Personal Favourite Verses (NT)

Matthew 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

Mark 12:30-31 "And
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."

Luke 23:42-43 "And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

Acts 1:7-8 "He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

Romans 15:5-6 "May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!"

Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Philippians 1:6 "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."

Colossians 1:13-14 "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 "Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it."

2 Thessalonians 3:3 "But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one."

1 Timothy 4:12-13 "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching."

2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work."

Titus 2:11-12 "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age..."

Philemon 1:6 "And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ."

Hebrews 4:15 "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin."

James 3:17 "But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere."

1 Peter 3:7 "Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered."

2 Peter 1:3-4 "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire."

1 John 4:16;19 "God is love......We love because he first loved us."

2 John 1:6 "And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it."

3 John 1:11 "Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God."

Jude 1:23-25 "Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

Revelations 21:4; 22:7 "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away......And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book."

Biblical Hermeneutics (One Verse) and Personal Favourite Verses (OT)

Luke 24:27 "And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them all the Scriptures the things concerning himself [Jesus]."

Genesis 50:20 "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it
for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as
they are today."

Exodus 34:10 "And he said, "Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people
I will do marvels, such as have not been created in all the earth or in
any nation. And all the people among whom you are shall see the work of
the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you."

Leviticus 11:45 "For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of
Egypt to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy."

Numbers 18:29 "Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every
contribution due to the LORD; from each its best part is to be
dedicated."

Deuteronomy 6:5 "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."

Joshua 1:5b;9 "I will never leave you nor forsake you......Have I not
commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do
not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

Judges 2:18 "Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was
with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the
days of the judge. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning
because of those who afflicted and oppressed them."

Ruth 2:20 "And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by
the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi
also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our
redeemers."

1 Samuel 2:2 "There is no one holy like the LORD;
       there is no one besides you;
       there is no Rock like our God."

2 Samuel 22:2-4 "He said:
       "The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,
       my shield and the horn of my salvation.
He is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior—
       from violent men you save me.
I call to the LORD, who is worthy of praise,       
and I am saved from my enemies.

1 Kings 3:6 "And Solomon said, "You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because
he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in
uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great
and steadfast love and have given him a son to sit on his throne this day."

2 Kings 19:15-16;19 "And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: "O Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God......So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone."

1 Chronicles 28:9 "And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever."

2 Chronicles 36:15 "The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place."

Ezra 9:6;13;15 "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens......And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this......O LORD, the God of Israel, you are just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."

Nehemiah 1:4-11 (The whole prayer section)

Esther 4:13-16 "Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not think to yourself
that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other
Jews. For if you keep
silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from
another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who
knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for
three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you
do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

Job 1:21 "And he said, "Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

Psalm 73:25-26 "Whom have I in heaven but you?
   And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
  My flesh and my heart may fail,
   but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."

Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."

Ecclesiastes 5:2; 11:5 "Be not rash with your mouth, nor let your heart be hasty to utter a word
before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore let your words be few......As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything."

Song of Solomon 1:7b "Do not arouse or awake love until it so desires.

Isaiah 55 (The whole chapter)

Jeremiah 32:40 "I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me."

Lamentations 3:40 "Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!"

Ezekiel 36:25-27 "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you
a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove
the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules."

Daniel 4:35 "all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,
   and he does according to his will among the host of heaven
   and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and none can stay his hand
   or say to him, "What have you done?"

Hosea 14:9 "Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
   whoever is discerning, let him know them;
for the ways of the LORD are right,
   and the upright walk in them,
   but transgressors stumble in them."

Joel 2:13;28a "And rend your hearts and not your garments."
Return to the LORD your God,
    for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love;
    and he relents over disaster......And it shall come to pass afterward,
   that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh..."

Amos 8:11-12 "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord GOD,
   "when I will send a famine on the land—
not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,
   but of hearing the words of the LORD.
They shall wander from sea to sea,
   and from north to east;
they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the LORD,
   but they shall not find it."

Obadiah 1:18 "The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
   and the house of Joseph a flame,
   and the house of Esau stubble;
they shall burn them and consume them,
    and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau,
         for the LORD has spoken."

Jonah 2:9 "But I with the voice of thanksgiving
   will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    Salvation belongs to the LORD!"

Micah 5:3-5a "Therefore he shall give them up until the time
   when she who is in labor has given birth;
then the rest of his brothers shall return
   to the people of Israel.
And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD,
   in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God.
And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great
   to the ends of the earth.
And he shall be their peace."

Nahum...nothing yet.

Habakkuk 3:17-18 "Though the fig tree should not blossom,
   nor fruit be on the vines,
the produce of the olive fail
   and the fields yield no food,
the flock be cut off from the fold
   and there be no herd in the stalls,
  yet I will rejoice in the LORD;
   I will take joy in the God of my salvation."

Zephaniah 3:17 "The LORD your God is in your midst,
   a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
   he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing."

Haggai...nothing yet.

Zechariah 14:9 "And the LORD will be king over all the earth. On that day the LORD will be one and his name one."

Malachi 1:11 "For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be
great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to
my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the
nations, says the LORD of hosts."

Love

I put You in front of me, so everybody can see my Love, this is my Love.

Love is patient
Love is kind
It does not envy
It does not boast
It is not proud
It is not rude
It is not self-seeking
It is not easily angered
It keeps no record of wrongs
Love does not delight in evil
BUT rejoices with the truth
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
LOVE NEVER FAILS.

Regeneration with Jaeson Ma

If you were to ask me to fill you in what happened last night, then I'll say this, "I cannot explain it."
That moment was a powerful experience in which I can't explain UNLESS you were there.
Jaeson Ma preached a message that God is choosing Asia to fulfill the Great Commission.
We are to bring the Gospel "BACK TO JERUSALEM".
The thing that shock me the most is this...for those who are self-absorb like me, but I repent of that...
The question is NOT what God's will for me or what is MY will!
Or what can God do for me because He has already done it at the cross!
However, as I watched the God's movement around the world, especially in the 1040 window, the question is this...
How can I join God's movement?
I am sure most of you who are reading this are getting educated.
Medicine, Business, Science, Arts...etc...
God is equipping us so that He could SEND us to ministry.
We are called to fulfill the Great Commission.
For me, I don't know if I will be going to Asia as my ministry.
However, in workplace, that is my ministry.
Everywhere needs the gospel.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the
salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the
Gentile.
Asia is becoming like the churches in Acts, but even bigger.
First, 3000 got saved.
As Jaeson said, "There are 40,000 people being saved everyday in Asia."
Now, that is huge and big.
I got endurance...suffering...pain...PASSION.
I am being reminded about Passion.
If I am not willing to die for something, then I don't have much passion.
For the past year, I didn't have much passion because I had let that definition slipped away.
Being reminded about the Passion I have for Jesus has reminded me about my unsaved family and friends.
Jesus had passion for me.
He was willing to suffer the pain that I deserve to suffer.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that
we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds
you have been healed.
What a passion that Jesus had for the world.
How am I going join You, God?

Allergy

Allergy during the summer!?
Now that is a surprise.
It is actually a lot worse than spring.
There are no flowers blooming.
So what is the big deal?
Need to wear Sun Glasses wherever I go now.

The Calling

As I am staring at my Bible, I am pondering.
As I am staring at my research assignment, I am pondering.
Looking through different Bible colleges and universities lately.
What does that even mean?

Expressionist

It has been a week.

Not pretty used to it.

Last night, when I was coming home from Bubble Tea at around 12am, I suddenly realized she didn't call.

We probably won't talk on Sunday evenings anymore.

It happened so fast.

Thinking back from last week, it was a sudden shock to my nerve, yet I am not sad about it.

Give me Jesus. You can have all this world, but give me Jesus.

Casual Life and Happy Canada Day!

 Just now, I started re-reading Galatians and Proverbs.
I am slowly pacing my reading in Genesis because it is so important and deep
Not only were there much reminders when I read it again, but whenever I read the Scripture, the messages are so fresh as if I learned something new.

The past two days, I have been out a lot.
My brain was cracking up because I was so tired that I got home after 12am.
On Tuesday, I went to Kevin's place to watch Liar Game.
Liar Game is similar to Death Note.
Except, Death Note based more on life or death, while Liar Game is based more on money by deceiving people.
Too much commentary made by the group.
It is either Sam or Kevin who makes dumb comment.
Overall, I like Liar Game, except they use the Bible out of context.
I didn't drive my car, therefore, Alison and I had to go home by transit when mid-night almost hit.

Yesterday, I went to watch Toy Story 3...with four other ladies: Chi, Wanda, Alison, and Myra.
DUDE! Where are the guys!?!?!?
Apparently, the guys were busy and I was the only one available.
When I got to the movie theatre, I thought there was a long line-up for Toy Story 3.
However, it seemed that people were actually charging into the Twilight section.
Phew!
Afterward, Myra and Wanda had to leave.
Alison, Chi, and I, along with Amanda who came later, had dinner together at some Tofu Hot Pot.
Went to Metro and did a little bit of window shopping.
Observed Alison in how she did her grocery stalking.
Later on, I met up with JOanne because she was leaving for Singapore, and with James, Janelle, and Nicki.
 
Anyhow, sometimes I am a detailed blogger, but I haven't blog about my causal life for a while.
I do have some deep personal life in me, but I won't share them.
I have been praying hard to allow God work everything out for my future.
Two things I lifted up to God for my future: Career and Spouse.
Nothing less, but maybe more when stuff comes out.
For career path, I have been thinking about doing what I am studying in SIAT - Media Arts.
More joyfully, I love teaching the Bible and talk about it.
I love Jesus, I love reading His Words, I love praying, and I love serving Him in ministry by feeding His flocks.
Youth Ministry and Children Ministry are the areas in which I am serving at my own church.
I am very excited about that.
Today, I have been doing some preparation for Sunday school that I will be teaching.
Kids are from grade 4-6.
It is going to be interesting because the kids are expanding a lot.
More kids are coming out to learn about Jesus and are coming out to cause trouble for me, but I love them =)
I haven't officially taught the youth in the past.
I did teach the Trek at Awana during one or two of the seasons.
Leading a big group of kids (around 10 youth) can be challenging too.
It will be a re-building stage for the youth in helping them grow in spiritual maturity.
I do hope and pray that they will step up for leadership as a youth executive.

Anyhow, Happy Canada Day! So how old are you, Canada?