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marvin
28 February 2012 @ 10:25 pm
:) thank God for always watching over me! (ok this is to mark my 21st)
 
 
marvin
24 December 2011 @ 11:13 pm
Christmas:)

:) on this day, I am thankful deeply
 
 
marvin
30 November 2011 @ 11:04 pm
did my first physical examination today:)
Thank God:):) its kinda surreal, hahaha:):)

debate training resumed - hope i can improve, and pick up useful skills for life. and all the issues with teammates, and tournaments will be resolved soon.

on a personal note, I am quite thankful that recent messages in church and cell grp, have prompted me to be closer to God. While my mind is not in the most rational state, but I hope I am still learning how to follow the "unforced rhythm of grace", to be wise, to know what was, is, and will always be most impt - God, and how to treasure the people around me.

bedtime,
God bless everyone
 
 
marvin
02 August 2011 @ 12:34 am
:) First, thank God for exam results. Hope I can lean on Him even more next year:) I really enjoyed year 1 and while an indefinite holiday is enticing, I really don't mind working that much since I quite love sch (the course, the way it is taught, the ppl teaching it, but above all my friends, and ppl who mug in the library before pros)

I really wanna thank God for family too, cause I had this convo with my mum abt how I was like when I was a kid. I really really love those stories when I was small and puny. so cute hahaha. but its in convos like this when life suddenly becomes a bit brighter, and I am able to put things into perspective. For example, not take things for granted:) and really just enjoy life, not for the spectacular, i mean of course I enjoy stories of how I did well, but overall, I enjoyed the experiences, momentous or ordinary.

i am abit scared for next year leh. so many stuff on, and maybe slightly even more than year 1. oh no, not sure how to justify to my parents who already are abit concerned with me spending so much time on commitments other than med sch. really pray for wisdom on this. specifically, praying that parents can approve and support, and i honor my word too to work harder, spend time more wisely. looking to God for more time, resources, and His authority in all that i do.

:) :)
 
 
marvin
31 July 2011 @ 12:54 am

Philippians 3

No Confidence in the Flesh
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.

If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.

7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

Back to LJ again, I guess I will start off with my favourite passage in the bible. I was having bible study with Xinhong a long while back (right at the start of my Christian faith) and we came across this passage. I wasn't a christian then I think. But when i read it, it really caused a stirring in my spirit/heart. My prayer is that it will continue to touch the lives of many who will come across this.
 
Gradually, I can see issues that require lots of praying for surfacing. I thank God for the prompting, and I pray for the obedience and discipline to pray, to listen, and to act according to His will. Guess that coincides with a signal that a new sch year is coming my way. I may not be most excited about it because I really like the hols; but I know for me to be stretched, to abandon myself into God's hands again, I need to go through challenging trials. What I do know is the outcome, that if I trust and obey, He will bring me from strength to strength, glory to glory, and more blessed and more like His son.

 


 
 
marvin
02 December 2010 @ 11:50 pm

commit the next few days into God's hands

I pray that in all things I will be honoring unto Him. to continually seek Him and His strength:) may I know God more, the knowledge of Christ is more impt than anything else:)

i wanna spend more time in His presence. So I thank God from the bottom of my heart for cell grp tmr, and service on Sunday. I am expecting an encounter with Him, an encouragement, and a renewal of mind:)

my soul needs to find its rest in His

its a season where I just am thankful for how great He is:) y'know everything He has done for me, I can't thank Him enough

I feel happy living (what a statement to say)

but to nail it down, I wld like to thank God for wonderful parents, for sending me to sch, and bringing me back. they are dedicated, and I want to apply this dedication in my own life too. like to thank God too for journey mercy, for making everything smooth(above being safe) during this trip:) I have had lots of fun:) THANK YOU FATHER IN HEAVEN for making this possible.

I want to thank God for school, because it is a great experience. I am continually surprised and excited abt what we do:)

thank you Lord
In Jesus name
 


 
 
marvin
22 November 2010 @ 01:26 pm
i haven't posted for a long while:)

watching harry potter 7 later! so its gonna be cool.
haven't been really focusing on my studies enough, so i have to get down to doing that over the next few days:)

been spending quite abit of time coaching, i really hope i have more though, to help the girls grow a little faster:)

just wanna thank God that I am relatively happy, i have lots to be happy about! learning itself is a joy, debating even more hahaha:)
 
 
marvin
05 October 2010 @ 03:41 pm

thank God for Always giving me sufficient help, in all things:)

 


 
 
marvin
02 October 2010 @ 10:36 pm

may we ALWAYS be able to bless the Lord with all our hearts soul strength
o GOD teach us your ways, show us your hearts, that we may walk with You always
through the valleys, through the storms, to come to know you more
and when we sit down to rest, may i be blessed within
i don't know much, but i know You love me more than I love myself
 


 
 
marvin
12 September 2010 @ 11:04 pm
:)

going to sleep. the weekend zoomed past. I want greater spiritual refreshing! Church was great, and reminds me of how rest can be found in God:) 

bright week ahead :) will bring a torchlight! I really pray for greater clarity and sensitivity in hearing God:)

and obeying His voice, and stop being selfish and living for myself! 

o God, help me be a better Christian

in Jesus Name,
Amen