Greater Than These http://mejournals.com/speak What standards are you living on? Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 We Are Living to Make Your Name High! http://mejournals.com/speak/2010/03/13/we-are-living-to-make-your-name-high/ http://mejournals.com/speak/2010/03/13/we-are-living-to-make-your-name-high/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:03:47 +0000 JoFan http://mejournals.com/speak/?p=1086 Feel completely pumped up for the awesome day ahead with Your Name High playing on my comp as I woke up. The heart of the song really reminds me of my previous post. This should be the cry of our lives after the promises have been fulfiled upon that cross FOR US. Now it's our turn to use all we have all these riches and freedom that we're bless to make HIS name HIGH!

Our one desire... to praise You... and lift you up.. In our surrender...

We are living Your name high, Jesus You.. gave what the world couldn't offer us, say what they want, say what they want, we are free!! Woahh!!!

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He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
-Galatians 3:14

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
-Ephesians 1:13

From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another.
-John 1:16

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
-2 Peter 1:3

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
-John 1:12

Now if we are children, then we are heirs?heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
-Romans 8:17

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,
-Ephesians 2:6

And everyday we're sitting there praying BLESS US.. BLESS OUR DAY... BLESS THIS.. BLESS THAT.. BLESS OUR STUDIES... BLESS OUR whatever...

HELLO! They all prayed that in the OLD TESTAMENT (time before Jesus), God promised to bless Abraham and all his CHILDREN with everything that we're praying for God to BLESS US. JESUS REDEEMED ALL THAT through GRACE on the CROSS, with HIS BLOOD SHED FOR YOU. I dare you to check the Bible, nobody ever prayed such prayers after He was crucified and risen again. HE FULFILLED IT.

Just look at the verses, they're just SOME of the many of them.

Really.. think about it?

He has given us everything He promised, even as Gentiles. EVERYTHING that we can ever ask for. And yet we don't seem to know and get obsessed with ourselves asking for this for that little box of present, crying and begging and all that... and He goes like... "Dude, HAVE YOU EVER CHECKED THAT STORE ROOM? The one overflowing with EVERYTHING that I promised that has been given to you, have you used them? Have you realized how much you REALLY ALREADY HAVE? I mean.. DUDE.... I kinda gave you EVERYTHING? Even gave my one and only Son to fulfill that? And you're asking for that little box of.. whatever that is?? Errr.... wokayyyy.... I mean, it should already be there!"

Have we? Have we actually read ALL THE THINGS He has given to us. Do we know what authority we really have? Do we know what it means to be a co-heir with Christ? To be a CHILD of the CREATOR of the UNIVERSE?

Read your Bible! =)

Don't be like a person who buys an iPhone just to make calls and wondering everywhere else about how you can check maps portably and watch youtube videos or organize your schedules or get entertained while you're alone bored in a bus. Hello! You own a flippin iPhone! Use the APPS! Figure it out from there.

Isn't it time to start to really praise Him and ask how we can use what we are given to bless Him? To share His love to others? To bring them as well to be a part of this big fulfilled blessing? This hope and purpose we have in life? Well.. not a smooth sailing life, but a life worth living. =)

JoFan. Children of God, God BLESSED you.

PS: I love this song. THIS should be the heart of all our prayers.

Knees To The Earth-Watermark

Wonderful Savior
My heart belongs to Thee
I will remember always
The blood You shed for me
Wonderful Savior
My heart will know Your worth
So I will embrace You always
As I walk this earth

(chorus)
Be blessed, be loved, be lifted high
Be treasured here, be glorified
I owe my life to You oh Lord
Here I am

Beautiful Jesus
How may I bless Your heart?
Knees to the earth
I bow down to everything You are
Beautiful Jesus
You are my only worth
So I will embrace You always
As I walk this earth

(chorus 2x)

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Let love tear down the walls, let love build a strong glorious Kingdom.

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This is mere Harvard-worthy PROFESSIONALISM! Going well with his new 7 Hs to Heaven philosophy, a Nobel prize wannabe.

Too bad I handed in the paper with the essay question that CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER. Will DEFINITELY post it up when i get it back. =)

JoFan. See you in Harvard! =)

It's launched!! The Humblizer, Mr Wong KK's PROFESSIONAL Physics exam paper is finally released today!! Contents include HUMBLING questions, PROFESSIONAL diagrams.. and many HARVARDS more! Not to be left out, his newest character, Mr Humble Lifelong Learner adds on to the thrill and excitement as you sit for the paper. In short, this paper will definitely make you feel like you're at HARVARD! GET ONE NOW! =)
~ My PROFESSIONAL facebook status ~

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Often time we lose our way,
Hope is never too far away,
If you seek you WILL find your way.

So when you feel you need a dose of your 'drug' and no matter how much you take it you are not satisfied, you just seem to want more....

JoFan. Made for MORE.

If I find in myself desires nothing in this world can satisfy,
I can only conclude that I was not made for here
If the flesh that I fight is at best only light and momentary,
then of course I'll feel nude when to where I'm destined I'm compared

[CHORUS]
Speak to me in the light of the dawn
Mercy comes with the morning
I will sigh and with all creation groan as I wait for hope to come for me

Am I lost or just less found? On the straight or on the roundabout of the wrong way?
Is this a soul that stirs in me, is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?
'Cause my comfort would prefer for me to be numb
And avoid the impending birth of who I was born to become

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]
For we, we are not long here
Our time is but a breath, so we better breathe it
And I, I was made to live, I was made to love, I was made to know you
Hope is coming for me
Hope, He's coming

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Einstein came out with the relativity theory when he was 13. Braille created the alphabets for the blind when he was 16. Queen Esther saved the Jews when she was 14. Steven Speilberg published his first indi movie when he was 16. There are so many more examples. Point is, these people have changed the world and created history in one way or another.

Did you know that the word teenager only existed lately? Before that there were no such awkward stage in life and young people were practically DOING STUFF. Leading armies, founding new land, making a difference.

Just because we are now CATEGORIZED into a somewhat AWKWARD stage in life that doesn't really exist, doesn't mean the capabilities are missing. It's all in the mindset.

Think about it.

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I was studying 1 Timothy, it's been some time since I wanted to study that book, I recalled Rose saying how it's relevant to Youth Leaders, so yea.. I have been doing it and so I reached chapter 4 today. It was pretty interesting and relevant even for my not-so-awesome day today. It could basically be split into 3 sections but i won't go into it. Thing is, here I am looking at the famous chapter 4 with a new perspective. Pretty simple chapter, pretty big message. Go check it out people. =)

Oh yes, why was it famous? 1 Timothy 4: .... 12 remember? haha! yes.

So I went through a few versions from NIV, MESSAGE to AMPLIFIED. I wanted to know more about verse 12.

Two things captured my attention. A footnote to 1 Peter 5:3 and the MESSAGE version of the verse.

And don't let anyone put you down because you're young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, by love, by faith, by integrity. - 1 Timothy 4:12 (MSG)

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. - 1 Peter 5:3 (NIV)

- TEACH BELIEVERS WITH YOUR LIFE.

- BEING EXAMPLES TO THE FLOCK.

I kept thinking.

I don't know.

If that's an important part of leadership (by that, you're not excused coz everyone is a leader in some way or another in life), then am I a good example?

Food for thought for myself.

For you too. Are you a good example?

What are you gonna do about it?

Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever. - 1 Timothy 4:8 (MSG)

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DON'T let your LIGHTS GO DOWN

DON'T let your FIRE BURN OUT

somewhere, somebody NEEDS a reason to BELIEVE

Why don't you RISE UP now?

DON'T be AFRAID to STAND OUT

That's how the LOST get FOUND

The LOST get FOUNDDDD

Hello my friend
I remember when you were
So alive with your wide eyes
Then the light that you had in your heart was stolen
Now you say that it ain't worth stayin'
You wanna run but you're hesitatin'
I'm talkin' to me

Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

So when you get the chance
Are you gonna take it?
There's a really big world at your fingertips
And you know you have the chance to change it
There's a girl on the streets, she's cryin'
There's a man whose faith is dyin'
Love is calling you

Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

Why do we go with the flow
Or take an easier road?
Why are we playin' it safe?
Love came to show us the way
Love is a chance we should take
I'm movin' out of the way

Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
(Stand out)
Don't let your lights go down
Don't let your fire burn out
(Stand out)
somewhere, somebody needs a reason to believe
Why don't you rise up now?
Don't be afraid to stand out
That's how the lost get found
The lost get found

So when you get the chance
Are you gonna take it?
There's a really big world at your fingertips
And you know you have the chance to change it

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I miss orang asli villages already... I miss simplicity there... I miss the kids... I miss how inspiring people and life there can be, how almost everything I experience can keep me thinking, how much God can speak to me about my life, how He can use it... I miss ministering to them with a bunch of cool people with the same passion... And also.. the team members.. watching how they're lives are changed through the whole experience...

Too bad we can't go trips this year. Gahh..

Alex, call me ANYTIME after SPM. haha!

Well, it's a different environment and atmosphere, it's like a retreat. But as for now, my mission is RIGHT HERE! Everything I said I missed, it is ?happening too and it's great, God reveals Himself in wonderful ways.

Point is, to everyone.. IT doesn't end when a trip or a project ends, it GOES ON.. in a different setting, in fact one level up, a HARDER setting. It's just you, your life and everyBODY around it, with God above all. Are you taking up THIS MISSION TRIP? A pretty long one I must say..

As for those who haven't go for one, you have no idea how much you have yet to experience. So go for one!

JoFan. Missing real annoying living chickens as alarm clocks every morning.

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Well if you've watched the movie... the gateway that brought Percy and his friends to the underworld was at HOLLYWOOD. =P

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