Devotions

OK now I will begin to write some lessons and devotions I have learned along the way.

Lesson 1

On saturday after the Coos event I went to katong with bro Gheehien and his youths and ate katong laksa. I was wondering how come they(the youths) can grow at such a fast rate and having the love and wisdom in the Lord. I noticed that Gheehien will question them about certain subjects or give them a bible verse to meditate about then I remembered. Psalms1

¹ Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
² But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
And in His law he meditates day and night.

Amen amen hallelujah......One of the question which Gheehien asked the youths really intrigued me :)

Gheehien:"What do you think is the beauty of the Lord"
I remembered Psalms 27 which David wrote.....I remembered this verse

⁴ One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.

Then one of the sisters answered :"Love!!!"

I remembered 1 John 4:16..."God is love"... I agreed with the sister...but Gheehien said it was not specific then he said :"matthew 22:37 “ ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.""

So when we say what is the beauty of the Lord? This commandment actually answers the question......The is HEART,SOUL,MIND.....it means there is a Physical beauty, Spiritual beauty and Mental/Emotional beauty of the LORD :)

From that day onwards I knew how to admire the Lord :) to admire Him , in that 3 categories!

LESSON 2

I believe that a few months ago I wrote on my blog that I could not FEEL the Lord. Logically speaking after reading the bible and experiences I KNOW that the Lord loves me and have always been with me but how come I just DON'T FEEL it.......

After sometime I heard a voice telling me "Elvis, sometimes emotions lie to you, logic is always there"......I was SHOCKED!!! I remember reading a book by a great christian debater who constantly proves God and debates with muslim or other religious scholars....anyways in his book he said "God is a God of LOGIC "

OF COURSE I agree that God is also a God of emotions. I believe that God gave us emotions to AMPLIFY something that is meaningful....like salvation, getting married, sexual experiences to your spouse that God gave you, preaching to people....etc

But what I am trying to say is sometimes emotions on us people who live in a world of sin,
EMOTION+sinful world=Being led to more sin.... Sometimes the devil uses emotions to attack us to make us sin. cuz of our sinful nature as we live in this world, sometimes our emotions lie to make us do things that are dishonorable to God.

So don't always trust in your emotions, TRUST IN God!!!
Don't focus on feeling "sad", "lonely"....etc because Jesus is always with you....

I was in the bus today (23/2/2009) and reading the bible 3 psalms really touches me

Psalms 103

⁸ The LORD is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
⁹ He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
¹⁰ He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

¹¹ For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
¹² As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
¹³ As a father pities his children,
So the LORD pities those who fear Him.
¹⁴ For He knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.

Sisters and brothers who are "feeling" sad and lonely....here is a psalms of encouragement...REJOICE!!! For He is always with you and Loves everyone of us!!!

From then on I understand between emotions and logic and how to balance both of them. Although sometimes emotions lie to me making me feel nothing of God but LOGICALLY God is always THERE WITH ME!!!

I hope that all of you who read this will be BLESSED and please meditate the lessons here. TAG if you feel touched and I will like to pray for you :)

LESSON 3

Did you know that if you are really a man/woman of God He will send angels to watch over you :)

In my life experience I noticed that during certain times when I am very connected with the Lord I feel really protected by Him and by the angels He send. I can give soo many examples, there was once I was walking then suddenly I tripped and was about to sprain my ankle and fall face flat to the ground suddenly I felt a strong force pulling me back(if you know my weight haha you will know that not many people can pull me)and I was suddenly safe!!!

In psalms 91

¹¹ For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
¹² In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

When I read this psalms I was like HALLELUJAH PRAISE THE LORD!!!
DEJAVU man!!!!!! they shall bear you up ....lest you dash your foot against a stone!!!

But I am not putting emphasis in angels like the catholics do but what I am saying is if you are a man/woman of God, He will not only personally protect you, He will send a legion of angel to protect you.

Psalms 34

⁶ This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷ The angel^a]">[a] of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him,
And delivers them.

⁸ Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
⁹ Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.

And this is the story of how the Lord protect me from falling down and from the demonics. I feel so safe in Him and so blessed...hallelujah.