I've found a friend who died for me

We often fear rejections by others.. We face rejections everyday, studies, work, friends, family, love.. Different ppl have different ways of dealing with it.. Some choose to cry, some choose to whine, some choose to become stronger and move on.. Today sermon was regarding of this topic.. Strangely, God seemed to prepare it for me, as though He was trying to tell me something..

The sermon was regarding on a few verses. Luke 9:51-56.. It's about Jesus's decision to make His journey to Jerusalem as He knew His time is close. It took great courage for Jesus to come to this decision as it was mentioned that He "resolutely set out to Jerusalem".. Could this means that Christ was actually feeling fear when making this decision that He needed to resolve Himself?? Probably, but Christ knew His purpose here..

He sent messengers to prepare the path for Him.. We can ask ourself are we willing to be messengers of God and lay out the path for Him.. Have we prepared enough to receive the Christ?? The Samaritans didnt.. In fact, they chose to reject Christ.. Will we ever be in a situation where the Lord gave us opportunities to be involved in His ministries and works , yet we choose to turn down??

When the disciples realised that the Samaritans turned Jesus away, they were furious, esp James and John.. They were so mad that they wanted to curse and destroy the Samaritans.. However God rebuked them, knowing that He would be rejected them.. He mentioned that "The Son of Man is not here to destroy life, but to save them instead" (Can only be found in the mandarin version of the Bible) The Lord wants us sinners to be saved and not the righteous to fall. The Lord did not probe on the part being rejected and move on quickly to the next village, knowing that many more needed to be save.. I guess one reminder is to be proactive.. Once you miss the opportunity, it will be gone for good..

Be objective and not dwell in self-pity.. I'm a firm believer of the later one.. Indulging is self-pity gets us no where.. The Lord was too rejected by many, and He chose to move on.. We should learn to change out attitude and mindset when facing rejection and failure..

Just like a bottle of clear water and gassy drink.. We need a clear mind like the bottle of water, where our emotion is not affected by the surrounding.. Whereas for the gassy drink, when u shake it, pressure gets build up inside.. Eventually, all these pressure (emotions) will explode when released.. We have the choice of choosing which one do we want to be.. Guess I got alot to learn when it comes to handling my emotions..

Be positive, staying angry could not solve anything.. The Lord says that its okay to be angry.. Everyone do feel anger.. However, we must not sin due to this anger.. 3 golden rules are: 1) Not to hurt urself 2) Not to hurt the others 3) Not to hurt properties.. Im kinda puzzled by the 3rd one though.. Relax, rethink and redirect.. Running help to keep the mind cool.. If one realised that he or she is often prone to anger, it might mean that he or she has fallen into Satan's trap to ensnare us in sin.. Instead, we should channel the energy to focus on God's work..

There isnt sunday school today.. so the class went to AMK mac to celebrate shelen bday in advance since both Pastor J and her are going to Australia for holiday for 2 weeks.. a pretty last min but a rather pleasant gathering.. Charmaine was back in sg for this week too.. so i guess this was a gd session for the class..

Our sunday class grp attendance has been rather inconsistent lately.. Edmund and meijing regularly attend the 2nd service.. Dingxin flying off to aus soon to study.. Samuel just returned from taiwan.. Qiwei and xiaowei busy with the children ministry.. meiqi off to japan.. everyone is all over the place.. guess the older we get, the less we get to see each other together.. However, whenever a brother or sister is in trouble or difficulty, we all never fail to be there for one another.. Thx u guys for the concern.. I know u ppl have been discussing and finding ways to help me recover from my recent emotion stumble..

With dingxin flying off to aus to study, this means that he might not be able to join us to be william's brothers for his wedding.. I wonder who will replace him since meijing and william intention is for us to walk down the church aisle with a sister paired each.. I'm seriously looking forward to their wedding as i see God's grace and guidance in their relationship.. Despite so many problems and william being at Cambodia serving the Lord, the God still provides them plentiful.. It going to be a very cranky n fun wedding! Heard about our attire for that day already.. lol..

Yesterday was amanda's 21st birthday.. had it a NLB.. a small yet pretty venue.. The 6 of us, me, gr, max, boon, khai n fabian prepared a short dance within a day for her.. I'm glad she liked it and we all had fun too in the process.. Its a pity that ahboon is leaving us soon.. I wonder how would the fate of genersis be without him..

God gave us happiness, we too are give the choice of accept it or not.. Take it or not, life is still going to go on as per normal.. Since tat's the case, y not pursue the obvious instead??

God help those who help themselves..