Controling your Temper

In the Bible somewhere in the book of Proverbs, it says that a man that controls his temper is better than one who takes or conquers a city. When you can control your temper, you can control your whole body. It goes to show how important it is to control our tempers at all times even in the midst of snarling traffic jams or annoying naggings from parents or siblings. I did look for it high and low to paste it here, but unfortunately, I did not jot down where I found the passage. When I was reading a chapter of Proverbs each day for the whole month for 31 chapters, I did come across it. Anyway the book of Proverbs is full of God's wisdom for daily living.

Need to Pray

My company hopes to get some sports projects around Malaysia and we are competing with other established companies for the projects. We only depend on God to promote us and not man. So I hope with prayer, our requests will be answered. These jobs pay by the thousands and are only once in a while offer. We don't get to see such tenders every day. Being a Chinese company, we cannot depend on the government to feed us as all contracts go to bumiputeras or malays. Our Malaysian government is very racist and always talk in terms of the Chinese, the Malays and Indians, never as a single combined population. Sometimes I wished a Christian Chinese will one day be the Prime Minister of Malaysia but that is just wishful thinking.

Parenting the Christian way

I have never been a parent and am still happily single. But today my church deacon preached on parenting the Christian way so that the kids will grow up to fear the Lord. Christian parents need to set a good example and not only tell their kids or nag at them. Children learn more by watching their parents and 'Actions speak louder than Words'. It was a good topic to discuss and if I ever have a kid, I will make sure he or she will have reverence for Jesus. This is the most important thing to do which is to bring up a child in the ways of the Lord. And one of the hardest jobs in the world is being a parent. Your whole outlook will change and you no longer think of yourself anymore but your kids come into the picture. It also involves finances to be put aside for their upbringing and education. This is a mammoth task.

Trust in the Lord with All Thine Heart

Being in a relationship is very fragile. It can be broken anytime ever after years of passion, being together and working together. You never know what is next that will prompt the split. It is so precarious. But thank goodness, we can trust in the Lord who is the same today, yesterday and tomorrow. Luckily, the Lord is not changeable like the weather. He stands on solid ground and His love for us will never diminish unlike human love. We can be rest assured of reuniting with Jesus in Heaven for all those who are Christians. We can dream of living in mansions in heaven built especially for us. That's how deep and far the love our Heavenly Father has of us.

Jesus became a ransom for us

Jesus was the sacrificial lamb and became a ransom for us at Calvary. He died in our place and took all our sickness and curses upon himself while He gave us his health and blessings for us to enjoy. This is a covenant exchange in our place. Since we broke every law in the 10 Commandments, we were cursed. However, the son of Man and God took away all our sins, sickness and curses at the cross. Which other God will be the ultimate sacrifice for you? None. Except the true Son of God, Jesus.

Tithing brings you true wealth

We need to tithe to our local church so that there is food amongst God's people and for mission work. The church needs money to function properly and for evangelism to be effective. When you send missionaries overseas, they need money to travel, for accommodation and to bring God's word to the innermost parts of the world.

God has mandated tithing as a way to prosper us tremendously. When you make the first 10% holy by tithing, the rest of the 90% of your money also becomes holy and cannot be devoured by the devourer. Your finances are kept safe from paying hospital bills, car breaks down, accidents, doctor's fees, etc. The only way to be prosperous is to tithe the 10% to church because when the first fruits are holy, the lump sum will also be made holy.

Delight Yourself in the Lord

Psalm 37:4 of NIV reads as "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart". The Lord has been kind to me. Working from home is my dream job since a long time ago when I used to work outside in the secular world. It was not easy for me as I had to endure the office politics and dressing up to work.

At the moment, I work in my pajamas. And if there are not too much to do for the day, I take the opportunity to do paid article writing for extra income. And the money comes in nicely through my Paypal at the end of the week. I also make it a point to attend church service every Sunday if possible. Praise be to God.