Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above." (John 19:11 NIV) No man can receive anything unless it is given to him from above. So stop comparing.

This goes out to all pastors, ministry workers, missionaries and Christians alike.

Inner impressions (like the open/closed door theory) are not supernatural revelation, nor are they authoritative.

So it is inaccurate to apply the vocabulary of revelation to inner impressions. Phrases such as "from the Holy Spirit," "God told me," "God showed me," is misleading. This is not just a matter of imprecision. It causes confusion in the minds of believers and creates the expectation that all Christians should be receiving these messages.

(Gary Friesen and J. Robin Maxson, Decision Making and the Will of God.)

How I've drifted from You, I chose to turn away

And with my sin before me, I'm asking for your grace

To abandon my delusions and walk in all Your ways

I know I've hurt you deeply

Now I've come to seek Your face

I draw near, cry out to You

Receive Your undeserved love as it flows through

The Battle of Chai Chee

The way you hang clothes, how many clothe pegs you use, the order in which to spin wash/soak/rinse clothes, how many pineapple tarts you eat, what kind of towels you use, how you mop the floor. It is amazing how, at home, arguments arise over the smallest of things.

Is everyone prone to impatience at home? And why is it that (at home) our capacity to love is reduced to zilch when it should really be at its fullest?

Be doers of the word and not hearers only. You sure?

^{James 1:23-25}

²³ Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror ²⁴ and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ²⁵ But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Sit back, listen to God's word, listen to it again, look into it, listen and look some more and we will be blessed in what we do.

Serenity

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?

-Shakespeare

This time it really hurts.

The human spirit can endure in sickness,

but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 18:14

How do I forgive you?

Apples

Apple.

Sweetness akin to honey,

only when ripe and ready.

Apple.

If it isn't bought,

it's sold to someone else.

Rot it will,

if left on shelf.

Dear Darius,

Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Love,

Apostle Paul.

How To Climb Your Way Up The Ranks!

Step 1: Lick the dirt of your superior's shoes everyday!

Step 2: Badmouth, badmouth and badmouth.

Step 3: Learn to CC and BCC emails to the "appropriate" channels so that you are heard.

Step 4: Angkat Bolah!

And...... viola, before you know it you've been promoted.

Do I have the capacity to be selfless, to see beyond my own desires?

Indecision?

^{PROVERBS 2:13-17}

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom,

the man who gains understanding,

for she is more profitable than silver

and yields better returns than gold.

She is more precious than rubies;

nothing you desire can compare with her.

Long life is in her right hand;

in her left hand are riches and honor.

Her ways are pleasant ways,

and all her paths are peace.

Wisdom and understanding - their ways are pleasant and peaceful. Discretion will protect me and understanding will guard my heart. Such are the promises of my Father.

Darius.

Demanding, domineering, determined, driven, dogmatic.

I'm the sort that would become a potential dictator given a different set of circumstances. My natural reaction in most situations is to take charge, devise a plan and a course of action and aggressively put it into motion. Probably a good bunch of people find it hard to say no to me because I'm intimidating.

Because I believe strongly in my set of beliefs and principles, and am not afraid to express them, I've found that there are times when I don't value other people's inputs or opinions.

The tendency to apply logic and reason to situations that require more emotional sensitivity is high and often rubs people the wrong way. Being blunt and extremely forthright doesn't help in that department either.

In short, I could have very well been a Napolean/Hitler/Mao/Caesar.

Oh God I do hope you work out on the bad stuff.

20100905 @ 0800hrs

Love the people, hate the uniform.

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Psalm 18:34

^{Proverbs 2:1-6}

1 My son, if you accept my words
and store up my commands within you,

² turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,

³ and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,

⁴ and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,

⁵ then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.

⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom,
and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

I've been doing that for quite some time now.

When you're feeling down and out there's always theoatmeal.com =)

This Is Worth A Look (it's not what you think it is)

Lady Gaga

Christina Aguilera

K-pop

"If"

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,

Or being hated, don't give way to hating,

And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master,

If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breath a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)