The Rain Of God's Love

This morning, when I started my brisk walk, I heard the sound of thunder.  I decided to stay put at a nearby coffee shop.

God pours the rain of His love on us unceasingly.  Rain to water the farmer's crops.  Rain to water plants.  Rain is a sign of God providential supply.  Rain that gladden our hearts.  Rain to water our thirsty and parched lives.

God is His love and mercy shows us His love through everyday life.  He assures us that those who seek Him shall find Him.  He will satisfy those who thirst for Him.

Show Us Your Power

God is gracious and merciful.  He will cast us aside.  He covers us under the shadow of His wings.  He restores and renews us daily.  

He nourishes and empowers us to scale mountains.  He enables us to swim in the mighty river.

Lord, let our lives be a testimony of Your power and grace.  Work powerfully through each of us.  

We avail ourselves to You.  Do whatever You desire to do in and through us.  Let faith arise, let Your purpose and plan be established in us. We commit our lives into Your loving hands.  

Come, Lord!  We lay our lives at Your altar.  Consecrate us.  Draw us to Yourself.  Show us Your power and Your grace.

Stir Our Hearts

Stir our hearts, Lord.  Let Your peace and comfort reign. Let Your strength and power reign.  Let Your glory and Your grace.  Turn our hearts like rivers of water.  Direct its path.  Order our desires.  May our meditations be pure in Your sight.  

We come humbly before You.  God of all comfort.  God of all grace.  God of all power.  We proclaim Your glory.  We exalt Your holy name.  Make us Your habitation.  We give You full reign.  We bow.  We declare Your majesty.  You are Lord of all.

We Cry Out To You

We need the Lord and His abiding presence.  God alone can satisfy our longings.  God alone can meet our deepest needs.  

The God of all comfort.  He comforts us in our afflictions.  He gives lasting hope.  He speaks strength into our mortal bodies. 

We cry out to the Lord.  He hears us and helps us in our times of need.  He assures us of His love and presence.  He leads us into His presence.  He leads us to His living streams.  He gives us hope and healing.

Teach Us To Number Our Days

You keep us alive

Teach us to number our days

 

You show us the way ahead

Teach us to number our days

 

You pave our way

Teach us to number our days

 

You give us the reason to live

Teach us to number our days

 

You bring purpose to life

Teach us to number our days

 

You bring meaning to life

Teach us to number our days

 

In You, we live and move

And have our being

Teach us to number our days

Immanuel

God is with us.  Immanuel, God with us.  He is with us in our waking moments.  He is with us when we lay our heads to rest.  

Even in our dreams, God continues to speak to us.  Time and again, we find ourselves encouraged and comforted through the dreams of God.  

The Lord's hand is never too short.  He brings strength and encouragement.  He brings hope and healing.  

He renews us in His love.  He gives us a living hope.  

He turns our tragedies into triumph.  He turns our mourning into joy.

We celebrate the Lord.  Each day is brimming with hope and optimism.  

Our messy circumstances and heartaches do not determine where we are in life.  

God has the final say.  He is in complete control.  There is nothing too difficult for Him.  We trust in Him with all of our heart.

Hope

This glorious morning, the Lord calls us to Himself.  He calls us to rest in His love.  He calls us to bask in His presence.  He beckons us to follow Him.  

We follow the Lord with all our heart and soul.  Knowing that His love empowers us to love and serve Him.  Remembering that we are frail and vulnerable.  

In Him we become strong.  In Him, we overcome and triumph.  Lord, we lean on You.  We find our hope in You.

The Love Of My Life

Monte

The love of my life

My better half

My soul mate

Closest friend

Prayer partner

My inspiration 

My encourager

My confidante 

My supporter

My helpmeet

God has blessed me with Monte.  We have been married since 20 March 1999.  As we age together, we begin to love and cherish each other more.  The love of God gels our hearts as one.  We are so blessed to experience the power of God's presence in our lives.  We taste the goodness of God daily.  We see the sign His love and that is all we need.  When we have the Lord, we have everything.  We call on the Lord daily and He pours His love and mercy lavishly on us.  Thank you, Lord!

Thank You

Lord, we thank You for Your rich blessings upon us.  Thank You for leading us to Your living streams.  Thank You for bringing hope and restoration to us daily.  Strengthening our feeble limbs.  Energising and empowering us to soldier on.  

Not a day has gone by that You fail to show us Your wonder and Your grace.  You open our eyes to see endless opportunities.  You build our faith to see the miraculous.  We cannot live without You.

Pour Your Spirit on us.  Shower us with Your mercy and Your grace.  Nothing else matters more than You.  You are the very reason we rise each day.  We walk in the power of Your love.  We see Your hand of love on us.  We are overwhelmed by Your goodness  and grace.  We worship You almighty God.

No Turning Back

There is no turning back.  God who began a good work in You and I never fails.  He gives us a living hope.  He gives us peace and strength that flow right out from His throne of grace.  

The trials and tribulations may overwhelm us but God is the strength of our hearts.  He will forever be our God and King.  He rules and reigns in every crisis we are facing.  Tragedies will not threaten us because of the power of God's presence.

We call on You almighty God.  We rest in Your love.  We can keep on going on because if You.  Your endless love.  Your wonder working power.  Your everlasting love.  Your tenderness and mercy.

There is no turning back.  We set our face like flint and seek You with all our heart.  Bowing at Your footstool. Basking in Your glory.

Eternally Grateful

In February 2018, I started to get chronically ill.  In all honesty, thsse past few years have have tough.  God saw me through MRIs, pet scans, CT scans, ultrasounds, fibroscan, radiotherapy, intravenous steroid treatments, biopsy and countless laboratory tests.  The only reason I am still alive is because of the goodness of God.

I call to mind the faithfulness of God.  I call to mind the mercy of God.  I call to mind the grace of God. Each day brims with hope and optimism for us as children of the most high God.  He touches our hearts and bless us beyond our wildest imagination.  Had it not been the mercy of God, we would still be grappling with guilt, shame and damnation.

God in His goodness chooses to lead us into His love and presence.  We are eternally grateful for all that the Lord has lavished on us.  We stand amazed at the grace and power of the ever living God.

Thank You, Lord

Each day brings hope. Hope that comes from the merciful Lord. We do not deserve anything and yet God gives us everything. 

Thanking God for the air we breathe. Thanking God for our mobility. Thanking God for giving us another day to live in His glory. We are eternally grateful for Your empowering love.  

There are times when we do not know how we could ever keep on going on. You encourage and stir our hearts to trust You moment by moment. You give us courage to persevere. You lead us by the hand. Your reassuring love and power flood powerfully through our lives.

Down the corridors of time, faithful men and women have gone through great trials and sufferings. They mirror for us a life of complete trust. A life of total dependency on You.  

We desire to grow to trust You no matter how difficult things can get. With unwavering hope, we press in to all that You have instored for us. We press in to Your presence. We cling on to the hem of Your garment. We need You desperately. We lean on Your strong arms. We surrender all.

Come Lord

Sometime between 2000 - 2001, Monte and I were at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS) in Baguio, Philippines.

One evening, many students at the campus gathered in the wee hours to send off someone who was leaving APTS.

I vividly remember lifting my eyes to the awesome starry night sky.  I was captivated by the indescribable beauty.

God made the universe.  He is majestic, matchless and magnificent.  There is nothing He cannot do.  In our desperation and struggles, He nudges us to go deeper into His love and presence.  Our sole preoccupation is to see Him glorified in us.  Our heart cry is to proclaim His glory and power through our broken lives.  

Mighty God, come into hearts and illumine every darkness.  Remove all fear, doubt and anxiety.  Come into our hearts and shine Your glorious light.  Come in Your power.  Come in Your might.  Bring restoration and hope.  We worship You almighty God.

Pilgrims

We are pilgrims on earth. We have our unique journeys with the Lord. Though the road ahead is filled with uncertainty and challenges. The Lord beckons us to follow Him. All that really matters is a heart that is fully surrendered to God. 

He has full access into every part of our lives. Everything we have comes from God. We surrender our lives to God daily.

Even in tragedies, many of us have emerged stronger than before. It is not due to our strength and abilities. It is not due to our intelligence or strategies. It is purely the mercy and grace of the sovereign Lord. He empowers us to face the storms and calamities.  His love enables us to persevere through insurmountable challenges.

Only those who have an encounter with our maker can see in the realm of the Spirit. God fights for us. The Lord helps us to conquer and triumph in victory. Our war is not against flesh and blood. It is against the dark forces of the enemy of our soul. The powers of darkness is null and void; the battle belongs to the Lord. 

The blood of Jesus covers and protects us. God protects us from all danger and harm. 

Teach us to persevere to the very end. You give us supernatural strength to overcome. You strengthen our feeble limbs. You energise and empower us to live in the light of Your glory.  

Our hearts swell with thanksgiving to our almighty and merciful God. We are eternally grateful to You.

My Mum In Her Twenties

 

My mum is her twenties.  Without her love, care and sacrifice.  My two brothers and I will not be where we are today.

Mum teaches us to show care and concern to people.  We grew up in Commonwealth Close.  Mum is well loved and respected by our neighbours.