Keep your heart tender....

"They refuse to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways." Judges 2:19b

Our life's experiences either make us or build us. It's really easy to intentionally n consciously harden our hearts especially as young people. Why? So that we will not be hurt by others..so that we can protect ourselves from heartache....so that we do not need to feel lonely anymore....so that we can just do whatever we feel like to numb the realities of life....Life for you at this transition n growth season....is really complicated..at least, this is how many of you feel....

The above verse speaks of the new generation of Israelites - who grew up not knowing God nor what God has done for Israel. They decide how they want to live and what they want to do with the ONE LIFE they have. As they carried out their own ways, they also fall out of God's ways which took them out of God's protection n covering. This then led to different attacks from the enemy. However, after God came to their rescue and crisis is over, they go back to their old ways...

Why is it so difficult for us to live a life of holiness and purity?

I believe that one of the answer is found in the above verse - because we refuse to give up our own ways and choose either consciously or unconsciously to remain stubborn. When we choose this path, what happens is there's a process of hardening of our heart that takes place. Some of us, out of desperation - choose to harden our hearts to the voices n situations around us deliberately so that we can fulfill our dreams. 

Friends, we may always plan and want a great future. But, if we allow our hearts to be harden in the process of it, you will somehow come to a realization one day that I may seem to have it all on the 'outside' but on the 'inside' I really am struggling. The hardening of our hearts take place bit by bit, sometimes in your world of busyness and the need for multitasking and major decisions making with such limited time, you won't even notice that your heart is becoming harden ----- unless, u take a kit kat, reflect on your life and allow the Holy Spirit to examine your heart and your ways. 

Choosing God's ways and plans do not make your life boring. Nor does it take your happiness away. God is not one who is waiting for an opportunity to take away what you love or enjoy. In fact, He wants you to enjoy your life with Him while still pursuing and living a holy lifestyle. It is possible for us to choose to keep our fragile, little but powerful heart tender before God all the time.

How? Refuse to remain stubborn and set on your own ways. Be open - open to God's voice and check out His plans for your life. After all, He has been around for such a long time..He sure knows what He's doing.

Choosing to keep our hearts tender before God everyday is one of the wisest choice we can ever make in life. He holds our yesterday, today and tomorrow. He only wants to give us the best cause He can see ahead of time. Will you be bold and courageous at this young age of yours to choose to take time to get to know Him?

Let's be a generation who grow up knowing our God and also remembering His acts. If your heart is tender before Him, your life will be full of excitement..just like what I've tasted and experience thus far =)

LIFE WITH GOD IS NEVER "SIEN" OR BORING. It's always filled with EXCITEMENT & SURPRISES!!

Testimony of a 19 year old

Anyone can love..but love is always an action word. It must be express and it must be shown. I'm really glad to be able to share with you a testimony of how a campus student and her group of friends decided to share the love of Jesus......may all of us be inspired and desire to show God's love to those around us in a practical manner. =)

Revolution- it’s a movement ... to make a change by putting God's love in action in schools, campuses and workplaces. It was introduced in Malacca few months back and Pastor Rachel challenged me to start Campus Revo in my university. I was pretty reluctant because I just could not catch the vision of this movement although back in hometown, the fire was spreading like a wildfire, especially in secondary schools which is known as Recess Revo.

There’s this desire in my heart to make a difference in uni because i believe that there’s a purpose God has placed me here. I do not want to walk out of uni after 4 years without making a change or impacting anyone at all. But, the thing is that i’m not sure if Campus Revo is the right thing to start with. So, i just left the challenge unmoved.

Then one day, a guy from CF in campus sent me a SMS asking if I’m interested to join him and few others to start Campus Revo in uni. At that moment, I was reminded that, if God has his plans for something, He will move with/ without you. The question was, do I want to take that step of faith into what God is about to do or to just sit and watch and be a spectator?

I said okay to him and then Campus Revo was started about 3 months ago with 4 members including myself. We meet up twice a week to share and to pray for the uni. We did a prayer walk around the campus on the third week and after 1 month, we had two more people joining us which one of them is Lydia. That brings us to a total of 6 people.

Just last two weeks, we had an international student from Botswana joining us as well. It was great to see how God bring together people who are passionate and desperate for a change.

Recently, in conjunction with the Muslim’s fasting month, we decided to bless all the security guards in campus with drinks for their ‘buka puasa’.This is to appreciate them and to thank them as well for performing their duty under the hot sun and making rounds around the campus to make sure that the campus is safe despite it being their fasting month.

We bought 160 boxes of drinks and we’re giving out to them on random days throughout the fasting month. We also wrote little thank you notes and put it together with every drink and give it to the guards. I was blessed to see the cheerful smile on their faces when they receive the drinks. Some even can’t stop saying thank you to us.

The bible says that let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. So, i just want to encourage all of you that, if you want to see change in your schools, campuses or workplaces, start a revolution of love in wherever you’re at and God will definitely move! =)

by Kathleen Loke