Maid headache

Maid headache

Yesterday we had our own trouble with our maid but this time it was the agency that let us down. Our maid was sent to the agency to renew her visa but instead of sending our maid back to us, they asked her to take a taxi back home ( with her passport)! We thought it was so unprofessional of them because there has been so many cases of maids running away, even without passports - what more with passports.

Henry came home fuming mad, kids were wailing, Nic missed kakak Sadiah, Ethan missed the maid before her and so there were tears and anger in the home. Also, Ethan punched Nic's eye which was the real reason why he was crying ie. out of guilt! As i put Nic and Ethan to bed, i could still hear Henry's angry voice going on and on and on.....with the agency I guess.

I would normally go with the flow and also blame the agency but now I see trials like this is an opportunity to draw closer to God and to tap on His divine power, to see His power at work and to thank Him for delivering us once again. So, we prayed for God's hand to be upon us, we bound and broke all devil at work scheming to take our maid away from us, we cast down all the arguments, the plans of the devil that rises up against God's will for our family. We prayed for thousands upon thousands on angels to go to Sadiah's midst, to do battle with the devil and to guide Sadiah home to us. We prayed we would trust in God and not go with our emotions knowing that He will deliver us from all our troubles in Jesus' name.

I could still hear Henry say over the phone to the agency "Lari means larilah, there is no point to wait till tomorrow" (lari= run away). That was the hopelessness that was in our house yesterday.

But at 5.30 am this morning, Henry came downstairs and said "Looks like God has answered our prayers" and showed me a sms from our maid. According to her, she swears by God that she fainted last night while catching a cab and thankfully managed to call a friend to help her before she passed out and she would be coming home this morning!

Praise the Lord! Thank you Jesus! I asked the boys to thank Jesus and we prayed again for angels with swords of fire to be around Sadiah to guide her home to us. That roused Ethan's interest as he demonstrated how it is done. I told Ethan "Isn't Jesus so powerful?" and he nodded.

Two nights ago, Henry had a dream that he could not open his eyes and he felt suppressed. He said he told the devil that the God who is in Him is greater than he in the world and he woke up. But he shared that he thinks it was because he was too tired. There are many nights that we are tired but these things don't happen all the time. I pray we will recognize the evil forces at work. That was a dream from the devil to steal, kill and destroy and last night, it attempted to do just that. Actually, what Henry and I should have done was to pray in agreement just like last night to reject the devil and to break the power of the enemy in Jesus' name so that yesterday's episode won't happen or if it still happened, we know that God is in control because we had already said the prayer and we know, without getting too worked up, that He will deliver us.

For me, I pondered how the devil always has some nasty trick up its sleeves before my hospital scan - to kill, steal and destroy whatever joy that God has in store for us. Today, I can expect victory in God no matter what the ct scan shows this morning at SJMC because we overcame darkness by trusting in God last night and also because whoever hopes in the Lord shall not be disappointed. They say the greater the spiritual attack, the greater the blessing that is coming our way!

I continue to walk by faith and not by sight. I continue to hold on to my rhema of Isaiah 7 that the cancer will not rise up, it will not happen, it will not take place. It will be too shattered and I only need to stand firm in my faith and it will be established. I claim that by Jesus' stripes I am healed. I claim that God sent His word and is healing me right now. I claim that His word brings life and health to my flesh and I ask for the holy spirit, the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead to quicken my entire body. Oh my soul, praise the Lord! My lungs, my every cell and pore of my body, receive God's healing right now as it is being poured out from my spirit, into my soul and into my body. I thank you Jesus. I believe, i receive your healing. In Jesus' name. Amen.

When You Eat and Are Satisfied

Deuteronomy 6:10-12

"10 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, 11 houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then when you eat and are satisfied, 12 be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery."

I used to read this passage from a third party view of what God is warning to the people of Israel but now I understand better that most of what is written in Deuternomy can be applied to our daily lives.

For example, a few months ago I read this passage:

Deuteronomy 1:6-7
"6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates."

Suddenly I felt God was telling me that this is the season to leave the cancer episode behind (the mountain), break camp and move on and so going back to work and sharing my testimonies made sense to me that it really was what God was moving me into - a time of good works be it intercession, helping in Sunday school or sharing testimonies in the real world. But then, my mum was concerned that I was not going to survive the recycled air in the office or the viruses from my sick colleagues and doubts started to set in and I wasn't sure whether I was going to survive the first week but I did! Praise the Lord!

This morning, I am beginning to see that even Deuteronomy 6:10-12 is concerning our lives. We mustn't forget that He provides -flourishing cities, houses filled with all kinds of good things, even things that we did not dig or plant ourselves. And when we eat and are satisfied, we must not forget that it was the Lord who brought us out of "Egypt". Last year there were 3 specific word of knowledge spoken over my life that God would prosper me financially. Each time i would roll my eyes because I've been taught to be good steward of money and warned of prosperity gospel. One of them specifically said she saw stacks of thousand dollar cash floating around me. It was just getting so obvious that I told God that if He really wanted to bless me, then I will receive it and I claim it in Jesus' name! Then recently, my mum's family received their inheritance from a property sale. I did not expect anything to flow down to me so it was a windfall when my mum said she would set aside a sum for me to purchase e excel products. Praise the Lord! This sum practically fell from the sky! In a recent episode, Henry shared he didn't feel so guilty now that he read that Steve Jobs received a salary of USD 52 million dollars last year! I told him that the extra sum that God provided for Henry in the job he is holding currently is a blessing from God and nothing that he did, (or like Deuteronomy 1:6-7 says) "dug" or "planted".

It is becoming clearer to me that when we stay close to God, blessings will just flow, all kinds of blessings including finances. For often, we have been reminded to look at the Giver and shun the gifts but it really is a Father's heart to bless us when we seek Him. It is like the saying of Matthew 6:33 that says "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you". It is a total package of the Giver and His gifts as he encourages us in our walk with Him. But in all times, we must be humble to acknowledge that all we have is from Him.

Thank you Lord for reminding me this morning not to forget You when You provide us with blessings of all kinds. For everything is from You even the jobs we hold. You made it happen Lord! Thank You so very much for your many blessings and for encouraging us as we walk in You. Even when circumstances seem dark, it becomes mere shadow as You shower Your love on us in so many ways - friends and family that support us, encouraging visions and dreams, providing for our needs and even beyond our needs. Thank You Lord for everything.

Happy Chinese New Year!

"Xin Nian Kuai Le"

Recipe - vege fruit juice

Tried this concoction of vege fruit juice this morning. Yummy to me so I am recording this down so I can do it again some time.

Small bit of beet root
1/4 carrot
1 cabbage
2 leaves of butter head lettuce
1/2 cucumber
1 small knob of ginger
1 apple
1 banana

Nice! :)

Rejoice in the Lord Always

Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Psalm 100:4
"Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name."


This morning I woke up with the word "rejoice" in my head and so I started with songs rejoicing in the Lord..

Rejoice in the Lord (by Evelyn Tarner)

Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice 2x
Rejoice, rejoice and again I say rejoice 2x


I will enter his gates ( by Gwen R Shaw)

I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
For this is the day that the Lord has made
Let us rejoice for He has made me glad

He has made me glad, he has made me glad 
I will rejoice for he has made me glad
He has made me glad, he has made me glad 
I will rejoice for he has made me glad

I was reading about the 9 fruits of the Holy Spirit and the 9 gifts of the holy spirit. I came to the one about tongues and how when we speak in tongues of men and angels (1 corinthians 13:1), we utter mysteries with our spirit to God which no one understands  (1 Corinthians 14:2). I  was encouraged and started to pray in tongues and suddenly I thought of my church and I told myself I will press on in tongues praying for my church until something happens.

After a while in tongues, i asked for thousands upon thousands of angels to come to our church to destroy all the evil spirits within my church. I felt compelled to raise my hands and then, I felt His love pour down, the Holy Spirit pour down on my church and on me and then I started to cry. Hmmmm, crying in tongues. I did not want to let go of Him so I pressed on. Then I heard "silence". So i said "what is it Lord?". And this is what I sensed Him say,

"Tell them I love them,
I will pave the way and they will see My Light and My glory.
Stay close to me and I will show the way"

And my heart was filled with so much love that is started to cry out "thank you" and "I love you Lord" to God over and over again. It just never seemed to end but when it did I sensed His awesome, love, peace and joy. Yes, joy! Let us rejoice in the Lord in anticipation of His help! Let us rejoice in Him always!

Update: First Day Back at Work

Psalm 18; 20-24 (The Message)


God made my life complete
when I placed all the pieces before him.
When I got my act together,
he gave me a fresh start.
Now I'm alert to God's ways;
I don't take God for granted.
Every day I review the ways he works;
I try not to miss a trick.
I feel put back together,
and I'm watching my step.
God rewrote the text of my life
when I opened the book of my heart to his eyes.


Praise the Lord! Thus far, all is well. I am constantly eating and drinking though to ensure all the nutrients go in and I've got a little window open for some fresh air to come in. My dear boss has offered to help ease me by not passing me any professional work so I will just focus on the administrative part. I was handling a bit of both before and when I left, I heard they formed a few groups of people to handle the admin part. Pretty amazing! Now, they can't wait to pass it back to me!

I didn't prepare enough food for lunch so I had to go out for some vege meal to get filled. Thank God for the little snacks I brought along such as crackers, apples, grain bars and health drinks. It has been wonderful to get back to work and to meet all my peers and bosses. Just need to be careful that I get out into the open to breath some fresh air.

Thank you Lord for first day at work, thank you for the strength that you gave me today, thank you for all the help you gave me in planning for my lunch and dinner. Thank you for the rain shower and the cool breeze today. Thank you for the easy work load and the flexibility of time given to me. Thank you Lord for everything. I feel put together and am watching my step. :)

The cross in my life

Woke up this morning at 3 am and something inside me said 'Go downstairs, i have something exciting to show you'. Normally I would go because I would sense God calling me and prompting me by the holy spirit but I wanted to continue sleeping. Alas, Nic woke up, went to toilet and later was sniffling and I helped clear his snort and relieve him with eucalyptus oil. Then, I thought, alright i might as well go downstairs. I don't know how I landed on these sermons but I am so blessed this morning for i know I would miss this morning's sermon in church because i will be helping out in Sunday school and I know I have to be careful from now on not be spiritually dry again.

I pray you too will be blessed by these sermons by Derek Prince. There are 4 parts to the sermon 'The Cross in MY Life'. It  opened my eyes again to the curse I had fallen to, and how i had fallen from grace before I returned to the cross. He talks about us as christians and the problems in church today, touching on legalism, talking about law vs grace, our application after God making a way for us etc. There are many scripture verses so take out your bible, pen and paper! 

The cross in my life part 1

The cross in my life part 2

The cross in my life part 3

The cross in my life - part 4