SET APART CHRISTIANS

New year, new resolutions and new expectations. What kind of greatness do you seek to achieve this year? I remember being told when I was a kid to raise my bar high because that is what God wants for me. He promises greatness for me and a hope for future.  We heard that from church. As believers of Christ, we learn from the bible that God has given many great promises to His people. Look at Moses! An Israelite who was greatly called to save his entire nation from slavery. Isn’t it awesome to have a God who promises great things to us as much as He did to Moses? Or the great King David who was a skilled warrior in the battlefield and a thoughtful writer of the book of Psalm? However, as I grow older, I learn more characters from the bible who don’t seem to be living the same great life. While Moses and David was called to live a great purpose, Isaiah, on the other hand, was called to preach without result. Isaiah 6:9 - 11 He said, “Go and tell this people:  “‘Be...

G'day mate! I had tons of fun in Melbourne, exploring the city and the suburbs. I have been walking a lot these days and I can be sure that I am healthier than before. From what I heard, 10.000 steps a day would be enough to fight osteoporosis. Flash forward to the time I found myself standing at Bells Beach, seeing nothing but water a click away from me. I was  enjoying a quiet moment by myself  by  walking on the cliff  side  and  enjoying the view . Suddenly, a question popped up: Where is God? Where does God live? As the creator of Heaven and Earth, He owns the privilege to pick his home. If I was God, my home would probably be Maldives. I would sit all day, enjoying my creations and have relaxing afternoons at the beach while waiting for the sunset with a glass of orange juice in my hand. Think about it. Where would you live, if you were God?    Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in ...

Acts 16:22-26 22  The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.   23  After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer  was commanded to guard them carefully.   24  When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25  About midnight  Paul and Silas  were praying and singing hymns  to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.   26  Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.  At once all the prison doors flew open,  and everyone’s chains came loose. Paul & Silas were taking the gospel to Europe. As they advance, the devil was ready to attack. The collision with the devil is inevitable in our life. If you don’t collide against the devil, you might be heading in the same direction ...

God designs Christianity to be impossible without Jesus. This is why our relationship with Jesus should only remind us that we can’t change on our own. Progress is only visible by the help of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. John 14:23-27 Jesus replied,  “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.  My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to advocate us and to help us be better day by day. This is why we need to live a spirit led life. There is a purpose to our growth. The purpose is to be a blessing to others. Once we get a hold of this purpose, our locations won’t matter. You could be washing dishes for a living, but you could be blessings to your colleagues because you know that your purpose is greater than your positions. Acts 16:6-10 6  Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia  and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in ...

Multitasking is definitely one the traits I am most proud of. I find it very convenient to multitask all the time, especially when I travel. One time in India, I found myself using the airport’s WiFi ferociously as if tomorrow would never come and internet will be gone forever. Since I didn’t have much time before my flight back home, I walked fast to the waiting lounge dragging my luggage with one hand and checking my phone with the other. Things were pretty tensed as I was dividing my concentration to check on my phone without accidentally bumping into anyone, but that moment only lasted until I found a long moving walkway. I quickly hopped on to the moving walkway, stopped my walk and gave full concentration to my smartphone screen. Multitasking at its best. I was moving forward and having fun with my phone. In case you were waiting for something to go wrong, nothing wrong actually happened. But as I look back, I came to a realisation that even though I was movin...