Shining in the moonlight
GRATS region D!! The outreach was a blast!! Though "The Giving of flowers" to dancers n gladys( -_- gladys never really make surprises easy -_-) did not work as hoped for but it was good overall!! :D Johnson! ur right! she did it better than the video, God picked the perfect girl! Coz she got the extreme :D n :( look. Which amplify the emotions.. Good Job People! The Dancers were also awesome! To be honest i was abit surprise! but when i heard region 5/6 was on 2nd place. i went " :P ". Lets not put people down ":P".. DANCERS! ur AWESOME!
ok now! to the point of my post...xD
Recently i had my prom. Its was cool... we laughed, shouted with memories coming back round. We went on a high as we danced later after the "prom". Man, i embarrassed myself. Yet everyone was on a high, was feeling rebellious, feeling naughty.
After that, the unthinkable ( well, for me ) happened.Alot of my friends started to smoke. even those whom i did not expect them to do so. Only a few sat aside from the smokers. For the first time in my life, i was tempted to smoke, too ( i personally hate the smell of smoke -_-). It was to blend in.... it was to feel belonged.....it was to show i'm no wimp....
SUDDENLY!!! two things came to my mind!
1.God
2.My Wife.
I went, "nah ! not gonna do this!! I'll lose ALL my friends but not my God! And i will not give my Wife a man who will succumb to its surroundings! I will not do this!! i'll give her a Man of God!!! For my Wife !! n Lord, ya la, for u also" by the grace of God, i rebuked n resisted the thought.
Another one came about when they wana buy wine. I laughed in my heart as they think its some big thing to drink so little ( i know! i WAS a drunkard ) a thought crosses my head " LETS SHOW THEM HOW TO REALLY DRINK!! NOOBS!" but i slap it away with the same reason, my God n my wife. While they were drinking n smoking, i felt lonley. I then took out the pics i always took with my trusty handphone and begin to go through the pictures. ESPECIALLY those i took with 7/8 pips. I kinda relived the memories n felt better. I regretted not taking pictures of others whose not inside though :( i thank God for you people so much^^
My point? I found that it is one thing to shine in darkness and its another to sustain that light. What is the power source of your light? Is it our strength o God? A faint light will no doubt shine, yet it's faintness speaks of its power is getting low. We must all shine like the stars so people could see and come to know our LORD (Matthew 5:14) light is different form darkness, that's why it shines!. We are the image of God (Genesis 1:26), the Temple of God (1 corinth. 3:17), The sons and daughters of God (Galatians 4:6) , Servants of God (Romans 6:22),ambassador of God (2 corinth 5:20). So many titles ( n more) and God has exalted us yet with a burden he do so. We are called to a perverse generation to be Holy. How do we do that? We stay Close to Jesus.
Worship is not the way to God, Prayer is not the way God, Reading the bible is not the way to God. JESUS is the way! We are saved to be his sons and daugthers. Which child does not tell his parents their problems? Talk to Jesus and treat him as a person instead of some religious figure. I not mean don do the previously mentioned things but you can be well skilled in the above n still miss God. Yet knowing the Person of Jesus will keep you.
Examples would be Peter, John and the Pharisees in the bible. The pharisees know the old testament inside out yet they missed God. Peter was like the "leader", he was the "water walker" etc. YET he was unable to stay with Jesus, the strength he had was his own. JOHN! was the only disciple that stood with Jesus at the cross. ( john 19:25) John understood the person of Jesus, LOVE. HE called himself " The disciple whom Jesus loved" <-- this can ONLY be found in John, in reference to himself. Perfect love casts out all fear, even that of Death. It was the Love of God that let him stand there at the cross with Jesus. Therefore we also must understand Romans 8:38-39, that nothing can separate us from Jesus. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you (James 4:8) God has done the things needed for u to reach him n he's waiting for you. If we can spend 6 hours playing o working, why not an hour o more with God? i Thought he's our everything? our greatest love?? Is it true O is it all whole lotta bullshit? If its true, then wouldnt we give him more??? I spoke as a victim to this.
( my language is well watched and i picked the words to express it )
So dearest all! As we humble ourselves and Seek the LORD let us remember that God is our refuge and fortress! Psalm 91, all the verses are powerful promises of protection n Love from God. It even promises u backslide proof in verse 7. Such promises are only found in God and in Seeking him.
There is no middle place in a war, its either you kill o be killed, you die or survive. By reading this i assume you took your stand with God. Prepare for War, everyone to their place!
The warriors draw their swords and the archers ready their bow.
Await our commander, Jesus who waits patiently on the low.
Fire will fall to test our foundations in Christ. The strength of it will depend on our relationship with God. Will you crumble and die o will you hold on to Jesus so you can stand?
The Choice is yours
and yours alone.
God bless you all ^^
Silas of Shaddai
ok now! to the point of my post...xD
Recently i had my prom. Its was cool... we laughed, shouted with memories coming back round. We went on a high as we danced later after the "prom". Man, i embarrassed myself. Yet everyone was on a high, was feeling rebellious, feeling naughty.
After that, the unthinkable ( well, for me ) happened.Alot of my friends started to smoke. even those whom i did not expect them to do so. Only a few sat aside from the smokers. For the first time in my life, i was tempted to smoke, too ( i personally hate the smell of smoke -_-). It was to blend in.... it was to feel belonged.....it was to show i'm no wimp....
SUDDENLY!!! two things came to my mind!
1.God
2.My Wife.
I went, "nah ! not gonna do this!! I'll lose ALL my friends but not my God! And i will not give my Wife a man who will succumb to its surroundings! I will not do this!! i'll give her a Man of God!!! For my Wife !! n Lord, ya la, for u also" by the grace of God, i rebuked n resisted the thought.
Another one came about when they wana buy wine. I laughed in my heart as they think its some big thing to drink so little ( i know! i WAS a drunkard ) a thought crosses my head " LETS SHOW THEM HOW TO REALLY DRINK!! NOOBS!" but i slap it away with the same reason, my God n my wife. While they were drinking n smoking, i felt lonley. I then took out the pics i always took with my trusty handphone and begin to go through the pictures. ESPECIALLY those i took with 7/8 pips. I kinda relived the memories n felt better. I regretted not taking pictures of others whose not inside though :( i thank God for you people so much^^
My point? I found that it is one thing to shine in darkness and its another to sustain that light. What is the power source of your light? Is it our strength o God? A faint light will no doubt shine, yet it's faintness speaks of its power is getting low. We must all shine like the stars so people could see and come to know our LORD (Matthew 5:14) light is different form darkness, that's why it shines!. We are the image of God (Genesis 1:26), the Temple of God (1 corinth. 3:17), The sons and daughters of God (Galatians 4:6) , Servants of God (Romans 6:22),ambassador of God (2 corinth 5:20). So many titles ( n more) and God has exalted us yet with a burden he do so. We are called to a perverse generation to be Holy. How do we do that? We stay Close to Jesus.
Worship is not the way to God, Prayer is not the way God, Reading the bible is not the way to God. JESUS is the way! We are saved to be his sons and daugthers. Which child does not tell his parents their problems? Talk to Jesus and treat him as a person instead of some religious figure. I not mean don do the previously mentioned things but you can be well skilled in the above n still miss God. Yet knowing the Person of Jesus will keep you.
Examples would be Peter, John and the Pharisees in the bible. The pharisees know the old testament inside out yet they missed God. Peter was like the "leader", he was the "water walker" etc. YET he was unable to stay with Jesus, the strength he had was his own. JOHN! was the only disciple that stood with Jesus at the cross. ( john 19:25) John understood the person of Jesus, LOVE. HE called himself " The disciple whom Jesus loved" <-- this can ONLY be found in John, in reference to himself. Perfect love casts out all fear, even that of Death. It was the Love of God that let him stand there at the cross with Jesus. Therefore we also must understand Romans 8:38-39, that nothing can separate us from Jesus. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you (James 4:8) God has done the things needed for u to reach him n he's waiting for you. If we can spend 6 hours playing o working, why not an hour o more with God? i Thought he's our everything? our greatest love?? Is it true O is it all whole lotta bullshit? If its true, then wouldnt we give him more??? I spoke as a victim to this.
( my language is well watched and i picked the words to express it )
So dearest all! As we humble ourselves and Seek the LORD let us remember that God is our refuge and fortress! Psalm 91, all the verses are powerful promises of protection n Love from God. It even promises u backslide proof in verse 7. Such promises are only found in God and in Seeking him.
There is no middle place in a war, its either you kill o be killed, you die or survive. By reading this i assume you took your stand with God. Prepare for War, everyone to their place!
The warriors draw their swords and the archers ready their bow.
Await our commander, Jesus who waits patiently on the low.
Fire will fall to test our foundations in Christ. The strength of it will depend on our relationship with God. Will you crumble and die o will you hold on to Jesus so you can stand?
The Choice is yours
and yours alone.
God bless you all ^^
Silas of Shaddai
posted by Silas.T at 12:27 AM
10 Comments:
another amazing one by silas!!
another amazing one by silas!!
another amazing one by silas!!
ops.. click too many times...
haha...johnson!!!! u soo cute!!!!haha
hmmm...Silas...gd job to resist from temptations n always putting God first! :)
Well! glory to God!! Thank God for Strength n all. my everything, my God, my world :D
ohmygosh. silas! well said! really.. this is awesome stuff dude! usually i'll be too lazy to read long posts.. but this one somehow grabbed my attention and oh boy, it spoke to me alot.. THANKS SILAS! you rock! keep shinning for Jesus! and know that this region isn't the same without you! :):)
It shows how much imperfection there is in our lives and temptations will always be there. It's just a matter of how u deal with them. And for some it may not be that easy and you just have to learn that ur surroundings do not dictate who you are and what you become but you and your decisions within urself that will. .
and seriously,
AMEN to wat reen and anonymous said!
they just summed up everything i want to say...
but lets emphasize one point, this region really isn't the same without you Silas!
haha... thx for everything ppl... u all are my miracle from God ^^
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