Jesus, I need You, as the desert needs the rain, as darkness needs light.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Friday, December 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Post-exam blues
No excuse to eat snacks.
No excuse to stay in hall during weekends.
No excuse to go to Hall 2 Blk 5 Study Room.
No excuse to ignore phone calls and messages.
Have to sleep early instead of burning midnight oil.
Have to go to gym instead of library.
Have to speak Singlish with loved ones instead of studying for Grammar test alone.
Have to play sports instead of studying Principles of Games.
Life sucks!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
On the board of my study desk in hall (hostel): Motivational quotes that keep me going as an NIE trainee and 'Moral compass' from the Teachers' Compass Ceremony which serves as a reminder of my duty as a teacher to guide my pupils in the right direction, and also symbolises the strong moral bearing for me to lead, care and inspire all pupils who pass through my hands.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
True vs Truth, an excerpt from 'My Sheep Hear My Voice' by J. C. Hedgecock
I am going to share with you an illustration of the difference between something being 'true' and 'truth'. Many years ago, I heard Arthur Burt (a man of God from Wales who lived in England at the time) share the difference between 'true' and 'truth'. Now I share this illustration everywhere I teach.
When Arthur visited our church, he stayed with one of the elders. He mentioned that, even though it is a British custom to take tea every afternoon, his host had never offered him tea during the many visits he had made to the elder's home. That was true. He then asked the congregation what we thought of such a host. Of course, everyone quickly judged the elder, but the truth was that Arthur had told his host on his first visit that he didn't like tea and not to bother offering him any! The first thing he said was true, but because he had left out an important part, the conclusion it left was a lie rather than truth. When he added the other part, it became truth.
Anytime you come to a conclusion that is contrary to what God says, it is not truth. In fact, it is a lie! It doesn't matter if you find 50 scriptures to 'back it up' and reinforce your opinion. If someone presents a doctrine (or you decide something is a doctrine) and it contains portions that are true but the conclusion is not the rightly divided truth of God's word, it is a lie. If you only have spiritual understanding of some portions of a doctrine and fill in the rest with theory or your personal interpretation of the Word, you will come up with a false doctrine. It is not 'truth' even though it may contain things that are 'true'. Truth is never threatened by a lie, but a lie will always be exposed by the truth.
The Word must be rightly divided and interpreted by the Holy Spirit, not by myself or any other man. 2 Peter 1:20 says no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
- pg 28 - 29
When Arthur visited our church, he stayed with one of the elders. He mentioned that, even though it is a British custom to take tea every afternoon, his host had never offered him tea during the many visits he had made to the elder's home. That was true. He then asked the congregation what we thought of such a host. Of course, everyone quickly judged the elder, but the truth was that Arthur had told his host on his first visit that he didn't like tea and not to bother offering him any! The first thing he said was true, but because he had left out an important part, the conclusion it left was a lie rather than truth. When he added the other part, it became truth.
Anytime you come to a conclusion that is contrary to what God says, it is not truth. In fact, it is a lie! It doesn't matter if you find 50 scriptures to 'back it up' and reinforce your opinion. If someone presents a doctrine (or you decide something is a doctrine) and it contains portions that are true but the conclusion is not the rightly divided truth of God's word, it is a lie. If you only have spiritual understanding of some portions of a doctrine and fill in the rest with theory or your personal interpretation of the Word, you will come up with a false doctrine. It is not 'truth' even though it may contain things that are 'true'. Truth is never threatened by a lie, but a lie will always be exposed by the truth.
The Word must be rightly divided and interpreted by the Holy Spirit, not by myself or any other man. 2 Peter 1:20 says no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
- pg 28 - 29
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Another excerpt from "The Reason for God" by Timothy Keller
The faith that changes the life and connects to God is best conveyed by the word 'trust'.
Imagine you are on a high cliff and you lose your footing and begin to fall. Just beside you as you fall is a branch sticking out of the very edge of the cliff. It is your only hope and it is more than enough to support your weight. How can it save you?
If your mind is filled with intellectual certainty that the branch can support you, but you don't actually reach out and grab it, you are lost.
If your mind is instead filled with doubts and uncertainty that the branch can hold you, but you reach out and grab it anyway, you will be saved.
Why? It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a weak branch is fatally inferior to weak faith in a strong branch.
- pg 234
Imagine you are on a high cliff and you lose your footing and begin to fall. Just beside you as you fall is a branch sticking out of the very edge of the cliff. It is your only hope and it is more than enough to support your weight. How can it save you?
If your mind is filled with intellectual certainty that the branch can support you, but you don't actually reach out and grab it, you are lost.
If your mind is instead filled with doubts and uncertainty that the branch can hold you, but you reach out and grab it anyway, you will be saved.
Why? It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a weak branch is fatally inferior to weak faith in a strong branch.
- pg 234
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