Heavenly Father
I know that I have sinned against you
my sins have separated me from you
I am truly sorry
I now want to turn away from my past sinful life and turn to you for forgiveness
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again
I believe that your son, Jesus Christ, died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead and is alive
He hears my prayer
I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward
Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You
and to do Your will for the rest of my life,
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen
Friday, October 24, 2008
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Recession Times(Worrying)
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This is post is tailored to adults mostly. But when the teachings of God are the same, I think we can apply it to all ages, amen?
Due to the recent economy drop, the Lehman Brother collapsing, AIG almost collapsing, There's gonna be a recession soon and the future doesn't look so bright, I decided to write something on it, an encouragement. With both christian and world's perspective....
I know probably alot of us are worried.. Oh no.. What's going to happen to us?? What if we get sacked!! Will we still be able to provide for our families? And from there it starts to affect our mood.. We'll always carry that ever-so worried look on our faces. And in everything we do, we can't concentrate. You know what I say, I say heck with worrying. If you think about it, Will worrying do us any good? Imagine... If you were working and you were being so worried you can't concentrate. Your works get affected, Your boss catches you being unproductive in your work... Bang! You're retrenched faster! So i say relax.. Don't panic... Let things go by as it is.. Do a little bit of planning for what might happen.. But don't go worrying all day long.. White is not a good colour on someone's head. :p
If we look at it from a christian point of view, we can see the very obvious signs... The End Times. I mean look at Singapore! Ranked 25 on the HDI(Human Development Index). One of the world's most developed countries going through a recession period like that. Even the government says the future doesn't look very bright so far... Well, I think the bible has something to say about it. It isn't very direct.. But check it out...
One of the heads of the beast seemed to have a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The world was astonished and followed the beast. Revelation 13:3...
Then i was thinking.. What would be so important to the world and watching the healing of this fatal, that it would astonish the world and cause the world to follow it.... Bingo! Money! Thus leading to the conclusion that the economy is going to suffer. I've always heard of pastors and preachers saying the economy is going to be in the pits before Satan comes and rescue it... So that's where they get it from... Anyway, It says that the wound is going to be FATAL. So it really means that the economy is going to be very very very bad. Don't you see it? One of the biggest companies of America(one of the leader of the world) going broke... But you see... God will always provide for his people and you need not worry about the economy crisis. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God Phillipians 4:6. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you 1 Peter 5:7. And the whole of Matthew 6:25-34. All these are superb examples of not to worry! God will provide for everything. He won't let His children suffer... I know these verses of not worrying helped me alot during the 1st week of my 'O' levels. So i hope they would to you too..Pray about it if you really are worried and let God take care of the rest.... God Bless You!
P.S Big Thanks to this video... I got alot of insight from here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBupJR3XY6Y
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