Song: To Keep Your Lovely Face

By Graham Kendrick, 1983

To keep Your lovely face
Ever before my eyes
This is my prayer
Make it my strong desire
That in my secret heart
No other love competes
No rival throne survives
And I serve only You

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Description of Lord Jesus in Revelation 1:12-16 (NIV)
12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man, "dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

Last year when I re-visited Revelation, I thought the description of Lord Jesus is scary. But Holy Spirit revealed to me that Lord Jesus is good looking. The Creator of all things (John 1:3), He himself is beautiful and lovely.

Singlehood

10 Apr 10 Super Saturday
The myth every person must release: Singleness equates to loneliness.
1 Corinthians 7

Singlehood
Matthew 19:11-12
Jesus replied, "Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage because of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it".

Firstly Singlehood by calling.
Jeremiah 16:1-2 Then the word of the LORD came to me: "You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place".

Secondly Singlehood by circumstances.

Thirdly Singlehood by choice.

Define loneliness: sense of gloom, causing a depressing feeling of being alone.
If you feel lonely, it is a result of poor social skill.

Men and women are made differently. But we don’t need each other to complete us. We are complete on our own.

Colossians 2:9-10 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

5 basic needs
1. Survival: To survive as individuals as a physiological need. Food, drink, shelter, comfort, safety, good health, reproduce.
2. To love and to belong: Relationships, social connections, give and receive affection, feel part of a group.
3. Power: To achieve, be competent, skilled, sense of self-worth.
4. Freedom: To be independent, to have choices, to be able to control and direct one’s life.
5. Fun: Find pleasure, to play, laugh, learn important life lessons from playing.

Comfortable in your own skin. You need to be comfortable to yourself, for others to be comfortable with you. Do things alone, such as have meal in restaurant, go for trip, go for tour, watch movie. Sunset walk with Jesus, holding His hand.

The Pitfalls
* Romanticize love.
* Hurry love. This will result in finding faults in the other person instead of working on the relationship.
* Find substitutes. Each person is unique. Don’t look for someone like your first love.
* Form unhealthy relationships. Don’t expect man to be like your girl friends.
* Compare.

The Posture
In God's Time He makes All Things Beautiful.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:11a He has made everything beautiful in its time.

I have a LOT in life.
Psalms 16:5-6 LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.

Discover the secret of Contentment
Philippians 4:12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or In want.

Stay in the Cell Group, the God's community.

Discussion question:
Look through the 5 basic needs. Are your basic needs met?

Life is sweet because God is good

The photo showed the Wall Sticker that I did with my God on the wall of my living room. This is my first attempt to do Wall Sticker. So I prayed that God will guide my hands to do a good job. I am very happy with the result.

Life is sweet because God is good.

Everyday, I am very thankful because of having God in my life.

Every morning, my first greeting is “Good morning Father God. Good morning Lord Jesus Christ. Good morning Holy Spirit”.

Lately, I am blessed to listen to my church senior pastor, Rev Edmund Chan past preaching on the Sermon on the Mount series. My greatest blessing is to understand my God, Jesus Christ and His teachings better. I am blessed to be in this church that teach me the very Word of God that give me life.

From Pastor Edmund preaching, I know that indeed my God is my Strength, my Security and my Significant. I have no lack because of Him.

Actually, my God is also my Serenity, my Sufficiency, my Sanity and my Sweet.

Which version of God that you believe in?
One night in the past week, my neighbor, a pre-believer, came to me to ask for help on checking IRAS tax information on the internet. I don’t know how to help her as I am not familiar in searching for that piece of information. As she insisted, so I gave it a try. I went into IRAS website and I prayed openly in front of her for God to guide me to look for that information. God is good. He guided me in the right clicks and quickly we found the information.

After she got the information she wanted, I invited her for Easter Sunday service. She rejected with the reason that she prays to god (拜神的). The very next moment, she told me she easily get worry with problems. If she can’t solve it, she cannot sleep. I asked her, “Don’t you ask your god to help you?” She was silent.

I told her I give my problems to my God. My God is a big God that can help me in time of needs. I do not concern myself with who He sent to help me, or how He help me, as long as it is no longer a problem to me.

I shared with her that I was once with many concerns before I know my God. I reminded her that she saw that I prayed moment ago for God to help me to find information in the internet. I shared that my God is able to help in time of needs. At my door gate, I invited her again for Easter Sunday service, she told me she is going to clean her father’s tomb (清明).

After she left, a thought came to me, “How strange to believe in a god that can’t help her in time of needs; that she has to carry her many concerns till she cannot sleep and not cast it to her god.”

I know my God. My God is Strong to save. My God Loves and Cares for me. My God Listens when I talk to Him. My God is Sovereign that He discipline me for my own good. My God Sees the big picture and He did things for the greater good, not just for me alone.

When I lost sight of my God and become afraid with “What if…”, He reminded me "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." (Romans 10:11 (NIV))


Buy hope?
I often saw long queue to the Singapore Pool (Toto shop). It becomes even longer when the winning sum is huge. My ex-colleague once told me he went there to buy hope. From Monday to Sunday, except a rest day, there are different types of “hope” that he can buy.

One time, as usual during the Chinese New Year season, the newspaper said how many people had became overnight millionaires as they strike Toto. I shared that with a friend. She said become millionaire (with that amount) is not enough to buy a landed property (in Singapore). That dawn on me that if enough is not enough, we will never be enough (of wealth).

If only earthlings know that God is actually the everlasting Hope, instead of the Toto shop. Then the long queue should be to the church of God. And you don’t even need to buy Hope. It is so expensive that we cannot afford it. So God gives it to us FREE of charge.


Why so good when someone died?
Today is Good Friday.
Why is it Good when someone died?
It is Good for human race. If Jesus Christ, the Son of God, did not die for us, there is NO OTHER WAY for sinful men to connect to God the Heavenly Father.

My understanding of God and His teachings helps me in my work.
I understand the concept of “NO OTHER WAY”.
As a CAD Manager, people will ask me can the CAD software do this and that. Sometimes, they do not like the way the software achieve the intended result. But I had to tell them, there is “NO OTHER WAY” for this particular software. Period.


Worship a Living God
Easter Sunday is coming. We will celebrate Jesus resurrection.
Because Jesus lives forever, we are not worship a dead God, but a living God.

Because Jesus lives, we can face tomorrow.
Because Jesus is our living Hope, we live in victory.
Because Jesus guides our path, we lives with a purpose.

My friend, happy Easter.

Song:
Because He Lives by Gaither Vocal Band
Because He Lives with lyrics