Luke 22

v31. And the Lord said,'Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.'
v32. But i have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren

Acts 2

v14. but Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them,''....

v37. now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles,''Men and brethren, what shall we do?''

v46. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart.
v47. praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
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i can't serve two Gods. i serve the one who delivered me, despite my blatant disobedience. what love, what perfect love.

I'll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
Every tear I've cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth
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how wonderful really. that my help comes from the Lord, the maker of Heaven and Earth. and to know that whatever i may go through, He goes through with me beacuse He resides and lives in me. there is no pain, no sadness, no storm that can dampen my praise.

i was just listening to this song again. and i just found it really along the lines of what i blogged about previously. truly indeed - if God is for us, and we reciprocate that by being for Him, who can be against us. who can stand against us.

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There is no one else for me.
None but Jesus
Crucified to set me free
Now i live to bring Him praise.

All my delight is in you Lord.
All of my hope, all of my strength.
All my delight is in you Lord.
Forevermore.

been quite some time. rather high time i penned something down.

combined cell on sat was great. really made me ponder and question the way i live my life. while we were worshipping and basking in His presence, God asked me about the things that i rely on. the people that i put my trust to support and keep me afloat. where do i get my source of strength joy satisfaction and peace?

then i realised that the reason why we slip into disappointment, its really because we allow ourselves into it. we give these things the power to disappoint us.

many times we delight and take joy when someone praises and compliments, and we are encouraged we are revitalised to continue another mile. we are happy when events turn out well, when you do well for a paper, when people around seem to really care about you; and you delight and take joy in these things, you're given that extra push to carry on.

but satan is the prince of temporal things. and when we place our trust in these momentary things and events, and rely on these things for strength for joy for love, these things will eventually fail and disappoint. at certain junctions in life, we will face obstacles of failure of rejection of despondence. and if we make these temporal things our portion, the sudden lurch of disappointment would really sometimes be too much to bear.

but when we let Christ be our portion, to be our refuge, to be our strength, to be that eternal source of joy and delight; if we delight in the things of the Lord, He does not let down. for in Him, there is no fear of rejection, of disappointment, of despise.

there is nothing wrong in rejoicing for the good things in the world. in fact, rejoice all the time in it. but let Christ be that anchor, that main tap, that core in life. so much so that in a relative sense, we do not put our hope in the world, but in Christ.

i choose, to stand for my generation!!