Heart Of Praises

12.49 then 13.00 then 12.18...to pass 12.40. Thank God for His grace that allow me to get through my ippt, no need for RT since I managed to scrape through the skin of my teeth just 2 days b4 my bday. Was prepared to spend 20 sessions in RT already since my timing was 13.00 for last wk so what can 1 more wk do? This is my 3rd time trying...never had I had to take 3 times...really need to work on my fitness. Praise God! What a nice bday present! Was suffering from sore throat and was slightly under the weather b4 band prac...decided to go and trust God to provide healing...He came thro! Even went for buffet dinner afterwards :P. :)

'Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.' Hebrews 9:25-28 Thank you Jesus that my sins are forgiven once and for all that when You died on the cross 2000 years ago, You took ALL my sins and made me a new creation. I no longer have to worry whether I fall in and out of fellowship even when I sin because Your blood is greater than all my iniquities. I don't confess to be forgiven because I am already forgiven!! You said in Your word...

Don't you ever get moments when you are just thankful even though there are no recent external circumstances like promotion, pay raise or legitimate reasons? Its just this quiet assurance that you belong to Christ, the hope of glory. His amazing love and grace that render Him to die willing on the cross for my sins...through no fault of His, He gave the one perfect sacrifice that FAR outweighs the payment of my all sins because He is greater!! This love that compels me not towards sin but towards wanting to know Him more... 'Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?' Romans 2:4 'Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.' 1 Thess 5:18

Been trying to find an explanation for why Ananias and Sapphira fell dead when their lies were exposed by Peter, while Peter himself denied Jesus 3 times but yet was restored by Jesus after His resurrection. I cannot reconcile the 2 seeming disparities and was searching through the net to find what sits with what I know about God and His goodness, FINALLY...an excellent read below, taken from the source website.. K. _______________________________________________________________________ http://seeinggrace.com/blog/?p=25 Saints, Recently I had an exchange with a believer about Ananias and Sapphira. It was on my heart to share it with you guys. I hope it shines new light on the subject and blesses you guys! You’ll find the exchange below: Stephen: Heard some talk lately about God’s “judgment” in various forms and contexts. By basic response, without getting too deep, is that there’s no way God can judge us in the sense of punishment for sins and still keep His word under the new covenant...

Aptly, today's devotional on proverbs reveal these verses, interesting considering that L has an oral examination coming up and I have an interview tomorrow. Rather true too in reflection of my own journey with God thus far, He guides me in ALL things. The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. - Proverbs 16:1 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. - Proverbs 16:3 In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. - Proverbs 16:9

Once again I experienced the reality of this verse, I had forgotten to check some important details which might make it difficult for me to enter my next phase in my life but things worked in such a way that I happened to check and was able to rectify the problem beforehand. Also I thank God for the HDB flat that He has provided, such that the circumstances and conditions that the seller is looking for are also in line with us so that things fitted wonderfully. His affirmation and inner voice that L. heard was a timely reminder that in all things, we need to be patient and wait for His timing. Like Moses who had to be emptied of himself and he took 40 years to do so before God can use him for His purposes in his next 40 years. Keeping our fingers crossed that we won't have to wait 40 years for our flat... Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act. Don't worry about evil people who prosper or fret about their wicked schemes. - Psalm 37:7

Counting down to my Maldives trip with L in Dec. Even as I looked around trying to find an underwater camera combi to try taking underwater shots, there are so many choices and a limited budget. Wanted to get a Canon s90 as it was cheaper than a s95 but couldn't find any on Clubsnap, so got a s95 mint condition at quite a good price, next up went to find a underwater casing for my s95, contacted 1st seller as his price was cheaper but somehow due to time lag, I contacted the 2nd seller which turned out to be much better since the condition of the housing was almost mint, while it costs slightly more only compared to the 1st seller's price. It's things like these that I thank God for, both sellers coming to my area to do the deals and I don't really have to strive to get what I wanted and how the timing just coincides since it is hard to find both items at mint conditions for 2nd hand deals around the same period.