Lately my life lacks prayer. I will really say it out loud with shame; I’ve been not praying for a long long time. But it just gives me a new inspiration while not praying.
PRAYER is not DEMAND or REMIND unto God of our situation, but Prayer is a place to draw strength from God on what He is going to do. No words in prayer can change what He is going to do, and no one can ordain Him to do things. But this is the good news that makes me leap in JOY; GOD is only doing things for our GOOD. And many times situation in life may disapprove the ‘good news’. So that is why we need prayer, to be focus on God and draw strength from him to go through life in the desperate moment.
Nothing is going to change, even if I pray or I don’t pray, God is still going to do the good things he intend to do. Whether I pray or not, God will still do it, because He is GOOD.
Then why need to pray? Well prayer put things in perspective:-
- It makes one to anticipate God’s Goodness.
- It makes one strong to face the storm
- It help one to understand the Person in charge ( GOD )
- It makes one clarify to the things God is doing.
- It increases measurement of faith
- It glorifies God on the he is doing if not it is just coincidence
And many more things I may overlooked because I am not a theologian to put it in right perspective, but I just put it out of my inspiration from God.
This is my view and makes me really see why Prayer is important.
Prayer is exercise for spirit. If we never pray, we can still live, but we are living unhealthy Christian walk, just as the body without exercise.
Let’s Pray
Monday, December 29, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Years the Locust have eaten
Joel 2: 25 “ So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,[e]
My great army which I sent among you.”
This passage of scripture really tested and proven with my life. Many times, when I read this, I always ask the Lord, where’s the years “I” lost away ? Where is the years “people” around me had taken away? Where is the years “I had” to give away (Studies) ? When I walk into my adulthood, I realize so many years, the locust have eaten. The crawling locust, spoke about the evil days of my life, the Consuming Locust speaks about the years you have to give away for studies and growing up and the chewing locust, reflects people around me that have made me misery or made me “me”.
When I come to the Lord, I always regret of the years I have lost, I always cry and demand back the year. And every time I cry, I always end encouraging myself, that it’s a past it can never happen to me again, I have to let go the past and so on.
But, Years have return, The LORD is faithful, heaven and earth will pass but HIS WORD will never pass away.
I’ve grown up in rush that, I didn’t get to travel, or go to amusement park or even to zoo. The only young days I can remember going was going to Melaka to crocodile farm and THAT’s IT.
Today, I can name myself, things I have done before I die, haha, things like I have been to Cameron and Genting Highland ( while my college days ). Been to beaches like Teluk Chempedak( Pahang), Port Dickson, Penang beaches, and Desaru ( my own place but it was while working only I get to go ).
Yesterday was a deal off the hook, I went to Singapore Zoo then to Science Centre then to Snowcity with my adorable Praisekids. Something I can never replace with anything else. The Experience was the coolest thing. Although all these places are meant for kids, well this is the childhood I lost. These are the year the locust have eaten. Much on my tears ,when I was young I wish to go here, but I couldn’t, but now that I serve in Praisekids, AMEN Hallelujah, I get back the years my childhood may have miss.
That goes the same for JC radix, I get back the years my teenage years would have waste away. And now leaving in my present years. Basically I am living three different years in a single period. Haha, confusing, but explainable.
I better stop, getting no where, I am just so excited about how God is doing things in my life. And I want to give him all the praise.
The crawling locust,
The consuming locust,
And the chewing locust,[e]
My great army which I sent among you.”
This passage of scripture really tested and proven with my life. Many times, when I read this, I always ask the Lord, where’s the years “I” lost away ? Where is the years “people” around me had taken away? Where is the years “I had” to give away (Studies) ? When I walk into my adulthood, I realize so many years, the locust have eaten. The crawling locust, spoke about the evil days of my life, the Consuming Locust speaks about the years you have to give away for studies and growing up and the chewing locust, reflects people around me that have made me misery or made me “me”.
When I come to the Lord, I always regret of the years I have lost, I always cry and demand back the year. And every time I cry, I always end encouraging myself, that it’s a past it can never happen to me again, I have to let go the past and so on.
But, Years have return, The LORD is faithful, heaven and earth will pass but HIS WORD will never pass away.
I’ve grown up in rush that, I didn’t get to travel, or go to amusement park or even to zoo. The only young days I can remember going was going to Melaka to crocodile farm and THAT’s IT.
Today, I can name myself, things I have done before I die, haha, things like I have been to Cameron and Genting Highland ( while my college days ). Been to beaches like Teluk Chempedak( Pahang), Port Dickson, Penang beaches, and Desaru ( my own place but it was while working only I get to go ).
Yesterday was a deal off the hook, I went to Singapore Zoo then to Science Centre then to Snowcity with my adorable Praisekids. Something I can never replace with anything else. The Experience was the coolest thing. Although all these places are meant for kids, well this is the childhood I lost. These are the year the locust have eaten. Much on my tears ,when I was young I wish to go here, but I couldn’t, but now that I serve in Praisekids, AMEN Hallelujah, I get back the years my childhood may have miss.
That goes the same for JC radix, I get back the years my teenage years would have waste away. And now leaving in my present years. Basically I am living three different years in a single period. Haha, confusing, but explainable.
I better stop, getting no where, I am just so excited about how God is doing things in my life. And I want to give him all the praise.
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