My Message is About Him

The request came when I was twenty.
"Can you address our church youth group?"

We aren't talking citywide crusade here.
Think more in terms of a dozen kids around a West Texas campfire.
I was new to the faith, hence new to the power of the faith.
I told my story, and, lo and behold, they listened!
One even approached me afterward and said something like, "That moved me, Max."
My chest lifted, and my feet shifted just a step in the direction of the spotlight.

God has been nudging me back ever since.

Some of you don't relate.
The limelight never woos you.
You and John the Baptist sing the same tune:
"He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less" (John 3:30 NLT).

God bless you.
You might want to pray for the rest of us.

We applause-aholics have done it all:
dropped names,
sung loudly,
dressed up to look classy,
dressed down to look cool,
quoted authors we've never read,
spouted Greek we've never studied.

For the life of me, I believe Satan trains battalions of demons to whisper one question in our ears: "What are people thinking of you?"

A deadly query.
What they think of us matters not.
What they think of God matters all.

God will not share his glory with another (Isaiah 42:8).
Next time you need a nudge away from the spotlight, remember:
You are simply one link in a chain, an unimportant link at that.

Remember the other messengers God has used?
A donkey to speak to Balaam (Numbers 22:28).
A staff-turned-snake to stir Pharaoh (Exodus 7:10).
He used stubborn oxen to make a point about reverence and a big fish to make a point about reluctant preachers (I Samuel 6:1-12; Jonah 1:1-17)

God doesn't need you and me to do his work.
We are expedient messengers, ambassadors by his kindness, not by our cleverness.
It's not about us, and it angers him when we think it is.
We who are entrusted with the gospel dare not seek applause but best deflect applause.

For our message is about Someone else.

Max Lucado
It's Not About Me

God is Cheering for You

If your God is Mighty enough to ignite the sun, could it be that He is mighty enough to light your path?

God is for you.
Not "may be,"
not "has been,"
not "was,"
not "would be,"
but "God is!"

He is for you.

Today.
At this hour.
At this minute.
As you read this sentence.

No need to wait in line or come back tomorrow.
He is with you.
He could not be closer than he is at this second.
His loyalty won't increase if you are better nor lessen if you are worse.
He is for you.

God is for you.
Turn to the sidelines; that's God cheering your run.
Look past the finish line; that's God applauding your steps.
Listen for him in the bleachers, shouting your name.

Too tired to continue? He'll carry you.
Too discouraged to fight? He's picking you up.
God is for you.

God is for you.
Had he a calendar, your birthday would be circled.
If he drove a car, your name would be on his bumper.
If there's a tree in heaven, he's carved your name in the bark.
We know he has a tattoo, and we know what it says. "I have written your name on my hand," he declares (Isa. 49:16).

Max Lucado
Let the Journey Begin:God's Roadmap for New Beginnings

cheater!!!

Burger King is promoting a new burger called 7incher...
but its a cheater!!

And here is the proof!!

Let's laugh @ our NTUC leaders!!

twittering...

with free sms, i am twittering more than updating my blog..
i have add my twitter page on this blog...
(check the tabs on the top left hand side)

let's get ready to rock and roll!!!
*roar!!!*

i wonder...

read some comments on 8Days.. regarding Sun..
and i can't help but to wonder..

if the church is really the only reason why Sun is topping the charts..
the we must really be so "far reaching" that we can influence all the voters in UK & US to vote Sun to the top of the charts 4 times....

come on...
if only...

then we will not need to worry about our "promised land",
since the government will not dare to keep us waiting...
since we will have the "foreign backing" to buy all the land we need in singapore, to build our stadium..

so that we will not need to shift from hall to hall every 2-3 months...

if everything is so simple as those silly people think,
the only reason why 77th Street is successful is because only CHC members buy their clothing?!

only CHC members join Jacelyn Tay's health club?!

FIR, Milk, ,Ocean, Liu Genghong, Van Nes and all the other celebrities that are in church are only successful becoz of the church?!

all the successful lawyers, designers, financial planners, businessmen are successful, becoz they only sell their products to CHC members?!!

i wishes!!!
if only everything is so simple....

give us a break,
and give Sun and Ps Kong a break!!!

The Cure for Disappointment

Don't ask God to do what you want.
Ask God to do what is right.

When God doesn't do what we want, it's not easy.
Never has been.
Never will be.

But faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and he will get us through it. Disappointment is cured by revamped expectations.

I like that story about the fellow who went to the pet store in search of a singing parakeet. Seems like he was a bachelor and his house was too quiet. The store owner had just the bird for him, so the man bought it. The next day the bachelor came home from work to a house full of music. He went to the cage to feed the bird and noticed for the first time that the parakeet had only one leg.

He felt cheated that he'd been sold a one-legged bird, so he called and complained.
"What do you want," the store owner responded, "a bird who can sing or a bird who can dance?"

Good question for times of disappointment.
Max Lucado
Let the Journey Begin