booya! firstly wanna say thanks to everyone who contributed to the funfair in any way! really appreciate your help..thank God for His providence although it rained! we raised $180 dollars in total, in case you were wondering, which is quite a good effort considering we didn’t have any start up costs. well done guys!

i really apologise for the delayed ASSes. but I hope that you guys have been seeking the Lord in your own good time! i meant to post this last night, but I SUPER SEH(till the point that I didn’t even know how tired I was till I got home) so forgive me.

here we go! I think there’s a dangerous point in christian living when we start asking ourselves: what now? what am I going to do today with God? let’s see. Prayer? Done that yesterday. Praise? Done on Sunday. Beatitudes? Done on Saturday. Alamak. What to do today ah?!

I guess when we face the above situation, we can only conclude that we aren’t doing our QT on a regular basis. Such that when we pick up the bible, and dust off the mites, we find ourselves at a lost at where to start. I pray that we don’t fall into this trap.

One of the reasons why we fall into the cycle of not doing our QT is that we let the disappointments of life get to us easily. Endless school work, projects, unreasonable bosses, tough army life, the list just keeps going on. Directionless, we fall into the temptation of taking things into our own hands and try to find a solution. But we fail to remember that just two words from the Lord make a WHOLE world of difference.

Three statements from the Lord “It is…” offer us reaasurance, comfort and hope that Jesus is more than enough. The first is found in Matthew 4, “It is written” (vv 4,7,10). In response to the three temptation of Satan, Jesus shows us proof that the Word of God is true and powerful enough to overcome any form of temptation and power.

(READ Matt 4: 4, 7, 10)

The second is found in Matt 14: 27, when Jesus assured His disciples that He alone is enough to calm the raging storms of our lives.

(READ Matt 14: 22-33)

The third and final one is on the cruel tree, the cross, where Jesus proclaimed “It is finished”. He assured us that His death sealed the debt we had to pay for our sins and set us free.

(READ John 19:30)

So if you’re feeling like you dunno what to talk to God today, or you can’t find any place to start, start with the “It is..” verses.

i’m thinking(and I feel lead too) of starting a series on ‘The Parables of Jesus’ by using ASS. Meaning, every week we will focus on one of the Parables of Jesus. We’ll study it closely and the lessons that we can learn from it. Watcha guys think about it?


Material adapted from “The Daily Bread”