Women proposed marriage in biblical times!!

Hahaha... anyone who thinks it is too forward for a woman to propose marriage these days, get a load of this! It wasn't a taboo in the Biblical times. =) Have courage to speak of your feelings.

Ruth 3:9-13 (New International Version)

New International Version (NIV)

⁹ "Who are you?" he asked.
"I am your servant Ruth," she said. "Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a kinsman-redeemer."

The Bible on Superstitions

Isaiah 2:6 (New International Version)

You have abandoned your people,
the house of Jacob.
They are full of superstitions from the East;
they practice divination like the Philistines
and clasp hands with pagans.


Superstition is based on the ignorant faith of an object having magical powers. Another word for superstition is idolatry.

The Bible does not support the idea of things occurring by chance, but nothing is done outside of what God works through His plan (Acts 4:28, Ephesians 1:10).

Scripture condemns those who practice astrology (Deuteronomy 4:19), magic, divination and sorcery (2 Kings 21:6, Isaiah 2:6). Idolatry is also forbidden, and no one who practices it will enter the Kingdom of God (Revelation 21:27).

We should get our faith not from objects or rituals that are mere folklore, but from the one true God who gives eternal life.

“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians 2:8-10).

Food for thought : On Christian Parenting

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged."--Colossians 3:21

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1. Never argue with your children. Your arguing means they win. Does your boss argue with you? Why not?

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2. Always stay calm when talking with your children to teach your children to cope with problems. Anyone can teach your children anger, whining, blaming, and damning. Let someone else model the wrong way for your children to respond to adversity.

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3. Give your children equal doses of love and discipline: not just one or the other. If you got too much or too little of one or the other--do not then blindly do either the same or the opposite as most parents wind up doing. Instead, do both equally well.

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4. Your job is to help your children find direction and self-control. Yes, it is even okay and a good idea to purposely frustrate your children--if your intention is to then help them to learn to problem-solve and cope with that frustration.

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5. Motivate your children with life missions and-or service to God. Stop using ego (pride or shame), money (presents), or pleasures.

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6. Don't don't. Use positive scripts, directions, expectations. Don'ts put the wrong idea into their heads NOT the right one. Dont's also can induce rebellious attitudes

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7. Teach boundaries (individuation, separation, space) and reciprocity (ask-ask, give/take, want-for-want).

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8. Teach your children emotional responsibility (ER). This empowers your children and ends the blame game.


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I grew up with my mother always trying to shame me, attacking my ego and hurting me with cutting words. She would take expensive gifts given to me by my dad's colleagues to give to my richer cousins because her theory is that my uncles and aunties buy me lots of expensive things but from a kid's pov, it hurt. It wasn't that I was selfish but I could not understand why my mother would take something I found precious away from me. I used to envy my friends whose mum would cane them but sayang them afterwards... my mum used to cane me and add salt to the wound by telling every one of her siblings and cousins and any relatives that she could how bad I was. It was as if she was trying to use that to make me good. But all it did was hurt me deeper and deeper.

I have always loved my mum despite all that but she presses buttons in me that causes great depression and hurt and frustration. Something I hope never to happen btw me and my kids.

Till this day, she still opens my letters to read, digs through my private belongings and takes my things to give others without asking first because she feels that she has that right as I am staying in HER house and living uner HER rule. She tells me I am fat and tells me how I look bad. She never fails to make me feel bad about myself.

Never once has she praised me or made me feel proud of anything I've done.

The hurt keeps piling up higher and higher... even on Christmas Eve, she has successfully dampened all my cheer.

I stayed up late last night wrapping gifts and making personalised gift tags for them and writing words of blessings for people I care for & she not only kept coming out to scold me, she'd tell me... Just anyhow wrap can already right? And I overheard her telling my Aunt I was so childish like a kid making art and craft late at night. I took pride at making special tags for everyone and letting them know I care. I even made one for her despite being so sleepy. Maybe it is her way of showing concern but there is no kindness in her words or her ways. Just hurt.

She always complains that I dun respect her despite all my aunts feeling it is amazing how I've turned out so well despite the way she puts me down. I have always told my Mum respect is a 2 way thing and that I want to respect her but she has given me no reason to except for demands that I do. I want to honour my mother but she makes it so hard... so very hard.

I love my Mum. Despite all these hurts, I do love her.... but loving her is also very painful... it feels like a cross I have to bear than a relationship I find joy in.

I really hope for her to be less hurtful, to be more giving, to be less imbued in superstitions and to be more Christ-like.... but it always feels so impossible.

Till this day I cannot believe how she put down my friends who had travelled for hours and spent lots of precious money that they can ill afford to come visit us and to bring their kid to play with Kae. Like me, they had a kid out of wedlock but got married before the child wa born. They have a second kid and are excellent parents despite their youth. And to save money, they hardly have hair cuts and when they did, they trimmed each others hair and their kids' too.

I was ashamed when my Mum came home early one day and in a pretty audible tone, she said "What did I tell U about inviting such people here? They cannot afford condo lifestyle and live in HDB flat so come here to xiang shou it is it? Cannot go public pool ah? Think what? I am a charity is it? Come here and use my water and waste my electricity."

I was so hurt by her ways. I felt she could have voiced it after people had gone home not when they were there. And I had Dad's permission. Kae and their eldest son are good friends n play very well together btw.

I was so upset I went out for dinner with them and hauled kae along. Dad was out with my aunt.

Later on, my aunt told me my Mum had grumbled to her and another aunt about it too.

" P ah... these kind of people ah so poor so come here and leech on other people's wealth ah... then the guy got long hair dunno what kind of character and the girl smokes (Amanda had quit already btw for a year plus but she based it on her smoking previously)... dunno what kind of character they have. Everytime go and mix with this kind of people. Then come and waste my water and electricity."

My aunt was saying that lucky the 2 of them (my 2 aunts) are not the sensitive sort... because they too were so called HDB flat residents who come to swim every week (once or twice) & my some of my older cousins smoke... and one used to spot long hair too. If they were sensitive they would have taken offence because they'd suspect that my Mum told people the same thing about them.

That is my Mum for you... she can never seem to say words of kindness to people. When she shoots her mouth off it is always bad things... curses in the form of superstition, bad things about other people... stinginess and then pretending to be nice about it but grumbling about others behind their backs or worse, in front of them!

I am trying so hard to be less depressed and to try to talk to her... but staying at home around her makes me so blue and so full of rage and anger... I just blow up at her because she always pushes the right trigger to upset me and then tells everyone I am mad dunno why everytime talk to her she cries or is so rude... when she is blind to the hurt she piles on top of me day after day, with each conversation...

Dear God, Jesus, Holy Spirit please help me to forgive my Mother and to heal... to learn that there are things that I can change and there are those that I cannot... and to learn the difference and how to conduct myself when placed in situations which cannot change. Help me to grow in patience and love and to let go. To learn how to close my ears and my heart to hurtful words and deeds. To learn how to seek solace in your Words and your Ways if I am hurt instead of hurting someone back. Lord, when I am weary, whisper in my heart words of kindness and encouragement so I won't be weak. Lord help me to control my temper which has seem to grown shorter these days around Mum. Help me Lord... I confess to You and my brothers and sisters in Christ who read this that I have been rude to my Mum but because many a times I feel provoked. I know that that is still wrong as 2 wrongs don't make a right. Please help me Lord. Only you can because nothing is impossible through YOU! Your Salvation has freed me from all this darkness and pain. I reject the hurt my Mum causes my family members and friends and myself through Your most precious name. I claim YOUR victory over her character and my temper through YOU! AMEN!.

What does God want? Really?

I want loving-kindness and not a gift to be given in worship. I want people to know God instead of giving burnt gifts. - Hosea 6:6

What does God really want out of us? More tithes? To sing louder during praise and worship? To go to church every Sunday?

No... I feel that He wants a relationship. For us to know Jesus so that through Him we can know His Father... Our Father.

God does not want us to just blindly drop money into the offerings bag or to sing him praise songs with nothing within... He is not interested in incense... or repetitions of the Rosary with no heart placed in it...

He just wants us to make an effort to reach out to Him... to be honest with Him, to offer our broken hearts to Him, to seek His healing touch, His love, His word... He wants to have a stronger parent-child relationship with us... for us to tear down the brick wall we've been putting up between Him and ourselves.

I think that is what He wants from us... that that is the true worship He seeks from us.

After speaking with Lay Fong, after hearing the sermons of Pastor David's in church, I feel the need to rebuilt the relationship that I had with Him.

As a teen, I'd sit before a picture of Jesus and talk to Him knowing that He truly is there... not in the image but in the spirit... And I found such great consolation just chatting to Him. I'd leave him post-it notes on the wall to tell him about a bad day, a need, a petition, to praise and thank Him...

Then I stopped when I was really hurt by what a priest did to my family in my parish church.

Now at Grace, I feel healed and ready to build that relationship with Christ again. The need to put Christ in the centre... not those daily cares and worries... but Christ. To show more love and kindness as He showed us. To communicate with Him in prayer and in praise... to built that friendship with Him and that relationship with Our Father.

It was never His fault that things went awry for me but Humanity as it is and bad choices on my part... And worship is not always a me, myself and I thing... the Heart of Worship is HIM... Jesus Christ and the love, blessings, grace and mercy He has to offer us.

God answers prayers...

Ian told me that his day went well yesterday and that the meetings mostly went well with suggestions on how to improve.

Praise God!

A reminder not to judge...

"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. ²Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. ³So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? ⁴Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?"
Romans 2:1-4

It is so easy to judge another person and so easy to do so without realising that you are.

I confess and humbly admit that I have judged people myself. I apologise.

Have you realised how when you are the one doing the judging of another person, you feel a certain smugness or are glad that well...you are not like the person?

BUT what if the situation is reversed- What it you are the one being judged? How would U feel?

I remember being ostracized as a kid because I was not "cool"... not funky.... not with the "in" crowd... that feeling was horrible. And I used to hate those people who judged me... I guess whilst that has made me more mindful of trying not to make someone feel that same dismay, it also makes it a pot calling a kettle black situation should I judge.

That person you are judging because maybe he/she is with body odour or the person who has a disability that is physical, emotional or mental or that person who is "uncool" or who we think is a bitch... they have feelings too! We tend to forget that when we judge another person from one perspective, not seeing it from the other side of the coin. Not remembering how it felt like standing on the other side of the judgement.

In all our words and actions and thoughts, let us be mindful of each other and remind ourselves not to judge. For we do not know what the other party has been going through, his/her own personal conflicts and situations enough to judge at all. As a result, the only one who is perfect and who has the wisdom and the power to judge is God!

He has reminded us again and again that if we judge someone one way, we will be judged the same way. I'd rather try harder not to judge someone than to be judged that same way. I'd rather not be judged... I'd rather be SAVED!

And Jesus had come to do just that... without any show of favoritism, Christ came to SAVE US ALL... anyone who wants to achieve salvation through him just has to confess it and to believe it, to lead a Christ-centric life to be saved from judgement and wrath of God! How wonderful! We do not have to be judged because of the precious sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because God has bestowed upon us the gifts of Faith and mercy that we can choose to receive and partake in!

At the end of the day, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"... Let us examine ourselves before we hastily cast our stones at the people around us.

Dear Jesus, for all the times I have judged another person, I am truly sorry. Help me to be more loving and in being so, more forgiving and understanding. Help me always to treat a fellow person the way you would want me to. Help me to be more Christ-like everyday. Although I am not perfect Lord, I can try to be a better Christian with each new day. Help me Lord.

This we ask in your most precious name. Amen.

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Some beautiful Christian Wallpaper for the mobile phone... 240 x 320 dimension.
enjoy =)

 

Give thanks unto the Lord - 1 Chronicles 16:34 

O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever. - Psalm 30:11-13 

 

 

If I speak in tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 

So now faith, hope and love abide, thes three: but the greatest of these is love. 

I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me... 

My children hear my voice and know that they are loved... 

There is no fear in love- 1 John 4:18 

Planting a mustard seed...

Hearing my beloved sounding so weary and so tired, I feel so bad... I wish I could do something for him yet i cannot... I feel so powerless!

That is why I surrender it all to the Lord because only he can work miracles for him... just have to trust Him! Coz that is all I can do... I can only plant a mustard seed in this area and trust in the Lord to fulfill His promises...

Psalm 13:5 (New International Version)

⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.

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Father, in times of darkness, we sometimes question your love and your presence... forgetting that your love is UNFAILING.

Thank you so much for holding our hands as we journey through the best and worst of times in our lives...

I praise you and thank you for saving me, an unworthy sinner... thank you for granting me salvation through your beloved son, our Lord Jesus Christ... thank you granting us salvation not through deeds so that we may not boast but through Jesus and his ultimate sacrifice on the cross for ALL of us.

Thank you for blessing me with the gift of Faith that I may rejoice at the foot of the cross and praise your glorious name all the days of my life!

Father first of all... THANK YOU for letting Jenn's baby pass the down syndrome test today and that the baby is healthy! Praise you! Hallelujah!

Lord, Ian is asleep now, trying very hard to recuperate from the exhaustion he is going through from shouldering so many responsibilities at one go. Lord, I pray that you will refresh him and grant him the strength of the body, mind and soul to run that extra mile... Lord, touch him so that all the works that he does is done through you and hence perfect in your ways, a pleasing sacrifice to you and a testimony of you glorious name. Lord, we surrender again ALL the works of our hands to you right now and pray that you will bless them many many folds and that they will be accepted wonderfully by the people we have to submit them to.

Lord thank U for letting Ian have so many brilliant opportunities to show his talent off but he is no superman... none of us are... everything we can do is only do-able through you Lord... so we ask you to grant him that superhuman strength to finish all his task... a herculean deed but not impossible through your grace and your Holy Spirit.

I thank you Lord for everything you have done for us and pray that we may be able to accomplish much much more for your glory everyday of our lives!

Thank you Lord. Praise you Lord.

We ask all of these through our Lord Jesus Christ.
AMEN!

Priorities this season- a showroom looking house OR a heart prepared to rejoice in Christ's birth??

I have always wished that some of the ppl close to my heart will understand this... that knowing Him, serving Him is more important than anything else (including housework)... here is a daily bread like thing I received last night that reminds us of our priorities as Christians:

This week's promise: Give your worries to God, for he cares for you

Details, details!

But the Lord said to her, "My dear Martha, you are so upset over all these details! There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it—and I won't take it away from her."

Luke 10:41-42 NLT

Martha and me

I can relate to Martha. If I were planning a party, she'd be the one I'd ask to help. Martha knows everything needs to be just right.

When Jesus showed up at Martha's door, she did what I would have done. She started getting everything ready. But her sister, Mary, had other plans. Mary didn't share Martha's need to please, so she sat with Jesus. She knew the house was a mess, but she also knew that Jesus wouldn't be there long, so she forgot about the cleaning and plopped down at his feet. What nerve, Martha thought to herself. Doesn't she know there's work to be done?

Finally, Martha had to speak up and expected Jesus to scold Mary.

But that's not what Jesus did. "My dear Martha," he said, "you are so upset over all these details!…" Jesus took Mary's side. He said that Mary was the one who had the right idea. She did nothing but listen and was praised; Martha did everything but listen and was chastised.

The Lord's priorities are not the same as ours. Jesus isn't as concerned about our lace tablecloths and clean kitchens as we are. He's concerned with the state of our heart—the time we spend at his feet, reflecting on his words and resting in his presence.


by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins and Frank M. Martin (Tyndale) p 209

A prayer...

Dear Jesus,

Everyday I thank you for the wonders that you have worked in my life.
Eversince I embraced you as my Lord, you have never been far from me and your hands have always been around me, your words my comfort and my shield.

Lord, thank you for sending me so much blessings. For Ian and Kae whose love keeps me going day by day... For my amazing parents who have given so much of themselves as parents... For the many faces I meet- both old and new- everyday who are a testimony of your love and your abundant blessings!

Lord, thank you so much for never giving up on me and for your gift of faith, grace, love, hope and unending mercy... thank you for bestowing all these on me. I am so undeserving and yet you give and give and give... I thank you Lord and I praise you for all these.

Lord, I now pray for brother Nelson and his wife who have been trying for a child. Make his wife fruitful O Lord... touch her womb and make it bear fruit for this is not impossible to you Lord. Nothing is! AMEN! We claim this victory for Nelson and his wife... we claim the promises of fruitfulness for them. AMEN! Praise YOU God!

I pray for brother Daniel that he will receive guidance about his work. Lord, brother Daniel must be rich in your favour for you have sent him so many trials of late as a testimony of his great faith and trust in you so that we too are renewed in our faith and our trust in you! He has come through each trial stronger and praising you louder than ever before and I thank you God for this affirmation through him. AMEN! We claim this Victory in YOU!

I pray for sister Pau Cen that her job will be secure, her faith strong and her blessings bountiful. I pray that you will bless her with the gift of motherhood and also bless her womb and make it bear fruit. AMEN! We claim this Victory in YOU!

I pray for sister Lanie who is undergoing spiritual warfare right now. I pray that you will strengthen her as she takes this journey of Single Motherhood and that you will especially bless her child and bless her so that all will go smoothly. God bless her such that everything she needs, you have already provided for so that nothing will stumble her Lord. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Eugene and Lynn Lord that their current spat will be resolved. Help them O'Lord.


I pray for my brother Jenn and his wife that their visit to the gynae today will be one of reassurance and that the baby will pass the test. Bless their child and prepare their hearts for the gift, the journey of being parents. I pray that his wife will have a safe pregnancy, no morning sickness or cravings, no hypertension or diabetes... I pray that she will have no stretchmarks and that she will have a painless delivery! AMEN! WE CLAIM THAT VICTORY IN YOU!

I pray for my brother Lennel whom I am so pleased that you have called to your servitude! I want to thank and praise you Lord for blessing his life with your precious word and for covering him with your holy blood! Thank you for sending him a cell leader whom he can identify with and vice versa. Continue blessing him in his new faith bountifully! AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Ian's Dad's health as well as that of my Dad's. Lord... bless and heal their bodies Lord. Heal every part of them that is broken Lord... inside, outside... Lord you have healed the lame, made the blind see... this is nothing to you Lord for you ARE our creator and as you can create so can you heal! AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Ian's sisters and their family. Wherever they may be, BLESS them GREATLY! Bless Vivien as she becomes a stay at home mother. Bless her with all the strength, love and wisdom she needs as a Christian mother and wife. Bless Von that he will always be recharged and that he will always have time to spend with his two daughters and still have amazing job security because it is YOUR gift to him. AMEN! AMEN! I pray for Sylvia and Dennis that they will be blessed with the gift of parenthood and the wisdom to be able to be great Christian parents too and that they both will also have great job security as your gift to them! I pray that they will all prosper as you have promised them and that you will send showers upon showers of blessings upon them.AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for my Aunt's salvation from idolatory. I pray for her entire family to find their way to your presence and to embrace you with all their heart. I pray that you will cause a GREAT miracle to happen in their lives so that they will let go of all idolatory and know that you are God and believe that there is ONLY ONE GOD and only one who can bless them bountifully and give them the mercy and love and healing that they need. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Aunty Betty who is journeying in the Faith right now. Fill her with your wonderful words and touch her with your teachings O Lord. Bless her path with many who can lead her to You Lord! AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for my cousins, for my relatives that are all over the world... may you send your angels to protect each and everyone of them. May you bless them and keep them all safe. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Eric and his family... I pray for Yuning and her family... I pray for Gen and her lovely family... I pray for Pearly and her family. Bless them all with greater faith if they are your children already and if they are not, I pray that you bless them with the Christian faith so that they may share in the mercy of Christ and the blessings of Your great love and eternal life! AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for the films we hope to make, the scripts we have to write, the business we are in the midst of building up... I SURRENDER all of them to you... as a living sacrifice along with us. Every victory won for them is YOUR victory Lord... a testimony to YOUR gifts Lord... I stand here humble before you because I know you plant each thought, each word, each imagery in my mind. I am not so great. Bless our films and every endeavour greatly. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

Lord I pray for Ian. Touch him so he may have the gift of the ability to speak in the Spirit so that he may be able to converse effortlessly with the Chinese in mandarin. LORD you are the Lord of all languages so I know that ONLY you and you alone can help Ian right now. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Ian's Discovery project that his superiors in the project will find great liking and trust in him. That they will like what he has written and be at peace with Ian. That they will be understanding, open and embrace whatever ideas or script he has written because I know Lord that Ian writes them IN YOU, THROUGH YOU so I CLAIM VICTORY OVER THE DISCOVERY PROJECT RIGHT NOW LORD BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONE DOING THIS PROJECT FOR IAN... blessing his hands, his mind, his thoughts, his lips so that what he writes and what he utters about it is well received and such that all he does will be smooth. BECOZ it is done IN YOU, FOR YOU and FOR YOUR GLORY! AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU! I CLAIM THE VICTORY THAT HE WILL BE SAFE IN CHINA, HE WILL COME HOME IN GREAT HEALTH AND REJOICING FOR A JOB WELL DONE BECAUSE OF YOUR VICTORY IN HIS LIFE AND IN HIS WORK! AMEN AMEN!

I pray for the F1 powerboat and Singtel projects of Ian that ALL will go SMOOTHLY with them because we lift them up to you right here right now and humbly ask for your touch, your assitance and for your grace to pour out on these projects.AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

I pray for Kaelen that with each new day, his every gifts and talents will grow in YOU and that he will one day be able to use all these gifts to further your glory and to serve you with all of his God fearing heart. AMEN! We claim that Victory in YOU!

WE CLAIM ALL OUR VICTORIES IN OUR GOD... OUR JEHOVAH JIRED... OUR EL SHADDAI... OUR WONDERFUL SAVIOUR... FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS AND GOOD THINGS COME! GOD IS GOOD and we pray all these, claim all these in the name of our wonderful and beloved Lord, JESUS CHRIST!

AMEN! HALLELUJAH!

What's Playing Today on my WMP

Through It All sung (by Ray Boltz)

I've had many tears and sorrows,
I've had questions for tomorrow,
There've been times I didn't know right from wrong:
But in every situation God gave blessed consolation
That my trials come to only make me strong.

Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to trust in Jesus,
I've learned to trust in God;
Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to depend upon His Word.

I've been to lots of places,
And I've seen a lot of faces,
There've been times I felt so all alone;
But in my lonely hours,
Yes, those precious lonely hours,
Jesus let me know that I was His own.

Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to trust in Jesus,
I've learned to trust in God;
Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to depend upon His Word.

I thank God for the mountains,
And I thank Him for the valleys,
I thank Him for the storms
He brought me through;
For if I'd never had a problem
I wouldn't know that He could solve them,
I'd never know what faith in God could do.

Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to trust in Jesus,
I've learned to trust in God;
Through it all, through it all,
I've learned to depend upon His Word.

A Prayer for Victory (Psalm 20)

It is kinda late at night but can't really sleep. Worrying about Ian although I have said that I placed my worries in the hands of my most gracious saviour. =) How human of me.

Opened the bible to seek His word, His promises and came across this Psalm. After reading it, I immediately called my dearest and prayed this prayer over him. We claim all its promises through the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ... We claim this victory in our Lord's gracious, blessed and merciful name. Amen!

Psalm 20

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A victory prayer.

¹ May the LORD answer you when you are in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

² May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.

³ May he remember all your sacrifices
and accept your burnt offerings.
Selah

⁴ May he give you the desire of your heart
and make all your plans succeed.

⁵ We will shout for joy when you are victorious
and will lift up our banners in the name of our God.
May the LORD grant all your requests.

⁶ Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed;
he answers him from his holy heaven
with the saving power of his right hand.

⁷ Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

⁸ They are brought to their knees and fall,
but we rise up and stand firm.

⁹ O LORD, save the king!
Answer ^[a] us when we call!

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FYI...

What does Selah mean?

This word is extensively used in the Psalms. And the reason is because the psalms are a prayer book, divinely-inspired songs of the people of Israel, often messianic, allegorical, and historically parabolic. That is to say, history, replete with spiritual meanings.

The Selah is there to signal the believer to 'measure' carefully the meaning of what has been said. i.e., here is wisdom, reflect and understand. Just as the Hebrew word Amen [amen] is an exclamation of confidence or truth and certainty of what has been said, so Selah [celah], is an exclamation that we should measure and reflect upon what has been said.