The Power of Thanksgiving

I remember once being asked to share the word of God in a prayer meeting many years ago and I was led to the scriptures in Phil 4:6-7. As I was meditating upon the verses, understanding began to flow into my mind. Philippians 4:6-7 (New King James Version)6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will...

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What a friend we have in Jesus

What precious and timeless truth the author expounded in this beautiful hymn. Indeed, it is a revelation of how we can experience heaven on earth - through the garden of prayer.In the garden of prayer, where I can pour out my heart before the One who loves me like no other. A heart to heart talk with my Saviour. For there's no burden too heavy He cannot bear and there's no sin too great He cannot pardon.He's the Almighty Creator who created all creation yet He comes to me with His undivided attention when I whisper a prayer to Him. My Jesus, how...

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The parable of the five tropical fish

A few weeks ago, I bought a small fish tank for my daughter together with five red-coloured tropical fish, as chosen by her from the shop. We were all excited with the newfound activities of feeding the fish, replacing the water and cleaning the mini-aquarium. One fine day, my wife noticed one of the fish was floating motionless in the mini aquarium. Dead. Hmm, we guessed that the fish must have found it too great a challenge to adapt to the new...

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Engaging the Supernatural Realm of Heaven

by Jeff Jansen(source: Destiny Image Newsletter: click here)-----------------------------------------------------------From the beginning of time man was born with the unquenchable desire to know God and to be known by God. This awareness is not learned or taught, but is an instinctive hunger deeply-seated by God within the heart of man. A veil has been placed over the hearts and minds of humanity and it is crucial that we wrestle past it by the blood of Jesus in order to encounter the living God. It's not good enough for your pastor to have the...

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A Sign of His Love

by Mary Trask(source: Destiny Image Newsletter: click here)------------------------------------------------------------I have always been drawn to the great beauty found in God's creation around us; however, I don't think I truly appreciated the stones of the earth until I began studying the gemstone wall of Revelation 21. My four-year odyssey began solely in discovering what the Word of God had to say through these stones. Two years into this investigation, my husband and I became occasional recipients of heavenly gemstones. At first, it became...

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Viewing opposition from the Throne Room perspective

At different seasons of our lives, we experience opposition of varying forms and intensity. When our lives are smooth sailing we would be bubbling with confidence, "Come what may, with Christ in the vessel we can smile at the storm.." But, with the slightest feeling of some kind of opposition, we would be joining the loud choruses of the disciples on the boat, "Wake up, Jesus! Don't you care? Why are you sleeping?"A deep conviction that the God we believe in is a big, great and wonderful God is of utmost value in our Christian walk. Knowing that...

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Who is the God of fire?

God uses signs and wonders and the manifestation of the supernatural realm to reveal Himself and His nature. Many people do not understand the need nor the importance of the manifestation of the supernatural realm. Since the logic of man could not easily explain the supernatural or the manifestations of signs and wonders, it would be far easier to shove them aside or to discredit them. Let me relate two examples of the manner God uses signs, wonders and miracles to reveal His nature. (1) When miracles of “gold teeth” happened in France many...

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Cleansing the house (part 2)

Sometimes, when discussing issues like cleansing the house and stuffs like that, it can become very controversial. Not everyone will agree with throwing away items from the house that seem so harmless. One may end up being labelled as a "freak" or being an "extremist". I remember hearing an Indian minister addressing his congregation to throw away all the photos taken during their Hindu wedding ceremony and to give up many of the cultural practices which have been practiced by them for all their lives. It was a struggle for most of the Indian believers....

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Cleansing the house (part 1)

In the past, due to my limited understanding, I did not see the need to cleanse the house (or temple). By cleansing the house, I am generally referring to getting rid of things, items or objects that do not please God from the house that could be due to idolatary images or objects being an open door for the demonic realm to enter. Due to an incident two days ago (which will be elaborated below), I would like to share some experiences of cleansing the house that took place in the recent months (which I could still remember): -(1) On one Sunday service...

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The Supernatural caught on camera

I was first introduced to the possibility of the supernatural being caught on camera many years ago when I heard about the many signs and wonders of the Ba Kelalan revival that were being captured in photos. I managed to get hold of the book on the account of Ba Kelalan revival where there were (black and white) photos of angelic lights, fire in the sky, etc. Undoubtedly, there's a growing interest in the supernatural in the recent years and with...

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What Does It Mean to Seek the Lord?

(By John Piper. © Desiring God. Website: desiringGod.org )Seeking the Lord means seeking his presence. “Presence” is a common translation of the Hebrew word “face.” Literally, we are to seek his “face.” But this is the Hebraic way of having access to God. To be before his face is to be in his presence. But aren't his children always in his presence? Yes and no. Yes in two senses: First, in the sense that God is omnipresent and therefore always near everything and everyone. He holds everything in being. His power is ever-present in sustaining and...

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You desire truth in the inward parts

King David understood the heart of God when he penned the words, "You desire truth in the inward parts..." in his penitent Psalm 51. Often times, we literally "throw" up words from our mouths to God when praying without really weighing how much do we mean in our hearts what we say with our mouths. God in His great mercies do not answer all our prayers, albeit how eloquent they sound.As a teen, I used to be and still is very touched and amazed by a particular prayer of saint Francis even though I did not know much about who saint Francis was.Lord,...

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I asked for more of Him...

In the recent weeks, I have been asking for more of God in my prayers. This is not about complaining or doubting the all-sufficiency of Christ in our lives. Those who have tasted that the Lord is good would agree with the phrase coined by Wade Taylor as having a "dissatisfied satisfaction". Having tasted the goodness and the delight of our lovely Saviour, we just long for more of Him. Having drunk the sweet wine of the Spirit from the wells of salvation, we just come back for more...SurrenderTwo weeks ago, I began to sense the Spirit of God speaking...

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A Call to Surrender

I heard our loving God spoke to me about surrendering to Him in the past weeks. About two weeks ago, somehow my spirit received God's (rhema) Word when I heard a preacher mentioned, "to surrender to Him everything including His call and giftings for us since we are nothing without Him (paraphrased)".This word "surrender" has caused an 'uneasiness' within me in the beginning because I have yet to grasp the full meaning and intent of the Spirit of God when He quickened this word to me. There's definitely a lot of chewing (pondering and meditating)...

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Three Questions

Whilst in prayer this morning, I was meditating on the following 3 questions in my heart: -1. Am I ready and willing to be made "not-ready" by my Bridegroom so that He can then begin to make me ready for Him and His purposes?This will mark the end of all our strivings. Whether the intention is good or not, instead of propelling us further in His will, all our strivings will only lead to the ultimate entrapment in our small coccoons of self and flesh. Rather,it's about receiving and returning His love and communing with Him. Then, we will find ourselves...

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The new day begins at 6.00pm

If I remember correctly, the earliest I heard of this "global" prophecy was more than 5 years ago. It was during a series of special meetings by a man of God who have personally experienced many genuine moves of God. From hindsight, I could see the scripture (Amos 3:7) at work, i.e. "Surely the Lord GOD does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets." I believe that even among His servants, there are those who are closer to Him than the rest. This is because after hearing the first time what God is going to do in the world...

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God builds on our RESPONSES

Last night I was awokened by the sounds of thunders and heavy rain and in between the state of sleeping and consciously awake, there were many thoughts and impressions that went through my mind. Some of those thoughts/impressions relate to my own personal things and there's one particular subject that prompts me to share in this post.A few months ago, I was sent a link to a series of meetings conducted in the US by a missionary couple whom my wife and myself got to know through one of the previous churches we were serving and worshipping in. With...

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The Last Call

This is a timely message which is worth reading and sharing. (source: Ron McGatlin, 30th April 2009, http://www.openheaven.com/) A call to return and realign ourselves with the heart of God so that we can be a part of what He is doing in this brand new 'kairos' season. Be blessed.-----------------------------------------------------------------A few days ago while in prayer, I received a strong word from the Lord that caused a great burden with underlying streams of precious hope. The most significant message of modern time is coming forth from...

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Letter from Jesus

My Beloved Child,How it pleases me to see Your desire to spend time with Me. My heart is pleased that you do not only want My gifts, what I can do for you, but that you desire Me. That You desire relationship with Me above the blessings and gifts that I give. I am even more pleased that you do not want to stay in shallow waters, but you want to venture deep, deep into the depths of My Spirit. You desire to seek My face. You desire close, face to face communion. How I long for that. Nothing gives Me greater pleasure than when My children come to...

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God loves me unconditionally

In my mind, I have 2 reflections which I wanted to post today. I started typing but I just felt that I could not continue so I left the draft. Somehow there's no flow when I tried typing even though it is clear in my mind what I wanted to share.Now I guess I know why. The Holy Spirit brought to remembrance a revelation I received at the beginning of last week. When I was spending my quiet time with the Lord last Monday, I began to give thanks to Him and express my appreciation for what He has done in my life thus far. As I recounted how the Lord...

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Keep my feet from slipping

One of the many meanings of the verb "slip" is to slide suddenly or involuntarily; to lose one's foothold, as on a smooth surface.Yesterday, I experienced an unusual way of hearing God speak. Some may argue that we can only hear God through a certain fixed ways but I believe that God can speak to us in many ways. Coming back to what happened yesterday. I actually "slipped" twice when I was walking to the restroom in the office. I looked at the floor when I slipped on each separate occasion and noticed that it was not wet. This is at the corridor...

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Spiritual senses of hearing and smell

Yesterday, my wife recounted that she was awokened by the beautiful sound of cascading waterfall on the piano. There's no piano in my rented house, actually. We only have a small keyboard and my daughter couldn't play the keyboard yet. And we have never heard any of our neighbours practicing piano. So, we concluded and believed that her spiritual ears were opened to hear the heavenly music. Shortly after, she wanted to get up from the bed to look for the source of the music but she was too tired to do so and as she was still lying down on the...

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Spontaneous Songs of the Secret Place

Different people term it differently. Some call it prophetic songs or prophetic worship while others call it singing in the spirit or spiritual songs (Ephesians 5:19-20). The first time which I was exposed to the understanding of spontaneous songs was about two years ago when I heard a pastor shared her experiences in this area. She said she would pray (in tongues) for hours and soak herself in the presence of God. At a certain juncture, she would begin to hear melodies in her heart and she would then hum with her mouth what she heard from the...

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