Care and Love.

19th July 2008

Devotion
The story of Jonah shows the attention our Creator gives to All His creatures. The Lord expresses concern not only for the citizens of Nineveh but also for their livestock. Bible too, shows a link between caring for people and animals. The creator gives us reason to provide appropriate, though different, attention to both. If God cares for even livestock, how can we ignore the needs of any person for whon His Son died?

Start Caring for everyone! Eventhough those who hates you, and because if you love, then others will see that you're a child of God because you love :)

God cares for us and calls us to care for His creation.

Quiet Time
Today God told me not to judge, but only God can judge. And sometimes i would tend to judge someone in my mind, and not saying it out. So this is one way of judging too. And because God has seen everything, so we've got no rights to judge. We should love instead, Cause if non-christians see us loving, They'd know that we're Christians.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
- 1st Cor 13: 4-8



Many of times when i'm serving in media, i tend to do alot of mistakes. Like for example for today's projectionist duty, i didn't check the font, and it was wrong. And that caused the whole congregation not to praise, or rather, see the lyrics for the first part of "Free" Just then, the devil striked me. Lol. And told me things like "Whoah 3rd Time already leh! Still make mistake, or like. Seee, you caused the whole congregation not to be able to praise!!" And for the 1st and 2nd time when i served, i encountered this too. But what i did was just to keep it in my heart, Not to let God take it away, or not rebuking satan for his faults, and often feeling guilty after that. But no more for yesterday! I proclaimed in the name of Jesus that we all can do great things thru Christ, and that we're fearfully and wonderfully made. We're not doing the things for Man to see, but God. He sees our heart, it's okay if we make mistakes. Or rather, we all make mistakes. So it's how you got over it, that counts. Thank you Lord ;)