Gospel instead of Gossip

Do you know if you're complaining or saying something bad about someone, you're actually proclaiming death over a person? Before I had my discipleship with my mom Heather, I didn't know that. Of course we do know it is not a good thing to talk about someone behind that person's back, I bet the non-believer acknowledge that as well. Last night God is speaking to my heart by saying "You are a imitator of me, why would you keep doing something like this?"

Okay! Let me talk about my daily scenario of complaining, I may very well started a day by complaining the passengers on the MRT, my mom, the people in the gym, my boss, my colleague and my friends. Sometimes it may accidentally blurt out  by saying someone is such a pain in the butt and I don't want to deal with them anymore or by magnifying people's mistakes just to make sure I am qualified to be a victim and ask for people's mercy.  Oftentimes, the more we complain the more we get upset! Have you ever complained about your boss with your colleague, maybe your colleague is calling the shot and you feel like you're obligated to be along for the ride and then at the end of the conversation both of you guys feel nothing but empty and the resentment didn't go away as you thought. As a matter of fact, your boss still reacts like an arrogant prick just as the way you describe him. Have you ever thought your words have power? Maybe this is the reason why he still remains the same way because you keep proclaiming death over this man.

Just as Joyce Meyer said, some of us are experts to receive from the enemy then Jesus. That might probably true! Why? Because you are allowing it. You are allowing your emotion and your own victim mentality dictate over you instead of being guide by the Spirit, To be honest, as we give our life to Christ, every second of our life is a spiritual challenge. Of course, it is hard for us to put up with people's neurosis because we are not cold stone with no heart.  Scriptures said "And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. --2Timothy2:24-26"

To me, this is something I've been struggling with but I really want to be free from this. I am a firm believer of God's love can conquer all! It most certainly is. I can tell you it is not easy to be immune to this matter but if you are willing, God is doing!

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. --2 Corinthians 5:15
並 且 他 替 眾 人 死 、 是 叫 那 些 活 著 的 人 、 不 再 為 自 己 活 、 乃 為 替 他 們 死 而 復 活 的 主 活 --哥 林 多 後 書 2 Corinthians5:15

 Have you ever prayed like this? "Father God, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come as it is in Heaven and I just want to give thanks to you because you are a glorious Father to me. Oh! Just for the record, please save my family and heal my grandparents and yank them out of misery, please help my dad and my brother quit smoking, please bless my family business and fix our finances...oh! FYI! Please have me pass my test! " And then after you routinely give thanks to the Lord, routinely praise Him and routinely ask the same thing you want, you just shut your door and start your day and then God is like "Wait!!!!!!!!! I've gotta say something! Yo........Jus..........tine..."  To be honest, this is how I pray. Yesterday I had discipleship with my dad Taguchi, he told me there's a big difference between one way prayer and interact with God. Sometimes we just put our focus on ask God for things and randomly give thanks or praise Him so as to exchange the gifts we want. In John 10:27 said "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." Have you ever thought, there are something that God has meant to tell you but you never give Him a chance to say it. Because you are just focusing on telling what you want from Him instead of listening to Him.
你有這樣子禱告過嗎? "天父阿，願你的名高舉，你的國度來臨如同天上，我感謝你天父因為你是個得勝的父親。喔!還有拜託帶我全家信主，醫治我外公外婆帶他們脫離苦海，幫我爸我哥戒菸，祝福我家的生意，我家的財務狀況也交託給你!!還有，拜託讓我通過考試!"我們按慣例的感謝主，讚美主，跟他要東西。當你要完東西後你就把你的門關起來然後上帝就"等一下!!!! 我要跟你說話!!喂.......Jus....tine....."然後已經來不及了，因為我已經把我的耳朵關起來開始我的一天。坦白說這是我每天的禱告。昨天我和我的屬靈老爸田口駿上門徒訓練的時候，他跟我討論到這點。他說到單向的向神禱告要東西和與神雙向溝通是有很大的差別的。 約 翰 福 音 10:27 說"我 的 羊 聽 我 的 聲 音 ， 我 也 認 識 他 們 ， 他 們 也 跟 著 我 。"你有沒有想過其實神有很多話想要對你說但是你都沒給他一個機會向你說。因為你一直專注在跟他要你所求所想而非想聽神說話。

We are chosen by God, we were the lost coins that God would spend whatever it takes to find us because this is how special and precious we are in His eyes.  The reason why God choose us to be His sons and daughters because you have the potential and you've inherited His DNA. He wants you to be an imitator as Jesus Christ in your family, school and work. In Scriptures says about "Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. --Matthew 16:24" I believe there's a deeper meaning of taking up his cross, that means freedom. Be free from the things of this world. Ok! That's change the situation now, if you are Jesus Christ now, what would you do to your friends a.k.a "YOUR PEOPLE"? If someone offend you at work or at church,  would that matter? Of course it doesn't matter because whenever we do something bad we always come before God and ask Him for mercy and grace. The reason why you ask that because you know He is the one with those characters and He will forgive you anyway. The thing is, if you are child of God, anything of this world doesn't matter to you at all. The core value you need to carry is "live for Jesus and be an imitator of the Lord." That's it! Don't carry all those burden on your shoulder because whether your mom is Christian or the provision of your family is NOT your responsibility but God's. We just have to believe all things works together for His good." Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?-- Matthew 6:26" Don't you know you mean a world to our Father?
我們是被神揀選的，我們就是路加福音裡面說的那個失去的銅板。當他失去我們的時候他會不計一切代價找尋我們因為我們在他的眼中是如此的珍貴和特別。上帝揀選我們的原因乃是因為你的淺力和你所繼承從神所來的DNA。他希望我們能夠效法耶穌成為在你家庭裡，學校裡及工作上的代言人。 "馬太福音16:24 於 是 耶 穌 對 門 徒 說 ： 若 有 人 要 跟 從 我 ， 就 當 捨 己 ， 背 起 他 的 十 字 架 來 跟 從 我 。" 我相信這句話更深層的意義是自由，因為十字架代表著你的過犯及負擔已經交託給神你已經得自由。 好，那我們現在換的立場想，假設你今天是耶穌，你會怎樣對待你的朋友也就是"你的子民"。 如果今天他們在工作上或教會冒犯了你，你覺得重要嗎? 當然不重要! 因為你知道有人冒犯你或者你對他們有仇恨時你會來到神的面前請求恩典和憐憫。你向神求這些的原因是因為你相信上帝是擁有恩典和憐憫特質的父且不管怎樣他就是會原諒你啦! 重點來了，今天你是神的孩子，在這個世界上所發生的一切事情對你來說都一點也不重要。我們所要攜帶的核心價值是"活著像耶穌，在生命中效法神所做的" 就這麼簡單! 不要讓負擔宰制你，不管今天你媽會不會信主，家中的財務狀況如何這些都是神的事不是你的責任。我們需要做的是去相信神會將所有他應許你的必成就。"馬太福音 6:26說到 你 們 看 那 天 上 的 飛 鳥 ， 也 不 種 ， 也 不 收 ， 也 不 積 蓄 在 倉 裡 ， 你 們 的 天 父 尚 且 養 活 他 。 你 們 不 比 飛 鳥 貴 重 得 多 麼 ？"你難道不知道你在天父的眼中有多重要嗎?


Sometimes God will surprise people in a very creative and customized way! Here's the story, I have a friend who I've pushed so hard to persuade him to come to church and sell him Jesus. I feel like God was telling me to stop doing this because that is His case and FYI I am scaring people. Haha! He was my colleague at work and after I quit my job, we seldom contact or anything. Yesterday I got his wazapp, he was like "Justine! Jeremy Lin is much like you because he is all about God, God, God!"  and my colleague also told me his life was miserable still, I told Him "The voice of lies can't affected you unless you empowered them!" I think this is an answer and reminder of my prayer that God is doing things in my friend's life and all I have to do is put my trust in God and walk like JC. 有時候神會用一個非常具創意且客製化的方法來給你驚喜。我有一個故事想跟大家分享，我有個朋友我總是邀他來教會跟他訴說上帝有多棒多好，一直推銷耶穌給他。後來，神跟我說你必須停止，這傢伙是我的責任還有你有點嚇壞你朋友囉。哈! 他曾經是我同事，當我離職後我們鮮少連絡但昨天我收到他的wazapp我很驚訝也很開心。他說"Justine，林書豪跟你真像! 一天到晚在那God, God,God的!" 後來我有機會跟他聊聊，他說他的生活還是過得很痛苦。神開了一個機會讓我鼓勵他"我說謊言本身沒有能量的，除非你給予他能量他才能影響你"  我想這對我來說是一個禱告的應答和提醒。畢竟我的所求所想神都知道且神都在我朋友的生命做工只是我不知道而已。我需要做的就是信任神並且每天活得像耶穌一樣。

Jeremy Lin is preaching in Madison Square Garden! No words necessary!

Today I was chilling with my grandma and my brother, we were watching the talk show discussing how Linsanity influence NBA and the whole world. To be honest, I never like basketball and I feel all kinds of games such as NFL or MLB  is a lil bit dull. Maybe because I am such a girly girl. Anyway, but this dude really grab my attention. By watching his games and the integrity he's carrying, you can really tell he is walking just the way as Jesus.

Do you remember what God asked Cain? He asked Cain where is your brother? As a matter of fact, it was a good reminder to watch our brother's back to be his keeper.  What Jeremy has done is exactly correspond with what God has taught us. While he is in the court instead of trying to making it like his professional solo show, he choose to honor his brothers and he humble himself  whenever glory comes along. He gives his glory to God.  He always says if he can't play basketball, he would like to be a pastor. But the thing is, dude you're already doing it! Jeremy is such an undercover missionary in Christ so that's why while he's playing in the Madison Square Garden he is preaching the gospel through his action. God sees his faithfulness and favors his precious son. What I Admire Lin's most is his humility of not taking credits in terms of winning.

Therefore, if you're moved by him maybe you should know about his favorite Bible verses, Romans 5:3-5 "Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us."  Remember, the desire of your heart must be done out of the glory for God. Because what the Scriptures says about the righteousness without God is just like the filthy rags which means if you want to fulfill your own desire, own fame, own accomplishment, you will be burnt out. At the end of day, we are called and adopted for a purpose, the purpose is to fulfill the great commissions on earth. The purpose is no matter  who you are, where you're from, what kind of job you have, you do it out of the glory.  All we need to do is prepare ourselves, prepare our heart, soul and spirit to be ready like a "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile". You need to prepare yourself on the "Ready" mode because you never know when God will push the bottom! When He says "Go!" He is not playing, He is dead serious to send you out!

Today I wanna share about leading a Christian lifestyle. Our friends might make some comments such as "How come you can be that superstitious?" "Justine, are you crazy?" "I respect your religion but can't you keep it real by separating your real life from your religion ?!" When we heard those comment, there are times we couldn't help but whine on the inside "You might want to rephrase that! This is supernatural not superstitious and FYI Jesus is NOT a religion! "

But at the meantime, we may be affected by people's opinions and start to question if God is real? If faith is just a make believe stuff so as to persuade us and comfort our insecure heart. To tell the truth, some of us a expert to receive lies from Satan instead of listening the truth from God. A lot of times,my sisters usually tell me "Justine, you are such a cheerleader, whenever I feel upset I can always come to you because I know you will give me some encouragement to pluck up my courage." I am so flattered and blessed that my friends will think of me when they need a shoulder to cry on. But you know why would I say those words to you? Not only do I want to comfort you but more importantly I am doing my best to remind you that what you have been missing is the truth from God.

At the end of day, it's your call to choose whatever you want to believe. If you choose the Babylonian system which is the standard of this world then neither God nor I can force you to believe in Him. Because He gives us free will to choose. If you feel like you want to know more about this almighty Jesus and wonder why we could be that happy around Him? You can ask Him by saying "God, I don't you that well but I really want to get to know you better!" My gorgeous friend Wei-Chen can guarantee you, He will show you the way. Haha! Her testimony just came across my mind!

What I am trying to say is don't be threatened by the lies of the enemy by condemning yourself with thoughts such as "God, I am unholy because I am still smoking!" "Christians are whole bunch of DIE VIRGINS and moral impeccable club. " Those thoughts are the biggest lies. I've been walking with JC for almost a year now, there are some good times and of course there are some bad times that I screwed everything up almost broke 10 commandments but you know what? God is always faithful, a single person can't restore a broken heart nor a broken spirit only God can! I am a living testimony, if He can restore me, he can restore you as well. Just as Casting Crowns sang "Lord, you catch me when I falling! Whom shall I fear?" He gives me a new life while I was literally dead like a soulless zombie. This is a miracle for me because I know the enemy was trying to shame me with the mistakes I've done in the past. In stead of trying to avoid the awkwardness, I step out and ask for forgiveness for those people who hurt me and those whom was hurt by me. Miraculously, those people and I are still remain friends. To me, that is totally a manifest of God's grace.

You know who know you best? Of course you are likely to respond "Abba Father!" But the thing is, I may have to tell you the enemy knows everything about you as well. I am not trying to scare you or anything, the devil is working so hard to shame you, especially shame you with something you've been passionate about, something you are good at, or someone you actually like.

Have you ever had a dream in your heart which is on an unfulfilled mode? Let's say you have a passion for fashion and then your family and your friends might tell you it's not realistic to work in a fashion industry because you are not coming from a professional designing background. If you want to be a master chef and someone may kill your dream by saying you are not graduated from a chef colleague. I  have a related experience too, when I talked to my former boss that I failed my diplomat exam by lacking of 3 points and guess what he told me? He said if he was the one doing the exam he will be the first place in terms of points. I am not parade about anything. Ok! Maybe I am, there were 600 people was involved with the exam and I was number 55 based on the points I got in the exam. Even though I didn't pass the test last time but it was a big encouragement for me because I am not coming from a diplomatic background. The point is, the voice of lies will not have power unless you empower them. Let's say, if you are not happy with current job that you've been doing and you took the job because someone else told you to. At the end of the day, you've been living in the misery, whining and blaming those who force you to make that decision. Is that the fact? Let me tell you, you have no one to blame because you are the one making choices not them.

In the book of Genesis, what did Adam do when he was found by eating the forbidden fruits? He blamed the woman. In that story you could discover all the human have one thing in common which is blaming others. If you blame others it doesn't wipe out the mistakes you've done! If you want to wipe out your mistakes and be free from those bondage, you may have to confront it, convict it and repent. By doing so, you won't allow any access for the voice of lies to come in and shut the door right at the moment you take this drastic measure. Then all you need to do is ask God show you more and more confirmation. Once you receive the confirmation, you better work your butt off as hard as possible by forming a discipline to your desire. I guarantee  you, God is the one place that gifts to your heart! Every gifts takes practice! Tommy Lee didn't get strike in the head from a thunder then he becomes a awesome drummer. Heidi Baker didn't just hear God's voice and sit at home to wait for people from the Mozambique to get healed. As a matter of fact, they both tried as hard as possible to the point they were about to give up and God intervene. If you don't try, how do you know if it is a good fit? At the end of day, why would God put this desire in your heart not in my heart? Think about it! Because the day He created us, he already ordained different works for us. That's  the Scripture says "we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. --Romans 8:28"

God is saying to you "what are you afraid of?" "why are you hiding?"  "I say I will give it to you and I will keep my promise!"

Is He My Future Husband?

Today I want to talk about our duty as single women. As a single girl, one thing we keep asking ourselves while we date someone is "Is he the one?" then you will likely to project a future with him and start to fantasize how many kids you want to have, some of us might have the kids name or even the schools name picked out! And then all you can think about is your boyfriend, you give out physical, emotionally, spiritually to this guy. He is the center of your universe. That's say, if things go out of your way and you guys split up what would happen? You might think you lose the center of your universe because your relationship became so co-dependent and boyfriend-oriented. You could backout any plans you made with your family or your friends just to be with that boyfriend. At the end of the day, that dude is not your husband or anything but you may very well regard him as your husband and the only thing that worth your living so that could pretty much explain why you would feel so devastated after breaking up with someone.


The other day in Luxy, Evangelina and I  were talking about the mindset of dating. She has this interesting theory of future husband. As a child of God you need to realize when we decide to follow Jesus then we will need to run as hard as possible toward Him, while you are on the running track just fix your eyes on JC don't pay attention to the things along this road of course include don't look back. While you're running so hard eventually you will discover someone is running as far as you are and then the two of you will be like "Let's get married then!"  As a matter of fact, if I didn't promote this theory, you guys all knew as princess of God should be doing is to seek first His kingdom and "All" these things will be given to you as well.--Matthew 6:33

In stead of trying to seek things by your own strength how about you let go and let God intervene. Your Big Daddy was like tilt His head with his armed crossed waiting for you to let go your hand so that He could give you the gorgeous one of a kind husband He created just for you.   As a single girl, your duty is different from the married ones because if you are married then you and your husband will be working as ONE BODY IN CHRIST. But as for us, our job is to bring kingdom across the nations all by ourselves, the lesson you should be learning right now is to put God as the center of universe so that while you're get married you will be not carried away by house chores, kids and your husband. That's why I always think of being single as an internship before marriage for God. Then again, while walking with Jesus as a single girl, we are not cold stone with no heart right? There comes a time that you might like someone, my advice is please pursue a friendship first before officially become boyfriend and girlfriend. Pray as hard as possible every single day at least an hour and ask God to protect your heart. While you are thinking about taking this friendship to the next level please don't make some comment such as "I ONLY WANT TO DATE SOMEONE WHO WILL BECOME MY FUTURE HUSBAND!" or "I THINK GOD WANTS YOU TO BE MY HUSBAND!" Don't use God's name to manipulate the relationship. If you are thinking about buying a car you would have taking it for a test drive so please don't put the deposit down without being sure of by using God's name. If things are going very well and you guys decide to get married please do make sure you guys do pray hard on the matter and going to pre-marriage counseling because sometime it might help to have a subjective opinion to see if it is a good fit. At the end of a date, marriage is a covenant with God so please do make sure you guys think it through and both ready to work as one in the future and don't jump into marriage because you guys want to work things out. You know what Jaeson Ma always says "screw up relationship will lead to screw up marriage. "

Today on my way home I ran into my elementary school/junior high classmate, her name is Joanna. She is a Taiwanese Filipino and has been suffering from epilepsy since childhood. From what I know she is an extremely devoted Catholic since she was a child and back in the days our classmates always picked on her and I wasn't really nice to her at all. But the way she reacted always I mean always with grace. She never said anything negative nor got herself in a victim mentality or anything. We start to connect with each other since last year owing to the fact that her dad has a restaurant in this neighborhood and we went there every now and then. Her dad was an amazing man in Christ as well. Anyways, Joanna just told me last December her parents got into a terrible car accident and her dad got killed and her mom's face was filled with glass and broke her arm. So I said " Can I pray for you?" and I start to tell her how the enemies wants to mess up with her because she has been doing great things and passionate for the Lord. She is teaching Sunday school and Bible class in a private high school now. There are three kids in her family but she is the only one serving God. Even though she is grieving but the way she reacts is very calm and peaceful. At that moment, Jaeson Ma's testimony just came across my mind so I told her about the story when Jaeson was a youth pastor and there was this one time that he ran into this Asian young man looked frustrated and suicidal in the park or something so Jaeson went up and asked him "can I pray for you?" At first there was no respond at all, so Jaeson went on his road and ask God to help that poor young man. "God, please help him! please...help him!" All of a sudden, God was like "Jaeson! Tell him he is a turtle in my hand, everything is going to be A-OK!" At first he thinks "Is that a devil?" But this voice keeps coming out so Jaeson was like" God, if I am a false prophet it's on you! I am just being obedient!" So he went on telling the boy "Um…God said you’re a turtle in God’s hand and everything is going to be O…K….” Then the boy went on”How did you know? How did you know? I just got into a car accident and my friend got killed and his name is turtle, I am so mad at God and I want to kill myself but I know he is in God’s hand now. Thank you so much.”
As a matter of fact, after I talked to her and shared this testimony with her it really dawned on me that I always spend time going out and being sociable to my friends but leave my family behind. If you someday I lose my dad I don’t want to live with regret for the rest of my days. So I urged you to do what Pastor Jeff was saying this morning "Go hug your family member!!"

Secondly, if someday I perish in this world, I don’t want to leave this world in vain, I want to do everything out of God’s will and I just want to experience this world being transformed to His kingdom because the day we give our life to Christ we already died to the sinful nature of this world therefore we have nothing to lose and nothing to prove. We no longer live for ourselves anymore so we need to make the best of the limited time to live for our purpose on earth.

The enemy was trying to mess up with my family with those voice of lies! That was just so stupid and laughable. Today Pastor Jeff was sharing about the meaning of前天&後天。 We are coming from a culture that always facing our past yet turning our back on our future. This is why Asian people are very good at refine things then invent things; recording wrongs instead of forgiving people.

Let's say in the past you failed on something and your friends or your family may discouraged you by saying something negative to you. But thing is, the voice of lies will not have power unless you empower them. What happened in the past we need to use that as a reference of our library instead of a prison to shame us. So next time if you really want to do something that you failed in the past just think of Sun Yet San, he was a faithful man in God and tried 12 times for revolution. If he stopped trying on his 11 time, what would it be now? Remember our identity is children of God and we are ordained to be winners come what may.

2012/02/06 You Are a Role Model

These days GBS has been reading Kris Valloton's book called "Super Natural Ways of Royalty." In the first chapter of the book Kris shared this story about how a careless joke hurt his secretary. Sometimes when we try to be funny or tease people little do you know that you are hurting people. Have you ever thought your words might mean something to the people around you? Or you just thought the world is just being picky and harsh against Christians. If you're already being adopted by the king, you better watch your mouth because you are represent the royalty. As a matter of fact, In Scriptures you could discover how many times did Jesus remind us we need to be an imitator to Christ? It's not just to be a person who does not sin, not drink, not cuss or not have sex before marriage but a true representative of JC. When people sees you, they will not think of you but think of Jesus. I guarantee you, the true beautiful of a person is not coming from the outside, that's an inside out thing. You don't need plastic surgery to make your face glowing, all you need to do is transform your mentality.

Yesterday, I got challenged by Pastor Jeff in church service. He said to the congregation  that if you feel like you need to mend relationship with your family then step out and go hug them and don't think it will be better without you doing anything. I was translating the sermon and by the time I said this thing out loud in Chinese I realized this is a great reminder from God. Because the words is coming out from my mouth and if I am not being obedient to those words I will really be a hypocrite who keep talking not walking. So I went home last night, and God kept pushing me and TRUST ME you would never want  to talk to your mom while she was at the peak of her anger. I went on hug her and just be quiet to listen to her yelling at me. I kept weeping and weeping on her shoulder. Of course, those things against me isn't coming from her but the enemy. TRUST ME! LOVE CAN CONQUER ALL!! This morning my mom has a total change of the attitude and keep asking and talking to me. I really appreciate what my mom was doing.  It might seem nothing to you, but for me I feel like that was a reminder of God's grace. If I kept doing what I was doing by going to fellowship all the time and locking my door and zone them out from my room then they might never get the chance to experience my love. At the end of a day, Christianity is not self-help religion, it's not you go to church for two hours and go to Bible study for two hours and then the rest of your week you're still conforming the standard of this world. God picked us to be a transformer of this society, if you can't transform yourself and your family, let alone across the countries. Then other people may never get the chance to experience this almighty and merciful God because you keep that to yourself in your room. How funny was an article that describe religion is like a penis, you can appreciate it in your room to see how great it is but you can't go around with it in public. Because you think it is in appropriate to bring it along. If you think Christianity is  about go to church two hours a week then you don't apply to it in your daily life or feel a shame of  being honest about your faith then you might serve a religion in stead of being a world changer right now. Then that's why you can't see signs and wonders or God's work, because you get so egg-headed about conforming rules and being selfish. All you care about is you are the one being saved and leave other people burn in hell. Do you want to become one of those Pharisees? Heck no! Remember, people of this world are watching what we are doing, you are a role model of this world. If you want to change the stereotype of what the world sees us as Christians that might need your work.

You better train your legs well!!!
Hi the WoW family, I feel like God has been speaking to us to accelerate our workout program because you never know how far you will go for Jesus. Maybe He will be calling you to the mountain of Tibet or Desert in Sahara. Just be prepared like a bride waiting for your groom man. Remember, we train our body for the Lord not for us. We honor our body because that's the place the Holy Spirit resides in. So if you have a 15min hiking devotion why don't you make it 30min, if you have a 20 push-up devotion why don't you make it 30. If you fail to reach your resolution everyday then slap yourself in the forehead and keep it up tomorrow.

Remember what He said in the great commission "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19" When He said go, he meant go! He is not playing!! So get ready girls!!!

All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked --Luke 4:22

I want to share something about what Bill Johnson preached during kingdom culture. As you read through Luke 4:22, you might notice those people in the synagogue did believe and recognize He is the Messiah and Son of God but afterward those people still think of Jesus as son of Joseph. Ok! Here's the thing, in the story you may very well discover people usually like to perceive things which is controllable. Have you ever thought of something that was totally blown you away and then all of a sudden that rational part of your brain start to tell you that you need to keep it real? Then you just surrender to whatever your brain tell you to do and give up everything you once believed.

You know what? This is purely human nature, people like to do things and think things in a controllable way. But at the end of day, you can always do things in an easy way and you are certain of your outcome then why bother to have faith because you are just being programmed. At the end of day, your reward is totally perceivable. Follow Jesus is not something programmed nor easy because we are being created to be His warrior who lives on the edge. Believe me, it's so worth it to take this roller-coaster ride with Him.

2012/02/03 All That I Want Is Your Faith

Faith is basically the foundation of everything in terms of walking with Jesus. During four days intensive sermons in the kingdom culture conference, what I learned about those preachers is they have one thing in common grounded faith. As you read through Scriptures, you may very discover how many times did Jesus mention about "Faith"! "You little faith!"  "Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you." "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you."....Heidi Baker is a well-known missioner and a mother of orphans in Mozambique. She received her calling at the age of 16 and in 1980 after she got married with her husband Rolland, they decide to move to Mozambique. At first it was nothing and then what came next is that during her journey in Mozambique her husband and daughter was suffered from malaria and her son was suffer from spiritual battle and she got diagnosed with cancer. Worst come worst, the biggest sponsor of her ministry decide to withdraw and stop donating anything. But you know what?After a series train wrecks her faith is so firm in the Lord. She had been praying for blind eyes receive vision for a year in Mozambique then God keep His promise by giving her this gift. Sometimes, it's not we don't have faith in God but our faith doesn't last and being easily taken away by the voice of lie. Think about it, what kind of seed are you? The seed with the good soil or the one easily being chock? 

Last night, I was involved in the healing conference prayer team and I got the chance to pray for this grandma who has been suffering from deafening for a while.  She told me she doesn't know what happened to her the next day she got up then she can't hear anything. So we asked her if we could lay hand her and she said yes. She was such a firm believer in Christ, she has been asked us to pray for her like 5 times. Even though she didn't get heal eventually but she told me God is going to heal me for sure and I'm waiting on God and I have devoted most of my time to Him because I just want to be healed by Holy Spirit. I was thinking on the inside "Grandma, I don't have to pray for you as a matter of fact I need you to pray for me!"  She has such strong faith in the Lord and she keeps laughing and dancing during worship despite the fact that she can't even hear the voice. Remember what God has promised us in Mark 16:17-18"And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues"

Remember, every gifts takes practice if you are not healing anybody or haven't seen signs and wonders just keeps asking the Lord. He already promised anyone who believes in Him. Randy Clark said the every single Christian has the ability to perform signs and wonders but the one thing that distinct your anointing is the frequency. Keep praying, keep laying hands on people, keep doing what you are called to do "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. " Don't let the lies bug you out because all that God wants is your faith!!