fashioned for faith

"I am inwardly fashioned for faith, not for fear.

Fear is not my native land; faith is.

I am so made that worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil.

I live better by faith and confidence than by fear, doubt and anxiety.

In anxiety and worry, my being is gasping for breath--these are not my native air.

But in faith and confidence, I breathe freely--these are my native air."

- E. Stanley Jones

walk-a-talk

Had me a walk-a-talk at Botanic Gardens today with my aunts and parents, at first in the healing garden, then past the symphony lake, ending up at the visitor centre. It's been about a decades since i was last at BG. Beautiful with surprising splendid sculptures along the picturesque pathways amongst fascinating flora. Earned me a few mosquito bites on my legs and bird poop on my t-shirt. Concluded with a delectable brunch at holland close. All in all, a fruitful morning. :D

same lesson in REAL life!

I was taking a walk with a dear friend at the beach yesterday morning.

We were enjoying the sea breeze and warm sunshine when i was 'attacked' by an insect - dark brown in colour and looked like a bee or wasp. It was almost one inch in length.

It flew into my chest, and lodged itself comfortably on the left side. I did not know where it went, and so was frantically flapping my t-shirt, gasping and squealing. Finally i saw it, and had to use my finger and thumb to pick it out and fling it away.

I was so relieved i began laughing, at the same time hoping no one saw my silly antics.

My dear friend assured me that no one was near enough to see and know what was going on.

That afternoon, when i was on my way home, the Holy Spirit showed me that i was to do the same thing with anything that the devil tries to put on my body or in my life, of course without the silly antics. I was to do ALL i could do to remove the the oppression or obstacles or things in my life that are not aligned to the Word of God, ensuring that these DO NOT stay. And i could because i have already been given authority.

Just like i would not continue walking and talking with my friend, allowing the irritating insect to stay on my body, i would not allow the evil one to take any foothold in my body or any circumstances that i face, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!

Thank you Lord for this precious truth, taught in such an unforgettable manner.

Leave! in the Name of Jesus!

I had this recurring dream - at least 3 times over the past few nights.

There was a small lizard crawling over my living room sofa. It was just a baby lizard and very dark in colour.

My instincts took over, and i started chasing it away. When i could not get at it to kill it, hubby came to help me too. We did not rest until our sofa set was clear of any crawling lizard.

I didn't not pay much attention to the dream until it occurred a third time.

Just yesterday morning, as we were walking to the swimming pool, the Holy Spirit illumined the meaning of the dream.

I have to do the same thing to the evil one oppressing me with this pain. I have already been healed because Jesus took the wound on His back. I have been given the authority to deal with the symptoms that affect me. The powers of darkness have been spoiled by Jesus. satan no longer has any real power. he is like a lion without any teeth or claws, a pussy cat who tries to roar.

I have to take authority and ensure that these symptoms LEAVE my body.
They have NO POWER over my body.
NO POWER to inflict any harm or any pain.

So LEAVE!! in JESUS' Name!
I'm free from any sickness or disease, pain or affliction.
Jesus has set me free and whom the Son sets free is FREE indeed!

Hallelujah!

re-union

I enjoy the Chinese New Year, though some may find it boring or meaningless.

I like being with people, especially family. It's great meeting at least once a year, where you get to catch up with everyone what they are doing. And i get to know them better, and how to pray for them better too!

I met 14 uncles and aunts, 19 cousins (including their spouses) over the first two days of CNY, some of whom i only get to see once a year. We heard good news that a cousin in Brunei would be getting married in June.

I also met up with my niece and nephew, and then 7 more distant nieces and 8 more distant nephews (my cousins' or hubby's cousins' children) , the oldest of whom is 29, and the youngest, barely 2. All of them on just two days. I played board games with two young nieces.

We have more aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces we have not met in Singapore, in Australia, Brunei, China, England and UK, and one nephew on the way back from Amsterdam.

I received a precious email from one of my cousins, and chatted with another cousin on FB.

I laughed, listened, (teared discreetly at one point) and allowed the love of GOD to just flow through.

rest in His flow

I woke up in the middle of the night, and was aware of the presence of the Lord in my bedroom.

Lying in bed, i began to thank Him for what i recognised as His healing flow from His very throne. I was hesitant at first, because i was not sure whether the healing was manifest in my body. (i had been confessing my belief that i am the healed of the Lord, and by Jesus' wound, i had already been healed.)

Then, i realised that i was trusting my physical senses more than my spiritual.

The truth is i have already been healed according to the Word of the Lord. The physical fact is i am still troubled by symptoms, though less intense at that time, so that i was not sure whether they were still present as i was just woken up.

I then gave my entire focus to just praising the Lord. I even got up, danced for a while, then lay down again. I felt my doubts drain away.

It was a joyful time. :D

God and impossibilities

"Impossibilities don’t scare God – He works with impossibilities!"

~ Patsy Cameneti ~

angels encircling

I was worshipping the Lord last night - at times kneeling, at times prostrating, at times just sitting.

At one time, i had a sense in my spirit that there were angels encircling above me. The strange things about this was that though i had heard of reports of angels - huge, warrior-like, and had seen in my spirit one that had his head above the ceiling, these angels i saw were not huge.

Were they far away, and therefore, i saw them as small? After all, there is no distance in the spirit.
Or were they near and actually that small?

These were of course, afterthoughts.

At that time, i just had a strong sense of the presence of the Lord, and i just soaked in His presence.

Christianity

"Christianity is just receiving in faith what Jesus has done for us by God's grace!"

golden liquid

Hubby and i were praying for an extended time last night. I received the word that i shared in the previous post during the extended prayer.

I took a short break and returned to prayer. Hubby never stopped.

I then saw in my spirit two sources of what i believe was a golden liquid (thought i did not see the colour; it was just a sense that it was golden) being poured into one. It was not transparent, not water, but a denser liquid.

I knew it my spirit it was time to receive, so i just cupped my hands and received.

I received it as His Shalom Shalom.