You’re my angel

Watch this MV till the end

 

Open Arms

Wow this song really speaks to me, gotta get out of the comfort zone with open arms.

Michael W. Smith

Open Arms

Many people in the steeple
But no one leaves the walls
Quick to stand and speak all of their beliefs
Quick to leave you if you fall

Tell me where’s the love
It knows no boundaries
Tell me where’s the love, yeah, yeah
Open arms, we need to be open arms

Never judging, always loving
Needs to be what we become
Lifting up the lost, showing them the cross
Shining brightly like the sun

Tell me where’s the love
It knows no boundaries
Tell me where’s the love, yeah, yeah
Open arms, we need to be open arms, yeah

Tell me where’s the love
It knows no boundaries
Tell me where’s the love, yeah, yeah
Open arms, we need to be open arms, oh yeah
And everybody sing

Open arms, we need to be open arms
And the whole world sing
Open arms, we need to be open arms

 

Deceiving Ourselves

The Devil doesn’t have to work hard to deceive us, we do a great job all by ourselves!

I believe the Lord is challenging all of us who are self deceived to WAKE UP!

But how could anyone be self deceived?  How is it possible to deceive ourselves?  Surely we know everything about ourselves and it would be impossible to deceive ourselves.  Maybe we can deceive others about our Christian faith from time to time but DECEIVING OURSELVES, come on!  This would be like playing a game with ourselves, wouldn’t it?  Is there Biblical evidence about this?  Well, let me start with a few Bible verses; this is a good place to start.

James 1:22 warns:
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (NIV)

So YES, it appears we can deceive ourselves.  What an important truth this verse is.  We can deceive ourselves into thinking that merely hearing the Word of God is enough.  In reality merely hearing the Word of God is no where near enough!  So those of us who fill ourselves with the Word of God and don’t apply it to our lives and don’t do what it says are living deceived; we are living a lie.  We can say the Devil didn’t deceive us; we deceived ourselves! We are playing games with ourselves.  We aren’t being honest with ourselves.  The Word of God is not being allowed to do what it always does and that is, bringing repentance and change and action.  The Word of God always challenges and always demands a response. So those who merely hear the Word of God and don’t do what it says, sit in there own deception.  The Devil doesn’t have to worry about us at all because we are asleep in our comfy chair.

1 Cor 3:18 warns:
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a “fool” so that he may become wise. (NIV)

So we can deceive ourselves about the estimate of our wisdom.  What is this?  This is perhaps the number one killer of the Lord working in our lives.  It is pride coming in, it is pride in our own wisdom.  In Obadiah’s vision in verse 3 of Obadiah it says, “The pride of your heart has deceived you“.  This is very interesting, THE PRIDE IN OUR HEARTS DECEIVES US.  We can be blinded and deceived by our pride. ‘If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself’. (Gal 6:3)

Here is another area where we deceive ourselves, James 1:26 warns:
26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. NIV

We deceive ourselves about our faith and our right standing with God when we don’t control our tongue, that is, we use our tongues for slandering, gossip, grumbling and discouragement.  If we don’t control our tongue our ‘religion’ or faith is useless or worthless. Prov 15:4 says The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit. The James quote isn’t complete without looking at Verse 27 as it defines what what true ‘religion’ (true faith) is… 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. NIV

Source: http://enlightenedhope.com

 

Jesus Take The Wheel

And for the first time in a long time
She bowed her head to pray
She said I’m sorry for the way
I’ve been living my life

I know I’ve got to change
So from now on tonight

Jesus, take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can’t do this on my own

I’m letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I’m on

Oh Jesus, take the wheel

 

Held

 

How Much Do You Really Need?

There is a wonderful story by Leo Tolstoy, written in 1886.  The much shortened details go something like this:

There once was a peasant named Pahom who worked hard and honestly for his family, but had no land of his own.  By scrimping and saving, he managed to buy 40 acres of land.  He grew his own hay, cut his own trees, and fed his own cattle.  Then he heard about land in a neighboring territory where the land was so good that rye grew as high as a horse.

Pahom’s heart was filled with new desire.  So he bought land here and was ten times wealthier than he had been.  Then one day a passing merchant told Pahom that he had purchased thirteen thousand acres of rich land for only one thousand rubles.  Pahom traveled more than three hundred miles to this rich land to explore for himself.  The chief of the land told him the price was always the same:  one thousand rubles a day.  As much land as you can walk around in a day is yours and the price is one thousand rubles.

The next day Pahom began at daybreak.  He walked toward the rising sun, moving quickly through the lush countryside.  He sparingly drank his water and ate his bread to keep himself refreshed.

Several times he saw areas that he knew would do well and added them to his circle.  But now his feet were sore, he was exhausted from the heat, and his legs began to fail.  Still he walked on.

Now the sun was close to the rim and was about to set but he was also quite near his aim.  Just a little more land and he would hurry back to the starting point.  He added a small pond and a few trees he knew would add to his wealth and his family would enjoy.  He ran on, throwing off his coat, his boots, his flask and his cap.  He gathered his last strength and ran on.  As he neared the final goal, his legs gave way beneath him, and he fell forward and clasped the goal marker in his hands.

His servant came running up and tried to raise him, but he saw that blood was flowing from his mouth.   Pahom was dead!  His servant picked up a spade and dug a grave long enough for Pahom to lie in.  Six feet from his head to his heels was all he needed.

Sometimes our quest for more defies common sense.  Guard against being so busy making a living that you end up not having a life.

From the Bible:

“A rich man’s land was very productive.  He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?  I will do this,’ he said.  ‘I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods there.   Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years.  Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’’’  “But God said to him, ‘You fool!  This very night your life is demanded of you.  And the things you have prepared – whose will they be?”

“That’s how it is with the one who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”  Luke 12: 16-21 (HCSB)

Direction for Today:

Is your desire for more an attempt to help others more or just to accumulate more?

Source : http://www.crosswalk.com/careers/11548416/

 

退后

Jay Chou

 

对你有感觉

对你有感觉

光良+江美琪

 

你不是真正的快樂

你不是真正的快樂

五月天

 

可不可以愛我

盧學叡

 

Touch My Hand

Touch My hand

by

David Archuleta

 

Tell me it’s the real thing

Bo Bice – The Real Thing

Every word I say, I mean it
Every single day, I feel it

But sometimes when you talk
It’s obvious you want to show it
So don’t blow it

[Chorus:]
Tell me what we got, tell me it’s a lot tell me it’s the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that’s a good thing
It’s a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it’s fate driving me insane
Tell me it’s the real thing
That keeps me hangin on

I can read the signs between us
I feel it inside when you come nearer
There’s a stillness in the air like no one else is there
And every moment stays in the moment
Yeah

[Chorus:]

Sometimes it hurts to watch you leave
It feels like you’re taking a part of me with you
I never know how it’ll be
I guess it’s just a mystery
But is it the real thing (that keeps me hangin on)

[Chorus:]

Tell me what we got, tell me it’s a lot, tell me it’s the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that’s a good thing
It’s a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it’s fate, driving me insane
Tell me it’s the real thing
The real thing

 

Emmanuel

The lyric of these song speaks to me and made me realize many things …… How bout you ? Have a look

Who are we
That You would be mindful of us
What do You see
That’s worth looking our way
We are free
In ways that we never should be
Sweet release
From the grip of these chains
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing

Chorus
All that is within me cries
For You alone be glorified
Emmanuel
God with us
My heart sings a brand new song
The debt is paid these chains are gone
Emmanuel
God with us

Lord You know
Our hearts don’t deserve Your glory
Still You show
A love we cannot afford
Like hinges straining from the weight
My heart no longer can keep from singing

Chorus

Such a tiny offering compared to Calvary
Nevertheless we lay it at Your feet
Such a tiny offering compared to Calvary
Nevertheless we lay it at Your feet

Chorus

Mercy Me

God With Us

 

Who Crucified Jesus?

When looking at Rembrandt’s painting of The Three Crosses, your attention is drawn first to the cross on which Jesus died. Then as you look at the crowd gathered around the foot of that cross, you are impressed by the various facial expressions and actions of the people involved in the awful crime of crucifying the Son of God. Finally, your eyes drift to the edge of the painting to catch sight of another figure, almost hidden in the shadows. Some art critics say this is a representation of Rembrandt himself, for he recognized that by his sins he helped nail Jesus to the cross.

Someone has said, “It is a simple thing to say that Christ died for the sins of the world. It is quite another thing to say that Christ died for my sins. . . . It is a shocking thought that we can be as indifferent as Pilate, as scheming as Caiaphas, as callous as the soldiers, as ruthless as the mob, or as cowardly as the disciples. It wasn’t just what they did—it was I who nailed Him to the tree. I crucified the Christ of God. I joined the mockery.”

Place yourself in the shadows with Rembrandt. You too are standing there. But then recall what Jesus said as He hung on that cross, “Father, forgive them.” Thank God, that includes you and me.  — Henry G. Bosch

Behold the Savior of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee! —Wesley

The cross of Christ reveals the love of God at its best and the sin of the world at its worst.

http://www.rbc.org/odb/odb.shtml

 

Saviour King

As Easter is approaching, and I think this is a very appropriate song for each and everyone of us as we re-examine our relationship with God and our daily walk with him. Will let the music speak to you. Enjoy

Saviour King
by
Hillsong United