Find rest, O my soul, in God alone

Lately, I have been quite down, but HE is a God who works wonders. HIS grace is sufficient for us, for HIS power is made perect in our weaknesses! I praise Him for lifting me up when I was sliding back. I praise HIM for touching my mom's heart little by little. I praise HIM for HE knows the best plan for us, and He has the best timing of everything. I praise HIM for HIS words of Wisdom.

Yesterday, I read Psalm 62 to Ethan when I put him to sleep. The psalm really touched my heart, as if HE was speaking to me directly. Here are the excerpts from the Psalm.

5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.
7 My salvation and my honor depend on God [a] ; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

The other day, John shared Hebrews 4:11
"Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience."

My our soul find rest in HIM alone. May we trust HIM at all times and pour out our hearts to HIM.

Sunday Sermon - Revelation

We are living on the edge of time, we are living on the edge of blessing.

"Blessed is he that readth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand." (Revelation 1:3)

"Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book." (Revelation 22:7)

"And it came to pass, as He spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." (Luke 11:27-28)

Ecclesiastes

What a heavy burden God has laid on men! I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

What is twisted cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.

I thought to myself, "Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge." Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.

「我的殿要称为万民祷告的殿。」

提摩太前书2：l 「我劝你第一要为万人恳求、祷告、代求、祝谢。」

提摩太前书2：8 「我愿男人无忿怒，无争论，举起圣洁的手，随处祷告。」

「你们祈求，就给你们，寻找，就寻见，叩门，就给你们开门。」(太 7:7)
「你们寻求我，若专心寻求我，就必寻见。」(耶 29:13)
「你们得不着，是因为你们不求。」(雅 4:2)

神向我们说：「祷告，因为我有各样的美物要给你；当你祈求时你便要得到。我有一切的恩典，而你却活在缺乏当中。所有劳苦的，来到我这里。你们为什么奔波劳苦？你们一切所需的，我都有。」

多少平安屡屡失去，多少痛苦白白受，
皆因未将各样事情，带到主恩座前求。

来到他所摆设的筵席前，称为信心的祷告。


-from 疾 风 烈 火 Chap. 5
http://cclw.net/other/jflh/index.html

Happy Birthday Wei!

I knew I would be lucky somehow to take the GRE on the 16th! Now I know why - it's Wei's birthday! Happy Birthday to you! (not late, we are still on the 16th here in Rhode Island =P )

In the gloden swirls of autumn, in the soft sweetness of memories, I think of you - my friend - that we are far in this world, yet close in Christ.

That you will ................................

call me?

email me ?

or climb into the phone and

lets meet somewhere in between.....

just kidding =) no need to buy oversized phone tomorrow........

以雅各的 神為幫助、仰望耶和華

你們要讚美耶和華。我的心哪、你要讚美耶和華。 我一生要讚美耶和華．我還活的時候、要歌頌我的　神。 你們不要倚靠君王、不要倚靠世人、他一點不能幫助。 他的氣一斷、就歸回塵土．他所打算的、當日就消滅了。 以雅各的　神為幫助、仰望耶和華他　神的、這人便為有福。
- 诗篇 146:1-5

Have you Heard?

Some of my family friends run an organization... it has it's website at www.cgbc.net

Check it out.

A Great Sermon "While It Is Called TODAY"

I have listened to a sermon titled "While It Is Called TODAY". It is located at: http://www.christian-assembly.org/sundaymessage.html. It is the sermon on 10/30/05.

Summary of Last Night's Discussion - please add/emend/etc.

Topic: Consecration and the idea "no matter what you do, god will bless you."

To summarize the point we reached in the end - It is correct, God's intention toward us is good and will bless us in many ways. But if one chooses to do things he himself (she herself) plans out, God will still bless him/her, but he/she will miss out bigger (the best) blessings he/she could've had when the person totally surrenders to the Lord, obeys the Lord and let the Lord lead him/her. Buy consecration, we offer our lives to God and may He lead us, descipline us, mold us into the shape He wants us to be, and use us as vessels of different values. God's plan for us then can be revealed and realized. And His plan is better than any man's plans possible.

Follow up discussions with Ben:

We also need to plan, one does not simply wander aimlessly and call it ‘God’s best plan.’ Surrender is fine when one hears the direction clearly, but becomes very tricky in other circumstances. Try to walk close to God (keep vigilant) and man's plans are relatively closer to God's. Then keep an obedient heart in everything we plan (man proposes, God disposes). Do our best and let God decide the outcome. Obey when God says no, keep ones peace and joy always....etc.etc...


Any ideas to add to our discussion? =)

退後與恢復

祂恢復我的魂。』（詩23:3 直譯）

習慣而忠心的在小事上來對付肉體，就是不跌倒的祕訣。

要認識自己，這一番工夫是頂不舒服的，但是很有用。彼得被篩過，他要學的一個功課，就是知道自負自信，是叫他跌倒的原因。主最終不只恢復他的魂（心靈），並且使他成為祝福別人的導管。當你知道自己是一無所能，和一無所有，你就能出去幫助別人。正在那時候，主對彼得說，你餵養我的羊。』

在人面前的謙卑，往往是在神面前得到了恢復的最好憑據。

假定我的心靈與主失去了交通，天然的心必定說，我要先改正我失去交通的原因，而後纔到主前。但主是恩慈的；既然知道是如此，那就應該立刻照著我的本相，回到主的面前，深深的謙卑自己。只有在祂裡面，也只有從祂那裡，我們的心魂纔能得到恢復。

基督徒要真實的得到恢復，必須認清他與神斷絕交通是在那一點，又是怎樣的任意偏行。神的同在使人有靈裡的感覺；基督徒必須找出自己是在那一點上失去這感覺，不然的話，與神的交通就不能完全恢復，己和意志也不能徹底破碎。

倘若憂患橫亙在我們與神之間，並產生不信，這就是罪了。無論是因愁苦，或因犯罪，主都能恢復我們。詩篇的作者不是說，我必先恢復我的心靈，然後去親近神；他是說『祂恢復我的魂（心靈）。』

許多時候，因失去神的同在而使我們覺得祂的寶貝；這是說，我們以前沒有寶貝祂的同在。

有一件最要緊的事，就是我們裡面的生命，必須配得起外面活動的分量，否則，會面臨屬靈的危機。

──節錄自達祕弟兄所著「基督是我們的滿足」

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Some Thoughts after Re-reading the story of Elijah (1 King 17-19)

What touched me the most is not the miracles he performed, but how God showed HIS presence to him.

Having done the great miracles in Mount Carmel, he was at the peak time as a prophet. However, the evil queen Jezebel sent out people to kill Elijah. He was afraid and had to run for his life. He was very discouraged and wanted to die. Then the LORD sent angels to give him food and comfort him. Later in a cave, God appeared to him.

Below are quoted from the Scripture:
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11 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is about to pass by."
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
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The LORD was not in the wind, nor the earthquake, nor the fire. The LORD uttered a gentle whisper! Our beloved LORD, give me a pure hear heart and attentative ears so that I am able to hear your gentle whispers.