Serving God brings Joy

Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalms 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Psalms 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalms 51:13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

There is no joy like love. There is no joy but love. Christ had just spoken of the Father's love and His own abiding in it, and of His having loved us with that same love.

His Joy is nothing but the joy of love, of being loved and of loving. It was the joy of receiving His Father's love and abiding in it, and then the joy of passing on that love and pouring it out on sinners.

It is this joy He wants us to share - the joy of being loved of the Father and of Him, the joy of it our turn loving and living for those around us.

Good Nite Lord

Lord,

Thank you for another 2 hours online. I had the precious time here to update my blogs, and I even got a chance to talk to my partner, and my other friends here online. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to use this web to give glory to your name.

How blessed I am that you care about every details of my life and the lives of my family. Thank you for your faithfulness to us. Forgive my times of doubt and unbelief sometimes. Help me to trust you even as I wait for some long ago breathed prayers to still be answered.

I also pray for my friends here that each one of them will experience your direction, your provision, protection and your extra ordinary love.

I sincerely pray for my beloved, always give him the strength and the wisdom he needs and help him to be Your hands extended.

I know, this is not the only time for me to go online, but I need to rest myself now. I leave it to Your care tonite as I will sleep tonite in your loving arms.

I love you Lord, not so much for what You do for me but who You are ---a faithful Father.

Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Amen.

Goodnite!

logging off...

God Requires Holy Living

Our daily expression of holiness is a reflection of our faith in Christ. If we have no desire to be holy, we should seriously question the genuiness of our faith in the Lord Jesus.

Christ not only died to save us from the punishment for our sins, but also from slavery to sin in this worldly culture. To continue to live in sin as a Christian is contradictory to the most basic meaning of Christianity. Chirst died to save us from our sins, not to let us remain in our sins.

Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Holiness, then, is not an option for the believer.

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

Titus 2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

Though holiness is not a condition for salvation, it is the natural consequence of salvation. We do not become holy in order to be saved, but because we are get to heaven, but because heaven has already come into our hearts.

To trust Jesus Christ for salvation is to trust him for holiness. If there is no desire for holiness within, then it is doubtful that the Holy Spirit has come to dwell within. The Holy Spirit does not save us without giving us the desire to live a holy life.

Have you been faithful in the Lord Jesus?

When God Changes Our Hearts, Our Actions Change, Too

True repentance occurs when we begin to see sin from God's point of view - when we see the way our sin has broken his heart. Perhaps the idea that God's heart can be broken by our sin is new to you.

In Genesis6:5-6 we are told, "

Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

God was so disappointed with what He saw that there was a grief or sorrow in his heart.

Jesus also was brokenhearted as He wept over Jerusalem.

Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

God's heart aches over our sin. It alienates us from him and from our fellow believers.

If we want to have victory over sin and turn our lives wholeheartedly over to God, then we must see our sin from God's perspective. There is no preaching on hell can ever change a person's heart like seeing the grief sin has brought to the heart of the One who created us. We must ask God to show us what our sin does to him. As we do this and begin to understand his great love of us, despite how much we have hurt and grieved His heart, turning away from that sin is the natural thing to do. This is the test of our sincerity and of the level of our desperation to be right with God.

Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.

DAD

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! to all Dad.

F - faithful.
A - always there.
T - trustworthy.
H - Honoring.
E - Ever-loving.
R - Righteous.
S - Supportive

A father, a provider of all, a loving father...

I miss you Dad! You will always here in my heart...always be your little girl.

"H" is for Heart

The psalmist's joy in praising the Lord is contangious as he determines to praise the Lord with his whole heart. In essence, the psalmist makes a vow to praise God whether anyone else does or not. Neither will he consider his feelings nor his emotions in the matter, but he will put forth the strenth of his will in this high calling of praise.

Psalms 9:1 <> I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.

With enthusiasm, the psalmist also declares that by his will he should be enabled to give whole hearted praise the Lord, no halfhearted measures are sufficient. If an athlete running a race wants to win, he must run with his whole being set on the goal. Otherwise, any halfhearted effort guarantees failure. Moreover, whatever occupation a person has, he must pursue it wholeheartedly, or he will not be successful. Would we desire to have a surgeon operate on us if he would not do his best? Or would we have an attorney represent us if he possessed an indifferent attitude? No, whatever our task, we need to do it with quiet determination, yet with confidence and joy knowing that we have done our best.

So with the psalmist, there is no proper way to praise the Lord except with a "whole heart." Having made this declaration, the psalmist adds that the will then show forth all of God's marvelous works.

What are these marvelous works? They're simply God's dealing with each of us, beginning with the work of Christ's salvation. But daily we see the Lord's provision for us in many things - a good night's rest, strength for the day, His watch-care over us in keeping us from harm, our daily bread, family and friends, and overall, His peace and joy.

May the Lord grant us grace to praise Him with our whole heart - and thus to show forth His marvelous works.

"T" is for Thanksgiving

Ephesians 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

The blessedness of giving thanks to the Lord cannot be overemphasized. Whatever the situation, whether it be filled with joy, or filled with sadness and even despair, we are told to give thanks to God.

The Bible tells us to do such simple yet often difficult task. To give God thanks, first of all, is an act of worship and obedience - we are commanded to do so. But giving thanks also implies trust in God; trust that He will do what His Word promises; trust that He will answer that seemingly impossible prayer request; and trust that "all things work together for good."

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Throughout the Old Testament, particularly in the Psalms, we are told repeatedly to give thanks and praise to God. A good example of this instruction appears in Psalm 50:14-15 - where the psalmist reminds us to " offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me." Here we see a direct link between giving thanks to God, calling upon Him in trouble, and then, witnessing His mighty deliverance in and through a difficult place.

If you remember Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down and woship an earthly king, they were thrown into the fiery furnace. But they trusted God to deliver them - and He did! In fact, they came out of the intense fire and heat without their bodies or clothing being burned, without their hair being singed or even the smell of smoke clinging to them.

As we give thanks to God, something mysterious happens. It is as though we place our hand in His and provide an open door for Him to work.

Reconcile Daily Life and Faith

I believe once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Saviour, and willing to walk with God - expect that there will be a conviction and an obvious changes in the life of anyone who believes in Jesus wholeheartedly.

In this journey of Christian life, I would like to share these three major characteristics mark the new way of life. I hope that will help you to reconcile your daily life and your faith in God.

First, "Break with sin" - Conversion includes the forgiveness of our sins. We now live differently since sin no longer has any hold on us. As a born again Christians we are not without sin, but what previously normal and everyday, now assumes the proportions of a train disaster. Observing the commandments, which where not given as prohibitions but as guidelines for a successful life, will change the course of our lives.

This major change shows God that we love Him.

1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

Second, "Faith in our Daily Lives" - Everyone who believes in Christ and hence diligently reads the Bible, will find a wealth of helpful scriptures for all areas of life. Meditating the word of God daily will make our lives healthy, and will help us to grow spiritually.

I've got some of Scriptures that will help you and deals almost exclusively with the practical aspects of faith. This concern most of "YOU" "own person", and the "interaction with others."

From my list here, I have selected at least "ten" aspect of our faith with supporting verses that you can meditate.

Our (You) person:

- Work as a principle of life - (Eccl. 2:3-11)
- Worries - (Ps. 55:22; Prov. 12:25; Phil. 4:6; Eccl. 5:19)
- Temptation - (Pet. 1:6-7; James 1:2,12)
- Wordly desire, worldly values - (Eccl. 2:2-11)
- Attitude - (Phil. 2:5)
- Happiness and joy - (Ps. 118:24; Prov. 15:13; Prov. 17:22)
- Depression - (Ps.42:5; Ps.119:25)
- Fear of men - (Ps. 56:1-2; Ps. 118:6,8; Prov. 29:25)
- false teachings - (Col.2:8; 2Pet. 3:17; 1John4:6)
- Disaster - (Isa. 45:7; Lament 3:31-37; Amos 3:6)

Interaction with others:

- Parents - (Ex. 5:22-28; Prov. 6:20; Prov. 30:17; Eph. 6:1-3)
- Friends - (Micah 7:5)
- Enemies - (Prov.25:21-22; Matt. 5:22,44; Rom. 12:14)
- Evil men - (Prov. 1:10; Prov. 24:1-2; 1Pet.3:9)
- Believers - (Rom. 12:10; Gal. 6:2,10b; Eph. 4:32; Phil. 2:4; 1Pet.3:8-9)
- Unbelievers - (Matt. 22:32-33; Acts 1:8; Col. 4:5; 1Pet. 2:12,15)
- The sick - (Matt.25:36; James 5:14-16)
- Strangers and guests - (Matt. 25:35; Rom. 12:13; Hebr.13:2)
- False prophets - (1John 4;1-3; Jude 18-19)
- Doubters - (Jude 22-23)

Third, "In the world, not of the world" - The Lord Jesus condensed the framework of His disciples' actions as follows "You do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. The is why the world hate you.

John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Whoever believes in Jesus, still lives in this world like everybody else but in addition and the connection to what we have in second aspect of life and faith, your attitude to life has an eternal dimension. And this eternal dimension affects the Christians' relationship with God, the Father, and His Son Jesus Christ.

To maintain that relationship with God, we are to "love God" (Deut. 6:5; Ps 31:24; Matt. 22:37), we are to get to know Him (Ps. 46;10), we are to keep His commandments (Eccl. 12:13;Micah 6;8), we are to draw close to Him (James 4:8). We are to believe in Him and to accept Him (Hebr. 11:6; Mark 16:16; John 11:25-26; Acts 16;31). We are also to have communion with Him (John.15:2; 1Cor. 1:9; 1Cor.11:23-29; 1John1:3).

We live in a world where Satan can have the opportunity to deceive us, to confuse us, to destroy our faith in Christ - and thats what he does all the time, but if we continually keep our relationship to God healthy, and live closely to God and able to reconcile the daily life and faith - Satan won't be able to access it to our door and not able to destroy our heart.

Because as He promised, "You are not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world."

"Be reconciled with God".

Ways to share the love of Christ

There are a lot of ways to share the love of Christ. And here are some.

Personal Activities

1. Invite a friend to a concert, revival or special worship service at your church. Following the service, go out for dessert and talk with him or her about the message presented in the service.

2. Send a birthday card to a friend. Enclose a personal note sharing about your own spiritual birthday.

3. Clip a special "article" from a daily devotional guide or newspaper religion column and mail it to a friend who needs to know Jesus. Include a personal note conveying love and compassion.

4. Subscribe to a favorite devotional guide or Christian periodical for a friend.

5. Write a letter of encouragement to a college student. Point them to the One who encourages you daily.

6. Write a letter or note of thanks to one who serves in the military services in our country. Include a scripture reference of 1 Corinthians 2:9.

7. Design your own business card to introduce yourself. Include a gospel presentation on the back of the card.

8. Take contemporary Christian tapes and CDs to a juvenile detention center, youth receiving home or shelter. Attach a note to each item sharing John 3:16.

9. Take copies of Home Life and leave them in laundromats. Write the name of your church on each copy and a note saying you hope an article in the magazine will be particularly helpful to the reader.

10. Leave a sealed candy bar or snack near the electric meter attached to your home. Attach a tract or note of "Good News" to the candy bar and state that you would like to share both.

11. Leave a refreshing drink of cold water for the person who picks up your garbage. Attach a note including John 4:14.

12. Leave a "Here's an Extra Tip" tract with your gratuity at restaurants, etc.

13. Ask your pastor to make a 10-15 minute video presenting the plan of salvation and explaining Believer's baptism. Share the video with a lost friend.

14. Go down to the local "hang out" where young boys shoot basketball. Ask to join the game. Ask if you can share a Bible verse with them before you leave.

15. Use the tract "Thank You" to express appreciation to one who has served you (hairdresser, waiter, clerk, etc.).

16. Visit a lonely senior adult living at home, in a retirement center, or in a nursing facility. Share John 14:1-6 and present the gospel. Before leaving pray - thanking God for His love and the gift of eternal life for those who trust in Him.

17. When someone greets you with "have a good day," respond with "thank you, that makes me feel good. Now let me give you some good news. Has anyone told you today that Jesus loves you? I can prove it: The Bible says …"(John 3:16)

18. Wear a T-shirt with a Christian message. Use the printed message as an opportunity to share Christ with someone.

19. Write out your personal testimony. Practice giving it by sharing it with a friend. Ask if they have ever had a similar experience.

20. Write a note of congratulations when a friend, neighbor, or family member is recognized for success. Share how every good and perfect gift is from above.

21. Look for a person at work who is not happy. Seek to develop a friendship with him/her. Share your source of happiness.

22. Develop a personal tutoring ministry for children of single parents or students who need to learn English as a second language. Use the ministry for opportunities to share Christ.

23. Get the Jesus Video and invite a group of internationals to view the film with you. Explain to them how they can receive Christ as Savior.

24. Make a personal phone call to one who has received discouraging news recently. Share that God loves them and is sufficient for all their needs. Include your personal testimony of how God sustained you in your hour of need.

25. When you notice a stranger reading a newspaper, offer him/her a gospel booklet and say "Excuse me, would you like to read some good news that you might not find in there?"

26. Cross-stitch attractive book marks with a gospel message. Share them with friends who enjoy reading.

27. Share a Christian book with a friend. Tell them after they read it you would like to hear their opinion of it.

28. Share a tape of one of your pastor's special sermons with a friend or neighbor. Use this as an opportunity to share the plan of salvation.

29. Include a gospel tract and note of appreciation along with a brief personal testimony when you mail your monthly utility payments.

30. Make a visit to new parents. Take a copy of Parent Life to share with the new mom and dad. Leave a note sharing your joy with them and Psalm 127:3.

31. Wear a "Power Band." Share the meaning of each colored bead with a lost friend.

32. Do something special for someone you work with. Tell them you enjoy helping others because this is one way you can share Christ's love.

33. Send a Valentine card with a gospel tract sharing about God's love.
Family Activities

34. During family devotional times, help family members to pray for the salvation of their lost friends. Encourage family members to tell their friends about Christ.

35. Take a walk with your grandchild and tell him or her about when you came to trust in Christ.

36. When your children invite friends for a sleep-over, use your family devotional time to share John 3:16.

37. Take a plate of home-baked cookies or a pie to a new neighbor. Include a note of welcome to the neighborhood and a favorite Bible verse.

38. Host a birthday party for a family member, inviting friends and neighbors. Share with the group a brief word about your spiritual birthday.

39. Write a letter or note to a lost relative. Share with them what Christ means to you.

40. Host a dinner party or picnic for neighbors. Include conversation about relationships and conclude with an account of your most important relationship in life.

41. Write a letter to your personal physician thanking him for his care. Include an acknowledgement of the Great Physician.

42. Invite an unsaved family member, friend or neighbor to view a Billy Graham Crusade program with you in your home when being shown in your local viewing area.

43. Host a Christmas, Easter, or other Christian holiday celebration in your home, and invite neighbors and community public servants. Share a brief devotional and tell how Christ has made this holiday season special to you and your family.

44. Write a letter of thanks to your local elected officials. Tell them that you will pray for them as they seek to be of service to the community. Include a reference to your faith.

45. Demonstrate the love of Christ with the giving of a gift. Share fresh produce or fruit from your garden. Tell the receiver you enjoy sharing the love of Christ with others.

Group Activities

46. Offer your yard for a backyard Vacation Bible School or Backyard Bible Club.

47. Plan a wild game dinner inviting hunters in your community to bring a "dish."
Ask a popular Christian sportsman to tell stories of interest, share his personal testimony and present the gospel.

48. Conduct a small-scale Health Fair in a low-income housing area. Use Christian professionals to screen cholesterol and blood pressure levels. Conclude the screening with a Christian doctor or nurse sharing a gospel presentation.

49. Host a financial planning seminar. Advertise in the community. During a refreshment time ask a Christian in the financial community to share a brief testimony including the parable of the "rich young ruler."

50. Sponsor a Marriage and Family class or seminar for engaged couples in your community. Enlist a qualified Christian Counselor to teach and also share a Christian witness.

51. Host a seminar on "Writing Your Will," led by a Christian lawyer. Ask him to conclude with his personal testimony on spiritual preparation for death.

52. Sponsor a golf tournament. Ask participants to invite a friend who needs to know Christ. Before awards are given, have a Christian layman share his testimony.

53. Offer a "Teen's Basic Car Care and Simple Mechanics" course to the teenagers in your community. Ask a respected layman to give a brief devotional, sharing how he came to accept Christ.(Ecclesiastes 12:1)

54. Host a pizza party for a local high school ball team and guests. Show a Christian video that relates to youth.

55. Challenge your local high school athletic team (any sport) to play your deacons, church staff, or other ministry group. After the game, provide a pizza dinner. Give a devotional or other Christian book of interest to the team. Thank them for participating.

56. As a church group, set up a booth at community festivals or fairs. Give away cold water, drinks and small gifts. Offer free copies of scripture and gospel materials.

57. When a church group does a fund-raiser, barbeque, or fish dinners, etc., include a gospel presentation and information on your church with each order.
58. As a church group, conduct a Block Party. Have several trained witnesses to do personal witnessing.

59. Encourage your church or Sunday School department to host an appreciation banquet for local law enforcement officers or other community servants. Use a layman to share a personal testimony.

60. Sponsor a Sports Clinic for young boys and girls in your community. Before or after the session, ask a Christian coach to share the importance of both physical and spiritual development.

God's Purpose - God is a spiritual being who is both holy and loving. He loves everyone and desires a personal, spiritual relationship with each individual. John 3:16

Our Problem - We are born into this world without a personal relationship with God because we are sinners. Our sin carries the penalty of spiritual separation from God, both in this life and throughout eternity, unless we are rescued. Romans 3:23; 6:23

God's Provision - Because God loves us, He provides a way to forgive our sin and bring us into a personal relationship with Him. Jesus died for us and was later resurrected from the dead. Romans 5:8; 4:25

Our Response - We must individually accept His forgiveness and establish a covenant relationship with Him through faith in what God has done through Jesus Christ. Romans 10:9, 13

Our Prayer to God - The following words can be presented to God as a sincere expression of one's desire to establish a relationship with Him:

Dear God,

I believe that your son, Jesus, died on the cross and was raised from death. Because I am a sinner, I need your forgiveness. Please forgive me of all my sin and come into life. Right now, I turn away from my sinful life and acknowledge Jesus as my Savior and Lord. Thank you for forgiving me and giving to me the gift of eternal life. Thank you for the abiding presence of your Holy Spirit in my life.

Amen.

Make a list of individuals who need to accept Christ as savior. Pray daily for them. Be sensitive and responsive to divine opportunities for sharing the gospel with these people.

Pride to Humility

Proverbs 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Where once "PRIDE" was recognized as a fatal flaw, in our day it come close to being celebrated. A lot of players have this line "I am the greatest" among all the players, I beat them, no one can beat me coz I am the greatest player of all time. A promoter was qouted, "I never cease to amaze my own self" - and then added, "I say that humbly." This statament, how could that come out if he were to say it with pride?

Matthew 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.

This is another area that I need to practice everyday in my spiritual life - but coz of pride I have the hard time to do and to show it. I always say, "what does it mean to "humble myself" in my everyday life? If I want to see myself "be proud" in front of people, I want to show people how smart I am - I want to show how great I am. Also, how can I humble myself if I am not willing to give up something that I know I don't have to but I have to.

Is this kind of attitude will please God? what would I do if not?

I do believe, in place of pride, Jesus invites us to a life of "humility" - "all who humble themselves will be exalted." But sometimes, we have become badly confused the word "humility". We know that we ought to become humble, but we're not sure if it is all for desirable. We're not even sure what a humble person is like?

"Humble yourself" in everyday life, if we take this seriously. Someone compliments us on the way we look. We are trying to live in God's kingdom and respond as Jesus would if he were in our place. What do we do?

Here are some points that we can do:

- Look down at the ground, shuffle our feet, and say, "I'm not really attractive. It's just that the light in here is pretty dim."

- Boldly speak the truth by saying, "I'm terribly interested in what you say. Tell me more, and let us celebrate this good news together.

- In Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. --- this will pretty much remove any problem of receiving too many compliments.

- Be direct and to the point: " You are giving me a swelled head. Get behind me, satan."

- Smile, say "thank you", then be quiet.

Humility is not about convincing ourselves - or others, what we are unattractive or incompetent. It is not about "beating ourselves up", or trying to make ourselves nothing. If God wanted to make us nothing, he could have done it.

Humility has to do with total submission. It involves a healthy sefl-forgetfulness. We will know we have begun to make progress in humility when we find that we get so enabled by the Holy Spirit to live in the moment that we cease to be preoccupied with ourselves, one way or the other. When we are with others, we are truly with them, not wondering how they can be of benefit to us.

2 Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.

I also believe that humility, if ever we could grow into it, would not be burden. It would be an immense gift. Humility is the freedom to stop trying to be what we're not, or pretending to be what we're not, and accepting our "appropriate smallness".

But how on earth can we pursue humility? We know that if we have so much pride, a possibility, pride is a persistent problem for us who strive for spiritual growth.

Sometimes, part of my weakness is "pride". When I am in a place that I notice certain things. Like, noticing people or watching people how they act unpleasant, or I see them often how they look like in a physical appearance "beauty or ugly" - from that moments, I find certain thoughts involuntarily running through my mind - by thinking, "How can people act like so unpolite or how people dress up like that if they don't look good on that dress? or How can people eat junk food, or eat that amount of food? Have they no discipline, no self-restraint? How they can treat their bodies this way? ---those kind of thoughts...that way, I thought it is not very pleasant to watch them. By comparing myself with them, and trying to see myself, trying to say, "I am good than her/him. Isn't it true?

Whether we admit it or not - we always get these thoughts even though - or perhaps more precisely, coz these people are doing the same thing we do, that we are not aware of it - or maybe we are aware of it, we just don't want to admit it that we are doing the same thing. Isn't it true again? (Yes, for me it is true)

Here is the problem: when we try to see good things in us to look ourselves good, we knew that we are intensely aware of it. And we tend to be aware of other people who aren't putting forth the same effort with their sloth - the result of all these is "pride", "comparison", "judgementalism", and I agree to this next one "lack of love".

Practicing "humility" is not easy to do. I do admit to myself sometimes that I can't just humble myself if I know I don't have to. But if we think about it, the example of humility is Jesus Christ - Jesus humbled Himself by taking the cross that He wasn't supposed to have it. A cross that meant for us, but instead He took it and He sacrificed Himself just to show how much He loves His people. Even though, He knew, how much sinned we had - but He never looked at that way - but He loved us instead.

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

Why Quit?

In our lives, we've all had negative things happen to us. Maybe you just had a broken relationship with someone, or a member of the family suffering from sickness and needing for some cure. We all have these unfair and unjust things happen to us; that's part of life. When we hurt, we can choose to hold on that pain and become bitter, or we can choose to let go and trust God to make it up to us.

But most of the time, we always say "I quit" when the trial or trouble comes. Don't! Instead, take what God has given you and make the most of it. You may have suffered much, endured great hardships, or been through a lot of pain and have lot of negative things happened. You may have deep scars in there in your heart from emotional wounds, but don't let that trouble turn you down, and let you quit. And if you have pain from the past - don't let that past determine your future. You can't do anything about what happened to you, but instead you can choose how you will face what's in front of you. Don't hold on to feelings of bitterness and resentment and let them poison your future.

If you want to live and see the light that only God can reveal that, you must be guick to get up, let go of those hurts and pains. If you have done something wrong from the past - forget the past and face the future - a new future waiting for you that full of blessings! - God created you in His image. He wants you to be happy, and whole. God wants to see you to enjoy life to the full, not to live with bitterness and resentment.

You can't just live all the time with all these sufferings and be a prisoner, but instead, with an attitude to say, "Yes! I can do it, I can live and move on and I am ready to take all the blessings from God that He prepared for me. I will start putting my trust in Him as I know He will not leave me, and His promise will never fade away".

Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Time Reveal

They ultimately reveal what we are trusting in. Often times when we get into trouble, we depend primarily on friends or we lean on the connections we have with people "in high places".

Psalms 118:8-9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.

You may be facing a trial or you may be into trouble and wondering how the Lord will deliver you. Just go ahead and give thanks in faith that God has a bigger plan than we can see and He will bless your faith.