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, December 26, 2008
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New Year/Christmas purpose
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Hey Guys... Sorry for not posting so long.. Guess i had other stuff to do... I'd almost forgotten about this blog until God reminded me... :)Well, This post is kinda late.. It was supposed to be reserved for christmas.. But oh well, It's never too late to receive Christ. :)Ok. I'm not gonna post about the christmas story (nativity story). I think everyone already knows about that. You know. Jesus being born and all. God kinda gave me another thing to blog about.You know. Christmas and New Year kinda always signifies a new start. New year. New school. New resolutions. But really. Take away all the hypes, the parties, the presents and all you get is only just another year. And you think to yourself.. Hey, It's just another year.. Everything is gonna stay somewhat the same. And year after year it goes on like that... And life just passes you by. So why are we here on Earth?? We study, we work and we go about our routine.. The next thing we know, we're probably on our deathbed. So what's there to life? Eat, sleep and reproduce? Then why weren't we born as crocs or something and we can give birth to lotsa croc babies, eat as much as we want and bask in the sun and sleep? I mean we have gotta have a higher purpose in life than just eat, sleep and reproduce! We're humans with brains and feelings for Pete's sake!! So what is our purpose? Here's a regular singaporeans path of purposes.1. EducationOk. In Singapore, so soo sooooo evident. Everyone's like pushing us to have a study hard. Get a good job that pays well. And live THE life. Bungalow, Condo, Cars and stuff like that. So we work.. And we work really hard. We slog, we mug. We go crazy on tuitions. Most of our teenhood is filled with nothing but studies. And sometimes, we have no choice but to study cause our parents push us to the extreme. "Get good grades. You don't have to come home if your grades aren't good enough." So we study... Life seems meaningless now but you think, maybe after i get a good cert, i'll get a better life. And true enough, we get a degree. Bachelors, Masters pHd. And of course we get good money. Which brings us to the next point...2. MoneyOk. We have the greens. But look at what's taking up our time now. Is it enjoying life with the money? Well no for most of us coz money is never enough. And not much people is willing to splurge hard earned money. To earn this money, we step on people along the way. We offend people just to get to the position that pays well. Doesn't feel very good to step on people to climb up the social ladder, does it? But we'll ignore that for the greater green. We haven't been spending enough time with the family. We just toil and toil. And maybe we think, Hey, I'll enjoy all of this when i retire.3. ???We retire. We have every single gadget at our disposal. But cause we didnt treasure the family time we had, we only have technology to accompany us as we age. Hardly any human touch. Maybe our kids that we painstakingly raised may visit us once a week. But they just seemed so distant. They've all gone out to the working world. We now long for a relationship, someone to talk to us and accompany us. But nobody close seems to have the time. All that's waiting for us is death. Well, we thought we had a purpose in life. But all we did really was to eat, sleep and reproduce. 4. No purposeSome of us just live life as it passes without a purpose. And sometimes, You think deep. What's life? Why am I here? Each year passes and nothing seems to change. Why am I here? When I die, I leave everything behind. Is there meaning to life? And then the next thing you think about is all the bad things that have happened. Is life really worth living? Suicide enter your thoughts. There is nothing to really live for.. I work and I pay. I have so many problems. I might as well end it all. People who have nothing to leave behind end it all. That's why we have teens committing suicide. People who cannot bear to leave anything behind simply bear with it and live a sad life without a purpose.There may be alot other purposes you may have in life. But eventually, it may be a purpose that may not last or may fail you. Then you end up in step 4. Is that all to life? Can we fill that hole in our heart that lives for a purpose? Of course we can. That's on my next post. :)Before i forget, Have a merry christmas, guys!
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