getting back into posting again.. really need it to keep me on track with my devotion. missed many days of devotions last month because of various reasons or excuses..which was bad. so gonna start this new year a fresh! Gotta press in harder, much much more this year, to grow stronger and to go deeper with God.
Last year, for me i guess was generally a pretty good year. I personally felt that i grew a little with God. Got to know Him a bit more better, but at the same time still a very long way off. Have definitely gotten stronger, but still the occasional weakly flesh that gives in to the temptations of sin. All curses, bondages, bad habits, addictions, and evil things over me have been broken. God has given me/us the power and authority as His children to live pure and holy lives the way we ought to.
I realised that whenever i sinned, God was always giving me the strength to not sin, and to get away from it.. the only reason why we fall into it is because we ourselves are too weak to say no to our fleshy nature/desires.
I used to pray to God and asked Him to help me to stop sinning, thinking that it will be easier not to sin. But the sin was still there, however what God has done is that He has given us everything we need to overcome that sin, all we have to do is to utilize that potential within to say no to sin. No such thing as the sin is to strong, or, it's just normal human nature to sin..there's nothing too strong for us to resist and to break with God in us. Just one of the things that i learnt in the previous year.
Last year could have been a good year, or a bad year. But regardless, it has passed, and we have to move on. So for this year, the one thing that i really want to drill into myself is to have the spirit of excellence within me. No matter what im doing, or where i am, i want to do it to the best of my potential, because that is what God has given me. As a child of God, we should also excel in everything that we do to give God the glory. In my work, studies, drums, guitar, church, relationships, etc.. i'm gonna to make sure that i'll give it my best. God won't be honoured by a half hearted and sloppy person who does the bare minimum in everything he does.. What God wants is everything that is within us, and since i belong to Him, it is just natural for me to give my all to Him. Although as Christians we all should be doing that, i just want to drill this into my heart, so it becomes a second nature.
I still have soo much more to work on, and lots more stuff that i can/should be doing..and time is just ticking by. I want to make the best out of this year, and the time that God has given me, i don't want to have any regrets, but to live my life to the fullest, the way God wants me to.
I want to start this new year with a fresh start. And i thank God for His grace and mercy that makes this possible.
2009 is going to be another year of growth, of pursuit, and of seeking after God. I won't want to be the same at the end of the year, and i definitely don't want to backslide. I want to advance forward, daily training myself in the ways of the Lord, and give this year everything i got. More passion, zeal, love, and fire!!!
[these are just plans, and there's no harm in aiming high!]
Thank You for the cross, Lord
For at the cross, You gave it all
to a people such as us.
Thank You Lord
Last year, for me i guess was generally a pretty good year. I personally felt that i grew a little with God. Got to know Him a bit more better, but at the same time still a very long way off. Have definitely gotten stronger, but still the occasional weakly flesh that gives in to the temptations of sin. All curses, bondages, bad habits, addictions, and evil things over me have been broken. God has given me/us the power and authority as His children to live pure and holy lives the way we ought to.
I realised that whenever i sinned, God was always giving me the strength to not sin, and to get away from it.. the only reason why we fall into it is because we ourselves are too weak to say no to our fleshy nature/desires.
I used to pray to God and asked Him to help me to stop sinning, thinking that it will be easier not to sin. But the sin was still there, however what God has done is that He has given us everything we need to overcome that sin, all we have to do is to utilize that potential within to say no to sin. No such thing as the sin is to strong, or, it's just normal human nature to sin..there's nothing too strong for us to resist and to break with God in us. Just one of the things that i learnt in the previous year.
Last year could have been a good year, or a bad year. But regardless, it has passed, and we have to move on. So for this year, the one thing that i really want to drill into myself is to have the spirit of excellence within me. No matter what im doing, or where i am, i want to do it to the best of my potential, because that is what God has given me. As a child of God, we should also excel in everything that we do to give God the glory. In my work, studies, drums, guitar, church, relationships, etc.. i'm gonna to make sure that i'll give it my best. God won't be honoured by a half hearted and sloppy person who does the bare minimum in everything he does.. What God wants is everything that is within us, and since i belong to Him, it is just natural for me to give my all to Him. Although as Christians we all should be doing that, i just want to drill this into my heart, so it becomes a second nature.
I still have soo much more to work on, and lots more stuff that i can/should be doing..and time is just ticking by. I want to make the best out of this year, and the time that God has given me, i don't want to have any regrets, but to live my life to the fullest, the way God wants me to.
I want to start this new year with a fresh start. And i thank God for His grace and mercy that makes this possible.
2009 is going to be another year of growth, of pursuit, and of seeking after God. I won't want to be the same at the end of the year, and i definitely don't want to backslide. I want to advance forward, daily training myself in the ways of the Lord, and give this year everything i got. More passion, zeal, love, and fire!!!
[these are just plans, and there's no harm in aiming high!]
Thank You for the cross, Lord
For at the cross, You gave it all
to a people such as us.
Thank You Lord
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