O Me of Little Faith...

It's Monday morning and already I have a testimony to share.
Left the house late today, and had to send wife to school because she had to be there on time to hand in some important work. Both of us were feeling a little under the weather. Both of us wanted to take MC for the day, but chose not to in the end. We got caught in a jam on the PIE on the way to the east. She started praying to ask God to help clear up the jam so that I could drop her off and get back to work on time. I was pretty negative as it was already 0715, we were only inching along, and I had to travel all the way to the East and back again to Bt Timah. I looked on the other side of the road and the traffic coming back seemed just as bad. I completely didn't have the faith that the traffic would clear up. In fact, I was expecting it only to get worse entering into the morning rush hour. I was expecting to be late for work, past 0830. In the end, thank God, he really cleared up the traffic. I managed to arrive at work at 0800, even having time to go for breakfast! Thank God...

A Malaysian Guest

Had Aaron and Huiling over for dinner today. Haven't seen Aaron in years, since I came back from Birmingham.

It's always nice to have visitors from overseas. It really breaks the monotony of life and it reminds us that life isn't just about doing work every day and going home to eat and sleep. We showed them our wedding video as well as photos, and shared testimonies about how God blessed us with our flat, and how God has been blessing us through our relationship with each other and with Him.

He shared with us how he had quit his job in UK and took the land route from UK back to Malaysia. It was a 5 month journey through Europe and Asia, passing through the middle east. Its something that I really dream of doing, and it was refreshing to hear from a friend who had actually been brave enough to do it! What's more, he did it alone... with no companionship. Must have been some trip.

Hope to take a trip to KL to see him before he flies off to Hong Kong to find a job.

It was a nice dinner too... my dear dear was fantastic as usual... nice yummy beef stew and baked pasta.

An Eventful Weekend

It has been an eventful week at work as well as an eventful weekend at church. I've been pretty busy at my workplace... learning the ropes and learning to cope with more responsibility.

At church, we've made the commitment to be more open and to work through our problems and our issues. It is a first step, and there is such a long way to go. So much is at stake, but I pray and I trust that Daddy has everything under control. We need to press in and to keep praying and seeking God for His hand of grace.

I pray Lord for love and for patience. I pray Lord for wisdom to know what to say and how to say it. I pray for strength to carry me through the difficult times. I pray for every one in church to take time to reflect and to ask God for strength and wisdom too.

I pray for a revelation of God's love in all of our hearts. May His love cause us to put down our defenses, and to reach out to one another with that same love.

I pray for a breakthrough in the spiritual realm. I pray for healing. I pray for restoration of relationships.

God, only you can...

A Tough Year Ahead

I thank God for the chance to start afresh at a completely new workplace, with new colleagues, new jobscope, and a totally different working environment.

It has certainly been a challenge here. I've had to adapt, to learn to be more systematic and disciplined. I've had to learn to diligently take note of appointments on my calender, to reply emails within a day, and to answer phone calls within 3 rings.

I've been given a very wide range of duties, more than my fellow new officers. I am involved in 3 sections here. Music section, Character Development Section, as well as Talent Development Section. Everyone else has only 2 sections. Within the Music section, I'm the only officer taking 2 groups of CCA, Band (which is a big responsibility) as well as Instrumental Ensembles (which covers 9 different types of Ensemble groups). Besides this, I have to be involve in 5-6 other committees. It is really a challenge.

I know that without His grace, I would not be able to handle this workload. I'll probably be highly stressed out!

I thank God though, that He has given me nice colleagues, as well as open bosses, who have been very encouraging to me.

Do pray for me as I go through this year. It is going to be one rollercoaster of a journey.

New Beginnings

I just want to thank God for showing me His grace in this new year. I have committed myself to being more focussed spiritually in the many areas of my life. I want to share with you my personal goals, so that I can be accountable to all of you.- I want to be more committed in my personal walk with God.This includes being committed to the 1 year Bible Reading Programme, as well as to consistent prayer. I want to spend more time in worship to grow as a worshipper. I want to be a better witness to others by being more disciplined in all that I do.- I want to become a better spiritual leader as a husband.Mae and me have committed ourselves to completing a daily devotional for couples, in which we'd take turns each day to reflect and to comment on the entry for that day. We started this in mid December, and so far our couple's devotional blog has 20+ entries! We've also decided to set aside time each week for couple's worship, as well as to be more proactive in praying together for each other, our family, our friends, our church, and even our nation.- I want to become a better discipleship leader.I have also started a Men's devotional blog with William, and have committed myself to taking turns each day to post an entry. I've also challenged myself to set aside time to teach him to play at least one worship song on the guitar each week, so that eventually, he would be able to play the guitar as part of the worship team.I want to thank God for giving me the strength so far to do all these things. He has given me a very good seat in my office where I have to privacy to read the Bible and to spend time with Him. He has given me good working relationships with my new colleagues so far. There's a lot to be done in my new job as CCA officer, but I'm looking forward to tackling all the challenges ahead with His strength. I've had really good times of prayer with Mae and William, and God has already answered a number of prayers in His wonderful way. I want to challenge myself, as well as all of you to really rise up this year spiritually. We need to each do our part to catch our own little fires so that together we can be a big fire for Daddy. It is time to move forward as a church, and we cannot continue to fall back on our excuses any more. We need to be united, we need to be open with each other, and we need to pray for each other.