“The Bible was written with the core assumption, just like cars were designed with the core assumption there will be fuel… The Bible was written with the core assumption that those who read it will know God. The goal of the bible is to lead you into a relationship with God. If you read this book, and you don’t know God, you have principles without the Prince. You have no fuel for the car.

If I could know all truth by reading this book, I wouldn’t need the Spirit of Truth to teach me the book. If you could know God strictly by reading this Bible, the Pharisees would’ve rocked. So what’s the point? You cannot read this book… without the Holy Spirit.

Every word in this book is an invitation to an experience. If you get the word but you don’t get the experience, you can’t say you know it. You’re an echo, and not a voice. God didn’t say “arise, and reflect.” He said, “arise, and shine.” It means you have to have a relationship.”

i went to the park today! after goodness knows how long of not going :D haha. i forgot how fun it was to go to the park and walk around. just from a visit to the park today, i found out that 2 of my schoolmates lived really near me cause i saw them walking to the park as well. awkward to jog around with people from your school that you hardly know at all.... haha after exams, i should make it a point to visit the park everyday or something and try to get my sweat glands to work again. yay!

pmr is in ummmm 5 days? hahaha :O

And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to others — not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one…. And if a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred—like the Moon seen through a dirty telescope.

- C S Lewis, Mere Christianity

I will move ahead, bold and confident - taking every step, in obedience.
Though it's not easy.. But faithfully, I will wait.

God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose strength becomes your strength, whose love, your love.

Live this life of the presence of God long enough and when someone asks you, “Do you believe there is a God?” you may find yourself answering, “No, I do not believe there is a God. I know there is a God."

God gave us a free will.
But the only way to truly be free is to give that up, to give up that free will in exchange for God’s will in control of our lives.
The only way to be free is to give up our God-given right to a free will.

getting ready for the pmr exams this week :D right now, i'm not relying on my strength at all. its all in God's hands. so this is what it feels like to completely trust in God, in leaving everything up to Him to help me, guide me, grant me wisdom & understanding, and just basically... not trusting in my self or my strength, but relying and utterly depending on Him. it feels crazy but theres peace in my heart.

The devil wants you to be blind to the fact that God is in very much in control, he would have you believe that your situations are greater than your God. The truth is, the One who created the Universe knows how to tackle the biggest of our problems because quite simply put, HE is the solution.

Teacher : I'll give you an apple if you can tell me where God is.

Kid : I'll give you a bucket of apples if you can tell me where He is not.

When God gives us a “NO” for an answer, keep in mind that there’s a much greater “YES” behind it. His “NO” is not a rejection - but a redirection.

"[The Lord] knows where I am going. And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold." (Job 23:10)

even if you were someone i truly hated and disliked, i would not send you the gift of shingles. also known as herpers zoster. because I cannot express how much I hate my nerve endings, my nervous system in general and whichever forgotten person who gave me the chicken pox virus that has been lingering in my body for the better part of the one and a half decades i've been living. HATE. YOU. ALL.

the nerve endings on my face are on FIRE and it feels like millions of needles are poking me under my skin. i am the King of Pain, the Queen of Pain, the Duke AND Duchess of Pain, the Viscount of Pain and the Honorable Lady of Pain.

OH AND HAVE I MENTIONED THAT IT ITCHES LIKE CRAZY BUT I CAN'T TOUCH IT BECAUSE EVEN IF ONE MEASLY STRAND OF HAIR TOUCHES MY FACE, IT SENDS ME SPIRALING INTO A FRENZY OF PAIN PAIN PAIN AND MORE PAIN?? AHHHHHHH I JUST LOVE LIFE, DON'T YOU?

hehe but still.. God is still good :)

suddenly i'm reminded of job in the bible, who was afflicted with all sorts of diseases and open sores and had everything that was his taken away from him. but he still didn't curse God out, he didn't question the ultimate ways of God, and He didn't go around wailing that God was being unfair and all that... hmmm, no he didn't. and in the end, because of His trust in God, he was blessed multiple times over, with even more than he had in the beginning. hmm, lesson to be learnt here? sighhhh

“The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.” (Leviticus 6:13)

“If your heart takes more pleasure in reading novels, or watching TV, or going to the movies, or talking to friends, rather than just sitting alone with God and embracing him, sharing his cares and his burdens, weeping and rejoicing with him, then how are you going to handle forever and ever in his presence? You’d be bored to tears in heaven, if you’re not ecstatic about God now!”

oookay, so i've just gotten back from the doctor. and apparently i have herpers zoster :S lol when the doctor said, "you have herpers zoster", i heard "you have herpes, rooster" and i was all SINCE WHEN DO I HAVE HERPES!!! AND WHY DID YOU CALL ME A ROOSTER! hahaha but i didn't say that, i was just kinda confused.. hmmm anyway TOTALLY NOT COOL. you can google image it and it is SO not a pretty sight. lol. i'm sadd. my face my face. hahaha yea i think i'm being vain. oh well...

"The rash usually reaches its peak after three to five days. Then, the blisters burst and turn into sores, which gradually scab over. The scabs fall off after two to three weeks."

:( :( :( :( :( my faceeee. hmmmm okay i think the superficial side of me is really erupting. hehe i think God is trying to teach me a lesson here! stop being so superficial hannah :P after all, its only 2 weeks of itching and scabbing and redness and swelling and no contact lenses.... BLAHH. hehe well actually i don't mind so much :) its just the itching and the redness that gets to me. it hurtsss

THANKS someonnee who messaged me last night when you weren't supposed to :P hahah

ohhhh my goodness shock of my life when uncle mervyn called up. lol i thought it was cause of something i did or something but he just wanted to talk to my mom about something she ordered. hahaha i was eating an apple slice when he called so probably all that uncle heard was a whole load of, "crunch crunch heyyy? crunch mmmh uncle mervyn? hi!! crunch ok" LOL sorry uncle.

heh uncle just came by to pass the multivites and to give a health lecture. he smells nice as always LOL mm cologne!

oh and i don't know why but suddenly all my lymph nodes are going crazy. they are all swollen up, all over my neck and even on my FACE!! BLAAAHHHHH :( and its not a pretty sight lol. plus it hurts a lot! they look like... mutant pimples. God help me :( :( i'm going to see the skin doctor tomorrow morning

awwwww watch.
:'(
can totally relate

hehe this video was cute. and meaningful at the same time

heh heh heh sometimes i think i'm too impatient. especially with God. i'll be like awww God c'mon can't it be now, can't you just zoom me through this season?, can't you just, y'know.... make things a little faster?! and He'll be all, oh no hannah, I have a reason for this, I still have so much more to reveal to you!! stick through it, set Your sights on ME, I'll be here for you, always.

ahh.. i'll never know the timing of God. His timing is never our timing!

"For You, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours." (Psalms 90:4)

“It’s easy to think, ‘If I surrender this desire to Christ, He will eventually give it back to me. If I stay pure, then surely He will write a beautiful earthly love story for me and all my dreams will come true.’
But that’s not real surrender. When I laid down my dreams and desires at the feet of Jesus, I knew I could not hold on to any expectations. I didn’t have the assurance that one day He would write a beautiful love story for me. I couldn’t assume that an earthly prince was waiting in the wings for me.
Rather, I was to expect to be single - and to become fully content with singleness - unless at some point God made it clear that He had a different plan for me.
When I chose to live in purity “all the days of my life”, I wasn’t making a bargain with God: “I’ll stay pure, and in return I want You to write me a beautiful love story.” Rather, I chose a life of purity because I wanted to love and honor the Prince of my heart, Jesus Christ - even if He never blessed me with an earthly love story.
… Even though having the specific desires of our heart fulfilled is very often a by-product of surrender to Christ, it cannot be our reason for pouring out our all upon His precious feet. Our reason must be passionate love for Him, with no strings attached.”

(Leslie Ludy "Sacred Singleness")

I am sinful. I am broken. I am rebellious. I am full of hate. I am a liar. I am lustful. I am an idolater. I am weak. I am naked. I am submerged in darkness. I am fallen. I am selfish. I am a slave. I am prideful. I am judgmental. I am vile. I am disgusting. I am adulterous. I am legalistic. I am a prisoner to my flesh. I am slow to listen. I am quick to speak. I am quick to become angry. I am anxious. I am troubled. I am foolish. I am a mess. I am resentful. I am unforgiving. I am ungrateful. I am boastful. I am unkind. I am envious. I am rude. I delight in evil. I am a coward. I am unbelieving. I am doubtful. I am faithless. I am hopeless. I am loveless. I am dead.

He is Glorious. He is Wonderful. He is Beautiful. He is Perfect. He is Holy. He is Compassionate. He is Forgiving. He is the Light of the World. He is Unchanging. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the Beginning and the End. He is the One who was and is and is to come. He is our Creator. He is our Maker. He is our Rock. He is salvation. He is Mighty. He is Strong. He is Healer. He is Great. He is Awesome. He is Reigning. He is Humble. He is the Word. He is Just. He is Wrathful. He is One of Discipline. He is the Author of Love. He is Higher. He is the Bread of Life. He is Vine. He is Understanding. He is Comforting. He is Everlasting. He is Eternal. He is the Messiah. He is Emmanuel. He is the Holy One. He is our Stronghold. He is Divine. He is the Lamb of God. He is the Risen One. He is the Lord Jesus Christ, and He is life.

What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

The best and hardest thing about Christianity

is that I don’t get to do a single thing.

I would love to be able to rack up some moral score card or something…

but no..Im pretty sure He laughed at that idea.

“Chill. Love Me, love My people, and hold back when you want to do something you know you shouldn’t. Oh, and btw, if you really want to get inside My head, talk to Me and read My book. Then, when you really start to fall in love, you’ll start asking Me for things to happen for other people, and telling people about me..and you’ll even skip a few meals.”

The most profound wisdom in the universe decided that this was the best way for me to get to Him and have my old nature die in the process.

He was right.

take some time to watch it :)

Psalm 37:4, “Delight yourself in the Lord and he will grant you the desires of your heart”

just means that God will give you actual desires for Him, that through the Holy Spirit, He will fill you with a yearning for His laws and His heart. It doesn’t mean that God’s going to give you everything you want just because you are following Him. Our hearts are wicked. This scripture is referring to the change that God is going to make in our hearts when we follow after Him and delight in following His laws. God is not a genie. He doesn’t grant wishes. His desire is to mold us into the image of His Son, not grant us fleshly desires that fit in with the cravings of this world.

Psalms 139:9

This is what I know of my Yahweh -

HIS LOVE is deeper than the ocean, stronger than death, and fulfilling as water to the thirsty. The feeling of being drowned in His love, is beyond anything. His love heals all wounds, fills all holes, and satisfies all needs. It brings peace, hope, and contentment to those who are in it.

HIS WISDOM & knowledge is complicated beyond our human brains to simply absorb or capture. He contains the wisdom that made our bodies, that made this earth & its creatures, that made the galaxies, that made the whole universe. All these structured & breathtaking things - He made them all. He is all-knowing of every humans past, present, and future. He is all-knowing of our feelings, our thoughts, our lives. His wisdom surely passes all our understanding.

HIS POWER. Well, all I’m saying is, who dares to goes against Yahweh? He has the power that simply holds this universe together. He has the power that raises the dead, that heals the sick, that calms the storms. He is the God of all things, the Creator of all things. He has the power to carry out anything He wishes. If we are all in God, my friend, you tell me who can be against us?

/yahwehandi

I won't be sad because I know the Lord blesses those that are obedient to Him. Imagine how much more He will bless those that still manage to thank Him, even through the good and the bad? I will sing my praise because He has put a song in my heart about His goodness and His love which will never be taken away from me! This can't compare to the even greater joy that is to come.

i don't want to see you sad ok

I can count a million times people asking me how I can praise You with all that I've gone through. The question just amazes me - Can circumstances possibly change who I forever am in You?

Maybe since my life was changed, long before these rainy days. It's never really ever crossed my mind to turn my back on you, oh Lord, my only shelter from the storm. But instead I draw closer through these times.. So I pray.

Bring me joy, bring me peace, bring the chance to be free, bring me anything that brings You glory -

And I know there'll be days when this life brings me pain, but if that's what it takes to praise You, Jesus, bring the rain.

I am Yours regardless of the dark clouds that may loom above, because You are much greater than my pain; You who made a way for me by suffering Your destiny. So tell me what's a little rain?

I would like to be a person that goes through the rain and still be able to praise Him :) hmmm

God loves me enough to not always "come to my rescue" in my trials, but to walk me through them, so that He can build in me the strength that I need to fulfill the plan He has for me.

Ghurghhhhghhaahh I'm not going to spend this week wallowing in self-pity (cause self-pity is always always always self-centered!), i'm gonna make the most of this week! haha :) darn studies!! i'm supposed to finish up my khb today but i spent most of today listening to music and flopping around on my bed. i will go study............... soon. bahaha

Hmmmm i wonder how this week will turn out. okay I finally acknowledge i'm sad. dumb pride in me which always wants to run away from unwanted emotions. I'm determined to be thankful and to praise Him though no matter what :D its positively impossible for me to be angry or bitter at such a loving Father! His grace, power and love is all-sufficient. Lord fuel my fire :) roar!

Isaiah 64:4 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him."

But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God;

I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.
I will praise You forever for what You have done;

In Your name I will hope, for Your name is good.

(Psalms 52:8)

These are the hands that built the mountains, the hands that calm the sea, these are the arms that hold the heavens - They are holding you and me.
These are the hands that healed the leper, pulled the lame up to their feet, these are the arms that were nailed to a cross - To break our chains and set us free.

It's okay to cry over something you've lost, just remember that He will hold you through the night and even when the morning comes, your Saviour will be your side. You will never lose Him.

Sometimes I wonder why God does the things He does, why He renders us speechless by the things He reveals, why He brings us to our knees in worship and in prayer. Why does He do the things He does? Then I'm reminded that He Himself has said, "My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."

We'll never know why He causes certain circumstances to happen, we'll never truly understand why He does the things He does. All we know is that He does all things for the good of those who love Him. And if He brings us to it - He'll bring us through it.

Thanks Father.

God wouldn't give you the dream or desire in your heart if He did not also give you the talent and abilities to make that dream come true.

The greatest Man in history :D

Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him master. He had no degree, but yet they called Him teacher. Had no medicines, and yet they called Him healer. No army, yet kings feared Him. He won no military battles, but He conquered the world. He committed no crime, and yet they crucified Him... He was buried in a tomb - yet He still lives today.