Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with praise!Give thanks to him; bless his name!

so many times i enter god's presence with a list of my grouches and requests. let me be reminded to give thanks and praise to him, thus blessing his name.

jesus thank you for my loving and faithful husband. bless our marriage. teach and remind us to make time for each other, the way we make time for you, we have to make time for each other too. let the love for each other bubble up due to our love for you. let it be a fountain that does not run dry.

jesus thank you for blessing ernest's labour. thank you very much. it is by your grace that you have given him the talent. may he be faithful steward and use them for god's purposes. fill him up with god's humility. let him not boast in himself for you are the Sun, and we are the stars which pale beside you.

let ern and me take absolutely no pride in ourselves but let our pride be in Jesus. thank you god for blessing us so much. let our lives glorify your name.

thank you for protecting debbie and josef from hfm. pls continue to protect them. thank you.

thank you god for my mother sister adn father who are a great support to the family. bless them with good health and good relationships among themselves, that they too maybring glory to your name.

thank you for blessing josef with intelligent brains. as his exams approaches i pray that you teach him to be focuused and revise his work well.

deborah my little girl

as i read about deborah the prophetic leader becoming the mother of the nations, i thought about my own little deborah girl.

i thank and praise god for knowing my little girl even before she was born. god gave her the name deborah which means a busy bee. indeed little debbie runs whevever she goes. she does not walk. she is always quick in what she does.

she is bold and confident and i can visualise her going to unknown places where even men do not dare to go. this is the personality god has given to my little girl.

i feel lead to pray for my little debbie today that she will have a spirit and heart that will lean on and rely on god. i pray that her independence will not hinder her to know god. Instead it will help her to pursue god, independent of circumstance and people.

i pray that her heart will be sold out to god and she does not need people as crutches in her spiritual journey. She will be independent cos of god and she will trust in him alone.

keep this girl for yourself and use her mightily for your kingdom. bestow unto her your wisdom and let her shine for the glory of god.

i pray for a teachable and humble heart before you. that deborah may acknowledge you as her saviour and lord at a young tender age. i pray for her salvation. let her heart be softened towards god.

fill her heart with god's love and the moment she can understand the salvation of god and she can utter the salvation prayer, let her receive you into her life.

god continue to protect debbie and jo from HFM. thank you for your protection upon them thus far. continue to keep them under your wings of protection dear jesus.

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” 43 And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly

i learn about jesus obedience and his fervent prayers from this passage. his utmost priority is to obey god. he relies on god to strengthen him in his trials.

it is rare that the bible describes jesus as being in agony. but in this situation jesus agonises over the impending cross.

jesus prayed even more earnestly when he was in agony. when we are in agony, we should pray even more too.

i think this speaks for myself. the more difficult a situation is, the more i should pray. i should not be just blowing up like what ern says. pray till god's joy and presence take over. not my strength but god's.

dear god i worship you. let your presence so fill my heart. melt away all the unhappiness in me. let me give thanks to you in all circumstance that your joy may fill my heart.

i pray for josef as he sits for his exam later. bless him with fluency and ideas. teach him to connect his sentences well and expresses his thoughts vividly. help him to enjoy the whole writing process. remind him to use the past tense.

bless josef at his work. i think that the gep teachers are better and i hope that he can get into one of these classes. let your will be done jesus.

i pray that you will bless him with teachers who will make lessons more interesting for him. maybe i am one of them. ha ha. this comes to my mind when i type. i think god will use me to fulfill this prayer. yes from june onwards.

god give me ideas on how and what to teach josef and deborah. you are my Master teacher and i learn from you.

i give you thanks and praise that the idea you gave me on how to handle 1E class works so well. you always know what to do jesus. you told me to put the two boys in front and hey! discipline was so much better yesterday.

i pray for ern even as he goes on his mission trips that he will know you in the process. help him to develope a even more personal relationship with you. give him divine appointments that he may see the power of god working in his life. lead him to people whom you use to fulfill the destiny you have for us.

i pray for my own transition. i pray for understanding and favour from bosses and students. i pray for a smooth transition. may no bridges be burnt.

i pray for ren xiang and w beng that hthey may find their purpose in you. holy spirit draw them unto you.

i pray for my dad in law salvation that he may see you and know you. draw away the spiritual blindness.

i pray for my parents' heaalth that they may be healthy and live to a ripe old age to see josef and deborah marry. may they see their great grand children.

i pray for stef that she will continue to seek you.

amen

mighty god

ps 93

4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,mightier than the waves of the sea,the Lord on high is mighty!

song 1
what a mighty god we serve
angels bow before him
heaven and earth adore him
what a mighty god we serve.

song 2
o lord our god
how excellent your name is
how excellent your name in all the earth
your glory fills the whole earth
beyond the furthest star
how excellent your name in all the earth

as i look upon the heavens
the moon and the stars
i wonder what you ever see in me
but you took me and you love me
and you given me a crown

and now i will praise your name eternally

song 3
ah lord god
thou has made the heavens and the earth
by thy great power
ah lord god
thou has made the heavens and the earth by thy out streched arm

nothing is too difficult for thee
nothing is too difficult for thee
o great and mighty god
great in council and mighty in deed

nothing nothing absolutely nothing
nothings is too difficult for thee.

it is wonderful how when i read ps 93. the songs just burst from my mouth.

may the joy of the lord replace all the dirt in my heart.

amen

re-visiting god's promise

But you have not obeyed my voice. What is this you have done? 3 So now I say, I will not drive them out before you, but they shall become thorns in your sides, [2] and their gods shall be a snare to you.”

obedience to god is again mentioned. obedience is of great importance.

lord jesus teach my family and me to obey you in all ways.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

what is the promise god has given me? let me check my blog again. once god has promised, he will bring it to pass.

deut 32:10
He found rachael in a desert land, and in the howling waste of wilderness; HE encirled her, HE cared for her, HE kept her as the apple of HIS eye.Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catchng them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided rachael, no foreign god is with her.God made rachael ride on the high places of the land, and she ate the produce of the field, and HE suckled her with honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock. CUrds from teh herd and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat - and rachael drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

as i read thru god's promise to me again, tears swell up in my eyes and i cried. i thank god for his mercy and favour unto me. thank you god. it is tough now but i know things are tougher for some kids. bless them lord, that they may know the destiny you have for them. Bring them to you, that they may love you and find purpose in their lives.

i pray for renxiang for he will find a group of friends who will be able do activities with him. lead him to your family dear jesus.

dear god i lift up this day to you. i pray for josef that you will tak out any negative influence in his life. grant me the discernment to know what to do. i would like to know who gerald is. take a look at him and understand him more. josef is on very close terms with him.

thank you for protecting debbie from hfm. continue to bless and protect her dear jesus.

i pray for all my marking which has come and will be coming in. bless me with efficiency and accuracy dear god.

i pray for ern that he will cast all his cares on you and allow the peace of god to guard his heart and mind in christ jesus. in all uncertainty let him find his certainty in you.

let us rejoice in you and this day that you have made. let us give thanks for all you have done and brought us through.

i pray for my dad in law salvation that he may see and know you.

i love you jesus.

amen

all in all

the widow offered two small copper coins and jesus is so happy by it.

god is always looking at our hearts. the widow gave all that she has. god is not looking at the amount but again our hearts. how impt is our hearts to him!

how much of my heart and my life are surrendered to god? o god ern and i want to live surrendered lives to you. take us and use us for your own great and good plan for us.

choose to serve the lord and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness.

sincerity means hmm... with your heart, willingly cheerfully and not out of obligation.

faithfulness ... does this mean to do a task till its completion, or till god says it is time to move on?

help us to serve you faithfully dear jesus.

i miss you jesus

jesus entered on a colt and he sat on the disciples' cloak placed on the colt. when i read this i again was struck by jesus' simplicity and humility.

the king of all the universe, the lord of all salvation entering jerusalem on the lowly beast, sitting on a common folk's clothes.

i am humbled by our lord jesus. to think that so many times, we think we are so great and take pride in these achievements or abilitities.

our model is jesus who is the greatest yet he takes no pride in his achievements or abilitities. i can read from the bible that his focus is on spending time with god ( he gets up early to go to a solitary place to be with god ) and obedience to god. i can see jesus' life when he cries out to god "take this cup away from me yet not my will but yours he said." this obedience to god is the one, dear jesus, i hope ot have too.

i am so impressed with this lowly king of ours. The king who has all the powers in his hand yet is only full of God, and not himself.

how can i respond? i can only say dear jesus,

"i worship you almighty god
there is none like you
I worship you almightly god
there is none like you"

" all hail king jesus
all hail emmanual
king of kings
lord of lords
bright morning star
and throughout eternity
i will praise you
and i will reign with you
throughout eternity"

my lord jesus, you are great and you are great. I worship you cos you are great yet you are so humble. take me into your hands that i may be like you -- great ( cos you make me great) and humble.

dear jesus
i would like to understand your word deeper. as i start a new chapter in june, lead me to a bible class where i can understand your word more.

i am upset with ern. i have been dutifully accompanying him to church weekly and yet he chatises me for not believing in church.

dear jesus, i disagree with his judgment on me. can i share with you about it?

dear god, i do believe that church has 3 main important functions in our live: fellowship, teaching of God's word and service to god.

i believe these are the 3 main reasons why we need to go to church.

but what do we do when we cannot find these in a church?

i think that ern does not try to support and understand me the way i try to understand him.

i have been trying to find these 3 important areas in obedience to god.

where can i find fellowship with believers? i am open with bro and sis from efc but i met no one. what is the next best thing to do? look beyong efc for sis in christ!

i am upset with ern. he only knows how to nag and criticise but how has he helped in any way? he knows the bro in christ from break thru weekend. he can very well organised an outing for me to meet the wives or sth.

i dislike ppl who keep talking but don do anything to help me.

in terms of service, i have started to help nurture new believers in christ.

i also listen to the sermons by efc.

i think that ern as the leader of the household, should be more supportive in helping me find the elements of church instead of griping that i shoudl give importance to attending church.

i dun do sth for show dear god. there must be substance in it.

what is the use of attending church if week after week, the purpose is not met?

what do you think jesus?

anyway, dear god i pray that you will lead me to a group of people in christ in efc whom i can fellowship and serve you together.

talking about this, i have not even heard or read ern's prayer for me in this area. if he wants me to take going to church as very important, then he should have prayed for me that i can find friends , areas of service there. but he hasn't!

again it is my own prayer to god that god answers.

anyway dear god, i hope and need to work at higher institutions with timing slots that match my child care needs. i would prefer to teach in the morning and be home for the kids in the mid afternoon. currently i have nothing lord.

it can be scary but i believe you will provide cos you promised me that you will bring me to a land flowing with abundance after i step out of the desert.

please provide me with opportunities to work at the tertiary instititutions dear jesus. thank you. bring people into my life who will help me with these . thank you.

i need money to sustain my own needs and buy things for other too. lord please provide for me and even more than i need, so that i can testify of god's good ness..

dear god, i thank you for keeping jo and debbie safe from hfm. grant us the wisdom to keep them safe and send your angels to continue to guard them. i pray for the children that they will have a personal walk with god and they will love you with their whole being. let god not be a remote concept to them, but let jesus be a first love and a consuming fire in their lives.

dear god i pray for our marriage that we will learn to support one another instead of putting each other down. teach us to pray for one another as this is the best way to love. i pray that we will grow in god together as a strand of 3 fold cord is not easily broken.

bless our intimate life too that we may enjoy this gift that you have given us.

bless us with a child at the best time. bless us with a child who will love god and parents very much, that we are very important to him / her.

i trust in you dear god that you will bless and provide in all your good timing.

i pray for my dad in law. i pray that he will accept christ soon. touch his heart and spirit and open his eyes and mind of spiritual understanindg. shine your light on him that he may see god.

have mercy on him and reduce the speed of the cancer cells spreading. i have a hunch that the condition has deterioted. teach him to cry out to you.

dear god reveal to me what is preventing him to know god? speak to ern or me that we may minister to him accordingly.

i pray for renna and pansy. these are the new believers you have given me. as i settle down more and more, teach me to hep them grow in you.

i have a lot of marking and admin work to do in school. help me to finish them in good time. multiply my time and effort and dear lord, thank you that i have submiited all my exam papers and tma on time ,

thank you very much for helping me. i pray you bless all the efforts cos unless the lord builds the house the workers labour in vain.

jesus i talk so much to you. it is like josef always talking to me when he comes home from school, but he hardly listens to me.

talk to me dear god. i am listening.

be strong and courageous. i will bring you to places beyond your wildest imagination.

this is god's word to me. god, what do you mean? i am prepared to go out of singapore for missions. only let me start at home first.

read the bible using the chines daily bread with dad in law daily. show him the word. he wants to understand.

yes god. help me to be obedient and faithful to what you have called me to do.

god, hold my hand and bring me to the places beyond my imagination. i want to live out the destiny you have for me.

take my life and let it be fully lived out for you jesus.

love you jesus

thank you and joy please

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down,but a good word makes him glad.

how true. god i pray for more good words to come my way.

put words into my mouth too that Your word may go forth and speak to the people around me. i pray for PDA that your spirit may touch the people thru me.

i have much marking to do and dear god, please help double triple my speed and time so that i can finish them in good time.

sigh. i pray for joy in the midst of difficulties. i pray for me to give thanks for many good blessings in my life.

jesus thank you for ern who loves and provides for this family. thank you for healthy and intelligent children who love and obey their parents. thank you they are much recovered from their sore throats and fever. thank you they are lovely. thank you for their safty.

thank you for a mummy who loves me very much. who shows concern for my family and me. thank you for sister who loves us too and loves the kids like her own.

thank you for daddy who loves us by buying us things that we like or need. thank you for dad in law who keeps an eye at things at home when we are not in.

thank you for finance that is enough for our family needs. thank you for a church to go to on sunday. thank you for the car that brings us around.

thank you for being with us every step of the way.

thank you dear jesus for so many things.

help to put a smile on my face cos of you dear jesus.

i pray for wb that you will speak to him thru me. draw him unto you.

i pray for josef and deborah that they will know you as their god and not just a god from the stories. amen.

prayer

good morning jesus. i have read the bible today and nothing speaks much to me. i will pray to you then jesus.

good morning to you dear jesus. may your presence fill my heart with joy and thanksgiving as i live this day you have given me.

i feel stressed cos my kids are unwell and work is a lot and the house is unsettled. the jesus, i pray that your strong hand will hold me up and give me joy in the midst of trails.

i pray for my kids that they will be well. protect them from hfm and if jo has contracted it i pray you protect deborah from it. heal jose too that he may recover quickly.

dear lord a day is like a thousand years to me there. i pray that you will not let me die in the desert but give me life and bring me to the promised land. in the last days dear lord help me along and strengthen me.

dear jesus i pray for ern that he will be consumed by jesus. let him understand the futility of wealth status and riches. let these not have any hold on him. love him and win his heart over, that he may be fully committed to christ.

for my kids dear jesus, i pray that they will know you personally and not a head knowledge of you. reveal yourself to them that you may become their lord too.

dear jesus where there are areas i need to patch up lord show me where and let me do it b4 anybody points it out to me. sigh life is so difficult there.

god hold me in your palm and carry me. i feel like fainting (emotionally and sometimes physically) but even the youths grow weary and faint but those who hope in the lord will not stumble and will soar on wings like eages. amen.

promise of god to me

god has spoken to me from his word

deut 32:10
He found rachael in a desert land, and in the howling waste of wilderness; HE encirled her, HE cared for her, HE kept her as the apple of HIS eye.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catchng them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided rachael, no foreign god is with her.

God made rachael ride on the high places of the land, and she ate the produce of the field, and HE suckled her with honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock. CUrds from teh herd and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat - and rachael drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape.

amen.

what a beautiful and comforting promise from god. thank you jesus for speaking to me. indeed now i am in the desert land. i feel my bones dried up and indeed many have commented that i have lost weight. but god you tell me that you will bring me to a land of great abundance. this is similar to what ern shared with me, about the picture that he sees of me at the ice cap mountains.

thank you for lifting my spirit early in the morning dear god. it is like a waft of fresh air to my soul. thank you god.

dear god i pray that you will make ern into a man of your own heart. help him to believe that things of the world do not satisfy and help him make you first in his life.

o god i believe that you have BIG plans for my family. the more one has been given, more is expected. o god i am excited cos i see what you have blessed ernest, the head of our family.

dear jesus keep our hearts always for you. keep our hearts on fire for you. help us to love you passionately with the first love that pleases you. teach us to obey you without compromise. may you be the Lord of our lives.

dear jesus i pray for josef that he will know you as his personal friend and first love. help him to see the relevance of jesus in his life and not only know you thru the bible stories. work in his life, that his heart may be captured by you.

dear god i pray for my own transition. i pray for favour and understanding from my bosses even as i share with them. give me the right words and spirit as i share with them. give me the right time too, a time when she is feeling fine.

dear jesus help josef and our family settle down in your church. we need fellowhship. provide please.

dear god i pray that you will help us pave the way in hdb, that the authorities will approve of keeping the two platforms. since the buyer likes it as well. dear god, help us pave the way and make the transition a smooth one. thank you dear god.

dear god i pray that our contractor will get his due deserve for being so irresponsible and dishonest. let him reap what he sow dear jesus.

teach us to learn from this experience, what kind of contractor to look for in future. we should look not only at the plans he gives us, but at his past record, his past projects and his year in the industry and what his customers say about him.

thank you dear god.

good morning and i love you. bring me thru this day.

amen

:(

dear god, my heart is filled with unhappiness. i dun know why. the place just seems to suck away all my vitality and joy. why? is it the culture? i think so. every place has an atmosphere. for example, a pub has a particular atmosphere and that is why many customers like to flock there to chill out.

the atmosphere of the place is dead, downtrodden and unspontaneous. it is also a destructive one. things are always spoiled.

i have short way to go before it comes to an end. how i wish this short time can speed up. i find myself growing thinner, and not recovering from my cough.

i used to be so spontaneous and happy, but now all is left is a shell, dragging myself around like a living corpse.

deliver me lord. because i love you deliver me and bring me to green pastures and quiet streams. strengthen me o lord, that i may finish my tasks in divine speed and do them well. help me to finish properly.

speak to me from your word today dear lord.

jesus again went up the mountain to pray. i observe that praying is an integal part to jesus' life. he prays a lot and he goes to deserted places to do it. well for us, we may find the deserted place in a morning when all are still asleep, a park when there is silence.

teach me dear lord to pray like you. to cultivate the habit of prayer in my life.

psalm 73
how true. my strength fail but god is the strength and the portion of my heart forever.

amen.

But for me it is good to be near God;I have made the Lord God my refuge,that I may tell of all your works.

dear god, draw me near to you that you may be my refuge. i am very unhappy and i pray that you will be my all in all.

my steps are faltering but please guide me. please strengthen me.

even as i start my tasks, bless me with divine and miraculous speed, that i may complete in best time. thank god that i have finished the task for yesterday and yes it was in amazing speed. thank you jesus.

bless and protect ernest joseph and debbie dear lord. keep them under your wings and draw them unto you. bless and protect them dear lord.

amen