Turkish Delight

Your law is my delight. - Psalm 119:174


In C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch needed to know only one thing about Edmund to get him to betray his siblings. By asking a few simple questions, the witch learned that Edmund's weakness was his love for a candy called Turkish Delight. The piece she gave to Edmund was more delicious than anything he had ever tasted. Soon Edmund could think only about "trying to shovel down as much Turkish Delight as he could, and the more he ate the more he wanted."

Each of us has a vulnerability like Edmund's that Satan is eager to exploit. It may be something addictive like drugs or alcohol, or it may be something seemingly harmless an perhaps even good like food, friendship, or work.

After His resurrection, Jesus asked Peter this personal and probing question: "Do you love Me more than these?" (John 21:15). Many have speculated as to what Jesus meant by the word "these," but it's probably better that we don't know. It allows each of us to personalize the question and ask ourselves, "What do I love more than Jesus?"

When Satan finds out what we love more than God, he knows how to manipulate us. But he loses his power over us when we delight in the Lord. - Julie Ackerman Link


I love Thee, because Thou hast first loved me,
And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
I love Thee for wearing the thorns on Thy brow;
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. - Featherstone

God takes delight in us - how can we help out delight in Him?

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Fun... Joy... Peace... and LOVE will never end in Jesus...

As He is our "Lake of Happiness"...

Let's SMILE...

Rise Up!

You, being dead in your trespasses, ... He has made alive together with Him. - Colossians 2:13


On February 6, 1958, a chartered plane carrying most of the members of the English football (soccer) club Manchester United crashed on takeoff from Munich, Germany. With so many of their star players lost, some despaired over prospects for the club's survival. Yet today it is one of the best-known teams in the world. Fittingly, the man who rebuilt the team, Matt Busby, survived the crash himself.

Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus' arrest and subsequent crucifixion caused many of His followers to despair. The disciples themselves had lost hope. But their despondency evaporated on that first Easter morning when they found that the stone sealing the tomb had been moved aside (John 20:1). Jesus had risen!

Jesus soon appeared to Mary Magdalene (w. 11-16) and then to His disciples, who had gathered behind locked doors (v.19). His visit brought a remarkable change in them. As one version renders it, they were "overjoyed" (v.20 NIV).

Perhaps your world has crashed around you. It may be a deeply personal loss, a tragedy in your family, or some other great trial . Jesus' resurrection proved that He is greater than the greatest obstacles. He can rebuild your life - as He did with His disciples - starting today. - C. P. Hia


He rose! And with Him hope arose, and life and light. Men said, "Not Christ, but death, died yesternight." And joy and truth and all things virtuous Rose when He rose. - Anon.

God can turn any difficulty into an opportunity.

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Although He is high on the top... but He also very close to each and everyone of us...

All your tiny stuffs He do knows... so don't do any thing that makes Him upset...

And not forget to wish you all have blesses from God... :)

The Search For Peace

The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds. - Philippians 4:7


At the height of their popularity, creativity, and wealth, the Beatles produced a controversial project called "The White Album." It signaled the breakup of the band by featuring pieces that were primarily individual in nature instead of collaborative.

It also revealed a growing disenchantment with all that their fame had produced. In his song "I'm So Tired," John Lennon expressed the emptiness of his "successful" and wealthy life with these profound words: "I'd give you everything I've got for a little peace of mind." All that he had, all that he had accomplished and all that he had become could not meet this simple, yet deep, personal need.

The world we live in cannot offer peace. It offers only poor options. Pleasure, power, and possessions are no substitute for peace of heart and mind.

Paul reminded the believers at Philippi, "The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Phil. 4:7). This is the peace God brings to those who have been reconciled to God by faith in His Son Jesus (Eph. 2:14-16). It is a peace we are to share with a world that is desperate for it.

Peace - real peace - is found - is found only in a relationship with Jesus. Have you received His peace? - Bill Crowder


Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. -Jesus.

The Great Storyteller

Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them. - Matthew 13:34


In his book Teacher Man, Pulitzer Prize-winner Frank McCourt reflects on his 30 years as a teacher in New York City high schools. He used a variety of techniques in his English and creative writing classes, but one that seemed to surface again and agian was the power of a compelling story to capture attention and encourage learning.

This method of instruction was used by the greatest Teacher of all - the Lord Jesus Christ. The scholarly religious leader Nicodemus said to Jesus, "We know that You are a teacher come from God" (John 3:2). Yet when Jesus addressed the crowds that followed Him, He didn't recite great truths of the Talmud Rather, He spoke with the hompespun style of a storyteller.

The parables of Jesus endure because they showcase matters of the heart. Through the story of the Pharisee and tax collector (Luke 18), we learn about God's grace and forgiveness. And the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15) showcase God's love for repentant sinners.

The inspired parables of Jesus teach us about Him and the life He wants us to lead. We too can use our faith-stories to point others to the ultimate Storyteller and Teacher whose own life is the greatest story ever told. - Dennis Fisher


Take control of my words today,
May they tell of Your great love;
And may the story of Your grace
Turn some heart to You above. - Sees

A good way to learn God's truth is to teach it to others.

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A Refresh Course On God's Majesty

You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live. - Exodus 33:20


My book disappoitment With God explores three questions many Christian ask: Is God hidden? Is God silent? Is God unfair? It struck me that those qeustions did not trouble the Hebrews in the Sinai wilderness. They saw evidence of God every day, heard Him speak, and lived under a contract signed in His own hand. Out of this relationship emerged a great gift from the Jews to the world: monotheism - the belief in one sovereign, holy God.

Today many treat God like a cosmic good buddy. We could use a refresher course from the Old Testament on God's majesty.

Pastor Gordon MacDonald writes, "The most costly sins I have committed came at a time when I briefly suspended my reverence for God... I quietly (and insanely) concluded that God didn't care and most likely wouldn't intervene were I to risk the violation of one of His commandments."

MacDonald says his own love for God has moved away from a sentimental model, which never satisfied him, to something closer to a father/son model. He is learning to reverence, obey, and thank God; to express appropriate sorrow for sin; to pursue a quietness in which be might hear God whisper. He seek a relationship with God appropriate to the profound difference between the two parties.

As God's children, we may "come boldly to the throne of grace" (Heb. 4:16). But let us ever be mindful of our Father's inestimable majesty. - Philip Yancey


To worship is to recognize the supreme worth of God.

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Phuxsutawney Phil

We have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed. - 2 Peter 1:19


Ponxsutawney Phil is a groundhog that comes out of his burrow on Gobbler's Knob, Pennsylvania, each February 2 to predict the weather. According to legend, if Phil sees his shadow, there will be 6 more weeks of cold weather. If he doesn't see his shadow, spring will come early.

This is all humbug and good humor, of course. No one to my knowledge takes Phil's predictions seriously. Furthermore, he's unreliable - more often wrong than right, I'm told.

There is One, however, who is always right and whom we must take seriously. Peter writes of Him, "We have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts" (2 Peter 1:19).

Peter was thinking of that day on the Mount of Transfiguration with James and John when he saw Jesus standing with the two great prophets of the Old Testament, Moses and Elijah. In that august company of true prophets the Father pointed to the Son and said: "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!" (Luke 9:35). Jesus' word is a "prophetic word" that is certain!

There is One who is never wrong and who will never lead us astray: our Lord Jesus. We must hear Him! - David H. Roper


At the name of Jesus bowing,
Falling prostrate at His feet,
KIng of kings in heaven we'll crown Him
When our journey is complete. - Baxter

In a world full of speculation, only God's Word is certain.

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God Is At Work

It is God who works in you both to will and to do His good pleasure. - Philippians 2:13


We always crave change in a new year. This is why on January 1 we start diets, exercise programs, and new hobbies. Of course, a month later we're usually back to our old bad habits. Maybe that's because we crave too big a change and do not have enough power and will to make the changes.

I wonder how many Jesus-followers have made commitments to change and grow spiritually but are experiencing frustration because they don't have the will and power to carry out those steps.

Paul addresses this issue in his latter to the Philippians. As he encouraged them to work out their salvation with fear and trembling (2:12), Paul said they would not be on their own. God Himself would energize them to grow and to carry out His tasks. The first area affected would be their desires. God was at work in them, giving them the desire to change and grow. He was also working to give them the power to make the actual changes (v.13).

God has not left us alone in our struggles to attain spiritual growth. He helps us want to obey Him, and then He gives us the power to do what He wants. Ask Him to help you what to do with His will. - Marvin Williams


Every day more like my Savior,
Every day my will resign,
Until at last Christ reigns supremely
In this grateful heart of mine. - Brandt

The power that compels us comes from the Spirit who indwells us.

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