Marriage is a 3nity

Hard Rock K

Happy Birthday to us- thanks Charm & Co

Many Christians receive the gift of salvation where they confess Christ has paid for their sins, but they've not received the gift of Christ as the bearer of their shame and guilt. It explains why many Christians, though freed from the law, are still trying to earn brownie points to enter heaven- although they have already been promised it. And God doesn't lie! It explains also why many born-again Christians live a life of defeat, a life of seeking victory- not a life FROM victory. They're born-again, new creations bound for eternal glory... But they're still angry, still hurt, still bitter, still insecure. Christ died to take away our sin AND shame, not just our sin or our shame. It's a finished work. We can't finish what's already finished. We can't perfect His perfect work. We can only receive and surrender- it's not I who lives but Christ who lives in me. We need to learn to walk out this new identity we have in our lives. New wine cannot be sto...

The three-strand cord is a picture of the po wer that takes place when two people agree for something in line with God's will for them. As two people become one in agreement with each other, there is a tremendous amount of power. You can have such fun in your marriage when you begin to agree with each other. Do you know that God did not put you together to be miserable? He didn't put you together to fight, pick on each other or try and change each other. The Bible says that a woman is to enjoy her husband. (See 1 Peter 3:2.) Think about that. I rarely hear a woman say, "You know what? I re ally enjoy my husband." And God wants us to enjoy each other. He wants us to have fun together. You need to laugh and have fun together. So how do two people with very different personalities—who don't think alike, who don't feel the same about a lot of different things, who don't even like the same kind of food —become one? We know that it doesn't just happen when y...

I think had I watched A WALK TO REMEMBER then, this song would have been my stargazing-karaoke-session's anthem held at my bedroom window every night as a teenager. There's a song that's inside of my soul It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again I'm awake in the infinite cold But You sing to me over and over and over again So I lay my head back down And I lift my hands and pray to be only Yours I pray to be only Yours I know now you're my only hope Sing to me the song of the stars Of Your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again When it feels like my dreams are so far Sing to me of the plans that You have for me over again So I lay my head back down And I lift my hands and pray To be only yours I pray to be only yours I know now you're my only hope I give You my destiny I'm giving You all of me I want Your symphony Singing in all that I am At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back So I lay my head back down And I lift my h...

Some days I feel incredibly human. I feel the gamut of emotions arising in me, and then when I am alone in my room, I rest my head on His bosom and sigh and say "Jesus, it is all so confusing sometimes." Then a part of me thinks I heard Him say - "Focus not on what is happening around you but on what matters, Me. Let the dead bury the dead, you follow Me." And you know, He says it with a twinkle in His eyes and a smile. The world is a confusing place and when I take my eyes off Him, even for a split second, I feel the waves come swooshing towards me. The waves come in the form of media reports, things "other people" say, circumstances that are more trying than normal, etc. It is hard to discern what is your human thoughts on something, and what you should REALLY be thinking about it as a new creation in Christ Jesus. I guess we have different anointings to understand different things and to reach out to different groups of people in our very diverse world....

You are more like a pair of fork and spoon. Alone you can still make it but as a pair you will work better. Just draw inspiration from each other's strength. - from my Dad's elder sis (our Coco) to us =D. She really got our marriage spot on in her description.

It's Time to Use Our Words to Declare Good Things I once read an article about doctors who incorporated "talk therapy" to treat patients suffering with depression. Instead of medicating the problem, the doctors instructed the patients to start making positive declarations over their lives, saying such things as: "I have a bright future. People like to be around me. Good things are in store." Some of the patients were depressed because they were facing life–threatening diseases and felt there was no hope. The doctor asked them, "Has anyone ever survived this disease?" The answers were always yes. So he told them, "Then I want you to start saying, 'I will make it. I will be one of the people who beats the odds.'" Those patients obeyed the doctor's orders, and amazingly, many of them not only came out of their depression, but they also made full recoveries! It's time to use our words to declare good things...

Someone on Stan's blog asked me: hungribunniI don't know you. Can you give me some examples how you are transformed so that I can better understand grace?" So I began. And I guess the background story was so long, painful (dark past? -check!) and detailed he waved the white flag and said my case was "too complicated to work on". Which led me to thank Jesus. Serious. If you hear people tell you what a hopeless case you were, you'd feel the way I do - simply darn grateful. I was like this origami gone wrong - you know the origami crane that flaps its wings when you pull the tail? I always couldn't get it right and well, I was like one of my cranes - I couldn't fly. Thank God for Jesus. He is the master origami expert when it comes to a complicated soul. I replied to the dude- Thank God then that Jesus worked on me lol. Any normal person would have given up and written me off as a lost case. You have no idea the knots He untangled to get here where I a...

Introduction Fulfilled. What a word! Two simple syllables and yet so elusive for our frazzled and restless hearts. Who among us hasn’t yearned for something even faintly resembling fulfillment in our frantic, demanding, “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately” world? Fulfilled is a great word—the only problem is finding it. Oh, we can crack open a dictionary and “find” is easily enough, right there between “fulcrum” and “fulgent”…but the trick is moving beyond Webster’s and finding it in the pages of our lives. The truth is that a fulfilled life is well within the reach of anyone hungry enough to devour the four principles in this booklet. If you want fulfillment, if your heart cries out for deep satisfaction, then take a few unhurried moments to drink in the life-giving principles that follow. Your heart will thank you for it. - Max Lucado See the wonderful article here: http://www.maxlucado.com/pdf/4principles.pdf Be edified! Shalom, Geri

"What's interesting is the dirt that was meant to bury him, saved his life." - Joel Osteen All through my life, I've had dirt scooped up and tossed on me by friends, acquaintances and family. I'd been deemed "hopeless", "unwanted", "a black sheep" by those who mattered most at some point or the other. I've got one of the more dramatic biographies amongst the girls I know and oft' times in the past, there had been many crossroads where I coud've veered off the cliff and into the point-of-no-return, but God has kept me. Like that mule, I shook off every barbed criticism that hurt, every assumption that I would never amount to anything in life, every bitchy comment made by the gals in class, every hurt btw Mum and I... and i stepped up on every layer of dirt that was meant to bury me alive. I am quite stubborn in a way - but stubborness has 2 sides, a good side and a bad side. I'd like to think what I had was a strange te...

Had to go through some dark times, some lonely nights; had to push some dirt out of the way; it seemed like it would never see bright day but it just kept pressing forward, and eventually it became everything God created it to be. You need to get this deep down into your spirit today - no matter what comes against you in life, you are not buried, you are planted. You may feel like, even now, that you've got dirt on top of you, you've had a tough time, something was unfair, doesn't look it's ever gonna change... but if you can just keep shaking off the dirt, shaking off the self-pity, shaking off the lies that are telling you, "It's over. You're done." Then you too can, like that little seed, will begin to feel the life of God spring forth. The same power that raised Christ from the dead is on the inside of each one of you. That sickness will tell you, "You can't push me out of the way. I'm much bigger than you. I've got you buried....

I miss my hubby I miss my hubby I miss my hubby I miss my hubby I miss my hubby I could go on... but I MISS MY HUBBY! =) Sorry for the non-posts recently and non-smses... just missing him so much. ^____^

" I'll refresh tired bodies, I'll restore tired souls. Just then I woke up and looked around - what a pleasant and satisfying sleep." - Jer 31:25,26 (MSG) When the hubby is not around, I tend to find it harder to sleep. =) Perhaps it is the comfort I have hearing him breathe beside me, or feeling a warm body in the air-conditioned room. I just miss him. I miss the smell of his hair, the sound of his laughter whilst watching "How I Met Your Mother", his bringing me water to drink @ night, taking communion together, and the list just keeps going on and on and on. Thank goodness though that my restfulness is dependent on God and His promises for me. So the quality of my sleep is great in Christ; altho' I find it hard to fall asleep, when I do sleep, I sleep well. I cannot wait for the hubby to come home though. =) Just a week odd more to go before he gets home from the States. Yipee! No more difficult 15 hr time difference to make sense of. =D Just want to...

"Legalistic people trust in Christ a lot; but they don't trust in Christ alone." - Max Lucado in his book "It's Not About Me". Sometimes it can be such a struggle to let go and let God. I was speaking to a friend the other day who is trying to make some headway in her career. Her field is a tough nut to crack. She has been pushing herself really hard and told me (not quoting verbatim, but the gist of what she said)- "I know God will bless me; but I feel that I must do something to show Him that I am also working hard and trying my best for it." It is a fine line between trying our best and glorifying God, and falling into the trap of "Works", thinking we dun deserve the blessings unless we push ourselves pass breaking point. We are all guilty of having problems balancing on that fine line now and then. It is not just in the area of careers, but in the frontiers of personal relationships too. Ever felt a relationship is strained and you k...

Fear pushes us to a level of emotion where we will do things that make absolutely no sense. Each one of us is given a measure of faith (Romans 12:3)- God gives us the amount of faith we need to do what He has called us to do in life. Don't let fear rob you of your God-ordained destiny. Everything God has for us is better and more powerful than Satan has to offer. No matter how powerful and overwhelming fear feels to us, we need to remember that faith is greater. See also. 1 John 5:4. To overcome the world, we just need to believe God more than anything else. When you make a decision to stand in faith and meditate on what God says about you and your situation, fear has to back off. It's a done deal! Victory is yours! ;) - Extracts from Joyce Meyer article, "Fear God you cornered? Break free!" in her May 09 mag.

I felt so encouraged by this devotional by Joel Osteen. Decided to post this up on the blog as not everyone has access to youtube or have been to his website. Be edified! =D Love, Geri ======================= Today’s Verse: "You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed” (Psalm 139:16, NLT). Today’s Word: Did you know that God has already recorded every part of your life from the beginning to the end? He knows every disappointment, every loss, every challenge; and the good news is that your story ends in victory! God has written out a plan to bless and prosper you. Your final chapter concludes with you fulfilling your God-given destiny. Here’s the key: when you go through a disappointment, when you go through a loss, don’t stop on that page in your life. You’ve got to decide to keep moving forward. There’s another chapter in front of you, but you’ve got to be willing to take the next step....

Andrew Wommack talks about how Grace and Faith compliment each other in his book "You've Already Got it! {so Quit Trying To Get It}". Jeff loaned it to me and it is such a good read. I think I'd like to go get a copy for myself next month or so when the blessings roll in. I can see how it will help me and help me help others understand many interesting issues, including what grace and faith is... 2 very complex issues that sometimes causes Christians to feel very divided about their opinions. Just read on to see what Wommack has to say in a short summary I have here - We are saved by grace through faith (see Eph 2:8 ). It takes both not just one. =) Grace is: 1) unmerited favour 2) something God did for you, independent of you. 3) it made the provision for our salvation some 2000 years ago before we were created, before we could even sin. 4) it is consistent - not based on our performance but on the faithfulness of God & he is no respector of persons (ie he does n...

I love all of God's creation =) He is a great and awesome God!! He is indeed a creative God!!

Praise God! The card holder that went missing last weekend has turned up in K's bag. What transpired was this- I was trying to get through to the Fairprice hotline number Ian passed to me, but it was constantly busy. I gave up and headed out with K. We were at the bus stop when the Transformer bag reached the point of no return. The zip broke and is irrepairable. I got him a new bag from the shop <he chose the Spiderman instead of Transformers bag> and I had to transfer the items over. Just as I was doing so, i spotted my cardholder! Hallelujah! We kept believing it will appear and it finally has. ;) God is awesome. Praise God!! :) My card holder contained an ezlink card, the Fairprice card and a micro SD card. I'm so happy and overjoyed. :) God is good all the time. All the time God is good!!!!

I like to start with something funny - I heard about this pastor, he decided to skip church one Sunday and go play golf. He told his assistant he wasn't feeling well and he drove to another city's gold course there so no one would recognise him. He teed off at the first hole. All of a sudden a huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried it an extra hundred yard and blew it right into the hole for a 421 yard hole-in-one. The angel looked at God and asked, "What didcha do that for?" God smiled and said, "Who's he gonna tell?" Alright. Hold up your bible. Say it like you mean it - “This is my bible I am what it says I am, I have what it says I have, I can do what it says I can do. Today I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I will never be the same. In Jesus’s name.” God bless you. I want to talk to you today about how you have Comeback power. We all face situations that seem like they could bury us - the...

I know Easter is over but here is a moving song by Nicole Nordman. It never fails to bring tears to my eyes.

Walking on the road to Jerusalem, The time had come to sacrifice again, My two small sons, They walk beside me on the road, The reason that they came was to watch the lamb. Daddy, daddy, What will see there, There's so much that we don't understand, So I told them of Moses and father Abraham, Then I said dear children watch the lamb, There will be so many in Jerusalem today, We must be sure the lamb doesn't run away, And I told them of Moses and father Abraham, Then I said dear children watch the lamb. When we reached the city, I knew something must be wrong, There were no joyful worshipers, No joyful worship songs, I stood there with my children in the midst of angry men Then I heard the crowd cry out Crucify Him. We tried to leave the city but we could not get away, Forced to play in this drama a part I did not wish to play, Why upon this day were men condemned to die, Why were we standing here, Where soon they would pass by. I looked and said, even now they come, The fir...

This was my morning read of the day. It was really food for thought, so I thought I'd share it with you. ============ "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," says the LORD in John 8:32. Brothers and sisters, just consider how many truths have actually made us free? The Word of God states that the truth shall make us free, but how many times truth is merely a doctrine to us, our eyes have not been opened to see Christ. We may have talked about many doctrines for some 10 years, still we have not seen. We may have listened to them for an equal length of time, and yet again we have not seen. People may be able to speak on the doctrine of co-death without knowing the power of this death. Or to converse on resurrection life without experiencing its power. If all we talk about is doctrine, we are handling something dead. Friends, whatever is not Christ living in us or is not Christ as our truth- that is, whatever is done on the basis of a doctrine- is dead...

Happy Birthday Dad. :)

We're leaning on Jesus, just trusting His care; Believing His provision is perfectly perfect. Reading Psalm 112, esp v4 and 7, for solace and reassurance. We agree, believe and confess His favour and grace over all that we do today. Though it seems like there is no way, He will make a way for us. :) Amen.

Last night, Ian and I decided to check out the Reinhard Bonke rally that hit town last night. It was the first evangelical rally for me and Ian admitted he had been to a few before we started dating. It was held at the Indoor Stadium, a place we usually head to when our church holds its combined service (altho' these days we happily head to Suntec coz it's easier to pick the kid up after service that way. Yay Gallery West!) I guess I went in expecting to be blown away. I have heard Reinhard speak on Joyce Meyer's show before and Angie bought me his book (that one is divine appointment. I was thinking of buying it, did not tell her I wanted to... did not even mention the book, and my dear sis got it for me. Amazing God. Spider man has spidey senses, we have the Holy Spirit. =D ) which I enjoyed reading. And I mean it was an evangelical rally so I thought wow I mean the anointing is going to be amazing. So after grabbing a fruit bar (no time to eat, had to deal with domestic ...

Be Kind to Yourself Friday, April 10, 2009 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. - Ephesians 4:32 NKJV Our heavenly Father is kind to us. And since he is so kind to us, can’t we be a little kinder to ourselves? Oh, but you don’t know me, Max. You don’t know my faults and my thoughts. You don’t know the gripes I grumble and the complaints I mumble. No, I don’t, but he does. He knows everything about you, yet he doesn’t hold back his kindness toward you. Has he, knowing all your secrets, retracted one promise or reclaimed one gift? No, he is kind to you. Why don’t you be kind to yourself? He forgives your faults. Why don’t you do the same? He thinks tomorrow is worth living. Why don’t you agree? He believes in you enough to call you his ambassador, his follower, even his child. Why not take his cue and believe in yourself? 1 of 365 devotionals in Grace for the Moment, Volume 2 Originally printed in A Love Worth Giving

Similarly titled these 2 songs are beautiful and moving. I hope they touch your heart as we commemorate Easter Sunday this weekend. =D TEN THOUSAND ANGELS CRIED - LeAnn Rimes Stillness filled the Heavens, on crucifixion day. Some say it rained, I don't know if it's true. Well, I can just imagine ten thousand angels cried That would seem like rain to me and you. The angels all stood ready to take Him from the tree They waited for the words from His voice. And when he asked the father why has thou forsaken me. They watched the saviour die of his own choice. I've never seen ten thousand angels cry But I'm sure they did As they stood by And watched the saviour die. God turned his head away He couldn't bear the sight It must have looked like rain When ten thousand angels cried. As the sun slipped away The skies turned to grey And when Jesus gave his all That's when the tears began to fall I've never seen ten thousand angels cry But I'm sure they did As they s...

TWO- More than pray, we need to be a constant presence and support. We cannot just "ring the bell and run away". If these people we reach out to have no idea about how to walk with Christ, we should walk at least some distance with them - teaching them to feed as you feed. =) A scenario to avoid IMHO is to tell them about Jesus, cause them to open up and then disappear from their lives because we've saved their soul already and should move to saving another soul, and another... it is not a quota game. Our sharing, our walking perhaps would do well to be kind if it becomes a fellowship. It doesn't mean that a soul saved does not encounter trials of doubt after being saved. A friend once read a sharing by a prominent Christian writer that faith and doubt can co-exist, and whether we are able to endure till our prayers are physically manifested into our lives from the spirit realm depends on whether we have more faith or doubt. A fellowship can encourage the growth of ho...