Be a "Yes Man" for God

Caught the "Yes Man" movie just the Saturday ago, and as usual, another Jim Carrey comedy - my favourite. I always go about with this saying, "Jim Carrey is the reason why I'm such a hyped up crazy young lady."

Well, the story is about Carl Allen (Jim Carrey), a divorced man who had been shunning social gatherings to avoid his ex-wife and her boyfriend. In almost every single request in his life from approving monetary loans to spam mail in the email, his reply was always "NO". The movie progresses to tell how Carl Allen met an old friend who introduced him to a inspirational guru that compelled him to start a 'new life', where he made a covenant to say "Yes" to every invitation and opportunity presented to him.

His whole life began to take a change as he forced himself out of his comfort zone to say "Yes" to many things he didn't want to do - for the fear of bad luck happening to him should he say 'No".
His obligation to say 'Yes' sent him driving a homeless man to a park, where he then ran out of petrol, money (giving them all to the man) and phone battery (used up by the man). Walking to the gas station for petrol, he met Allison who took pity on him and gave him a ride on her scooter and eventually kissed him. Miraculously, after the positive start, things began to take a change in his life as he got a job promotion for saying 'Yes' to working on Saturdays, and saying 'Yes' to loan applications for his company that brought in a stunning increase of revenue for his company.

I shan't continue about the movie... but it's a good one.

But what I wanted to type today was how the movie spoke to me. Instead of being just another 'Yes Man' in life, I took the picture from another angle. I believe that God, our provider, is seeking our answers to be "Yes" to all that He asks from us. Saying "Yes" to God may not be an easy thing to do, but doing that definitely will bring about a certain degree of blessing that cannot compare to all other earthly blessings.

So there can be a couple ways to handle situations and opportunities in our lives.

1. Saying "No" to everything.

As life presents before us, we meet turns and crossroads that requires us to make decisions. There's no one answer that can answer every single question in our lives. Saying No keeps us where we are, or maybe even deterioriate relationships and circumstances in our lives.

2. Saying "Yes" to everything.

Our journey in life requires us to make wise decisions, whether in relationships, in work or in our responsibilities, we have been placed so many times at crossroads. We can't say "Yes" to everything. It just wouldn't work - it might land us in situations saying "Yes" to doing things that are immoral and sinful - or even things we may consider to be good, but not the route God intended for us... and that itself may just burn us out and lead us to unhappy outcomes.

Saying "Yes" to worldly things can land you in a great fix! Just as the movie depicted. (Watch the movie to know what happened!)

3. Saying "Yes" with wisdom from God and "Yes" to all that God asks.

Nothing beats saying "YES GOD!".

God is good - all the time. Through life difficulties and circumstances, God is still good. Every moment in our lives, God is preparing to give us every good and perfect gift, that we may embrace and receive it. But the way God works does not comply to the way the world may think He works.. and the way He works is never the way the world works. God's blessings come in disguises and to receive His blessings, I have learnt, is to always first say "Yes" to what He asks of us.

Through a season of dryness lately, I've been asking God why different things in life had happened. In His sovereignity, He seemed to be saying "Start saying Yes to me and you will hear me more."

The more we reject and disobey God the more our hearts become hardened and eventually one day we will fall away. I thank God so much for He has not given up on me despite the times I almost given up. And I also thank God for just making things happen in my life that always lead to a blessing in disguise. Our Father in heaven will bring us through life lessons - easy and tough ones - to teach and guide us in our walk with Him, that we may walk righteously.

because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Endure hard-ship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
Hebrews 12:6-7

I love it so much time and again I get to the stage of brokeness and totally just laying down my life before God. As the His Word promises that blessed are those who are weak and contrite in spirit, for they will see God.

For this is what the high and lofty One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah 57:15 (NIV)

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 (NIV)

Saying "Yes" to God is not always easy. I've been reading a book called "Authentic Faith" by Gary Thomas that has been targeting the underlying issues of why we sometimes find it so difficult to say "Yes" to God. Something that struck me deeply from what he wrote:

It's human nature to value most that which has cost us something. If you don't highly value your faith, perhaps you've never sacrificed for it.

How much have I sacrificed in my life that I may say "YES" to God? I have realised it's not momentary sacrifice, but a long term sacrifice. It's not those who start strong, and die in the middle, but those perservere till the end!

So I learn, and will keep on learning to say "Yes" to God. I won't just be another Yes Man in the world, but to be a Yes Man for God!

Happy 2009

Past is the word of 2008 yet ahead awaits the fresh new breeze of 2009.

It somewhat pins down to what I could call, sampling the air of 2009, which seems to lure me into...

Wahaha.. iight, I won't go on in my inspirational mode for I might lose everyone's attention.

I guess 2008 had been a great year, with me getting to know more of God's vision for me and also a season of pruning that the Gardener had been bringing me through. A season of rising up to take His calling and a season of humbling within to receive His directions.

I thank God so much for His faithfulness even as I looked back and reviewed the new year resolutions I set prayerfully with Him, and to see everything come to pass has been one great blessing.

During Watchnight @ James' house, we were told to eat write a blessing the Lord has poured forth in our lives in the year of 2008, and it struck all of us to admit that we couldn't possibly write just 'one blessing'. So taking the highlight, I wrote the greatest blessing I received - that my mother came to know Jesus Christ.

It's been cool to always look back and see how God fulfilled His promises and how I could have trusted Him more.

In July, Mom came to Brisbane to attend my graduation and during the trip, God spoke to me up at Mount Glorious that she was going to come to know Him during the holiday in Brisbane. Everyday I prayed really hard, trusting God for this promise to come to. My heart never failed to give an extra thud during the altar call for the Sinners Prayer, hoping that my Mom would respond to the call. However, till the last Sunday service, Mom still didn't accept Christ.

I began to cry out... Was it me that wanted Mom to be saved that much that I began to think words in my mind and made them God's words? I began to doubt and decided that maybe God would move in His own timing.. maybe not during this trip.

But as Mom and I headed to the airport as were heading back to Singapore, just five minutes before we entered the departure hall, Mom accepted Christ.

It was overwhelming... but then I hated myself for doubting, but through that I was glad I heard God's voice, and it was truly His voice that I heard... Now Mom has been growing strong in her faith back in Singapore and I believe for greater things to come... The salvation of my other family members and relatives.

As I plan once again prayerfully for the new year, may God guide me.. and YOU as we come to see His promises fulfilled.

Praise God and Happy New Year to all of you!

My Salvation Testimony

I shared how I got to know Jesus and how He touched and saved me earlier this year (Feburary) at Church.

Was supposed to post this up but I forgot! But then again, I'm thankful of the friends who have been reminding me... so yes, finally it's up! Sorry it took so long!

My Salvation Testimony

I will first start with a Bible verse that will depict how I was before and after I met Jesus.

In 1 Corinthians 13:13, it says “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” With that, I would like to use these three elements to speak of how I once again found these three elements in my life.

Before I became a Christian, I was a strong believer of Buddhism, a religion that did not believe in faith. I went to the temple to chant and studied deeply in their doctrines. I was so into the teachings and lifestyle that the thought of becoming a Buddhist nun crossed my mind many times. My strong believe in Buddhism grew me into a person who was anti-Christ and anti-faith.

I so strongly believed that Buddhists were the only people who knew how life operated and with all the teachings, I began to think that I was a person with great wisdom. I always thought that people who lived by faith were ignorant. And I went around labeling Christians as people who were ‘lost’.

In the past year, I came to church not with the intention to know more about God, but to find fault and error in the teachings, so that I could lead people away from God. However, that never happened. Time and again, I was touched by the love that Judah 5 showed to one another, and even to unbelievers like me. But I always brushed that off and labeled them as just trying to lure me into joining them.

In 2006, I had a boyfriend who was always in depression and no matter how I tried, I could not help him. He had also dabbled in black magic as a child and had a bondage to the spiritual world. There were even occasions I experienced spiritual presences that led me to be fearful of the dark ever since. It took me a year and a half to end the relationship because each time I tried to do so, he said he would die if I leave him. Eventually, the relationship ended but by then, I had lost hope in many aspects of life.

I felt that there was no point being too nice to others anymore, for it could probably just land me in such an unfixable situation. During that period, I felt that almost all the energy of my life has been sucked dry. I began to shun away from associating too much with people. The least I knew about the lives of others, the better it was. If I were to help others, it would be just because my body wants to, not because I love them. To me, love was just doing things to make others happy. Basically, at that point in time, my life consisted of nothing, but just doing things for the sake of doing things. There was no faith, no hope, and no true love.

Last year, Judah 5 and I came together to celebrate Eliza’s 21^st birthday, where I wrote a song for her. Eliza came with me from Singapore was my closest friend since then. That day, I was touched by the love shown by every single one, and how everyone came together to make it possible, and that by myself it could never have happened. Not only that, I found that there was something lacking in my life. All the love I was able to give, and all the effort I could commit to a certain thing or all the ideas and songs I could write could not give me any fulfillment at all. Although this was just a small event, but it was the cause of the biggest turning point in my life.

That night, Rayson brought Yvonne, Eliza and I up to a mountain top and in his car, where for 2 – 3 hours, he shared about God. It wasn't the first time he shared. But that moment, I began to realize what I was trying to avoid. For a while, I had already begun to believe that Christianity is the religion that carried the most truth, and most logical explanation for everything. Yet, I was afraid to accept it, due to the fact that I didn’t want to step out of Buddhism, my comfort zone.

However, that night after I went home, this brother’s words lingered in my heart the whole night and I was unable to sleep. God’s love is true and I could no longer deny it… and so the very next day, I self-invited myself to join CDS in the afternoon and accepted Christ during my very first CDS lesson.

It was really a hard decision to make for me to abandon all my Buddhist lifestyle and teachings. That was how ‘attached’ I was to Buddhism. To me, it felt like I was breaking off with a life partner that has been with me for a long time. But from there, I felt the spirit of deception leave me, and I was opened in my spiritual eyes and ears. The moment I made the decision, I could sense God holding me and telling me that from that very moment onwards, He will guide me and be with me throughout everything. It was like entering a relationship with God, without bondages.

Looking back, being a person without faith, hope and love, I could not see where my life was heading. I’m glad and thankful that God has brought me into His kingdom and showed me that there is a place where I can start anew.

All the energy that I have once lost, He has now graciously given upon me. Now, putting my faith in God has helped me learn to trust and lean on Him in all occasions. He has taught me that one of the most important aspects in life is to have faith in Him, the provider of all creation.

God has also taught me during the Hope-filled seminar what true biblical Hope is. In my walk with Him, I have learnt to have a biblical expectation of life without bondages.

Last but not least, the greatest of all, God has taught me to love once again. Love with meaning and love that is true. For God has brought me to Him by showing me what true love is. I was touched by His love, and from there, I will fill myself with His love, and let it overflow to many other lives out there.

So as I have started, I would like to end with 1 Cor 13:13. “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

Confession of Faith - Water Baptism

So, a December entry. Again the Lord has been challenging me in writing, and truly the passion is growing back. Sometimes I wonder why I've chosen Science, but then again, many the plans in a m
an's heart right. I'll let the Lord lead and light the way. And meanwhile, faithfully doing what I've been called to do, and serving as His Spirit leads.

"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."
- Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)

Even as I re-prioritised my life over the last year, I found myself not giving up writing - an extended limb for my life. Recently, I have found my novel/script again, and am continuing on writing my fourth story - Vanness' Teenage Love Story. Many might have found my first 2 stories, some lucky ones have read my 3rd one (which has been deleted because I forgot to lock it in the archive section), and some have been awaiting my fourth.

Anyway, cut the long story short. I was doing a little bit more research to write my fourth story and chanced upon a series of links - my 'kor kor's' blog. Ok.. I know I should stop saying this. Anyway, if you know who my 'kor' is... not da ge, but my 'kor kor', you know what I mean.

Anyways.. I should stop my broken English now, and just let the picture paint the story for your eyes. It touched me so much, and I don't know how much it means to you, but it did to me.
Praise God for the work He's done in so many different lives.

Then Jesus came to them and said, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I will be with you always, to the very end of the age'"
- Matthew 28:18-20

Just something in his words, "In all the years of walking my walk I've never been baptized, or really knew what it meant......and now....I'm still figuring out and trying my best to be honest to myself and let God do the rest....God bless us all."


A picture tells a thousand words. I'm really touched and blessed by this. Some times, we wonder why other have more power than us. It reminds me of the story of Queen Esther, that she had to be placed at a place at a certain time to fulfill the plans God had for her.

This total humbling act of oneself is truly commendable.

This reminds me, I have yet to let all you my valuable friends know of my baptism too. It was on 10th October 2008 - 1 year 1 month and 1 day after I accepted our Lord Jesus Christ into my life.



Looking back, this year of 2008 has indeed been a fruitful one. I believe and look forward to more fruitfulness in the years ahead. Praying for all of ya.

As the year comes closing

Again, I have neglected this site for a long while. Partly cuz there's no internet connection at home, and also because I've been so busy at work. I guess life changes totally once you graduate from the academic realm into the working society. A total change in lifestyle!

Lately God has been challenging me once again to write for him. Got reminded countless times about the parable of the talents. So here I am again, hopefully with more motivated to write...

It's closing to the end of the year where we look back and assess our new year resolutions. I thank God, because I've completed one of them, and that was to complete the Bible within this year. Praise God, I've achieved that. Now I'm back to connect journal... hoho, raw reading of the Bible is really challenging! But God has His plans... and I guess a lot of time, it's perseverance.

At the end of last year and beginning of this year, I set my resolutions together with the Lord. Before the year even began, the Lord had placed upon my heart that this year would be 'A Year of Perseverance'.

The verses He spoke to me were:

"perseverance, character; and character, hope."
- Romans 5:4

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- James 1:4

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
- James 1:12

And the goals for this year:
1. Persevere in praying for family's salvation
2. Persevere in loving people of different characters
3. Persevere in trusting God
4. Complete the Bible in this year

Review of Goal 1 - Persevere in praying for family's salvation

It's a really hard thing to do, but I believe it is always the desire of many to see our family members saved and come to know Christ. It's hard, but God works wonderfully and miraculously. And this year in July, my mum came to know God. It's was such a wonderful day of my life to see my mum come to know God, and to even be able to walk the beginning of her journey in Christ with her!

Thank God for my mother's salvation, and I'll continue to pray for my dad and sister's salvation, and even my extended familys' salvation!

Review of Goal 2 - Persevere in loving people of different character

I remember last year, I had little trust in people. I always thought that I could do many things and people around me couldn't live up to my standards. When I came to know Christ, His word told me that judging people was wrong.

For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
- Matthew 7:2-5

That totally crushed me. To realise that the world is a place where people judges others knowingly and unknowingly. It has been incorporated as a culture in our lives. It was a tough start, and a lot of angry times at myself for each time I judge others. But God has brought me through a journey, and at times it's not the anger I should feel about myself, but rejoicing in this journey that God is taking me through.

Knowing God doesn't mean He'll take away your problems. God helps you overcome your problems, not alone but with Him. I think God also helped me make more friends and understand friendships more! Haha... at least nowadays you don't see me always with the guys anymore..

I remember I used to have difficulty hanging out with girls because their discussion topics are always so different from mine. Even to this day, I still have some of these interest differences, but at least I have more girl friends now!

Goal 3 Review - Persevere in trusting God

Being Christian does not mean life becomes easier. It means it gets tougher. Once you are a Christian, the world hates you. So it's a time where you got to stand out there, despite attacks and persecution, to love the world who hates you. It's hard but always look back to the Lord, who came into the world to die for a people who persecuted and hated Him.

I remember it wasn't very long ago where I was on the verge of breaking down and giving up. There the Lord brought me back and set me free from oppression of the enemy. It was not an easy journey for me over the past 3 months because of the very many changes in my life, and of people who left. It was good to see how the Lord moulded me over the last 3 months into coming to Him, setting me through those times to reflect and consider my life before Him.

This day I stand strong in the Lord because of what He has done, not once blaming Him for taking me through a period of rough times. But to also know that no matter what happens, God is in control, He is sovereign!

When God ordains, He sustains!

Revived and stronger than before, the Lord may continue to take me through another test, but I know that no matter what happens, God has ordained me to go through it, and He will sustain me!

And lastly, my fourth goal has been mentioned early in the entry.

I'm so tired now! Haha.. 1 hour more to CDS, but I'm gonna take a nap!

Alright.. ciao people!