A reminder.
yes. thank God for such a reminder.
to just soak in His Word and Spirit first, before going out there and doing great exploits in the kingdom of God.
even though there's continuous conversations with Him, i've not opened the gospel of grace for the Word to strengthen and build up my inner man.
and yes He shall hear this prayer.
recently there's a spate of events happening to sportsmen all over the world that shows so clearly that the thief tries to take away people who are making their names out there in the sports scene.
at the olympic marathon trials not long ago, this professional runner by the name of Ryan Shay collapsed just after 5km into the marathon. He did not regain his senses since then.
just yesterday a football player was robbed and shot in his leg at his home. He died due to excessive loss of blood.
Closer to home, the dragon boat tragedy just seems to paint a stark picture of how fragile life is, only when we live not knowing that the curse has been reversed for us by Jesus at the cross.
As i woke up to MOnday's papers, as i read the death of these guys, muscular guys, guys whom you see every weekend at suntec city with their board shorts and muscle singlets, it just reminds me once again that muscles can only take you so far.
or in the olympic trails case, a seemingly good stamina can only take you so far.
as i sat there looking at their faces, worldly thoughts and fears just somehow creep all around, till i just sat there and confessed that Jesus has reversed all these curses for us at the cross..
we really may not know what these people beliefs are.
and this fear was amplified by brian's choice of words when i met him on tues.
he just said "yes everyone was safe and nobody died" to me about his sailing earlier on in the day.
woah. powerful words which speak of the concerns or rather the fears that seem to arise from the recent events.
as long as fear arises, people start wondering if they should still continue this sport, continue doing the thing they love and what God has gifted them to do, then you know it's simply just the thief who's at work....but works in vain.
Jesus reigns in my life.
so let's celebrate running this sunday.
it's not I by Jesus who will break under 3hr30min for me.
to just soak in His Word and Spirit first, before going out there and doing great exploits in the kingdom of God.
even though there's continuous conversations with Him, i've not opened the gospel of grace for the Word to strengthen and build up my inner man.
and yes He shall hear this prayer.
recently there's a spate of events happening to sportsmen all over the world that shows so clearly that the thief tries to take away people who are making their names out there in the sports scene.
at the olympic marathon trials not long ago, this professional runner by the name of Ryan Shay collapsed just after 5km into the marathon. He did not regain his senses since then.
just yesterday a football player was robbed and shot in his leg at his home. He died due to excessive loss of blood.
Closer to home, the dragon boat tragedy just seems to paint a stark picture of how fragile life is, only when we live not knowing that the curse has been reversed for us by Jesus at the cross.
As i woke up to MOnday's papers, as i read the death of these guys, muscular guys, guys whom you see every weekend at suntec city with their board shorts and muscle singlets, it just reminds me once again that muscles can only take you so far.
or in the olympic trails case, a seemingly good stamina can only take you so far.
as i sat there looking at their faces, worldly thoughts and fears just somehow creep all around, till i just sat there and confessed that Jesus has reversed all these curses for us at the cross..
we really may not know what these people beliefs are.
and this fear was amplified by brian's choice of words when i met him on tues.
he just said "yes everyone was safe and nobody died" to me about his sailing earlier on in the day.
woah. powerful words which speak of the concerns or rather the fears that seem to arise from the recent events.
as long as fear arises, people start wondering if they should still continue this sport, continue doing the thing they love and what God has gifted them to do, then you know it's simply just the thief who's at work....but works in vain.
Jesus reigns in my life.
so let's celebrate running this sunday.
it's not I by Jesus who will break under 3hr30min for me.
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