You cannot afford to be grappling with inertia, failures, uncontrolled emotion or lose sight of what is important.
Excerpt from Steven Teo’s “MANAGING TRANSITIONS IN LIFE”
You cannot afford to be grappling with inertia, failures, uncontrolled emotion or lose sight of what is important.
Excerpt from Steven Teo’s “MANAGING TRANSITIONS IN LIFE”
Keep going even if you have to go alone. –Joyce Meyer
Today was such a whirlwind of emotions..went through a high the whole day and crashed in the evening.. I could be such a girl and blame it on hormones, but the thing is, I rarely PMS even during the time of the month.
This quote has been ringing in my head for quite awhile now, I read this on FB last week and I absolutely relate to it in this season. Lately, I’ve been finding it tougher settling into social circles, especially. Most people have already got their cliques and routines already that it’s hard being the ‘new person’ in the group.
Things are really easier said than done, and even though I knew that this transition would be a “lonely” one, it’s still what it is – an uphill climb.
After coming back from sports I just broke down in tears and had to peel myself away from everyone; took a long bath, had Jenn Johnson on repeat and a good faith-inspiring book. Was very much needed.
All I need now is a revelation. Please and thank you, God.
God I look to You, I won’t be overwhelmed, Give me vision to see things like You do, God I look to You, You’re where my help comes from, Give me wisdom, You know just what to do.
For me 🙂
Over my holidays in kl there’s been a lot of stirring in my heart. Looking and planning ahead into the new year, I’m getting excited yet slightly apprehensive. One of my key phrases for this year is “Dare to dream…and pursue them!”. I’ve been penning down my thoughts since coming back home in Oct and most times I feel so inadequate/insecure about seeing them come to pass.
I haven’t really thought about my goals for this year, but I’m going to start with pursuing my passions.
Approach with lots and lots and lots of prayer!
❤
Last week I had a catch up with Clara, my first mentee. I am so blessed to see that she has come quite far in life, and in her walk with Christ..she has been through a fair share of ups and downs, and she’s now a working professional! By God’s miraculous provision, no doubt. She’s really matured and settled into working life well and sold out for God, even in her workplace. It’s very refreshing to see that she has blossomed into this beautiful lady, strong in her determination to be part of God’s plan.
It was a bit sad because by the end of the night we were not mentor-mentee anymore as she has moved to the working group and is being mentored by someone in her group. Sad only because Clara sort of symbolised my step into JG-ship and mentoring. I’m very glad though, that the almost 4 years have made us good friends in the process and we can be open and honest with each other
Dear Clara, I pray that you will love God with all your heart, mind and soul and serve Him for your generation. May you be used in mighty ways to fulfil His purposes, for His glory! AMEN!
Loves you ,
Cassy
Jeanne Mayo
God’s Waiting Room
We are all waiting for a breakthrough. How do you handle God’s waiting room? Waiting is such a part of God’s plan in our lives. e.g. pregnancy, takes 9 months for a baby to come. What do you do while you are waiting?
3 biblical examples:
• John 5:1-11 – the man at the pool had been waiting for 38 years. v8: Jesus meant ‘what you are wanting is not in the pool; what you want is where you are’
1. You can often get what you are looking for right where you are if you stand up on the inside and go after it.
• Ruth, her husband died – she lost her finances, social standing in her community. She found someone who needs her.
2. Like Ruth, you inventory the good things in your life and give yourself to someone or something in your present situation.
Celebrating something in your present is key to your future.
Ruth was faithful, and Boaz was impressed as he observed her and eventually made her his wife.
Happiness is an inside job.
• God gave Joseph a vision of his brothers bowing down before him
3. Like Joseph, we can begin to develop the character traits in our present that are going to be needed in our future.
Joseph began to act like what he saw in the future. You can’t be a queen when you act like a peasant. A title cannot give you true authority – only character can.
Even when Potiphar’s wife wrongly accused Joseph, Joseph let it die. Don’t let resentment allow someone who hurt you to live rent-free in your mind.
You can either go on in your waiting period with a Christ honouring joy of the Lord attitude or you can shrivel up and let your bitterness eat you alive.
What is your choice?
This post is about 45 minutes late (Brunei time GMT+8:00), but what the hey. It’s dedicated to my one and only daddy, and all the bazillion other daddies in the world. You are important, and you make a difference!
What I love about my daddy/am thankful for:
Daddy, I love you. You really are my hero. HEARTS!
[This is the first daddy’s day since 6 years that I’ve not had to cry when I think of daddy..though I was close to crying when I typed this post out]
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Birthdays are a good time to reflect back on the year just passed. You know, sort of like an evaluation – have I really grown wiser, better, as I grow one year older?
And seeing that I am back home this time ’round for the ultimate closure, why not?
I’m sure I will add on to this list as I think of new things 🙂
Wow, seems like a good list. I’m quite proud of myself.
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Craig Groeschel
‘Who you are in Christ’
Without Christ, you are sinful, spiritually dead and the object of God’s wrath. Ephesians 2:1-10
v4: But God.
v10: With Christ, you are God’s masterpiece (NLT)
v8: Christ is a gift from God
v9: not saved by good works
Key point: not saved BY good works, but FOR good works, which he planned long ago/prepared in advance for us to do
“God don’t make no junk!”
Masterpiece = poiema (Greek), perfect workmanship, tapestry (woven together by a sovereign God). We are poetic statements of God.
As God’s masterpiece:
1. You are created for the Master’s purpose
Psalms 139:13-16. Before you were even born, God decided that you wil best glorify Him in this space of time, with your gifts and abilities. There is nothing ordinary about the same power that is within you that conquered the grave.
If you do not know the purpose of a thing, you will abuse the thing. If you do not understand your purpose; your life will just be time without meaning.
To find out your purpose, don’t ask other things – ask the creator of things.
2. You have everything you need to do everything that God wants you to do
2 Peter 1:3 – through the knowledge of Him
Don’t be so consumed with what you don’t have that you forget what you HAVE.
3. God uses everything in your life to bring about His purposes
Romans 8:28 – all things, including those you like and dislike
Eg. Joseph from a dream to disaster to a place of stature. Genesis 50:20.
If you feel like what you are going through/struggling with is unfair, if you have some deep scars, if you don’t like yourself; something went wrong along the way:
Let God remake you. Jeremiah 18:3-4
“Something went wrong with it” but God “shaped it the way He wanted it to be” (NCV)