Happy Sunday to all of you out there.
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Today's teaching in the church is really great. The priest touched my heart because what he has said is reality that we everyday do. The priest stressed on the phrase, "You cannot see the beautiful mercy of God unless you experienced the misery of sin."
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It's true and I totally agree with it. We human tend not to appreciate things until we realize that we are losing it. God was always with us no matter during happy time or hard time. But us human, will only look for God when we are in hard time. We should reconsider that kind of attitude if we really wanted to be saved.
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Denial. That was the word used by the priest in his sermon. We always hide ourselves from realizing that we are actually committing sin. It is just because of the comfortable and temporary happiness that make us purposely forget things that we should or should not do. Those free thinkers are one of the example given of self denial people. They think that they are the God to themselves. They think too high of themselves which will lead to a lot of bad habits due to pride. When we always remind ourselves that there are greater power taking care of us, automatically humbleness will comes in.
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We will reap the same things that we have planted. If you planted corn, in the end, you will reap corn. There is no way for you to plant grape and reaping apple during harvest time. Same concept applied to our life. If we are planting mercy in our life, we will also obtain mercy from God. So be careful on what you are planting today. If you think that what you are planting is not good, better start to re-plant it. Change to better things. It will never be too late as long as you are still breathing.
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Our soul will feel intense pain even more than our physical body can experience. Pain in our flesh is just temporary but pain in our soul will remain forever. Being in hell will give the pain to our soul. So do you want to go there?
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Repentance starts from our heart and soul. When we repent for all the sin we have done, we should feel sorrow in our heart. Tears will surely coming out from our eyes thinking of all the bad things we had done. Remember this, if we are not crying in this world, we will cry later in hell. Tears is not allowed in Heaven so if you are crying after-death, you know where is your location at that time.
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You can still choose your path NOW. Young age does not mean that you have more time to enjoy before getting back on track. Death can come anytime. We cannot escape death, judgment, heaven or hell. So stop being denial. Open your blind eyes and see.
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It's time for us to calibrate our destination in life.
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Regards,
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Timben
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Balance of life
Good day..
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For Malaysian I want to say, "Happy 47th Malaysia Day". Keep our patriotism spirit high.
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In this meaningful day in remembrance, I would like to share my opinion about balancing our life. There are many things in life that we can experience. Even more than what we can take during our life. All we can do is to maximize our exposure to these experiences. Everyone have their own priority in life. Some people will tend to involve more in indoor activities and the other will do outdoor activities. That's why life is so colorful.
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But, we should try those things that we don't think that we like it. We need to broaden our experience. We should be moderate in everything that we do. There will be times when we are too excited until we feel that we could spend our entire life to do that one thing only. Every time we have that feeling, bear in mind that it is just due to the effect of hormones in our body. Once the hormone is gone, you will feel nothing.
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It's different if you are having passion about some things that you do. That will be longer lasting one. We'll talk about that some time later.
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So the message that I want to share in this post is about being able to try a lot of different things (inside or outside our favorite list) and moderate in everything that we do. Life might be like a wave. Sometime we are at the top and sometime at the bottom. Design one back up plan for different times in our life and we will still be able to feel happy even during sad time. It's all inside us. We are special. ^_^
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Regards,
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Timben
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For Malaysian I want to say, "Happy 47th Malaysia Day". Keep our patriotism spirit high.
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In this meaningful day in remembrance, I would like to share my opinion about balancing our life. There are many things in life that we can experience. Even more than what we can take during our life. All we can do is to maximize our exposure to these experiences. Everyone have their own priority in life. Some people will tend to involve more in indoor activities and the other will do outdoor activities. That's why life is so colorful.
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But, we should try those things that we don't think that we like it. We need to broaden our experience. We should be moderate in everything that we do. There will be times when we are too excited until we feel that we could spend our entire life to do that one thing only. Every time we have that feeling, bear in mind that it is just due to the effect of hormones in our body. Once the hormone is gone, you will feel nothing.
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It's different if you are having passion about some things that you do. That will be longer lasting one. We'll talk about that some time later.
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So the message that I want to share in this post is about being able to try a lot of different things (inside or outside our favorite list) and moderate in everything that we do. Life might be like a wave. Sometime we are at the top and sometime at the bottom. Design one back up plan for different times in our life and we will still be able to feel happy even during sad time. It's all inside us. We are special. ^_^
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Regards,
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Timben
Sunday, September 12, 2010
You're lost, now I have found you
Happy Sunday,
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How are you today? I hope that peace will always be with you.
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Today's reading is really good. It gives hope to us sinners. Are you a sinners? Well, I admit that I am in the sinners' list. First thing to reach repentance is to admit oneself as a sinner. It's not the end of the world if you do mistake in life. But there will be no salvation for those who always thinks that they never did anything wrong in their life. I can say that they are 100% wrong because nobody is perfect in this universe. They are just being ignorance. Bad for them.
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In the reading we understand how God really stressing on repentance. It is turning back to God after we do wrong. Change our state from lost to found. God will go out and look for us whenever we are lost. As long as we are not with intention planing to runaway from God, we will be saved. "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost." Even though the Shepherd has 100 sheep and only 1 is missing, He will still go out and risk His own life to find that one sheep. The joy of founding the sheep back is extremely joyous and life saving moment.
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But it is normal that there will be another party/people who will be looking you as the problem of their community just because of your history. They are actually the one need to be save. Do not let this kind of people stop you from turning back to God. If they really understand God's teaching, they will accept you with open heart. Let God deal with our past, it's not our duty to judge others. They should look the best side in everyone. God bless them.
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But then, don't misused this information. I know that we are all given a brain to think and do not use this knowledge as platform for us planning to be sinners as we know that God will always accept us back. He always looking at us every second of our life. He knows what we are planning for even before we start to think about it. So be extra careful with what you are planning out there. ^_^.
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All the best to you and me.
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God bless us.
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Regards,
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Timben
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How are you today? I hope that peace will always be with you.
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Today's reading is really good. It gives hope to us sinners. Are you a sinners? Well, I admit that I am in the sinners' list. First thing to reach repentance is to admit oneself as a sinner. It's not the end of the world if you do mistake in life. But there will be no salvation for those who always thinks that they never did anything wrong in their life. I can say that they are 100% wrong because nobody is perfect in this universe. They are just being ignorance. Bad for them.
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In the reading we understand how God really stressing on repentance. It is turning back to God after we do wrong. Change our state from lost to found. God will go out and look for us whenever we are lost. As long as we are not with intention planing to runaway from God, we will be saved. "Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost." Even though the Shepherd has 100 sheep and only 1 is missing, He will still go out and risk His own life to find that one sheep. The joy of founding the sheep back is extremely joyous and life saving moment.
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But it is normal that there will be another party/people who will be looking you as the problem of their community just because of your history. They are actually the one need to be save. Do not let this kind of people stop you from turning back to God. If they really understand God's teaching, they will accept you with open heart. Let God deal with our past, it's not our duty to judge others. They should look the best side in everyone. God bless them.
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But then, don't misused this information. I know that we are all given a brain to think and do not use this knowledge as platform for us planning to be sinners as we know that God will always accept us back. He always looking at us every second of our life. He knows what we are planning for even before we start to think about it. So be extra careful with what you are planning out there. ^_^.
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All the best to you and me.
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God bless us.
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Regards,
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Timben
Friday, September 10, 2010
Are we blind?
Good day to all,
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It's a good and peaceful day today. Thanks to God because we are able to read this blog. That means our eyes are working well. At least we can still see and read even though we are wearing spectacles/contact lenses. What about those who cannot see? The world is dark for them. There is no light signal can go through the nerve system going to their brain.
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In the reading, Jesus mentioned about, "the blind lead the blind". Do you think they are really blind like cannot see light from the lamp? No no. It's not that type of blind. That is physically blind. Jesus is talking about those who is blind at heart. They cast themselves away from the Salvation of God. Furthermore, they are trying to lure others to follow them. So mean. The process of luring others to join the blind-at-heart people is the what Jesus mentioned as "The blind leading the blind." Where can they go? They will move towards the wrong direction. They thought they are right until some unwanted things happen. That is what Jesus meant by "fall into a pit."
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Some more about people behavior. Yelling at others' mistakes while themselves are also the same or even worst. People hardly wanting to look whether themselves are doing right or not. But when it comes to accusing others, talk bad things about them, judge others, they are the best. This type of people we can call them hypocrite. Before judging others, we must first judge ourselves. Look into thyself and learn how to continuously improve. If we are not okay, please don't judge other people. By judging others even though we are also having problem is showing others how plastic we are. I know that we don't like people to judge us by the outside appearance, so, stop doing that also. Be aware on what comes out from our mouth as there are no reverse-gear for it. Once it's out, it will go out and spread like a virus.
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What can we talk or teach to others? We can teach others things that we had already taught to ourselves. We already put it into practice and it is proven to be effective. That is the thing for us to share to others. We can guide them. Bringing them to see clear vision of where we are going to go. Give them proper direction and teach them how to walk. That's the basic concept of leadership which applies to all type of organizations. Interconnection between Leaders and Followers. Two way communications and open discussion. That is the main recipe of success in every organization.
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We have this tendency to look at people the way we saw from the outside. Please remember that we are normal human being. We cannot see what is inside of the person. It is not fair to conclude just from the exterior looks. Yeah I know, first impression is bla bla bla. But, that is psychology of the weak. Which they are lazy to think and analyze. Looking from many perspectives. Put themselves in the shoe of the others before making any conclusion. First impression is used for fast filtering process but it is not necessarily appropriate. Sometime, with this kind of method, they will grab the pretty glasses and let loose the dirty diamonds. When we want to do early conclusion, always start with "looking the best of others." Human concept is that everyone is actually the best. The different is only on what field he/she might be the best. When someone had been rejected during an interview, there are only 2 reason. One, the interviewer is blind. Two, your "best" field is not with the company.
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One last thing in this blog for today. Whatever we give to others, it will come back to us someday. If good is what you did, you should be proud of it. If it is on the other side, start to change direction NOW as He is watching you. ^_^. This message is for you and for me as well.
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Thanks for your eyes to read this blog.
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Regards,
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Timben
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It's a good and peaceful day today. Thanks to God because we are able to read this blog. That means our eyes are working well. At least we can still see and read even though we are wearing spectacles/contact lenses. What about those who cannot see? The world is dark for them. There is no light signal can go through the nerve system going to their brain.
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In the reading, Jesus mentioned about, "the blind lead the blind". Do you think they are really blind like cannot see light from the lamp? No no. It's not that type of blind. That is physically blind. Jesus is talking about those who is blind at heart. They cast themselves away from the Salvation of God. Furthermore, they are trying to lure others to follow them. So mean. The process of luring others to join the blind-at-heart people is the what Jesus mentioned as "The blind leading the blind." Where can they go? They will move towards the wrong direction. They thought they are right until some unwanted things happen. That is what Jesus meant by "fall into a pit."
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Some more about people behavior. Yelling at others' mistakes while themselves are also the same or even worst. People hardly wanting to look whether themselves are doing right or not. But when it comes to accusing others, talk bad things about them, judge others, they are the best. This type of people we can call them hypocrite. Before judging others, we must first judge ourselves. Look into thyself and learn how to continuously improve. If we are not okay, please don't judge other people. By judging others even though we are also having problem is showing others how plastic we are. I know that we don't like people to judge us by the outside appearance, so, stop doing that also. Be aware on what comes out from our mouth as there are no reverse-gear for it. Once it's out, it will go out and spread like a virus.
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What can we talk or teach to others? We can teach others things that we had already taught to ourselves. We already put it into practice and it is proven to be effective. That is the thing for us to share to others. We can guide them. Bringing them to see clear vision of where we are going to go. Give them proper direction and teach them how to walk. That's the basic concept of leadership which applies to all type of organizations. Interconnection between Leaders and Followers. Two way communications and open discussion. That is the main recipe of success in every organization.
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We have this tendency to look at people the way we saw from the outside. Please remember that we are normal human being. We cannot see what is inside of the person. It is not fair to conclude just from the exterior looks. Yeah I know, first impression is bla bla bla. But, that is psychology of the weak. Which they are lazy to think and analyze. Looking from many perspectives. Put themselves in the shoe of the others before making any conclusion. First impression is used for fast filtering process but it is not necessarily appropriate. Sometime, with this kind of method, they will grab the pretty glasses and let loose the dirty diamonds. When we want to do early conclusion, always start with "looking the best of others." Human concept is that everyone is actually the best. The different is only on what field he/she might be the best. When someone had been rejected during an interview, there are only 2 reason. One, the interviewer is blind. Two, your "best" field is not with the company.
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One last thing in this blog for today. Whatever we give to others, it will come back to us someday. If good is what you did, you should be proud of it. If it is on the other side, start to change direction NOW as He is watching you. ^_^. This message is for you and for me as well.
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Thanks for your eyes to read this blog.
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Regards,
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Timben
Accept responsibilities given by God
Shalom,
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I would like to take this opportunity to greet all my Muslim friends out there "Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri". Even though we have different belief, we must have strong respect in each other.
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Back to my sharing for today. It's about "responsibility". Sometime we will receive unexpected responsibility. Just because it's unexpected, we should not immediately reject it. We should take time to think and give decision not too soon and not too late. Like Mary when the Angel came to her and told Her about a good news. She will conceive the Son of God. In an instance, just milisecond after the Angel told Her about that news, do you think Mary became happy or sad? She took some time to think about it. At that few seconds of Her life, she consider everything, including her condition that is still a virgin. She thought about how the community would look at Her and Her families. She thought about how to survive and raise the Child for She is still a teenager.
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But then, one thing had helped Her to say "Yes". It's Her faith in God. She believes that God has plan for Her. All She had to do was to agree and accept the responsibilities.
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Do you think it is easy to accept such responsibility? Put yourself in Mary's position at that time. Without enough faith, you will unable to agree with it. It's not just about that type of responsibilities. Let's talk about small responsibility like praying to God. Can we do it everyday with open heart? I bet we can. If we have genuine faith in Him our God. Just remember this. Our God died for us on the cross. To save us from the grasp of sin.
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Whenever we receive any duty, think. Give your reply not too soon nor not too late. If we give answer too soon, people would think that we do not think at all. If we give the answer too late, it might be the responsibility will slip away. Who knows it will be our opportunity to be a better person through experience.
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Let us make Mary as our model of faith. To accept responsibility that is beyond our understanding is sure hard. All we need to do is to put some faith in it after thinking about it for a while.
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Let's us consider this as a thinking moment.
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Best regards,
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Timben
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I would like to take this opportunity to greet all my Muslim friends out there "Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidilfitri". Even though we have different belief, we must have strong respect in each other.
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Back to my sharing for today. It's about "responsibility". Sometime we will receive unexpected responsibility. Just because it's unexpected, we should not immediately reject it. We should take time to think and give decision not too soon and not too late. Like Mary when the Angel came to her and told Her about a good news. She will conceive the Son of God. In an instance, just milisecond after the Angel told Her about that news, do you think Mary became happy or sad? She took some time to think about it. At that few seconds of Her life, she consider everything, including her condition that is still a virgin. She thought about how the community would look at Her and Her families. She thought about how to survive and raise the Child for She is still a teenager.
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But then, one thing had helped Her to say "Yes". It's Her faith in God. She believes that God has plan for Her. All She had to do was to agree and accept the responsibilities.
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Do you think it is easy to accept such responsibility? Put yourself in Mary's position at that time. Without enough faith, you will unable to agree with it. It's not just about that type of responsibilities. Let's talk about small responsibility like praying to God. Can we do it everyday with open heart? I bet we can. If we have genuine faith in Him our God. Just remember this. Our God died for us on the cross. To save us from the grasp of sin.
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Whenever we receive any duty, think. Give your reply not too soon nor not too late. If we give answer too soon, people would think that we do not think at all. If we give the answer too late, it might be the responsibility will slip away. Who knows it will be our opportunity to be a better person through experience.
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Let us make Mary as our model of faith. To accept responsibility that is beyond our understanding is sure hard. All we need to do is to put some faith in it after thinking about it for a while.
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Let's us consider this as a thinking moment.
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Best regards,
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Timben
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Bad, Change and Regret...
Hi,
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I saw one drama in television about a mother and her daughter. Once she was a bad person who likes to scold her daughter and forcing her daughter to do what she wanted. .
Until one day, her daughter caught in an accident and passed away. This makes the mother have a change in heart. 360 degree change. Since that day, she never being bad and never force people to do things her way. This behavior of her causing people starts to step on her head and starts to do bad things to her. She never fight back as she would do before her daughter died. Now, she is just a quiet person.
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She has a son. This time, she let her son do whatever he wanted to. This son of her look at this as an opportunity for him to do whatever he wanted to. Because of no control by her mother, this boy grow to be a bad person and doing a lot of bad stuffs. Until one day, he involved in a big fight and was beaten to his death.
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Now this mother had been caught in between. Being forceful cause her daughter's death and not being forceful had caused her son die. Now she felt regret and don't know what to do.
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For me, the best way to manage this problem is to be moderate. Being not too forceful yet too flexible. There are time for everything. It's a matter of how we get the timing right. Somethings need us to be forceful for example, directing our children to study.
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Take your time to think about this.
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All the best,
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Regards,
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Timben
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I saw one drama in television about a mother and her daughter. Once she was a bad person who likes to scold her daughter and forcing her daughter to do what she wanted. .
Until one day, her daughter caught in an accident and passed away. This makes the mother have a change in heart. 360 degree change. Since that day, she never being bad and never force people to do things her way. This behavior of her causing people starts to step on her head and starts to do bad things to her. She never fight back as she would do before her daughter died. Now, she is just a quiet person.
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She has a son. This time, she let her son do whatever he wanted to. This son of her look at this as an opportunity for him to do whatever he wanted to. Because of no control by her mother, this boy grow to be a bad person and doing a lot of bad stuffs. Until one day, he involved in a big fight and was beaten to his death.
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Now this mother had been caught in between. Being forceful cause her daughter's death and not being forceful had caused her son die. Now she felt regret and don't know what to do.
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For me, the best way to manage this problem is to be moderate. Being not too forceful yet too flexible. There are time for everything. It's a matter of how we get the timing right. Somethings need us to be forceful for example, directing our children to study.
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Take your time to think about this.
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All the best,
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Regards,
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Timben
The Disciples
Good day.
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Today, the reading told us how Jesus could "Pray all night". Translated into hours of prayers. This is time when He can communicate with God in Heaven. It's a time of peace and tranquility. This is the time when our mind, body and soul combine into one. Good idea will flow like rivers flowing filled with water. The challenge on people nowadays is on the issue of, "not enough time" for everything. When asked to pray, they say, "Yes I know that praying is good but what to do, I am busy." or "My boss asked me to do a lot of works!" (Even blame others for they own weakness). Man, please~ I tell you, and I tell myself also, that, there are no such thing as no time to pray. Be honest and just say that you are actually lazy. Don't forget, God give you life and He can take it anytime and anyway He wanted it to be. You must pray. Don't care if it is just a short while, as long as you are sincere with it. Communicate with your creator and He will give your ideas on how to complete the tasks given by your boss. ^_-.
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Peter,Andrew,James,John,Philip,Bartholomew,Matthew,Thomas,James son of Alphaeus,Simon,Judas son of James,Judas Iscariot. These guys are very lucky to be selected by Jesus as His disciples and companions. Together they do wonders on the life of many people. Jesus had guide them into a very good way of living. Spread the good news of God and live simple. People choose them who do not have anything to brag about. They are no-one in the eyes of those "some-one" at that time. But in the eyes of Jesus, they are hidden diamonds to be polished.
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Crowds at that time are very keen just to touch Jesus. He got this healing aura around Him. Those who touch Him will be healed physically and spiritually. "Lord, only say the word and I shall be healed." The faith that can heal us. Believe in God and you will be able to see His miracles in you and your surrounding. Go and sought to touch Him in your heart.
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Which side do you stand on right now? Doubt or Faith? Go for the faith and eternal life shall be yours. Same decision is mine to take. Let us together have faith in God our creator. It may be hard but it's not impossible if we can spend time to pray everyday. Prayer can be in many form. You can do your prayers through singing, poems, reading and even blogging. Our world has been modernized so we should be up-to-date.
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All the best in your prayer life,
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Regards,
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Timben
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Today, the reading told us how Jesus could "Pray all night". Translated into hours of prayers. This is time when He can communicate with God in Heaven. It's a time of peace and tranquility. This is the time when our mind, body and soul combine into one. Good idea will flow like rivers flowing filled with water. The challenge on people nowadays is on the issue of, "not enough time" for everything. When asked to pray, they say, "Yes I know that praying is good but what to do, I am busy." or "My boss asked me to do a lot of works!" (Even blame others for they own weakness). Man, please~ I tell you, and I tell myself also, that, there are no such thing as no time to pray. Be honest and just say that you are actually lazy. Don't forget, God give you life and He can take it anytime and anyway He wanted it to be. You must pray. Don't care if it is just a short while, as long as you are sincere with it. Communicate with your creator and He will give your ideas on how to complete the tasks given by your boss. ^_-.
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Peter,Andrew,James,John,Philip,Bartholomew,Matthew,Thomas,James son of Alphaeus,Simon,Judas son of James,Judas Iscariot. These guys are very lucky to be selected by Jesus as His disciples and companions. Together they do wonders on the life of many people. Jesus had guide them into a very good way of living. Spread the good news of God and live simple. People choose them who do not have anything to brag about. They are no-one in the eyes of those "some-one" at that time. But in the eyes of Jesus, they are hidden diamonds to be polished.
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Crowds at that time are very keen just to touch Jesus. He got this healing aura around Him. Those who touch Him will be healed physically and spiritually. "Lord, only say the word and I shall be healed." The faith that can heal us. Believe in God and you will be able to see His miracles in you and your surrounding. Go and sought to touch Him in your heart.
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Which side do you stand on right now? Doubt or Faith? Go for the faith and eternal life shall be yours. Same decision is mine to take. Let us together have faith in God our creator. It may be hard but it's not impossible if we can spend time to pray everyday. Prayer can be in many form. You can do your prayers through singing, poems, reading and even blogging. Our world has been modernized so we should be up-to-date.
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All the best in your prayer life,
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Regards,
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Timben
Monday, September 6, 2010
Looking deep inside the movie..
Just now I watched one China movie starred and directed by Stephen Chow by the title of "Shaolin Soccer". This movie is not new as it was shown in the cinema during 2001. This is a comedy movie but if we really look beyond what is appearing in our physical eye, there are important lessons inside this movie.
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I got 2 messages that for me is a life changing lessons.
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Number one is about using Tai Chi style to defeat the strong. I learn from "Ah Mui" the Tai Chi girl. How she use the strength of opponents to create a powerful spinning ball for Sing to kick and use that power to defeat the opponents. This shows that us human can use not our own energy to create winning in our life. All we need is some skill to develop and the ability to believe. Use the power around us into good use. God will help those who have faith in themselves.
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Number two is about "Old Shoe". Don't forget that our old shoes have brought us to what we are today. In the movie, the old shoes had been repaired by "Ah Mui" many times because she realize that the shoe is what bringing Sing to success. At first, Sing didn't realize the important of the shoe until the last match where his new shoe let him down and "Ah Mui" the repaired old shoes for him to wear for his winning kick. I am not saying that we should not change our shoes if it got damaged. Just that, don't forget where we are coming from and appreciate the pass for bringing us to be what we are today. If we can appreciate the pass, we will be able to cherish present and creating better future.
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I need sleep now. All the best to you and God be with you always.
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Regards,
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Timben
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I got 2 messages that for me is a life changing lessons.
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Number one is about using Tai Chi style to defeat the strong. I learn from "Ah Mui" the Tai Chi girl. How she use the strength of opponents to create a powerful spinning ball for Sing to kick and use that power to defeat the opponents. This shows that us human can use not our own energy to create winning in our life. All we need is some skill to develop and the ability to believe. Use the power around us into good use. God will help those who have faith in themselves.
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Number two is about "Old Shoe". Don't forget that our old shoes have brought us to what we are today. In the movie, the old shoes had been repaired by "Ah Mui" many times because she realize that the shoe is what bringing Sing to success. At first, Sing didn't realize the important of the shoe until the last match where his new shoe let him down and "Ah Mui" the repaired old shoes for him to wear for his winning kick. I am not saying that we should not change our shoes if it got damaged. Just that, don't forget where we are coming from and appreciate the pass for bringing us to be what we are today. If we can appreciate the pass, we will be able to cherish present and creating better future.
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I need sleep now. All the best to you and God be with you always.
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Regards,
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Timben
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Go with those who cannot pay you back.
Hi.
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Suddenly I am thinking about something so I wanted to share in this blog. It's also from one of the readings that I heard sometime ago.
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It's about people who we help. The reading says that if we want to help, we should help those who cannot pay anything back to us. So that, God in Heaven will give us the rewards. Fill us with blessing.
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If we help those who can give back rewards to us in return, then we will get nothing in return. Most important is the sincerity of helping. That is why, when I mix, I will mix with those who is considered as a bit unfortunate compared to me. I seldom mix with those great person as they are already better than me and do not need me anymore. It's their duty to look down and see people who need their help.
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Supposedly, those richer person should look over those who are less fortunate. Our standard trend, the less fortunate people will look up and praise the rich and famous and the rich will look up to those even richer and having more power. We need to make things go opposite. The assistant should go from top to bottom.
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This is all purely from my brain. Don't have time to filter or make the words sound beautiful. Hope reader will get something from this spontaneous writings.
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Regards,
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Timben
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Suddenly I am thinking about something so I wanted to share in this blog. It's also from one of the readings that I heard sometime ago.
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It's about people who we help. The reading says that if we want to help, we should help those who cannot pay anything back to us. So that, God in Heaven will give us the rewards. Fill us with blessing.
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If we help those who can give back rewards to us in return, then we will get nothing in return. Most important is the sincerity of helping. That is why, when I mix, I will mix with those who is considered as a bit unfortunate compared to me. I seldom mix with those great person as they are already better than me and do not need me anymore. It's their duty to look down and see people who need their help.
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Supposedly, those richer person should look over those who are less fortunate. Our standard trend, the less fortunate people will look up and praise the rich and famous and the rich will look up to those even richer and having more power. We need to make things go opposite. The assistant should go from top to bottom.
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This is all purely from my brain. Don't have time to filter or make the words sound beautiful. Hope reader will get something from this spontaneous writings.
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Regards,
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Timben
Saturday, September 4, 2010
The first in mind is God.
What a nice Sunday today,
May you have a wonderful Sunday too.
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Today's reading could lead us to confusion if we take just the direct meaning of the words used. So let's discuss about it here. I will put my opinion on the meaning of today's reading in this blog.
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There are few key points that I got from all three readings for today (and also the psalm.)
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First of all is "refuge". We are vulnerable to destruction. Destruction can be in the form of physical, mental and soul. Winning is on our side against these destruction because God is our refuge. He is always there and it is only a matter of whether we want to seek for His help and blessings. God will always love us even though we are sinners.
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People will appreciate things if the things are hard to get or very limited. We are talking about lives here. Our life is short if we truly realize it. By remembering about it, you should have the initiatives to help yourself to put into good use the life God has given to you. Live not just by receiving but you must focus on giving also. The hand that gives are much better than the receiving hand. What can you give today?
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In the Gospel, Jesus use the words, "Hate your families." Seems like bad and this is the part that could make the readers confuse if they don't really want to understand the deep meaning inside the Gospel. Jesus just wants us to put God first in our Heart and Mind. By putting God first, everything else will follow graciously including loving your families and neighbors.
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Most people lives for possessions. This will show whether they are rich or not. They will play the game of comparing. Who is ricer than who? But when they are asked to follow God, God says, "Give up ALL your possessions!" Do you think you can do it? I know it will the hardest thing to do especially those with a lots of possessions. That is why Jesus always tells us that the rich will find it hard to enter the kingdom of God even camel going through the eye of needle will be easier. Gentle reminder for those rich people, think whether you could bring your treasures to the after world.
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A very good news for us is that Jesus treat us as His friend. He told us that we are friends to Him because He had told us what His father (God) had told Him before. When I think about it, it's logic. A master would never told something secret between father and son to his slave. He will do it only if he consider the person is his friends. Thank God for considering us sinful people as Your friend. We promise not to abuse the relationship.
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Take your time to think deep about these.
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Regards,
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Timben
May you have a wonderful Sunday too.
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Today's reading could lead us to confusion if we take just the direct meaning of the words used. So let's discuss about it here. I will put my opinion on the meaning of today's reading in this blog.
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There are few key points that I got from all three readings for today (and also the psalm.)
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First of all is "refuge". We are vulnerable to destruction. Destruction can be in the form of physical, mental and soul. Winning is on our side against these destruction because God is our refuge. He is always there and it is only a matter of whether we want to seek for His help and blessings. God will always love us even though we are sinners.
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People will appreciate things if the things are hard to get or very limited. We are talking about lives here. Our life is short if we truly realize it. By remembering about it, you should have the initiatives to help yourself to put into good use the life God has given to you. Live not just by receiving but you must focus on giving also. The hand that gives are much better than the receiving hand. What can you give today?
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In the Gospel, Jesus use the words, "Hate your families." Seems like bad and this is the part that could make the readers confuse if they don't really want to understand the deep meaning inside the Gospel. Jesus just wants us to put God first in our Heart and Mind. By putting God first, everything else will follow graciously including loving your families and neighbors.
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Most people lives for possessions. This will show whether they are rich or not. They will play the game of comparing. Who is ricer than who? But when they are asked to follow God, God says, "Give up ALL your possessions!" Do you think you can do it? I know it will the hardest thing to do especially those with a lots of possessions. That is why Jesus always tells us that the rich will find it hard to enter the kingdom of God even camel going through the eye of needle will be easier. Gentle reminder for those rich people, think whether you could bring your treasures to the after world.
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A very good news for us is that Jesus treat us as His friend. He told us that we are friends to Him because He had told us what His father (God) had told Him before. When I think about it, it's logic. A master would never told something secret between father and son to his slave. He will do it only if he consider the person is his friends. Thank God for considering us sinful people as Your friend. We promise not to abuse the relationship.
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Take your time to think deep about these.
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Regards,
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Timben
Thursday, September 2, 2010
What is your catch today?
Good day.
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Today's reading told us to do one of the hardest thing to do. To follow God's command even though we are in the time of hardness. Some more when the things that God tell us to do is something that we do a lot of times but still the results is not as what we wanted it to be. For example in the reading, Simon, had gone out to catch fish all night and got nothing. He felt so exhausted and in the process of cleaning his nets thinking of going home to rest. Suddenly, Jesus step into his boat and command him to go far from the shore. If you were in Simon's place? What will you do? In that condition, tired and disappointed, I will not blame you for disobeying the command. Your condition can really control you at that time. But what did Simon do? He followed obediently, supplied with great faith in Jesus. After finish teaching, Jesus even tell Simon to try catch fish with his net. What? After all the tiredness of catching no fish and clean this nets? This guy wants me to make my nets become all dirty again??!! No way! That is what people normally think. But what did Simon says? "Ok Lord, because You asked me to do it then I will do it." What a faith!! Not everyone can do it. By depending on our human strength, we will never be able to do it. But with the help of our faith, we can do it.
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God gave us the assignment to be his messenger and become fisher of men. But please take note that God never ask us to force others. Instead, we need to become like magnet. Pulling people towards us by showing goodness and love. People will be attracted by the "aura" that comes out from the way we act and express ourselves.
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Let us lured people to God by showing good examples. God will always show us the way.
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Regards,
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Timben
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Today's reading told us to do one of the hardest thing to do. To follow God's command even though we are in the time of hardness. Some more when the things that God tell us to do is something that we do a lot of times but still the results is not as what we wanted it to be. For example in the reading, Simon, had gone out to catch fish all night and got nothing. He felt so exhausted and in the process of cleaning his nets thinking of going home to rest. Suddenly, Jesus step into his boat and command him to go far from the shore. If you were in Simon's place? What will you do? In that condition, tired and disappointed, I will not blame you for disobeying the command. Your condition can really control you at that time. But what did Simon do? He followed obediently, supplied with great faith in Jesus. After finish teaching, Jesus even tell Simon to try catch fish with his net. What? After all the tiredness of catching no fish and clean this nets? This guy wants me to make my nets become all dirty again??!! No way! That is what people normally think. But what did Simon says? "Ok Lord, because You asked me to do it then I will do it." What a faith!! Not everyone can do it. By depending on our human strength, we will never be able to do it. But with the help of our faith, we can do it.
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God gave us the assignment to be his messenger and become fisher of men. But please take note that God never ask us to force others. Instead, we need to become like magnet. Pulling people towards us by showing goodness and love. People will be attracted by the "aura" that comes out from the way we act and express ourselves.
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Let us lured people to God by showing good examples. God will always show us the way.
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Regards,
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Timben
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The Healing Touch
The healing hand.
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That is what shown by Jesus in today's reading. His disciple who believes in Him did ask for their family to be healed.
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Not just that, Jesus even drawn the devils away. That shows a very powerful strength Jesus had.
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The question now is whether you believe or not? I understand that nowadays it is really hard for us to believe because we cannot SEE. But it is possible to do it because God gave us His word. We can get it through readings from the Bible. We just need to spend a bit of our time to read the Bible and study yourself the teaching in the Bible. If you understand the teaching inside, you will be able to have faith. This faith is your believe.
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By believing, you are actually doing what was taught in the Bible. You will be nearer to the healing hand of God. Don't expect to look for healing only in terms of physical. You can also be healed through the changing of lifestyles and attitudes. This is a great healing. A healing of life. To be a better person for better future.
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Start your day with 100% faith in God's Healing Hand.
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Regards,
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Timben
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That is what shown by Jesus in today's reading. His disciple who believes in Him did ask for their family to be healed.
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Not just that, Jesus even drawn the devils away. That shows a very powerful strength Jesus had.
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The question now is whether you believe or not? I understand that nowadays it is really hard for us to believe because we cannot SEE. But it is possible to do it because God gave us His word. We can get it through readings from the Bible. We just need to spend a bit of our time to read the Bible and study yourself the teaching in the Bible. If you understand the teaching inside, you will be able to have faith. This faith is your believe.
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By believing, you are actually doing what was taught in the Bible. You will be nearer to the healing hand of God. Don't expect to look for healing only in terms of physical. You can also be healed through the changing of lifestyles and attitudes. This is a great healing. A healing of life. To be a better person for better future.
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Start your day with 100% faith in God's Healing Hand.
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Regards,
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Timben
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Learn to be HUMBLE
Happy Sunday my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ.
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How are you today? Did you attend Sunday Mass? Well, keep that answer between you and God. :)
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Human psychology:
1. Love to be praised.
2. Love to be loved.
3. Wanted to be rich.
4. Wanted to be famous.
5. Wanted to be respected.
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With these patterns in every human mind, it is normal if we see that a person loves to attend functions and loved to be the center of attention. How do we detect this situation? Nowadays it is easy, try to look on what they are wearing, the way they acted, people whom their mix with, places they go to seat and many more. These observation will prove the 5 elements above.
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Those with genuine realization that we are all God's creation will be different in how they express themselves. Ironically, these are the person that will really be praised and respected. The question is; Why?
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It all come back to the principle of giving. People who give and never think anything in return will actually get it back without them realizing it. God knows who are really sincere in giving. Giving is not just about material stuffs. Smile is actually a gift that everyone have. We will never run out of smile. But then, some people thinks that their smile is limited and will finish if they always smile. So they do not smile to others. Or maybe, they only give their smile to people who can give them something in return. They have hidden agenda behind the smile. Plastic!
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When you give, give sincerely. When you act, act humble. When you seat, seat without the thought of wanting people to see and praise you. It's okay if you never have the intention for others to praise you but they still did that because they wanted to. We cannot force people not to do what they want to do. But please, do not in the first place plan to be praise. It's bad in not just in the eyes of human but also God. For God has told us that, "Those who wanted to be exalted will be humbled, and those who are humble will be exalted." Keep that in your heart, mind and action.
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Be simple and do things sincerely. Share your smile with others. Give and you will receive. Give without any intention of receiving. Can we do all that? Yes we do. We are God's special creation. He created us be the image of Himself. We have thought and feeling. We can make our own decision. We have our smart brain that is far more powerful than today's super computer.
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Genius thinking + Humble heart = Human Great Legend.
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That's all that I can think of today. See you all next time.
Enjoy your day, HUMBLY.~ ^_^
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Regards,
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Timben
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How are you today? Did you attend Sunday Mass? Well, keep that answer between you and God. :)
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Human psychology:
1. Love to be praised.
2. Love to be loved.
3. Wanted to be rich.
4. Wanted to be famous.
5. Wanted to be respected.
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With these patterns in every human mind, it is normal if we see that a person loves to attend functions and loved to be the center of attention. How do we detect this situation? Nowadays it is easy, try to look on what they are wearing, the way they acted, people whom their mix with, places they go to seat and many more. These observation will prove the 5 elements above.
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Those with genuine realization that we are all God's creation will be different in how they express themselves. Ironically, these are the person that will really be praised and respected. The question is; Why?
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It all come back to the principle of giving. People who give and never think anything in return will actually get it back without them realizing it. God knows who are really sincere in giving. Giving is not just about material stuffs. Smile is actually a gift that everyone have. We will never run out of smile. But then, some people thinks that their smile is limited and will finish if they always smile. So they do not smile to others. Or maybe, they only give their smile to people who can give them something in return. They have hidden agenda behind the smile. Plastic!
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When you give, give sincerely. When you act, act humble. When you seat, seat without the thought of wanting people to see and praise you. It's okay if you never have the intention for others to praise you but they still did that because they wanted to. We cannot force people not to do what they want to do. But please, do not in the first place plan to be praise. It's bad in not just in the eyes of human but also God. For God has told us that, "Those who wanted to be exalted will be humbled, and those who are humble will be exalted." Keep that in your heart, mind and action.
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Be simple and do things sincerely. Share your smile with others. Give and you will receive. Give without any intention of receiving. Can we do all that? Yes we do. We are God's special creation. He created us be the image of Himself. We have thought and feeling. We can make our own decision. We have our smart brain that is far more powerful than today's super computer.
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Genius thinking + Humble heart = Human Great Legend.
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That's all that I can think of today. See you all next time.
Enjoy your day, HUMBLY.~ ^_^
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Regards,
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Timben
Invest The Gifts That You Received
Good day.
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The reading today tell us about employer and employees. Symbolizes God and Us. The employer entrusted his employees with "talents" (I think it is the same as money in our days). It means that God gave us gifts and grace. The employer went away for some time leaving the employees with different amount of "talents" to handle them. God gave each of us with different gives and talents. He let us live with that gifts for some time. Some employee go and invest the "talents" that his employer entrusted them with. Those with 5 "talent" produces another 5 and the same goes to those with 2 "talents" which give another 2. There is this one employee who I can say "lazy and scared" until he bury the "talents" in the ground so that it will be safe. Same goes for us human. The gifts that God gave us, some people utilize them to produce bigger and greater results depending on what gifts that they had. But there are some people out there, who would not do anything about the gifts they had received. I can say that they are selfish and self-centered person. I don't want to say they are lazy because they still are doing something. Just that, it's only for their own good and their never think about using the gifts of God to help others. They hide the gifts in their ground so that only they know about it. They thought it will be safer this way.
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But when the employer a.k.a Master came! When God comes to us!
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Those employees who had grow the "talents" received from their employer get rewards and was acknowledged. The employee that hide the "talents" in the ground was punished. There will be time when God will come and see whether we had put into good use the gifts He gave us. That time, He will separate the worthy and unworthy people. Worthy of what? It's about worthiness of living inside the Kingdom Of God.
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So, where do you want to be at that judgment day? Everyone of us have the gift at least one. Please put it into good use and not become selfish.
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Let us Grow In Faith Together.
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Regards,
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Timben
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The reading today tell us about employer and employees. Symbolizes God and Us. The employer entrusted his employees with "talents" (I think it is the same as money in our days). It means that God gave us gifts and grace. The employer went away for some time leaving the employees with different amount of "talents" to handle them. God gave each of us with different gives and talents. He let us live with that gifts for some time. Some employee go and invest the "talents" that his employer entrusted them with. Those with 5 "talent" produces another 5 and the same goes to those with 2 "talents" which give another 2. There is this one employee who I can say "lazy and scared" until he bury the "talents" in the ground so that it will be safe. Same goes for us human. The gifts that God gave us, some people utilize them to produce bigger and greater results depending on what gifts that they had. But there are some people out there, who would not do anything about the gifts they had received. I can say that they are selfish and self-centered person. I don't want to say they are lazy because they still are doing something. Just that, it's only for their own good and their never think about using the gifts of God to help others. They hide the gifts in their ground so that only they know about it. They thought it will be safer this way.
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But when the employer a.k.a Master came! When God comes to us!
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Those employees who had grow the "talents" received from their employer get rewards and was acknowledged. The employee that hide the "talents" in the ground was punished. There will be time when God will come and see whether we had put into good use the gifts He gave us. That time, He will separate the worthy and unworthy people. Worthy of what? It's about worthiness of living inside the Kingdom Of God.
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So, where do you want to be at that judgment day? Everyone of us have the gift at least one. Please put it into good use and not become selfish.
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Let us Grow In Faith Together.
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Regards,
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Timben
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
I Saw You Under The Fig Tree
Says the Lord to Nathaniel.
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The attitude that was shown by Nathaniel represent us with our disbelief attitude. It's hard for us to believe something that was only said. We want to see it ourselves for us to believe. In some situations, it is good. It shows that we are being careful. We are not simply believe in something to avoid us being cheated by others.
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In some situation, we need to believe without looking or experiencing it ourselves. When we talk about God, we cannot see him using our physical eyes. We need to have FAITH. Everything good comes from God. Believe.
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Another thing is about perception. We always relate bad to negative things and good only for positive things. That way of looking cause us hard to accept if something good comes from people that we never expect to do that stuffs. That is when people start to justify others. They will start to judge others. Please bear in mind that only God alone can judge human. Normally in that situation, they will start to say not so good things about the people. They will say that the person had bad intention. One more thing when we say about good comes from bad, we can say that when we are experiencing bad moment in our life, it may be that God put the best part after all the bad things happen.
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Skeptical. Is human self-defense weapon. It's how we filter situations around us. The only part that we should not be skeptical is about our faith in God. God had sacrifice a lot for us.
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Come and see yourself the power of God's love. His love is love in action. It's not just about saying it. It comes with action. God knows where we put the key to open our heart. You will experience true joy when your heart had been open by God. You will be a man of faith.
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"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
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God is the ladder that unites Heaven and Earth. Only through Him can we find true salvation. His death and resurrection had defeated death and bring everlasting life to us. "May Your Kingdom Come And Your Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven."
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God Bless Us,
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Timben
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The attitude that was shown by Nathaniel represent us with our disbelief attitude. It's hard for us to believe something that was only said. We want to see it ourselves for us to believe. In some situations, it is good. It shows that we are being careful. We are not simply believe in something to avoid us being cheated by others.
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In some situation, we need to believe without looking or experiencing it ourselves. When we talk about God, we cannot see him using our physical eyes. We need to have FAITH. Everything good comes from God. Believe.
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Another thing is about perception. We always relate bad to negative things and good only for positive things. That way of looking cause us hard to accept if something good comes from people that we never expect to do that stuffs. That is when people start to justify others. They will start to judge others. Please bear in mind that only God alone can judge human. Normally in that situation, they will start to say not so good things about the people. They will say that the person had bad intention. One more thing when we say about good comes from bad, we can say that when we are experiencing bad moment in our life, it may be that God put the best part after all the bad things happen.
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Skeptical. Is human self-defense weapon. It's how we filter situations around us. The only part that we should not be skeptical is about our faith in God. God had sacrifice a lot for us.
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Come and see yourself the power of God's love. His love is love in action. It's not just about saying it. It comes with action. God knows where we put the key to open our heart. You will experience true joy when your heart had been open by God. You will be a man of faith.
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"You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You."
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God is the ladder that unites Heaven and Earth. Only through Him can we find true salvation. His death and resurrection had defeated death and bring everlasting life to us. "May Your Kingdom Come And Your Will Be Done On Earth As It Is In Heaven."
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God Bless Us,
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Timben
Monday, August 23, 2010
Dont's Shut The Doors For Others!
Hypocrites!
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That's the word that was used in today's reading. It refers to the Pharisees. Even though it seems that they are active in temple activities, they have no place in Heaven because they practice hypocrisy. Not just they block their way to Heaven, they also block other people's opportunity. They do this by preaching false teachings and causing confusion in people. The reading call these Pharisees as "Blind Guides". Can you imagine the blind leading the blind? Where will they go? 99.9% off the track and will stray even further. At least, if you know that you are not fit entering the Kingdom of God, please do not pull others into your situation.
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The best way is to repent. To change what is wrong and to practice what is right. In this current world, money is same as gold to people at the old days. I agree that almost everything in this world need money. Even when we wanted to go to the toilet in shopping complex, we need money. But please do not use holy place to fulfill your intention of making money. The pharisees use the temple as they bait for people to put their money in. They tell people that oath alone is not enough to get the grace of God. In order to obtain God's grace, they need to put some "gift". This is nonsense. For me, gift is from our heart. If we feel and think we want to bring gift to the altar, then do it sincerely. Do not be influence and pressed by situation that we must bring gift if we want God's blessing. Keep away from the practice of Pharisees. Remember that all those money, gold, gifts come from God. When we bring gifts for Him, He is not impressed by the gifts. He impressed by our intention and sincerity.
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Don't think that you can fool God. He sees the intention of the heart even before we speak or act. Even while I am typing right now, he already knows the content of this blog.
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He who swears by Heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. As a religious leaders, we need to learn how to "listen to God's word". Just because you fail to listen to God's word, you not just bring yourself into the wrong path, you will also bring along the people whom you preach into that path. This misleading can cause disaster and can be avoided if the mindset of wanting to listen being practice. In order to avoid unnecessary and burdensome rules for people to reach salvation, leaders of religion should go back to the basic teaching of God, "Love God and Love Your Neighbor."
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Do you have the willingness to obey? Think.
God bless us.
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Yours Sincerely,
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Timben
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That's the word that was used in today's reading. It refers to the Pharisees. Even though it seems that they are active in temple activities, they have no place in Heaven because they practice hypocrisy. Not just they block their way to Heaven, they also block other people's opportunity. They do this by preaching false teachings and causing confusion in people. The reading call these Pharisees as "Blind Guides". Can you imagine the blind leading the blind? Where will they go? 99.9% off the track and will stray even further. At least, if you know that you are not fit entering the Kingdom of God, please do not pull others into your situation.
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The best way is to repent. To change what is wrong and to practice what is right. In this current world, money is same as gold to people at the old days. I agree that almost everything in this world need money. Even when we wanted to go to the toilet in shopping complex, we need money. But please do not use holy place to fulfill your intention of making money. The pharisees use the temple as they bait for people to put their money in. They tell people that oath alone is not enough to get the grace of God. In order to obtain God's grace, they need to put some "gift". This is nonsense. For me, gift is from our heart. If we feel and think we want to bring gift to the altar, then do it sincerely. Do not be influence and pressed by situation that we must bring gift if we want God's blessing. Keep away from the practice of Pharisees. Remember that all those money, gold, gifts come from God. When we bring gifts for Him, He is not impressed by the gifts. He impressed by our intention and sincerity.
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Don't think that you can fool God. He sees the intention of the heart even before we speak or act. Even while I am typing right now, he already knows the content of this blog.
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He who swears by Heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. As a religious leaders, we need to learn how to "listen to God's word". Just because you fail to listen to God's word, you not just bring yourself into the wrong path, you will also bring along the people whom you preach into that path. This misleading can cause disaster and can be avoided if the mindset of wanting to listen being practice. In order to avoid unnecessary and burdensome rules for people to reach salvation, leaders of religion should go back to the basic teaching of God, "Love God and Love Your Neighbor."
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Do you have the willingness to obey? Think.
God bless us.
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Yours Sincerely,
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Timben
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Entering the Kingdom of God
"Help us to seek the values that will bring us enduring joy in this changing world. In our desire for what you promise make us one in mind and heart."
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Good Sunday my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
Today's reading telling us about:
..First Reading: Gathering the people of all nations to praise His name.
..Second Reading: A Father who train His child.
..Gospel: Entering the Kingdom of God.
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"And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
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The second reading mentioned that every father would train his son. Sometimes he might hit you if that is the only way to do. Most of the time as the child, we will feel that our father doesn't care and love us. I tell you, if our father doesn't love us, why in the first place He waste His precious time on hitting and train us? He could just leave us and let us suffer through our bad habit. Before situations hit you hard, Father will hit us to remind and wake us up. Trust is what we should have in Him.
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Discipline. We need that so we will keep following the right track or get back on track should we've been straying a bit. This is what we need in our daily life so that God will recognize us when we are trying to enter through "the narrow door".
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One's membership as a covenanted people does not automatically mean entry into the kingdom of God. Door mentioned in the reading is Jesus as He said, "I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved." In order to enter the Door, we should live in the way of the cross. So what does this way of the cross means? If we recall back the experience of Jesus while carrying the cross, it's heavy, painful and shameful. He managed to go trough the harsh situation. In this world nowadays, that type of sufferings is available anywhere, but in different form. We need to control our human desire which always opposite to God's teaching. We must struggle against the forces of temptation and whatever would hinder us from doing the will of God.
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We have good news! We do not struggle alone as God is with us and His grace is sufficient for each and everyone of us. We will strive side by side for the faith if the Gospel.
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Faith and Discipline is our key words for today.
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God says, "You know why you only see one pair of foot steps on the sandy beach? Do you want to know where am I? Why am I not with you? Don't you know that the pair of foot steps is mine. You are seating on my shoulder. I am carrying you all this while. Silently and peacefully."
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All the best and let us grow in faith together.
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Regards,
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Timben
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Good Sunday my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
Today's reading telling us about:
..First Reading: Gathering the people of all nations to praise His name.
..Second Reading: A Father who train His child.
..Gospel: Entering the Kingdom of God.
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"And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
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The second reading mentioned that every father would train his son. Sometimes he might hit you if that is the only way to do. Most of the time as the child, we will feel that our father doesn't care and love us. I tell you, if our father doesn't love us, why in the first place He waste His precious time on hitting and train us? He could just leave us and let us suffer through our bad habit. Before situations hit you hard, Father will hit us to remind and wake us up. Trust is what we should have in Him.
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Discipline. We need that so we will keep following the right track or get back on track should we've been straying a bit. This is what we need in our daily life so that God will recognize us when we are trying to enter through "the narrow door".
.
One's membership as a covenanted people does not automatically mean entry into the kingdom of God. Door mentioned in the reading is Jesus as He said, "I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved." In order to enter the Door, we should live in the way of the cross. So what does this way of the cross means? If we recall back the experience of Jesus while carrying the cross, it's heavy, painful and shameful. He managed to go trough the harsh situation. In this world nowadays, that type of sufferings is available anywhere, but in different form. We need to control our human desire which always opposite to God's teaching. We must struggle against the forces of temptation and whatever would hinder us from doing the will of God.
.
We have good news! We do not struggle alone as God is with us and His grace is sufficient for each and everyone of us. We will strive side by side for the faith if the Gospel.
.
Faith and Discipline is our key words for today.
.
God says, "You know why you only see one pair of foot steps on the sandy beach? Do you want to know where am I? Why am I not with you? Don't you know that the pair of foot steps is mine. You are seating on my shoulder. I am carrying you all this while. Silently and peacefully."
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All the best and let us grow in faith together.
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Regards,
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Timben
Friday, August 20, 2010
Be humble
"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted".
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Things will go opposite from what you try to do. When you are eager to get people's respect by showing your power, God will lower your power. When you sincerely helping others without any intention of getting people's praise, God will lift you up in the thoughts of the people.
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Don't be like the pharisees :
1. Do all their deeds to be seen by men.
2. Love the place of honor at feasts the best seats.
3. Wanted to hear salutations in the market places.
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This will be guidelines for all the current leaders out there. "He who is greatest among you shall be your servant." All the leaders should be aware that being a leader does not mean you have the power to simply instruct the people below the hierarchy. Being a leader is a person who can lead humbly so that the people around you do things not because you ask them to. It's because looking at you, they feel they should assist you. A leader can only reminds the people whom he lead. Not to instruct forcefully. People nowadays are more clever than the people of the past. So it's better if we can work together and a leader be the direction lead.
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Being a leader, the temptation to seek titles and honors will be the challenge. Overcome this, by being humble. "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
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We are God's children. Be unite with each other and practice the spirit of humbleness. When there is some misunderstanding, do amendments through peaceful discussion. Be sincere in the discussion. Listen in order to learn. Same like Jesus, He lowering himself as a servant for our sake.
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"THE HUMBLE DO NOT TRUST IN THEMSELVES, BUT TRUST IN GOD."
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Thanks for reading my sharing for today.
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God Bless You Every Moments.
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Regards,
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Timben
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Things will go opposite from what you try to do. When you are eager to get people's respect by showing your power, God will lower your power. When you sincerely helping others without any intention of getting people's praise, God will lift you up in the thoughts of the people.
.
Don't be like the pharisees :
1. Do all their deeds to be seen by men.
2. Love the place of honor at feasts the best seats.
3. Wanted to hear salutations in the market places.
.
This will be guidelines for all the current leaders out there. "He who is greatest among you shall be your servant." All the leaders should be aware that being a leader does not mean you have the power to simply instruct the people below the hierarchy. Being a leader is a person who can lead humbly so that the people around you do things not because you ask them to. It's because looking at you, they feel they should assist you. A leader can only reminds the people whom he lead. Not to instruct forcefully. People nowadays are more clever than the people of the past. So it's better if we can work together and a leader be the direction lead.
.
Being a leader, the temptation to seek titles and honors will be the challenge. Overcome this, by being humble. "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
.
We are God's children. Be unite with each other and practice the spirit of humbleness. When there is some misunderstanding, do amendments through peaceful discussion. Be sincere in the discussion. Listen in order to learn. Same like Jesus, He lowering himself as a servant for our sake.
.
"THE HUMBLE DO NOT TRUST IN THEMSELVES, BUT TRUST IN GOD."
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Thanks for reading my sharing for today.
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God Bless You Every Moments.
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Regards,
.
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Timben
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Love God with all your heart & soul.
Good day everyone.
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Reading today is talking so much about Love.
God is Love. He love us first and we are responding
to his great Love.
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Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Can you do it?
People nowadays are going towards selfishness. Even though
the their house attach with their neighbor's, still they
don't bother to know who is in the house. Even worse,
some of the people out there tend to ruin the lives of
their neighbor just for the sake of jealousy. Specifically
I can say it is material jealousy. Some people never feel
happy when their neighbor buy new furniture. They want
to show that they can buy better things and want to show
to their neighbor.
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Why not people nowadays treat their neighbor same like
their own family? I know it is challenging. It will be
easier if they use the method that God has told them.
Using the Love method.
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When you are filled with Love, you will have the passion
of spreading the words of God. The purpose of spreading
the words of God must be genuinely sincere. We should be
like the Pharisees in the old days where they memorizes
all the contents of Old Testaments and procedure of doing
sacrifice rituals. The forgot the core of doing God's
work, SINCERITY. They do it for popularity. They want
people to see them as people of the House Of God by being
able to elaborate all the contents of the Bible and be able
to do a lot of rituals in the House Of God. You can fool
other people, but you cannot fool God.
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Live your life sincerely. Fill yourself with love. Holy
Spirit will guide you to a better life in God's way.
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All the best and see you again.
.
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Regards,
.
.
Timben
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Reading today is talking so much about Love.
God is Love. He love us first and we are responding
to his great Love.
.
Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Can you do it?
People nowadays are going towards selfishness. Even though
the their house attach with their neighbor's, still they
don't bother to know who is in the house. Even worse,
some of the people out there tend to ruin the lives of
their neighbor just for the sake of jealousy. Specifically
I can say it is material jealousy. Some people never feel
happy when their neighbor buy new furniture. They want
to show that they can buy better things and want to show
to their neighbor.
.
Why not people nowadays treat their neighbor same like
their own family? I know it is challenging. It will be
easier if they use the method that God has told them.
Using the Love method.
.
When you are filled with Love, you will have the passion
of spreading the words of God. The purpose of spreading
the words of God must be genuinely sincere. We should be
like the Pharisees in the old days where they memorizes
all the contents of Old Testaments and procedure of doing
sacrifice rituals. The forgot the core of doing God's
work, SINCERITY. They do it for popularity. They want
people to see them as people of the House Of God by being
able to elaborate all the contents of the Bible and be able
to do a lot of rituals in the House Of God. You can fool
other people, but you cannot fool God.
.
Live your life sincerely. Fill yourself with love. Holy
Spirit will guide you to a better life in God's way.
.
All the best and see you again.
.
.
Regards,
.
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Timben
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Do you want to be rich? (17Aug2010)
Today's reading is about how hard for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God?
Jesus mentioned many times about how it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle compare to rich man entering Heaven.
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After knowing this, do you still want to be rich? He3. Richness and evil is proportionate. By increasing wealth, you will increase bad behavior as well. But you don't have to be worry because the bad behavior or evil things can be nullify through strengthening our spiritual strength.
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So what you have to do is to always remember and act upon God's teaching while you are on your way to achieving your material goal. I believe that the challenge will be harder compare to when money is not enough or just enough for living. What I mean is that, let us take a look at the time when our money is just enough for us to buy food. At that time we will look at things to fill our stomach. But what happen if suddenly this payday you receive 6 months salary bonus? Your head start to spin, you will be the Einstein of spending. There will be many creative way for you to spend the money even though you know that it is not necessary. That will be the time for you to go to places that maybe it is not good but it's FUN to spend the MONEY.
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What happen when all the money has gone? Life will be back to normal when you are counting the cents to buy FOOD. Why? Why don't you act normal even though you suddenly receive $1,000,000 in your bank account? Because human is weak. With our human strength, we are no good. For God says, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
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Sit back, relax and start to manage your life in God's way. You can become rich in this world and also Heaven. Be a good rich man. Make sure you can go through the eye of the needle. ^_^.
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Regards,
.
.
Timben
Jesus mentioned many times about how it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle compare to rich man entering Heaven.
.
After knowing this, do you still want to be rich? He3. Richness and evil is proportionate. By increasing wealth, you will increase bad behavior as well. But you don't have to be worry because the bad behavior or evil things can be nullify through strengthening our spiritual strength.
.
So what you have to do is to always remember and act upon God's teaching while you are on your way to achieving your material goal. I believe that the challenge will be harder compare to when money is not enough or just enough for living. What I mean is that, let us take a look at the time when our money is just enough for us to buy food. At that time we will look at things to fill our stomach. But what happen if suddenly this payday you receive 6 months salary bonus? Your head start to spin, you will be the Einstein of spending. There will be many creative way for you to spend the money even though you know that it is not necessary. That will be the time for you to go to places that maybe it is not good but it's FUN to spend the MONEY.
.
What happen when all the money has gone? Life will be back to normal when you are counting the cents to buy FOOD. Why? Why don't you act normal even though you suddenly receive $1,000,000 in your bank account? Because human is weak. With our human strength, we are no good. For God says, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
.
Sit back, relax and start to manage your life in God's way. You can become rich in this world and also Heaven. Be a good rich man. Make sure you can go through the eye of the needle. ^_^.
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Regards,
.
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Timben
Saturday, August 14, 2010
The Assumption (15Aug2010)
Hi there,
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It's been a while ya. I'm quite forgetful these days back. Now I am back! Church is where we should go at least once a week!
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Today is the assumption day of Mary our Mother of God. This is the anniversary of human brought to Heaven together with the flesh. Mary is the only woman that receives the honor to go to Heaven with Her Soul and Body. Though there are millions of souls up there in Heaven, there is only one human body there. It's Mary's body. Our Mother.
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The first reading:
"Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ."
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The second reading:
"Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of them in their proper order: Christ as the first-fruits and then, after the coming of Christ, those who belong to him."
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The Gospel:
"Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit."
"He has pulled down princess from their thrones and exalted the lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things, the rich sent empty away."
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So as we can see, this week we are focusing on Our Blessed Mother of God, Mary. The most important thing for me is to answer the question, "What has she done to get the most blessed gift by God?" Blessed gift I mean is being lifted up to heaven soul together with the body.
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Come let us take a look:
1. She is the Mother of God. Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. Even though she gone through many challenges during her life on earth, she never complain but believes in God will.
3. She loves Jesus so much as She loves herself.
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What I learn today is that, we need to love others and never complain on the troubles that come into our life. Believe everything that come to me is actually an opportunity to grow positively.
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Let us spread the good news. Spread the aura of love. Let the world covered with peace and love.
.
God bless you all..
.
.
Regards,
.
Timben
.
It's been a while ya. I'm quite forgetful these days back. Now I am back! Church is where we should go at least once a week!
.
Today is the assumption day of Mary our Mother of God. This is the anniversary of human brought to Heaven together with the flesh. Mary is the only woman that receives the honor to go to Heaven with Her Soul and Body. Though there are millions of souls up there in Heaven, there is only one human body there. It's Mary's body. Our Mother.
.
The first reading:
"Victory and power and empire for ever have been won by our God, and all authority for his Christ."
.
The second reading:
"Just as all men die in Adam, so all men will be brought to life in Christ; but all of them in their proper order: Christ as the first-fruits and then, after the coming of Christ, those who belong to him."
.
The Gospel:
"Now as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit."
"He has pulled down princess from their thrones and exalted the lowly. The hungry he has filled with good things, the rich sent empty away."
.
So as we can see, this week we are focusing on Our Blessed Mother of God, Mary. The most important thing for me is to answer the question, "What has she done to get the most blessed gift by God?" Blessed gift I mean is being lifted up to heaven soul together with the body.
.
Come let us take a look:
1. She is the Mother of God. Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. Even though she gone through many challenges during her life on earth, she never complain but believes in God will.
3. She loves Jesus so much as She loves herself.
.
What I learn today is that, we need to love others and never complain on the troubles that come into our life. Believe everything that come to me is actually an opportunity to grow positively.
.
Let us spread the good news. Spread the aura of love. Let the world covered with peace and love.
.
God bless you all..
.
.
Regards,
.
Timben
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thirteenth Sunday of the Year (27Jun2010)
The first reading is about how Elijah is so obedient on the Lord's command. We should realize that we are creations of the Lord and it is our responsibility to obey his command. For it is for our own good because the Lord knows what's best for us eventhough most of the time we do not realize it.
The second reading is about liberty to be balanced with the presence of spirit in our life so that we will not be self-indulgence. "Balance" is the keyword for me in this reading. Remember, God is mightier than us human so don't think that our own power, technology is even a match to God's power. Be moderate, practice peace in life. To all the leader in this world, remember, you are just a human being who cannot escape mortal death. Leaders of the nations are the one need to promote peace.
Gospel for today are telling us about "no hesitation" in following God. We should not take the meaning too straight forward. God didn't mean for us to abandon our families and friends. It's just that, do not hesitate in believing in God and do not let negative influence about God eventhough from our own families and friends to give from affecting you.
Regards,
Timben
The second reading is about liberty to be balanced with the presence of spirit in our life so that we will not be self-indulgence. "Balance" is the keyword for me in this reading. Remember, God is mightier than us human so don't think that our own power, technology is even a match to God's power. Be moderate, practice peace in life. To all the leader in this world, remember, you are just a human being who cannot escape mortal death. Leaders of the nations are the one need to promote peace.
Gospel for today are telling us about "no hesitation" in following God. We should not take the meaning too straight forward. God didn't mean for us to abandon our families and friends. It's just that, do not hesitate in believing in God and do not let negative influence about God eventhough from our own families and friends to give from affecting you.
Regards,
Timben
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Corpus Christi
Today, the gospel is really interesting. It's about how Jesus multiply foods.
People are coming from many places. The numbers of Men themselves are reaching 5000pax not included the women and children. Total people were estimated around 12000pax. Foods available were only 5 breads and 2 fishes. Using our logic thinking, it is not logic at all that amount of food can feed all of the people.
But Jesus has the power to create miracle. After blessing the foods, it can feed all the people and the scrap of foods collected about 12 more baskets.
What a miracle. For me, this is a lesson where we need to have faith. With our human strength, it is limited to certain amount of results only. But with the aid of our God, we can be more than that.
People nowadays depending 100% on their strength and do not care about God. As a gentle reminder from me, pray always to God. If cannot everyday, at least once a week go to church.
Regards,
Timben
People are coming from many places. The numbers of Men themselves are reaching 5000pax not included the women and children. Total people were estimated around 12000pax. Foods available were only 5 breads and 2 fishes. Using our logic thinking, it is not logic at all that amount of food can feed all of the people.
But Jesus has the power to create miracle. After blessing the foods, it can feed all the people and the scrap of foods collected about 12 more baskets.
What a miracle. For me, this is a lesson where we need to have faith. With our human strength, it is limited to certain amount of results only. But with the aid of our God, we can be more than that.
People nowadays depending 100% on their strength and do not care about God. As a gentle reminder from me, pray always to God. If cannot everyday, at least once a week go to church.
Regards,
Timben
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