Daily Bread - The Conquerors

"trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I've conquered the world."

John 16 : 31-33 (The Message)

and here is the unshakable truth..
that with Him.. we are more than conquerors!

tv x travelling light x the radio

so for the 2nd time in a year, our tv decided to shut himself down.
we don't know why.. we are more concerned about how..
how much it costs to revive him. and it's a lot!
so i called my colleague and ask for contact who could repair our tv.

this colleague of mine..
end up sharing her testimony, which she always does.
she told me she has taken it easy on her business side of life.
she no longer chases after every big and small deal and try to close them.

she wants to..
travel as light as possible.
because she said.. this is the end time.
she couldn't afford to spend all her time on these worldly matters.

what's most important to her now.. is the kingdom.
she has once almost lost her own salvation, she said..
but God pulled her back and from that time onwards
she decided that she would never trade God with anything else.

our conversation reminds me of 2012
the year may not be accurate-- but the message is!
"the end time is NEAR.. and it gonna get UGLY"
for all you know.. it could be 2011

the radio dj, Charlie, is one of the most memorable character for me
he symbolizes Jesus' warning of end time in the bible.
you heard it so many times... but you take it for granted.
until one day.. everything happens exactly as He has first said it.

one of the funniest moments in the movie is the "Engine.. Start" line,
spoken by another memorable character, Yuri the Russian billionaire.
he symbolizes those who has everything in life, everything apart from life itself
well.. let none of us end up being Yuri.

it's true that we never know when.. and until then..
we gotta do our best to live.. and cope with all the jobs, schools, etc
but no matter how busy we are, we gotta put the first thing first.
as the President in 2012 said, "Well.. MAKE TIME!"

and that's the one line i remember the most!

I find it pointless to argue with
Or to convince someone
Unless he/she is interested to listen

There is no need to prove our point.
Afterall.. If we were right,
Time will prove our case, now or later.

If you want to be 'right' most of the time
It's easy.. Just follow majority
But then.. You will find yourselves
Difficult to stand me

faith like sparrow

Watched 'faith like potatoes' yesterday.
It isn't as engaging as fireproof- the last movie
screened by young adults group in our church.

But being based on true story..
It is truly a great story
I suggest.. Read the book.

The message in the movie.. And today's
Pst Kong sermon has been speaking to me
In the same affirming way regarding 2010.

One word: FREE

nian jiang hu

the dagger is cold.
the eyes of the person who holds it.. are even colder.
the holder is a widow.
the dagger is an orphan.

he died.
he has eventually died.
certainly not because anyone is faster than him,
and not because anyone is more formidable than him.

he died because he surrendered.
to the speed of time.. and invincibility of death.
not because he wanted to.. simply because he was a human.
so here they are.. the widow.. and the orphan.

the orphan is lonely.
the widow is even lonelier.
not because she wants to..
simply because she is a human after all.

----- I Miss Reading Gu Long's Words ------

but God..

I forgot which preacher said this..
but he said it well.

our life journey.. is the one filled with the "but God" events

we were in the valley of death,
with no hope and no way out,
surrounded by sins and failures and sickness..
but God.. He stretched His mighty right hand and pull us out.

we were blessed in all aspects of life,
and we got carried away, we drift away from Him
before we knew it, we have walked back to the valley of death,
surrounded by guilt and failures and sickness..
but God.. He stretched His faithful right hand and pull us out.

for every seemingly desperate situation we are in,
we can always safely proclaim in faith that..
there will always be "but God" waiting to happen.

What I am Reading Now..

It feels weird today. It's Saturday. But I have no viewing to arrange.
Yet I am setting myself minimal of three cases to close this month.
Mm.. reasonable?
Well.. God-able.

Rite.. I am going to give you some insight on a book that I borrowed from Darvin.

It's titled "Speed of Trust", by Stephen M. R. Covey
Written by the son of the legendary writer who wrote the "Seven Habits" book.
All decent man and woman should at least have heard of the legendary book.

Never read that legendary book.. but Speed of Trust is a very good book that..
to certain extent.. it impacts me the way "Wild at Heart" did two years ago.

Basically this book speaks of the importance of "trust" element in our lives, our organisation, business. because all these.. are in essence.. relationships.

Well.. at personal level.. this book impacts me so much because.. being in my job.. being myself character-wise.. I seriously need to relearn the way of..
completely trusting myself..
and having trusted myself..
learn to extend that trust to others..
and gain others' trust in return.

Many of us tend to think that trust is something that either exists or it does not exist. There is nothing you can do about.
You either trust that person or you don't.
But this book is showing us.. how trust can actually be built, or rebuilt. And how tangibly trust could improve our rate of success in every aspect of life.

Trust.. Covey argues.. Increase Speed and Reduce Cost.
And nothing.. is quite as fast.. as the speed of trust- as one thing that changes everything.

Being written by the son of that Seven Habits author,
this book also makes me realise how far I am.. habit and attitude wise..
from the habit and attitude of the "highly successful people". Oh gosh..

It's okay..
Being aware of all these is the first step.

All in all.. I think this book is worth reading, irregardless of your background

Before I sleep..

I am currently listening to hot and cold reading in action..
I didn't know it could be that convincing to some people ^^

that's despite the reading being carried out by an untrained person.
no wonder.. psychic works wonder heh.

oh well.. just a thought.

after years and years listening to people talking about the SAW series..
and never watched any..
i finally watched the first one today. SAW VI
the first 10 minutes was soo amazing.. that jojo couldn't stand the movie
to the point of walking out of the cinema hall and went to watch another movie next door. she never knew that the rest of the movie was not as gore.

overall.. I liked the movie. good story line.

Fwah.. sleepy..
zzz..

I didn't know that..

Obama has actually been in charge for one year.. till I look at the newspaper today and saw a small headline that says so.
Has it been THAT long?

I also didn't know that there was this Andy Lau movie that was shot in Singapore. An old old movie that features Andy Lau, Alan Tam, Liang Jia Ren (those that knows HK movie will know that they are big names back then).. and there was Eric Tseng, who, during those days, used to be playing some goofy characters.

I randomly switched to Celestial channel today and I saw Andy Lau. So I stayed on. And then I saw the word 'Sentosa'.. then there was the island. then I saw cars and bikes crashing and exploding around City Hall and Raffles Place. They were having some scenes at Raffles Place MRT, Orchard MRT too..

Quite interesting.. looking at those familiar places.. in its 80s condition with its 80s style crowds.
Hm.. it has been THAT long..

From 80s to today
From 2008 to today..

We gain some..
and lose some.

There are some lost that we could recover, and we should..
but there are some that..
we just have to let the nature takes it course.

Nothing is too much to lose..
nothing is too much not to gain.
Apart from the life itself.

And life is worth living for.
Live by believing in all possibilities.

The other day I posted kong hee's sermon on dream at facebook
"that if it is your dream, you don't have to search around for it. it will find you instead".

Eka asked.. is it true.
My Raffles Hall senior (woah.. it's been THAT long.. 9 year!!).. thought it was a strange quote.

I think my senior misunderstood the point. He might think that Kong Hee was saying that you don't have to pursue your dream. Which he wasn't.. for sure.

I thought what he meant was that.. you don't have to sit down and brainstorm to logically deduce the answer to the question: "what is my dream"
In fact.. don't. Don't make up your dream that way.

Instead.. that dream.. being so uniquely attached to you and you alone.. will somehow find and capture your obsession.

Like how it did to Martin Luther King, Gandhi.. and the rest of them.

I imagine that.. for us who are still asking this question..
as we strive to live this life meaningfully.. as we open up ourselves to possibilities and adventure..
we will one day stand at that very place.. where our eyes shall be opened.. and we shall see before us..
the very dream we have been talking and writing about.

Well.. I dunno ;)

I only know that..
We are not there yet.