Every Promise...

Every promise of our God

Finds its ‘yes’ in His own Son.

Blessings to His people come

In abundance through the One.

In Christ God’s glory is revealed.

His grace, His faithfulness is shown.

And so we live in certain hope,

The God of truth our fortress strong.

As foretold the servant came

Sacrificed to rid our shame.

Promised Saviour, Lamb of God,

Full atonement by His blood.

In Christ God’s glory is revealed.

His grace, His faithfulness is shown.

And so we live in certain hope,

The God of truth our fortress strong.

By God’s Word the Christ did come,

Great King David’s greatest Son.

Lion of Judah, King of Kings,

He whose rule will never end.

In Christ God’s glory is revealed.

His grace, His faithfulness is shown.

And so we live in certain hope,

The God of truth our fortress strong.

A Hymn That Comforts

What a Friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear.
What a privilege to carry,
ev'rything to God in Prayer.
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry,
ev'rything to God in Prayer.

Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful,
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer.

Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge,
take it to the Lord in prayer.
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
take it to the Lord in prayer;
in his arms He'll take and shield thee,
thou wilt find a solace there.

Twelve Things to Praise the Lord

It is not listed in a particular order. Praises to God in this particular moment.

1. Thanks for the creation and created us from the image of God.
2. Praise Him for His faithfulness in His own Word
3. Thanks for the salvation that He has granted me freely.
4. Thanks for speaking to me in the Bible in this last days that I have the Word as guidance.
5. Thanks for giving me my loving parents who sacrifice a lot for me.
6. Thanks for my partner who is always loving and supportive to me.
7. Praise Him for He comforts and teaches me in every moment in time.
8. Praise Lord for teaching me to love and appreciate my parents who raise me up.
9. Thanks for every single event happening on me, may it be good or bad in the eyes of men, which build me up to be a stronger person.
10. Praise ye O Lord for You are sovereign God who controlled the entirely of history, today and tomorrow.
11. Praise You as You do not let even a single hair of our head fall without Your permission.
12. Praise Lord for everything that you have granted to me. You are the greatest blessing of all.

Distorted Message on the Parable of Ten Virgins

A pastor from Taiwan preached a sermon on the parable of Ten Virgin. Instead of explaining about the truth of this parable he distorted the meaning of this passage. The passage warns Christians to keep alert because we do not know the day or the hour when Christ is coming again. Thus, we should be well prepared for this Groom (Christ). However, this pastor distorted the meaning of the oil in the parable as gold dust. He was selecting only the 'oil' to create his own doctrine on 'gold dust'. He claimed that gold dust is the latest trend God used to revive the church. Thus, we should act like the wise virgin keep asking for gold dust for revival! What???!! O_o
Maybe I do not really do much research on the growth of charismatic movement but this is the first time i heard on this kind of philosophy. The most ridiculous thing is the question on why we need the gold dust. If I am not mistaken, according to chinese tradition the groom will need to pay the bride an amount of money before they got married and this is called “聘金". The so-called pastor answered that we need gold dust because since Christ is coming to marry the bride (Church) surely the groom needs to give the bride the gold dust as the "聘金". If not, how can they get married?
Huh!!??? Boink!
This kind of explanation really surprised me!! How can people still believe on this nonsense sermon which distorted the whole passage?

Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV)
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I(Jesus) will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'