Speak, Lord

Speak, Lord

Your servants are listening

Sensitise our hearts

Sensitise our spirit

Open our ears

Broaden our understanding 

Lead us

Guide us

Show us Your way

Lead us on the straight and narrow path

Speak, Lord

Touch us with Your love

Heal us with Your power

Pour Your Spirit on us

We Want To Worship You

We want to worship You

We want to bow

We want to bend our knees

We want to lift our voices to praise You

We want to adore You

We want to extol Your name

We want to magnify You

We want to worship You

Let our praises ring

Let everything that has breath praise Your holy name

Let us behold Your glory

We want to worship You

Come

Come

I will give you rest

Come

I will lead you to the living streams

Come

I will fill your cup

We come with open hearts

We come with open hands

We come with open ears

Fill us 

Energise us

Empower us

Rebuild us

Restore us

Refresh us

There Is None Like You

Your ever increasing glory

There is none like You

Your ever increasing power

There is none like You

Your ever increasing grace

There is none like You

We behold Your beauty

We behold Your glory

We marvel at Your love

There is none like You

We rest in Your love

We hope in Your glory

We bask in Your presence 

Anoint Us, Lord

Psalms 45:7  

"You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows."  

Psalms 45:7 is a messianic prophecy.  An in-depth study will show Christ as the messiah both as the future king and the bridegroom of the church.

To anoint is to be blessed with oil.  It speaks of the Holy Spirit.  The spirit of God empowers us to move in God's power.  The power of God's spirit is poured upon our lives.  God begins to move through us. 

Healing, prophecy, word of knowledge, salvation are signs of the power of God's holy anointing.  

In faith, God moves us to deeper depths and greater heights in the spiritual realm to move in His anointing.  The christian life is about the anointing of God in our lives.  As we submit to the Lordship of Christ, His anointing flows through our broken lives.

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In God We Trust

In God we trust

You are fully dependable 

You are immovable 

You are steadfast

You are unchanging 

There is no shifting shadows in You

In God we trust

Wholeheartedly

Steadfastly

Completely

Totally 

In God we trust

With our dying breath 

With every ounce of our energy

Completely surrendered to You

Totally consumed by Your power

God's Creation

Yesterday, I saw this round shaped fernlike plant.  It is unique and beautiful.

God is ingenious, brilliant and creative.  He is the master designer.  He brings beauty and grace.  He holds all things in His hands.  All creation praise His glorious name.  

We worship You, almighty God.  You are the reason we rise each day.  You are our sole desire.  Empower us as we call on Your majestic name.  We are eternally grateful for all You have done in and through our broken lives.

We Seek You

You hold our lives in Your hands

You hold our dreams in Your hands

You hold our desires in Your hands

You hold our destinies in Your hands

You hold our aspirations in Your hands

We seek You

We seek Your approval 

We seek Your face

We seek Your favour

We seek Your directions

Let our meditations be pure

Let us seek You and rejoice

Let our lives be a pleasing sacrifice to You

Set us apart for You

All Creation Worship You

This glorious morning, Your glory fills the earth.  There is none like You.  Only fools will say that there is no God.  All creation worship You, Lord!  We declare Your lordship.  We proclaim the glory of Your name, almighty God!

Hope

The hope that God blesses us with is priceless and precious.  Hope is alive in the hearts of God’s redeemed people.  Hope that stands the test of time.  Hope that stands firm in the face of trials and tragedies.  

Our hope is anchored in our ever living God.  Hope that spurs us to persevere in His love.  The power of God is release in the people who hope in God all day long.  Their courage will not melt away.  What does not break us make us stronger.  Strength comes from hope that God births in our hearts.  

As we journey on to the heart of God.  The power of God's presence burns and blazes within us.  The King of glory, the Rock of ages, our eternal God will empower us to hope with expectancy and joy.

Merciful Lord

Your eyes of love

Your hands of grace

Your heart that loves us

Your ears that hear our cries

Your feet that hasten towards us

You are all we ever needed

You are our the anchor of our soul

You are our sole desire

You satisfy our deepest longing

You deserve all our praises

We cling to You

We lean on You

We find hope in You

We find strength in You

Move upon our hearts 

Order our desires 

Align our lives to Your purposes 

Make and mould us

Work mightily through each of us

Help Comes From Your Sanctuary

Help comes from Your sanctuary 

Help comes from Your throne room

Help comes from You

We need You desperately 

We call on You relentlessly 

We cry out to You earnestly 

God of all grace

God of all power

God of all comfort

Help us

Merciful Lord

Rescue us

Mighty God

Deliver us

Glorious Lord

Touch Us With Your Love

Come, Lord

Come and abide in us

Wash over us

With Your water

Cleanse us 

With Your fire

Refresh our hearts

Restore our broken lives

Rebuild our broken ruins

Come, Lord

Come refiner's fire

Purify and Cleanse us

Touch us with Your love

Make Our Lives Count

Make our lives count

One life

Totally devoted to You

Completely surrendered to You

Mercifully consumed by Your love

Set apart

Sanctified

Glorify Your name 

Through our broken lives

Make our lives count

For the glory of Your name

We Will Follow You

We will follow You at all cost. We will follow You through the fire. We will follow You through the raging seas. We will follow You to the highest mountain. We will follow You to the lowest valley.  

There is no turning back. We have purposed in our hearts to follow You. We trust You wholeheartedly.

We bask in Your love. We linger in Your presence. We behold Your glory. We marvel at Your wonder.  

Almighty God, strengthen and empower us to proclaim Your power. Move powerfully through our broken lives.

Thankful

Thankful to breathe

Thankful to see You

Thankful to hear You

Thankful to know You

Your grace abounds

Your joy abounds

Your hope abounds

Your mercy abounds

Overflowing

Abounding

Pulsating 

Thankful 

Eternally grateful 

Deeply indebted 

Thankful to be alive

We Hope In You

We hope in You all day long  

Every moment

Every second

Every minute 

Every hour

Your hope gives us strength 

Your hope gives us solace

Your hope gives us peace

We hope in You all day long

Waiting patiently 

Waiting faithfully 

Waiting expectantly

Let Our Hearts Burn

A heart that loves You

A heart that fears You

A heart that longs for You

A heart set ablaze by Your love

A heart set free by Your power

A heart that is pure

A heart that cries out to You

A heart that calls out to You

Set our hearts on fire

Let Your love burn in our hearts

Let Your fire burn in our hearts

Come and consume us

We offer our lives a living sacrifice 

Do a deeper work in us

A New Awakening

A newfound hope

A newfound joy

A newfound peace

Abounding

Overflowing

Bubbling

Running over

Wash over us

Wave upon wave

Glorious Lord

Marvelous Saviour 

A new awakening

A great outpouring 

Of Your Spirit's power

Anoint us

Empower us

Restore Us

We want to move 

In Your anointing

Hope

In February 2022, I underwent Intravenous Methylprenisolone treatment (IMPT) to treat my thyroid eye disease. I suffered a few side effects. Insomnia, I had a metallic taste in my mouth, heart palpitations and painful leg cramps. I had a total of 12 treatments. Each treatment lasting about an hour.

A day later, I came down with covid. It was a double whammy. My heart rate and blood pressure sky rocketed.

I updated the doctor from the Ministry of Health who was monitoring my covid status.He told me to head straight to the emergency department in Sengkang hospital. 

God touched my body and brought healing. My heart rate and blood pressure stabilised. I was kept for observation and was discharged on the same day. Glory be to God!

I vividly remember laying down in bed the night before. My lungs felt awful. I drifted into slumberland. 

I believe the healing hand of God was on me that night. The power of God's healing is real. He is our mighty healer. Our deliverer. Our only hope. There is nothing our God cannot do. We serve a faithful God!

The Lord watches over us. His intervention and loving support sustain us daily. As we trust our maker, He floods our hearts with His divine presence. 

God is with us. He is with us in the raging storms. He is in complete control. He abides in us. He reigns in our chaos and pain. His still small voice gives us immense strength and hope.

Love From Her Heart

My mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease three years ago.  Prior to her diagnosis, she was still handling money.  

I remember her buying coconut buns for my brother's helper, W.  W likes coconut buns.  Very often, I found my mum making the purchase.  

My mum teaches us how to love.  She cares for people.  There are things in life that can only be felt in our hearts.  This is one of those things that mum teaches us.  Love in action.  Love that comes from the heart.

The Lord Reigns

Some time at the end of 2020, my eyelids started swelling and I have been battling with thyroid eye disease (TED) up to now.  The common symptoms of TED are blurred vision, double vision and the inability to close the eyes.

God in His mercy and love has covered me and I did not suffer the  symptoms.  Each day, I thank God for the ability to see colours.  I can close my eyes comfortably.  I do not have double vision.  God has kept my optical nerves strong.

God is with us in all that we are experiencing at this juncture.  Our merciful Lord reaches our to the inner recesses of our hearts.  He blesses us.  He touches us.  He shows us signs of His love.  He shows us glimpses of His glory.

Today, God is making a clarion call to all we choose Him over what this glitzy world offer.  He is beckoning us to put our complete trust in Him.  He never fails.  He is unchanging.  He is fully dependable.  Our God rules and reigns in all eternity.

Ever Living God

Those who look to You

 Find hope

Those who look to You 

Find peace

Those who look to You 

Find mercy

We cannot live without You 

Like fish that needs water

Like a plant that needs sunlight

Like a baby who needs love

We cling to You

We lean on You

We relinquish all control to You

Mighty God

Glorious Saviour

Ever living God

The Love of Christ

Ministry takes place when we touch someone's life with the love of Christ.  We are the extension of God's power and love.  We connect people to the power of God's spirit.

Serving the Lord entails love and sacrifice.  It involves the supernatural touch of God.  God blesses us.  We in turn become a channel of His love and blessing to others.  We give because we receive so much from God.  We are compelled by the love of God to go the extra mile.  

All that we do in ministry is incomparable to what the Lord has done for us.  Each day as we avail ourselves to the work of the ministry, we are reminded of God's bountiful mercy.  Mercy that looks beyond faults and imperfections. Mercy that makes room for us to do all that is needful to build the family of God.  That the love of Christ will be shared abroad in our hearts.

Resting In You

We rest in the shadow of Your wings

We rest by Your living streams

We rest in Your unfailing love

We rest in Your abiding presence 

We rest in Your living hope

Come and abide in us

Consecrate our hearts

Consume our lives

Set our hearts ablaze

Overpower us with Your presence 

We rest in Your everlasting love

Now and forevermore 

Our God And King

Our hearts flow with a good theme as we recite our verses to our King.  We raise a song of joy.  We raise a song of victory.  We raise song of deliverance.

God of all comfort.  God of all love.  God of all compassion.  We bow. We adore You. We behold Your glory and Your beauty. There is none like You. You are unparalleled. Who can compare with You.  Matchless, boundless, limitless, infinite, majestic  and all powerful.

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 gladdens our hearts. Rain to water our thirsty and parched lives.

God in His love and mercy shows us His love through everyday living. 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. Let Your peace and comfort reign. Let Your strength and power reign. Let Your glory and grace reign. Turn our hearts like rivers of water. Direct our paths. 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 are made to praise You. We are made to glorify Your name. We give You full reign. We come on bended knees. We declare Your majesty. You are Lord of all.

Stir our hearts. Let our hearts be inclined to You. Let our hearts yearn for You all day and all night. Teach us to linger in Your presence. Let the power of Your Spirit take complete control of every facet of our lives. Be glorified in our broken lives.

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

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 dreams from 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. We thrive. We persevere by the power of His Spirit.

He turns our tragedies into triumph. He turns our mourning into joy. He gives beauty for ashes.

We celebrate the Lord. Each day is brimming with hope and optimism. He is why we rise with hope daily.

The Lord is in complete control. There is nothing too difficult for Him. We trust in Him with all of our hearts. He is all we ever needed.

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. Thank You for strengthening our feeble limbs. Thank You for 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 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. 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 of You.  Your endless love. Your wonder working power.  Your everlasting love. Your tenderness and mercy.

There is no turning back. We set our faces like flint and seek You with all our hearts. We kneel at Your footstool. We bask 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 blesses us beyond our wildest imagination. Had it not been for 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 everliving 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.

Magnify the Lord

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

In the wee hours one day, some students at the campus gathered 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. I stood amazed at the awesome sky stunned and speechless. 

God made the universe. He is majestic, matchless and magnificent. There is nothing He cannot do.  

Our mountains become molehills in the presence of God. He is magnified. He is high and lifted up. He is complete control of every facet of our broken lives. The God of the universe opens our hearts to embrace Him in His fullness.

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.  

Mighty God, come into hearts. Captivate our hearts. 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 come from God. We surrender our lives to God daily.

Even in tragedies, we 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. 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.

His Loving Care

Two days ago, Monte and I were out in town.  As we were walking towards the bus stop, I heard someone calling out to me from behind.  A teenage girl gave me my spectacles.  I had apparently dropped it on the ground.  I thanked her.

I had the reading glasses made in June 2022.  What makes this testimony incredible is that the incident happened in the night when visibility was poor.I thank God for watching over me in every possible manner.  

We find every circumstance to thank God.  He watches over us.  He reaches out to the inner recesses of our hearts and assures us of His love and faithfulness daily.  We live to see a sign of His goodness.  Our merciful God keeps us safe from seen and unseen danger.  He protects us and loves us deeply.  He showers His love on us lavishly.

Captivate Our Hearts

Ponder His mighty works. Ponder His unending mercies. Ponder His loving deeds. Ponder His abounding grace. Ponder His undying hope.

Let our hearts and minds be completely consumed by Your love. Let the power of Your love give us courage and perseverance. Captivate us with Your love. Empower us by Your Spirit.

Let the meditations of our hearts be acceptable to You. Let our hearts be pure. Let our motives be pure. Let our intentions be pure. Touch our lives for Your glory.

We Triumph In You

We call to mind the faithfulness of our eternal God.  Lord, You help us to climb the mountains of life.  Climbing the mountain often involves difficulties, hardship and mounting challenges.  

There are times when it gets unbearable; You  beckon us to persevere.  You hold us by our hands and lead us patiently.  

Lord, we surge forward by the power of Your grace.  We press in to Your presence.  We dwell in the shadow of Your wings.  We triumph from faith to faith.  We triumph from glory to glory.  We triumph in Your grace.  

With all that is within us, we magnify Your magnificent name. The name above every other name. 

Lift Us Up

Spirit of God, lift us up.  You are the lifter of our hearts.  You are the lifter of our heads.  You lift us up with Your love.  You lift us up by  Your power.  

Flood our hearts with Your presence this day.  You are the glory and the lifter of our heads. 

In You we live and move and have our being.  Spirit of God, come and empower us by Your Spirit.

Open The Eyes Of Our Heart

You open our eyes and we see Your glory.  You Open our ears and we hear the voice of Your Spirit.  You open our hearts and we understand Your purposes.  

Open the eyes our our hearts.  Pour Your Spirit on us.  Unfold Your plans and purposes to us.  Reveal the things that burn in Your heart to us.  

We want to know You.  We want to embrace everything You have instored for our lives.  We want nothing but You.  

Be glorified in our lives.  Move powerfully in our lives and ministries.