10/9/06

Today wear smart smart and went with chingkai and Sy hoi for carreer workshop together with group members like yap and zhijian , catherine couple
seeing a lot of success ppl, hearing their life experiences, my perspective change as I not using my own thinking, It stimulate I think further and more than that.. mayb can be more mature thinking ba.. hehe...I think I am the youngest over there.. actually spend $80 is worth it..

I did called Siew Hui and Free willy but in the end ..
it is pity that they din go

Free Willy I still wait for the reply , still no news ...if no reply, I understand and will regards as dislike ba
went to church after the course, first time wear smart smart

today sermon regards psalm 73

Psalm 73 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society



Psalm 73
BOOK III : Psalms 73-89
1A psalm of Asaph.
Surely God is good to Israel,
to those who are pure in heart.
2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped;
I had nearly lost my foothold.

3 For I envied the arrogant
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 They have no struggles;
their bodies are healthy and strong. [a]

5 They are free from the burdens common to man;
they are not plagued by human ills.

6 Therefore pride is their necklace;
they clothe themselves with violence.

7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity [b] ;
the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.

8 They scoff, and speak with malice;
in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven,
and their tongues take possession of the earth.

10 Therefore their people turn to them
and drink up waters in abundance. [c]

11 They say, "How can God know?
Does the Most High have knowledge?"

12 This is what the wicked are like—
always carefree, they increase in wealth.

13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure;
in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.

14 All day long I have been plagued;
I have been punished every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will speak thus,"
I would have betrayed your children.

16 When I tried to understand all this,
it was oppressive to me

17 till I entered the sanctuary of God;
then I understood their final destiny.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground;
you cast them down to ruin.

19 How suddenly are they destroyed,
completely swept away by terrors!

20 As a dream when one awakes,
so when you arise, O Lord,
you will despise them as fantasies.

21 When my heart was grieved
and my spirit embittered,

22 I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a brute beast before you.

23 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.

24 You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish;
you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

28 But as for me, it is good to be near God.
I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge;
I will tell of all your dee

Sin of ingratitude and envy ( Symptom of Kiasuism)
Focusing on wat is missing from their ives rather than wat is present
thanklessness and ingratitute is the first step away from God
so
Envy must convert to gratitude
comparison must change to contentment

Satan's tactic is
1)Focusing on what is missing from their life rather wat is present
2)to make our attitude and behaviour suddenly shift away from God cause discontent
3)Wanna separate Human from God