1) love our enemies, 2) pray for them, 3) and do good to them
Matthew 5:44 "But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,"
really spoke to my heart la.. and i noe i'm struggling with that some how.. that's y la... NEVER EVER MAKE ENEMIES.. haha! have to really pray for God's grace and mercy... and His strength to help me overcome all these.. sometimes it's really quite 辛苦。。 a stronger word will be 痛苦 bah。。
another thing that really spoke to me the last few days when i'm reading the Bible.. surprisingly, it is from Chronicles.. for me it's surprising la.. coz this book is supposed to be like quite boring.. to me especially..
2 Chronicles 14:2-6 "Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God. He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He commanded Judah to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, and to obey his laws and commands. He removed the high places and incense altars in every town in Judah, and the kingdom was at peace under him. He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the LORD gave him rest."
2 Chronicles 16:7-9 'At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war." '
to get the full story, you nid to read 2 Chronicles from chapter 14-16..
it's abt running the race.. King Asa started the race well.. but he ended quite jia lat.. a lot of pple are just like that.. at the beginning they'll be on fire for God.. everything oso ask Him.. and victories will be granted to them, because they seek and consulted Him for every decision that they make..
once they grow older, they'll depend on past victories, thinking that God has helped them this/that way before and therefore naturally it'll be the same.. but it'll not be the same..
remember, God is a creative God..
i penned this down to act as a reminder to me too... coz i'm such a forgetful person... it's been so long since i've posted my thoughts.. haha! this may be the start? or it'll go into a hiatus mode until i've tot of sth to write or videos to post.. ciao!
