Six Steps in Walking with God by Dr. Charles Stanley

There are six steps that prepare our lives to walk with God every day:

1. Surrender

• Confess with all your heart, strength, and will that, “Jesus, you are my Lord. Have your way, but not mine, in my life.” When you get up everyday, determine your life to surrender to God.

2. Sensitivity

• Listen to God carefully.
• You have gone out of step because your attention is other than being with Jesus.
• May our attention be like Jesus who does what pleases to God (John 8:28-29).

3. Scripture

• To know how to live, imitate the life of Jesus in the Bible (Eph 4:17-20).
• Living outside the life of Jesus leads us to dissolution.

4. Supplication

• We need a strong prayer that is a close fellowship with God.
• There are too many voices in our minds to pull us out of steps.
• Strong prayerful life will enable us to concentrate only on the voice of Jesus.

5. Self-denial

• As soon as you get up, say, “Lord, I don’t want to run my life. Please, you run my life.”
• By walking with him, you cannot lose but without walking with him, you cannot win.

6. Service

• Whatever you do to please God is serving the Lord.
• 1Pet. 4:10 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.
• 1Pet. 4:11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

The Right Person at the Right Place

We were very fortunate to have a special guest Rev. Khin Maung Than at our church on Sept 4, 2008. He delivered a very inspiring message. Here is the excerpt from his sermon.

Text: Psalm 118:8,9

Psa. 118:8          It is better to take refuge in the LORD

                            than to put confidence in mortals.

Psa. 118:9          It is better to take refuge in the LORD

                          than to put confidence in princes.

The secret of success, joy, and peace in Christian life is having the right person at the right place. The beginning of one’s life problem is when one keeps oneself at the head or the decision maker of one’s life, family, and church. God must be the head or the decision maker of every sphere of our lives. God should be the sole director whereas we should be like actors and actresses who follow the instructions of the director.

There are five characteristics of believers, who put God as the head of their lives. They are: 

1. At a thankful moment, they praise God. They don’t celebrate it with alcohol.

2. At a difficult moment, they seek God. They don’t keep their hope in human beings.

3. At a quite moment, they worship God. They don’t spend their time for gossiping.

4. At a painful moment, they trust in God. They don’t revenge others but leave it for God.

5. At every moment, they thank God. They don’t blame on others and the situation.

One of his sentences that strikes me very much is that “if you follow Jesus, you will also have to bear the cross. In other words, there is no choice but you will also have to share the suffering of Christ if you follow him.”

Bush a Cawngtu Pa ih Hmuhfiangmi

John Morgan timi pa hi President George W. Bush a bang zet. Bush ih um daan pawl a cawng tamzet tikah, midang pawl in a mah an hmuh tikah, Bush thawn nan va bang aw ve tiah an ti. Curuangah, John Morgan in a timi cu Efesa 5:1 sung ih a ti bang in in runtu Jesuh Khrih ih nun kan cawn a si ahcun, midang khal in kan Pathian hi kan nun ah an hmu thei ding a si tiah a sim.

When You Believe by Mariah Carey

God Will Make A Way

A remedy for bitterness

We all face some kinds of problems, disappointment, and anger. If we embrace that bitterness and hatred and let them take root in our hearts, they will poison our lives. We need to let them go away from us so that they may not be hanging over us. Then, how do we let them go? There is a remedy for bitterness. That is "forgiveness." Forgive the one who hurts you as Jesus said on the cross, "Father, forgive them as they don't know what they are doing." Sometimes people hurt us just because they don't know how rude, unjust, and painful their action is towards others. When they know, they will not be the same. Again, some people hurt us knowingly. If so, leave a room for God's judgment and revenge. The Lord our God said that revenge is mine but not yours. 

Rom. 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. 

Rom. 12:18 If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 

Rom. 12:19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 

Forgiveness is not just for others but also for us. As God forgives our mistakes, shortcomings, weakness, and embraces us as we are, we must forgive ourselves as well. A person once said that the most meaningless thing that we do in the world is to hate ourselves. Remember the Lord is our shepherd who grieves when we hate ourselves. God never blames us but helps us to get over all sins and shames. 

If you forgive yourself and others, the unceasing river of God's joy and freedom will flow in your heart and life. Let us liberate ourselves from every poison by forgiving others and ourselves. 

Kutke Nei Lo Pa ih Thucah

Mizaan sunah TV ka zoh ih cu tawk ah ka mitthli tiang hal theh ko i tuah tu thu pakhat a ra. Cui TV sungah cun, tlangval pakhat a hmel mawi zet a um. Asinan, a suah in a kut le a ke a kim lomi a si. Cumi pa in tetti a khan ciamco ih thazaang ka ngah tuk lawmlam. A tetti khanmi pawl a tawi zawng in ka ngan duh. 

1. Nitin na nunnak ah lungawi thu sim thiamtu si aw. Kei cu kut le ke ka nei lo. Nan mah bang in feh khal ka feh thei lo. Kut le ke Pathian in a lo pekmi hi lungawi thu sim uh. Pathian in a lak ih a lo pekmi an si lo. Amai sunlawinak hrangah hmang ding in a lo pekmi a si. Na nunnak tla duh aw lo in na um pang maw? Diriam lo zet in na um pang maw? Kei hi a zoh hnik uhla, lei lung pum puluk ah, ka feh ih thu ka sim. Rang ka to, lawng ka to. Mi thazaang ka pe. Ka kut ke a kim lo nan, ka nunnak ah Pathian ih a tumtahmi a um ko ti ka thei ih, um men lo in, midang pawl Pathian ih thlawsuah siar an thiam ih lungawi thu sim thiamtu an si theinak dingah Pathian in i hmang zet. 

2. Kutke nei lo ka simi hnak in, thinlung ah Pathian rinsannak nei lo in tumtahnak a nei lo mi pawl khi zaang an fak sawn.