the day i was born
My IC says I was born on April 7, but my heart says I was born when my Lord rose from the grave to give me Life. By the grace of God, my b'day always falls rather close to Easter week, which forces me to remember my new life, and how I must live my earthly days for His glory.
I have many many New Life Resolutions threatening to abandon their incoherence in my mind... For now, I have two:
1) Praise God!! Pa recently showed some interest in Jesus (finally!!) and has signed up for the Alpha Course. Ma, already a Christian, is going with him. I pray that God will help me to show Him in my life, so that Pa cannot point the finger and say, "you'or Christians believe in God still like dat." Eep.
2) That I just take the courage to sit down with Ma maybe once a fortnight and discuss/pray over the Word. I scared lah. I once used to slam doors in her face, and now, I still give her the Don't-Bother-Me-Now dirty look when all she wants to do is make sure I have eaten my dinner and taken my vit C/primrose oil/calcium tablet ...
As a wise one said to me, I need to praypraypraypraypray!! I know, by myself, living for another person is a doomed endeavour. With Jesus, I win oredi.
I have many many New Life Resolutions threatening to abandon their incoherence in my mind... For now, I have two:
1) Praise God!! Pa recently showed some interest in Jesus (finally!!) and has signed up for the Alpha Course. Ma, already a Christian, is going with him. I pray that God will help me to show Him in my life, so that Pa cannot point the finger and say, "you'or Christians believe in God still like dat." Eep.
2) That I just take the courage to sit down with Ma maybe once a fortnight and discuss/pray over the Word. I scared lah. I once used to slam doors in her face, and now, I still give her the Don't-Bother-Me-Now dirty look when all she wants to do is make sure I have eaten my dinner and taken my vit C/primrose oil/calcium tablet ...
As a wise one said to me, I need to praypraypraypraypray!! I know, by myself, living for another person is a doomed endeavour. With Jesus, I win oredi.
posted by hwees at 9:07 AM
3 Comments:
Heheh, I am truly, honestly, really not hinting at anything when I said my birthday falls on APRIL 7 (I repeat April 7)!! hahah.
I know the Alpha Course has got some loopholes when it comes to presenting the Gospel--it plays down on the threatening bits, like personal sin. My Ma did warn Pa about that (Praise God! Well done Ma! *clap clap*), and she assures me Alpha is just the first stop for Pa's look-see. We're inviting him to ARPC's discovery class when it next comes round. Pray!! Pray!!
That's CoOL!
Will pray for you Pa.
Another thing to take note about the Alpha course is that it focus on the Holy Spirit and the feelings and experiences one gets after receiving the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ himself is very very side lined... I guess there must be some very good reason why your Pa is not going for Discovery Class instead.
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