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主在圣殿中

2006-10-21T17:55:00.000+08:00

弟兄姐妹们，我SEND了这个POST过后，要隐退江湖了，详情请看http://gail-lee06.spaces.live.com/，不过有件事要向大家提一提的…

马可福音11：15－17

他们来到耶路撒冷。耶稣进入圣殿，赶出圣殿里做买卖的人，推倒替换银钱之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子，也不许人拿着器具从店里经过；便教训他们说：“经上不是记着说“我的殿必称为万国祷告的殿吗？你们倒使它成为贼窝了。”

这段经文，四本福音书都有记载，应该是蛮重要的。今天，我没有看到有人在圣殿里做买卖，但是，却看到许多不应该在圣殿中发生的东西。

敬拜赞美时，为什么会有些人在讲话，有人在东张西望？有时我认为大家好象不太看重我们青少年团聚会时的敬拜赞美，就好象一个不重要的仪式一样。有些时候，我敬拜，甚至在祷告的时候，会有某某人走过来说：“等下我需要你帮我作司琴，要弹什么歌…”。有时，负责人会在哪里茫上忙下，一会拉这人去帮忙，一会又对走过对那人讲话。这会影响他人的敬拜，尤其是我们少年团的小弟弟妹妹，我们给他们立个什么榜样？他们会因此而东张西望，不专心敬拜！我知道做负责人有很多事要办，不过有时候我们也得学会分轻重呀。你们还记得马大和马利亚的故事吗？耶稣来访时，马大在忙着准备招待耶稣，而马利亚则坐在耶稣的脚前听道。马大看见不是味儿，问主说：“主啊，为什么你不叫妹妹帮助我呢？”耶稣说：“马大！马大！你为许多的事思虑烦忧，但是不可少的只有一件；马利亚已经选择那上好的福分，是不能夺去的。”（路加福音10：38－41）有时我认为教会里有好多的马大。弟兄姐妹们，不要过于看重事奉过于敬拜的时间。事奉固然重要，但是更重要的是，事奉的主。

主日崇拜聚会时，有些小孩很可爱，可是能否在散会后才逗他们玩呢？

牧师讲道时是最糟糕的。唉…这么多年了，情势还是一样。牧师上台不久，手机纷纷出场了，都是手机的映幕比讲道的内容更精彩。要不然，就是讲话，传纸条。要不然，考试近了，就那参考书出来读。后面有个孩子呱呱叫，每个人就转回头看戏。大家都长大了，上了中学，都明白牧师讲道的内容，不需要因为内容不及青春路精彩而在听道时翻阅青春路的。这样下去，大家怎能成长呢？

地兄姐妹们，我不是在故意针对谁说话，也不是全在讲着青年团的人。我也看见，有好多的弟兄姐妹在敬拜时是专心和认真的，这也让我深感欣慰。要记得，主在圣殿中。我们应该学习在神的家中敬重他。大家要谨慎的想想，我是否要改变我的态度？因为再这样下去，跌倒的不仅是你们，还有你们的弟弟妹妹。已经有这样的使衍生了。使人跌倒，是大罪也！

马可福音9：42

凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石辁在这人的颈项上，扔在海里。

我知道自己也有时会掉入这样的圈套里，所以请大家与我一起检讨自己，为我们的弟兄姐妹们，也为自己祷告吧！上星期牧师说过，有一天，咱们是要向神交帐的。

愿与大家共勉之。

最大的奇迹

2006-10-13T18:25:00.000+08:00

这是我有歌谱有词句的第一首歌。

最大的奇迹

世上最大的奇迹天天在出现
不是指跛子能行走或是瞎眼能看见
世上最大的奇迹原来只在眼前
不是高山被挪移或是沙漠变草原

副歌：
世上最大的奇迹能够震撼诸天
能使天使都欢喜因人罪得赦免
世上最大的奇迹是人口认心信
信耶稣为救主得着永远生命

世上最大的奇迹天天在出现
不是指跛子能行走或是瞎眼能看见
世上最大的奇迹原来只在眼前
不是高山被挪移或是沙漠变草原

副歌：
世上最大的奇迹你是否已看见
你是否愿意付出让奇迹在出现
要仰赖主能力信靠他的恩典
世界充满奇迹
奇迹源源不绝
奇迹一定再出现

凡事都能做

2006-10-12T19:14:00.000+08:00

弟兄姐妹们，这是首我在几个月前作的歌，突然想拿出来给你们看看。不过别太高寄望噢，因为调子有些怪怪的！哈哈…

腓力比书4：13
我靠着那加给我力量的，凡事都能做。

凡事都能做

靠着耶稣能力我凡事都能做
无论我力量多微小无论我多软弱
困难不是极限挫折不击败我
生命由主掌握

不为短处沮丧为缺乏而难过
因为我愿献上自己力量不再源自我
我拥有的稀少主赐下的却多
我知道靠着主我凡事都能做

副歌：
耶稣的能力是宇宙最伟大的力量
能使悲伤得着安慰软弱成刚强
献上自己为器皿在合用的地方
主必使我发光

耶稣的恩典是宇宙最奇妙的力量
能使顽固的灵屈膝捆绑得释放
我不求过人的成就只把本处照亮
有主的生命会显得不一样！

P/S：还有另一首歌和一些短诗，下次才放上来吧！给我些意见啊！若认为不好也可尽情批评，不用顾忌我的面子的！

分辨真假

2006-09-30T23:29:00.000+08:00

最近频频上网，遇到许多信仰和我不一样的人。我很少大幅度跟人家谈论信仰，或把基督教与其他信仰作比较，但不知为何，最近却常常在网上这样做，心里也起了许多感叹和无奈。

在我参与的一个基督教论坛里，最近来了许多非信徒，还多数是无神论主义者。他们争辩的问题是包括：圣经有什么权威，叫你们相信它的话全是真的？为什么进化论不是宇宙被创造的答案？为什么你们愿意相信个看不见的神？为什么上帝那么没办法救人，要沦落至牺牲他的独生子？回答他们时心里也不好受，因为知道虽然给了答案，也很难被他们接受。站在他们的立场看，自己也很难接受和相信个未曾看见，未曾经历过的神。他们有些真的很无理，也很无礼，有些又说，基督徒辩驳常以圣经为论证，圣经若是虚假的，那我们就无话可说了。到底基督徒是不是那么轻浮，想也不想把圣经照单全收？这是叫信心？还是叫愚笨？

再者，还有碰上些伊斯兰教的教徒。我想，这些人对个人信心的威胁，比无神论主义者要来得大。大家都在潜意识下会相信有个神。所以，我想无神论主义者有一天会接受“有神”的存在，但伊斯兰教与基督教确实有很多相似的地方，但最大不同之处是他们相信耶稣只是个伟大的先知，而上帝也不可能是三位一体的。我上了他们的网站，真的讲得头头是道，甚至从圣经里也找出“证据”来和可兰经作对比。信心稍软弱些，或还在寻寻觅觅的人，真的可能会动摇。又不知从哪受到一些从基督教转信回教的人，信后生命怎改变，圣经里又有什么相冲或错误的地方让他们不能接受…看了我也不懂怎辩驳好。

世人在寻找救恩的路。但是门是窄的，找着的人也少。我现在深明这个道理。科技发达的时代，我们四周会出现更多不同的声音，说：真理在这里！但是哪一个声音才是我们要听的？道路，真理，生命真的在耶稣里吗？

我想了很久，发现若我不是一早成了基督徒，我也不懂改怎选择。花花绿绿世界里，有太多的选择和论理了，钻石隐藏在玻璃中，怎分辨？有些人以为找到了，有些人以为根本不存在。他们都以各样的理由说服自己和别人，好象说服到人就会变成真理那样。

老实说，我的确想了很久，到底我相信为什么是真的？因为是从小受基督教教育，还是凭感觉？

昨天晚上拿出圣经灵修，想到伊斯兰教网站种种辩驳圣经，指出圣经自己和自己相冲的要点。我拿着圣经祷告，对神说：“主啊，他们说你的圣经是假的！他们在其中找出许多的毛病。求你让我们每个人都看到圣经的真实…”，我又为着所看所闻的事祷告，求主坚固我的信心。

祷告后再开圣经灵修。看着圣经每个字句，不知为什么，我心里就知道，这里所记载的都是真的。都是神的话。没有另一本书曾让我有这种温暖，有能力，及亲切的感觉，以后也不会有。其他的书上只有冰冷的字句，而圣经的字，散发光芒和能力。我不需要另一个理由告诉我圣经是真实的。上帝让我完全感觉到！

圣经说，不要参与轻浮世俗的虚谈，免得入了迷惑，就象很多人已入了迷惑一样。这是我昨晚灵修发现的。我想，这是给我们的一种警惕吧。

大家若有意见，不妨一起讨论为什么你认为你所相信的神是真的？那我们就能互相勉励，增添彼此的信心。

愿你们继续在基督耶稣的爱里。

..::团员与指导的关系::..

2006-09-25T19:40:00.001+08:00

这是我第一次在这里分享。不知大家有没有和我一样的想法,那就是....指导们有点忽列了与我们相处的时候。很明显的,我们和指导的关系好像很模糊。事先声明,我不是在针对着指导,也不是在说谁对谁错。只是觉得指导和职员(还有团员)之间真的是开始出现了很多误会。这并不是单方的错误,我可觉得两方都有错。

指导们...我们不是在计算着你们的错误,如果要算的话,我知道我们的错误比你们更多。我知道你们都很尽力来指导着我们的青少年团契,只是有时你们的处事方法还有语气不是很适合。告诉你们,少年人是不喜欢你们在大庭广众当中提醒他们的错误的。可能指导们会说..“我们是有这样做，可是我们没有提到那个人的名”..或是..“我不是在说着谁，是很多人也有犯过这种错误”。

这里有一个例子,有一个晚上领唱的确是有点不端装,指导在领唱下台后就马上走上台说“我不想看到下次再有人穿的不端装”。可是，你们试想想..台下的人会怎样认为呢?当天做领唱的那个人又怎样认为呢?我知道你是在说着很多人,可是台下的人一定会以为你们在说着当天的领唱而已..而当天做领唱的那个人也不例外，他一定以为你在针对着他/她。我并不是说团员或职员们做错就不必讲他们。我只是要告诉你们,你们用错方法了。你们可以试试不用<在当场就马上讲>的方法。这样只会弄出像我刚才说那个领唱的例子和增加团员与指导们的误会，到时就不要说团员和职员们小气了(例子..如果身为指导的你被团员讲你们讲话很过分，你也是会吞不下这口气的..对吧?)。你们可以过了几天才讲,而你们讲的时候你们给的例子不要好像会指到“某某星期六那个做领唱的”或是“某某星期六的节目没有时间观念,很差...等等”。还有更好的方法就是...私下告诉他/她的错误在哪里(因为我觉得有些错误只是一两个人每次犯错的,所以没必要在大庭广众讲出来，这样真的会很明显的让大家认为你们在说着“某某人”)。

有一点是我本人不满意的。那就是...有时我们真的没有错,只是周围的人在讲我们的闲话而已。有时我们都没做错,而周围有人说我们,就让他们说啊。就好像去年的“ 黄色圣诞 ”,你们就说我们经验不够,放了这种名..周围的人都在讲着闲话，这也成为了"今年的圣诞由你们去策划"的其中一个原因。我知道周围的人会把“ 黄色 ”和色情这两个东西联想一起。想告诉大家, 黄色是一个上帝赐给我们的颜色。而我们放“ 黄色圣诞 ”并没有错。如果是一个明白事理的人,会把黄色和色情联想一起吗?难道一个喜欢黄色的人,就是喜欢色情的人吗?很 没有道理 ,对不对?可能你们看了后会说不是我们错，只是我们不这么会想。可是，你要知道不是我们不会想...而是那些把黄色和色情联想起来的人不会想。因为他们的思想 有问题 !!!所以指导们...我们被其他人说闲话,不一定是我们错的啊。你说我们每次犯错,所以由你们来策划,我接受。但你以“ 黄色圣诞 ”做为其中之一的理由,我真的不能接受。我们的目的是为了敬拜&赞美神,我们是来敬拜神,而不是敬拜人。我们都没做错,又为什么要在意人家所说的闲话呢?

最后,告诉大家....现今的青少年人都是吃软不吃硬的。你们好好私下和他们讲,他们会听。你在大庭广众讲他们的话,他们只会不顺从而已。我写这篇文章只是要化解团员与职员和指导们的误会。而不是增加现在已有的误会。我们都是走在同一条道路上，往神的道路前进...如果误会还是这样持续下去,我们怎么能够一起往神的道路前进呢?希望指导们能够明白我所说的..有时间的话,多点和团员还有职员沟通,增加彼此的感情,减少彼此的陌生几误会。如果这篇文章有TOUCH到什么敏感的东西,请见谅.....

给指导的话...谢谢你们一直一来的指导我们,可是身为指导的不只是指导团员们。你们也应该多点和青少年人接触,体验下青少年人的感受。我相信这样误会一定会减少。偶尔也试试从青少年人的角度看看,为什么会引起这么多的不满与误会。我们当然也会学习去从你们的角度看事情。你们的教导没有错,真的对青少年人很好。可是,你们教导的方法用错了!!大庭广众指责真的只会引起青少年人对你们的不满。很多时候我看得出青少年人都知错。可是，告诉你们,青少年人是很讨厌人家重复指责他/她已经正在更改的错误。如果他/她真的是一直再犯错,才找他/她来一对一的告诉他。记得尽量少在大庭广众的地方指责青少年人。因为每个人都有属于他们自己的自尊心....

在这里,我希望大家学习不说别人闲话。相信每个人多多少少偶尔都会说说其他人的闲话，我自己也不例外。可是一人少一句的话,相信就不会再发生这么多不愉快的事情了。

P/S:如大家有任何感想的话,为了我们的团契..为了我们团员,职员与指导们的关系能够更好,敢敢写出来吧。如大家对黄色圣诞有任何意见,也说出来吧。把你们的看法&意见写在COMMENTS的格子里,或是POST一张文章上来吧....

神要开道路

2006-09-24T23:49:00.000+08:00

弟兄姐妹们，今天的分享，是有感而发。

最近有个问题困扰着我，就是在网上交了个新朋友，但是他却是个从基督教转信回教的人。他很在乎他救恩的问题，他认为信奉回教是他找到救恩的答案。我开了他所指示的网站，看到一个个基督教和回教的对比，说得似乎头头是道，很难辩驳。对信心软弱或在迷茫寻找方向的人，我想，他们会很容易的相信里面所说的话。

我被这问题烦了好多天，不知道要怎跟他解释。一方面又害怕他因我多次反对他的意见而心烦不再和我联系。还记得每次下芙蓉补习时，我在车上都会默默的为他祷告，也为我未得救的亲人祷告。上帝真是把这负担放在我心里了，而我当时的感觉只是一个…不知怎办，不懂要对他再说什么。因为我的每一句话，随时会断定一个人的宝贵灵魂得救与否。

昨天，不知不觉地哼着“神要开道路”这首歌。当时家里每人，而我突然想到这为朋友。当时真的很感动，因为上帝在高诉我：“在你看来没可能的事，我却有方法成就。”或许在我眼中，前头只是迷雾，什么也没有；但上帝说，我要在没可能中造出“可能”来！在旷野里他要开道路，在沙漠中要开江河！我对自己反复唱着这首歌，我在自己的歌声里听到肯定，在歌词里，上帝的应许不断更新着…而我更坚定的再对自己说：“我决不放弃他！”

弟兄姐妹们，世上没有一个问题比我们的上帝更大。因此，基督徒不该懂什么是“绝望”，因为站在我们背后的，是凡是能作的神。而我也能因此宣告：“我靠着那加给我力量的，凡是都能作！”（腓4：13）关键只在于你的信心。而我信上帝一定救得了我的朋友，我的亲人，你呢？努力耕耘，不要放弃！因为看顾我们庄稼的是掌管天地万物的上帝，我们劳力的代价一定是满满的丰收！

P/S: 大家在祷告中纪念我和那位朋友好吗？真的很需要你们这方面的支持。谢谢！

2006-08-31T01:27:00.000+08:00

You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible(Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest(Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you(John 3:16 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps(Proverbs 3:5-6)

You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things(Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able(II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it(Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs(Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear(II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME(I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom(I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you(Hebrews 13:5)

Lessons from Spiderman

2006-08-28T16:21:00.000+08:00

With great power comes great responsiblity. Does this line sound familiar? Well, of course it's taken out of the Spiderman movie, where else did you hear it?

Okay, so I watched Spider Man a few days ago when it was aired on Astro. When I was supposed to be finishing Organic Chemistry. But compare lifeless Organic Chemistry with a spectacular action-packed movie (alright, maybe not so spectacular and action-packed all through, but still, it's a means of entertainment), what do you think I'd choose in that moment of weakness? I did return to my Chem between advertisments though.

The good thing is, I learnt something at the end of the movie, which is written up there as the title. The words first uttered by Peter Parker's Uncle Ben that turned Spider Man into the superhero he was. Having power is a great thing. But power comes with responsiblity. It's not only for us to enjoy and use. If you're good enough to own some power, you must be big enough to take up the responsiblity that goes with it as well.

As Christians, what kind of power do we have? The power to live a victorious life. The power to call upon God's name through prayer. The power of God, because when God is with us, nothing can be against us. God also gave us the power to bind and loosen things both on Heaven and Earth. What wonderful power, better than any superhero's!

The next question is, how could we use our power? Spidey first used his new-found power in the wrestling ring to earn a car for the girl of his dreams. How about us? Do we use the power we have to live out the life we desire? A life where all is smooth perhaps, when prayer is just a call away? Where everything happens just as we want it? Do we merely use the power of our new found salvation to enjoy the fellowship and love of our church-mates?

It's not wrong to use our power that way. In fact, this is one of the reasons why people find it attractive to become Christians. They might have seen the fellowship between us. Or they want a quick solution out of their problems when there's no one to turn to. But when things turn sour, just as when Spidey was cheated out of his rightful pay in the end which he risked his neck for, they don't use that power anymore. Spidey let the robber run off free. And he paid it with his uncle's life.

Luckily for Spidey and everyone in the neighbourhood, he soon came to figure out the new life he needed to live as someone with supernatural powers. That was when he really lived out his mission, his calling to the fullest. Imagine if Spiderman was never bitten by the spider, if he was still plain Peter Parker, quiet and untransformed. He might be able to lead a peaceful life away from the dangers and risks of a super hero’s, but this will result in the neighbourhood being terrorised by the Green Goblin. Many lives would have been lost. What if a Christian is saved, but he hides in his shell, refusing to accomplish the mission Jesus has given to us – saving lost souls? This might save him from a lot of rejection, disappointment and hard work, but the consequence is, souls are lost. And remember that God will account to us for that.

The last thing I like about Spiderman is his humility. When asked the question ‘who are you’ (personally I wonder why you bother to ask that to someone wearing a mask, doesn’t that mean that he doesn’t want his identity found out?), he answers, “ I’m just your friendly neighbourhood spiderman!” He wanted his image to be friendly and neighbourly, not a superhero high above to be viewed in awe and respect, but just ‘someone else in the neighbourhood’ who happens to pass by in your time of need. Christians, we need to learn that too! Be down-to-earth when you’re with non-believers. Don’t use to much ‘holy phrases’ that they do not understand among them, they might feel you’re intimidating them. Mix with them. Be one of them, though you might not necessarily share their values. Be there for them. View them, not as part of your mission, but as friends, friends you love and friends whom you want to share the best treasures in your life with.

Brothers and sisters, superheros do exist. They live in normal people like Peter Parker, you, and me, but in times of trials and need, they emerge strong and comforting, like light in the dark, like salt on earth. Let us learn to be one of them, and at the same time, carry out the ultimate mission Jesus has commanded us so as to fulfill one of the purposes of our life: to go and preach the Gospel to the lost. Remember: with great power comes great responsibility.

Band 5 for MUET

2006-08-24T00:12:00.000+08:00

I had wanted to share this a long time ago. Since nobody has started to share their personal experiences yet, I'll start off with mine.

First, let me explain what MUET is. MUET is short for Malaysia University English Test. This is compulsory for all students who intend to enter Malaysian universities. I expect all Form 6 and matriculation students will know what I'm talking about. There are 6 bands for MUET. If you get band 1 and 2, you fail the test. Band 3 means just passing. The highest band is band 6 (more than 85%).

My English has always been relatively good. Not extremely good, but still, better than my classmates and most of my peers. To tell the truth, I was aiming for band 6 for MUET. At first I thought that a band 6 was impossible, but since last year they sort of lowered the standard, I began to feel that it was achievable. And it certainly would be a feather in my hat if I had a Band 6 cert in hand when applying for a university, or even for a job.

After a few exams, I was confident that getting a band 6 was within the range of my ability. I don't mean that I was certain I would get a band 6, I just knew it was possible. For every school exam that was graded accordingly, I managed to get a band 6, and was constantly improving towards the date of exam. My MUET teacher in school was expecting me to be able to get a band 6 too. I was satisfied with the results of my school exams, mostly because I knew that my MUET teacher did not give lenient marks. She gave us the marks we should get, and nothing less, nothing more. But being pleased with my results in school was not enough, the important thing was to get the same results for the real thing, the actual MUET that cost RM 60 to sit for, which is more expensive than any STPM paper I'm going to sit for this year.

The day came. I was a bit overwhelmed with the style of the questions, they were not quite the same as what I did before. Still I managed to finish the papers on time. I still remember what my classmates who said around me said. They told each other that I'm on the way to getting a band 6! In fact, before that, most of them were certain that was what I'll achieve. I remembered that when I was writing out my essay, I was rather short of time towards the end. I thought I had half an hour more to go! Luckily for me, the examiners started handing out strings for us to tie up our papers 20 minutes before time. I felt that that was queer - why are they giving us the strings so early? That was when I checked the time and oh my! I hurried on with my writing. My essay ended up complete, but less expressive than usual. The Speaking test was on another day. It was quite easy, and I heaved a sigh of relief.

Last month the results came out. Instead of the desired band 6, the online check revealed that I had a band 5 instead. I didn't know what to expect, so I can't say I was too upset over that. I remember the response from my friend who was online at the same time. We were chatting via the MSN messenger. He said, "... something must be wrong." He got a band 5 too. "Nothing is wrong," I replied. For in my heart, I knew that was true. God had given me a band 5. And if he had given me a band 5, that's the band for me and I must learn to accept it.

However, this was just the beginning. It wasn't too bad to know I got band 5. But to hear that tons of others (who are usually quite behind me in school exams) got the same band was a little bit too much for me. Actually the word 'tons' is an exaggaration. There are only about 8 people out of around 150 or so but that's bad enough. Instead of standing above the rest with a sparkling band 6, here I am, on same footing as they are, with a common band 5! "Thank God for the results," was what my friend told me. I can't remember his exact words. That's what I did, at once. When my mind was still blurred I thanked God without being actually sure of what I'm thanking God for. But now I know!

But before I reveal to you the reasons why I'm giving thanks to God, let me carry on with my narration first. Be patient, it's almost finished! When I got my result slip, I was only missed band 6 by 5 marks. I had the highest mark in school. My teacher felt that I should get more than 50/70 for the writing paper. "You must have got a stingy examiner," she said. "You should have easily got at least 60 and above." That was the part which pulled me down. Anyway, all that was no use now as we couldn't even appeal for the results to be checked over. The only alternative was to resit the exam, which I don't think is neccessary. I did very well in the reading and speaking papers, and got near maximum marks. As for the listening paper, my performace was only moderate.

I admit I was rather upset over the results towards the end, partly because it hurt my pride, and partly because I had a very good tuition teacher who took the trouble to coach me out of the kindness of her heart. She also expected me to get a band 6, and I didn't seem to be, well, bearing the fruits of her labour.

Whatever it is, all this was no coincidence. It happened out of God's will. And God's will is always perfect, the best he could want for us.

The reasons I'm giving thanks to God:

1. Because of the band 5, which is a very good band, and is sufficient to ensure me a place in U (provided my STPM results are also satisfactory), and enough to find a job. I even qualify as an English teacher!

2. Because it's a timely reminder. I've been neglecting my relationship with God at that period, and this is a reminder for me to refocus on him instead of struggling on myself. Once I saw the results, I felt deep down that this is the reason.

3. Because it inspires me to do better in STPM. I felt that I had to work hard, to avoid another disappointment!

4. Because it brought to me the warmth of friendship. One of my friends called me up to 'comfort' me after he knew. I was very touched, though somehow I found it funny at the same time. Comfort someone with a high band! That showed how he cared as a friend. Usually people will say,"You've already got a band 5, that's good enough! It's better than what most people will get." But this guy was kind enough to remember the not-so-happy person with a band 5, as well as the unhappy ones who failed! I really thanked God for him. In fact, I felt that it was worth the band 5 to just receive that call. It also reminded me to learn to be someone like that too.

5. Because God may have forseen the consequences if I have got a band 6. The most probable one - I might have been too proud! That's not impossible, I find it very easy to be proud of myself. (So everyone, think twice before praising me!) I've been trying to control this for a few years, and it's pretty much OK now though. God gave me enough, just enough to avoid my being too proud of myself. This is a lesson of humility. I had and will be using English a lot now, so before I begin to get too proud of this linguistic ability, God used the MUET to humble me first.

There are many more such reasons, but these are the main ones. Now MUET is long over and STPM is coming up! So to all of you who are also studying, work hard! God will take care and provide for our future, but we've got to put in some effort first. So may the Lord be with all of you! And all glory be unto His name!

ABC's of romance

2006-08-22T15:07:00.000+08:00

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ABC's of Romance

This article is reprinted from Christian Singles News

Attention. Everyone needs/wants attention. Pay attention to the object of your affection. You'll end up with more affection!
Balance. Who wants to spend time with a one dimensional non-entity. Variety is the spice of life. If you are a football addict, try a symphony concert. Allow a reasonable time for the various phases of life--work, play, worship, family, study.
Christ. The relationship that starts with Jesus at the center has a much better chance of lasting that one that is 'self' centered.
Diamonds. Jewels are nice, gold is nice, material possessions are nice, but remember this: Someone asked the accountant of John D. Rockefeller how much the tycoon had left when he died. The accountant said, "Everything!" John D. didn't take a thing with him. Neither will you. Look for the diamonds in people. Much more valuable than the fleeting ones that sparkle.
Enthusiasm. Everyone gets excited when a super excited person is around. The word enthusiasm comes from two Greek words, 'en' meaning 'in', and 'theos' meaning 'God'. Thus it means literally "God within". If you have God within you, you are really alive--full of life and vitality. And it shows to the people around you.
Freedom. Everyone wants freedom. The first place to be free is in your own mind. If you are mentally/spiritually free; no one can imprison you. What is hard is to let the other persons in your life be free, too. To be completely free, you must allow others to be free as well.
Give. Share good news. Be willing to share the bad news of the other person. Learn empathy--stronger than sympathy. Sympathy says, "That's too bad." Empathy says, "That hurts me, too. Let me help you fix it." Give of yourself. Giving flowers is nice. Cooking a meal for your love is nice. Giving of yourself, wholly, completely is true love.
Heaven. Very few people are willing to do right now to go to heaven. But we all want to find heaven on earth. I have good news. It can be done! If you practice the Golden Rule, an amazing thing will happen. First, the people in your life will start treating you better. Second, you will like yourself better.
Importance. Everyone is important. "God don't make no junk." If you treat a person as if he/she is extremely precious, behold, that person will start acting as if he/she is precious. What follows is you will start getting treated as if you are extremely precious, too. (Aren't you?)
Join. Join in life. Join your friend in fixing the broken washing machine. Join in having a picnic. Join in prayer. Join in singing. Join in visiting a relative of your friend in the hospital. Join in sharing romance. (Real romance is sharing life--not just the candlelight dinner times.)
Knock. Jesus said, "Knock and it shall be opened unto you..." He did not say, "Sit on your duff and I will bring everything to you." If you want to have something, you have to make an effort. Jesus feeds the birds, and will take perfect care of you, too. But even the bird has to open its mouth if it wants to eat. If you want a good romance, or anything else, you need to work at it.
Laundry. The shirts get dirty, so do the socks and all the rest. It would be interesting to see the results if we could compile statistics on how many relationships go on the rocks because of laundry--or some other mundane chore. It doesn't matter who does the laundry (or dishes or oil changes or ??), but someone has to. The important thing is that such things are done in a way that is satisfactory to both parties. The key is communication. Talk to each other. Learn what is important. Get inside the other person's head.
Major. Most of us major in minors. That is, we get the important things and the trivia all mixed up. Does it really matter whether you eat at 5 o'clock or 6 o'clock? Yet many arguments start over such small things. Find ways to neutralize the minor things. The major things will take care of themselves. You each want to squeeze the toothpaste from opposite ends of the tube? Buy a tube for each of you and stop fussing about how your love squeezes it.
Newness. Ah, the thrill of a new romance! The sky is brighter, the air is clearer, your step is springier. The trick is to keep it 'new'. As humans we have a tendency to want more, to want different than whatever we already have. Remember that tendency in your courting. When you are romancing your new love, you try to do all you can to make life exciting and fun for your hoped-to-be significant other. What you need to do is to "keep on truckin'" "keep on courtin'". Don't ever stop! No matter how many years you date/have been married; keep on courting. Otherwise, it will get OLD.
Old. People like new things, not old things. So don't allow your relationship to become one of the 'old' things. Even after a marriage of 50 or 60 years, the moon looks a lot better when it's shared walking hand in hand. Keep on courtin'.
Promise. Some people operate on the basis of "promise them anything". Politicians for sure do. Trouble is when the politicians don't deliver on the promises, the voters become unhappy/disillusioned. So do lovers! Promise only what you intend to keep. Then KEEP YOUR PROMISES.
Quench. We're all thirsty for love. As the song says, "What the world needs now is love, sweet love. It's the only thing there's just not enough of." I've never met anyone who told me they had too much love. I've also found the only way to get more love is to give some away. (I'm talking true love here. Not a jealous love or possessive love. [Jealousy/possessiveness is not love anyway--it's the opposite.] Don't confuse 'love' with desire for the other person or lust either.) You can quench the thirst for love of your intended love by simple acts. Say, "Thank you." or, "I like it when you smile that way." or, "You surely did a good job on that _____."
Revere. As Rodney said, "I don't get no respect." Most of us don't get enough respect. We all need to be valued as persons. Value the person you 'love'. If you don't respect him/her, how can you say you love him/her?
Scrabble. Were we getting too serious? Lighten up. Life is to be enjoyed. Jesus spent as much time at dinner parties as he spent in Sermons on the Mount. Play scrabble, or volleyball, or go skiing, or just play for the sake of playing. Tell a joke. Let your love know you are a real, honest-to-goodness human.
Trouble. It comes to every life. Like joy, trouble is better when shared. Unlike joy, it's better if you don't dump yours on others. Much better to keep your antennae out to share the trouble of the people around you. Help to lighten their load.
Umbrella. Aetna Insurance offers hold an umbrella over us to keep the storms of life from being as severe. Why not hold an umbrella over your 'love' to soften the storms.
Vitamins. Did you take your vitamins today? 'Vita' is Latin for 'life'. So did you add life to your being today? More, did you add life to the being to the person you love today? A glass of water served with love will do it. A compliment will do it. A hug will do it. A kiss will do it.
Walk. Walking is good for your physical health. Walking together is good for the health of your relationship. I've lived in the same house for seven years. My next door neighbors, Paul and Connie, go walking down our sidewalk every afternoon when Paul comes home from work. I love to watch them. They have been married 28 years. They hold hands while they walk like brand new lovers.
Xenophobic. (A strong dislike/distrust of strangers.) You won't have much romance until you start liking people. God made something good in everyone. Look for the good in people around you.
Yes. It's a magical word. Everyone wants to hear it. Say it whenever you can. More than 'saying' yes, also do 'yes'--find ways to help, ways to "go the extra mile".
Zest for life. Without zest, you are not really alive. With it, life is wonderful, people are wonderful, and you can enjoy heaven on earth even now. Come alive. Discover how great everything can be. Life is either an exciting adventure--or nothing. Your life can be exciting. If you come alive, everyone around you will love you more. Try it and see.

7 Reasons Why a Scientist Believes in God

2006-08-20T07:03:00.000+08:00

By A. CRESSY MORRISON, (Former President of the New York Academy of Sciences)WE ARE STILL IN THE DAWN of the scientific age, and every increase of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent Creator. We have made stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching ever nearer to an awareness of God.For myself, I count seven reasons for my faith:First: By unwavering mathematical law we can prove that our universe was designed and executed by a great engineering intelligence.Suppose you put ten pennies, marked from one to ten, into your pocket and give them a good shuffle. Now try to take them out in sequence from one to ten, putting back the coin each time and shaking them all again. Mathematically we know that your chance of first drawing number one is one in ten; of drawing one and two in succession, one in 100; of drawing one, two and three in succession, one in 1000, and so on; your chance of drawing them all, from number one to number ten in succession, would reach the unbelievable figure of one in ten billion.By the same reasoning, so many exacting conditions are necessary for life on the earth that they could not possibly exist in proper relationship by chance. The earth rotates on its axis 1000 miles an hour at the equator; if it turned at 100 miles an hour, our days and nights would be ten times as long as now, and the hot sun would likely burn up our vegetation each long day while in the long night any surviving sprout might well freeze.Again the sun, source of our life, has a surface temperature of 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and our earth is just far enough away so that this "eternal life" warms us just enough and not too much ! If the sun gave off only one half its present radiation, we would freeze, and if it gave as much more, we would roast.The slant of the earth, tilted at an angle of 23 degrees, gives us our seasons; if the earth had not been so tilted, vapors from the ocean would move north and south, piling up for us continents of ice. If our moon were, say, only 50,000 miles away instead of its actual distance, our tides might be so enormous that twice a day all continents would be submerged; even the mountains could soon be eroded away. If the crust of the earth had only been ten feet thicker, there would be no oxygen, without which animal life must die. Had the ocean been a few feet deeper, carbon dioxide and oxygen would have been absorbed and no vegetable life could exist.It is apparent from these and a host of other examples that there is not one chance in billions that life on our planet is an accident.Second: The resourcefulness of life to accomplish its purpose is a manifestation of an all-pervading Intelligence.What life itself is, no man has fathomed. It has neither weight nor dimensions, but it does have force; a growing root will crack a rock. Life has conquered water, land and air, mastering the elements, compelling them to dissolve and reform their combinations.Life, the sculptor, shapes all living things; an artist, it designs every leaf of every tree, and colors every flower. Life is a musician and has taught each bird to sing its love song, the insects to call one another in the music of their multitudinous sounds. Life is a sublime chemist, giving taste to fruits and spices, and perfume to the rose, changing water and carbonic acid into sugar and wood, and, in so doing, releasing oxygen that animals may have the breath of life.Behold an almost invisible drop of protoplasm, transparent, jellylike, capable of motion, drawing energy from the sun. This single cell, this transparent mist-like droplet, holds within itself the germ of life, and has power to distribute this life to every living thing, great and small. The powers of this droplet are greater than our vegetation and animals and people, for all life came from it. Nature did not create life; fire-blistered rocks and a saltless sea could not meet the necessary requirements.Who, then, has put it here?Third: Animal wisdom speaks irresistibly of a good Creator who infused instinct into otherwise helpless little creatures.The young salmon spends years at sea, then comes back to his own river, and travels up the very side of the river into which flows the tributary where he was born. What brings him back so precisely? If you transfer him to another tributary he will know at once that he is off his course and he will fight his way down and back to the main stream and then turn up against the current to finish his destiny accurately.Even more difficult to solve is the mystery of eels. These amazing creatures migrate at maturity from ponds and rivers everywhere - those from Europe across thousands of miles of ocean - all bound for the same abysmal deeps near Bermuda. There they breed and die. The little ones, with no apparent means of knowing anything except that they are in a wilderness of water, nevertheless start back and find their way not only to the very shore from which their parents came but thence to the selfsame rivers, lakes or little ponds. No American eel has ever been caught in Europe, no European eel in American waters. Nature has even delayed the maturity of the European eel by a year or more to make up for its longer journey. Where does the directional impulse originate?Fourth: Man has something more than animal instinct - the power of reason.No other animal has ever left a record of its ability to count ten, or even to understand the meaning of ten. Where instinct is like a single note of a flute, beautiful but limited, the human brain contains all the notes of all the instruments in the orchestra. No need to belabor this fourth point; thanks to human reason we can contemplate the possibility that we are what we are only because we have received a spark of Universal Intelligence.Fifth: Provision for all living is revealed in such phenomena as the wonders of genes.So tiny are these genes that, if all of them responsible for all living people in the world could be put in one place, there would be less than a thimbleful. Yet these genes inhabit every living cell and are the keys to all human, animal and vegetable characteristics. A thimble is a small place to hold all the individual characteristics of almost three billion human beings. However, the facts are beyond question.Here evolution really begins - at the cell, the entity which holds and carries the genes. That the ultra-microscopic gene can absolutely rule all life on earth is an example of profound cunning and provision that could emanate only from a Creative Intelligence; no other hypothesis will serve.Sixth: By the economy of nature, we are forced to realize that only infinite wisdom could have foreseen and prepared with such astute husbandry.Many years ago a species of cactus was planted in Australia as a protective fence. Having no insect enemies in Australia, the cactus soon began a prodigious growth; the alarming abundance persisted until the plants covered an area as long and wide as England, crowding inhabitants out of the towns and villages, and destroying their farms. Seeking a defense, entomologists scoured the world; finally they turned up an insect which lived exclusively on cactus, and would eat nothing else. It would breed freely, too; and it had no enemies in Australia. So animal soon conquered vegetable, and today the cactus pest has retreated - and with it all but a small protective residue of the insects, enough to hold the cactus in check forever.Such checks and balances have been universally provided. Why have not fast-breeding insects dominated the earth? Because they have no lungs such as man possesses; they breathe through tubes. But when insects grow large, their tubes do not grow in ratio to the increasing size of the body. Hence there never has been an insect of great size; this limitation on growth has held them all in check. If this physical check had not been provided, man could not exist. Imagine meeting a hornet as big as a lion !Seventh: The fact that man can conceive the idea of God is in itself a unique proof.The conception of God rises from a divine faculty of man, unshared with the rest of our world - the faculty we call imagination. By its power, man and man alone can find the evidence of things unseen. The vista that power opens up is unbounded; indeed, as man's perfected imagination becomes a spiritual reality, he may discern in all the evidence of design and purpose the great truth that heaven is wherever and whatever; that God is everywhere and in everything that nowhere so close as in our hearts.It is scientifically as well as imaginatively true, as the Psalmist said: The heavens declare the Glory of God and the firmament showeth His handiwork.

GOD WON'T ASK

2006-08-20T00:11:00.000+08:00

GOD WON'T ASK WHAT KIND OF CAR YOU DROVE, but HE'LL ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU DROVE WHO DIDN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION.

GOD WON'T ASK THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR HOUSE, but HE WILL ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WELCOMED TO YOUR HOUSE.

GOD WON'T ASK HOW MANY CLOTHES YOU HAVE IN YOUR? CLOSET AND WHAT BRAND NAME, but HE'LL ASK HOW MANY YOU HELPED TO CLOTHE.

GOD WON'T ASK WHAT YOUR HIGHEST SALARY WAS,
but HE'LL ASK IF YOU COMPROMISE YOUR CHARACTER TO OBTAIN IT.

GOD WON'T ASK YOU WHAT YOUR JOB TITLE WAS,
but HE'LL ASK YOU IF YOU PERFORMED YOUR JOB TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY.

GOD WON'T ASK HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAD,
but HE'LL ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE TO WHOM YOU WERE A FRIEND.

GOD WON'T ASK IN WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVED,
but HE'LL ASK HOW YOU TREATED YOUR NEIGHBORS.

GOD WON'T ASK THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN,
but HE'LL ASK ABOUT THE CONTENT OF YOUR CHARACTER.

GOD WON'T ASK WHY IT TOOK YOU SO LONG TO SEEK SALVATION,
but HE'LL ASK YOU DID YOU NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM A MERCIFUL AND LOVING FATHER AND I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO THE MANSION I PREPARED FOR YOU IN HEAVEN.

Who am i? answers are all refered to bible...

2006-08-19T23:49:00.000+08:00

I am SignificantI renounce the lie that I am worthless, inadequate, helpless or hopeless because IN CHRIST I am deeply significant.

God says...
I am salt of the earth. (Matthew 5:13)

I am the light of the earth. (Matthew 5:14)

I am a child of God. (John 1:12 / 1 John 3:1-3)

I am a branch of the true vine, a channel of His life. (John 15:1, 5)

I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit. (John 15:16)

I am a personal witness of Christ’s. (Acts 1:8)

I am a joint heir with Christ, sharing his inheritance with Him. (Romans 8:17)

I have been given the mind of Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:16)

I am God’s temple. (1 Corinthians 3:16)

I am a member of Christ body’s. (1 Corinthians 12:27)

I am a minister of reconciliation for God. (2 Corinthians 5:17, 18)

I am God’s co-worker. (1 Corinthians 3:9 / 2 Corinthians 6:1)

I am a saint. (Ephesians 1:1)

I have been blessed with every spiritual blessing. (Ephesians 1:3)

I have been raised up and I am seated with Christ. (Ephesians 2:6)

I am God’s workmanship. (Ephesians 2:6 / Philippians 3:20)

I am a son of light and not of darkness. (1 Thessalonians 5:5)

I am a holy partaker of a heavenly calling. (Hebrews 3:1)

I am a member of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession. (1 Peter 2:9, 10)

I am an enemy of the devil. (Peter 5:8)

I am AcceptedI renounce the lie that I am rejected, unloved, and dirty of shameful because IN CHRIST I am completely accepted.

God says…

I am Christ’s friend. (John 15:1)

I have been justified. (Romans 5:1)

I died with Christ and died to the power of sin’s rule over my life (Romans 6:1-6)

I am a slave of righteousness. (Romans 6:22)

I have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12)

I am joined to the Lord and I am one spirit with Him. (1 Corinthians 6:17)

I have been bought with a price. I belong to god. (1 Corinthians 6:20)

I am a member of Christ’s body (1 Corinthians 12:27)

I am a new creation. (2 Corinthians 5:17)

I have been made righteous. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

I have been adopted as God’s child. (Ephesians 1:5)

I have direct access to god through the Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 2:18)

I am of God’s household. (Ephesians 1:5)

I am a fellow citizen with the rest of the saints. (Ephesians 2:19)

I may approach God with boldness and confidence. (Ephesians 3:12)

I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins. (Colossians 1:14)

I am complete in Christ. (Colossians 2:10)

I am one of God’s living stones, being built up in Christ on a spiritual house. (1 Peter 5:10)

I am SecureI renounce the lie that I am guilty, unprotected alone or abandoned because in CHRIST I am totally secure.

God says…

I am child of God. (John 1:12)

I am free forever from condemnation. (Romans 8:1)

I am assured that all things work together for good. (Romans 8:28)

I am free from any condemning charges against me. (Romans 8:33)

I cannot be separated from the love of God. (Romans 8:35, 38-40)

I have been placed into Christ by God’s doing. (1 Corinthians 1:30)

I have been established, anointed and sealed by God. (2 Corinthians 1:21)

I have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge, guaranteeing my inheritance to come. (Ephesians 1:12, 14)

I have been made alive together with Christ. (Ephesians 2:5)

I have been delivered from the domain of darkness and transferred to the kingdom of Christ. (Colossians 1:13)

I have been buried, raised and made alive with Christ (Colossians 2:12, 13)

I am hidden with Christ in god. (Colossians 3:3)

I am confident that the good work that God has begun in me will be perfected. (Philippians 1:6)

I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

I have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. (2 timothy 1:7)

I can find grace and mercy in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)

I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me (1 John 5:18)

I am not the great “I AM” (Exodus 3:14, john 8:24, 28, 58)

“But by the grace of God I am what I am.” (1 Corinthians 15:10)

Life today??

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This is an excellent commentary on life today.
It was written by a Columbine student with no author’s name attached…

“The paradox of our time in history is that…

We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
Wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
We spend more, but have less;
We buy more, but enjoy it less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families;
More conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
More knowledge, but less judgment;
More experts, but more problems;
More medicine, but less wellness.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life;
We’ve added years to life, not life to years.

We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet new neighbors.

We have conquered outer space, but not inner space;
We have cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;
We have split the atom, but not our prejudice.
We’ve higher incomes, but lower morals;
We have become long in quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men, and short character;
Steep profits and shallow relationships.

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;
More leisure, but less fun;
More kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are days of two incomes, but more divorce;
More of fancier houses, but broken homes.

so this is what all about...so what do think about this article..?!? do you accept it..?!?

Satan Worldwide Conferences.

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In his opening address to his evil angels, Satan said, “We can‘t keep the Christians from going to church. We can’t keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth. We can‘t even keep them from forming an intimate, abiding relationship experience in Christ. If they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken.

So, let them go to their churches; let them have their conservative lifestyles, but steal their time, so they can‘t gain that relationship with Jesus Christ. This is what I want you to do, angels. Distract them from gaining hold of their Saviour and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!

"How shall we do this?" shouted his angels.

"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds,” he answered. “Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow. Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford empty lifestyles. Keep them from spending time with their children. As their family fragments, soon, their home will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"

"Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice. Entice them to play the radio or cassette player whenever they drive. To keep the TV, VCR, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly. This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ. Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers."

"Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day. Invade their driving moments with billboards. Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogues, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes. Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines so the husbands will believe that external beauty is what's important, and they'll become dissatisfied with their wives. Ha! That will fragment those families quickly!"

"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their recreation exhausted, disquieted and unprepared for the coming week. Don't let them go out in nature to reflect on God's wonders. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, concerts and movies instead. Keep them busy, busy, busy! And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences and unsettled emotions."

"Go ahead, let them be involved in soul winning; but crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus. Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause. It will work! It will work!"

"It was quite a convention. The evil angels went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get more busy and more rushed, going here and there.

I guess the question is:

Has the devil been successful at his scheme?

You be the judge! Does "busy" mean:B-eing U-nder S-atan's Y-oke?Will you pass this on or are you too BUSY?!This is a cute story..i think many of us are BEING UNDER SATAN'S YOKE right..?!? so think about this...would you want to continue your BUSY life..?!?