#Day137: 17 May 2016, Tuesday

TOWNHALL

Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near"

It is our local office town hall and I am representing my department to present in front of our cyberjaya colleagues. It is funny how I always feel nervous when come to this session.

And I always find a way to conquered that nervousness by thinking about how it can help other colleagues to better understand the situation in the organization.

Encouraging one another, stir up one a other to love and good works.

I start with a story that expressed teamwork as its moral message. I hope it stays in everyone hearts, those who were listening to my presentation.

Actually this townhall reminded me on our cell group. On how we always encourage each other and support each other in joy and in challenges. How we are a team that focus on supporting and uplifting each other towards being a better person in Christ.

And I would like to thank God for His blessing and kidness in making today session a smooth and positive town hall meeting.

Another day full of blessing. Thank you Jesus.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #townhall

#Day136: 16 May 2016, Monday

MONDAY BLUES

The commonest use is 'Monday Blues' referring to laziness one gets to get to work (as they just enjoyed 'work-free' weekends) -taken from google

Based on this, actually, there is no such thing as Monday blues, it is merely a form of laziness.

This is dangerous! We need to listen on what God's Word says about laziness

• Proverbs 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
• Proverbs 10:4 - A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich
• Proverbs 10:5 - He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.

And many more similar messages.

Instead we need to wake up with the sunlight, we need to beat the laziness.

He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting. You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about. The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God. When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening - Psalm 104:19-23

Let us roar and prepare everyday as the best day of our lives. Let us be a blessing, turning Monday Blues to be Monday of Delight.

Bless us Lord with a wisdom to be delightful in every single day that you have given to us.

Another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #mondayblues

#Day135: 15 May 2016, Sunday

PACKING

Time for me to go back, to Malaysia. Time for me to pack my bag. Honestly, sometimes, thid activity makes me hate travelling :)

To think about it there is something we can learn from packing. I wrote a similar sharing back in 2006.

I realized that most of the time, we either under estimate or over estimate the size of our bag as well as the total weight of the luggage.

As result sometime we are carrying a weight above the expected regulation or simply not able to fit all of the stuff that we want to bring. On the contrary, sometimes our belongings are simple to less for the size of the bag.

This means I need to wisely choose on what I want to carry, carefully select on what I want to bring. Similar with our lives, I need to wisely select what I want to bring in my heart, what I want to carry in my mind. We need to guard our heart.

Luke 6:45 says The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” –Romans 8:27-28

What a day full of blessing. Arrived at KLIA, took my car, drive and arrived home safely.

Thank you Jesus for your blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #packing

#Day134: 14 May 2016, Saturday

FINE TUNING

Ephesians 4:29 - "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear"

Speaking for myself, I learned alot during this visit to Jakarta. I learned sometimes we tend to let our emotions control the talk that comes of our mouths. Instead of positivity we tend to emotionally express negativity. But I also strongly believe that we are a good human being.

A lot of time, we do know that we do need to fine tune our mind and body, our spirit and soul, to the proper channel of truth and peace, to God, the source of the fruits of the spirit.

A lot of reminder the art of fine tuning our emotions:

• James 1:19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
• Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
• 2 Timothy 2:16 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness
• Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent

What a great reminder. I know I really need to fine tuned my words so it may give grace to those who hear, especially my family members.

Thank you Jesus for pointing out my weaknesses.

Another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #finetuning

#Day133: 13 May 2016, Friday

THE FEEL OF HOME

Mark 5:19 ESV - "And he did not permit him but said to him, “Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you"

I always like the feeling of being at home. Home means being around your family or the people that you love.

This time I have more than just a good feeling being at home. But I sense the calling to share about what God has done for me (though I did not do a very good job during this trip).

I feel this year is my family Jubilee year, that we will be uplifted in the knowledge of God.

A lot of time we are busy with a lot of less important topics such as: eating, stories, gossip and so on but we tend to forget to share about His blessing.

But it is clear on what we need to do as written in Deuteronomy 6:7, "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise."

We shall talk about God's good work in our house, when we lie, sit, walk and rise!

I want that, I want to have such feel of home. The feel of God's blessing. I will remember this on my next trip.

What about you? Another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #thefeelofhome

#Day132: 12 May 2016, Thursday

TRUST

Psalm 56:3-4 ESV - "When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me"

Afraid or worry.

There is always slight of both everytime I am flying. Be it when it taken off, during the flight and during landing. There is always a taste of both.

And, as always, right after that uncomfortable feeling of afraid and worry, it came the trust. Trust in the Lord. Trust that He will calm the storm and bless the journey.

The same  example that Jesus have shown as written in Mark 4:35-41, He asked "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

It is something that I kept asking myself everytime I am flying. And every single flight, He showed His love and blessed my journey.

I arrived at Jakarta calmly. It was a great journey. Another testimony to build our faith that God will be with us through out every journey and He will rebuke all storm and give us a calm future.

A great day full of blessing.

And ah, the surprise look of my parents when they saw me. That's priceless.

Thank you Jesus.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #trust

#Day131: 11 May 2016, Wednesday

MOTHER

"Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” - Proverbs 31:25-30

The proverbs described her so well, the proverbs described her perfectly, she, my mother.

It was worrying when I heard about my mom situation from my brother, it is about her heart condition. Actually it is a known issue, it's just that she is one of the most stuborn lady that I've ever known :) stuborn for her principle.

And that includes trusting a doctor!

My brother and I are trying to convince my mom to monitor her heart. Which after several effort finally she gave in and agreed to carry the heart beat monitor with her.

It was not a great news hearing the abnormality of her heart beat. I decided to rushed home to Jakarta to meet her.

She is a great mom. Full of kindness. Although her childhood was full of sacrifices. She taught me how to always put others needs above my own. How to always focus on learning and develop ourselves and prepare ourselves for the future. She is my hero.

I know she will always be there for me, no matter what. So I decided to give my best to find the best time to visit her (and my dad, my parents) on more regular basis.

2 Kings 4:30 ESV wrote it so well , "Then the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

I pray that I can always give my best for my parents. As God have commanded us to do, let us honor our father and mother, by giving them the best we can give.

I pray that one day, my parents will accept Jesus as their savior, as their God.

I blessed them in the name of Jesus, Amen.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #mother

#Day130: 10 May 2016, Tuesday

EXAMINE, HEAR AND APPLY

Job 5:27 "We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself"

I was reading the story of Job today and the closing message from Eliphaz to Job caught my attention. Eliphaz being a good friend of Job trying to encourage him and motivate him, describing all the good things God have done.

I learned 3 steps of what he said:

1. Examine

• To be able to examine, we need to observe. To observe we need to listen and see and experience.
• To examine means to better prepare ourselves for the future, to learn and to gain knowledge.
• 2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV - Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

2. Hear (or Listen)

• James 1:19 ESV - Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger
• Proverbs 12:15 ESV - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice
• It is very clear, quick to hear and listens to advice is a work of a wise men. To taste the good result of the examination, we need to listen and hear.

3. Apply (Practice)

• Bruce Lee once said "Knowing is not enough, we must apply". How true this is. We need to act, we need to do.
• Philippians 4:9 ESV - What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
• After all, we always know that practice makes perfect.

No wonder Job is called blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. He is the greatest of all the people in the east (Job 1:1-2)

What a blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #examinehearapply

#Day129: 09 May 2016, Monday

HEADACHE

I had a bad headache today. A good one which made me rush home earlier and rest.

Sometimes during this kind of painful moment, it is very difficult to think about the goodness, about the blessing, about our good God.

Everything seems to be from the other side of the bed. Everything seems wrong, emotion runs dry and anger seems not so far away.

On the smaller scale, this is actually when our character are being tested. That our real person is being asked to reveal himself.

I like this quote that I read from some blogs, God has a purpose for your pain, a reason for your struggle and a gift for your faithfulness. Don’t give up!

In my own words, there always be a reason when things happened, a good reason.

Psalm 71:20 said You have allowed me to suffer much hardship, but you will restore me to life again and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

That is His promise! Our God the healer.

Psalm 103:2-3 reminds me saying Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases

Ah what a blessing. I also realized that it is time for me to use my common sense. Time for Panadol and rest myself.

Hope it gets better, no, it will get better.

Another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #headache

#Day128: 08 May 2016, Sunday

UPLIFT - TOUNGE

By: Adrian Limanto

Just like when we are at the airport, some words are powerful enough to make us famous (either jailed or hailed). Try the word: Bomb :)

A simple example of power of the word we are using

1 Timothy: 4:12B "... but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity"

We need to be a role model, an example on how we treat others, how our characters becomes a recipe for life. This affirms how our words is indeed as important as our holiness.

James 1:26 - "If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless"

1 Peter 3:10 - For "Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit

Just like Israelites was not able to enter the promised land, that they always grumble and always expressed negatives words, which in the end, they had to live in those negativity of the power of their own words.

Remember this:

1. Your mouth have its power:

• God creates the world with His words using His mouth :)
• Your words are the reflection of your believe, your confidence, your life, your faith.
• According to a statistic, 92% of our worry never happen!
• Let start our day with a positive powerful message! Powerful words.
• Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving - Colossians 2:7 ESV

2. Your mouth brings peace

• Ephesians 4:29 - "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear."
• Proverbs 15:23 MSG - "Congenial conversation—what a pleasure! The right word at the right time—beautiful!"
• In any interaction, any communication, let us starts with the spirit of appreciation, positive atmosphere and words hence brings peace to the discussions.
• After all, we are asked to be the peace makers

3. Your mouth brings a seed

• Proverbs 13:2 KJV - A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
• It is our own decision if we want to reap our positive seeds or negative seeds
• Robert Morris - Faith doesn't mean that you don't see the problem. Faith means you can see past the problem to the answer. You're not saying, "There is no problem." You're saying, "There is an answer!"

Another day full of blessing!

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #upliftounge

#Day127: 07 May 2016, Sabtu

MOTHER'S DAY

Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you.

Mother’s Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society (wikipedia)

I found this as a very meaningful day, a meaningful things to do, to celebrate and honor the role of a mother.

As Christian, we heard about the role of Mother Mary in the journey of salvation. On her immaculate conception till the day she saw Jesus was nailed and died on the cross. That is why she is the mother of all mothers.

I also remember my mom :) my hero. There are too many stories for me to share about her. Ijust wanna sums it all up by saying that she's been to hell and back, and stay strong in mountains of storm of life and successfully (with my Dad) brought up 5 boys and 1 girl.

I said SUCCESSFULLY, not because of materials but characters.

There are few legacies that will always sticks in my mind and life:

• Whatever happen, always think about others. Put other needs on top of your needs.
• Humility is everything (don't brag, don't be arrogant as there is always mountain above the mountains)
• Life is like a weels, sometimes you are up, sometimes you are down.
• Never ignore knowledge
• Buy what you need and not what you want

These advises that I am passing on to my own children.

Ah, I am proud to be her son. I am blessed to have her as my mother.

Happy Mother's day Mom. God bless. And I pray faithfully that you will accept God, Jesus as your saviour and God.

Thank you Mom. God bless.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #MothersDay

#Day126: 06 May 2016, Friday

10 MINUTES

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV - Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Time flies, its been a year since I am taking up my new role.

My team and I had a team building event. We went to Janda Baik at Bentong. Credit to the team, the rented place really allowed us to relax, bonding and have a lot of fun (at least I did).

I took the opportunity and asked for 10 minutes for my personal sharing, being 1 year as part of the team.

I shared about what was my perception about the team when I was the customer, how it was partially correct and how a lot of it were adjusted after I experienced it myself and what I expected from the team.

I was expecting a normal response and it will end for less than 10 minutes. But I was wrong.

The team opening up. It ended around 70 minutes later. We aligned, we encourage, we expressed our appreciation and challenges. We speak and discuss as a team.

I was estatic with what had happened. It is beyond my expectation.

I guess it is true. That all we need to do is to give our best and then, let God surprises us. I believe there was work of God that night.

10 minutes became 70 minutes conversation.

As I prayed, I really wish we continue to work as a team, I wish each one of us come together, building each other, moving toward a great Human Relations building.

1 Corinthians 14:26 ESV - What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up

An awesome day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #10minutes

#Day125: 05 May 2016, Thursday

RULE OVER IT

Genesis 4:6-7 -  "The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

I now know why God accepted Abel offering and not Cain. It is because God is no vegetarian :) (it's a joke folks)

Everyone knows the story of Cain and Abel which had a horror ending, Abel was killed by his brother, Cain. Why? Because of jealousy, envy which if we read properly because of his own fault.

God said in above verse, if you do well, will you  not be accepted?, this indicates that (I think) Cain offering, the vegetable, the fruits of his farm, is not well.

This is a good reminder for us. That sometimes jealousy or envy is actually not because of others but merely because of our incompetence of doing well as well as managing or controlling the desire to look or feel better. We blame others!

That is why God reminded Cain that he must rule over that jealous or envious feeling and its desire which will bring us down.

The same that we need to remind ourselves to keep giving our best and let God do the rest.

We need to rule over it! We need to rule over it by always giving our best and do well.

And no, it is not because God is vegetarian :)

Another day full of blessing

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting#ruleoveriit

#Day125: 04May 2016, Wednesday

GOD SAID

And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light - Genesis 1:3 ESV

I was reading Genesis 1, which I may have read several times. Nevertheless, I am still amaze with how we can see the character of our God in these verses.

Few points that makes me trembling with praises:

• His Words are supernatural
• His Words are full of blessing
• His Words are full of great (detail) plan for us
• His Words are good
• His Words brings the fullness of life
• His Words are reflection of His love

"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them" - Genesis 27-28a

Thank you God, for Your Words. For Your blessing.

Ah, another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #Godsaid

#Day124: 03 May 2016, Tuesday

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY

(It's the commitment that counts)

Congratulation for Leicester! The 2015-2016 Champion of English Premier League!!

They have proven that wealth can not buy championship. That fame is not the key to success. That individual skills is not worth a peny unless it is used in a team. That it is not about the money, it is commitment (of the whole  team) that counts. That's what made them Champion.

A small team with prediction of 5000:1 chances of winning the title, took that glimse of chance and transform it into a historical achievement

A small team that the whole team salaries is maybe only a total of 4-5 salaries of famous players from other big teams, but transformed their guts into a non-stop winning.

A small team that have showed the world on what it means to be committed, as a team.

It is a true reflection for me, for my job, for my service. On what are the real intend of me doing my job, of me doing the serving.

Is it fame? Is it the fancy own room in office? Is it money? Or, Is it the team development, team growth?

Do I committ? Am I doing it for the sake of doing it? Only for the money? Or, am i doing it for the success of others, success of the organization, success of the people in the organization?

Am I like the member of Leicester team? Or am I focusing on what's benefiting myself.

Proverbs 16:3 says "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established"

Indeed, it is the commitment that counts, that makes our plan established. It is our commitment to God. Just like the players, our commitment in small things for the Lord will allow us to achieve great things.

Galatians 6:9 remind us "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up"

It is not about the money (read: own benefits), it is about our commitment to keep moving forward even when we are weary.

Let us continue to remind ourselves. Let us continue to be like Leicester players. Let us also make a history.

Remember, it is the commitment that counts! Another day full of blessing.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #itisnotaboutthemoney

#Day123: 02 May 2016, Monday

YOUNG AND FAITHFUL

1 Tim 4:12 KJV - Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

I started the day with a meeting with a young lady, Ko Ed and Robby. Part of the Building Uplift Project that our church is working on.

A young lady who I respect and admire, a 25 years young professional commercial coorporate lawyer.

What I found admirable is the fact that out of her busy professional schedule, she told us that she used to serve as Workship Leader in her church. And sometimes she leads 3 services on a Sunday.

I like lawyers, I used to dream to be a lawyer. So in a nutshell I know what it meant to be a lawyer. I know how busy their work can be. But her faithfulness is something to admire about.

I asked her if she would be interested to share about her life, her time management, her serving, with our Young Professional Community (YPC). It could be a good networking and learning for all of us. She said why not.

Her story reminds me of the message from Proverbs 3:1-35, saying:

"My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. ..."

A lot of people asked how or want to be successful at young age. But I think the correct word would not be young and successful,  it should be young and faithful.

What a day full of blessing. I may not be young anymore, but I told myself, I want to be faithful.

God bless.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #youngandfaithful
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#Day122: 01 May 2016, Sunday

THE POWER OF THE WORD

(This is Ps. Eddy Chang sermon. A summary that I made based on what I learned - A powerful message for my devotion)

KLCC - the highest building in Malaysia, is supported by a strong foundation, strong pillars that supports the building. It took a year to built its foundation.

Similar to our life, if we want to be uplifted, we need to strengthen our roots, our foundation (our character, our faith).

Our foundation:

Bible has total of 66 books (39 old testaments & 27 new testaments, with total of 1189 verses)

We need to fill our foundation with these verses which is useed by Holy Spirit to strengthen us.

John 20:30, Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book.

Threee (3) steps in building our foundation:

1. The Word as priority in our life

• "If you want to be wise, spend less time on Facebook and more time with your fave in The Book" - Rick Warren
• "Daily devotion is the breakfast of champions"
  • Champions do not eat "junk" food!

2. The Word shaping our thinking:

• 2 Tim 3:15  MSG "Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another—showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us."

3. The Word as the Ultimate Decision in our life:

• For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12 ESV
  • We need to use the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God
• Mat 4:4 - The temptation of Jesus. Jesus fought the temptation with God's Word.
• The question is: Do we have rhema, the Word of God, that we can use to fight when we are down, when we are tested??

Always remember that God who starts thr good in us, it is Him that will bring it to completion.

Phil 1:6 ESV - And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 

Another day full of blessing

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #theword

#Day 121: 30 April 2016, Saturday

WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN MUCH

When you have all of this great power and you do nothing with it and then bad things happened .... it is your fault.

That was one of the line that I remember from the Civil War, Captain America movie. It was a long waiting for the kids and myself for this movie.

Above wise words were from Peter Parker conversation with Tony Starks.

It is wise because of the weight of truth sense of being responsible in his word. On how in everything that we have, our knowledge, our strength, our power, is actually not for ourselves, but for the better of others.

In Luke 12:48, Jesus says, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

This brings me to reflect on what I have (not what I dont have). Being responsible also means having the ability to be grateful on what we have, nurture them and then share it with others.

The more we have, the more we need to share.

After all, happiness is actually not about what we are getting but more on what we are giving.

With all the skills, knowledge, career growth, financial or material blessing that God have given to us, let us not forget to pass them on.

Another day of blessing

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #whohavebeengivenmuch

#Day 120: 29 April 2016, Friday

THE PLAN

Jeremiah 29:11 ESV - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

A lot of things in my mind after the resignation of my team member and also some that shows interest to other opening positions within the organization.

Don't get me wrong, I am happy for them that able to decide on their career growth and as always, I will give full support in achieving their desire to grow.

At the same time, I now, need to plan for the next steps. Putting my thinking hats and plan for the best way to move forward, managing stakeholders and ensuring business continuity.

After working on the plan, I realized, there is no one fits all kinda plan. Each of the plan seems having drawbacks as well as benefits. And I need to find a sounding board to pick the potential best approach for this transition or change.

As a firm believer of a change, I know this is something that we need to go through, that the team need to walk through, for the better, for the future.

This also makes me realized how great is our God. As stated in Jeremiah 29:11 ESV, He knows and He declares that His plan for us is a plan that gives us future and hope.

Just like His plan for Abraham, for Joseph, for David, for Jesus Himself.

I pray and surrendering my plans for the team. I pray and hope that it will bring future and hope to the team. For the better, not only for the team, but for the organization.

Proverbs 16:3-4 ESV - Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.

Another day full of blessing. Bless and correct my plans oh Lord.

#fgccmalaysia #uplifting #theplan

#Day 119: 28 April 2016, Thursday

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Is it wrong to expect more? Wanting more? More salary, more career growth, more responsibility, more time, more and more and more.

I think it is a normal human behavior, I also do recognized some abnormal behavior which transformed normal behavior into corrupted mind.

I think it is okay to want more, BUT it should not stops there. Wanting or Expecting should be accompanied by Thanksgiving and Acting.

Philippians 4:6 ESV - Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

I think and believe these three things are made for each other: expectations, thanksgiving and action.

Let us have a God centered expectation filled with thanksgiving and execute actions to move towards great achievements.

Another day full of blessing.

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