These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.

He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the Lord had given to their ancestors through Moses.

-Judges 3:1-4

I was reading judges on the way home yesterday and these words caught my attention.
The Bible says God wants to teach the children of Israel how to do warfare. Yet in verse 4, it says that it is to TEST them if they will obey the commands of God.

No link right?

But yet, many battles that we will fight, the winning strategy is with God. If we would just obey. When God tested the Israel and teach them how to do warfare, He didn't put one puny nation against Israel. He placed 5 nations against one. Its really either listen and obey, or face extermination.

God does this all the time to Israel. During biblical times as well as modern days, but God saved the day all the time!

=)

Pastor Phil

Honored
Pastor Phil only follows 45 people and I am one of them. Woo~
I love Pastor Phil!
My 2nd fave preacher of all-time. (After Pastor Kong)

Breakthrough

Amen and Amen.
Past few weeks had been quite tough. Learning to balance new commitments, yet trying my best not to neglect the more impt things in life.
Felt a new flow in my walk with God, a mini-breakthrough with more to come. And its really simple.

In the lift, I just called out to God, Simply put, I kept saying "Jesus.."
I called out in a way that I HAVE NEVER called out His name before.
and the presence of God was so strong that I teared in the lift. Man.. Actually the lift is one of my many secret places. I love the lift.

The simplicity of the name Jesus is so beautiful that I don't know how to describe it.
Can you imagine..
This is the name that is able to save..
This is the name that is able to heal the sick..
This is the name that is able to prosper someone.
This is the name that met needs.
This is the name that loves.

Can you imagine..

This is the name of God..

So many times we really took the name for granted.

Have we forgotten the simplicity of John 1:12

"yet to all who received him, to those who believed in His name,
he gave the right to become children of God."

And then I just sang in the Spirit.
Poh taught us this,

Why do we sing in the Spirit and its so beautiful?
Its because we have reached a point that no words can describe how awesome, how beautiful God is and how much we love Him.

Wow..
I love the name of Jesus

Sin?

“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

-Ps 139:23-24

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

- John 8:7-8

Guitar Lessons Starting

Starting From Today!!!
I will be teaching Praise and Worship guitar playing.
Guitar lessons will be held at my house every Thursdays, 7pm.
those who are interested. Do contact me.

I am not the best player around but I just wanna serve you