real love has changed us
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saved by grace we found in You, we love to tell our story
how You made our lives brand new, following You only
we are walking in Your truth, living for Your glory
now we resonate with You
we will stand as one for the King of the world
let salvation come, let salvation come
real love has changed us, real hope invade us
You illuminate us
we've got a world to change, they gotta hear His name
real life is freedom, so now with freedom we will run
we will be a witness, real love, real life we'll
i'm not ashamed, i'm not afraid, real love, real life we'll illuminate
i'm not ashamed, i'm not afraid, real love, real life we'll illuminate
i'm really amazed by how God put things in our hearts,
and boom, the way we view some things start to change.
like how this song became from just a praise song to
a "theme" song for our lifegroup and to how this song
convicts my heart that because real love has changed us,
i want to tell others about His grace, and illuminate for Him.
summary of 2014
31/12/14
so here we are on page 365/365, can't believe that in a few hours time we are starting on a new book once again.
2014 was different, i mean duhh, every year is different, but this year, was different in a good way.
my life's definitely different because i've seen how God's grace have poured into my life.
a major. major year for me as it was my o'levels year, and truth to be told, my academics suckkkkks ttm.
truthfully, i was worried, and had a bit of 'aiya bochup la, retain then retain lor, ite then ite lo' mindset
& i should be crowned for the queen of procrastination because i spend 1/3 of my year procrastinating instead of studying haha.
my score for prelim2 was bad, bad, badddddd
but through this period of O'levels, i'm truly thankful for my God that keeps His promises
and indeed, this period may be tough and worrying. but my God gives me peace :)
Philippians4:6-7
6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
surely, there are dry seasons in my life this year, but God pulled me through
by putting leaders who are a captain more than a commander in my life,
so personal, to take time to listen and hear me out, to give me advices, encourage me and spur me on.
by His words, every time i feel like giving up, God impress upon my mind a verse, a verse that is very timely about the circumstance in my life(at that point of time) and pulls me through.
God's words are powerful, amen? haha
& thirdly, His people, some of my closest friends and my lifegroup members, so dear to me. gives me extra support when i needed it :-)
there's endless list of thanksgiving point for 2014, but the most important, and the most cliche of all is that...
God thank you for your overflowing love and unending faithfulness in my life,
picking me up when i'm at my worst,
giving me peace when i'm anxious,
giving me hope when i'm in doubt
and using me despite i have nothing to offer, but God i offer my nothing
and i pray You make something extraordinary out of nothing.
i'm very excited for 2015, it's going to be better, greater, and surely full of You
God i pray for greater compassion for people, because i believe end times are coming soon, and people are important to You.
so God, use me as a vessel to draw them to You.
& God i pray for patience, and wisdom for me to this generation to come
28/12/14
27/12/14
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." — (John 15:4-7 NIV)
God thank you, thank you for reminding me of your grace, your love for me oh Lord
the trials and challenges, changes in circumstance, yet You are still constant.
last service of 2014,
brought me back to where the seasons when I'm with you the most. that feeling was just amazing, supernatural, and touched the depths of my heart
"i will live to love you,
i will live to bring you praise,
i will live a child in awe of you."
i will always be that daughter in your heart,
having that child like faith yearning for You, my Savior :-)
christmas 2014.
25/12/14
wassupppppp, haven't been blogging since june'14.
i guess it's because of o'levels, ministry, but mainly because my laptop crashed and died HAHAH
first of all, merry merry merry christmas to all of you out there :)
what is christmas all about? is it the season of giving, feasting, just a festive, a time where family gather together or is it just an indication for the start of a new year?
back to 2011, and even before, christmas to me is just a time where i receive presents from family and friends, hang out in the streets of orchard, or chilling out at home being clueless about the true meaning behind christmas.
in 2012, i said the sinners prayer, and came to know the name of Jesus.
true enough, saying the sinners prayer doesn't equal to life transformation overnight
Jesus to me, was just a religious thing, where i go to church every saturday, attend lifegroup weekly,
and all of these felt like a hassle.
christmas 2012, felt the same as the other years.
in 2013, i grew in God, my relationship with Jesus grew closer,
but even through the trials, in christmas 2013, christmas to me is a day where Jesus was born
and as christians, we are to celebrate christmas.
in 2014, i grew even closer to God, experienced His supernatural touch
and i'm really thankful for His grace upon me.
christmas 2014 is different, it is different because, it's no longer just a festive season, but it's a day where Jesus was born into earth as man, to die for us, for our sins
can you imagine that you are being born to die?
to die not for the sinless, but to die for the sinful????
and i'm glad, this christmas it's more than just a duty to celebrate, but i celebrate with true genuine joy, that comes from within, that You, my King, gave your life up for us to have a new life and a life that is sanctified :').
and i'm thankful to be celebrating this day with people who loves and chases after the same King, which is you Jesus :-)!
Without Jesus, we would all die in our sins.
tough gets going
thank God for June hols! feel ever so rechargered to carry on the battle of O'levels
it's going to be tough, but i know God is with me, & i would fear and lack nothing.
constant reminder:
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:1-4 NIV)
June hols has been great! WFL, campshekinah, NEC ULG, etc
it was so exciting! knowing God in a deeper level, and experienced more of God during this hols!
Lord i don't want to forsake Your kingdom in the midst of this battle, i will continue to be faithful and available for You.
God help me to be discipline too, not just in my academics, but my walk with You, let me not put away QT as i reach home everyday feeling tired with tons of homework incompleted
i pray for my life to be used as a light to shine for Your kingdom, that when others sees my life, it's a testimony of Your goodness, & they would too come to know You! thank you Jesus!
on the 28/6 (a reminder to always trust God)
just now during worship service, during the midst, i felt a hug from God(assurance) and these words surfaced upon me " dear child, don't' worry, mountains high or valley low, trust me"
then nearing the end of service(y'know security patrol before end of service haha) then we were waiting for the lift at level8, and the lift took forever, then this two guys walked out from one of the connect rooms to the lift, then 2 of them came to me
they said hi then proceeded to say "just now when we were praying, we saw in our vision of someone who looked like u. are you sick? we can pray for u"
& i replied " im not sick, but i have this severe lower back pain"
I was being prayed for during healing rally once, and the back pain went away but it came back recently
so they proceeded to pray for me
the first time, the pain rate of 10 decreased to 7/8 then they prayed for me for the second time which dropped to 3/4 and for the last time the pain was completely gone!! PTL!
and we ended off with a thanksgiving prayer,
when one of the brother was praying he said " jasmine, God wants you to trust in Him, i do not know specifically in what area, but God wants you to trust Him"(something like that)
it was so timely!
& doesn't mean not healing rally means God wouldn't heal, in all circumstances, be it after conference or what, God will still heal!
and it's amazing how God will show Himself even through people you don't know 😁😁
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God i pray that as i go through this period of mye and prelims, let me still hold on to Your words so dearly, let me treasure our relationship so much more.
this period it's not going to be easy, but surely it's going to be worthwhile, and it's going to be so much fruitful.
God, diploma and degree don't matter in Your eyes, but God this time, i want to work hard, i want to work hard to glorify You through me,
that my friends would want to come to know You
God i pray, use me, use me, to reach out to my friends, thart You are real God,
and You are good. :-).
love
love takes two hands to clap
love is a mutual thing
love is also when we secretly love them, and only expect goodness for him/her
have you ever loved someone?
so deeply that it hurts you when you're overthinking of him/her
so much that you always, always think of that person
thinking about consequences, thinking what's going to happen next,
it's all so tiring don't you agree so?
loving someone, and hoping that they'll love you back, but you never know will they. the suspense of wanting to know the truth...
and the truth that sets us free
we all love the one we love, it'll be lucky for you if he/she likes you too, but what if he/she doesn't?
your heart just broke didn't it..
have you been loved by someone?
if you did, good for you :-)
did you love the person back?
you know there's a person who love all of us so much... so much... that He sent his one and ONLY Son to come down to earth and DIE for our sins.
stand in Jesus's shoes, He loves you so much my dear, why wouldn't you want to love Him back..
like how you love someone and really wanting them to love you back
but God doesn't — God, so omni-potent, so powerful, the God of all creation, loves you, that He sent his son, sinless, to die for us, gave us a choice to love Him back, and yet He still gives me His unconditional love 💓
the love that will never run away, the love that will never fail, the love that always restores me, the love that will never give up on me
thank You God for this love that is so undeniable,☺️
