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AUDREY.
Do not let this book of the law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8
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April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 December 2009
title: nothing is impossible for God
Date: Friday, December 25, 2009

16Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

17"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish," they answered.

18"Bring them here to me," he said. 19And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Remember this familiar story about the feeding of the five thousand? ;)

So well, I don't always read the book of Matthew because I've read it quite a number of times already. But well, recently I've started turning back to the 4 gospels because I realized that there are many things that God wants to speak to me about through them. :)

So yeah, here, Jesus fed five thousand men just with 5 loaves and 2 fish. Using this small amount of food, Jesus managed to satisfy a large number of people. Similar to this, sometimes, like the disciples that didn't think they could feed all these people with the 5 loaves and 2 fish, we may think that we are not good enough or do not have the ability to do something. Let's say, lead a cell. You may think that 'oh, I cannot do this, it really seems impossible.' But sometimes God just wants to tell you that you don't have to feel inferior. With God as Lord, He can turn something small into something big. As long as you are willing to commit whatever you have into His hands, whether it is much or little, it doesn't matter. :)

Also, notice that Jesus took the bread and gave thanks to God even before He witnessed the feeding of the five thousand. The fact that He gave thanks to God even before He witnessed the feeding of the five thousand shows that He had faith in God. He trusted God that the miracle would happen. Sometimes even before we pray about our situation to God, and maybe even after we pray, we already have this mindset that it's not going to work out. The problem may seem too big for us, but God is bigger than that. We must have faith in God. Jesus said that if we have faith as small as a mustard seed, we can tell this mountain to move from here to there and it will move.

So, you don't need to feel like you don't have enough to give. God doesn't see how much you have, God sees the heart. :) And God will empower you to do the great things He has in plan for you. :)

title: will you REALLY lay down your life?
Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009

36Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?"
Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later."

37Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."

38Then Jesus answered, "Will you really lay down your life for me? I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!


This is the simple famous story about Peter's denial, but it really spoke to me.

You know, salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you something. Sometimes we proclaim to the world that oh yes, we want to follow God and we want to be His disciples. But do we really live up to it? When the time comes for us to stand up for what we believe in, will we really do that? Maybe you may think, of course I will! But that's only when no one really minds. What about the times that you may suffer discrimination? Will you really do it?

Some may think, I don't mind being a fool for Christ. But Jesus requires us to 'lay down our life' for Him. This 'life' may be our life outside church and so. There are some that are really godly and all in church, but when they return to school, they become the devil's servants. Everything is just so different. Sometimes in order to follow Jesus we need to give up this 'life' of ours. It may also be something we really love that is stopping us from growing closer to God. Maybe it may be some friends that influence you instead of you influencing them. God may tell you to leave them, but you may not want to. Or maybe it can be a hobby that robs you of your time spent in church. Are you willing to give this all up for Jesus?