Mr. and Mrs. Yap

thanking God for 2007

...for providing sleep during exams

...for motivating me to study through the sermons on wisdom

...for my course mates who showered so much care and love during this semester

...for all the times of frustration when i had broken sleep because i learnt tolerance and compassion

...for my German teacher who saw me through and encouraged me with real care.

...for doing so badly in my mid-terms statistics paper and i got called into my lecturer's office for consultation. he pushed me knowing i could do so much better and called on me more in tutorials though i would have loved to remain invisible..

...for using me to minister to a friend in need when it was inconvenient and nowhere near NTU. He melted my heart (i became like mush in His presence with her) for her and gave me His eyes and heart for her

...for difficult times when my friend was on MC and i was left to do our share of work alone or the 3/4-person task fell to 2 people.

...for the $20 per month accommodation and when my roommate left, her father continued to pay $160. i offered to pay him back but he asked me to let him bless me and use her side of the room.

...for eating so healthy and loving it - fruits, fruits, fruits

...for the loving hugs of special people

...for the deepening of friendships and with you gals, times together laughing.

...for God's faithfulness and grace when i was faithless and critical

...for helping me understand a parent's perspective so much more, feeling the pain and burden... that it is not easy and i could be just like them, making all the same mistakes.

...for molding me

...for His Word and presence that gave me peace and comfort and hope

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May each of you live up to the promises of this year's key phrases
"AlWaYs bE ThAnKful, aLwAyS bE ViCtOrIoUs, aLwAyS Be A BlEsSiNg"!
Let 2007 be a year filled with a spirit of VICTORY!

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Just wanna bless you with this devotional i read during my quiet time! Hope it helps you a lot. CHEERS

MY SHEPHERD

(Psalms 23)

It's a jungle out there. Life is a jungle. It's dangerous and treacherous. It's full predators and enemies. You can get seriously hurt in a jungle. Sheep don't fit in the jungle. Lions-they fit. tigers-they fit. Elephants, snakes, and crocodiles-they all fit. But sheep don't fit. They would be out of place in the jungle. It's just not their turf. In the wilds, a sheep could very easily be transformed into lamb chops in a matter of seconds. Thats why sheep don't usually hang out there.

Close to 200times in the pages of scripture, God's people are called sheep. Just think of the magnitude of the creation. He could have called us eagles, gorillas, collies, or armadillos. But he didn't. He called us sheep.

Psalms 23 is a dangerous section of the Bible. It's hazardous because we know it so well. Many of us have memorized this treasured text. Even many non-Christians are familiar with it. The danger of Psalm 23 is that it has lost its significance for us because we have become so familiar with it. But it has something very special for all of us, people living in a fast-track society. Psalm 23 specifically speaks to the pressures of our culture. it is remarkably contemporary. This tiny psalm is critical because it ultimately tells us how we can survive in the jungle of life.

The sum of its verses, in essence, is a survival manual for the modern-day jungle. it is the manual that tells us how to be in it, but not of it. "If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but i chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you" (John 15:19). Every sheep needs to know the 23rd Psalm well. Quite frankly, it will keep you from the lamb-chop fate the every sheep wants to avoid.

Responding: How am i troubled today because of what i am facing in the jungle? Is there someone who is a threat to me and is committed to doing me harm? David said, "The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall i be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1)

Following: As Sheep, we need to listen to our Shepherd.

Love
Cynthia
(have a nice week)