Spiritual dumbbells

"The LORD will make you the head, not the tail."
deuternomy 28:13

all Christians are supposed to live a victorious life... Pastor Jeff likes to say this, we should not in church 一条龙 outside 一条虫. How true... Many of us can pray, shout and roar like valiant godly warriors but AWOL when monday comes.

a close friend shared this to me, he said this friend, A who was HS baptised but was behaving as if he wasnt empowered by God at all. my friend was somehow affected by how his friend was living his life even though he is a christian and also having the ability to pray in the spirit. as taught, one reason why we want to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit is to be empowered by God. we need God's strength and power to do His work. my friend just couldnt reconciled this difference...

bible says, "...in this world you will have trouble..." God has made it so plain that there will be hardships and the christian walk is not a stroll in the park after meals but a marathon. but let us not forget about the extend of God's love for us.

* though in this world we will have trouble, take heart for our God has overcome the world

*a long gruelling marathon it may be but we have Jesus cheering and handing out powergel and 100plus

think about HS baptism as a gift. an ability to pray in a spirit. it is like a spiritual dumbbell. the more we use it, the stronger our inner man will me. and when we become stronger, we can ask God for more spiritual gifts. it will be like upgrading a 10kg dumbbell to a 15kg one. on the other hand, this ability can strengthen us only if we use it. a dumbbell will just be rusting away unless it is used for training.

all of us will have IPPT at the end of our times so let us train diligently with the dumbbells that we are given.

*side note*
cheese & egg prata, egg & onion prata and plain crispy prata! haha... i had these for dinner yesterday! it's been a while since i eat till shiok! haha... thanks, flince! for coming over to have dinner with me! :)