God, decision with no peace plus guilt and condemnation is NOT from God.
I told the devil:
“You can stop condemning me for not praying correctly over Ethan”
“You can stop condemning and making me feel guilty for not doing my devotion the first hour after waking up”
“You can stop condemning me and making me feel guilty for not being able to complete my exam and passing up on time”
“You can stop condemning me that I won’t be able to pass up my devotion time table on time”
“You can stop making me feel guilty for not attending the 1 hour talk on miracles by Dr Lay and making me feel guilty that I will miss out on all these details”
..because I need to rest! I just want to spend time with God and talk to Him. Begone, devil in Jesus’ name! Amen!
I started my morning jog around the neighbourhood and then started praising God and continued my quiet time with Him even after I got home. I marveled that at the end of it, how I had a good time with the Lord, enjoying talking and singing to Him without any stress - just pure enjoyment, like a holiday with Jesus! PLUS, believe it or not, I still fulfilled the DLS criteria to do my devotion in the first hour after waking up. Amazing but true. I am in returned blessed because I placed my trust in Jesus 100%. I just followed Him and NOT allow the things that had to be done for the day to rule me! Yet, the outcome was the same and the feeling ecstatic – my heart is filled with love, joy and hope! I feel so blessed.
Henry called me in the morning and told me Ethan did not cough at bed time last night. That’s the first time! Praise the Lord! I also told Him that I have no more green phlegm today! Praise the Lord! The blessings continue to flow!
Those who have faith are blessed with believing Abraham. (Galations 3:9)
Abraham believed in justification (made righteous) by faith (Galations 3:8). Amazing! The bible foresaw God would justify the gentiles (not Jews) by faith. The gospel was announced in advance to Abraham long before the Jews received the law! And we are blessed with believing Abraham because we believe what He believed too – justification (made right with God) by faith. I have to keep explaining in brackets because words like righteousness and justification are just too big words for me!
Faith is from the greek word “Pistis”. It is a verb, an action word and if you translate it to English, it really means “faith”ing. So faith, on contrary, is not a set of beliefs like the world thinks. “Oh, what faith do you belong to”. Nope, faith is not a noun. It is a verb. Faith is believing in Jesus and what He did for us. Like believing Abraham, it is a continuous action of believing. Some days we wake up and it is not fine and dandy and we forget God’s grace. It IS possible, I know because I experienced it last week!
Now that I know that faith is a verb, I will ask the holy spirit daily to reveal himself to me and to explain to me “grace” again, so that everyday I can be renewed in mind to be more and more like Christ, so that I can fall in love with Jesus all over again, so that I can be born again, over and over again to experience His grace, His love and the most beautiful part is – blessings will flowwww! Be it love to others, sharing His word to others, receiving favor from men and God, prosperity, good health, deliverance from bad habits – blessings will flowwwwww! Hallelujah! Such great revelation!
Friday, October 2, 2009
The Blood of Jesus
From my journal on 2 October 2009:
Amazing revelation today. Actually King Wai had shared it with me before earlier in my journey but it seems it takes 5 to 6 times of telling me the same thing before I really understand what it all means! Dennis tells me statistically, it takes up to the 7th time of listening to the gospel before a person receives Jesus. Anyway, this amazing revelation is about the blood of Jesus and the state of our mind when taking communion. Incidentally, I went for a healing rally by Vera Lim at PJ Hilton recently with Alvin Foo and Elaine. Vera Lim explained to us and also showed clips of recent healings to demonstrate that the blood of Jesus heals. The blood of Jesus delivers and protects. I witnessed myself how she delivered 2 persons from ringing in their ears and healed a paralysed man in a wheelchair. His fingers could move a bit and he could rock his body to and fro. A lady suffering of lupus was also healed and for the first time she could bend her left leg with lesser pain. She rebuked the disease from her body and asked for the blood of Jesus to heal her. She told us we could do the same at home. Whenever we are sick, we can pour ourselves a glass of water, believe that it is the blood of Christ and drink it and be healed. Do the same with bread, the body of Jesus broken for us and by His wounds we are healed. We are to take the bread and "wine" with this attitude daily and we will be healed.
I shared with King Wai it's not that I don't believe in the blood of Jesus but I don't want to place my faith in the blood of Jesus as if it was some magic potion. My faith is in Jesus who broke his body, shed his blood for us so that we may now have right standing before God - not by what we have done, good works etc but by what Jesus did for us on the cross. And this Jesus, our God, was raised from the dead and we are all made alive in Him as well. Because we have right standing with God and we are His children, he will hear our prayers. He will fullfil His promises if we claim His promises. That's why receive whatever blessing we need be it healing, deliverance or prosperity.
I think Vera Lim has been pleading the blood of Jesus for so many years and her faith in Jesus keeps growing and growing each time she witnesses another healing. For me, I have to double check where my source is before I ask for the blood of Jesus to heal me. For her it is automatic, she sees the connection straight away. For me, I take baby steps...like this journey.
This morning, I decided to write down my prayers before praying . I picked this up from reading OMF Books' "World Prayer". This man prepares his prayers like sermon notes before he gets down with business with God. That is how much confidence he has that God will answer his prayers. After all, God told us to approach Him this way (1 John 5:14,15). With confidence that He hears us and because He hears us, He will give us what we ask of Him.
I'm writing all this after a facial at Curve, sipping "Body Builder" at Juiceworks. I feel so blessed today.
Oops, I have yet to reach this revelation for the day! I was praying in spirit when I remembered what King Wai said about the blood of Jesus and while praying in spirit, I flipped to 1 Corinthians 11:23-33 and read it in my mind. I learned this multi tasking technique in Deeper Life Seminar under Margaret Falls. I started to cry when I read verse 24 "This is my body which is for you". I have read it so many times but I never quite understand the penalty He had to pay for us. I did not know in addition to taking away my sins, he also took away my disease. We never have to get sick again. Even if we do, with His help, we can overcome it. Then I read this part "This cup is the new covenant in my blood". By His death, by shedding His blood and paying the price for us, we now have right standing before God. But it's not until this journey that I realised what righteousness or right standing before God means. I always thought that I am not worthy (I am a sinner) compared to say, Peter Lim. Let's ask Peter to pray becuase he is more righteous! That's all wrong thinking!
Because of what Jesus did for us, we are now made worthy. God sees us sinless, blameless, pure even though we are in a state of fallenness. That the beauty of our God. We only need to let Jesus be our Lord and saviour. He loves us so much. And in this love relationship, we can come in confidence (like Vera Lim) approaching God for whatever we need and we know He will answer us because the bible says so (1 John 5:14,15, Mark 11:24, John 16:23). "My Father will give you whatever you ask in My name. Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete" Jesus said. This is the beautiful relationship we can have with God.
I still haven't come to the revelation part! It goes on to say how if we eat the bread and drink the cup in an unworthy manner, we are bringing judgment upon ourselves. This is the part that opened my eyes "That is why many among you are weak and sick and a number of you have fallen asleep". That's why we fall sick, that's why our children fall sick and we can't attend home groups, church etc, that's why I have cancer. First, we take our eyes off Jesus, then we take our eyes off His word, then we do things the way our limited mind thinks fit, worse, we become obsessed over certain things and punish our physical bodies as a result. Worst, we become spiritually dead (fallen asleep), we put God in a box, say our prayers but do not anticipate any miracle because we have lost understanding of how powerful and how loving our God is.
But with our right standing before God, we can ask whatever we need or desire for in Jesus lies the answer to every human need!
I used to think that when taking communion, I should be more reverent, be silent, think of Jesus and what He did, ask for forgiveness. I guess it all seems correct but only when I started this journey, did I really know what it meant for Jesus to pay the price for us. We are more than worthy now to come before Him because we are His children now. And that's the thankfulness in my heart to have when taking communion and to ask for forgiveness to align myself back to God again if I have in anyway lost focus in Him.
Amazing revelation today. Actually King Wai had shared it with me before earlier in my journey but it seems it takes 5 to 6 times of telling me the same thing before I really understand what it all means! Dennis tells me statistically, it takes up to the 7th time of listening to the gospel before a person receives Jesus. Anyway, this amazing revelation is about the blood of Jesus and the state of our mind when taking communion. Incidentally, I went for a healing rally by Vera Lim at PJ Hilton recently with Alvin Foo and Elaine. Vera Lim explained to us and also showed clips of recent healings to demonstrate that the blood of Jesus heals. The blood of Jesus delivers and protects. I witnessed myself how she delivered 2 persons from ringing in their ears and healed a paralysed man in a wheelchair. His fingers could move a bit and he could rock his body to and fro. A lady suffering of lupus was also healed and for the first time she could bend her left leg with lesser pain. She rebuked the disease from her body and asked for the blood of Jesus to heal her. She told us we could do the same at home. Whenever we are sick, we can pour ourselves a glass of water, believe that it is the blood of Christ and drink it and be healed. Do the same with bread, the body of Jesus broken for us and by His wounds we are healed. We are to take the bread and "wine" with this attitude daily and we will be healed.
I shared with King Wai it's not that I don't believe in the blood of Jesus but I don't want to place my faith in the blood of Jesus as if it was some magic potion. My faith is in Jesus who broke his body, shed his blood for us so that we may now have right standing before God - not by what we have done, good works etc but by what Jesus did for us on the cross. And this Jesus, our God, was raised from the dead and we are all made alive in Him as well. Because we have right standing with God and we are His children, he will hear our prayers. He will fullfil His promises if we claim His promises. That's why receive whatever blessing we need be it healing, deliverance or prosperity.
I think Vera Lim has been pleading the blood of Jesus for so many years and her faith in Jesus keeps growing and growing each time she witnesses another healing. For me, I have to double check where my source is before I ask for the blood of Jesus to heal me. For her it is automatic, she sees the connection straight away. For me, I take baby steps...like this journey.
This morning, I decided to write down my prayers before praying . I picked this up from reading OMF Books' "World Prayer". This man prepares his prayers like sermon notes before he gets down with business with God. That is how much confidence he has that God will answer his prayers. After all, God told us to approach Him this way (1 John 5:14,15). With confidence that He hears us and because He hears us, He will give us what we ask of Him.
I'm writing all this after a facial at Curve, sipping "Body Builder" at Juiceworks. I feel so blessed today.
Oops, I have yet to reach this revelation for the day! I was praying in spirit when I remembered what King Wai said about the blood of Jesus and while praying in spirit, I flipped to 1 Corinthians 11:23-33 and read it in my mind. I learned this multi tasking technique in Deeper Life Seminar under Margaret Falls. I started to cry when I read verse 24 "This is my body which is for you". I have read it so many times but I never quite understand the penalty He had to pay for us. I did not know in addition to taking away my sins, he also took away my disease. We never have to get sick again. Even if we do, with His help, we can overcome it. Then I read this part "This cup is the new covenant in my blood". By His death, by shedding His blood and paying the price for us, we now have right standing before God. But it's not until this journey that I realised what righteousness or right standing before God means. I always thought that I am not worthy (I am a sinner) compared to say, Peter Lim. Let's ask Peter to pray becuase he is more righteous! That's all wrong thinking!
Because of what Jesus did for us, we are now made worthy. God sees us sinless, blameless, pure even though we are in a state of fallenness. That the beauty of our God. We only need to let Jesus be our Lord and saviour. He loves us so much. And in this love relationship, we can come in confidence (like Vera Lim) approaching God for whatever we need and we know He will answer us because the bible says so (1 John 5:14,15, Mark 11:24, John 16:23). "My Father will give you whatever you ask in My name. Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete" Jesus said. This is the beautiful relationship we can have with God.
I still haven't come to the revelation part! It goes on to say how if we eat the bread and drink the cup in an unworthy manner, we are bringing judgment upon ourselves. This is the part that opened my eyes "That is why many among you are weak and sick and a number of you have fallen asleep". That's why we fall sick, that's why our children fall sick and we can't attend home groups, church etc, that's why I have cancer. First, we take our eyes off Jesus, then we take our eyes off His word, then we do things the way our limited mind thinks fit, worse, we become obsessed over certain things and punish our physical bodies as a result. Worst, we become spiritually dead (fallen asleep), we put God in a box, say our prayers but do not anticipate any miracle because we have lost understanding of how powerful and how loving our God is.
But with our right standing before God, we can ask whatever we need or desire for in Jesus lies the answer to every human need!
I used to think that when taking communion, I should be more reverent, be silent, think of Jesus and what He did, ask for forgiveness. I guess it all seems correct but only when I started this journey, did I really know what it meant for Jesus to pay the price for us. We are more than worthy now to come before Him because we are His children now. And that's the thankfulness in my heart to have when taking communion and to ask for forgiveness to align myself back to God again if I have in anyway lost focus in Him.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
There is Power in His Words
Psalm 19 speaks clearly to me today. It is about how his laws, statutes, precepts, commands are all perfect, trustworthy, right, radiant - giving us revival, wisdom, joy and light to our soul. I hear God saying to me "Now that you have found me again don't let go." This makes me wanna cry because I have wasted so much time when I could have experienced all this so richly with Him. I suppose sometimes we don't realise something until we almost lose it. I would like to share the verses with you:
Psalm 19:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
And He goes on to say:
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.
How true it is because His words brought health to my body. I pray I will never go astray again. As David says:
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Psalm 19:
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
And He goes on to say:
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.
How true it is because His words brought health to my body. I pray I will never go astray again. As David says:
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Day of Encouragement and Showers of Blessing
There's always showers of blessing before even greater news is received. The last results was like that too - with songs of praise and good time with friends. Last night, I had a whole day full of encouragement. I felt such showers of blessings. I got to chat with my old friend, Sharon Tan from Melbourne and my dear cousin Stephen from Perth. I was so delighted to receive sms that he read the prayer I blogged yesterday to receive Jesus and to be saved. Praise the Lord! Hey, Stephen, I am marking this special day, 30.9.2009, down for you. Your prayer is just between you and God and I will continue to pray for you. :) Then, Pesala called. This special lady whom I only got to know better from this journey, has been such an encouragement to me. To see her life change after she committed her household problems to Jesus really encourages me beyond words. She has managed to restore her relationship with her husband and now he goes to church! Her husband has even allowed pastor and Hamir to pray with him. That is a new man with a new life! Praise the Lord! Then, my old friends, Yew Leong, Freddy, Clarence, GC together with Aunt Rita and Uncle Richard visited me out of the blue! What a day of blessing! In addition to that, because Henry attended a prayer meeting amongst friends for this Sunday's Church Business Meeting, I was baby sitting Nicholas and Ethan last night. What a joy it was to have my family reunited with me over the week day!
This morning, I went for a chest X Ray. Alright, no drama today! I am so glad there was no needles involved. Praise God once more for his confirmation. My X ray report says marked improvement from the previous X ray and my main tumor keeps shrinking! It's now only 1.4cm only which is smaller than the previous ct scan of 2 cm. Doc is so pleased with progress that she was all smiles today saying "It is VERY good loh" as she compared 2 X rays. I love my doctor because she doesn't give me too many details but with such few words, it almost makes me laugh! She did comment I have very dry skin and could do with moisturiser and even a facial. Actually, I do have moisturiser but she told me to get a really good one and to visit the counters to get my face analysed first. Which I did! The lady H2O shop at Sunway Pyramid gives really detailed advise and even dissuades me from certain of their products eg I need a product that balances the moisture and hydration and not just hydration. While at Sunway Pyramid today, Henry and I managed to catch a chick flick "The Ugly Truth" which I enjoyed tremendously! Sooooooooooooo romantic!
I was reading the SUN newspaper today at the hospital and because of yesterday's tsunami at Padang, the Kugan case and another tragedy of a girl killed by a dropped emergency supply, the words "dead", "death", "kills", "killed" kept flashing at me each time while I was turning the pages, waiting for my turn for X Ray. Then, at the sports section, words like "as good as can be", "up and running" flashed at me. Then, I hear God speaking "No remnant, dead cancer cells. Your lungs are good, up and running". Isn't it amazing how God speaks?
After all in John 10:27, Jesus said "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me". We can hear God, the bible says so. That's one thing that I learn from this journey is that God speaks to us through so many ways and means, through His word, through visions, strong impressions, sermons, people, signboards and today, newspapers! Let no child of God say we cannot hear God because to say otherwise would be in disagreement with what He says.
I wait upon the Lord and His finished work because He said He has borne my disease 2000 years ago and by His stripes, I am healed. And I choose to believe, I claim it and hold on to His promise. Thank you Lord, for you are my Healer. All Glory to God!
Thank you for all your support and prayers and that alone is such encouragement to me.
2009.10.01 11:53
Wendy
Praise god for good news.
2009.10.01 12:18
Tan Yew Leong
So cool. Thank god. I will continue my prays for u. It was great to see u again after so many years. Keep us inform ok. Enjoy the nuts.
2009.10.01 12:19
Deepa
Great to hear that liz!im so very glad tat ur d0ing so well..ul b perfectly fine in no time im sure..:-)c u ar0und n keep in touch;-)
2009.10.01 12:19
Rose
I luv u
2009.10.01 12:20
Ima
Amin.
2009.10.01 12:22
Yvonne
So happy and relieved for u. Keep going we know u can make it. Glory to the almighty!
2009.10.01 12:23
Clarence
Very good news.
2009.10.01 12:26
Seuk Fang
Great to hear tat!Congrats!Continue v ur healthy diet n exercises!u'r proving to everyone tat v god's help n mercy n ur fightin spirit, u'r gettin closer to win this battle! we'll continue to pray for you :)
2009.10.01 12:27
Steven Toh
Amen. God is gud. Rejoice w u
2009.10.01 12:28
Huey Ling
That's fantastic news! So so happy to hear!
2009.10.01 12:28
Tony
Thank God always.
2009.10.01 12:28
Sue
Praise God! Hallelujah! God is so so good! Hug hug, kiss kiss!
2009.10.01 12:29
Pete
PRAISE GOD!!
2009.10.01 12:32
Aunt Khwan
Praisa de Lord
2009.10.01 12:35
Aunt Dolly
Praise n thank the lord 4 such great mercies
2009.10.01 12:35
Fee
I am so jumping w joy! God is great indeed! *hugs*
2009.10.01 12:36
Lisa Choy
Liz this is such wonderful wonderful news. Thanks for the booster encouragement :)
2009.10.01 12:36
Aunt Rita
Happy 2 hear d. Good news. I will pray for u.
2009.10.01 12:37
Elaine
Praise d lord!
2009.10.01 12:37
Chee Meng
Amen Praise the Lord. I rejoice wt u.
2009.10.01 14:04
Bee Lian
Yes,truly wonderful to hear that.Praise God
2009.10.01 14:04
Mrs Liew
Ptl! There is now hope 4 Liz n 4 FBC! Yipee
2009.10.01 14:04
Karen K
Praise the Lord! M so, so happy 2 hear of ur progress. God is good & v wil continue 2 pray.
2009.10.01 14:04
Kim Kee
praise the Lord!!!
2009.10.01 14:05
Kok San
PTL!! He is almighty n a miraculous God!
2009.10.01 14:05
Hannah
So glad 2 hear. PTL!
2009.10.01 14:05
Anita
Praise d Lord indeed! We rejoice 2 hear dis amazing news :-).
2009.10.01 14:05
Eric Hew
PTL! Great news!
2009.10.01 14:06
Grace
Praise God! He is really at work in you. I was so touched reading yr blog. Take care and look forward to more good news from you.
2009.10.01 14:09
wei ling
V happy to hear news! :-) PTL! we're still praying 4 complete healing! Hope kids r well too. Do they know yr situation?
2009.10.01 14:24
uncle wong
Great news! We are very happy for you and your family. God is great. From Aunty Vivien and me.
2009.10.01 14:24
dennis
Praise Jesus for your revival. You have come from the dead to be alive in Him! I listened to the song The God I know. I like more the more I listen!
2009.10.01 14:24
Pesala
Gods promise 2 us wil always come 2 pass Pesala :-)
2009.10.01 14:33
uncle allen
HALLELUJAH IN THE HIGHEST. Pls include in asean beacon article. DR ALLEN TEH
2009.10.01 14:33
Wei ling
Praying for you n whole family! Takes great faith to leave our lives in God's hands, literally. Glad u're feeling better n stronger
2009.10.01 15:06
chung leng
Great news!! So happy to hear it! Praise God!:-)
2009.10.01 15:12
Sharon
That's wonderful!
2009.10.01 15:35
Cynthia
Praise the lord dear! So happy to hear tat! The power of god is unbelievable
2009.10.01 15:37
karen t
Praise the Lord indeed. Hey i told dr guna about u. He's shock of coz and he's glad it's improving. He did ask u to email him. He sends his regards.
2009.10.01 15:37
Bran & Siew Lee
V rejoice wit u 2 hear God 's goodness. Keep trusting bran&siewle
2009.10.01 15:57
Freddy
Hey Elizabeth..that's wonderful wonderful news!! Just knew u will be alright!! You enthusiasm and ever willing to laugh at almost anything attitude is good enough to ''win off'' anything and everything!! Way to go gal... Just keep pumping those ''happy cells''into your body... Just call when u need to talk or anything ok? Don't be a stranger, we may not have been closed..but we' came a ''long way''!! Warmest regards-freddy
2009.10.01 16:05
Steven Lee
Praise God. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow & forevermore! Praise His holy name.
2009.10.01 16:10
Stephen Mah
Hi Liz. Thats brillent news, am so happy for you and yr family. Wooo Hooo. :)
2009.10.01 16:16
tammy
:-):-P:-*:-) from all of us here! Praise God for his faithfulness! This is our God! This is the God we know!
2009.10.01 16:16
Jo
Praise the Lord! :-)
2009.10.01 18:51
Sook Yian
Wow! Truly amazing! Praise and glory to God!
2009.10.01 19:23
Shirley
Glad to hear this, yes, alleluia !! :)
2009.10.01 20:31
Ps Phillips
Praise the lord for the results. I am praying for divine healing for you. Pastor phillip koh
This morning, I went for a chest X Ray. Alright, no drama today! I am so glad there was no needles involved. Praise God once more for his confirmation. My X ray report says marked improvement from the previous X ray and my main tumor keeps shrinking! It's now only 1.4cm only which is smaller than the previous ct scan of 2 cm. Doc is so pleased with progress that she was all smiles today saying "It is VERY good loh" as she compared 2 X rays. I love my doctor because she doesn't give me too many details but with such few words, it almost makes me laugh! She did comment I have very dry skin and could do with moisturiser and even a facial. Actually, I do have moisturiser but she told me to get a really good one and to visit the counters to get my face analysed first. Which I did! The lady H2O shop at Sunway Pyramid gives really detailed advise and even dissuades me from certain of their products eg I need a product that balances the moisture and hydration and not just hydration. While at Sunway Pyramid today, Henry and I managed to catch a chick flick "The Ugly Truth" which I enjoyed tremendously! Sooooooooooooo romantic!
I was reading the SUN newspaper today at the hospital and because of yesterday's tsunami at Padang, the Kugan case and another tragedy of a girl killed by a dropped emergency supply, the words "dead", "death", "kills", "killed" kept flashing at me each time while I was turning the pages, waiting for my turn for X Ray. Then, at the sports section, words like "as good as can be", "up and running" flashed at me. Then, I hear God speaking "No remnant, dead cancer cells. Your lungs are good, up and running". Isn't it amazing how God speaks?
After all in John 10:27, Jesus said "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me". We can hear God, the bible says so. That's one thing that I learn from this journey is that God speaks to us through so many ways and means, through His word, through visions, strong impressions, sermons, people, signboards and today, newspapers! Let no child of God say we cannot hear God because to say otherwise would be in disagreement with what He says.
I wait upon the Lord and His finished work because He said He has borne my disease 2000 years ago and by His stripes, I am healed. And I choose to believe, I claim it and hold on to His promise. Thank you Lord, for you are my Healer. All Glory to God!
Thank you for all your support and prayers and that alone is such encouragement to me.
2009.10.01 11:53
Wendy
Praise god for good news.
2009.10.01 12:18
Tan Yew Leong
So cool. Thank god. I will continue my prays for u. It was great to see u again after so many years. Keep us inform ok. Enjoy the nuts.
2009.10.01 12:19
Deepa
Great to hear that liz!im so very glad tat ur d0ing so well..ul b perfectly fine in no time im sure..:-)c u ar0und n keep in touch;-)
2009.10.01 12:19
Rose
I luv u
2009.10.01 12:20
Ima
Amin.
2009.10.01 12:22
Yvonne
So happy and relieved for u. Keep going we know u can make it. Glory to the almighty!
2009.10.01 12:23
Clarence
Very good news.
2009.10.01 12:26
Seuk Fang
Great to hear tat!Congrats!Continue v ur healthy diet n exercises!u'r proving to everyone tat v god's help n mercy n ur fightin spirit, u'r gettin closer to win this battle! we'll continue to pray for you :)
2009.10.01 12:27
Steven Toh
Amen. God is gud. Rejoice w u
2009.10.01 12:28
Huey Ling
That's fantastic news! So so happy to hear!
2009.10.01 12:28
Tony
Thank God always.
2009.10.01 12:28
Sue
Praise God! Hallelujah! God is so so good! Hug hug, kiss kiss!
2009.10.01 12:29
Pete
PRAISE GOD!!
2009.10.01 12:32
Aunt Khwan
Praisa de Lord
2009.10.01 12:35
Aunt Dolly
Praise n thank the lord 4 such great mercies
2009.10.01 12:35
Fee
I am so jumping w joy! God is great indeed! *hugs*
2009.10.01 12:36
Lisa Choy
Liz this is such wonderful wonderful news. Thanks for the booster encouragement :)
2009.10.01 12:36
Aunt Rita
Happy 2 hear d. Good news. I will pray for u.
2009.10.01 12:37
Elaine
Praise d lord!
2009.10.01 12:37
Chee Meng
Amen Praise the Lord. I rejoice wt u.
2009.10.01 14:04
Bee Lian
Yes,truly wonderful to hear that.Praise God
2009.10.01 14:04
Mrs Liew
Ptl! There is now hope 4 Liz n 4 FBC! Yipee
2009.10.01 14:04
Karen K
Praise the Lord! M so, so happy 2 hear of ur progress. God is good & v wil continue 2 pray.
2009.10.01 14:04
Kim Kee
praise the Lord!!!
2009.10.01 14:05
Kok San
PTL!! He is almighty n a miraculous God!
2009.10.01 14:05
Hannah
So glad 2 hear. PTL!
2009.10.01 14:05
Anita
Praise d Lord indeed! We rejoice 2 hear dis amazing news :-).
2009.10.01 14:05
Eric Hew
PTL! Great news!
2009.10.01 14:06
Grace
Praise God! He is really at work in you. I was so touched reading yr blog. Take care and look forward to more good news from you.
2009.10.01 14:09
wei ling
V happy to hear news! :-) PTL! we're still praying 4 complete healing! Hope kids r well too. Do they know yr situation?
2009.10.01 14:24
uncle wong
Great news! We are very happy for you and your family. God is great. From Aunty Vivien and me.
2009.10.01 14:24
dennis
Praise Jesus for your revival. You have come from the dead to be alive in Him! I listened to the song The God I know. I like more the more I listen!
2009.10.01 14:24
Pesala
Gods promise 2 us wil always come 2 pass Pesala :-)
2009.10.01 14:33
uncle allen
HALLELUJAH IN THE HIGHEST. Pls include in asean beacon article. DR ALLEN TEH
2009.10.01 14:33
Wei ling
Praying for you n whole family! Takes great faith to leave our lives in God's hands, literally. Glad u're feeling better n stronger
2009.10.01 15:06
chung leng
Great news!! So happy to hear it! Praise God!:-)
2009.10.01 15:12
Sharon
That's wonderful!
2009.10.01 15:35
Cynthia
Praise the lord dear! So happy to hear tat! The power of god is unbelievable
2009.10.01 15:37
karen t
Praise the Lord indeed. Hey i told dr guna about u. He's shock of coz and he's glad it's improving. He did ask u to email him. He sends his regards.
2009.10.01 15:37
Bran & Siew Lee
V rejoice wit u 2 hear God 's goodness. Keep trusting bran&siewle
2009.10.01 15:57
Freddy
Hey Elizabeth..that's wonderful wonderful news!! Just knew u will be alright!! You enthusiasm and ever willing to laugh at almost anything attitude is good enough to ''win off'' anything and everything!! Way to go gal... Just keep pumping those ''happy cells''into your body... Just call when u need to talk or anything ok? Don't be a stranger, we may not have been closed..but we' came a ''long way''!! Warmest regards-freddy
2009.10.01 16:05
Steven Lee
Praise God. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, tomorrow & forevermore! Praise His holy name.
2009.10.01 16:10
Stephen Mah
Hi Liz. Thats brillent news, am so happy for you and yr family. Wooo Hooo. :)
2009.10.01 16:16
tammy
:-):-P:-*:-) from all of us here! Praise God for his faithfulness! This is our God! This is the God we know!
2009.10.01 16:16
Jo
Praise the Lord! :-)
2009.10.01 18:51
Sook Yian
Wow! Truly amazing! Praise and glory to God!
2009.10.01 19:23
Shirley
Glad to hear this, yes, alleluia !! :)
2009.10.01 20:31
Ps Phillips
Praise the lord for the results. I am praying for divine healing for you. Pastor phillip koh
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