The Old Things Passed Away

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

Before I became a Christian, I had a lot of pre-conceived notions and beliefs. For example I believed that the myths about ghosts and hungry ghosts festival and things like that, but now I don't, largely because they are not biblical.

On the other hand there are biblical ghosts and we know that spirits do exist.

For me it's been a sanctifying of my mind, revamping, sort of, my mind with compliance to the Word of God. We must shed the old things and leave it behind, we shouldn't keep half-truths or falsehoods stuck in our head, including worldly attitudes and superstitions. Shed it, drop it, replace it with the truths of God!

Psalm of the Moment

Psalm 101
The Psalmist's Profession of Uprightness.
A Psalm of David.
1I will sing of lovingkindness and justice,
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.
2I will give heed to the blameless way
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.
4A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will know no evil.
5Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
6My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.
7He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me.
8Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity.

For The Ladies

I found this Modesty Heart Check , which I think it's really good advice from some godly women to check your dressing!

Guys gotta check our hearts and our eyes.

Telling the Truth In Love

Ever heard the phrase, "telling the truth in love"? Ever wondered what it means?

R. Albert Mohler Jr. says this:

"Compassionate truth-telling means, not only the accurate presentation of biblical truth, but the prayerful and urgent hope that the individuals to whom we speak will be transformed by that truth and respond to the grace of God in Jesus Christ." (Excerpt from Sex and the Supremacy of Christ)

You see, there are two things about telling the truth in love, the first is the truth and the second is in love.

We must of course present the truth as it is, and not water down the message of sin and grace and condemnation for all who do not believe just because we do not want to disturb civil peace and want to practice "tolerance". Some might even say that when we speak the truth as it is, it is not in love!

How absurd. If we really love our neighbours we have to tell them the truth about where they are heading as a consequence of their sins, that's real love.

Now, the second part I may not have practised and never knew what it mean, that is the pre-telling part, that is to pray sincerely and hoping sincerely for the persons' souls to be converted! We should have right motivations for sharing the truths of God and not hope for some reward or for them to feel condemned but present a balanced message of sin and the grace and mercy of God.

Rockin' in a Band

I had the strangest dream, I joined a band competition with Joey, Caleb, Lisheng? and Eulalia?!?!?

And we got through to the finals leh! Strange strange, like making up for Superband and it was in english? And I was elated in my sleep then I woke up and was disappointed it wasn't real. Hmm.