whats wrong with this?

kid asked Jesus... how much do u love me? .Jesus replied," I love you this much." and .he stretched his arms to the cross and died for us. .If you believe in God, you will send this to everyone on your list. .If you delete this, you will have a cold heart in 2009. .I treat you as a true friend. But if I don't get this back, .I get the hint. Send this to all people in your list within 30min .after u read this and something good will happen to you NOW. .This is not a fake...apparently...copy and paste this .to 15 people in the next 10mins and you WILL have the best day of your life .tomorrow

Got this chain message from a friend. Usually when i get this type of message i would just delete it. But something stuck to me. At first glance we may think, we have to send this message to all or at least 15 of my friends (in less than 30 mins) cause I believe in God and I love Jesus. Nothing wrong with sharing to your friends so that they could know the love of Jesus right?

I paused for awhile thinking about this message and I had this internal alarm going off. How can sending this message make something good happen to my life or have the best day of my life tomorrow? I started to think of Bible verses that can help support this statement, but can't think of any. Its even promoting a belief that sending chain messages would help make our lives better. The Bible didn't even promise that Christians will not suffer or have no troubles anymore.

I don't want to sound critical but my friend had the best intentions sending me this message. I hope this person was not hurt when I replied back
...if you want to follow Jesus. we have to obey him and that does not mean we will always have a good day but God will definitely lead us to his purpose...

yes i deleted it, but i don't have a cold heart :)

Pistis

Pistis the Greek work for faith. You know I thought I knew a lot about faith. Boy was i so wrong. After all these years of following Christ, He is still teaching me about faith. Everytime I am asked the definition of faith Heb 11 comes to mind.

As i was studying the book of Mark, something struck me. The Bible records alot of times when Jesus uses miracles to heal people. What if someone was sick, he has faith but he didn't get healed. Does that mean the Jesus is not faithful? Or is Jesus power dependent on our faith? or is it the level of our faith is dependent on the miracle? Or is it dependent on the level of understanding of faith?

As I read the book of Mark, it stuck me why Jesus didn't want to perform miracles? I mean he did perform it but he didn't want a lot of people to know about it. If I were in advertising I'd highlight the miracles so that people will know who Jesus is. His Power. So back to my question is faith = healing?

If God is just limited to our faith to heal then he is not God at all. He has every sovereign right to do whatever He pleases.

I think we shoudl first ask the question is where is our faith rested upon? Is it on the miracle? the answer? Is it in the blessing? Or is it upon Jesus?

I realized that after following Christ for awhile, God doesn't give all our request to us. Don't get me wrong. When I was a young believer it seems that every prayer is met by an automatic answer. But now it seems that when i pray it takes awhile for it to happen. God is teaching me a lot about perseverance in prayer. He is testing me where I put my faith. If God gives me a no answer will I still follow Him? God is still teaching me a lot about faith.

Lord I do believe in You. Help me over come my unbelief.

Delete

Have you ever wondered why God didn't put a delete button for us? Sometimes you just want to forget some things. So you just search the time and date and press the magic button: delete. And "Poof!" you forget that it ever took place. We have to live with those memories or mistakes that just won't go away. I was just thinking about Paul, Moses, David, Peter and all the other guys at the Bible. These guys were just ordinary men and they make mistakes too. I wonder if Peter always gets to thinking back to the time when he denied Jesus. Or Paul when he was still persecuting the Christians and so on a so forth.

We're not computers. We can't make things go away. God has a purpose for making us not forget those memories good or bad. His purpose is for us to praise him in good and bad memories...

Its been awhile

Yes its been a long heitus. Haven't touched my blog site for awhile where should i start...

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I'd rather...

I'd rather love than hate
I'd rather serve than be served
I'd rather reach out my hand than push someone off
I'd rather have God go before me than me leading the way
I'd rather sing You praise than complain
I'd rather that You be beside me than run away from you.
I'd rather know that You are in control than know in advance what will happen
I'd rather forgive than be bitter.
I'd rather have Jesus...

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I have this load taken off me after AZCOP camp, but God has given me this new burden... Why me? I know i should not complain but...


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Had a chat with our Choir conductress, she told me that I should ask God what He wants me to do. I did and well... God are you serious? are you sure? I don't know where to start? Its not impossible but a lot of things can happen. It can fail. Oh man... Where am I going to start? Pray muna!

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Lord l don't know what to do... It feels like its impossible... Hands down I'm outnumbered... I'm outgunned... odds are against me... you name it may chances are slimming by the minute... I know i should pray and trust but its really hard...

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I think multiply and friendsters are phasing out... Oh well thats life...

Glorified

Gideon's Warriors

The Gideon's Warriors are handled by Kenneth "The Prof" Lim along with assistant Jeremiah Chua. Their big men Paul De Austria, Justin Lyndon Sy, Andrew Dee and Peter Pascual will dominate their inside game. While brothers Daniel and Samuel Yam are a combo that shouldn't be messed around with. Their outside offense Ryan Tan, Dave Tan, Ian Benson " The Big Boss" Tan and Kensen Co are a force that should be reckoned with.

Samson's Knights

The Samson Knight, aka "Samsonites", carried by their fearless leader Noel "The Knight in shining armor" Laohoo. Leading the charge are his assistants Migel "The Black Knight" Bati and Wyatt Tan. The paint area is dominated by Efren Go, Zeus Tanpascual, Kenneth So and import Simon " The White Knight" Chua. While their slashers and ball handlers are Carlos Co, Eugene Choi, Michael Sy and Casey "The Pink Knight" Chua.