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I'm shifted

Hi all, you can go to my new blog at ngcheehao.wordpress.com.

I guess i move to there around 3months. So c u there.

posted by cheehao @ 1:26 PM 0 comments

Finally i'm back

I'M BACK!!!

it was almost two year i wasn't update my blog and have to say sorry anyways.

Another 2 more weeks is my final exam and i haven't finish all i supposed to study. I'm so worried i can't do well in this coming final exam.:(

I remember a hymns writer once wrote before,

Troublesome times is here, feeling men heart with fear.......

O Heavenly Father pls grant me the comfort and peace of mind.

posted by cheehao @ 12:43 AM 0 comments

I'm back

Hello everyone, glad to see you here. Hehe almost 2months i didn't update my blog. Here I am. Well, i knew the material that i post is a bit long but is really worth to read it but sorry for that. Hope u will like this post that talk about "Quick Responeses from Advisors Could Be Wrong". Well just spend few minute by reading this and you will get the idea of this post. Pray n wait for God by studying his word OR quick respone to the advice that giving by the older christion? Check it out. Here we go.

"So Bill what do you think? I want to start a Youth Mission Center to reach out to struggling young people in our community. I found some empty storefront space in a high traffic area where alot of the kids hang out. And guess what, the price is right. I can get it for practically nothing, provided we turn it back to the landlord in better shape than it was when we started. I really want to do something for the Lord and I think this is it. What do you think Bill?’

"Go for it Andrew. You couldn't go wrong doing something like that for the Lord. If that's what's on your heart - don't waste any time. Just do it. God be with you."

King David looked around his elegant cedar mansion and thought: "Here I am crawling out of bed in the morning and going to sleep at night in this cedar castle. It’s an awesome home. But while I sleep with the fragrance of cedar surrounding me, the ark of the covenant of the Lord rests in such primitive circumstances surrounded by curtains. If I dwell in a house of cedar, then the Lord deserves to dwell in a beautiful, even magnificent building made especially for Him. Nothing but the best for the Lord!"

So David shares the burden of his heart with Nathan the prophet who immediately endorses the idea and gives his blessing to the King's desire: "Do all that is thine heart; for God is with thee." 1 Chron. 17:3

ummmm - Nathan did you pray about it? Just because you are a prophet of the Lord, don't you think you should pray about it first and get back to David? What if the Lord has a different perspective on this issue?

Guess what? Nathan's off-the-cuff advice was wrong - dead wrong! God let him know that night. 1 Chronicles 17:3 "And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the God came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt NOT build me a house to dwell in...." Nathan had to go back to King David with the revised advice - the direction from the Lord. God's plan was to have David's son build it at a later date - but definitely not David.

Beware of counsel that comes quickly without prayer. Beware of off-the-cuff advice even from Godly Christians, if you know they haven't sought the Lord's counsel on the matter. Some Christians I esteem, love and value greatly have given me advice that was dead wrong and would have negatively affected my future spiritually had I followed their initial advice.

Yes, by all means, consult with Christians and ask for their advice and counsel but when you go to them, first ask them to pray about it and get back to you. Unless, of course you are asking them something that is already obvious in the Scriptures. Then just listen to them quote the verse. They don't need to pray about it and you don't either. Just obey the Word of God. A verse like: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers." (2 Corinthians 6:14) is obvious and direct and there is no room for discussion. You don’t need to pray about whether you date an unsaved person or not. The Bible says: “Don’t!” But where it is not so clear, seek advice from believers whom you respect and then ask them to pray about it too. "Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14

Generally speaking, if your nearest and dearest christian friends are dropping little warnings about your plans or your christian parents are flashing danger-ahead lights over your intentions or a Godly elder is gently trying to steer you in another direction, you should think twice and pray often and get concrete direction from the Lord before you make a decision to bulldoze ahead.


Sometimes we may quick responded to the advice that older christian gave us v all not rather to spend more times to study the word of God n think whether that is the God's will for us a not or spend more time n praying to Him.

Hope u enjoy reading this. God bless!!!

posted by cheehao @ 1:38 PM 1 comments

Professing Christians who don’t walk the talk push more people towards atheism than any other single reason. Think of it! There’s nothing that causes

When money is involved we can never be too careful. A prominent lawyer for well-heeled, rich and famous seniors confessed in court that “there was something evil inside” him. He was charged for helping himself to grossly excessive fees from a deep-pocketed client. He later told a Disciplinary Committee: “I always had to watch these bad things inside me. I had to realize that I had not only breached ethics, but that something evil was inside me. I had to manage it.” Hopefully he learned from his experience. But what he was saying about himself – applies to me and you as well. We all have the capacity to covet, steal and be dishonest and slippery with cash. We all have the inner potential to play around with the figures, juggle the numbers and cook the books to our advantage.

When the Apostle Paul was orchestrating financial support for poor Christians in Jerusalem he was super cautious. He made sure that more than one person was in charge of the money from beginning to end. The last thing Paul wanted or needed was someone to level an accusation at him for the way the money was handled. He didn’t want a scandal or even a hint of a scandal. Even an allegation is damaging.

Paul wrote to the Corinthians about their collection for the poor and how it was to be handled. He made sure other believers were involved and then he said:

“…avoiding this

That no man should blame us in the matter of this bounty (gift) which is administered by us:

Providing for honest things

Not only in the sight of the Lord,

But also in the sight of men…”

2 Corinthians 8:18-22

Just because the money is associated with spiritual things, does NOT mean it’s handled in a spiritual manner. Think of the money scandals associated with religion on television – where vulnerable people are robbed by pulpit pounding preachers. “If you send us your money, God will bless you.”

You may have handled everything honestly in the past, but that does not mean you won’t be tempted to ‘help yourself’ in the future and tragically fail. I am sure people who have swindled money or have falsified records or have been caught with their hand in the till …. I doubt if they ever intended to go so far. No one deliberately sets out to have their reputation wrecked.

The Apostle Paul wasn’t content just to go to sleep at night knowing he was in the clear with the Lord with respect to the money. He took every possible precaution to be clear from any accusation people might try to level at him, even if they were false accusations based on incomplete or inaccurate information. Some say: ‘Well technically it is allowable. I think it would pass a judge’s scrutiny when he weighed precedents and case law. My staff may not understand how I juggled those figures for the accountant but I know in my heart of hearts, what I did was legal.” But if employees are going around saying: “Wow! Some Christian she is. I can’t believe that she asked me to do that!” …. Is that a good thing for the cause of Christ? Paul was concerned about how people perceived his actions.

As a young person, if someone asks you to handle cash that’s not your own or to maintain ledgers that aren’t yours, do NOT trust yourself. Protect yourself from not only being tempted someday down the road but also protect your reputation from needless accusations. Whether it is in business or in the local church, always make sure a 2^nd person is involved whenever possible. Make sure someone else checks what you have counted. Make sure the cheques are signed by two people – not just your signature. Remember it must not only BE honest, it must APPEAR TO BE honest! That’s the Bible standard.

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Walking The Talk Is A Daily Thing

Professing Christians who don’t walk the talk push more people towards atheism than any other single reason. Think of it! There’s nothing that causes more resentment, bitterness and skepticism towards the lovely Person of Christ than someone who says they are a believer but fails to show it every day of the week. Hypocrisy and shallowness drive people away from the Gospel. If your business practices are not 100% above board, don’t ever tell someone you are a Christian. If my jokes are off-colored and my language is peppered with foul slang, may my lips be silent about what Christ has done for me. If I am known as a stingy and miserly person, pinching every penny and beating the last dollar out of every deal, I shouldn’t even whisper to another person that I walk with the Lord – after all, who is more generous, gracious and giving than our God? If I’m at the same counter buying or renting the same videos as the rest of the world, should I even suggest to a friend that Christ satisfies completely and I live for a higher purpose?

King David in Psalm 61 hit some high peaks as he wrote about his trust in the Lord. His son Absalom had turned against him and chased him from the throne. In the midst of life’s greatest trials, when the dark, depressing circumstances are overwhelming, do you cry David’s prayer: “Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I?” Psalm 61:2. Can you use his words and call the Lord your ‘strong tower’ and that you are taking refuge in ‘the shelter of His wings’? Then King David wrote:

So will I sing praise unto Thy name forever.

That I may DAILY perform my vows.

Psalm 61:8

Living my life for Christ is a DAILY thing. I don’t just clean up my act for Sunday. David’s desire was to honor his obligations to the Lord every day he lived. Yes he had a failure or two in his past – but the deep desire of his heart was to walk closely with the Lord every day – not just when life was tipsy-turvy. Sometimes we go into a frenzied scramble of performing our vows in a crisis but soon as it passes, we slip back into the rut of living for ourselves.

David recognized that the Lord’s care for us is a daily thing. He wrote: “Blessed be the Lord who DAILY loadeth us with benefits or beareth our burdens.” Psalm 68:19

Jesus said: “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross DAILY, and follow me.” Luke 9:23

Read through the Acts of the Apostles and notice the emphasis on the word ‘DAILY’ in relation to the early days of the Christians.

The Apostle Paul said: “I die DAILY.” 1 Corinthians 15:31. Each day he lived for the Lord he was willing to risk death for the cause of Christ. He lived a self-sacrificing life DAILY.

The greatest example of all was Christ. Daily He walked in close communion with His Father. From sunrise to sunset He walked the talk.

"But I say to you who hear,

Love your enemies,

do good to those who hate you -

bless those who curse you,

pray for those who abuse you.

To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also,

and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.

(Luke 6:27-31)

Those were His words. How could I read about the life of Christ and look at Calvary and not conclude that He walked the talk.

Christian living is a DAILY thing – not some act we put on from time to time. You won’t regret this evening that you walked the talk for Christ throughout the day.

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God Loves Enthusiastic Givers

The Christians up in Corinth had initially expressed an enthusiastic willingness to help the believers in Jerusalem who were having a real rough time. When the Apostle Paul first mentioned it to them, they were eager and thrilled to help out. But then problems arose in the assembly in Corinth. False teachers started planting problems and rumors began to spread about Paul himself. Some hinted that Paul was up to no good and that he himself was money hungry. Who could trust his motives? Maybe he was milking the Christians. Whatever was being said in Corinth certainly threw a damper on their willingness to help out the poverty stricken believers in Jerusalem. They had been side tracked by internal assembly problems and their generous gift never materialized.

That’s the background for the two chapters in 2 Corinthians that instruct believers on spiritual giving. Yes – the Holy Spirit through Paul saw fit to devote considerable space to the single topic of Christian giving. Two entire chapters in 2 Corinthians deal with the subject. Here are two verses from that section:

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,

so let him give;

not grudgingly, or of necessity:

for God loveth a cheerful giver.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you;

that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things,

may abound to every good work:

(2Co 9:7-8)

As a young person make it your life long desire before the Lord to be a generous and cheerful giver. The word for purpose in verse 7 is only used once in the New Testament. So it’s single mention makes it special. It means a predetermined plan of action – a conscious, voluntary choice made in advance that’s permanent and long term in nature. Have I spent much time on my knees before the Lord praying about how I can express the love of God to others by generous giving?

Our giving is to be for the right reasons - not because we ‘had to’ give or to receive pats on the back. No! Paul says God has a unique love for those who are happily committed to generous giving. Am I a cheerful (hilarious) giver - enthusiastically thrilled with the pleasure of giving? Giving without any hint of reluctance - giving with joy. Yes, we are to give ourselves to the Lord. And we are to give our time to the Lord and we are to give our talents to the Lord – but the context here are our treasures! God loves christians who happily help out others materially – whether it is directly with money or indirectly by making goods and services available to others in need. The context here is giving to help meet the temporal needs of poor Christians.

As a good Christian steward I am to give wisely, generously, joyfully and continually. Will you be the loser if you dig deep and give generously? Study verse 8. I will be a loser if I hang on to every cent, give miserly and give reluctantly and skimpily and only occasionally. Giving to others is an eternal investment and the dividends will be evident when your Christian life is reviewed and rewarded at the Judgment Seat of Christ.

To underscore the importance of giving, we are pointed to the Supreme Example in both chapters. Chapter 8:9 “Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.” Then the concluding verse of Chapter 9 is: “Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable (indescribable) gift.” The gift of the Lord Jesus Christ. God cheerfully and without reluctance gave His Son for us – why shouldn’t we in turn be cheerful givers representing our great and giving God?

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Forbearing and Forgiving Regardless

I just finished reading Colossians 3. In addition to all the sinful things that we are to abandon listed earlier in the chapter, verse 13 jumped off the page : '...forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel or complaint against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye...." As a christian I am to put up with, graciously endure and cope with others who may have a personality that I personally don't take to or idiosyncrasies I don't like. Look at how the Lord puts up with our manners, our insensitivities, our attitude, our lack of discipline or lack of focus, our procrastination in spiritual things. He puts up with us and loves us just the same. We are to show the same forbearance with other people - saved and unsaved alike. Forbearance is our christian duty.

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