In Christ Alone

"What heights of love, what depths of peace,

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!"

Indeed!! Christ has overcometh!! My fears of the uncertain future (Career, financial needs, relationships, family, unsaved people I love) are stilled...and I shall not be in want...for I trust and rely on Christ alone.

"No guilt in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny."

WOW!! Jesus controls my destiny...what else do I need to worry about? Tomorrow, Christ STILL commands my destiny...as He did today...as He did yesterday...

In Christ Alone Worship Video with Lyrics

Trusting God

Of late, I have been struggling in my mind about my finances. I have always been a prudent person, thanks to my mom who has instill in me even since I was given pocket money for breaks in school. As such, I ALWAYS had money in my accounts. I had managed to save thousands on the day I graduated high school.
However, of the past few months, I had been spending and also been investing my money in the equity market. As you might know, the market has not really been bullish lately. Nonetheless, I'd like to view my investment as a long term plan. But the money is no longer liquid. In addition to that, I was caught in a credit card fraudulent transaction when I lost my card and some unscrupulous person used it for over a thousand bucks. AND I HAD TO PAY FOR IT! According to the bank's fine prints, that is.
Okay, that's to give you a background of what's been happening in my financial life. I have trained myself over the past 2 years to learn to live and let live. Worrying is not for me, I decided. Leave it to God, I decided. This time, it did NOT come so naturally. Yes, I trust God, but still I worry at the back of my mind. I keep wondering where the money is going to come from come next year when I make a trip to Australia with my girlfriend. At the back of my mind, I was calculating where the money is going to come from if I were to marry my girlfriend.

Another more pressing and important matter is that...well, I've been backsliding of the past few months. Church has not been very encouraging, and I have not been very consistent in my attendance. Praying becomes more of a routine rather than a conversation. In a few words, God seems far away.
But I struggle. I struggle to keep God in my life. I am not about to give up, although I really feels like it. I ask God to hold me close, yet I wasn't ready to give Him much of my time. I ask God to keep me from evil, yet I wasn't ready to give my life up to Him. I told God I knew He still loves me, yet I wasn't ready to love Him back in return. I keep struggling back and forth with my weaknesses and sins. Day after day I keep struggling. And I'm really tired.

Minutes ago however, I remembered to read Our Daily Bread, a daily devotion material from RBC Ministries. Guess what? The Bible verse for the day is "Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. —Matthew 6:34". It also talks about God providing for the wandering Israelites after they came up out of Egypt. God provided manna for them, but only enough for the day. Instructions were for them to collect ONLY as much as they needed for the day. No more, no less. Similarly, it reminded me to take my finances and my struggles with my sins and weaknesses once day at a time. God will provide sufficient "manna" for me day by day.

Lord, I ask that you will renew my strength, as you will renew those who will be reading this blog. As I wait on you, I claim the fulfillment of your Word that "they who wait on the Lord shal renew their strength, they shall rise with wings like eagle, they shall run and not be weary, walk and not faint". Thank you Lord for constantly providing and loving me. In Jesus' precious name, Amen.

Dave D Saved...Once again

How Great is Our God

Boy, I'm so "inspired" to blog and post this up when I saw this video clip from YouTube. Time after time, I forget. How GREAT is my God. How awesome is His love. Yes, I have gone through dark times. Yes, I am going through challenges. But all is GOOD because my Savior LIVES. All is GREAT because I know, all things work for good to those who loves God. And I'm learning to love Him, all over again. I wish indeed all will see, How Great is My God...



Age to age He's the same,
Time is In His hands!!!

Boy oh boy!! Suddenly I feel the surge of excitement that my God...MY GOD has time in His hands...What worries and troubles will I need to crack my head thinking about when MY GOD has time in His hands. And age to age He's the same...He parted the Red Sea, raise to life the dead, fed five thousands with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes!!
So since He does all that in the past, there's no reason to believe He'll not do the same for me. But I know also that Jesus before feeding the five thousand, gave thanks FIRST. To acknowledge He is Lord of ALL with a heart of gratitude perhaps is the "secret" not only to the soul's salvation, but also in accomplishing the impossible and succeeding in my short time here on earth.

I hope you will also find this song an encouragement to your soul.

God loves you too.

Dave D Saved

Footprints in the Sand

A good reminder...

Back from a Rest with a Joke to share...

I feel like I have to apologize to my friends and those who follow my blog...if any...heh heh....

I was on a on a "sabbatical", taking time off to just slack...Life has been...well, sort of uneventful...except for the recent development of interest in trying out various ways to earn an extra buck and also learning a little more about the FOREX market. Australian dollar is dropping like flies...

Well, just as a warm up, I thought I'd just share an interesting story about "thinking out of the box". It reminds us not to judge a book by its cover. For all you know, it's not EVEN a book!

A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out.

The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan.
An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41. The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000? The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.'

That's all from me for now...Gonna go get back my Ferrari...