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matthew chpt 4

i learnt about our identity in god, our belief in god's provision and love, our choice to serve and worship god only.

amen

lord i pray for baby mathias. bless him with a sound ;mind and body. let him grow well in my womb. may your anointing and blessing be upon him.

bless my children. that they may receive a sound mind adn them may have the joy of learning. most of all may they be teachable to the holy spirit and their parents.

i pray for ernest that you may grant him trust in you and joy from abiding in you. bless the work of his hands.

thank god for thida who has been a great help to the family.

thank god. i love you jesus.

rachael lamb lamb

identity /god's covering over us/ serve god only

matthew chpt 4


satan tempted god in three areas.


firstly satan attached jesus belief in his own identity and ability.


If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.


in this conditional clause, satan tests jesus' belief in his identity as son of god, and challenged him to proved that he is one by using his ability.


in our own lives, do we know our identity in god? are we a teacher? a child of god? a mother? on what do we base our identity?


do we need to prove our identity?


Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”[a]


jesus replied that he does not need to change the stone to bread cos he does not need the bread but he needs god.


in the same way, we do not need our occupation to define who we are, our children to define who we are, we do not need anything to define who we are, cos we are defined by the word from god's mouth.


and god says we are the apple of his eye, god says his eye is always on us, god says we are the redeemed, god says he knew us even before the world began.


god says we are precious to him.


If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘ He shall give His angels charge over you,’
and, ‘ In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”


the second area which satan challenged jesus is god's love and protection over jesus. he tried to challenge jesus ' belief in god's love provision and protection over him.


does satan make us doubt in this area too? satan knows how precious we are to god and he makes us doubt in this area?


perhaps satan knows that if we are secure in this fact, we can be such conquerors in christ?


jesus' response is It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’


i think another word for tempt is test. jesus says there is no need to test the Lord who is our god cos there is no question in his provision and love for us.


there is no need to test him at all.


in our lives, do we live in such a way that reflect this absolute trust in the lord our god? or do we live in fear and insecurity, not realising and believing that the Lord is watching over us?


showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”


satan claimed the tangibles for his own. god's kingdom is the intangibles. to satan is the glory of this world but remember the world glory is like the flowers of the field which are here today but vanish the next.


to satan be the seen and temporal. to god be the unseen and eternal.


whom do we choose to serve? what do we want?


10 Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you,[d] Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’”[e]


jesus command satan to flee from him and jesus resolves to worship only Lord and serve only the lord.


this should be our response too. first we should command satan to flee from us and stop pestering us. then we should make a decision in our heart and mind to serve and worhsip god only.


amen.

this is what i learn from god's word today:


our identity in christ

god's love and provision for us

choose to worship and serve god only


amen.

god's mission for me & the humble and lowly person is the one god uses

i read about john the baptist preparing the way for jesus.

as i read, it struck me that john had a mission and his was to prepare the way for jesus. john's mission was prophesised many years ago by isaiah.

john has a destiny in god.

in the same way, we also have a destiny in god. ours may not be prophesised many years ago but the principle still holds true that god has a destiny for us.

do i know my destiny and my mission from god?

for this period of time, i think god has brought me into contact with many more young people, and international ones at that. at each time, i meet 100 students from all over asia.

thank and praise god he has risen me up to this occasion.

i believe that god wants to use me to reach out to these youths and have them bring the gospel back to their countries. these are the future leaders of their countries and from these students will come leaders who wield influence.

may the word of god be deposited in their hears such that when they are in positions of authority, they will be a godly influence in the respective asian countries and in this way, the word and light of god spreads and multiplies.

i checked my heart to see if i truly want the glory of god or is it for my own ego?

i want it to be be god's glory and name and i pray that this will be truely so.

if it is truely for god's glory and name, let me just give my best and give the rest to god, believing that god will work all things out for his own purposes.

amen to that.

god, let me work in your power and your joy. let people see the joy that you give me. let me be a living testimony of you. amen.

Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him 6

it is reassuring to note that as john goes out to fulfill his mission, god sends people to him. john did not go to them but the people came.

in the same way, god speaks to me that the students will come to me even as i go forth. i cannot understand how but god will bring his word to pass.

amen.

He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry.

these are the people that god uses and the qualities of humility is clearly evident in john and jesus:

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

first, jesus also went to john though the is the Son of god and son of man. he did not ask john to go to him. this is a mark of lowliness.

then he asked john to bapise him. this is also a sign of humility as he subjected himself to john's authority. this is despite the fact that he is the king of kings.

and what is john's response? john acknowledges the fact that he needs to be baptisef by jesus. he knows that jesus is in higher authority than him. john realises that jesus has come to him and he is amz by that.

thus today god teach me about humility and lowliness. the kind of people god uses are those who think nothing of themselves, but who subject themselves, first to god, then to the people around them.

with humility and lowliness, god's anointing flows.

this is the type of person god uses.

amen.

let me pray for my family and people around me later.

now i need to start my lecture planning.

many the lord of all knowledege bless me with speed and knowledge on what to do.

bless my lectures planning.

thank you lord.

amen

thanksgiving for Baby Mathias / Theodore

dear jesus
i miss you so much. i am so sorry this week i have not been spending time with you.

what happened? i felt very tired and could / did not want to wake up early in the morning.

but i love you lots jesus. and today i hope to commune with you again.

thank you god for blessing me with baby number 3. i was so happy when i discovered yesterday that i cried with joy.

i think that you bestow so much favour on me. when i asked for a prophecy which may be different from dreams, you did it thru deborah who prophesied. thank you Lord.

i pray for baby that he will be healthy and godly. thank you god. he is your birthday present to me cos he was conceived in june.

now god i am confused as to whether i should take up the teaching assignments from the polytechnics. lord please guide and tell me what is best for my family and me. should i take up the teaching assignments?

i am so excited about the baby. a bit sad that it will be a boy. i really prefer a girl. but i trust that god always gives me the best tho i may not understand why it is the best at the moment.

like the way deborah may think that eating chocolates daily is best for her, but as parents, we know better and we prevent her from doing that.

amen.

i read matthew chpt 2 and learnt that god spoke so much thru dreams. we must be sensitive to god and obey him.

i leanrt too that god can speak to us and protect us from the evil men. again we mus t be sensitive to god and listen and obey him.

jesus draw me deeper into you. help me to abide in you. nowadays, i find myself scurrying around too much like a busy squirrel when i should spend more time abiding in you.

i cannot imagine life with a 3rd child and then a weakending dad in law. wouldn't life be so busy?

by god's grace i pray that god will keep me abiding in him cos apart from him i am nothing.

i pray for ernest that he will delight in god and god will grant him the desire of his heart.

lord you see the desires of his heart. i pray that you will bless ernest and bring his deisres to fruition. not by his own might but by your power dear lord. thank you.

god i love you and i pray that you will cause my heart to be still before you. help me to listen to you and be still b4 you. there are too many things crying out for my attention but i want to hear you first.

lord, the baby is a gift from you. let us call him mathias or theodore? xu yuan is a lovely name too.

doreen will be nice. kai ling sounds so lovely too. well thank god for the baby blessing.

lvoe you and thank you once again lord.

love
lamb lamb rachael girl of yours

prophecy of jesus birth - 3000 years ago

one generation is about 80 years in today's context.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations

from the first generation to christ birth, about

14 x 80 = 1120

1120 x3 = 3360

wow jesus birth was known 3360 years before.

god is indeed omnipotent and all knowing. he has the plans all in place and he is the alpha and the omega.

when i think about this fact, i realise that god is in control of everything and he knows everything before hand.

what a awesome god whom i love and more importantly, loves me.

what an awesome god we serve. i am humbled by the fact that this awesome god loves me and his eye is always on me.

thank you god for your grace. thank you god for loving and accepting me.

thank you god.

prayer for adults (our past)

i pray that we will be released from our past. release us from the bitterness and grieves of the past and bring us into the future.

prayer for children (freedom from fear)

i pray fro josef and deborah that they will be released from their fears. i pray that deborah will be released from the fear of dogs and josef from the fear of darkness.

let them know that they have authority over these.

amen.

suppllication

dear jesus, i pray that you give me wisdom and ideas on how to plan the lectures. please lead me to the suitable materials and give me ideas on how to deliver them in an interesting manner.

thank you god.

amen.

joseph - mary's husband

i learn about joseph's obedience and faith in god.

he obeyed god by still taking mary in as his wife. he controlled himself by not having sex with her before jesus' birth - so as to fulfill god's word that christ will be born of a virgin.

he also received a dream from the angel of god and he believed the message.

god uses people who believe and obey

ruth - 1 of 3 women in jesus genealogy

bible study

only 3 women were mentioned in the genealogy of jesus

ruth mary and rahab

5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth,
And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.

let me do a brief character study on rahab and ruth. what did they do and what are they like?

http://www.biblestudyguide.org/audiobiblelessons/faith/have-faith-ruth/have-faith-ruth.pdf

i read the above website and it says that the primary characteristic that marks ruth's life is her faith in and obedience to god. she chose to follow god.

she headed to bethlehem where she found unfamiliar and she was a gentile living among the jews. she was also unsure how to find a means of livelihood for herself and her mother in law. but she still went and experienced for herself how god provided for her.

she worked hard among the people and had high moral standards. thus she has a good reputation. she also chose to believe in god's providence.

her faith in god and moral and diligent character thus helped her to triumph in adversity.

prayer for adults ( our relationships)

lord jesus, i pray for eneset stef and myself that you will bless us with same gender friends who can be an encouragement and motivation to us in our walk for you and in our lives.

bring those people whose heartbeat is for you, who love to provide for the family and who can share our joys and sorrows.

bring these people into our lives so that they can be in the inner circle of our lives, celebrating life together and supporting each other in times of crisis.

i pray for healing of relationship with ernest dad. not that they have any enimity but open up their communication lines so that they can understand each other better.

lord i pray for a reconciliation with my brother too. i ask that you use the situation he is going thru now to mend the relationship between us.

i pray that we will always honour our father and mother and we will be blessed cos of that.

if there is any unforgiveness in our hearts, let us know so that we may release it to you and let the devil not have a foothold in our lives.

i pray that ernest and i will always be the best of friends. amen.

prayer for the children
Instilling a desire to learn

i pray for deborah josef and baby that they will have a love for learning. instill in them a curiosity for things and matters around them. motivate them to learn and enjoy the process.

bless them with a good mind, a teachable spirit and the ability to learn.

i pray that they will always be willing to learn from you and be taught by your word. give them a humble spirit that they may always learn from the people you bring into their lives.

i pray for josef that he may find favour with his chinese teacher. it seems that now he finds her lessons boring and she is upset with him that he is not concentrating during her lesson.

i pray that you will give the chinese teacher sensitivity to the students' interests and make the lessons interesting for them.

i pray that josef will be able to participate more actively during the chinese lesson so that he will find some meaning in the lessons.

if possible, bring teachers who are full of passion and creativity into his life - that they may inspire him to love the subjects they are teaching.

i pray for the children that you will help connect everything in their brains theway it is supposed to be so that they have clarity of thought, organisation good memory and strong learning ability.

i say to them according to your word ' apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to words of knowledge' and may the lord give them understanding in all things. amen

supplication

lord i need help in my lecture planning. help me to make my lectures both challenging and engaging. inspiring and interesting.

bless me with your wisdom cos it is with you that i walk this unfamiliar path. hold my hold and bless the work of my hands so that i many bring many more to know you too.

amen.

suffer so that we understand

2 Corinthians 1:

2. What do you think Paul means by being distressed over the comfort of the Corinthians?

paul thinks that if he suffered first what the corinths will be going thru, he will be able to better understand, both mentally and emotionally, their situation. therefore he will be in a better euqipped to comfort them in their distress. in other words, he will be able to walk in their shoes.

application:
one reason we may rejoice in our trials is that we may be more effective minsters to the people around us. after we have suffered, we will be able to understand the situation of other people better.

3. Paul talks about the hardships and despair he suffered so he would rely more fully upon God. Explain the basis of his faith.

paul believed that god has


4. Why do you think Paul feels he has to tell the Corinthians he has conducted himself in godly holiness and sincerity?

5. Paul seems a little defensive, when discussing his change in plans, what do feel may have triggered this?

6. What are some experiences you've had with people who say "yes" and "no" in the same breath?

7. What do you feel Paul means by saying he didn't return to Corinth to spare them?

good morning jesus.

deborah said that i have a baby now in my stomache. i am very surprised by her remark. is it a prphetic statement? or is she referring to herself as a baby?

we will know in a few weeks time. well if it is a prophetic statement, it is interesting how god foretell dora's or xuyuan's birth.

do tell me more in person jesus.

i am fed up with ernest for not showing concern for anything in the family. he is just leaving me to run the whole show. i don appreiciate men like this tho many are like this.

that's why i say god is the most important. you are never too busy for me and your eyes are always on me, taking care of me.

jesus i am rather worried about josef's swim in the sea this saturday. ernest does not show any concern about it too.

there has been several mishaps in the sea and i am naturally worried cos we have not prepared josef well for the sea. Osim actually has practice sessions but i did not bring him there. but more crucially i was not disciplined in bringing him to swim in the sea every saturday and i feel guilty about it.

what should i do jesus? you see, i don even ask ernest what i should do. his whole mind is on his work and his company with the guys.

i really don like it and i am very displeased about it.

what should i do rgd josef god? is the back float suitable and sufficient? josef expressed his desire to back out. should i do it? will he die?

Study God's Word

2 Cor - Background study

paul is the author of 2 cor. he is writing to the corinth church.

the purpose of writing the letter is to ask the corinths to judge for themselves the truth of his message and the integrity of his character. his life has become an open book before the corinth people.

there are 3 blocks to the book
chpt 1 to 7 is on paul's reasons for the change in itinery.
chpt 8 to 9 he asks the corinth to complete the collection to prepare for his arrival
chpt 10 to 13 paul stress the certainty of his coming and his authenticity as an apostle

ern, what is the meaning of apologetics?

guard my tongue and enjoy its fruit

good morning jesus!

i love you and i thank god for the health for the brand new day.

god ern has not been blogging as consistently. i pray for him that his mind will still be centred on christ. i think he is distracted by the thing he is trying to create. men tend to be one track people.

god help ern focus on you once again.

it is so refreshing to the spirit to wake up early in the morning and talk to you god. the whole house is quiet and there are some birds chirping outside. a new day is dawning and i am with you.

thank you for the peace in the family.

the old helper has left. i am thankful that my house is clean once again. that there is no more deliberate deceiver here. may purity and truth reign in this place. may your light shine through.

god search my heart and cheack if there is any bitterness or unforgiveness that will give satan a foothold.

in jesus name, cos god has forgiven me, i will also forgive the maid for all the lies that she has said and all the things she has stolen. i forgive her cos god first forgive me of my sins. help me lord to love her as jesus does.

i think there will be not much interaction with her anymore. i pray for she will be blessed and her family can be helped. teach her to see the difference between purity truth and deception. bring people into her life whose deception she will be so turned off by that she wants to avoid it in future.

god i pray for josef and ernest who are always losing their things. perhaps it is in the genes .


i pray for the two men in the family that they will keep things in the proper place so they do not lose them. teach them dear god.

Proverbs 18:20-21
20 From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied;he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruits.

how powerful is the tongue! let me be careful with my words and let me eat the fruits of this carefulness. amen.

prayer for children ( attracting godly friends and model)

dear jesus i pray for deborah and joseph that they will find and you will bring godly friends and models into their lives. bring people who will encourage them to love and follow jesus, who will teach them to pursue righteousness.

bless the children with friends whose company they enjoy too. i pray these specially when they enter adolescence and peer influence becomes a primary force in their lives.

bring teachers into their lives who love god and thus love the pupils too. may these teachers model to them the love of christ and teach them the word of god too.

whenever there are friends who are not a good influence, i pray that you take them out of my children's lives. replace them withe friends who are of a healthy influence.

amen.

Prayer for adults ( our fears)

i pray for myself, my fear of not doing well at the various institutions. jesus i pray that you will bless and help me at my various jobs so that i may excel for your sake. let me not rely on my own strength but on yours. in you alone i will be strong.

i pray for ernest. the fear of not performing as well or better than his peers. i pray that he will continue to find his identity in you and be rooted in the knowledge of christ. teach him not to compare with people but always run to jesus for his identity.

i pray for stef, regarding her fear of sudden death. i pray that she will always know that angels and god's spirit guide her all the way.

amen.

house hold
i pray for thida who is flying here on friday. i pray that you will grant her journey safty and bless her time on the plane.

i pray for a smooth and happy integration with the family. i pray that she will adapt to our life style here and she will be happy working for us. i pray that i will be patient and gentle with her and understand that she is just helping out in the house. try not to expect a manager but a helper.

i pray for open communication lines.

amen

avoid the seducer

wow i did not blog last week. last week was a lousy week in that i lacked the discipline. well here i return again!

good morning jesus!

i love your heavenly father. i would like to lift up the whole process of sending my current maid and getting the new one in to you.

sigh sigh sigh. lord the current one is like a thorn in my flesh. she is like a black spot on a white linen. o the lies and the thefts she has committed in our hosue is intoleable. i pray that you will smoothen the process of her leaving us.

i am so glad she is leaving us. character is so important. tho she is a a task worker, she has no integrity at all. i will be so glad when she is gone tho she has been a good help with regard to housework as well.

o god, you see the envy in my heart when i see people treating their maids like their families, praising their helper and saying that their helper is so good.

i wish that i will be able to say that of the next helper jesus. if not, sigh, prevent her from coming and bring another one to me. i really want to stop the process of changing maids.

i pray for josef and deborah too that they will be able to bond with thida when she comes. she can integrate into our family and help us out with the tasks.

let there be a resolution between the cureent one and us soon.

amen.

o lord let not liers and deceivers enter our household anymore.

proverbs 7

the chpt is on the woman who seduces the men.

as i read i think that times have changed and the bible should actually address both to women and men instead of simply telling the men to avoid the seductive women.

nowadays, women commit adultery too tho i think that the percentage of men doing it is still higher. well at least applying to myself, i should avoid the seductive men and keep my life pure before god.

god must still be the corner stone of my life, in him all strength and blessings flow. my sufficiency should be in him.

tho ernest is my husband, i believe that men are fallible. ernest may love me very much but he is still a man. when storm comes, jesus is the only who never fails. jesus is the only one whose purity and righteousness will never be compromised.

i pray for ernest that he will keep himself pure, not for my sake, but for the love of christ. i pray that god's righteousness will shine into his heart and all darkness will flee. let him not be seduced by lust or the sight, but let him pursue god and his kingdom.

i pray for josef and deborah that they will have a love for god's word. teach me to read god's word with them, to expound on it and may it take root in their lives.

i pray for them that they will have an aversion to lies and deception and let them pursue truth and integrity.

i pray for josef that he will grow and mature to remember his work. he is a dear boy and thank you for telling me that he is not lazy, it is just that he is still young.

the maid is getting on my nerve and she must go out of our lives quickly. it is like carying a prickly porcupine in our hands. let her go let her go.

thank god that you have answered my prayer on increasing josef's appetite. he is eating much more now. thank god.

god i need help and guidance in my lecture planning. please be with me every steip of the way and bless the work of my hands. help me to excel and be at the top so that students will be enthusiastic to come to the bbq i will be planning for them.

i pray for opportunites to interact with my students so that they will hear of the word of god and even go to church together.

my vision for my part time teaching at the various institutions is to impart god's word to them so that they may bring it home to their countries, share it with their counterparts and let the word of god multiply internationally.

for the local students, i am meeting the future of singapore. i pray that god 's word will also be deposited in them so that they will pass the word on to their own famililies and colleagues as they enter the work force or set up their own families.

this is my mission in my work places.

this is why i need to excel in my lectures and tutorials. I need to excel iboth in terms of academic content and personality so that my students will be won over and they will want to meet me outside curri time.

lord jesus bless the work of my hands. amen.

i pray for dora. i pray that you will give dora to me at the best time and do give me a special dream or message about her before i know about the pregnancy. this is so that she may know that she is special as well. the way josef and deborah was foretold to me, i pray that you will foretell dora's birth to me as well.

deborah is already 2 plus and i 35. i pray that i will conceive soon so that the baby will come not to far apart from her brother and sister. but god's timing is always the best.

i pray for thida that she will have a safe and smooth passage to spore. let her be protected by angels and let her land safely in our home.

thank you god.

amen

obey god and wak in his ways

God's word to me

the evil to avoid
served the idols that his father served and worshiped them. 22 He abandoned the Lord, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the Lord. 2 kings 20

what is the result of the evil that he did? his reign was only for two years.

contrast with josiah

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. 2 And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and walked in all the way of David his father, and he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.

he did what was right in the eyes of the lord and walked in god's way. he did not swerve to the right or left but walk in god's path.

what is the consequence? he reigned for 31 years.

interestingly, his mother was mentioned and not his father. he reigned when he wa eight. i assume that his mother did a good job guiding him to be a wise king.

Whoever is slack in his workis a brother to him who destroys. proverbs 18

let us work hard.

Praise him with trumpet sound;praise him with lute and harp!4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;praise him with strings and pipe!5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;praise him with loud clashing cymbals!6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!Praise the Lord! ps 150

remember to praise god in our lives.

amen.

prayer for children:

no time to be continued