Come out from your Box!

My title for this post is....
COME OUT FROM YOUR BOX!

As i was meditating on my way back home today from all the msgs that were shared
this came to my mind.
NEVER LIMIT YOURSELF!
Many of the time, we, human love to put ourselves in this "Box" as we limit ourselves
"i can't do this because i'm little" or "I can't do this because i'm not well educated enough"
But have you ever think of it the other way round?
Instead of the "I CAN'T", why not think of the "HOW CAN I?"

Dr Bernard shared that everyone is of a value, we can all be turn into a pearl of value
and Ps Zhuang shared that there's a King in every Kids
think about it, in the bible, there are so many example that a nobody is actually a somebody
what really matter is how this person think who he/she really is

indeed it is very difficult to come out from your box but God says in the book of Joshua Chapter 1
"Be strong and of good courage"
At that point of time, Moses passed the role of the "LEADER" of the children of Israel to Joshua and he doubted his own ability.
But God says to Joshua, "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE!" God mention it 2 time in just 9 verses.
Friends,
let us not hide in the box, but let us BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE to step out of the box if our own limitation
if you were to draw a line to limit yourself, you can never go beyond what you can do!
your ability will be restricted!

We are all part of this body of Christ.
if one starts to limit him/herself, the body can't function well!
just imagine if you have a nose block but your mouth start to limit itself and decided not to open up and take in oxygen, what will happen? you will be lacking of oxygen and at the end of the day, death!
I love what Mabel share in her sermon in Medan
Take eyebrows as an example
u might think, what is it for? this little hair above your eyes, we still need to spend time to pluck it to make it look nice.
but one thing we have to know, without the eyebrows, you will look weird.
that's why, don't limit yourself,
YOU ARE IMPORTANT and you can do so much more to not only to not look weird, but also to allow the whole body to function. not just normal functioning but function it super well!

I really like to encourage all my brothers and sisters,
DONT LIMIT YOURSELF
come out of your box!
"unpack" yourself!
I always love this saying
"I can be a nobody to you but a somebody to God"
indeed even when ppl around you limit your, but nv limit yourself
God nv limit you!
furthermore, God want us to be strong and of good courage to step out and go according to His calling on us!

once again i would like to call out to all of you
COME OUT FROM YOUR BOX!
unleash your potential!

with love
cyra♥

Joy in the wilderness

Recently, I had been brought back to one of my fav quote of all time

which is

"God never gives us more than we can handle.

He just pushes our limits so that we can handle the blessings that He has in store for us!"

This quote was written on a post stick and is on my room wall.

So almost everyday i will confess this to remind myself.

But it just seems that at this moment of time,

many of us are going through the wilderness.

and this quote just becomes louder and louder each day in my mind.

Hence as i was meditating on this and certain things that are happen to the people around,

i just feel God's telling me to be the encourager.

use His word and promises and the revelation that He gave me to encourage ppl.

When you go through the wilderness in your life, dun be sorrow but be of good cheer.

For you had been good and Lord has find u righteous and He wants to bless u even more.

Going through wilderness = blessing on the way.

The more easier way to explain will be in the "lay-man" term of a kid.

when a child is young and when he/she is having an major exam, let say EOY examination.

Many of the times the parent will encourage him/her by promising to bless them if he/her were to score well in this examination.

In the same manner, God's blessing at the end is an encouragement that He wants to give us while going through trails.

On the quote it states that God wants to push us to a limit to receive the blessings that He had instored for us. It is really same in the natural. If a parent were to bless their kids too much, they will end up become the so called "spoiled" kids. God did not want to spoil us but to enlarge our capacity to bless us even more. Just like when u eat a meal, u need to digest it than it your stomach will than be empty to have the capacity for more food. ITS THE SAME LOGIC!

another all time fav verse of mine is Luke 21:16-19

"You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. ¹⁷ And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ¹⁸ But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹ By your patience possess your souls."

From my point of view, the "put you to death" part is not your human flesh but is your spirit man. In this walk, even and most of the time, your close one will be the one that "killed" (or i called it challenge) your spirit man. But the promise of God is there that NOT A HAIR of our head shall be lost. And it follows by saying PATIENCE, indeed, patience is really needed. You cannot rush the Spirit, you cannot hurry God.

Remember

no matter what happen, when God is with you and no one can be against you.

(of course there will be ppl there saying "yaya, say very easy mah"

i say to you, i had also gone through trails and testings and really, the above verse and quote are mannas of my spirit that i relay on at certain testings and trails of my life.)

Our God is the same, yesterday, today and forever.

just keep hanging there

ENDURE!!

and JIAYOU!

with love

cyra

Silence is Golden

Silence is Golden!

one of my sec sch teacher use to say this alot

but had always been laughing it off

but indeed this is true

sometimes..

silence is really golden!

silence can actually mean much more than saying too much

cause ppl tends to use talk the talk

the forgot that walk the walk is more important!

with love

cyra~

you will see no more

Exodus 14:13-14

Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

all we have to do at our crisis is to not stop standing firm with God

and ways to do so is by Prayer, reading His words etc

God gave us an assurance:

Our problem for now don't last forever. Just like God assured the children of Israel that the Egyptians they see today they will never see again

AND for sure we will break through it

as after that verse. It state that Lord will fight for us, but we have to stay firm in His word

we will be shaken! but we should not let it happen

will -> possible

should not --> we can choose if we want it or not

God allows things to happen

but whether we are able to go through it depend on us at time

God can always lead our way

but it depend on us if we want to follow

Cause our creative God always bring us to a place that don't seems nice from the outside

sometimes we just have to slow down abit

close your eyes --> i think it is a form of finding peace and comfort!

and allow God to move with you.

Don't do everything by your own!

with love

cyra!

Gratitude

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

~Henry Ward Beecher

(ok im bored in class! lalalalalalla)

but well

gratitude is the best attitude! ^^

with love

cyra!

If i can SMS GOD

I've been thinking of this recently...

IF I CAN SMS GOD...

somehow i always have the urge to sms someone

but whenever i look at my list

i have no idea who i should sms and why

but if God has a "physical" phone that i can sms to Him

that will be great!

(ps: dont come and tell me about holy spirit! i know i know. this is just an "IF" )

When i dont know what to eat, i can sms Him

When im lost in my direction, i can sms Him

When i need some inspiration in making some craft, i can sms Him

Many many things in my life

i wanna share it to someone

so if i can sms God

WOAH

that will be great

cause i know God will reply and entertain my sms!

OK I SHALL STOP IF-ing!

but seriously

i really wish i can sms God!

hahahahahahahaha

ok bye

with love

cyra!

EMPTY

Today,

Im gonna talk about "empty"

Which is related to the previous post on asking about "reaping and sowing"

Some days before

the term "reaping and sowing" came into my mind

while im talking to Yanzhi

Hence i was thinking of what does God wants me to know this time round

after days and days and thinking and prayer

i think i got my answer in hillsong's song "desert song"

the very last part of the songs goes:

This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow
I know I'm filled to be empited again
The seed I've recieved I will sow

And it just happen to Nail Down into the cg multiplication emotions!

2010 had indeed been a year of reaping and sowing and harvesting

(even thought it is not obverse-with all the trails and challenges)

but think about it.

cg had grown so much

personal life as well

And becoz of this harvest

We are all at our comfort zone relaxing

But this year

it will be different

I feel that everyone of us are now EMPTIED

God had emptied all of us

our emotions, strongholds, harvest etcs

inorder to make us grow much more

God has to endure this "painful" process

Because we were emptied

we will feel that SPRING seems soooo FAR

but NAH HUH! spring is indeed coming

we just have to set ourselves right to start this year!

which will be a year of blessings

but at the same time

we will feel that we are at a new and strange place (because we are emptied la~ )

God will give us new seeds to Sow

and this is when our new harvest comes!

But one reminder

Not all seeds are will produce good fruits

Bad fruits will affect the others

so in the process of sowing

if you realise that the fruit is turning to be bad

(something that will bring u far from God, eg:anger, bitterness)

you have to THROW away tt fruit!

REMEMBER!

Bad things do happen

And God allows it!

to help us to be more like Christ!

Indeed

2011 will be different!

A better year yet!

With love

cyra~