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recently, God has really been blessing me, and it just never stops.
apologies for being bit slow(what an understatement)but i just want to thank God for my results. its really amazing how everything seems to be entwined with my relationship with God. well, i received my results like a month ago and i got 7As out of 10 subjects and chinese is one of the 10 subjects. and my 2B3s were both 69% so i missed out on getting 9 out of 10As by just a single mark. i topped the level in history and topped the class in english and my english essay was chosen to be published but in my fog of laziness, i didn’t submit it before deadline…but i don’t need recognition. and not just that, my parents decided to bless me for my good results, something that hasn’t happened for the past years. so thats 2 blessings in 1.
next, will be the arrival of an xbox 360 in 2 days time. once again, its a miracle that i managed to get it at such a good offer. all i had to do was upgrade my parent’s existing starhub maxonline contract and i get it free. furthermore, there were supposedly only 100 sets for that day and even though i took my time to get there, there was plenty left…so i got it man. XBOX 360! anway, i’m blessing someone with a free xbox. so whoever wants it, please approach me fast. 2 criteria, first come first serve basis and my personal choice.
owner reserves the right to change prices and conditions apply.
lastly, i’m trully blessed in that my parents left for beijing…freedom. and when they returned, they came home with a whopping set of clothes, shoes and lots of cool stuff. and i was just playing my ass off while they were shopping for me.
how convenient.
so that wraps up my very blessed buildup to building fund. i have been meditating about a sum to pledge and i’ve decided to increase it. something abt todays message affected my decision. cell group meetings are now the places where God speaks to me. well, i hope that my close friends will all be blessed by me being blessed. i’m blessed so i can bless others. and it has really payed off. even before i can give my first cent to cuilding fund, i’ve already been blessed. so theres no reason why i shouldn’t give more. so i hope everyone will give their all and not hold back. this pertains especially to someone so if you’re reading, i hope u know who you are. if you don’t give, you won’t be blessed. simple
it always seems like God can’t bless you anymore. but he just finds ways to.
visualize this:
a plane of 2-dimensional locus of points as a boundary of a 3-dimensional region
a plane surface or a surface of a sphere
it is only the external or superficial aspect that we are able to comprehend
and thats just the surface
thats an illustration of how God works through your giving. you can only receive what you can invest in. and what you use to invest is your faith in your actions. but the thing about humans is that we tend to achieve only what we believe in and that limits our boundaries. we cannot understand what goes beyond that. we may live in a three-dimensional world, but we only reach the two-dimensional. that is really an irony.
and its just the surface…
helloooo alex chew ! (:
hello dawn chik! (:
wow, that’s a quick reply!
wah lao, chim to the MAX!!!
haha, just passing by but I must say that 3 dimensional plane thingy was confusing.
“if you don’t give, you won’t be blessed” are u sure that thats how God works? isn’t that like buying your blessings? i think one should give out of goodwill and love for God rather than for the sake of hoping to be blessed more. if you give for that reason, is that really giving? or isit buying our blessings. what kind of messgae are u trying to send people?
dear anon, i was trying to encourage people to give, not so that they can get their blessing and in that sense buy their blessing. wouldn’t you agree that God in all his greatness, and who looks more at the heart and its true intentions, rather than the outward facade, wouldn’t bless those who seek to “buy” their blessing. i never did say that you should give so that you could get the blessing only. i said that you should give and not hold back, so even if you don’t get the blessing, you should still continue to give. and yes you should give for a reason…or else you’d be giving out of obligation.
dear alex, i am totally not questioning the ability of God to decern the motives of his children when giving. the issue is what reasons we’re publicizing. Yes God looks at the heart and its intentions. the problem lies with us as to what kind of motive we are encouraging.
“even before i can give my first cent to building fund, i’ve already been blessed. so theres no reason why i shouldn’t give more”
“if you don’t give, you won’t be blessed”
is not that implying that im blessed because i give therefore i should give more (to be blessed more)
For let not that man think that he shall recieve any thing of the Lord -James 1:7
i am quite sure that your intentions when giving are good but we have to be careful as to how the public will view it, that they do not come away with the wrong idea that if i give more God will bless me more.
Your brother in Christ:)