When my journey's over... I'm going Home~~~

HOME - The Gaithers

Home is where the heart is my heart's own home

Though I never really had one to call my own

I've been given a key by the Carpenter of Galilee

With interest paid the title's made to me

Home where there is no night

Home where the Son is the light

The place I've been dreaming of so long

Loved ones there to welcome me

But His sweet face will be the first I see

When my journey's over I am going home

Everybody dreams of going home it seems

Lately I am no exception to the rule

But home is so much more than windows walls and doors

It's a warm embrace and smiling faces awaiting you

Home where there is no night

Home where the Son is the light

The place I've been dreaming of so long

Loved ones there to welcome me

But His sweet face will be the first I see

When my journey's over I am going home

Home where there is no night

Home where the Son is the light

The place I've been dreaming of so long

Loved ones there to welcome me

But His sweet face will be the first I see

When my journey's over I am going home

And when my journey's over I am going home

Blind Faith??

"how do you know what you believe is the truth?"

that is to all Christians, the follower of Christ Jesus... the One, the most debated and controversial historical figure in the human world.

many say, "I am Christian"

many say, "I believe in Jesus Christ... I believe God..."

many also say, "I believe the Word of God"

BUT, how many truly dig deep into the very foundation of their faith and belief?

when confronted, many are dumbfounded...

with questions and accusations aimed at their faith...

with so called conflicts and contradictions in the book they believe is the truth, which is the Truth from God...

with critical, sound-so-true and believable and seems-convincing-mind-boggling arguments...

"SO... you believe it just like that?"

"yeah... i just know it in my heart..."

the time is closing up...

much more hardships ahead...

much more seemingly invisible and unawarely false teachings ahead, with compromises and twisted truth...

much more stubbornness and "always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth" ahead...

ARE WE (the so called Christians) GONNA STOP JUST WHERE WE WERE IN THE PAST?

ARE WE (the so called followers of Christ) GONNA SATISFIED JUST WITH WHAT WE DO (outward holiness) AND MOVE ALONG WITH THE MOTION?

HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE (the people entrusted with The Truth) GONNA IGNORE THE VERY BOOK WE CALL BIBLE (which we believe is the Word of God)?

HOW MUCH LONGER ARE WE (the messenger of The Gospel, Christ's ambassadors) GONNA LET OURSELVES BE PARALYSED AND NUMBED TO "GO"?

Acts 17:11-12

[ Now the Bereans were the more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Many of the Jews believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men. ]

Kisah Para Rasul 17:11-12

[ Orang-orang Yahudi di kota itu lebih baik hatinya dari pada orang-orang Yahudi di Tesalonika, karena mereka menerima firman itu dengan segala kerelaan hati dan setiap hari mereka menyelidiki Kitab Suci untuk mengetahui, apakah semuanya itu benar demikian. Banyak di antara mereka yang menjadi percaya; juga tidak sedikit di antara perempuan-perempuan terkemuka dan laki-laki Yunani. ]

as there is one saying which goes like this,

the Old Testament is the truth hidden,

the New Testament is the truth revealed / unveiled.

The Truth... dig deep into the Word and find the hidden jewels you will never want to let go of them because they speak right into your heart and spirit and soul that your mind is transformed.

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23-24)

"Tetapi saatnya akan datang dan sudah tiba sekarang, bahwa penyembah-penyembah benar akan menyembah Bapa dalam roh dan kebenaran; sebab Bapa menghendaki penyembah-penyembah demikian. Allah itu Roh dan barangsiapa menyembah Dia, harus menyembah-Nya dalam roh dan kebenaran." (Yohanes 4:23-24)

The Truth...

"You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know..." (John 4:22)

"Kamu menyembah apa ayng tidak kamu kenal, kami menyembah apa yang kami kenal,..." (Yohanes 4:22)

Now, we worship what we do know... BUT, HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW GOD WHOM WE WORSHIP AND THE ONE WHOM WE CALL 'LORD, LORD'?

my fellow friends, brothers and sisters, warriors of truth and faith,

if we do not acquaint ourselves with the One whom we worship by means of Scripture study, and overall a life of worship, in truth and spirit, nobody else can really help you in achieving that personal knowledge, intimate relationship with the One we chose to believe and worship...

"the truth will set you free..."

that's when you've found your precious jewel in the Scripture, in His Word...

are we not longing to have a life of peace, rest and freedom from excess worries, tiresome and uncertainties?

are we not tired of just doing the work and responsibilities by just doing it for the sake of doing it?

IT IS NOT A BLIND FAITH

we certainly do not want to believe blindly, do we?

we accept by faith AND we soak ourselves into His Word too, for He is the source of living water, very much needed for our growth in relationship with Him, the One and Only True God and Jesus Christ whom He has sent.

GRIP on...

HANG on...

HOPE on...

to the very TRUTH we have, truth revealed in Christ Jesus who is "the Way, the Truth and the Life" because no one can go to the Father except through Him... amen.

by the way...

ICM office has officially shifted to Solaris Dutamas... on 28th March 2011...

"How much are you willing to be hated?"

“We are in an interesting battle, whether we realise it or not, in this world. It’s a battle between life and death. What side are you on?”

“I know, along my journey, I am already hated because I declare life!”

“How much are you willing to take, and how much are you willing to risk, to speak the truth in love and graciousness, and stand up and, at least, be willing to be hated?”

“There was not a radical feminist, standing up and yelling about how my rights had been violated that day. In fact my life was being snuffed out in the name of womens rights.”

“There are things that you are only able to learn by the weakest among us. And when you snuff them out you are the one that looses. The Lord looks after them but you are the one who will suffer for ever.”

“And what arrogance, what absolute arrogance, and it has been an arguement for so long in this human place that we live, that the stronger should dominate the weaker, should determine who lives and dies. The arrogance of that! Don’t you realise that you cannot make your own heart beat. Don’t you realise that all the power that you think that you possess you really possess none of it. It is the mercy of God that sustains you, even when you hate Him.”

“We misunderstand how beautiful suffering can be. I don’t willingly sign up for it, but when it comes, we forget that God is in control and God has a way of making the most miserable thing beautiful.”

“Men, you are made for greatness. You are made to stand up and be men. You are made to defend women and children, not stand by, and turn your head, when you know murder is occurring and do nothing about it. You are not made to use women and leave us alone. You are made to be kind and great and gracious and strong and stand for something because men, listen to me, I am too tired to do your job.”

“Women, you are not made for abuse. You are not made to sit and not know your worth and your value. You are made to be fought for, forever.”

“So now is your moment, what sort of people are you going to be? I trust, incredible. I trust, men, you will rise to the occassion. To the politians listening, particularly to the men, I would say this, you are made for greatness, set your politics aside. You are made to defend what is right and good, this fiery young girl will stand here and say, now it your moment. What sort of man do you want to be? A man obsessed with your own glory or a man obsessed with the glory of God? It’s time to take a stand, Victoria. This is your hour. God will assist you. God will be with you. You have the opportunity to glorify and honour God in 2008.”

“Some of you might be slightly annoyed that all I keep doing is talking about God and Jesus but how on earth can I walk about, limping through this world and not give ALL my heart and mind and soul and strength to the Christ who gave me life! So if you think I am a fool, it’s just another jewel in my crown. My whole intent in living here is to make God smile.”

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Sarawak...

today is March 11th (Friday)...

i wanna say, i wanted to go back Sarawak...

perhaps, two more years here in Semenanjung, then i'll go back...

though earlier on, i actually wanted to be a little irrational, i mean, just work till end of this year, and go back to East Malaysia... sebab hati keberatan mau berada jauh daripada keluarga, apatah lagi semasa Chinese New Year, menangis on the day pergi airport... macam it's the first time rasa so berat hati mau terbang pergi KL... huhu~~~

;(

but after calming myself, and think about it, 'alright, it is too rash to decide just like that...', should stay for at least 3 years just like i decided to when i took up this work

ok...

i like this video...

Selepas Tsunami (After the Tsunami) from Pusat KOMAS on Vimeo.

somehow, i feel like it's a season of awakening through the explosion of information & communication technology, an element which was promoted by the government since 90s perhaps??

this kind of information, videos, reports, commentaries, investigations were not made known those days, but now emerging through world wide web and many social networking applications, reaching to more and more people...

yes, somehow i find it hard to straight buy into all stuffs channeled because it came out of nowhere, well at least to me, and it's about politics, the game of orang-orang besar here... yet, there is no smoke without fire right? and i do think that it is sooner or later that the "turning point" of Malaysia is about to happen...

i have been disconnected from my nation all this while, it's no more room for self but to care more about others... it's time to think and act on the course of owning this nation...

let myself to be educated and share what i've received to others

now... a song recommended by me :)

We'll walk the land (streets) with hearts of fire
And every step will be a prayer
Hope is rising, new day dawning
The sound of singing fills the air

Two thousand years and still the flame
Is burning bright across the land
Hearts are waiting, longing, aching
For awakening once again

Let the flame burn brighter in the heart of the darkness
Turning night to glorious day
Let the song grow louder as our love grows stronger
Let it shine
Let it shine

We'll walk the truth, speak out the love
In Jesus' name we shall be strong
To lift the fallen, to save the children
To flood the nation with Your song

Let the flame burn brighter in the heart of the darkness
Turning night to glorious day
Let the song grow louder as our love grows stronger
Let it shine
Let it shine
(repeats)


it was sung at the closing of National Conference 2010 "Risk It U Turn" on Saturday... very semangat, like a soldier...

the worst national song ever! (sorry to say but it's true)

everyone! have you ever heard the song about Malaysia's Bunga Raya this year???
it was made for Tahun Jubilee Bunga Kebangsaan Malaysia (something like that)... guess what it is being played in rapidKL buses!!! over and over and over till it stuck in your head!

ARRGHHH~~~!

it is ANNOYING... to the max! the whole song is not patriotic and it is like composed by a non musician, simply throw in the musical notes, just to give a tune to the lyrics... sorry to say, but it's 'yucksss' for me to listen to it...

tune is out, lyric is 'blah', the video is 'so so, typical RTM videos'... guess they run out of ideas???

unlike 'Sejahtera Malaysia' and 'KeranaMu Malaysia' etc...

Risk It... U-Turn...

National Conference 2010, organized by Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES) at Bayu Resort Port Dickson, from 29nov till 4dec was a blast! BOOOMMM!


why??

AMAZING PEOPLE...

WONDERFUL STORIES...

YOU'LL-NEVER-GO-HUNGRY MEALS...

ELECTRIFYING SPEECHES...

AWESOME GOD!!!

i guess i will need a day or two to write for my journal!!! from the first day till the last moment there!

God of second chances...
God who revives...
God who look pass handicaps and lead the person to eternal destiny...

God of silence yet full of energy and strong presence...
God who is faithful even though we failed many times!!!

God... the BIGGEST RISK TAKER!

this generation of young people, called to be the voice of the LORD in this nation, against the current world full of racism, injustice, compromise, degraded morale...
becoming the prophets, to profess God's standards to restore and reconcile relationships, between men and between men to God...

the Benjamin Generation...

we went through the second letter of Apostle Paul to Timothy... we looked at the prophet Ezekiel... the prophet Jeremiah... we look at GOD'S HEART for this nation, this generation...

i sense the time is soon... the one which i dreamed of 2 or 3 years ago...
though it might not be drastic and dramatic... hmm... perhaps it might be...!

ok... SELAH, a moment of pause...

fuuh~~~ too many things to write that it's all over the place... i do need a day to write them!



Tega tawai, TUHAN...